Tennessee House · District 5
David Hawk
Where they sit
Every current House member, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
David Hawk'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
On the November 3 ballot
Running for Tennessee House District 5.
Also on the ballot: Catherine Bacon (Democratic)
The scores
How these numbers work →Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is David Hawk.
Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is David Hawk.
Bills
The bills David Hawk sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Statewide | Local | |
|---|---|---|
| Sponsored | 25 | 0 |
| Passed both chambers | 10 | 0 |
| Became law | 10 | 0 |
| Vetoed by the Governor | 0 | 0 |
Rank by statewide bills passed: Rank 42 of 97 in the House (tied with 4 others) · 41 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
| Bill | Type | Result | Final action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB 2359 As enacted, expands the definition of "consumable material" to include natural and synthetic liquid nicotine solutions and liquid nicotine analogues for… |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 2293 |
May 27, 2026 |
| HB 2366 As enacted, requires the department of tourist development to promulgate rules designating tourism development zones in this state as economic protection… |
Statewide | Became law | May 26, 2026 |
| HB 2358 As enacted, requires the department to annually publish on the department's website a report on the temporary assistance for needy families program's and the… |
Statewide | Became law | May 26, 2026 |
| HB 2313 As enacted, authorizes the department to establish and administer an early childhood mental health home visiting program as a voluntary, evidence-based and… |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 2153 |
May 1, 2026 |
| HB 1684 As enacted, clarifies the areas in which a personal delivery device may be operated and where such devices are prohibited; authorizes local resolutions or… |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 1625 |
March 16, 2026 |
| HB 969 As enacted, generally requires that all monies received under the sales and use tax from the sale, use, consumption, or distribution of new or used tires on… |
Statewide | Became law | May 27, 2025 |
| HB 964 As enacted, changes the standard for entry-resistant window treatment for school buildings constructed or remodeled on or after July 1, 2025; requires the… |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 899 |
May 15, 2025 |
| HB 968 As enacted, requires the department of revenue to maintain a directory on its website that lists all vapor products certified as authorized to be sold in this… |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 763 |
May 13, 2025 |
| HB 965 As enacted, encourages licensed contractors and subcontractors who enter into state construction contracts to employ apprentices from certified and registered… |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 776 |
April 30, 2025 |
| HB 927 As enacted, clarifies that excepted benefits are not part of a requirement to provide coverage for a specific person, provider, treatment, service, condition… |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 440 |
April 29, 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
19 against the Speaker; 23 against most of their party.
Every roll call
How David Hawk voted on each of the 1,473 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.
| 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
- rep.david.hawk@capitol.tn.gov
- Capitol office
- Room 648, Cordell Hull Building 425 Rep. John Lewis Way North, Nashville, TN 37243
615-741-7482
Committees
- Finance, Ways and Means
- Pensions
- Private Acts
- Transportation
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.
Source: the Tennessee General Assembly's floor vote records, as Open States collects them, Jan. 15, 2025 to April 23, 2026. How these numbers work · Corrections