Rusty Crowe, Tennessee Senate District 3: Voting Record

Where they sit

Every current senator, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.

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Votes with DemocratsCrosses party linesVotes with Republicans

Rusty Crowe'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

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More conservative than 50% of the Tennessee Senate.

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17th most liberal of 33

On the November 3 ballot

Rusty Crowe is the only candidate on the November 3 ballot. (Tennessee Senate District 3)

The scores

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Votes with the Senate's Speaker

94%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Rusty Crowe.

On 283 contested votes where both voted99% on all 4,369 votes where both voted

Votes with own party

98%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Rusty Crowe.

On 306 party-line votesPartisan rank: 14 of 33 in the Senate (tied with 5 others)13 senators vote with their party more often

Bills

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

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Bills: Rusty Crowe
	Statewide	Local
Sponsored	63	1
Passed both chambers	29	1
Became law	29	1
Vetoed by the Governor	0	0

Rank by statewide bills passed: Rank 15 of 33 in the Senate · 15 of 27 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

Bills that passed both chambers: Rusty Crowe
Bill	Type	Result	Final action
SB 2709 Subject to local approval, authorizes the board of mayor and alderman for the Town of Jonesborough to elect a mayor from among the aldermen to fill a vacancy…	Local	Became law passed as HB 2647	May 27, 2026
SB 2654 As enacted, designates the Rhododendron and Fall-O-Dendron festivals of Roan Mountain as the official Rhododendron and Fall-O-Dendron festivals in this state…	Statewide	Became law passed as HB 2614	May 27, 2026
SB 1849 As enacted, enacts the "Essential Governmental Employee Housing Act of 2026"; makes related changes.	Statewide	Became law	May 27, 2026
SB 2088 As enacted, authorizes a law enforcement officer to cause to be administered a blood or urine test on a person for the presence of a psychotropic drug if such…	Statewide	Became law	May 18, 2026
SB 1777 As enacted, enacts the "Caring for Caregivers Act."	Statewide	Became law passed as HB 1443	May 18, 2026
SB 1153 As enacted, makes various changes relative to the authority of a physician or podiatrist to prescribe, dispense, or administer medication to the provider's…	Statewide	Became law passed as HB 1205	May 15, 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…	Statewide	Became law	May 5, 2026
SB 2013 As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Nursing Education Integrity and Oversight Act."	Statewide	Became law	May 5, 2026
SB 2434 As enacted, creates the Class C misdemeanor offense of knowingly using an unmanned aircraft over the grounds of a school.	Statewide	Became law	May 4, 2026
SB 2424 As enacted, enacts the "Sen. Frank Niceley National Security and Economic Protection Act."	Statewide	Became law	May 4, 2026
SB 2427 As enacted, revises various provisions regarding medication aides, including allowing for a student in good standing enrolled in an approved school of nursing…	Statewide	Became law	April 29, 2026
SB 2426 As enacted, authorizes LEAs with a voluntary pre-K program to enroll children who are not at-risk but who live in the LEA's geographic area, are three on or…	Statewide	Became law	April 29, 2026
SB 1679 As enacted, makes changes to the process by which local governments may issue and sell grant anticipation notes; authorizes the comptroller to approve certain…	Statewide	Became law	April 27, 2026
SB 2433 As enacted, authorizes an LEA or public charter school to continue a disciplinary investigation of a student who, during the investigation, withdraws from the…	Statewide	Became law passed as HB 2149	April 24, 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…	Statewide	Became law	April 2, 2026
SB 1778 As enacted, exempts disaster grants administered by TEMA from statutory requirements related to procurement, except that the state retains the right to…	Statewide	Became law	March 23, 2026
SB 654 As enacted, extends the termination date for the Alzheimer's and dementia respite care pilot program from December 31, 2025, to December 31, 2026.	Statewide	Became law passed as HB 717	May 27, 2025
SB 646 As enacted, authorizes use of the Hurricane Helene interest payment fund to pay local governments' loan charges; makes related changes.	Statewide	Became law passed as HB 1278	May 27, 2025
SB 652 As enacted, requires the department to pay from existing budgeted funds a monthly amount to a department employee for the medical care of a retired canine…	Statewide	Became law	May 15, 2025
SB 644 As enacted, requires the board of nursing to permit a student to enroll in a practical nursing program offered by a public institution of higher education…	Statewide	Became law	May 15, 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…	Statewide	Became law	May 13, 2025
SB 293 As enacted, specifies that the state guard is a separate entity within the military department for budgetary purposes.	Statewide	Became law passed as HB 20	May 8, 2025
SB 1155 As enacted, authorizes Johnson City to set the hours that licensees within a downtown district designated by the municipality are authorized to sell or give…	Statewide	Became law	April 30, 2025
SB 332 As enacted, requires the board of nursing to develop a survey to collect certain information from nurse practitioners who have been issued a certificate of…	Statewide	Became law	April 29, 2025
SB 1146 As enacted, requires a county medical examiner to test for, and obtain certain information concerning, the presence of any drugs in a decedent in certain…	Statewide	Became law	April 29, 2025
SB 1140 As enacted, makes changes relative to temporary group hunting event permits.	Statewide	Became law	April 29, 2025
SB 1149 As enacted, authorizes a funeral director applicant who was not previously licensed in this state to substitute one year of apprenticeship with an associate…	Statewide	Became law passed as HB 860	April 28, 2025
SB 1148 As enacted, defines "fully enclosed" as having side panels, a roll bar or roof, and a windshield with regard to crash helmet requirements not applying to…	Statewide	Became law passed as HB 859	April 28, 2025
SB 515 As enacted, extends by four years to June 30, 2029, the current 125-bed limitation on the number of new nursing home beds for which the health facilities…	Statewide	Became law	April 8, 2025
SB 6007 (2025 X1) As enacted, requires the comptroller to disburse payments to property owners whose real or personal property was destroyed or damaged by a FEMA-certified…	Statewide	Became law	Feb. 25, 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

