Tennessee House · District 84

Joe Towns

Democratic Left office Aug. 31, 2026

Votes with the Speaker 15% On 382 contested votes where both voted · 59% on all votes Votes with own party 93% On 354 party-line votes Didn't vote at roll call 42% 624 of 1,473 roll calls

Statewide bills passed 0 19 sponsored · 0 became law Local bills passed 0 0 sponsored · 0 became law

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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The scores

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Votes with the Speaker

15%

Each tick is a current member, by party. Joe Towns has left office, so isn't marked.

On 382 contested votes where both voted59% on all 823 votes where both voted

Votes with own party

93%

Each tick is a current member, by party. Joe Towns has left office, so isn't marked.

On 354 party-line votes

Bills

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

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Bills: Joe Towns
	Statewide	Local
Sponsored	19	0
Passed both chambers	0	0
Became law	0	0
Vetoed by the Governor	0	0

Rank by statewide bills passed: Ranked among current members only.

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

None of the bills Joe Towns sponsored passed both chambers.

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

325 against the Speaker; 31 against most of their party.

Contested votes where they split: Joe Towns
Date	Bill and motion	Their vote	Speaker	Most of their party
April 16, 2026	SB 2690: As enacted, makes appropriations for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2025, and July 1, 2026. Final Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
April 16, 2026	SB 2690: As enacted, makes appropriations for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2025, and July 1, 2026. Previous Question	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 16, 2026	SB 2690: As enacted, makes appropriations for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2025, and July 1, 2026. Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 16, 2026	SB 2690: As enacted, makes appropriations for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2025, and July 1, 2026. Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 16, 2026	SB 2690: As enacted, makes appropriations for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2025, and July 1, 2026. Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 16, 2026	SB 2690: As enacted, makes appropriations for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2025, and July 1, 2026. Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 16, 2026	SB 2690: As enacted, makes appropriations for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2025, and July 1, 2026. Motion to Table Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 16, 2026	SB 2690: As enacted, makes appropriations for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2025, and July 1, 2026. Motion to Consider Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 16, 2026	SB 2690: As enacted, makes appropriations for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2025, and July 1, 2026. Motion to Consider Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 16, 2026	SB 2454: As enacted, authorizes direct and continuing appropriations by certain airport authorities for the issuance of debt that is not a liability of the state and… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 16, 2026	SB 2412: As enacted, revises present law that authorizes the attorney general to bring an action to enforce compliance with the Tennessee Abortion-Inducing Drug Risk… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 16, 2026	SB 1523: As enacted, extends the inmate disciplinary oversight board to June 30, 2028. Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 16, 2026	SB 712: As enacted, prohibits an LEA or public charter school from using public funds to initiate or maintain any civil action or proceeding against this state or an… Final Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
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	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
April 15, 2026	SB 2459: As enacted, generally prohibits the department from requesting information regarding the number or type of firearms or ammunition or identifying information… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 15, 2026	SB 2459: As enacted, generally prohibits the department from requesting information regarding the number or type of firearms or ammunition or identifying information… Previous Question	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 15, 2026	SB 1968: As enacted, requires a director of schools to refer to juvenile court certain students who were formerly enrolled in the LEA, who were receiving certain… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 15, 2026	SB 1968: As enacted, requires a director of schools to refer to juvenile court certain students who were formerly enrolled in the LEA, who were receiving certain… Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 15, 2026	SB 1931: As enacted, requires the department of education to annually collect and report certain data for opportunity public charter schools on the department's… Final Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
April 15, 2026	HB 2503: As enacted, authorizes a health insurance entity to offer a short-term limited-duration plan and hospital indemnity coverage on the marketplace. Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 15, 2026	HB 2503: As enacted, authorizes a health insurance entity to offer a short-term limited-duration plan and hospital indemnity coverage on the marketplace. Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 15, 2026	HB 754: As enacted, revises law relative to gender clinics and related services. Concurrence	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 15, 2026	HB 754: As enacted, revises law relative to gender clinics and related services. Previous Question	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 15, 2026	HB 483: As enacted, authorizes the attorney general to conduct a study of a district attorney general's disposition of charges and other ancillary matters within the… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 14, 2026	SB 2348: As enacted, requires the state board of education, in consultation with the department of education, to qualify an advanced degree in media and technology as… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 14, 2026	SB 2087: As enacted, requires the principal or the principal's designee to provide notification to the parent or legal guardian of each student who was in the… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 14, 2026	SB 2087: As enacted, requires the principal or the principal's designee to provide notification to the parent or legal guardian of each student who was in the… Previous Question	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 14, 2026	SB 2087: As enacted, requires the principal or the principal's designee to provide notification to the parent or legal guardian of each student who was in the… Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 14, 2026	SB 1989: As enacted, specifies that a parent's or legal guardian's action of raising, guiding, or instructing the parent's or legal guardian's child in a manner… Final Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
