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Tennessee Right to Life Scorecard – Pro-Life Legislation Votes, 2017/2018 Tennessee House of Representatives 110th General Assembly
1. House Finance Ways and Means Committee Vote on SB1180/HB1189 (Tennessee Infants Protection Act, Protect Viable Unborn Children from Abortion), April 25, 2017. (Passed by Voice Vote, Ayes Prevailed. Several members requested to be recorded as voting “No”, denoted below as O.) 2. House Floor Vote on SB1180/HB1189 (Tennessee Infants Protection Act, Protect Viable Unborn Children from Abortion), May 3, 2017. (Passed 69-18-3) 3. House Health Subcommittee Vote on SB2494/HB2262 (Prioritization of Title X Family Planning Funds) February 14, 2018. (Passed by Voice Vote, Ayes Prevailed. Several members requested to be recorded as voting “No”, denoted below as O.) 4. House Floor Vote on SB2494/HB2262 (Prioritization of Title X Family Planning Funds) March 22, 2018. (Passed 74-15-1)
Representative 1 2 3 4 X O Score Speaker Beth Harwell (R-Nashville) NC X NC X 2 0 100% Raumesh Akbari (D-Memphis) NC O NC O 0 2 0% David Alexander (R-Winchester) NC A NC A 0 0 NA Bill Beck (D-Nashville) NC A NC NV 0 0 NA Clark Boyd (R-Lebanon) (See Note) * * NC X 1 0 100% Harry Brooks (R-Knoxville) NC X NC X 2 0 100% Kevin Brooks (R-Cleveland) VV A NC X 1 0 100% Sheila Butt (R-Columbia) NC X NC X 2 0 100% David Byrd (R – Waynesboro) VV X NC X 2 0 100% Kent Calfee (R-Kingston) NC X NC X 2 0 100% Karen Camper (D-Memphis) O O NC O 0 3 0% Dale Carr (R-Sevierville) NC X NC X 2 0 100% Mike Carter (R-Ooltewah) VV A NC X 1 0 100% Glen Casada (R-Thompsons Station) NC X NC X 2 0 100% John Ray Clemmons (D-Nashville) NC O O O 0 3 0% Jim Coley (R-Bartlett) VV X NC X 2 0 100% Barbara Cooper (D-Memphis) NC O NC A 0 1 0% John Crawford (R-Kingsport VV X NC X 2 0 100% Michael Curcio (R-Dickson) NC X NC X 2 0 100% Martin Daniel (R-Knoxville) NC X NC X 2 0 100% John DeBerry (D-Memphis) VV X NC X 2 0 100% Barry Doss (R-Leoma) NC X NC X 2 0 100% Bill Dunn (R-Knoxville) NC X NC X 2 0 100% Jimmy Eldridge (R-Jackson) NC X NC X 2 0 100% Jeremy Faison (R-Cosby) NC X VV X 2 0 100% Andrew Farmer (R-Sevierville) NC X NC X 2 0 100% Joanne Favors (D-Chattanooga) NC O O O 0 3 0% Craig Fitzhugh (D-Ripley) O O NC X 1 2 33% John Forgety (R-Athens) NC X NC X 2 0 100% Ron Gant (R-Rossville) NC X NC X 2 0 100% Brenda Gilmore (D-Nashville) O O NC O 0 3 0% Tilman Goins (R-Morristown) NC X NC X 2 0 100% Marc Gravitt (R-East Ridge) NC NV NC A 0 0 0% Curtis Halford (R-Dyer) NC X NC X 2 0 100% G.A. Hardaway (D-Memphis) NC O NC O 0 2 0% David Hawk (R-Greeneville) VV X NC X 2 0 100% Patsy Hazlewood (R-Signal Mountain) O NV NC X 1 2 33% Gary Hicks (R-Rogersville) VV X NC X 2 0 100% Matthew Hill (R-Jonesborough) VV X O A 2 1 66% Timothy Hill (R-Blountville) NC X NC X 1 0 100% John Holsclaw (R-Elizabethton) NC X NC X 2 0 100% Andy Holt (R-Dresden) NC X NC X 2 0 100% Dan Howell (R-Georgetown) NC X NC X 2 0 100% Bud Hulsey (R-Kingsport) NC X NC X 2 0 100% Darren Jernigan (D-Old Hickory) NC O NC X 1 1 50% Curtis Johnson (R-Clarksville) VV X NC X 2 0 100% Sherry Jones (D-Nashville) NC O NC O 0 2 0% Roger Kane (R-Knoxville) NC