18 against the Senate's Speaker; 8 against most of their party.

Contested votes where they split: Rusty Crowe
Date	Bill and motion	Their vote	Lieutenant Governor and Speaker of the Senate	Most of their party
April 22, 2026	SB 1585: As enacted, revises the assessment testing requirements for students who participate in the education savings account (ESA) program. Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 21, 2026	HB 2319: As introduced, prohibits an employee of a local government from serving on the legislative body of the local government for which the employee works. Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 16, 2026	SB 1873: As introduced, makes various changes regarding employment with this state and state employment benefits. Final Passage	Nay	Not voting	Yea (split)
April 14, 2026	SB 259: As enacted, clarifies that a child's parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian may, to the extent allowable by federal law, access and review all health and… Final Passage	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 13, 2026	SB 2473: As enacted, vacates the present board of commissioners of each existing authority for metropolitan and regional airports and reconstitutes a new governing… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 9, 2026	SB 34: As introduced, creates a Class A misdemeanor for knowingly giving, selling, lending, delivering, or otherwise transferring a firearm to a person when the… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 6, 2026	HB 803: As enacted, makes revision to present law concerning sewerage systems using land application; exempts Hamilton County from the provisions requiring the… Final Passage	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 2, 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)	Yea (split)
March 26, 2026	SB 1369: As enacted, revises law relative to the operation of acute care hospitals. Final Passage	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
March 16, 2026	SB 1995: As introduced, requires the governor to proclaim a statewide day of mourning and order the state flag to be flown at half staff over the state capitol during… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 12, 2026	SB 2153: As enacted, authorizes the department to establish and administer an early childhood mental health home visiting program as a voluntary, evidence-based and… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 21, 2025	HB 576: As enacted, makes revisions to law relative to bondsmen. Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 10, 2025	SB 336: As enacted, revises present law that prohibits a person convicted of an infamous crime after May 18, 1981, from being eligible to have the right to vote… Final Passage	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 10, 2025	HB 601: As enacted, authorizes criminal defendants who plead guilty, best interest, or no contest to also petition for a writ of error coram nobis based on evidence… Final Passage	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 3, 2025	SB 527: As introduced, specifies that a manufacturer or seller of a pesticide registered with the commissioner of agriculture and with the environmental protection… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 13, 2025	SB 1012: As introduced, treats nieces and nephews of the whole or half-blood of a primary caregiver as being related to the caregiver for purposes of present laws… Final Passage	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
March 13, 2025	SB 956: As introduced, lowers the period of time that must elapse after completion of the sentence imposed before a petitioner may have an eligible criminal offense… Final Passage	Yea	Nay (split)	—
March 6, 2025	SB 27: As enacted, prohibits orders, proclamations, or rules issued by the governor under the governor's emergency management powers from contravening, suspending… Final Passage	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
Feb. 27, 2025	SB 109: As enacted, authorizes a certified municipal finance officer who is contracted with a municipality to provide financial oversight on behalf of the… Motion to Reconsider	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)

Every roll call

How Rusty Crowe voted on each of the 4,545 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.

Every roll call: Rusty Crowe
Date	Vote	Their vote	Most of their party	Lieutenant Governor and Speaker of the Senate	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
Email: sen.rusty.crowe@capitol.tn.gov
Capitol office: Room 720, Cordell Hull Building 425 Rep. John Lewis Way North, Nashville, TN 37243
615-741-2468

Committees

Health and Welfare Chair
Education
Finance, Ways and Means
Government Operations
Government Operations

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.