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 80% 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 cast

27,242

across all sessions

Crossed party

166

votes against own party

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SB 1866

Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, revises various provisions regarding alcoholic beverages, including provisions regarding delivery and provisions governing the alcoholic beverage commission. - Amends TCA Title 57.

Yea

Passed

27–2

Apr 18, 2018

SB 1640

Tickets, Admission - As enacted, adds as an act that constitutes the offense of engaging in a deceptive business practice, a violation of the Tennessee Trade Mark Act, and a violation of the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act the use of the trade name or trademark, or a confusingly similar trade name or trademark of any place of entertainment, or the name of any event, person, or entity scheduled to perform at a place of entertainment in the domain or subdomain of a ticket marketplace URL. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 47 and Title 67.

Yea

Passed

29–0

Apr 18, 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

Failed

16–9

Apr 18, 2018

HB 1894

Education, Higher - As enacted, designates the state colleges of applied technology at Chattanooga as part of the statewide system of state colleges of applied technology and authorizes the board of regents to establish additional state colleges of applied technology or to combine existing state colleges of applied technology as needed to improve operational and administrative efficiencies. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Yea

Passed

28–0

Apr 18, 2018

HB 901

TennCare - As enacted, requires the bureau of TennCare to promulgate rules to promote the safe and responsible coverage of opioids for TennCare members who have the TennCare pharmacy benefit; requires report on rules to the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 71.

Yea

Passed

32–0

Apr 18, 2018

SB 1758

Notary Public - As enacted, revises various provisions regarding electronic acknowledgments and enacts the "Online Notary Public Act". - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 66.

Yea

Passed

30–0

Apr 18, 2018

HB 2637

Municipal Government - As enacted, revises provisions governing city manager-commission charters in regard to the election of commissioners in Fairview. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 18; Title 6, Chapter 19; Title 6, Chapter 20; Title 6, Chapter 21; Title 6, Chapter 22 and Title 6, Chapter 23.

Yea

Passed

30–0

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

29–0

Apr 18, 2018

HB 2049

Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, increases, from five days to any accumulated, the amount of sick leave that may be used by an educator who is a member of any reserve component of the United States armed forces when called into active duty. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 33 and Title 49, Chapter 5.

Yea

Passed

33–0

Apr 17, 2018

HB 2432

Public Contracts - As enacted, authorizes state procurement agencies to enter into an energy performance or guaranteed energy savings contract using alternative procurement or contracting vehicles for purposes of developing and implementing up to five energy performance or guaranteed energy savings contract pilot projects for state-owned buildings and facilities. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 12.

Yea

Passed

31–0

Apr 17, 2018