Tennessee House · District 42
Ryan Williams
Where they sit
Every current House member, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
Ryan Williams'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 42.
Also on the ballot: Trenton Tyler Strode (Democratic)
The scores
How these numbers work →Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Ryan Williams.
Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Ryan Williams.
Bills
The bills Ryan Williams sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Statewide | Local | |
|---|---|---|
| Sponsored | 33 | 1 |
| Passed both chambers | 18 | 1 |
| Became law | 18 | 1 |
| Vetoed by the Governor | 0 | 0 |
Rank by statewide bills passed: Rank 9 of 97 in the House (tied with 1 other) · 9 of 74 Republicans (tied with 1 other)
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 2491 As enacted, eliminates the fraud and economic crimes fees and assessments in criminal prosecutions for counties that have enacted a $12.50 court cost to be… |
Statewide | Became law | May 27, 2026 |
| HB 2290 As enacted, requires each fertility clinic operating in this state to obtain a certificate from the department of health to perform assisted reproductive… |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 2461 |
May 27, 2026 |
| HB 2204 As enacted, requires TACIR to conduct a study of the salaries and other benefits paid to state and local law enforcement officers in this state; authorizes… |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 2177 |
May 27, 2026 |
| HB 2196 As enacted, authorizes Putnam County and incorporated cities within the county to regulate sober living homes for recovery from alcohol, drug, and substance… |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 1610 |
May 27, 2026 |
| HB 2172 As enacted, imposes an additional 10 percent tax on a hemp-derived cannabinoid product's wholesale cost if the product is inhalable in cartridge form. |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 2295 |
May 27, 2026 |
| HB 2026 As enacted, creates a Class A misdemeanor offense of intentionally moving, altering, destroying, or removing a monument the person knows, or reasonably should… |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 1814 |
May 27, 2026 |
| HB 1951 As enacted, enacts the "Grace Anne Sparks Coercive Suicide Prevention Law of 2026." |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 1815 |
May 27, 2026 |
| HB 2121 As enacted, enacts the "Better Spending, Better Schools Act of 2026." |
Statewide | Became law | May 26, 2026 |
| HB 2093 As enacted, prohibits a managed care organization from including a provision in the managed care organization's contract with a qualified nursing facility to… |
Statewide | Became law | May 26, 2026 |
| HB 398 As enacted, authorizes, as of January 1, 2027, a licensed paramedic to make an actual determination and pronouncement of death; makes related changes. |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 343 |
May 18, 2026 |
| HB 1892 As enacted, authorizes a tax increment agency to enter into a taxpayer agreement relative to a plan area after obtaining a written statement executed by each… |
Statewide | Became law | May 18, 2026 |
| HB 1816 As enacted, requires the Tennessee opioid abatement council to allocate funds held in the opioid abatement fund in a certain manner. |
Statewide | Became law | May 18, 2026 |
| HB 1952 As enacted, redefines the practice of optometry. |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 2076 |
May 5, 2026 |
| HB 1427 Subject to local approval, sets the salary of general session court judges at an amount equal to the amount received annually by the circuit court judges and… |
Local | Became law | June 4, 2025 |
| HB 979 As enacted, establishes licensure of anesthesiologist assistants; revises provisions authorizing hospitals to employ certain licensed physicians for certain… |
Statewide | Became law | May 27, 2025 |
| HB 1177 As enacted, increases from 11 months and 29 days to two years from the date of arrest the time within which misdemeanor charges against a defendant who has… |
Statewide | Became law | May 27, 2025 |
| HB 635 As enacted, authorizes, subject to certain provisions, a taxpayer, at the taxpayer's discretion, to add back to net earnings certain deductions and to… |
Statewide | Became law | May 8, 2025 |
| HB 764 As enacted, specifies that certain physical searches of students and searches of lockers, vehicles, and other property must be conducted by a school resource… |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 290 |
April 29, 2025 |
| HB 1175 As enacted, allows a child care agency to lease or purchase underutilized property from local education agencies; classifies a child care family home as… |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 1379 |
April 29, 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
13 against the Speaker; 20 against most of their party.
Every roll call
How Ryan Williams 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.ryan.williams@capitol.tn.gov
- Capitol office
- Room 612, Cordell Hull Building 425 Rep. John Lewis Way North, Nashville, TN 37243
615-741-1875
Committees
- Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations
- Finance, Ways and Means
- Health
- Pensions
- Select Rules
- Ways and Means
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