Their recorded votes on bills that divided the chamber (unanimous votes left out), grouped by topic. A bill can sit under more than one topic. "With" and "against" compare each vote with how most Democrats voted. How topics are assigned
›Rights & public safety150 with · 15 against165 votes
VIOLATIONS BY CORPORATIONS Present law authorizes a corporation to be prosecuted for an act or omission involving trafficking persons for forced labor or services or trafficking for commercial sex act constituting a crime under state kidnapping and false imprisonment law only if (i) an agent of the corporation performs the conduct that is an element of the crime while acting within the scope of the agent's office or employment and on behalf of the corporation and (ii) the commission of the crime was either authorized, requested, commanded, performed or within the scope of the agent's…
ON APRIL 17, 2025, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENTS #1 AND #2 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 622, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites the bill to, instead, make the following revisions to present law: EMPLOYMENT DECISIONS Prohibits a county government, municipal government, metropolitan government, local education agency (LEA), public institution of higher education, and the state from basing an employment decision on any metric that considers an applicant's or employee's race, ethnicity, sex, age, or any other demographic characteristic, rather than on individual merit, qualifications, veteran status, or…
Present law provides that a licensee under the "Premium Finance Company Act of 1980" does not have the power to charge premium loan charges other than, or in amounts greater than, the following: Licensees may charge, in the case of the precomputed loan, a service charge in an amount equal to 4% of the total amount of the loan, which charge may be deducted in advance from the principal of the premium loan; provided, that a licensee who contracts for the payment of interest on the balances from time to time outstanding, commonly referred to as a revolving or open-end account, shall be limited…
ON APRIL 16, 2025, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENTS # 2, 3, 4, 12, AND 16, AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 1409, AS AMENDED. ON APRIL 16, 2025, THE SENATE SUBSTITUTED HOUSE BILL 1409 FOR SENATE BILL 1431 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 1409.
ON MARCH 20, 2025, THE SENATE COMPLETED THE FIRST READING OF SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 1. ON MARCH 24, 2025, THE SENATE COMPLETED THE SECOND READING OF SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 1. ON MARCH 26, 2025, THE SENATE COMPLETED THE THIRD READING OF AND ADOPTED SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 1. ON APRIL 16, 2025, THE HOUSE SUBSTITUTED SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 1 FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 2 AND COMPLETED THE FIRST READING OF SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 1. ON APRIL 17, 2025, THE HOUSE COMPLETED THE SECOND READING OF SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 1.
ON APRIL 3, 2025, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 134, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites the bill to, instead, enact the "The Learning Pod Protection Act," which makes the following revisions to present law: Provides that the purpose of the Act is to allow parents to voluntarily participate in or associate with learning pods to advance the parents' children's K-12 education without being subject to regulation.
ON APRIL 22, 2025, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #3 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 714, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #3 rewrites the bill to, instead, make the following changes to present law: LEAs REQUIRING STATE INVERVENTIONS UNDER THIS AMENDMENT Provides that an LEA, excluding the achievement school district, is subject to the state interventions described below, if (i) 50% or more of the LEA's student population is economically disadvantaged, as reported in the state report card most recently issued by the department of education ("department"); and did not meet grade-level expectations in mathematics…
ON APRIL 7, 2025, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 16, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites the bill to, instead, prohibit a public school from using public funds to join, become members of, or maintain membership in an association that regulates interscholastic athletics unless the association allows a high school student who transfers for the first time to another member school and the transfer is due to a significant academic, social-emotional, environmental, or mental health need to be immediately eligible to participate in interscholastic athletics at the member school…
This bill prohibits a healthcare provider who participates in a medical assistance health benefit plan, including a provider participating in the provider network of a managed care organization that contracts with the bureau of TennCare to provide services under a medical assistance health benefit plan, from refusing to provide healthcare services to an enrollee based solely on the enrollee's refusal or failure to obtain a vaccine or immunization for a particular infectious or communicable disease.
This bill enacts the "Tennessee Health SNAP Act," the purpose of which is to ensure the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) in this state aligns with its intended purpose of improving food security and nutrition by prohibiting the purchase of candy and soft drinks with SNAP benefits. This bill requires the department of human services ("department") to submit a request for a federal waiver to the United States department of agriculture's food and nutrition service to seek authorization to prohibit the use of SNAP benefits for the purchase of candy and soft drinks.
