Tennessee House · 2025–2026 Regular Session
HB 47: As enacted, authorizes local boards of education and public charter school governing bodies to allow schools in the LEA or the public charter school, as…
Conference Committee Report · April 23, 2026 · Yeas 70, nays 17 · Party-line vote
How each party voted
Speaker Cameron Sexton voted yea.
Bill
- Bill
- HB 47
- Motion
- Conference Committee Report
- Date
- April 23, 2026
- Session
- 2025–2026 Regular Session
- Yeas–nays
- Yeas 70, nays 17; 12 didn't vote yes or no (0 present, not voting)
- Result
- Passed, as the official record marks it
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The chamber on this vote
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How each member voted
Yea (70)
- Becky Jo Alexander R-7
- Fred Atchley R-12
- Jody Barrett R-69
- Charlie Baum R-37
- Clark Boyd R-46
- Rush Bricken R-47
- Gino Bulso R-61
- Ed Butler R-41
- Kip Capley R-71
- Michele Carringer R-16
- Scott Cepicky R-64
- Mark Cochran R-23
- John Crawford R-1
- Tandy Darby R-76
- Elaine Davis R-18
- Clay Doggett R-70
- Rick Eldridge R-10
- Jeremy Faison R-11
- Andrew Farmer R-17
- John Gillespie R-97
- Rusty Grills R-77
- Michael Hale R-40
- Kirk Haston R-72
- David Hawk R-5
- Esther Helton-Haynes R-30
- Gary Hicks R-9
- Tim Hicks R-6
- Timothy Hill R-3
- Dan Howell R-22
- Bud Hulsey R-2
- Chris Hurt R-82
- Renea Jones R-4
- Kelly Keisling R-38
- Doc Kumar R-66
- Justin Lafferty R-89
- William Lamberth R-44
- Michael Lankford R-75
- Tom Leatherwood R-99
- Mary Littleton R-78
- Aron Maberry R-68
- Pat Marsh R-62
- Brock Martin R-79
- Greg Martin R-26
- Jake McCalmon R-63
- Debra Moody R-81
- Jerome Moon R-8
- Dennis Powers R-36
- Kevin Raper R-24
- Jay Reedy R-74
- Lee Reeves R-65
- Michele Reneau R-27
- Tim Rudd R-34
- Iris Rudder R-39
- Lowell Russell R-21
- Rick Scarbrough R-33
- Cameron Sexton R-25
- Johnny Shaw D-80
- Paul Sherrell R-43
- William Slater R-35
- Mike Sparks R-49
- Robert Stevens R-13
- Tommy Stinnett R-20
- Chris Todd R-73
- Ron Travis R-31
- Greg Vital R-29
- Todd Warner R-92
- Mark White R-83
- Ryan Williams R-42
- Dave Wright R-19
- Jason Zachary R-14
Nay (17)
- Aftyn Behn D-51
- Shaundelle Brooks D-60
- Karen Camper D-87
- Jesse Chism D-85
- John Clemmons D-55
- Vincent Dixie D-54
- Torrey Harris D-91
- Caleb Hemmer D-59
- Gloria Johnson D-90
- Justin Jones D-52
- Harold Love D-58
- Sam McKenzie D-15
- Bo Mitchell D-50
- Antonio Parkinson D-98
- Justin Pearson D-86
- Jason Powell D-53
- Gabby Salinas D-96
Not voting (12)
- Bob Freeman D-56
- Monty Fritts R-32
- Ron Gant R-94
- Johnny Garrett R-45
- Ronnie Glynn D-67
- Yusuf Hakeem D-28
- G.A. Hardaway D-93
- Susan Lynn R-57
- Larry Miller D-88
- Bryan Terry R-48
- Joe Towns D-84
- Kevin Vaughan R-95