R Tennessee Senate · District 7 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Richard Briggs

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Session

Total votes

27,242

all sessions

Attendance

98%

399 missed

Near the chamber average

With party

99%

of cast votes

Lower than 77% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

0%

crosses aisle rarely

Near the chamber average

Voting record

Yea

26,931

voted in favor

Nay

222

voted against

Absent

399

missed votes

Total recorded

27,242

across all sessions

Crossed party

164

votes against own party

Matching

27,242

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HJR 1287

Memorials, Death - Donald D. Haynes, Sr. -

Yea

Passed

29–0

Apr 25, 2018

HB 2315

Immigration - As enacted, prohibits state and local governmental entities and officials from adopting sanctuary policies; enacts other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40.

Yea

Passed

27–5

Apr 25, 2018

HJR 1294

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Brennan Lusher, Salutatorian, Dayspring Academy -

Yea

Passed

29–0

Apr 25, 2018

SB 1759

Motor Vehicles - As introduced, removes expired requirement that department of human services promulgate rules regarding child restraint system use by children transported by child care agencies no later than January 1, 2007. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 55.

Nay

Failed

9–20

Apr 25, 2018

HJR 1288

Memorials, Recognition - Phil Keith -

Yea

Passed

29–0

Apr 25, 2018

SB 1759

Motor Vehicles - As introduced, removes expired requirement that department of human services promulgate rules regarding child restraint system use by children transported by child care agencies no later than January 1, 2007. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 55.

Yea

Passed

25–4

Apr 25, 2018

HB 2664

Industrial Development - As enacted, authorizes an industrial development corporation to negotiate a payment in lieu of tax agreement for less than the ad valorem taxes otherwise due for a retail business for a period longer than 10 years, plus a reasonable construction or installation period of not more than three years, in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Section 7-53-101 and Section 7-53-305.

Yea

Passed

27–3

Apr 25, 2018

HB 1694

Education - As enacted, adds and revises various provisions governing teacher training programs. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5, Part 56.

Yea

Passed

29–0

Apr 25, 2018

HJR 1326

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Tori Douglas, Valedictorian, Douglass High School -

Yea

Passed

27–0

Apr 25, 2018

SB 1787

Criminal Offenses - As enacted, classifies as second degree murder the killing of another by unlawful distribution or unlawful delivery or unlawful dispensation of fentanyl or carfentanil, when those substances alone, or in combination with any scheduled controlled substance, including controlled substance analogs, are the proximate cause of the death of the user. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-210.

Yea

Passed

30–0

Apr 25, 2018