April 14, 2026	SB 1858: As enacted, increases minimum time from 15 to 90 days that a court must give the general assembly to remedy any defects in a redistricting plan; makes related… Final Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
April 14, 2026	SB 1488: As enacted, requires any flag flown over the state capitol building to be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset in observance of Pearl Harbor Remembrance… Previous Question	Nay	Not voting	Yea (split)
April 14, 2026	SB 1225: As enacted, makes various changes to law relative to human trafficking. Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
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	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
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)	Nay
April 13, 2026	SB 2205: As enacted, enacts the "Subterranean Transportation Infrastructure Coordination Act." Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 13, 2026	SB 2205: As enacted, enacts the "Subterranean Transportation Infrastructure Coordination Act." Previous Question	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 13, 2026	SB 2205: As enacted, enacts the "Subterranean Transportation Infrastructure Coordination Act." Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 13, 2026	SB 2205: As enacted, enacts the "Subterranean Transportation Infrastructure Coordination Act." Motion to Consider Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 13, 2026	SB 1741: As enacted, enacts the "Charlie Kirk Act." Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 13, 2026	SB 1741: As enacted, enacts the "Charlie Kirk Act." Previous Question	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 13, 2026	SB 1603: As enacted, clarifies that if marijuana is rescheduled or deleted as a controlled substance under federal law, the commissioner is prohibited from… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 13, 2026	SB 1369: As enacted, revises law relative to the operation of acute care hospitals. Final Passage	Nay	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)	Nay
April 13, 2026	HB 1913: As enacted, enacts the "Regulatory Freedom Act of 2026." Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 9, 2026	SB 1590: As enacted, designates segments of the Buffalo River, Duck River, and certain other rivers and creeks as Class II pastoral river areas; expands certain public… Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
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… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
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)	Nay
April 8, 2026	HB 803: As enacted, makes revision to present law concerning sewerage systems using land application; exempts Hamilton County from the provisions requiring the… Concurrence	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 6, 2026	SB 2414: As enacted, provides that any certificate of public advantage in effect on June 30, 2028, automatically expires but any pricing restrictions in a certificate… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 6, 2026	SB 2414: As enacted, provides that any certificate of public advantage in effect on June 30, 2028, automatically expires but any pricing restrictions in a certificate… Previous Question	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 6, 2026	SB 2354: As enacted, authorizes a person to possess a raccoon without the payment of the $150 personal possession permit fee if the raccoon is obtained from a legal… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 6, 2026	SB 2354: As enacted, authorizes a person to possess a raccoon without the payment of the $150 personal possession permit fee if the raccoon is obtained from a legal… Previous Question	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 6, 2026	SB 2165: As enacted, requires the department of children's services to provide a copy of a petition to terminate parental rights for a child in the custody of the… Final Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
April 6, 2026	SB 1822: As enacted, requires an LEA that operates a public high school that meets certain criteria to permit certain high school students who are enrolled in private… Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 6, 2026	SB 1788: As enacted, prohibits local governmental entities from relocating homeless individuals unless the relocation meets certain criteria; authorizes the receiving… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 6, 2026	SB 1788: As enacted, prohibits local governmental entities from relocating homeless individuals unless the relocation meets certain criteria; authorizes the receiving… Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 6, 2026	SB 1732: As enacted, designates May 1 of each year as "Law Day." Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 6, 2026	HJR 1217: Club America, Page High School Adoption	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 6, 2026	HJR 1216: Club America, Nolensville High School Adoption	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 6, 2026	HB 2366: As enacted, requires the department of tourist development to promulgate rules designating tourism development zones in this state as economic protection… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 6, 2026	HB 2366: As enacted, requires the department of tourist development to promulgate rules designating tourism development zones in this state as economic protection… Previous Question	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 6, 2026	HB 2186: As enacted, authorizes counties with a metropolitan form of government, by resolution of their governing bodies, to levy a tax on the retail sale of food and… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 6, 2026	HB 2018: As enacted, requires a memorandum of understanding entered between certain law enforcement agencies and federal officials concerning enforcement of federal… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 6, 2026	HB 1882: As introduced, requires all gubernatorial appointments to a state university board to be confirmed by joint resolution of the senate and house of… Motion to Consider Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 6, 2026	HB 1484: As enacted, enacts "The Memphis Safe Task Force Accountability Act." Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 6, 2026	HB 1484: As enacted, enacts "The Memphis Safe Task Force Accountability Act." Previous Question	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 6, 2026	HB 1254: As enacted, requires a prosecuting agency that maintains a Brady list to adopt a policy that meets certain requirements. Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	—
April 2, 2026	SB 2310: As enacted, requires each LEA and public charter school serving students in any of the grades K–5 to adopt a policy governing the age-appropriate and… Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 2, 2026	SB 2207: As enacted, creates a safe school design advisory board to recommend to the commissioner of commerce and insurance safe school design guidelines for LEAs and… Motion to Consider Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 2, 2026	SB 2077: As enacted, makes various changes to the TISA review committee, including, but not limited to, clarifying that the committee may convene a meeting with a… Final Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
April 2, 2026	SB 2031: As enacted, authorizes a person to bring a civil action against a healthcare professional for an injury that is a result of a medical procedure, if the… Previous Question	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 2, 2026	SB 1619: As enacted, makes various changes to election laws, including, but not limited to, requiring certain reimbursements to county election commissions for primary… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 2, 2026	HB 1707: As enacted, requires, until February 1, 2029, each court to cooperate with the U.S. department of homeland security and federal immigration authorities acting… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 2, 2026	HB 1707: As enacted, requires, until February 1, 2029, each court to cooperate with the U.S. department of homeland security and federal immigration authorities acting… Previous Question	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 2, 2026	HB 1707: As enacted, requires, until February 1, 2029, each court to cooperate with the U.S. department of homeland security and federal immigration authorities acting… Motion to Consider Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
March 30, 2026	SB 2324: As enacted, revises various provisions regarding children, including requiring a parent educational seminar in certain juvenile cases. Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 30, 2026	SB 2206: As enacted, enacts the "Federal Tax Credit Scholarship Act." Final Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
March 30, 2026	SB 2206: As enacted, enacts the "Federal Tax Credit Scholarship Act." Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
March 30, 2026	SB 2070: As enacted, enacts the "Stopping Health Insurers from Excluding Legal Decisions (SHIELD) Act." Final Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
March 30, 2026	SB 1890: As enacted, requires, beginning with the next adoption of academic standards in the subject of social studies, the standards recommendation committee to… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 30, 2026	SB 1890: As enacted, requires, beginning with the next adoption of academic standards in the subject of social studies, the standards recommendation committee to… Motion to Consider Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
March 30, 2026	SB 1828: As enacted, enacts the "Charlie Kirk American Heritage Act." Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 30, 2026	SB 1828: As enacted, enacts the "Charlie Kirk American Heritage Act." Previous Question	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 30, 2026	SB 1828: As enacted, enacts the "Charlie Kirk American Heritage Act." Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
March 30, 2026	SB 1725: As enacted, creates the Class C misdemeanor offense of mooring a recreational vessel for more than 14 consecutive days at any one place along the water's edge… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 30, 2026	HB 1978: As introduced, authorizes the commissioner of revenue to issue a certificate of exemption to a taxpayer who qualifies for the sales and use tax exemption on… Final Passage	Yea	Not voting	Nay (split)
March 30, 2026	HB 1971: As enacted, removes the right of a cause of action for any affected person who seeks declaratory and injunctive relief in any action brought regarding the… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 30, 2026	HB 1784: As enacted, designates January 22 of each year as "Sanctity of Life Day." Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 30, 2026	HB 1784: As enacted, designates January 22 of each year as "Sanctity of Life Day." Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
March 30, 2026	HB 1784: As enacted, designates January 22 of each year as "Sanctity of Life Day." Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
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… Previous Question	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
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	Nay	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	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
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)	Nay
