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
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Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 1902
Physicians and Surgeons - As enacted, authorizes the board of medical examiners and the board of osteopathic examination to issue short-term visitor clinical training licenses to eligible foreign medical graduates and physicians, subject to certain conditions. - Amends TCA Title 63.
Yea
Passed
32–0
Apr 13, 2022
HB 2660
Commerce and Insurance, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the commissioner of commerce and insurance to promulgate rules to effectuate the purposes of the provisions governing pharmacy benefits managers and pharmacy benefits. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 56.
Yea
Passed
32–0
Apr 13, 2022
HB 978
Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates a Class C misdemeanor offense, punishable by a $50 fine and community service work, for camping along a controlled-access highway or entrance or exit ramp; expands Equal Access to Public Property Act of 2012, under which it is a Class E felony offense for a person to camp on property owned by the state knowing that the area on which the camping occurs is not specifically designated for use as a camping area, to apply the offense of unauthorized camping to all public property. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14; Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 3 and Title 55, Chapter 8. Against party
Nay
Failed
14–17
Apr 13, 2022
SB 2071
Human Services, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department of human services to submit a report to the general assembly no later than October 31, 2022, and annually thereafter with certain information regarding the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; prohibits the department from providing an exemption from the work requirement, as provided under federal law, to able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWDs) in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 71.
Yea
Passed
26–6
Apr 13, 2022
HB 978
Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates a Class C misdemeanor offense, punishable by a $50 fine and community service work, for camping along a controlled-access highway or entrance or exit ramp; expands Equal Access to Public Property Act of 2012, under which it is a Class E felony offense for a person to camp on property owned by the state knowing that the area on which the camping occurs is not specifically designated for use as a camping area, to apply the offense of unauthorized camping to all public property. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14; Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 3 and Title 55, Chapter 8.
Yea
Passed
21–10
Apr 13, 2022
SB 1792
Sexual Offenses - As enacted, revises the penalties for continuous sexual abuse of a child to clarify circumstances under which the offense is a Class A, Class B, or Class C felony; adds to the list of offenses that warrant the Class A felony, trafficking for a commercial sex act if the victim is a minor and promoting prostitution if the victim is a minor. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 53 and Title 55.
Yea
Passed
31–0
Apr 13, 2022
HB 2709
Education - As enacted, specifies who is eligible to attend a voluntary pre-kindergarten program; deletes the pilot pre-kindergarten program; requires that a voluntary pre-kindergarten program be designed to comprehensively address the educational needs of children who are not otherwise eligible for similar programs or who do not have access to a pre-kindergarten program; revises and enacts other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 1.
Yea
Passed
30–1
Apr 12, 2022
SB 2247
Textbooks - As enacted, expands the membership of the state textbook and instructional materials quality commission; requires the commission to issue guidance for LEAs and public charter schools to use when reviewing materials in a library collection; creates other duties in regard to library collections. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 49 and Chapter 264 of the Acts of 1909.
Yea
Passed
31–1
Apr 12, 2022
HB 2430
Local Education Agencies - As enacted, prohibits a county LEA from operating a school within the geographic boundaries of a municipal LEA, except under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Yea
Passed
21–8
Apr 12, 2022
SB 2284
Judges and Chancellors - As enacted, makes various changes to the board of judicial conduct. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 3; Title 17, Chapter 5 and Title 50, Chapter 6, Part 2.
Yea
Passed
31–0
Apr 12, 2022
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