This bill authorizes an individual 18 or older ("person") to bring a civil action to recover compensatory damages, punitive damages, and reasonable attorney fees, court costs, and expenses against a healthcare professional for an injury that is a result of a medical procedure, if both of the following criteria are met: The medical procedure was for the purpose of enabling the person to identify with, or live as, a purported identity inconsistent with the person's sex or treating purported discomfort or distress from a discordance between the person's sex and asserted identity.
DISPOSAL OF PROPERTY USED FOR CAMPING This bill requires the department of transportation to develop and implement a policy regarding the collection, storage, claiming, and disposal of personal property used for camping from (i) the shoulder, berm, or right-of-way of a state or interstate highway; or (ii) under a bridge or overpass, or within an underpass, of a state or interstate highway.
This bill provides that not later than December 1, 2025, the department of safety must develop and publish on its website a list of out-of-state classes of driver licenses issued to illegal aliens that are invalid in this state in accordance with this bill. The department must update the list as necessary in order to correct mistakes and to add or remove an out-of-state class of driver license to keep the list in conformity with the requirements of this bill.
ON MARCH 5, 2026, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 1591, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites the bill to, instead, impose court costs of up to 50% of the standard court costs charged by the court for a case involving a traffic violation, as well as state and local litigation taxes, on a person who uses a wireless communications device or stand-alone electronic device while operating a motor vehicle. Present law caps the court costs for such an offense at $10, and provides that state and local litigation taxes are not applicable.
Mar 26, 2026 · Failed 37–48 · against most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Present law provides that it is the duty of the commissioner of environment and conservation, or the commissioner's duly authorized representative or deputy commissioner, as applicable, to enter into an agreement or contract with county health departments whereby the departments would implement the law relative to subsurface sewage disposal systems in their respective jurisdiction.
ON MARCH 16, 2026, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 803, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites this bill to add to present law concerning sewerage systems using land application. Present law prohibits new construction of, or making any change in a public water supply or public sewerage system, until the plans for such new construction or change have been submitted to and approved by TDEC.
This bill prohibits an agency from disseminating, proposing, or finalizing any regulatory action by promulgating rules or a similar action for a substance, mixture, or chemical related to drinking water, water pollution control, hazardous substances, contaminated site remediation, air quality, or solid or hazardous waste handling unless the following criteria is met: All scientific and technical information relied on to support the regulatory action is based upon the best available science.
ON APRIL 3, 2025, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 227, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 defines "housing," for purposes of the bill, as long-term living accommodations. The term also includes assistance with obtaining or signing a lease for an apartment or rental home, but does not include temporary overnight housing such as that provided by a homeless shelter.
Present law provides that the maximum effective rate of interest per annum for home loans is set at an amount equal to two percentage points above the most recent weighted average yield of the accepted offers of the Federal National Mortgage Association's current free market system auction for commitments to purchase conventional home mortgages (FNMA Auction).
DISPOSAL OF PROPERTY USED FOR CAMPING This bill requires the department of transportation to develop and implement a policy regarding the collection, storage, claiming, and disposal of personal property used for camping from (i) the shoulder, berm, or right-of-way of a state or interstate highway; or (ii) under a bridge or overpass, or within an underpass, of a state or interstate highway.
This bill clarifies that the World Health Organization, the United Nations, and the World Economic Forum have no jurisdiction in this state. This state and its political subdivisions must not be compelled to enforce, or collaborate with the enforcement of, requirements or mandates issued by the World Health Organization, the United Nations, or the World Economic Forum.
This bill enacts the "Tennessee Procurement Protection Act," the purpose of which is to ensure that suppliers to the state and to political subdivisions of this state are safe, reliable, and free from undue influence and control from foreign adversaries. As used in this bill, a "foreign adversary" means a country designated by the United States department of commerce under 15 CFR 791.4 on January 1, 2025, and as amended thereafter.
Mar 2, 2026 · Passed 79–16 · against most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
This bill requires each LEA and public charter school that serves students in any of the grades K-5 to prohibit all of the following: Students in those grades from accessing digital devices at school. Teachers and other employees of the LEA or public charter school from using a digital device to provide instruction to students in those grades. Teachers and other employees of the LEA or public charter school from administering an assessment to students in those grades in an electronic format.
