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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
This page
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
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Date
HB 1862
Criminal Procedure - As enacted, lowers the expunction fee from $350 to $180 for a defendant whose charge was dismissed due to successful completion of a pretrial diversion program. - Amends TCA Section 40-32-101.
Yea
Passed
33–0
Apr 17, 2018
SJR 826
Memorials, Recognition - Food Allergy Awareness Day, May 13, 2018 -
Yea
Passed
33–0
Apr 17, 2018
HB 2230
Education, Higher - As enacted, enacts the "Transparency in Higher Education Act, which requires each state institution of higher education to notify parents of enrolled students of the parent's right to view student records under the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 on the institution's website. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Yea
Passed
31–0
Apr 17, 2018
SB 2111
Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, designates sports facilities at MTSU and TSU as "sports authority facility" for purposes of sales of alcoholic beverages and beer for consumption on the premises; specifies that ban on selling wine on Christmas, Thanksgiving, and Easter applies to retail food store wine licensees in addition to package stores. - Amends TCA Title 57.
Yea
Passed
25–4
Apr 17, 2018
HB 2590
State Employees - As enacted, revises provisions governing the use of leave by state employees. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 53; Title 10; Title 11; Title 12; Title 41; Title 50 and Title 54.
Yea
Passed
31–0
Apr 17, 2018
SB 1949
Public Health - As enacted, enacts the "Suicide Mortality Review and Prevention Act of 2018." - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 3.
Yea
Passed
33–0
Apr 17, 2018
HB 1494
Local Government, General - As enacted, authorizes county, municipal, and metropolitan mayors and chief executives to issue evacuation orders during a local state of emergency; creates Class C misdemeanor of willfully violating an evacuation order. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 9 and Title 58.
Yea
Passed
23–6
Apr 17, 2018
SB 2295
Administrative Procedure (UAPA) - As enacted, continues permanent rules filed with the secretary of state on or after January 1, 2017. - Title 4, Chapter 5.
Yea
Passed
31–0
Apr 17, 2018
HJR 1132
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Rachel Hale, Salutatorian, Bledsoe County High School -
Yea
Passed
32–0
Apr 16, 2018
HJR 1151
Memorials, Personal Occasion - Dan and Sharon Terry, 50th wedding anniversary -
Yea
Passed
32–0
Apr 16, 2018
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