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R Tennessee Senate · District 7 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Richard Briggs

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Total votes
27,004
all sessions
Attendance
99%
268 missed
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
27,004 roll-call votes

Voting record

Yea
26,699
voted in favor
Nay
219
voted against
Absent
268
missed votes
Total cast
27,004
across all sessions
Crossed party
165
votes against own party
This page
27,004
matching current filters
Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SJR 784
Memorials, Public Service - Senator Jim Tracy -
Yea
Passed
29–0
Mar 29, 2018
SJR 765
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Will Michael Gipson, Salutatorian, McClain Christian Academy -
Yea
Passed
29–0
Mar 29, 2018
SB 1618
Education - As enacted, removes from education laws obsolete pilot projects and reporting and similar requirements; revises and deletes certain other education-related provisions and reporting requirements. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Yea
Passed
23–1
Mar 29, 2018
SB 834
Mental Illness - As enacted, requires, in certain circumstances, the instant check unit of the TBI to contact the chief law enforcement officer of a jurisdiction where a person who has been adjudicated as a mental defective or judicially committed to a mental institution attempts to purchase a firearm; requires the reporting of certain other information of persons involuntarily committed. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 33 and Section 38-6-109.
Yea
Passed
29–0
Mar 29, 2018
SJR 762
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Faith Julianne Bambas, Valedictorian, Heritage Christian Academy -
Yea
Passed
29–0
Mar 29, 2018
SJR 768
Memorials, Recognition - Dr. Lanas Smith, Wilson County Agricultural Hall of Fame -
Yea
Passed
29–0
Mar 29, 2018
HB 1625
Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the department of intellectual and developmental disabilities for two years to June 30, 2020; requires the department to report back to the committee concerning the findings in its 2017 performance audit report. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 4, Chapter 3.
Yea
Passed
24–0
Mar 29, 2018
SJR 786
Memorials, Death - Nancy Ivy McCraw -
Yea
Passed
29–0
Mar 29, 2018
SJR 766
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Marshal Evins, Salutatorian, DeKalb County High School -
Yea
Passed
29–0
Mar 29, 2018
SB 1618
Education - As enacted, removes from education laws obsolete pilot projects and reporting and similar requirements; revises and deletes certain other education-related provisions and reporting requirements. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Yea
Passed
23–1
Mar 29, 2018
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