X NC A 1 0 100% Kelly Keisling (R-Byrdstown) NC X NC X 2 0 100% Sabi Kumar (R-Springfield) NC X VV X 2 0 100% William Lamberth (R-Cottontown) NC X NC X 2 0 100% Mary Littleton (R-Dickson) NC X NC A 1 0 100% Ron Lollar (R-Bartlett) NC X NC X 2 0 100% Harold Love, Jr. (D-Nashville) VV O NC A 0 1 0% Susan Lynn (R-Old Hickory) VV X NC X 2 0 100% Pat Marsh (R-Shelbyville) NC X NC X 2 0 100% Judd Matheny (R-Tullahoma) NC X NC A 1 0 100% Jimmy Matlock (R-Lenoir City) NC X NC X 2 0 100% Gerald McCormick (R-Chattanooga) O NV NC A 0 1 0% Steve McDaniel (R-Parkers Crossroads) VV X NC X 2 0 100% Larry Miller (D-Memphis) O O NC O 0 3 0% Bo Mitchell (D-Nashville) NC O NC O 0 2 0% Debra Moody (R-Covington) NC X NC X 2 0 100% Jerome Moon (R-Maryville) (See Note) * * NC X 1 0 100% Antonio Parkinson (D-Memphis) NC NV NC O 0 1 0% Joe Pitts (D-Clarksville) NC O NC X 0 1 0% Mark Pody (R-Lebanon) (See Note) NC X ** ** 1 0 100% Jason Powell (D-Nashville) NC O NC O 0 2 0% Dennis Powers (R-Jacksboro) NC X NC X 2 0 100% John Ragan (R-Oak Ridge) NC X VV X 2 0 100% Bob Ramsey (R-Maryville) NC X NC X 2 0 100% Jay Reedy (R-Erin) NC X NC X 2 0 100% Courtney Rogers (R-Goodlettsville) NC X NC X 2 0 100% Tim Rudd (R-Murfreesboro) NC X NC X 2 0 100% Bill Sanderson (R-Kenton) NC X NC X 2 0 100% Charles Sargent (R-Franklin) VV X NC X 2 0 100% Cameron Sexton (R-Crossville) NC X VV X 2 0 100% Jerry Sexton (R-Bean Station) NC X NC X 2 0 100% Johnny Shaw (D-Bolivar) NC X NC X 2 0 100% Paul Sherrell (R-Sparta) NC X O X 2 1 66% Eddie Smith (R-Knoxville) NC A NC X 1 0 100% Mike Sparks (R-Smyrna) NC X NC X 2 0 100% Rick Staples (D-Knoxville) NC O NC O 0 2 0% Mike Stewart (D-Nashville) NC O NC O 0 2 0% Art Swann (R-Maryville) (See Note) NC X *** *** 1 0 100% Bryan Terry (R-Murfreesboro) NC X VV X 2 0 100% Dwayne Thompson (D-Cordova) NC X NC O 1 1 50% Rick Tillis (R-Lewisburg) NC X NC X 2 0 100% Joe Towns, Jr. (D-Memphis) NC A NC O 0 0 0% Ron Travis (R-Dayton) NC X NC X 2 0 100% Johnnie Turner (D-Memphis) NC O NC X 1 1 50% Micah Van Huss (R-Jonesborough) NC X NC X 2 0 100% Kevin Vaughan (R-Collierville) (See Note) * * NC X 1 0 100% Terri Lynn Weaver (R-Lancaster) NC X NC X 2 0 100% Dawn White (R-Murfreesboro) NC X NC X 2 0 100% Mark White (R-Memphis) NC X NC X 2 0 100% Sam Whitson (R-Franklin) NC X NC X 2 0 100% Ryan Williams (R-Cookeville) VV X NC X 2 0 100% John Mark Windle (D-Livingston) NC A NC X 1 0 100% Tim Wirgau (R-Paris) **** (See Note) VV X NC X 2 0 100% Jason Zachary (R-Knoxville) NC X NC X 2 0 100%
Legend
X Voted With Tennessee Right to Life O Voted Against Tennessee Right to Life NV Present, Not Voting A Absent NC Not on Committee VV Voice Vote, Not Recorded
*Clark Boyd, Jerome Moon and Kevin Vaughan were each sworn into the TN House after the passage of the TN Infants Protection Act (HB1189).
**Mark Pody was sworn as a TN State Senator on January 9, 2018. Voting record after this date noted on Senate Scorecard.
***Art Swann was sworn in as a TN State Senator December 2, 2017. Voting record after this date noted on Senate Scorecard.
****Rep. Wirgau sponsored HB 1394 which sought to legalize doctor-assisted suicide in TN. The bill was later withdrawn.