March 9, 2026	SB 350: As enacted, generally restricts a landlord from prohibiting a residential tenant from lawfully possessing, carrying, transporting, or storing a firearm, any… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 9, 2026	SB 350: As enacted, generally restricts a landlord from prohibiting a residential tenant from lawfully possessing, carrying, transporting, or storing a firearm, any… Previous Question	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 9, 2026	HB 2194: As enacted, requires the board of regents, state university boards, and the board of trustees for the University of Tennessee system to adopt and implement… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 9, 2026	HB 2194: As enacted, requires the board of regents, state university boards, and the board of trustees for the University of Tennessee system to adopt and implement… Previous Question	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 9, 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… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 9, 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… Previous Question	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 9, 2026	HB 1446: As enacted, enacts the "Recognizing Judea and Samaria Act." Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 9, 2026	HB 1446: As enacted, enacts the "Recognizing Judea and Samaria Act." Previous Question	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 5, 2026	HJR 1038: Gift Horse, Jessica Maloan Vastagh Motion to Refer	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 2, 2026	HB 548: As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Procurement Protection Act." Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 19, 2026	HB 1481: As enacted, designates the third Sunday in June of each year as "Fathers' Day." Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 19, 2026	HB 1481: As enacted, designates the third Sunday in June of each year as "Fathers' Day." Previous Question	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 19, 2026	HB 1473: As introduced, states that private citizens and organizations are not bound by the Fourteenth Amendment or the Supreme Court’s decision in Obergefell v.… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 19, 2026	HB 1473: As introduced, states that private citizens and organizations are not bound by the Fourteenth Amendment or the Supreme Court’s decision in Obergefell v.… Motion to Refer	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
Feb. 19, 2026	HB 1473: As introduced, states that private citizens and organizations are not bound by the Fourteenth Amendment or the Supreme Court’s decision in Obergefell v.… Previous Question	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 19, 2026	HB 1473: As introduced, states that private citizens and organizations are not bound by the Fourteenth Amendment or the Supreme Court’s decision in Obergefell v.… Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
Feb. 12, 2026	HB 47: As enacted, authorizes local boards of education and public charter school governing bodies to allow schools in the LEA or the public charter school, as… Previous Question	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 4, 2026	HJR 812 + 48: 49 bills and resolutions on the consent calendar Consent Calendar	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 4, 2026	HJR 842: Larry Bushart Motion to Refer	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 4, 2026	HJR 840: Alex Jeffrey Pretti Motion to Refer	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Jan. 22, 2026	HR 143: Dr. Ashleigh Elain McKinzie Motion to Refer	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Jan. 15, 2026	HJR 711: Charlie Kirk Adoption	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Jan. 13, 2026	HB 884: As introduced, expands the definition of "adult-oriented establishment", for purposes of imposing certain requirements, to include commercial establishments… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Jan. 13, 2026	HB 884: As introduced, expands the definition of "adult-oriented establishment", for purposes of imposing certain requirements, to include commercial establishments… Previous Question	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 22, 2025	SB 1089: As enacted, increases from $1.00 to $2.00 the amount of funds from the court costs collected in municipal court cases that must be forwarded by the municipal… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 22, 2025	SB 1084: As enacted, enacts the "Dismantling DEI Departments Act." Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 22, 2025	SB 1084: As enacted, enacts the "Dismantling DEI Departments Act." Motion to Refer	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 22, 2025	SB 1084: As enacted, enacts the "Dismantling DEI Departments Act." Motion to Table Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 22, 2025	SB 1084: As enacted, enacts the "Dismantling DEI Departments Act." Motion to Table Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 22, 2025	SB 1084: As enacted, enacts the "Dismantling DEI Departments Act." Motion to Consider Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 22, 2025	SB 1084: As enacted, enacts the "Dismantling DEI Departments Act." Motion to Consider Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 22, 2025	SB 1084: As enacted, enacts the "Dismantling DEI Departments Act." Motion to Consider Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 22, 2025	SB 1019: As enacted, requires the department to allocate the state share of the Tennessee investment in student achievement formula funds generated by student members… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 22, 2025	SB 950: As enacted, creates a federal education deregulation cooperation task force to prepare Tennessee for the potential of deregulation of federal laws… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 22, 2025	SB 950: As enacted, creates a federal education deregulation cooperation task force to prepare Tennessee for the potential of deregulation of federal laws… Previous Question	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 22, 2025	SB 869: As enacted, creates a bait privilege license to allow hunting or taking of whitetail deer using bait on privately owned or privately leased land. Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 22, 2025	SB 714: As enacted, requires an educational oversight board to be created for an LEA that meets certain criteria and is established to annually conduct a… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 22, 2025	SB 714: As enacted, requires an educational oversight board to be created for an LEA that meets certain criteria and is established to annually conduct a… Motion to Consider Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 22, 2025	SB 714: As enacted, requires an educational oversight board to be created for an LEA that meets certain criteria and is established to annually conduct a… Motion to Consider Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 22, 2025	SB 714: As enacted, requires an educational oversight board to be created for an LEA that meets certain criteria and is established to annually conduct a… Motion to Consider Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 22, 2025	SB 415: As enacted, creates an advisory committee on innovations in K-12 education. Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 22, 2025	SB 415: As enacted, creates an advisory committee on innovations in K-12 education. Previous Question	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 22, 2025	SB 392: As enacted, creates the offense of human smuggling; makes related changes. Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 22, 2025	SB 392: As enacted, creates the offense of human smuggling; makes related changes. Previous Question	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 22, 2025	SB 392: As enacted, creates the offense of human smuggling; makes related changes. Motion to Consider Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 22, 2025	SB 392: As enacted, creates the offense of human smuggling; makes related changes. Motion to Consider Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 22, 2025	SB 229: As enacted, makes various changes to campaign finance laws and related laws. Conference Committee Report	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 22, 2025	SB 229: As enacted, makes various changes to campaign finance laws and related laws. Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 22, 2025	SB 221: As enacted, permits a court to use juvenile court records, including the disposition and evidence, in pretrial reports used to set bond for certain criminal… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 22, 2025	HB 1097: As enacted, sets up a process by which the attorney general and reporter may review whether a local government action violates state law or the Constitution… Conference Committee Report	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 22, 2025	HB 1092: As enacted, establishes a process for reviewing requests for federal aid. Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 22, 2025	HB 1092: As enacted, establishes a process for reviewing requests for federal aid. Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 22, 2025	HB 979: As enacted, establishes licensure of anesthesiologist assistants; revises provisions authorizing hospitals to employ certain licensed physicians for certain… Conference Committee Report	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 22, 2025	HB 132: As enacted, authorizes, if the governor issues or extends an executive order or proclamation of a state of emergency, the general assembly to terminate such… Concurrence	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 17, 2025	SB 1388: As enacted, requires the department to establish a process by which management of a public property may submit formal complaints regarding the conduct or… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 17, 2025	SB 1274: As enacted, makes various changes related to fees set by the department for environmental regulatory programs; makes changes to the regulation of coal… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 17, 2025	SB 547: As enacted, requires the clerk of every court having jurisdiction of criminal offenses to include a $12.50 charge in every cost bill, to be remitted to the… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 17, 2025	SB 263: As enacted, prohibits the enforcement and recognition of requirements or mandates issued by the World Health Organization, United Nations, or World Economic… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 17, 2025	SB 263: As enacted, prohibits the enforcement and recognition of requirements or mandates issued by the World Health Organization, United Nations, or World Economic… Previous Question	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 17, 2025	SB 263: As enacted, prohibits the enforcement and recognition of requirements or mandates issued by the World Health Organization, United Nations, or World Economic… Motion to Consider Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 17, 2025	SB 16: As enacted, generally provides that a middle school student or high school student who transfers from one member school to another is immediately eligible to… Motion to Consider Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 17, 2025	HB 622: As enacted, enacts "Dismantle DEI in Employment Act." Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 17, 2025	HB 622: As enacted, enacts "Dismantle DEI in Employment Act." Previous Question	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 17, 2025	HB 622: As enacted, enacts "Dismantle DEI in Employment Act." Previous Question	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 17, 2025	HB 622: As enacted, enacts "Dismantle DEI in Employment Act." Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 17, 2025	HB 622: As enacted, enacts "Dismantle DEI in Employment Act." Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 16, 2025	SB 1400: As enacted, revises present law concerning driving under the influence. Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 16, 2025	SB 1240: As enacted, revises present law relative to recovery residences and alcohol and drug prevention or treatment facilities under certification by the department. Previous Question	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 16, 2025	SB 1143: As enacted, requires the coordinator of elections to include, in the coordinator's minimum standards for educating election officials, training on temporary… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 16, 2025	SB 1034: As enacted, includes in the definition of a "memorial", for purposes of Tennessee heritage protection, an official governmental seal of a city or county… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 16, 2025	SB 1034: As enacted, includes in the definition of a "memorial", for purposes of Tennessee heritage protection, an official governmental seal of a city or county… Previous Question	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 16, 2025	SB 1018: As enacted, prohibits a county LEA or public charter school authorized to operate in a county LEA from charging registration fees, enrollment fees, or tuition… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 16, 2025	SB 937: As enacted, prohibits a public school, LEA, or teacher, employee, or contractor of a public school or LEA from requiring a student, teacher, employee, or… Final Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
