Tennessee House · Apr 16, 2025
FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/16/2025 Passed (1)
Result: pass
SB 161: Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires each board of education for an LEA that operates at least one high school to adopt and implement a policy to authorize a high school student to serve as an advisory, nonvoting representative on the board during meetings that are open to the public. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 2.
State vote data last updated Oct 16, 2026, 4:04 AM.
Totals
| Yea | Not voting | Nay | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 63 | 6 | 1 |
| Total | 86 | 6 | 1 |
Party rows count only voters matched to a legislator.
All voters
| Legislator | Position |
|---|---|
| Becky Jo Alexander(Republican) | Yea |
| Fred Atchley(Republican) | Yea |
| Jody Barrett(Republican) | Not voting |
| Charlie Baum(Republican) | Yea |
| Aftyn Behn(Democratic) | Yea |
| Clark Boyd(Republican) | Not voting |
| Rush Bricken(Republican) | Yea |
| Shaundelle Brooks(Democratic) | Yea |
| Gino Bulso(Republican) | Yea |
| Burkhart | Yea |
| Ed Butler(Republican) | Yea |
| Karen Camper(Democratic) | Yea |
| Kip Capley(Republican) | Not voting |
| Michele Carringer(Republican) | Yea |
| Scott Cepicky(Republican) | Yea |
| John Clemmons(Democratic) | Yea |
| Mark Cochran(Republican) | Yea |
| John Crawford(Republican) | Yea |
| Tandy Darby(Republican) | Yea |
| Elaine Davis(Republican) | Yea |
| Vincent Dixie(Democratic) | Yea |
| Clay Doggett(Republican) | Yea |
| Rick Eldridge(Republican) | Yea |
| Jeremy Faison(Republican) | Yea |
| Andrew Farmer(Republican) | Yea |
| Bob Freeman(Democratic) | Yea |
| