Chris Hurt, Tennessee House District 82: Voting Record

Where they sit

Every current House member, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.

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Votes with DemocratsCrosses party linesVotes with Republicans

Chris Hurt's seat is marked. Seats run from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right), by contested floor votes. Color shows how often each member crosses party lines toward the middle on votes that divide the parties: solid blue or red means almost never, and purple means on at least 1 in 10 of those votes. Gray seats are members too new to score. How these numbers work

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More liberal than 60% of the Tennessee House.

Most liberalMost conservative

39th most liberal of 96

On the November 3 ballot

Chris Hurt is the only candidate on the November 3 ballot. (Tennessee House District 82)

The scores

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Votes with the Speaker

94%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Chris Hurt.

On 590 contested votes where both voted97% on all 1,274 votes where both voted

Votes with own party

96%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Chris Hurt.

On 554 party-line votesPartisan rank: 69 of 96 in the House (tied with 5 others)68 House members vote with their party more often

Bills

The bills Chris Hurt sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.

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Bills: Chris Hurt
	Statewide	Local
Sponsored	20	1
Passed both chambers	4	1
Became law	4	1
Vetoed by the Governor	0	0

Rank by statewide bills passed: Rank 72 of 97 in the House (tied with 5 others) · 66 of 74 Republicans (tied with 4 others)

A bill's sponsor is its prime sponsor in its own chamber; co-sponsors aren't counted. Every Tennessee bill has a companion in the other chamber with its own sponsor, and only one of the two becomes law: the sponsor of the companion that didn't is credited through the one that did.

Bills that passed both chambers

Bills that passed both chambers: Chris Hurt
Bill	Type	Result	Final action
HB 2246 As enacted, authorizes a physician to perform stem cell therapy or regenerative medicine therapy that is not approved by the United States food and drug…	Statewide	Became law	May 26, 2026
HB 1423 Subject to local approval, provides for the orderly transfer of the Probate and Juvenile Court in Lauderdale County from the County Courthouse to the Justice…	Local	Became law	June 4, 2025
HB 453 As enacted, changes present law concerning the frequency of fire drills in educational occupancies.	Statewide	Became law passed as SB 346	May 13, 2025
HB 351 As enacted, requires, if a prisoner is released for paid employment, the cost of the electronic monitoring device to be deducted from the prisoner's wages by…	Statewide	Became law passed as SB 533	May 13, 2025
HB 347 As enacted, clarifies that the economic disadvantage of a parent or guardian alone is not a ground for termination of parental rights; clarifies that, for…	Statewide	Became law passed as SB 560	May 13, 2025

Budget projects

Tennessee's appropriations act doesn't say which legislator asked for an item, so there's no budget figure for Tennessee legislators.

Contested votes where they split

37 against the Speaker; 33 against most of their party.

Contested votes where they split: Chris Hurt
Date	Bill and motion	Their vote	Speaker	Most of their party
April 23, 2026	SB 1585: As enacted, revises the assessment testing requirements for students who participate in the education savings account (ESA) program. Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 23, 2026	SB 1585: As enacted, revises the assessment testing requirements for students who participate in the education savings account (ESA) program. Previous Question	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 23, 2026	SB 1585: As enacted, revises the assessment testing requirements for students who participate in the education savings account (ESA) program. Motion to Consider Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
April 21, 2026	SB 2530: As introduced, upon the request of an immediate family member of a deceased member or former member of the general assembly, requires the governor and the… Final Passage	Nay	Not voting	Yea (split)
April 21, 2026	SB 2403: As enacted, makes various revisions to education law, including, but not limited to, requiring each public school to annually submit to the department of… Final Passage	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 21, 2026	SB 2403: As enacted, makes various revisions to education law, including, but not limited to, requiring each public school to annually submit to the department of… Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 21, 2026	SB 1900: As enacted, increases the penalty for assaulting a first responder from a Class A misdemeanor with a mandatory fine of $5,000 and a mandatory minimum of 30… Previous Question	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 21, 2026	SB 1783: As enacted, requires driver license station staff to inquire of applicants whether the applicant would like a driver license that complies with the federal… Final Passage	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 21, 2026	SB 1747: 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… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 21, 2026	HB 2514: 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… Motion to Recall	Yea	Not voting	Nay (split)
April 21, 2026	HB 2359: As enacted, expands the definition of "consumable material" to include natural and synthetic liquid nicotine solutions and liquid nicotine analogues for… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 21, 2026	HB 2359: As enacted, expands the definition of "consumable material" to include natural and synthetic liquid nicotine solutions and liquid nicotine analogues for… Motion to Refer	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 21, 2026	HB 2359: As enacted, expands the definition of "consumable material" to include natural and synthetic liquid nicotine solutions and liquid nicotine analogues for… Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 16, 2026	HB 2532: As enacted, revises education law, including, but not limited to, increasing, from 25,000 to 35,000, the maximum number of education freedom scholarships that… Concurrence	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 13, 2026	SJR 48: Ratifies the increase of the 911 surcharge rate to $1.86 as approved by the Tennessee Emergency Communications Board. Concurrence	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 13, 2026	SJR 48: Ratifies the increase of the 911 surcharge rate to $1.86 as approved by the Tennessee Emergency Communications Board. Amendment	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
April 13, 2026	SB 2441: As enacted, requires an LEA to close a virtual school not meeting certain requirements for continued operation; requires the department of education to… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 13, 2026	SB 1881: As enacted, designates records of the office of homeland security related to critical infrastructure as confidential and exempts such records from public… Previous Question	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 13, 2026	HB 2532: As enacted, revises education law, including, but not limited to, increasing, from 25,000 to 35,000, the maximum number of education freedom scholarships that… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 13, 2026	HB 2532: As enacted, revises education law, including, but not limited to, increasing, from 25,000 to 35,000, the maximum number of education freedom scholarships that… Motion to Defer	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
April 13, 2026	HB 2532: As enacted, revises education law, including, but not limited to, increasing, from 25,000 to 35,000, the maximum number of education freedom scholarships that… Motion to Table Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 13, 2026	HB 2532: As enacted, revises education law, including, but not limited to, increasing, from 25,000 to 35,000, the maximum number of education freedom scholarships that… Motion to Table Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 9, 2026	HB 2502: As enacted, clarifies that the service of transmitting money from a location originating in this state to a location outside of the United States or its… Previous Question	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 2, 2026	SB 2153: As enacted, authorizes the department to establish and administer an early childhood mental health home visiting program as a voluntary, evidence-based and… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 30, 2026	HB 1944: As enacted, directs the department of health to test for the presence of sickle cell trait in each newborn and, if the test results are positive for sickle… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 30, 2026	HB 1271: As enacted, requires each governmental entity to revise any existing ordinance, resolution, rule, policy, and procedure that includes a reference to a natural… Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 26, 2026	SB 1591: As introduced, imposes state and local litigation taxes on a person who violates the prohibition against using a wireless telecommunications device or… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 26, 2026	SB 419: As introduced, increases the amount of compensation an injured plaintiff in a civil action may receive for noneconomic damages from $750,000 to $1.5 million… Previous Question	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 23, 2026	HB 1891: As enacted, allows a person who submits the fine and costs for a speeding ticket in lieu of appearing in court to also register for an approved driver… Motion to Refer	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 9, 2026	SB 2423: As enacted, prohibits LEAs and public charter schools from selling, offering for sale, or providing to students on school property through a school nutrition… Previous Question	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 16, 2025	HB 1409: As enacted, makes appropriations for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2025. Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 14, 2025	SB 799: As enacted, generally requires statewide political parties to nominate their candidates in primary elections for all offices for which partisan elections are… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 10, 2025	SB 449: As enacted, enacts the "Fertility Treatment and Contraceptive Protection Act." Previous Question	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 10, 2025	SB 449: As enacted, enacts the "Fertility Treatment and Contraceptive Protection Act." Motion to Table Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 10, 2025	HB 1376: As enacted, provides for the regulation of the manufacturing, supplying, wholesale distribution, and retail sale of hemp-derived cannabinoid products by the… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 10, 2025	HB 1376: As enacted, provides for the regulation of the manufacturing, supplying, wholesale distribution, and retail sale of hemp-derived cannabinoid products by the… Amendment	Nay	Nay	Yea (split)
April 10, 2025	HB 562: As introduced, prohibits a person, political subdivision, or public official, in connection with a state emergency, from categorizing or proclaiming by order… Motion to Refer	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 31, 2025	SB 113: As enacted, requires an agreement or contract entered into between the commissioner and a county health department for the department to implement subsurface… Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 31, 2025	SB 113: As enacted, requires an agreement or contract entered into between the commissioner and a county health department for the department to implement subsurface… Motion to Table Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 24, 2025	SB 734: As enacted, extends by six years the period in which Davidson County may charge an additional $0.50 privilege tax on the occupancy of a hotel room and in… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 27, 2025	HB 618: As enacted, prohibits an individual holding an elected office of a local government from holding another elected office in this state at the same time… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)

Every roll call

How Chris Hurt voted on each of the 1,473 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.

Every roll call: Chris Hurt
Date	Vote	Their vote	Most of their party	Speaker	Yeas–nays
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Contested and party-line votes link to their own pages; the rest link to the official record.

Contact, committees and caucuses

Contact

Official page: wapp.capitol.tn.gov
Email: rep.chris.hurt@capitol.tn.gov
Capitol office: Room 500, Cordell Hull Building 425 Rep. John Lewis Way North, Nashville, TN 37243
615-741-2134

Committees

Agriculture and Natural Resources
Education

Contact details and committee assignments from Open States' data on the Tennessee General Assembly, which it collects from the chambers' websites, as of Oct. 15, 2026.