R Tennessee Senate · District 4

Sen. Bobby Harshbarger

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Session

Total votes

2,100

all sessions

Attendance

100%

of floor votes

Near the chamber average

With party

99%

of cast votes

Lower than 91% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

0%

crosses aisle rarely

Higher than 84% of chamber peers

Voting record

Yea

2,081

voted in favor

Nay

15

voted against

Absent

0

missed votes

Total cast

2,100

across all sessions

Crossed party

5

votes against own party

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SB 1390

TennCare - As enacted, directs the director to establish an additional PACE program as a pilot in one of the two grand divisions where a PACE program did not exist in 2024; permits a current PACE program in a county with a specific population to expand into contiguous counties having specifically listed populations. - Amends TCA Title 71.

Yea

Passed

10–0

Mar 19, 2025

SB 644

Nurses, Nursing - As enacted, requires the board of nursing to permit a student to enroll in a practical nursing program offered by a public institution of higher education governed by the Tennessee board of regents if the student meets the qualifications for a high school diploma or its equivalent and meets other requirements; requires the board of nursing to permit a student enrolled in a practical nursing program to sit for the national council licensure exam for practical nurses (NCLEX-PN) upon completion of a practical nursing program. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 63.

Yea

Passed

10–0

Mar 19, 2025

SB 267

Health Care - As enacted, clarifies that an additional license for a collection station is not required, without regard to where specimens are transported, as long as the medical laboratory owner of the licensed medical laboratory retains ownership of the medical laboratory and oversight of the collection station. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 29.

Yea

Passed

10–0

Mar 19, 2025

HJR 314

Memorials, Recognition - Sudden Unexplained Death in Children Awareness Month -

Yea

Passed

9–0

Mar 19, 2025

SB 1316

Boards and Commissions - As enacted, enacts the "Less is More Act of 2025." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 20; Title 33; Title 38; Title 40; Title 52; Title 55; Title 62; Title 63; Title 68; Title 70 and Title 76.

Yea

Passed

8–1

Mar 19, 2025

SB 871

General Assembly, Directed Studies - As enacted, directs TACIR to conduct a study and prepare a report on recommendations on the continuum of care in this state and how the continuum of care can be improved; requires the study and report to survey the continuum of care in other states and compare such care to the continuum of care in this state; requires TACIR to submit the report. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

Yea

Passed

10–0

Mar 19, 2025

SB 869

Licenses - As enacted, creates a bait privilege license to allow hunting or taking of whitetail deer using bait on privately owned or privately leased land. - Amends TCA Title 70.

Yea

Passed

7–3

Mar 19, 2025

SB 755

Agriculture, Dept. of - As enacted, creates the Tennessee agriculture and forestry hall of fame as the successor to, and a continuation of, the Tennessee agricultural hall of fame; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 43, Chapter 1, Part 6.

Yea

Passed

10–0

Mar 19, 2025

SB 1141

Water - As introduced, decreases from 1.5 milligrams per liter to 0.4 milligrams per liter the threshold for the presence of fluoride in a public water system that requires an increase in the frequency of fluoride-level testing from quarterly to monthly; requires public water systems to cease adding fluoride to drinking water supplies by May 1, 2025, and provide written notice of cessation of fluoridation to customers. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 221, Part 7.

Nay

Failed

3–7

Mar 19, 2025

SJR 16

General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Urges Tennesseans to donate feminine hygiene products to local schools. -

Yea

Passed

10–0

Mar 19, 2025