Tennessee House · District 66
Doc Kumar
Where they sit
Every current House member, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
Doc Kumar'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 66.
Also on the ballot: Tamara Bavendam (Democratic)
The scores
How these numbers work →Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Doc Kumar.
Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Doc Kumar.
Bills
The bills Doc Kumar sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Statewide | Local | |
|---|---|---|
| Sponsored | 30 | 2 |
| Passed both chambers | 14 | 2 |
| Became law | 14 | 2 |
| Vetoed by the Governor | 0 | 0 |
Rank by statewide bills passed: Rank 23 of 97 in the House (tied with 5 others) · 23 of 74 Republicans (tied with 5 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 2574 As enacted, clarifies present law regarding the revocation of a person's driver license for an implied consent violation. |
Statewide | Became law | May 27, 2026 |
| HB 2571 As enacted, requires the board of medical examiners to issue a provisional foreign training license of two years, which may be extended for an additional one… |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 2366 |
May 18, 2026 |
| HB 2569 As enacted, lowers the age of an inpatient from 65 to 50 or older when a hospital, each year from October 1 through March 1, must offer immunization against… |
Statewide | Became law | May 18, 2026 |
| HB 2567 As enacted, makes various changes to the present law pertaining to the persistent domestic violence offender registry. |
Statewide | Became law | May 18, 2026 |
| HB 1205 As enacted, makes various changes relative to the authority of a physician or podiatrist to prescribe, dispense, or administer medication to the provider's… |
Statewide | Became law | May 15, 2026 |
| HB 2572 As enacted, requires the department of health to make available to the public on its website all inspection criteria required for compliance by pain… |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 2279 |
May 4, 2026 |
| HB 2636 Subject to local approval, increases salary of aldermen from $120 per month to $300 per month, with no such increase to apply to an incumbent prior to the end… |
Local | Became law passed as SB 2700 |
May 1, 2026 |
| HB 2633 Subject to local approval, authorizes relatives of city employees to be hired in departments other than that of the employee. |
Local | Became law passed as SB 2697 |
May 1, 2026 |
| HB 2566 As enacted, designates August 8 of each year as "Clog Dancing Day in the Volunteer State." |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 1568 |
April 23, 2026 |
| HB 2573 As enacted, prohibits an individual from serving as a teacher or assistant teacher in a child care program for children who are four or younger unless the… |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 2637 |
April 13, 2026 |
| HB 1200 As enacted, enacts "Savanna's Law," which creates a registry of persistent domestic violence offenders; requires the bureau to maintain the registry. |
Statewide | Became law | May 27, 2025 |
| HB 1204 As enacted, revises present law concerning driving under the influence. |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 1400 |
May 13, 2025 |
| HB 1203 As enacted, authorizes a healthcare provider’s licensing board to issue a license subject to a private advocacy order that requires the applicant to… |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 359 |
May 13, 2025 |
| HB 1199 As enacted, requires each board of education for an LEA that operates at least one high school to adopt and implement a policy to authorize a high school… |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 161 |
May 13, 2025 |
| HB 1197 As enacted, makes various changes to the approval process and notice requirements for nonsectarian, nonreligious Bible courses; clarifies that public charter… |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 298 |
May 13, 2025 |
| HB 1198 As enacted, adds mandating the use of biosimilar drugs as a cost-saving measure the bureau of TennCare may implement; adds that a health carrier, health… |
Statewide | Became law | April 28, 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
22 against the Speaker; 14 against most of their party.
Every roll call
How Doc Kumar 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.sabi.kumar@capitol.tn.gov
- Capitol office
- Room 654, Cordell Hull Building 425 Rep. John Lewis Way North, Nashville, TN 37243
615-741-2860
Committees
- Insurance Chair
- Calendar and Rules
- Government Operations
- Health
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