Total votes
17,150
all sessions
Attendance
97%
496 missed
Lower than 76% of chamber peers
With party
98%
of cast votes
Lower than 97% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
1%
crosses aisle rarely
Higher than 95% of chamber peers
Sponsored
1,032
bills & resolutions
Lower than 77% of chamber peers
Committees
0
assignments
17,150 roll-call votes
Voting record
Yea
16,689
voted in favor
Nay
383
voted against
Absent
496
missed votes
Total cast
17,150
across all sessions
Crossed party
270
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 1877
Controlled Substances - As enacted, adds quadriplegia as a qualifying medical condition for the lawful possession of cannabis oil. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17 and Title 68, Chapter 7. Against party
Nay
Passed
6–3
Apr 6, 2022
HB 1214
Criminal Offenses - As introduced, increases the percentage of restitution for victims of aggravated assault injured in the scope of their official duties as employees of a penal institution that will be deducted from the inmate's commissary account from 50 percent to 60 percent. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
Yea
Passed
7–2
Apr 6, 2022
SB 1792
Sexual Offenses - As enacted, revises the penalties for continuous sexual abuse of a child to clarify circumstances under which the offense is a Class A, Class B, or Class C felony; adds to the list of offenses that warrant the Class A felony, trafficking for a commercial sex act if the victim is a minor and promoting prostitution if the victim is a minor. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 53 and Title 55.
Yea
Passed
9–0
Apr 6, 2022
SB 2866
Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, eliminates the criminal offenses of possession of a firearm or club with intent to go armed, possession of a deadly weapon other than a firearm with the intent to employ it during the commission of a dangerous offense, possession of a deadly weapon with the intent to employ it during the commission of any offense other than a dangerous offense, and possession of a weapon with intent to go armed in a park, playground, civic center, or other recreational building. - Amends TCA Title 39.
Yea
Passed
7–2
Apr 6, 2022
SB 1997
Controlled Substances - As enacted, adds tianeptine and any salt, sulfate, free acid, or other preparation of tianeptine, and any salt, sulfate, free acid, compound, derivative, precursor, or preparation thereof that is substantially chemically equivalent or identical with tianeptine, as a schedule II controlled substance; specifies that a violation of the offense of knowingly possessing or casually exchanging a controlled substance (unless the substance was obtained directly from, or pursuant to, a valid prescription or order of a practitioner while acting in the course of professional practice), will be a Class A misdemeanor with respect to a person knowingly possessing or casually exchanging, tianeptine and any salt, sulfate, free acid, or other preparation of tianeptine and any salt, sulfate, free acid, compound, derivative, precursor, or other preparation thereof that is substantially chemically equivalent or identical with tianeptine. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4.
Yea
Passed
9–0
Apr 6, 2022
SB 2013
Animal Cruelty and Abuse - As enacted, enacts "Joker's Law," which revises the offense of knowingly and unlawfully killing a police dog, fire dog, search and rescue dog, service animal, or police horse without the owner's effective consent; adds provisions regarding knowingly and unlawfully causing serious injury to such an animal; revises and enacts other related provisions. - Amends TCA Section 37-1-134 and Title 39, Chapter 14.
Yea
Passed
8–0
Apr 6, 2022
HB 2860
Criminal Offenses - As introduced, creates the Class C misdemeanor of restraining a dog with a chain, cord, tether, cable, or similar device while a disaster is imminent or occurring; states that a person is not subject to prosecution for a violation unless the person has previously received a warning citation for a violation. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 44, Chapter 17. Against party
Nay
Passed
6–2
Apr 6, 2022
HB 2249
Education, Higher - As enacted, revises present law provisions governing the use of an intercollegiate athlete's name, image, or likeness. - Amends TCA Title 49. Against party
Nay
Passed
26–3
Apr 6, 2022
HB 1944
Obscenity and Pornography - As introduced, excludes local education agencies, public schools, and employees and private contractors of LEAs or public schools from the exception to certain obscenity offenses if the LEA, public school, employee, or private contractor possesses obscene material that is harmful to minors on public school premises; prohibits an LEA or public school from making obscene materials or materials harmful to minors available to students in the school libraries controlled by the LEA or public school. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 9 and Title 49.
Yea
Passed
6–3
Apr 6, 2022
SB 2441
Education - As enacted, specifies that an adult high school may provide virtual instruction in accordance with the Virtual Public Schools Act; requires an adult high school that provides virtual instruction to satisfy the instructional time requirements established for adult high schools by the state board of education. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Yea
Passed
31–0
Apr 4, 2022
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