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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

SJR 146

Memorials, Recognition - Roan Mountain State Park, State Park of the Year -

Yea

Passed

32–0

Mar 2, 2017

SB 709

Drugs, Prescription - As enacted, requires the commissioners of health and mental health and substance abuse services to produce guidelines on nonresidential buprenorphine treatment by January 1, 2018, and to annually update those guidelines. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 1.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Mar 1, 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

Failed

9–0

Mar 1, 2017

SB 296

Comptroller, State - As introduced, establishes July 1 of each year as the deadline for the office of research and education accountability to report its findings to the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 44; Title 48 and Title 68.

Yea

Passed

8–0

Feb 28, 2017

SB 694

Publications, State - As enacted, revises provisions governing the distribution of certain publications. - Amends TCA Title 12, Chapter 6.

Yea

Passed

8–0

Feb 28, 2017

SB 426

Building Commission, State - As enacted, transfers employees of the state building commission from the department of finance and administration to the department of treasury. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 15 and Title 4, Chapter 3.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Feb 28, 2017

SB 417

Treasurer, State - As enacted, clarifies state treasurer has authority to raise funds for the Tennessee financial literacy commission. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-1704.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Feb 28, 2017

SB 231

Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, clarifies that for the audited financial reports of certain self-sufficient utilities, a change in net position means total revenues less all grants, capital contributions, and expenses. - Amends TCA Section 7-82-401 and Section 68-221-1010.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Feb 28, 2017

SB 322

General Assembly - As introduced, requires the joint legislative services committee to publish on the general assembly website the floor voting record of each member following the conclusion of each annual or extraordinary session of the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 3.

Yea

Passed

8–0

Feb 28, 2017

SB 463

Comptroller, State - As enacted, requires the administrative head of a department, agency, or institution that has been audited by the comptroller to submit a corrective action plan within 30 days of the issuance of the audit report; empowers certain standing committees to take action in the event of noncompliance with respect to an audit by a department, agency, or institution. - Amends TCA Section 8-4-109.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Feb 28, 2017