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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 77% 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
164
votes against own party
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
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Date
HB 521
Education - As enacted, requires all public high schools to place automated external defibrillator (AED) devices in schools; encourages public middle and elementary schools and private schools to place AED devices in schools. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68, Chapter 140, Part 4.
Yea
Passed
30–1
Apr 24, 2018
SB 2220
Taxes - As introduced, requires commissioner of revenue to report in writing to the finance, ways and means committees of the senate and the house of representatives the total, annual amount of industrial machinery franchise and excise tax credits provided under Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 67-4-2009(3), for fiscal years 2012-2017. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4.
Yea
Passed
32–0
Apr 24, 2018
HB 1728
Physicians and Surgeons - As enacted, clarifies that physicians can accept barter of goods or services as payment for healthcare services in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 63.
Yea
Passed
31–0
Apr 24, 2018
HJR 1272
Memorials, Academic Achievement - McKinley Stovall, Salutatorian, Culleoka Unit School -
Yea
Passed
33–0
Apr 24, 2018
SB 2362
Health Care - As enacted, revises provisions governing the reporting of a patient's involuntary commitment to an inpatient treatment facility to local law enforcement so that the information may be reported to the FBI-NICS Index and the department of safety; specifies that a pharmacy or pharmacist has the right to provide an insured information regarding the amount of the insured's cost share for a prescription drug. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 33; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
Yea
Passed
33–0
Apr 24, 2018
HJR 1271
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Kara Stofel, Valedictorian, Culleoka Unit School -
Yea
Passed
33–0
Apr 24, 2018
HJR 1274
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Kortney Lawson, Salutatorian, Clinch High School -
Yea
Passed
33–0
Apr 24, 2018
SR 224
Memorials, Interns - Adam Yardumian -
Yea
Passed
33–0
Apr 24, 2018
HB 1462
Budget Procedures - As enacted, requires that estimates of the state funding board be adopted by a majority vote. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 9 and Title 67.
Yea
Passed
28–0
Apr 24, 2018
HB 2312
Immigration - As enacted, prohibits any official or employee of this state or any political subdivision of this state from accepting an identification document issued or created by any person, organization, county, city, or other local authority, except where expressly authorized to be used for identification purposes by the general assembly to determine a person's identity or residency unless required by federal law; prohibits any local government or law enforcement agency from authorizing the use of any such card or document as a form of identification to be used to determine the identity or residency of any person. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 55. Against party
Yea
Failed
11–19
Apr 24, 2018
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