Total votes
15,713
all sessions
Attendance
93%
1,075 missed
Higher than 80% of chamber peers
With party
98%
of cast votes
Among the lowest in the chamber
Bipartisan score
1%
crosses aisle rarely
Higher than 98% of chamber peers
Sponsored
275
bills & resolutions
Lower than 77% of chamber peers
Committees
0
assignments
15,713 roll-call votes
Voting record
Yea
15,397
voted in favor
Nay
262
voted against
Absent
1,075
missed votes
Total cast
15,713
across all sessions
Crossed party
212
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 328
Healthcare Liability - As enacted, increases from 60 to 65 the number of days a person asserting a potential claim for healthcare liability must give written notice of the potential claim to each healthcare provider that will be a named defendant before filing a complaint in court. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 17 and Title 29.
Yea
Failed
4–5
Apr 4, 2017
SB 156
Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As enacted, removes the 90-day limitation on a retired member of the Tennessee consolidated retirement system working as a substitute teacher. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 36 and Title 49.
Yea
Passed
7–0
Apr 4, 2017
SB 552
Children - As introduced, creates a pilot program for the treatment of minor victims of human trafficking for commercial sex act; requires that report be submitted to the senate judiciary committee and criminal justice committee of the house of representatives following the conclusion of the pilot program. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 6.
Yea
Passed
9–0
Apr 4, 2017
SB 555
Victims' Rights - As enacted, deletes the provision giving an alleged offender the right to have notice of and suspend all action concerning a claim for compensation by the victim under the criminal injuries compensation fund. - Amends TCA Section 29-13-108.
Yea
Passed
9–0
Apr 4, 2017
SB 462
School Transportation - As introduced, authorizes LEAs, directly or by contract, to install, operate, or maintain cameras on the outside of school buses to record vehicles unlawfully passing stopped school buses; allows persons cited to pay the fine out of court; imposes additional penalties that apply under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 21 and Title 55, Chapter 8.
Absent
Passed
5–0
Apr 4, 2017
SB 14
Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, creates a list of rights and protections afforded to educators. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Yea
Passed
7–1
Apr 4, 2017
SB 271
Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - As introduced, specifies that semester hours earned in ROTC courses by ROTC students do not count toward the semester hour limitation for receipt of the Tennessee HOPE scholarship; excludes grades received in ROTC courses from the calculation of an ROTC student's grade point average for Tennessee HOPE scholarship purposes. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9.
Yea
Passed
8–0
Apr 4, 2017
SB 553
Child Abuse - As enacted, adds the commission of trafficking for commercial sex act to the definitions of child sexual abuse and severe child abuse; redefines "caregiver" for the purposes of the laws governing the placement and custody of juveniles. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 6.
Yea
Passed
9–0
Apr 4, 2017
SB 1200
Environment and Conservation, Department of - As enacted, makes confidential certain information related to guests of state parks. - Amends TCA Section 11-1-102.
Yea
Passed
30–0
Mar 30, 2017
SB 338
Secretary of State - As enacted, requires the secretary of state, when a property owner makes a request, to opine on whether property has been annexed by a municipality. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 3, Part 1.
Yea
Passed
30–0
Mar 30, 2017
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