R Tennessee House · District 36

Rep. Dennis Powers

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Session

Total votes

4,072

all sessions

Attendance

38%

5,676 missed

Higher than 75% of chamber peers

With party

99%

of cast votes

Near the chamber average

Bipartisan score

crosses aisle rarely

Near the chamber average

About Rep. Dennis Powers

Rep. serving Tennessee District 36. Member of the Republican party. Has been in office 15 years · 10 months. Serves on 4 committees, including Private Acts, Calendar and Rules and Commerce.

Sworn in

Nov 2, 2010

15 years · 10 months

Closest ally

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How Dennis votes, broken down

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Criminal Justice 34% / 66%

31 support · 60 oppose

Budget & Taxes 53% / 47%

32 support · 28 oppose

Education 69% / 31%

75 support · 33 oppose

Labor & Employment 46% / 54%

11 support · 13 oppose

23 support · 3 oppose

Transportation 100% / 0%

9 support · 0 oppose

Veterans 100% / 0%

4 support · 0 oppose

Immigration 32% / 68%

13 support · 27 oppose

Environment 26% / 74%

6 support · 17 oppose

Energy 50% / 50%

3 support · 3 oppose

Last activity

Recent legislative activity

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HB 2091Tennessee Fish & Wildlife Commission - As enacted, establishes a statutory schedule of permit fees for the operation of off highway vehicles at North Cumberland Wildlife Management Area. - Amends TCA Title 70, Chapter 9. in committee

3 months ago

HB 1710Immigration - As enacted, adds local governments to the entities that must verify that each applicant for public benefits is a United States citizen or lawfully present in the United States; authorizes certain investigations of violations of requirements for verification of citizenship or presence for public benefits; requires certain reporting related to such verification for benefits; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1 and Title 4, Chapter 58. in committee

3 months ago

HB 1464Salaries and Benefits - As enacted, enacts "The Chance Carlton Act." - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7, Chapter 51; Title 8 and Title 50. signed

4 months ago

HB 354Tennessee 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. signed

4 months ago

HB 357Safety - As enacted, enacts the "Rescue Squad Recognition Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 68. in committee

4 months ago

HB 2089Education - As enacted, requires LEAs and public charter schools to recognize Victims of Communism Day to honor the people who have fallen victim to communist regimes by providing high school students enrolled in a world history and geography course with at least 45 minutes of instruction on such topic. - Amends TCA Title 15; Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 6. signed

4 months ago

HJR 1162Memorials, Retirement - William "Ed" Bryant - signed

4 months ago

HJR 962Memorials, Retirement - Chief Freddy Stagnolia - signed

4 months ago

Voted absent

SB 1747Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates an offense of recklessly discharging a firearm into the air, ground, a body of water, or an object in close proximity to the person if the firearm is discharged at a place of public gathering or at a public event where there are at least 25 people in attendance at the time of the discharge; punishes the offense as a Class A misdemeanor; specifies certain exceptions to the offense. - Amends TCA Title 39.

4 months ago

Voted absent

HB 2514Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, deletes the offense of carrying a firearm or a club with the intent to go armed, prohibits the carrying of a firearm or weapon inside of a K-12 public or private school and on a school bus if the person's intent is to go armed and the school and the bus are posted in a certain manner; deletes the offense of carrying a firearm on the property of a university, college campus, and other public or private non-K-12 educational institutions or property; rewrites the offense of possessing a handgun while under the influence of alcohol or any controlled substance or controlled substance analogue; rewrites the offense of carrying weapons during judicial proceedings; makes various other changes related to firearms. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 49; Title 55 and Title 65.

4 months ago