D Tennessee House · District 51 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Aftyn Behn

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Total votes

4,774

all sessions

Attendance

59%

3,037 missed

Higher than 75% of chamber peers

With party

97%

of cast votes

Higher than 85% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

crosses aisle rarely

Lower than 87% of chamber peers

About Rep. Aftyn Behn

Rep. serving Tennessee District 51. Member of the Democratic party. Has been in office 2 years · 11 months. Serves on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Naming and Designating and Transportation.

Sworn in

Oct 4, 2023

2 years · 11 months

Closest ally

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How Aftyn votes, broken down

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Criminal Justice 73% / 27%

46 support · 17 oppose

Budget & Taxes 55% / 45%

24 support · 20 oppose

Education 30% / 70%

20 support · 47 oppose

Labor & Employment 36% / 64%

5 support · 9 oppose

Transportation 25% / 75%

3 support · 9 oppose

Healthcare 29% / 71%

5 support · 12 oppose

Immigration 61% / 39%

17 support · 11 oppose

Environment 67% / 33%

12 support · 6 oppose

Energy 40% / 60%

2 support · 3 oppose

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Recent legislative activity

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HJR 1660Memorials, Recognition - Workers killed in the AES explosion - passed

4 months ago

Voted absent

HB 1268Courts - As enacted, enacts the "Violent Criminal Court Act." - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 10; Title 16; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41 and Title 55.

4 months ago

Voted absent

HB 2665Haywood County - Subject to local approval, for county attorney, requires state law license; hiring preference to be given to a resident; oath of office; to advise and represent county commission, the county mayor, and other county officials; authorizes county commission to employ legal counsel other than county attorney; replaces "quarterly county court" with "county commission"; and replaces "county judge" with "county mayor." - Amends Chapter 350 of the Private Acts of 1945; as amended.

4 months ago

Voted absent

SB 1610Local Government, General - As enacted, authorizes Putnam County and incorporated cities within the county to regulate sober living homes for recovery from alcohol, drug, and substance abuse to the extent such regulation complies with the Fair Housing Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 26.

4 months ago

HR 201Memorials, Personal Occasion - Bill McCabe, 80th birthday - passed

4 months ago

Voted absent

HB 397Taxes, Sales - As enacted, authorizes an entity designated to operate a stadium designed to host games of an intercollegiate football team that competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) to receive a special allocation of state and local sales tax revenue derived from the sale of admission to events occurring within the stadium and from all sales of food, drinks, merchandise, and parking sold on the premises of the stadium to fund capital and operation expenses for the stadium. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.

4 months ago

Voted absent

HB 338State Government - As enacted, authorizes the commissioner of environment and conservation, notwithstanding agreements authorized by the commissioner of general services and with approval of the state building commission, to enter into agreements contemplated for the private development, redevelopment, construction, and operation of facilities on lands with Cumberland Mountain State Park, and the department of environment and conservation may supervise the construction. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 8; Title 9; Title 10; Title 12; Title 13; Title 14; Title 15; Title 41; Title 50 and Title 57.

4 months ago

Voted absent

SB 2528Recreational Areas - As enacted, expands the purposes for which monies from the Ocoee River recreation and economic development fund may be expended by the Ocoee River recreation and economic development fund board; replaces the park manager member of the board with the director of the division of state parks. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 10 and Title 11, Chapter 8.

4 months ago

Voted absent

HB 2666Shelby County - Subject to local approval, changes the conditions under which the occupancy tax will no longer be levied; changes the allocation of the revenue from the occupancy tax if the tenant of the indoor sports facility no longer occupies such facility. - Amends Chapter 131 of the Private Acts of 1969; as amended.

4 months ago

Voted absent

SB 2367County Government - As enacted, applies the Neighborhood Preservation Act to Tipton County; authorizes Montgomery County and Tipton County to participate in the Tennessee Local Land Bank Program. - Amends TCA Title 5 and Title 13.

4 months ago