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R Tennessee Senate · District 7 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Richard Briggs

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Total votes
27,242
all sessions
Attendance
98%
399 missed
Near the chamber average
With party
99%
of cast votes
Lower than 80% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
0%
crosses aisle rarely
Near the chamber average
Sponsored
828
bills & resolutions
Higher than 82% of chamber peers
Committees
4
assignments
27,242 roll-call votes

Voting record

Yea
26,931
voted in favor
Nay
222
voted against
Absent
399
missed votes
Total cast
27,242
across all sessions
Crossed party
166
votes against own party
This page
27,242
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SJR 978
Memorials, Sports - Jasmin Coleman, TCCAA Coach of the Year -
Yea
Passed
32–0
Apr 2, 2026
SJR 966
Memorials, Recognition - CASA of East Tennessee, 40th anniversary -
Yea
Passed
32–0
Apr 2, 2026
SJR 1000
Memorials, Death - Shipp Robbley Weems -
Yea
Passed
32–0
Apr 2, 2026
HB 2127
Child Custody and Support - As enacted, requires a court to include written findings of fact as to whether certain limitations in parenting plans apply in a child custody order, whether temporary or permanent. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 36 and Title 37.
Yea
Passed
32–0
Apr 2, 2026
SJR 1011
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Kenneth Joseph Reece, Salutatorian, Montgomery Central High School -
Yea
Passed
32–0
Apr 2, 2026
SJR 996
Memorials, Recognition - 250th Celebration of the Revolutionary War Veterans buried in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and surrounding areas -
Yea
Passed
32–0
Apr 2, 2026
HJR 1167
Memorials, Recognition - William Samuel "W.S." Howard, Jr., and Mary Elizabeth “Tootsie” Howard -
Yea
Passed
32–0
Apr 2, 2026
HB 2022
Trenton - Subject to local approval, expands the responsibilities of the city recorder to include the administration of functions for necessary and proper municipal operations, and to make such reports of the finances of the city as required and called on by the Mayor and Board; expands the residency requirement for the chief of police by authorizing the chief to reside anywhere in the county rather than just the city. - Amends Chapter 14 of the Private Acts of 2011.
Yea
Passed
31–0
Apr 2, 2026
HJR 1169
Memorials, Death - Fred Hime Gillham -
Yea
Passed
32–0
Apr 2, 2026
SJR 986
Memorials, Interns - Alaya Fuqua -
Yea
Passed
32–0
Apr 2, 2026
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