April 16, 2025	SB 937: As enacted, prohibits a public school, LEA, or teacher, employee, or contractor of a public school or LEA from requiring a student, teacher, employee, or… Motion to Consider Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 16, 2025	SB 937: As enacted, prohibits a public school, LEA, or teacher, employee, or contractor of a public school or LEA from requiring a student, teacher, employee, or… Motion to Consider Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 16, 2025	SB 937: As enacted, prohibits a public school, LEA, or teacher, employee, or contractor of a public school or LEA from requiring a student, teacher, employee, or… Motion to Consider Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 16, 2025	SB 937: As enacted, prohibits a public school, LEA, or teacher, employee, or contractor of a public school or LEA from requiring a student, teacher, employee, or… Motion to Consider Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 16, 2025	SB 827: As enacted, prohibits the state board of education from requiring a private school that provides a fully online, self-paced educational program to comply with… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 16, 2025	SB 758: As enacted, redefines "remediation site" to include a 501(c)(3) nonprofit entity whose main purpose is to promote industrial development and new nuclear… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 16, 2025	SB 688: As enacted, expands the state board's power to subpoena the appearance of persons or the production of items the chair of the state board, or the chair's… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 16, 2025	SB 626: As enacted, revises present law relative to voting and county election commissions, such as requiring the commission to publish a notice of the location of… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 16, 2025	SB 536: As enacted, revises present law relative to an intercollegiate athlete's name, image, or likeness. Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 16, 2025	SB 503: As enacted, designates the month of June as "Celebration of Life" month, the month of July as "Celebration of Liberty" month, and the month of August as… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 16, 2025	SB 455: As introduced, removes the limitations on the board of parole's authority to deny parole based solely on the seriousness of the offense for certain offenses… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 16, 2025	SB 308: As enacted, establishes new premier type tourist resorts, urban park centers, and museums that can offer liquor by the drink; makes certain clarifications… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 16, 2025	SB 227: As enacted, allows a charitable organization that provides housing to a person whom the charitable organization knows is unlawfully present in the United… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 16, 2025	SB 227: As enacted, allows a charitable organization that provides housing to a person whom the charitable organization knows is unlawfully present in the United… Previous Question	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 16, 2025	SB 134: As enacted, enacts the "The Learning Pod Protection Act." Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 16, 2025	SB 128: As enacted, makes various changes relative to the practice of chiropractors, including animal chiropractic practice. Final Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
April 16, 2025	HJR 670: Bobbie Patray Adoption	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 16, 2025	HJR 182: Designates June 2026 as "Nuclear Family Month." Adoption	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 16, 2025	HB 1409: As enacted, makes appropriations for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2025. Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 16, 2025	HB 1409: As enacted, makes appropriations for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2025. Previous Question	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 16, 2025	HB 1409: As enacted, makes appropriations for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2025. Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 16, 2025	HB 1409: As enacted, makes appropriations for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2025. Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
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)	Nay
April 16, 2025	HB 1409: As enacted, makes appropriations for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2025. Amendment	Yea	Yea	Nay (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)	Nay
April 16, 2025	HB 1409: As enacted, makes appropriations for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2025. Motion to Consider Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 16, 2025	HB 1409: As enacted, makes appropriations for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2025. Motion to Consider Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 16, 2025	HB 1409: As enacted, makes appropriations for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2025. Motion to Consider Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 16, 2025	HB 1409: As enacted, makes appropriations for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2025. Motion to Consider Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 16, 2025	HB 1409: As enacted, makes appropriations for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2025. Motion to Consider Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 16, 2025	HB 1409: As enacted, makes appropriations for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2025. Motion to Consider Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 16, 2025	HB 1409: As enacted, makes appropriations for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2025. Motion to Consider Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea

These are the 200 most recent of 349. The voting record below lists them all.

Every roll call

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

Every roll call: Joe Towns
Date	Vote	Their vote	Most of their party	Speaker	Yeas–nays
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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