Total votes
15,713
all sessions
Attendance
93%
1,075 missed
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 161
School Vouchers - As introduced, enacts the "Opportunity Scholarship Pilot Program." - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1.
Yea
Passed
9–0
Mar 8, 2017
SB 1012
Students - As enacted, allows a student to be excused from a school athletic event if the event occurs on an official school holiday, observed day of worship, or religious holiday and the parent or legal guardian provides prior written notice of the student's absence; authorizes an unforeseen emergency as exception to the parent or legal guardian providing prior written notice of the student's absence from the athletic event. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-1002.
Yea
Passed
9–0
Mar 8, 2017
SB 192
Controlled Substances - As introduced, classifies the synthetic opioid "U-47700" as a Schedule I controlled substance. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4.
Yea
Passed
9–0
Mar 8, 2017
SB 1216
Education, Higher - As enacted, replaces the Tennessee National Guard Tuition Assistance Act with the Tennessee Support, Training, and Renewing Opportunity for National Guardsmen (STRONG) Act of 2017. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 10.
Yea
Passed
9–0
Mar 8, 2017
SB 583
Tennessee Higher Education Commission - As enacted, returns the appointment of the executive director of the Tennessee higher education commission from the governor to the commission. - Amends TCA Section 49-7-205.
Yea
Failed
4–0
Mar 8, 2017
SB 662
Students - As enacted, revises provisions governing physical activity requirements for students. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.
Yea
Passed
8–0
Mar 8, 2017
SB 894
State Government - As enacted, clarifies that state law preempts local government enactments with respect to the regulation of and appropriate sanctions for conduct involving drugs and other similar substances. - Amends TCA Title 9; Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 40; Title 53, Chapter 11; Title 54 and Title 67.
Yea
Passed
7–2
Mar 7, 2017
SB 844
Judicial Officers - As enacted, establishes the position of domestic abuse magistrate for Knox County to issue orders of protection, hear order of protection violations, set bail and bail conditions, and perform other duties assigned by the circuit court judge of the 4th division who is also the appointing judge. - Amends TCA Section 40-1-111.
Yea
Passed
9–0
Mar 7, 2017
SB 385
Drugs, Synthetic or Analogue - As enacted, excludes from the definition of marijuana a cannabidiol product approved as a prescription medication by the United States Food and Drug Administration. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-402.
Yea
Passed
9–0
Mar 7, 2017
SB 265
Criminal Offenses - As introduced, reduces from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class C misdemeanor the offense of possession of a small amount of marijuana not in excess of one-eighth ounce; punishes the offense by imposing a fine of no more than $50. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4 and Title 40.
Nay
Failed
3–6
Mar 7, 2017
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