PROHIBITED ACTIONS In order to ensure that this state provides an attractive environment for investment in broadband technology by establishing certainty regarding the regulatory treatment of that technology, consistent with the decisions of the federal communications commission to preempt certain state actions that are not in accordance with such commission's policies, present law prohibits the Tennessee public utility commission from exercising jurisdiction of any type over or relating to broadband services, regardless of the entity providing the service, except as provided in present law.
Under the "Protect Tennessee Minors Act," "content harmful to minors" means either of the following, when taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value: Text, audio, imagery, or video the average person, applying contemporary community standards and taking the material as a whole and with respect to minors of any age, would find sexually explicit and harmful or inappropriate for minors or designed to appeal to or pander to the prurient interest; or Text, audio, imagery, or video that exploits, is devoted to, or principally consists of an actual,…
Apr 21, 2025 · Passed 80–6 · against most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Voted against most of their party on 23 of 360 party-divided votes on file.
Most often on: Rights & public safety (7), Jobs & cost of living (5), Health & care (4)
Education - As enacted, enacts the "Charlie Kirk American Heritage Act." - Amends TCA Title 49. Companion bill has been assigned Public Chapter Number 701 by the Secretary of State.
What it does: The full text of this bill specifies 19 historic subjects that local education agencies, public charter schools, public school teachers, and faculty or other instructors employed at public institutions of higher educa…
Voted no · most Democrats voted yes · Democrats 23–1, Republicans 0–69
Traffic Safety - As introduced, imposes state and local litigation taxes on a person who violates the prohibition against using a wireless telecommunications device or stand-alone electronic device while operating a motor vehicle; removes…
What it does: ON MARCH 5, 2026, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 1591, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites the bill to, instead, impose court costs of up to 50% of the standard court costs charged by the court f…
Voted yes · most Democrats voted no · Democrats 2–17, Republicans 35–31
Purchasing and Procurement - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Procurement Protection Act." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 56. HB0548 has been assigned Public Chapter Number 768 by the Secretary of State.
What it does: This bill enacts the "Tennessee Procurement Protection Act," the purpose of which is to ensure that suppliers to the state and to political subdivisions of this state are safe, reliable, and free from undue influence…
Voted yes · most Democrats voted no · Democrats 7–16, Republicans 72–0
Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, makes revisions to present law relative to utilities. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 13, Chapter 7; Title 65 and Title 68. HB0542 has been assigned Public Chapter Number 490 by the Secretary of State.
What it does: When a plan of development is submitted to a utility, including a county-owned or municipal-owned water utility, on or after July 1, 2025, for review of the plan's compliance with applicable codes for water, electrici…
Voted yes · most Democrats voted no · Democrats 9–13, Republicans 68–0
Real Property - As enacted, creates a vested property right upon the submission, rather than the approval, of a development plan or building permit; specifies that the vesting period applicable when it is based on the submission of a…
What it does: VESTED PROPERTY RIGHTS Present law requires a vested property right to be established with respect to any property upon the approval, by the local government in which the property is situated, of any of the following:…
Voted yes · most Democrats voted no · Democrats 6–16, Republicans 70–0
Substantive votes concern legislation or nominations; procedural votes concern how the chamber considers them. A Yes vote applies to the motion shown, which may not be final passage.
HB 354 · TN HOUSE
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation - As enacted, grants the bureau discretion to investigate reports of suspected elder financial exploitation. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 38; Title 39; Title 45; Title 68 and Title 71. HB0354 has been…
YesVOTED
Motion: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION
ON APRIL 8, 2026, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 354, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites this bill to provide the TBI with discretion to investigate reports of suspected elder financial exploitation. Upon receiving a report of suspected elder financial exploitation, present law requires the TBI to coordinate with the district attorney general and, when appropriate, with other law enforcement agencies and adult protective services for additional investigation of the reported exploitation.
Sewage - As enacted, makes revision to present law concerning sewerage systems using land application; exempts Hamilton County from the provisions requiring the developer of a subdivision or neighborhood that proposes to construct a…
NoVOTED
Motion: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 10
ON MARCH 16, 2026, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 803, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites this bill to add to present law concerning sewerage systems using land application. Present law prohibits new construction of, or making any change in a public water supply or public sewerage system, until the plans for such new construction or change have been submitted to and approved by TDEC.
Criminal Offenses - As enacted, enacts "Matthew Davenport's Law," which creates certain criminal offenses and testing requirements related to Kratom. - Amends TCA Title 33, Chapter 2; Title 38; Title 39; Title 50; Title 63 and Title 68.…
Not votingNO VOTE
Motion: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION
Present law makes it an offense for a person to knowingly to do any of the following: ' Sell, or offer for sale, Kratom unless labeled and in its natural form. ' Distribute, sell, or offer for sale, Kratom to a person under 21. ' Purchase or possess Kratom if under 21.
