Rusty Grills, Tennessee House District 77: Voting Record

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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Votes with DemocratsCrosses party linesVotes with Republicans

Rusty Grills'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 100% of the Tennessee House.

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Most conservative of 96

On the November 3 ballot

Running for Tennessee House District 77.

Also on the ballot: Erin Jerrod Reid (Independent)

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The scores

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Votes with the Speaker

95%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Rusty Grills.

On 633 contested votes where both voted97% on all 1,343 votes where both voted

Votes with own party

99%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Rusty Grills.

On 594 party-line votesPartisan rank: 1 of 96 in the House (tied with 33 others)No one in the House votes with their party more often

Bills

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

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Bills: Rusty Grills
	Statewide	Local
Sponsored	29	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

Bills that passed both chambers: Rusty Grills
Bill	Type	Result	Final action
HB 2650 Subject to local approval, clarifies that the county highway superintendent of the county highway department be appointed by the county commission pursuant to…	Local	Became law	May 27, 2026
HB 2251 As enacted, creates a pilot project to provide for criminal magistrates in the 10 counties in which the criminal courts experience the highest judicial…	Statewide	Became law	May 26, 2026
HB 1985 As enacted, adds that a managed services provider that provides direct sales, installation, or maintenance service for an IP camera connected to the managed…	Statewide	Became law	May 26, 2026
HB 1986 As enacted, requires a county incurring expenses pursuant to a criminal prosecution to provide an invoice of the expenses imposed on the county to the…	Statewide	Became law	May 18, 2026
HB 1980 As enacted, allows the court to temporarily revoke a defendant's bond and order the defendant held without bail for no more than 10 days pending a bail…	Statewide	Became law passed as SB 1945	May 18, 2026
HB 803 As enacted, makes revision to present law concerning sewerage systems using land application; exempts Hamilton County from the provisions requiring the…	Statewide	Became law	May 5, 2026
HB 1982 As enacted, decreases from 18 to 16, the minimum age an individual must be to apply for a license to be a bid caller auctioneer.	Statewide	Became law passed as SB 1904	May 5, 2026
HB 2252 As enacted, requires the department to promulgate rules to implement and administer a voluntary program for the promotion of meat and byproducts from…	Statewide	Became law passed as SB 2652	May 4, 2026
HB 1981 As enacted, designates Lake County as the "Eagle Capital of Tennessee."	Statewide	Became law passed as SB 1615	April 27, 2026
HB 324 As enacted, prohibits orders, proclamations, or rules issued by the governor under the governor's emergency management powers from contravening, suspending…	Statewide	Became law passed as SB 27	June 4, 2025
HB 804 As enacted, prohibits labeling a cell-cultured food product as meat or a meat food product.	Statewide	Became law passed as SB 931	May 15, 2025
HB 802 As enacted, classifies as state employees for purposes of defense and other related provisions, soil and water conservation district board of supervisors…	Statewide	Became law passed as SB 411	May 15, 2025
HB 799 As enacted, directs the commission to promulgate rules to create and issue guide licenses for persons who work as guides at Reelfoot Lake.	Statewide	Became law passed as SB 863	May 15, 2025
HB 811 As enacted, allows a charitable organization that provides housing to a person whom the charitable organization knows is unlawfully present in the United…	Statewide	Became law passed as SB 227	May 13, 2025
HB 810 As enacted, authorizes utility terrain vehicles to operate on county roads and state highways throughout the state, subject to certain restrictions.	Statewide	Became law passed as SB 728	April 29, 2025
HB 805 As enacted, requires the TCRS board of trustees to divest the retirement system from investment activity it has in a company known to be majority-owned by…	Statewide	Became law	April 28, 2025
HB 1188 As enacted, prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, or religion against a student or an employee in a public…	Statewide	Became law	April 28, 2025
HB 801 As enacted, clarifies that, as of July 1, 2025, the roof solar reflectance and thermal emittance requirements of the International Energy Conservation Code…	Statewide	Became law	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

32 against the Speaker; 33 against most of their party.

