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 2056
Adoption - As enacted, expands the definition of severe child sexual abuse for purposes of termination of parental rights and giving a parent standing to file a petition to terminate the parental rights of the abusive parent; declares all adoption records to be a public record when 100 years have elapsed since the date the adoption was finalized; makes various other changes in regard to termination of parental rights and adoption. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5; Title 36; Title 37 and Title 68.
Yea
Passed
23–5
Mar 31, 2022
SB 535
Public Funds and Financing - As enacted, prohibits local governmental entities from paying, compensating, awarding, or remitting funds in the form of, or facilitating the conversion of compensation or funds to, blockchain, cryptocurrency, non-fungible tokens, or virtual currency to an individual person, corporation, or other entity (or procuring the services for the performance of any such actions) without the prior written approval of the state treasurer. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 11; Title 12; Title 13; Title 41; Title 42; Title 49; Title 54; Title 64; Title 68 and Title 69.
Yea
Passed
32–0
Mar 31, 2022
SB 1936
Administrative Procedure (UAPA) - As enacted, removes requirement that an administrative judge or hearing officer make a motion prior to deciding a procedural question of law; removes similar requirement for such persons to direct parties or attorneys for parties to appear for a conference to consider matters relating to a contested case hearing; removes obsolete language regarding the manner in which parties may participate in hearings remotely and revises other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 5, Part 3.
Yea
Passed
30–0
Mar 31, 2022
HB 1930
Education - As enacted, authorizes a local board of education or charter school governing body to implement, as part of the LEA's or public charter school's discipline policy, holistic programs of positive behavior reinforcement and reward-based behavior modification systems. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.
Yea
Passed
32–0
Mar 31, 2022
HB 1871
Public Health - As enacted, prohibits governmental entities, local education agencies, schools, and private businesses from adopting or enforcing laws, rules, or practices that fail to recognize acquired immunity as providing a level of immune protection that is at least as protective as a COVID-19 vaccine or treat individuals with acquired immunity differently than individuals who have received the COVID-19 vaccine. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 8; Title 14; Title 50; Title 63 and Title 68.
Yea
Passed
25–5
Mar 31, 2022
HB 2561
Interstate Compacts - As enacted, enacts the "Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact" and the "Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact." - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 63.
Yea
Passed
30–0
Mar 31, 2022
HB 677
Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, requires a health carrier, health benefit plan, or utilization review organization that denies coverage of a prescription drug for the treatment of a medical condition through the use of a step therapy protocol to provide access to a clear, readily accessible, and convenient process for a patient or prescribing practitioner to request a step therapy exception; enacts other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 33; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 71.
Yea
Passed
32–0
Mar 31, 2022
SB 735
Jails, Local Lock-ups - As enacted, requires reimbursement to counties for housing state parolees awaiting a parole revocation hearing. - Amends TCA Title 41.
Yea
Passed
32–0
Mar 31, 2022
SB 2240
Controlled Substances - As enacted, prohibits a healthcare provider who is authorized to prescribe buprenorphine under federal law from prescribing via telehealth a buprenorphine product, as approved by the federal food and drug administration for use in recovery or medication-assisted treatment, unless certain conditions met. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68.
Yea
Passed
29–0
Mar 31, 2022
SB 2204
Regional Authorities and Special Districts - As enacted, requires an entity that contracts with the Megasite Authority of West Tennessee for a real estate interest in the megasite to report, or cause its contractor or contractors to report, certain information to the state building commission, the speaker of the senate, and the speaker of the house of representatives regarding construction activity for material improvement to the project; authorizes a local governmental entity to enter into a contract with an entity working on the megasite for the provision of security services at the megasite. - Amends TCA Title 64, Chapter 9, Part 1.
Yea
Passed
25–5
Mar 31, 2022
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