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 92% 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
votes against own party
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 24
Handgun Permits - As enacted, exempts active-duty military service members and veterans who have specialties as military police, special operations, or special forces from handgun carry permit firing range requirements. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
Yea
Passed
9–0
Mar 21, 2017
SB 921
Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Hearing Protection Act," which deletes the prohibition on possession, manufacture, transport, repair, or sale of a firearm silencer. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1301 and Section 39-17-1302.
Yea
Passed
8–0
Mar 21, 2017
SB 1339
Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, expands the exception to unlawful carrying or possession of a firearm or firearm ammunition to include carrying or possession in a boat; clarifies that the exception includes a loaded firearm, as well as a firearm or ammunition. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1307.
Yea
Passed
9–0
Mar 21, 2017
SJR 115
Naming and Designating - "Police Memorial Week," May 14–20, 2017 -
Yea
Passed
9–0
Mar 21, 2017
HJR 32
Naming and Designating - "Child Abuse Prevention Month," April 2017 -
Yea
Passed
9–0
Mar 21, 2017
SB 356
Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, prohibits denying a law enforcement officer entry to or removing a law enforcement officer from an event for which the officer holds a valid ticket or has paid an admission fee if denial or removal is based on the officer’s lawful carrying of a firearm; permits owner or operator of venue for an event to require law enforcement officer to inform the owner or operator that the officer will be present at the event and in possession of a firearm. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
Yea
Passed
7–2
Mar 21, 2017
SB 823
Election Laws - As introduced, clarifies that the county election commissions have the duty to purge the permanent registration records of certain voters unless otherwise prohibited by federal law. - Amends TCA Section 2-2-132.
Yea
Passed
31–0
Mar 20, 2017
HB 985
State Symbols - As enacted, designates Oak Ridge Playhouse as an official state community theater. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 3.
Yea
Passed
31–0
Mar 20, 2017
SB 819
Water Pollution - As enacted, revises provisions governing the enforcement of the Water Quality Control Act; clarifies that the department of environment and conservation is the sole state agency authorized to conduct investigations under the Act and that other state agencies may assist the department in satisfying its duties under the Act. - Amends TCA Title 69 and Title 70.
Yea
Passed
31–0
Mar 20, 2017
SB 747
Tennessee Regulatory Authority - As enacted, renames the authority to be the public utility commission and redesignates directors as commissioners. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 3; Title 4; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 10; Title 12; Title 13; Title 35; Title 47; Title 48; Title 64; Title 65; Title 68 and Title 71.
Yea
Passed
30–0
Mar 20, 2017
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