Tennessee House · District 97
John Gillespie
Where they sit
Every current House member, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
John Gillespie'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 97.
Also on the ballot: Jesse Huseth (Democratic)
The scores
How these numbers work →Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is John Gillespie.
Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is John Gillespie.
Bills
The bills John Gillespie sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Statewide | Local | |
|---|---|---|
| Sponsored | 21 | 0 |
| Passed both chambers | 7 | 0 |
| Became law | 7 | 0 |
| Vetoed by the Governor | 0 | 0 |
Rank by statewide bills passed: Rank 57 of 97 in the House (tied with 8 others) · 53 of 74 Republicans (tied with 6 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 1484 As enacted, enacts "The Memphis Safe Task Force Accountability Act." |
Statewide | Became law | May 15, 2026 |
| HB 2318 As enacted, revises and clarifies procedures of the joint committee on ways and means, including authorizing the committee to issue notice that a hearing will… |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 2158 |
May 1, 2026 |
| HB 33 As enacted, establishes a presumption that a defendant should not be released on the defendant’s personal recognizance if the defendant is charged with a… |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 218 |
March 30, 2026 |
| HB 34 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… |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 221 |
May 15, 2025 |
| HB 515 As enacted, requires an LEA and public charter school that provides parents or guardians of K-12 students with information on immunizations, infectious… |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 680 |
April 30, 2025 |
| HB 307 As enacted, declares that the offices of sheriff, register, county clerk, assessor of property, and trustee are the constitutional officers of a county that… |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 274 |
April 29, 2025 |
| HB 341 As enacted, requires collection of a biological specimen from certain convicted offenders to be collected within 30 days of sentencing to be used for DNA… |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 371 |
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
24 against the Speaker; 30 against most of their party.
Every roll call
How John Gillespie 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.john.gillespie@capitol.tn.gov
- Capitol office
- Room 590, Cordell Hull Building 425 Rep. John Lewis Way North, Nashville, TN 37243
615-741-8201
Committees
- Finance, Ways and Means Vice chair
- Health
- Pensions
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