2025 Tennessee Legislative Scorecard

The following scorecard lists several key votes in the Tennessee General Assembly in 2025 and ranks state representatives and senators based on their fidelity to (U.S.) constitutional and limited-government principles.

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Senate Votes
House Votes

House Votes

1. Government Private School Vouchers

Creates a state-funded scholarship program offering up to 20,000 K-12 vouchers for private-school tuition and related expenses.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No Cost per household: -$154.00/year
HB6004 Roll Call 1477566 Passed 54 to 43 on Jan 30, 2025 See Ninth Amendment, 14th Amendment, 10th Amendment, and Article I Section 8

2. Privilege Tax Extension

Extends by six years the authority for Nashville-Davidson County to continue collecting a hotel occupancy tax of up to $2.50 per room, instead of $2.00. The extra $0.50 will continue to fund the county's Event and Marketing Fund.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No Cost per household: -$1.88/year
SB0734 Roll Call 1524981 Passed 58 to 22 on Mar 24, 2025 See 14th Amendment

3. Illegal Immigrant Driver's License Enforcement

Makes it a Class B misdemeanor to drive in Tennessee using an out-of-state driver's license issued exclusively to illegal aliens.
Read More Constitutional Vote: Yes
HB0749 Roll Call 1535748 Passed 68 to 21 on Apr 3, 2025 See Article I Section 8, 10th Amendment, and Article VI

4. Race-based Membership Ban

Ends the ability of state regulatory and health-related boards to use race, color, ethnicity, or national origin as factors in their membership decisions.
Read More Constitutional Vote: Yes
HB1237 Roll Call 1538713 Passed 73 to 22 on Apr 7, 2025 See 14th Amendment, Fifth Amendment, and Declaration of Independence

5. Conservation Easements

Creates a $25 million Farmland Preservation Fund managed by the Department of Agriculture.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No Cost per household: -$9.38/year
SB0207 Roll Call 1550186 Passed 84 to 8 on Apr 16, 2025 See Fifth Amendment and 14th Amendment

6. Global Entities Ban

Bans Tennessee state and local government entities from enforcing or recognizing any mandates or requirements from the World Health Organization, United Nations, or World Economic Forum.
Read More Constitutional Vote: Yes
SB0263 Roll Call 1551166 Passed 73 to 24 on Apr 17, 2025 See Article VI, 10th Amendment, and Article II Section 2

How did they vote?

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Legend: Constitutional Unconstitutional Did not vote
Name Party Score 1 2 3 4 5 6
Rebecca Kefauver Alexander R 67%
Fred Atchley R 67%
Jody Barrett R 100%
Charlie Baum R 50%
Aftyn Behn D 17%
Clark Boyd R 50%
Rush Bricken R 67%
Shaundelle Brooks D 0%
Eugene N. Bulso R 50%
Jeff Burkhart R 80%
Ed Butler R 75%
Karen D. Camper D 20%
Kip Capley R 60%
Michele Carringer R 50%
Scott E. Cepicky R 67%
Jesse Chism D 17%
John Ray Clemmons D 17%
Mark Cochran R 50%
John Crawford R 60%
Tandy Darby R 67%
Elaine Davis R 75%
Vincent Dixie D 20%
Clay Doggett R 67%
Rick Eldridge R 60%
Jeremy Faison R 50%
Andrew E. Farmer R 50%
Bob Freeman D 17%
Monty Fritts R 100%
Ron M. Gant R 67%
Johnny C. Garrett R 60%
John Gillespie R 60%
Ronnie L. Glynn D 17%
Rusty Grills R 67%
Yusuf A. Hakeem D 17%
Michael Hale R 60%
G.A. Hardaway D 33%
Torrey C. Harris D 20%
Kirk Haston R 60%
David B. Hawk R 67%
Esther Helton-Haynes R 50%
Caleb Hemmer D 17%
Gary Hicks R 67%
Tim Hicks R 50%
Timothy Hill R 67%
Dan Howell R 80%
Bud Hulsey R 80%
Chris Hurt R 100%
Gloria Johnson D 17%
Justin Jones D 17%
Renea Jones R 67%
Kelly Keisling R 100%
Sabi Kumar R 60%
Justin Lafferty R 83%
William G. Lamberth R 50%
Tom Leatherwood R 60%
Mary Littleton R 67%
Harold M. Love D 20%
Susan Lynn R 50%
Aron Maberry R 67%
Pat Marsh R 50%
Brock Martin R 50%
Greg Martin R 60%
Jake McCalmon R 50%
Samuel McKenzie D 17%
Larry J. Miller D 20%
Bo Mitchell D 17%
Debra Moody R 60%
Jerome Moon R 60%
Antonio Parkinson D 17%
Justin J. Pearson D 0%
Jason Powell D 17%
Dennis Powers R 60%
Kevin D. Raper R 80%
Jay D. Reedy R 67%
Lee Reeves R 50%
Michele Reneau R 100%
Tim Rudd R 75%
Iris Rudder R 50%
Lowell Russell R 83%
Gabby Salinas D 20%
Richard Scarbrough R 67%
Cameron Sexton R 50%
Johnny W. Shaw D 17%
Paul Sherrell R 67%
William Slater R 50%
Mike Sparks R 50%
Robert Stevens R 50%
Tom Stinnett R 67%
Gregory Bryan Terry R 60%
Chris Todd R 67%
Joe E. Towns D 17%
Ron Travis R 67%
Kevin Vaughan R 50%
Greg Vital R 60%
Todd Warner R 100%
Mark White R 50%
Ryan Williams R 40%
Dave Wright R 40%
Jason Zachary R 50%

Average Freedom Score by Party

PartyScore
Democrat17%
Republican63.7%
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