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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
Tally
Date
HB 2719
Mountain City - Subject to local approval, shifts the appointment of the town recorder, chief of police, and superintendent of public works from April to December; extends the terms of the incumbent recorder, chief of police, and superintendent to December 2019. - Amends Chapter 133 of the Private Acts of 1986; as amended.
Yea
Passed
29–0
Apr 16, 2018
HJR 1070
Memorials, Recognition - Elk Valley Forestry Association -
Yea
Passed
32–0
Apr 16, 2018
SJR 896
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Forrest Isaias Whiting, Salutatorian, White House Heritage High School -
Yea
Passed
32–0
Apr 16, 2018
HJR 1152
Memorials, Death - Edwin "Ed" Edwards -
Yea
Passed
32–0
Apr 16, 2018
SR 193
Memorials, Interns - Robert T. McBride -
Yea
Passed
32–0
Apr 16, 2018
SR 191
Memorials, Interns - Alayne Saylor -
Yea
Passed
32–0
Apr 16, 2018
HJR 1109
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Julian Robbins, Valedictorian, Knoxville Central High School -
Yea
Passed
32–0
Apr 16, 2018
HB 2714
Red Boiling Springs - Subject to local approval, authorizes the city council of the City of Red Boiling Springs to set the city elections date by ordinance; deletes requirement that nonresidents who own taxable property within the City appear on the voting list of qualified electors eligible to vote in the Tennessee Legislative District that encompasses the City. - Amends Chapter 29 of the Private Acts of 2009; as amended.
Yea
Passed
29–0
Apr 16, 2018
HJR 1166
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Dante' West, Salutatorian, Oneida High School -
Yea
Passed
32–0
Apr 16, 2018
SJR 920
Memorials, Recognition - Boys and Girls Club of Morristown, 60th anniversary -
Yea
Passed
32–0
Apr 16, 2018
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