R Tennessee Senate · District 7 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Richard Briggs

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Session

Total votes

24,413

all sessions

Attendance

99%

270 missed

Lower than 99% of chamber peers

With party

99%

of cast votes

Lower than 78% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

0%

crosses aisle rarely

Near the chamber average

Voting record

Yea

24,137

voted in favor

Nay

190

voted against

Absent

270

missed votes

Total cast

24,413

across all sessions

Crossed party

145

votes against own party

This page

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SJR 509

Memorials, Recognition - Tracy Solomon, Veteran Owned Small Business of the Year -

Yea

Passed

38–0

Apr 22, 2025

SJR 491

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Kala Ealy, Gladeville Elementary School Teacher of the Year -

Yea

Passed

38–0

Apr 22, 2025

SJR 493

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Julie T. Smith, Elzie D. Patton Elementary School Teacher of the Year -

Yea

Passed

38–0

Apr 22, 2025

SB 1019

Education, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to allocate the state share of the Tennessee investment in student achievement formula funds generated by student members of a public charter school in the prior school year directly to the public charter school instead of allocating such funds to the local education agency in which the public charter school is located. - Amends Chapter __ of the Public Acts of 2025 (1st Ex. Sess. – SB 6001 / HB 6004); and TCA Title 49, Chapter 13 and Title 49, Chapter 3.

Yea

Passed

29–0

Apr 22, 2025

HJR 702

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Witt Kaslikowski, perfect score on the ACT -

Yea

Passed

37–0

Apr 22, 2025

HJR 686

Memorials, Retirement - Buck Carter, Benton County Highway Supervisor -

Yea

Passed

37–0

Apr 22, 2025

SB 950

Education - As enacted, creates a federal education deregulation cooperation task force to prepare Tennessee for the potential of deregulation of federal laws, regulations, requirements, and guidance for K-12 education. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Yea

Passed

30–4

Apr 22, 2025

HJR 694

Memorials, Recognition - Benjamin and Lauren Neale, Rural Small Business of the Year -

Yea

Passed

37–0

Apr 22, 2025

HB 160

Wine & Wineries - As enacted, exempts the sale of wine for consumption on the premises of a winery or farm wine producer, including the premises of a satellite facility, including tastings and sealed bottles sold at retail for consumption on the premises, from the liquor-by-the-drink tax on alcoholic beverages. - Amends TCA Section 57-3-207.

Yea

Passed

33–0

Apr 22, 2025

SB 221

Juvenile Offenders - As enacted, permits a court to use juvenile court records, including the disposition and evidence, in pretrial reports used to set bond for certain criminal offenses; requires the magistrate to consider the defendant's prior juvenile record in determining the defendant's risk of danger to the community. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 40.

Yea

Passed

32–5

Apr 22, 2025