Tennessee House · District 39
Iris Rudder
Where they sit
Every current House member, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
Iris Rudder'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
Iris Rudder is the only candidate on the November 3 ballot. (Tennessee House District 39)
The scores
How these numbers work →Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Iris Rudder.
Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Iris Rudder.
Bills
The bills Iris Rudder sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Statewide | Local | |
|---|---|---|
| Sponsored | 18 | 2 |
| Passed both chambers | 9 | 1 |
| Became law | 9 | 1 |
| Vetoed by the Governor | 0 | 0 |
Rank by statewide bills passed: Rank 47 of 97 in the House (tied with 4 others) · 46 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 2643 Subject to local approval, expands the board of public utilities' jurisdiction to wastewater treatment systems; requires the mayor to serve as a standing… |
Local | Became law | May 27, 2026 |
| HB 1757 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… |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 1747 |
May 27, 2026 |
| HB 2443 As enacted, specifies that a parent's obligation for the support of a child does not continue after the child reaches 19 unless the child is handicapped or… |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 2463 |
May 4, 2026 |
| HB 1950 As enacted, removes requirement that persons seeking licensure as speech language pathologists be members of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 2065 |
May 1, 2026 |
| HB 1756 As enacted, directs the commissioner to use existing resources to study recent innovations by neighboring states to address substance use disorder through new… |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 1803 |
April 28, 2026 |
| HB 869 As enacted, revises present law relative to a patient's electronic health record and requires a health insurance entity to establish and maintain a provider… |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 890 |
May 15, 2025 |
| HB 534 As enacted, prohibits governmental entities or local boards of education from extending immunity granted to independent school bus contractors rather than… |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 408 |
May 13, 2025 |
| HB 871 As enacted, adds requirements for declarant access to and use of deposits made in connection with the purchase or reservation of a condominium unit; makes… |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 1079 |
April 30, 2025 |
| HB 995 As enacted, expands the immunity from prosecution when seeking medical assistance for a person experiencing, or believed to be experiencing, an overdose to… |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 940 |
April 29, 2025 |
| HB 533 As enacted, enacts the "Fertility Treatment and Contraceptive Protection Act." |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 449 |
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
13 against the Speaker; 9 against most of their party.
Every roll call
How Iris Rudder 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.iris.rudder@capitol.tn.gov
- Capitol office
- Room 560, Cordell Hull Building 425 Rep. John Lewis Way North, Nashville, TN 37243
615-741-8695
Committees
- Health
- 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