Tennessee House · District 43
Paul Sherrell
Where they sit
Every current House member, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
Paul Sherrell'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 43.
Also on the ballot: Samantha Petit (Democratic)
The scores
How these numbers work →Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Paul Sherrell.
Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Paul Sherrell.
Bills
The bills Paul Sherrell sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Statewide | Local | |
|---|---|---|
| Sponsored | 13 | 0 |
| Passed both chambers | 3 | 0 |
| Became law | 3 | 0 |
| Vetoed by the Governor | 0 | 0 |
Rank by statewide bills passed: Rank 78 of 97 in the House (tied with 2 others) · 71 of 74 Republicans
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 1691 As enacted, specifies that a joint board established by two municipalities and two counties pursuant to an interlocal agreement for the purpose of operating… |
Statewide | Became law | May 15, 2026 |
| HB 2221 As enacted, requires the clerks of the criminal courts to provide the Tennessee sheriffs' association with all court data necessary for the administration of… |
Statewide | Became law | May 5, 2026 |
| HB 2206 As enacted, generally prohibits the department from requesting information regarding the number or type of firearms or ammunition or identifying information… |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 2459 |
May 4, 2026 |
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
23 against the Speaker; 20 against most of their party.
Every roll call
How Paul Sherrell 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.paul.sherrell@capitol.tn.gov
- Capitol office
- Room 670, Cordell Hull Building 425 Rep. John Lewis Way North, Nashville, TN 37243
615-741-1963
Committees
- Government Operations
- Government Operations
- Health
- Private Acts
- Transportation
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