R Tennessee Senate · District 7 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Richard Briggs

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Session

Total votes

27,242

all sessions

Attendance

98%

399 missed

Near the chamber average

With party

99%

of cast votes

Lower than 77% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

0%

crosses aisle rarely

Near the chamber average

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

164

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

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Date

SB 738

Health Care - As introduced, increases the cap on the amount healthcare providers can charge for copying medical records, other than for records involving workers' compensation cases, from $20.00 for the first five pages and 50 cents per page for each page copied after the first five pages, to $24.00 for the first five pages and 50 cents per page for each page copied after the first five pages. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 64.

Yea

Passed

8–0

Mar 22, 2017

SB 639

Health Care - As enacted, authorizes a healthcare provider to satisfy one hour of continuing education requirements in exchange for one hour of volunteer healthcare services. - Amends TCA Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

Yea

Passed

8–0

Mar 22, 2017

SB 1262

Taxes, Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, extends by one year the manner in which liquor-by-the-drink tax proceeds are distributed to local political subdivisions. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 49; Title 57 and Title 67.

Yea

Passed

8–0

Mar 21, 2017

SB 240

Boards and Commissions - As enacted, authorizes the governor to appoint persons to fill positions on certain boards from lists of nominees submitted by interested groups, instead of requiring appointments to be made from such lists. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 13, Part 2; Title 63, Chapter 13, Part 3 and Title 63, Chapter 23, Part 1.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Mar 21, 2017

SB 1211

Safety, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the division of protective services to provide police services for all state office buildings; requires the division to oversee the state facility protection officer program in conjunction with the commissioner of safety or the commissioner's designee; requires that certain officer commissions be issued only to persons assigned to property owned or leased by the state. - Amends TCA Section 4-3-2006 and Section 4-3-2019.

Yea

Passed

8–0

Mar 21, 2017

SB 564

Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As enacted, exempts a nonprofit educational institution from property taxes, under certain circumstances; applicable in Davidson County. - Amends TCA Section 67-5-212.

Yea

Passed

8–0

Mar 21, 2017

SB 327

Financial Disclosure - As enacted, requires certain disclosures by members of the general assembly regarding travel expenses paid on behalf of the member. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 10, Part 1; Title 3, Chapter 6 and Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 5.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Mar 21, 2017

SJR 180

General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Jay Robinson, Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation -

Yea

Passed

8–0

Mar 21, 2017

SB 695

Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, allows special occasion licensees to receive donated alcoholic beverages and beer; allows alcoholic beverage commission to issue citation for a retailer who fails to satisfy obligations to a wholesaler; makes various other revisions. - Amends TCA Section 57-1-108; Section 57-1-201; Section 57-3-101; Section 57-3-104; Section 57-3-411; Section 57-3-703; Section 57-3-704; Section 57-3-802; Section 57-3-805; Section 57-4-101; Section 57-4-102; Section 57-4-107; Section 57-4-201; Section 57-4-203 and Section 57-9-201.

Yea

Passed

8–0

Mar 21, 2017

SB 510

Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, designates Finley Stadium in Chattanooga as a sports authority facility for purposes of on-premises consumption of alcoholic beverages. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 4.

Yea

Passed

8–0

Mar 21, 2017