Contested votes where they split: Rusty Grills
Date	Bill and motion	Their vote	Speaker	Most of their party
April 21, 2026	SB 2530: As introduced, upon the request of an immediate family member of a deceased member or former member of the general assembly, requires the governor and the… Final Passage	Nay	Not voting	Yea (split)
April 21, 2026	SB 2403: As enacted, makes various revisions to education law, including, but not limited to, requiring each public school to annually submit to the department of… Final Passage	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 21, 2026	SB 2403: As enacted, makes various revisions to education law, including, but not limited to, requiring each public school to annually submit to the department of… Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 21, 2026	SB 1900: As enacted, increases the penalty for assaulting a first responder from a Class A misdemeanor with a mandatory fine of $5,000 and a mandatory minimum of 30… Previous Question	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 21, 2026	SB 1783: As enacted, requires driver license station staff to inquire of applicants whether the applicant would like a driver license that complies with the federal… Final Passage	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 21, 2026	SB 1747: As enacted, creates an offense of recklessly discharging a firearm into the air, ground, a body of water, or an object in close proximity to the person if the… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 21, 2026	SB 1620: As enacted, establishes new premier type tourist resorts, restaurants, community theaters, clubs, retirement centers, premises, and commercial passenger boat… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 21, 2026	HB 2359: As enacted, expands the definition of "consumable material" to include natural and synthetic liquid nicotine solutions and liquid nicotine analogues for… Final Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
April 21, 2026	HB 2359: As enacted, expands the definition of "consumable material" to include natural and synthetic liquid nicotine solutions and liquid nicotine analogues for… Amendment	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
April 21, 2026	HB 2359: As enacted, expands the definition of "consumable material" to include natural and synthetic liquid nicotine solutions and liquid nicotine analogues for… Amendment	Nay	Not voting	Yea (split)
April 21, 2026	HB 1987: As enacted, revises law relative to alcoholic beverages. Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 20, 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… Previous Question	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 16, 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… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (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 13, 2026	SJR 48: Ratifies the increase of the 911 surcharge rate to $1.86 as approved by the Tennessee Emergency Communications Board. Concurrence	Nay	Nay	Yea (split)
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	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
April 8, 2026	SB 1840: As enacted, requires prosecution for vehicular homicide committed on or after July 1, 2026, to commence within 10 years from the date the offense occurs. Final Passage	Nay	Not voting	Yea (split)
April 7, 2026	HB 2569: As enacted, lowers the age of an inpatient from 65 to 50 or older when a hospital, each year from October 1 through March 1, must offer immunization against… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 6, 2026	SB 1473: As enacted, prohibits a municipality from remediating a property maintenance violation if the cost may negatively impact the municipality's financial… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
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	Nay	Yea (split)	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	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 26, 2026	SB 1591: As introduced, imposes state and local litigation taxes on a person who violates the prohibition against using a wireless telecommunications device or… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 23, 2026	HB 1891: As enacted, allows a person who submits the fine and costs for a speeding ticket in lieu of appearing in court to also register for an approved driver… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 23, 2026	HB 1891: As enacted, allows a person who submits the fine and costs for a speeding ticket in lieu of appearing in court to also register for an approved driver… Previous Question	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
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)	Yea (split)
March 9, 2026	SB 192: As enacted, requires a manufacturer's license for the manufacturing of alcoholic spiritous beverages or vintage alcoholic beverages issued to or renewed by a… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 23, 2026	HB 957: As enacted, grants eligible state employees mandatory paid leave for fostering a minor child. Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 23, 2026	HB 957: As enacted, grants eligible state employees mandatory paid leave for fostering a minor child. Motion to Table Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 21, 2025	HB 1330: As enacted, enacts the "Less is More Act of 2025." Concurrence	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 21, 2025	HB 160: As enacted, exempts the sale of wine for consumption on the premises of a winery or farm wine producer, including the premises of a satellite facility… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 17, 2025	SB 111: As enacted, authorizes a licensee that holds more than a 50 percent ownership interest in a manufacturer and a winery that are located on the same deeded… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 14, 2025	SB 799: As enacted, generally requires statewide political parties to nominate their candidates in primary elections for all offices for which partisan elections are… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 10, 2025	SB 449: As enacted, enacts the "Fertility Treatment and Contraceptive Protection Act." Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 10, 2025	SB 449: As enacted, enacts the "Fertility Treatment and Contraceptive Protection Act." Previous Question	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 10, 2025	SB 449: As enacted, enacts the "Fertility Treatment and Contraceptive Protection Act." Previous Question	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 10, 2025	SB 449: As enacted, enacts the "Fertility Treatment and Contraceptive Protection Act." Motion to Table Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 10, 2025	HB 1376: As enacted, provides for the regulation of the manufacturing, supplying, wholesale distribution, and retail sale of hemp-derived cannabinoid products by the… Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 10, 2025	HB 562: As introduced, prohibits a person, political subdivision, or public official, in connection with a state emergency, from categorizing or proclaiming by order… Motion to Refer	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 24, 2025	SB 734: As enacted, extends by six years the period in which Davidson County may charge an additional $0.50 privilege tax on the occupancy of a hotel room and in… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 17, 2025	SB 320: As enacted, lowers the county population threshold, from in excess of 500,000 to in excess of 350,000, for a sports authority facility to be eligible to… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)

Every roll call

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

Every roll call: Rusty Grills
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
Email: rep.rusty.grills@capitol.tn.gov
Capitol office: Room 644, Cordell Hull Building 425 Rep. John Lewis Way North, Nashville, TN 37243
615-741-0718

Committees

Agriculture and Natural Resources
Commerce
Finance, Ways and Means
Pensions
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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.