Total votes
18,579
all sessions
Attendance
99%
101 missed
Lower than 94% of chamber peers
With party
99%
of cast votes
Near the chamber average
Bipartisan score
0%
crosses aisle rarely
Near the chamber average
Sponsored
87
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
5
assignments
18,579 roll-call votes
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18,469
voted in favor
Nay
87
voted against
Absent
101
missed votes
Total cast
18,579
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Result
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SB 1938
Local Education Agencies - As enacted, names the law prohibiting an LEA from deducting dues from the wages of the LEA's employees for a professional employees' organization the "Michael Maren Paycheck Protection Act." - Amends TCA Section 49-2-123.
Yea
Passed
8–0
Mar 20, 2024
SB 2703
Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement (TISA) - As enacted, makes changes to the law relative to TISA funding for school nurses or school health services. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68. Bipartisan
Yea
Passed
5–4
Mar 20, 2024
SB 2312
Textbooks - As enacted, requires a local board of education that provides electronic textbooks and instructional materials to provide a student reasonable access to a printed version of an electronic textbook or instructional material if the student or the student's parent or legal guardian submits a written request to the principal of the student's school for a physical or hard copy of the textbook or instructional material. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 22.
Yea
Passed
6–0
Mar 20, 2024
SB 1892
Education - As introduced, requires the department of education to contract with the TCAP test provider to offer students who receive language assistance services in the classroom the same language assistance services during the administration of a TCAP test. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Absent
Passed
4–0
Mar 20, 2024
SB 2767
Education, Curriculum - As enacted, enacts the "Baby Olivia Act," which requires a family life curriculum that directly or indirectly addresses human growth, human development, or human sexuality to include the presentation of a high-quality, computer-generated animation or high-definition ultrasound of at least three minutes in duration that shows the development of the brain, heart, and other vital organs in early fetal development. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Yea
Passed
6–1
Mar 20, 2024
SB 1721
Safety - As enacted, requires the department of safety to create de-escalation training for teachers, administrators, and other school personnel; requires LEAs and public charter schools to ensure that the LEA's or public charter school's teachers, administrators, and other school personnel annually receive the de-escalation training. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Yea
Passed
9–0
Mar 20, 2024
SB 2032
Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, authorizes the issuance of temporary teaching permits to teach physical education classes in elementary schools. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Yea
Passed
9–0
Mar 20, 2024
SB 191
Education - As enacted, makes revisions to law relative to safety in school buildings, policies and procedures regarding grades, and the use of performance goals and measures for a public school or LEA; requires professional licenses issued by the state board of education to be valid for a period of no less than eight years; prohibits the department of education from requiring a school or LEA to submit the school's or LEA's school improvement plan to the department for approval more than once every three years. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Yea
Passed
7–0
Mar 20, 2024
SB 1266
Education, Dept. of - As introduced, changes from February 1 to February 15, the date by which the commissioner is required to annually report to the governor and the general assembly on the implementation and compliance with the Schools Against Violence in Education Act. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Yea
Passed
8–0
Mar 20, 2024
SB 2557
Education - As enacted, enacts the "Innovative School District Act," which authorizes a public university in this state that is a comprehensive doctoral-extensive institution of higher learning, is the home to a public training school compendium that includes Pre-K through any of the grades nine through 12, and that meets certain criteria to operate an innovative school district. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 37; Title 49; Title 50; Title 66 and Title 67.
Yea
Passed
7–0
Mar 20, 2024
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