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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 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
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Vote
Result
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Date
SB 2297
Fairs - As enacted, revises the composition of the state fair board and one of the board's powers. - Amends TCA Title 4; Section 5-9-102 and Title 43.
Yea
Passed
31–0
Apr 17, 2018
HB 2217
Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As enacted, allows for the angel investor tax credit being measured by the value of an indirect or direct cash investment by an angel investor against the Hall income tax liability of the angel investor. - Amends TCA Section 67-2-125.
Yea
Passed
33–0
Apr 17, 2018
HB 2510
Controlled Substances - As enacted, authorizes a nurse practitioner or physician assistant who holds a federal DEA waiver to prescribe buprenorphine products under certain conditions. - Amends TCA Title 53.
Yea
Passed
27–2
Apr 17, 2018
SB 2236
Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Visual Content Modernization Act of 2018". - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 49 and Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 50.
Yea
Passed
30–0
Apr 17, 2018
HB 2116
Environmental Preservation - As enacted, authorizes the Morgan County commission to designate by resolution a property that consists of at least 2,000 contiguous acres as the JustBeGreen Villages of America development area upon application of one or more property owners within the area for which the designation is sought. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 11 and Title 13.
Yea
Passed
28–0
Apr 17, 2018
HB 2330
Students - As enacted, prohibits the use of corporal punishment against a student with a disability who has an IEP or a Section 504 plan, with certain exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Yea
Passed
28–0
Apr 17, 2018
HB 1988
Local Education Agencies - As enacted, directs LEAs to require schools to provide each high school student in grades 9-12 with a Scholars Prep Guide upon registering for a course. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.
Yea
Passed
33–0
Apr 17, 2018
HB 2250
Taxes, Sales - As enacted, extends the deadline by which a distressed rural county must apply to be eligible to retain the sales and use tax generated from a commercial development district from December 31, 2016, to December 31, 2020. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.
Yea
Passed
33–0
Apr 17, 2018
HB 2688
Public Funds and Financing - As enacted, authorizes obligations guaranteed as to principal and interest by Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, Sallie Mae, and other similar organizations as instruments for investment to be made by the treasurer. - Amends TCA Section 9-4-612.
Yea
Passed
25–4
Apr 17, 2018
HB 2024
Criminal Procedure - As enacted, revises and makes permanent and applicable statewide the Knox County pilot project that allows indigent criminal defendants to pay their court costs and litigation taxes through the performance of public service. - Amends TCA Title 40 and Title 55.
Yea
Passed
33–0
Apr 17, 2018
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