Tennessee House · District 83
Mark White
Where they sit
Every current House member, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
Mark White'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 83.
Also on the ballot: Margaret Price (Democratic)
The scores
How these numbers work →Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Mark White.
Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Mark White.
Bills
The bills Mark White sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Statewide | Local | |
|---|---|---|
| Sponsored | 32 | 1 |
| Passed both chambers | 17 | 1 |
| Became law | 17 | 1 |
| Vetoed by the Governor | 0 | 0 |
Rank by statewide bills passed: Rank 11 of 97 in the House (tied with 4 others) · 11 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 662 As enacted, requires an educational oversight board to be created for an LEA that meets certain criteria and is established to annually conduct a… |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 714 |
May 27, 2026 |
| HB 2426 As enacted, creates an early educator workforce development resource task force. |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 2404 |
May 27, 2026 |
| HB 1979 As enacted, enacts the "Promising Futures Act." |
Statewide | Became law | May 26, 2026 |
| HB 2420 As enacted, requires an LEA to close a virtual school not meeting certain requirements for continued operation; requires the department of education to… |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 2441 |
May 18, 2026 |
| HB 2257 As enacted, requires the state board of education to establish a qualified dyslexia interventionist endorsement to allow an educator to provide targeted… |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 2377 |
May 18, 2026 |
| HB 2095 As enacted, removes various dates by which various reports must be submitted by various entities; makes various changes to the Tennessee student assistance… |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 2141 |
May 18, 2026 |
| HB 1973 As enacted, prohibits an educator from engaging in any sexually related behavior with certain students enrolled, graduated, or withdrawn from school; requires… |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 2106 |
May 18, 2026 |
| HB 664 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… |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 712 |
May 5, 2026 |
| HB 2096 As enacted, revises the requirements for electronic participation in school board meetings under certain circumstances. |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 2139 |
May 5, 2026 |
| HB 1974 As enacted, requires that, in situations where an order of protection is issued to protect a student who is enrolled in a public school from another student… |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 2285 |
May 4, 2026 |
| HB 2011 As enacted, extends reporting deadline for the advisory committee on innovations in K-12 education from December 31, 2025, to June 1, 2026. |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 1582 |
March 16, 2026 |
| HB 1416 Subject to local approval, makes the office of mayor a full-time position, with the salary of the office to be set by ordinance. |
Local | Became law | June 4, 2025 |
| HB 504 As enacted, makes various changes to the "Tennessee Future Teacher Scholarship Act of 2023." |
Statewide | Became law | May 27, 2025 |
| HB 1373 As enacted, extends the school turnaround pilot program for priority schools administered by the department and that is scheduled to conclude at the end of… |
Statewide | Became law | May 27, 2025 |
| HB 930 As enacted, authorizes any county having made loans in excess of the amount of funds in the initial capitalization of the loan fund pool for the county to… |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 857 |
May 15, 2025 |
| HB 410 As enacted, requires the department to convene a working group to study and develop best practices, strategies, and programming for English language learner… |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 246 |
May 15, 2025 |
| HB 408 As enacted, requires the Tennessee higher education commission (THEC), to serve as the governing board of directors for the Tennessee student assistance… |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 689 |
April 29, 2025 |
| HB 876 As enacted, clarifies that full-time employees of the general assembly are eligible for a waiver of tuition and fees for purposes of continuing education for… |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 797 |
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
17 against the Speaker; 13 against most of their party.
Every roll call
How Mark White 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.mark.white@capitol.tn.gov
- Capitol office
- Room 624, Cordell Hull Building 425 Rep. John Lewis Way North, Nashville, TN 37243
615-741-4415
Committees
- Education Chair
- Calendar and Rules
- 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