R Tennessee Senate · District 7 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Richard Briggs

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Session

Total votes

24,413

all sessions

Attendance

99%

268 missed

Lower than 84% of chamber peers

With party

99%

of cast votes

Lower than 81% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

0%

crosses aisle rarely

Near the chamber average

Voting record

Yea

24,137

voted in favor

Nay

190

voted against

Absent

268

missed votes

Total cast

24,413

across all sessions

Crossed party

145

votes against own party

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SB 524

Education, State Board of - As enacted, requires the state board to adopt a policy allowing American sign language courses to satisfy the foreign language credits required for graduation. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 10.

Yea

Passed

33–0

Mar 6, 2017

SJR 35

General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Recognizes pornography as a public health hazard leading to a broad spectrum of individual and public health impacts and societal harms. -

Yea

Passed

32–0

Mar 6, 2017

SB 428

Funeral Directors and Embalmers - As enacted, removes social security number from the information that a funeral establishment must include on the permanent identification device attached to a dead human body prior to interment and from the permanent identification device placed in the crematory urn before the remains are placed in the urn. - Amends TCA Section 62-5-313.

Yea

Passed

33–0

Mar 6, 2017

SB 1304

Traffic Safety - As enacted, expands the yellow dot motor vehicle medical information program to traffic stops and not just motor vehicle accidents; requires department of transportation to cooperate with veterans services organizations in publicizing yellow dot program. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 20, Part 3.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Mar 6, 2017

SB 1232

Education, Higher - As enacted, requires state institutions of higher education to develop and implement uniform procedures for awarding academic credit through course equivalencies for military education, training, experience, and occupational specialties; provides methods for implementation. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 13.

Yea

Passed

33–0

Mar 6, 2017

HJR 148

Memorials, Interns - Jason Rogers -

Yea

Passed

32–0

Mar 6, 2017

SB 1263

State Symbols - As enacted, designates the Boeing B-17F known as the Memphis Belle as the official state airplane. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 3.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Mar 6, 2017

SB 1229

Statutes and Codification - As enacted, codifies the Acts of the 2016 regular and extraordinary sessions. -

Yea

Passed

33–0

Mar 6, 2017

SJR 83

General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Expresses support for the Tennessee Energy Efficient Schools Council. -

Yea

Passed

32–0

Mar 6, 2017

SB 461

Pharmacy, Pharmacists - As enacted, expands to include pharmacists in the prohibition on discrimination by managed health insurance issuers against optometrists, ophthalmologists, podiatrists, and chiropractors solely on the basis of their license or certification, if such providers are acting within the scope of their license or certification. - Amends TCA Section 56-32-129.

Yea

Passed

33–0

Mar 6, 2017