Tennessee House · District 36
Dennis Powers
Where they sit
Every current House member, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
Dennis Powers'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
The scores
How these numbers work →Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Dennis Powers.
Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Dennis Powers.
Bills
The bills Dennis Powers sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Statewide | Local | |
|---|---|---|
| Sponsored | 20 | 3 |
| Passed both chambers | 11 | 0 |
| Became law | 11 | 0 |
| Vetoed by the Governor | 0 | 0 |
Rank by statewide bills passed: Rank 36 of 97 in the House (tied with 5 others) · 36 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 2091 As enacted, establishes a statutory schedule of permit fees for the operation of off highway vehicles at North Cumberland Wildlife Management Area. |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 2173 |
May 27, 2026 |
| HB 1710 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… |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 1915 |
May 27, 2026 |
| HB 1464 As enacted, enacts "The Chance Carlton Act." |
Statewide | Became law | May 15, 2026 |
| HB 354 As enacted, grants the bureau discretion to investigate reports of suspected elder financial exploitation. |
Statewide | Became law | May 14, 2026 |
| HB 357 As enacted, enacts the "Rescue Squad Recognition Act." |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 1110 |
April 28, 2026 |
| HB 2089 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… |
Statewide | Became law | April 24, 2026 |
| HB 1552 As enacted, adds persons required by law to register as a persistent domestic violence offender to the list of persons who are not eligible to participate in… |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 1640 |
March 16, 2026 |
| HB 773 As enacted, specifies that the website where legal notices must be posted must not require a fee or a subscription for a person to view the website; makes… |
Statewide | Became law | May 27, 2025 |
| HB 355 As enacted, requires a public school under the jurisdiction of an LEA that offers students the opportunity to participate in interscholastic athletic… |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 690 |
April 30, 2025 |
| HB 772 As enacted, authorizes a premium finance company to impose and collect a convenience fee from an insured for use of certain payment methods; authorizes a… |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 766 |
April 29, 2025 |
| HB 775 As enacted, increases, from 30 to 36 percent per annum, the maximum permitted effective rate of interest that may be contracted for by an industrial loan and… |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 694 |
April 8, 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
13 against the Speaker; 10 against most of their party.
Every roll call
How Dennis Powers 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.dennis.powers@capitol.tn.gov
- Capitol office
- Room 428, Cordell Hull Building 425 Rep. John Lewis Way North, Nashville, TN 37243
615-741-3335
Committees
- Private Acts Chair
- Calendar and Rules
- Commerce
- State and Local Government
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