Sen. Richard Briggs
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
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HB 1485
Tattoos and Piercings - As introduced, authorizes a tattoo artist to perform tattoo removal only as permitted by rules promulgated by the department of health. - Amends TCA Section 62-38-209. Against party
Nay
Failed
11–11
Apr 18, 2018
HB 447
Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, specifies that samples and sales of alcoholic beverages sold for consumption on the premises of a distillery are not subject to the 15 percent privilege tax on the sales price of alcoholic beverages sold for consumption on the premises; authorizes retail sales of alcoholic beverages within the boundaries of Tellico Village in Loudon County and authorizes the alcoholic beverage commission to issue a retailer's license to the 501(c) corporation that manages such location. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 2; Title 57, Chapter 3 and Title 57, Chapter 4.
Yea
Passed
23–4
Apr 18, 2018
HB 2644
Appropriations - As enacted, makes appropriations for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2017, and July 1, 2018. -
Yea
Passed
32–1
Apr 18, 2018
HB 1831
Controlled Substances - As enacted, makes various changes to the requirements for prescribing, dispensing, and reporting of opioids. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4; Title 41, Chapter 21, Part 2; Title 53 and Title 63.
Nay
Failed
5–25
Apr 18, 2018
HB 3
Civil Procedure - As enacted, makes licensed clinical social workers who are engaged solely in independent clinical practice in proceedings in which the department of children's services is the petitioner or intervening petitioner, exempt from subpoena to trial but subject to subpoena to a deposition. - Amends TCA Title 24, Chapter 9, Part 1.
Yea
Passed
28–0
Apr 18, 2018
HB 1140
Criminal Offenses - As enacted, establishes what constitutes a reasonable expectation of privacy for purposes of the offense of unlawful photographing in violation of privacy. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13; Title 39, Chapter 17 and Title 40, Chapter 35.
Yea
Passed
32–0
Apr 18, 2018
SB 270
Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, exempts certain active, volunteer firefighters and rescue squad members from payment of the regular registration fee at the time of renewal for license plate issued to the volunteer firefighter or rescue squad member; authorizes a county legislative body to waive the motor vehicle tax for motor vehicles receiving the exemption from the registration fee, if the waiver is approved in the same manner as the adoption of the motor vehicle tax. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4.
Yea
Passed
28–0
Apr 18, 2018
SB 1875
Sentencing - As enacted, enacts "Henry's Law," which requires that a person convicted for second degree murder resulting from unlawful distribution of Schedule I or II drug where victim is a minor be punished from within one range higher than the sentencing range otherwise appropriate for the person. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-210 and Title 40, Chapter 35.
Yea
Passed
29–0
Apr 18, 2018
HB 2195
Flags - As enacted, prohibits local governments from adopting or enforcing regulations that prohibit or restrict the display of a flag of the United States of America, a flag of the state of Tennessee, the MIA/POW flag, or an official or replica flag of any branch of the United States armed forces on a property owner's property except when necessary to promote public health and safety. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 5; Title 6, Chapter 54 and Title 13, Chapter 7.
Yea
Passed
28–0
Apr 18, 2018
HB 1831
Controlled Substances - As enacted, makes various changes to the requirements for prescribing, dispensing, and reporting of opioids. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4; Title 41, Chapter 21, Part 2; Title 53 and Title 63.
Yea
Failed
19–10
Apr 18, 2018
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