Adoption - As enacted, clarifies that a court may waive the requirement for a home study in an adoption when the prospective adoptive parent or parents are not related to the child if certain requirements are met. - Amends TCA Title 36 and…
YesVOTED
Motion: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION
Present law generally requires prospective adoptive parents to contact a licensed child-placing agency, or a licensed clinical social worker, and request a home study concerning the suitability of their home and themselves as an adoptive parent. However, the court may waive this requirement when the adoptive parents are related persons. This bill expands the exception by allowing the court to also waive the home study requirement when a child has lived in the home of the prospective adoptive parents for at least six months.
Statutes and Codification - As enacted, clarifies that a "person," as used in Tennessee Code Annotated, does not include artificial intelligence, a computer algorithm, a software program, computer hardware, or any type of machine. - Amends…
YesVOTED
Motion: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION
Present law establishes numerous rights and responsibilities that apply to persons, human beings, natural persons, and living beings. This bill specifies that, as used in Tennessee Code Annotated, the terms "person," "life," and "natural person" generally do not include artificial intelligence, a computer algorithm, a software program, computer hardware, or any type of machine.
Correction, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to conduct a study concerning subjects related to access of family members to incarcerated persons for visitation; requires the department to report its findings to each member of…
Not votingNO VOTE
Motion: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION
This bill enacts the "Proximity Placement and Family Visitations Incentive Act," the purpose of which is to reduce the hardships faced by families who travel long distances to visit incarcerated loved ones, and to incentivize positive behavior in our prisons by granting eligible inmates an opportunity to transfer to a correctional facility that is closer in physical proximity to the incarcerated person's home county where the incarcerated person's family resides.
Statutes of Limitations and Repose - As enacted, requires prosecution for vehicular homicide committed on or after July 1, 2026, to commence within 10 years from the date the offense occurs. - Amends TCA Title 28; Title 39 and Title 40.…
YesVOTED
Motion: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION
This bill extends the statute of limitations for causes of action for wrongful death that accrue on or after July 1, 2026. Present law requires such a cause of action to be commenced within one year after the cause of action accrued. This bill generally extends the statute of limitations to two years after the cause of action accrued. However, this bill further extends the statute of limitations to three years after the cause of action accrued if all of the following criteria is met: Criminal charges are brought against a person alleged to have caused or contributed to the death.
Fire Prevention and Investigation - As enacted, requires certification from the peace officer standards and training commission and certain other criteria to be met in order for the commissioner of commerce and insurance, the commissioner's…
YesVOTED
Motion: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION
Present law grants police power to the following individuals in the following circumstances: The commissioner of commerce and insurance and the commissioner's deputies have police powers and the right to make arrests when necessary to preserve the law in the department, and may, in addition to investigations made by any of the commissioner's assistants, at any time make further investigations as to the origin or circumstances of any fire occurring in this state, by the appointment of special assistants or the employment of other means necessary in the commissioner's discretion.
Court Rules - As enacted, requires each juvenile court, through the juvenile court clerk or juvenile court staff, each month within the statewide juvenile case management system prescribed by the administrative office of the courts to report…
Not votingNO VOTE
Motion: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION
Except in cases involving juvenile traffic offenders, present law generally authorizes files and records of the court in a proceeding to be open to inspection only by certain persons and entities. However, petitions and orders of the court in a delinquency proceeding must be open to public inspection and their contents subject to disclosure to the public if either of the following are true: The juvenile is 14 or older at the time of the alleged act and the conduct constituting the delinquent act, if committed by an adult, would constitute first degree murder, second degree murder, rape,…
Local Government, General - As enacted, authorizes a local government to use any project delivery method that the local government determines most effectively meets the needs of the local government for the construction of qualified local…
YesVOTED
Motion: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION
This bill authorizes a county, municipality, metropolitan government, town, utility district, utility authority, local education agency, or other local governmental entity (together, a "local government") having revenues of at least $20 million in the most recent prior fiscal year to use any project delivery method that the local government determines most effectively meets the needs of the local government for the construction of any construction project, including the renovation of or expansion of an existing building, with an estimated cost to the local government in excess of $5 million,…
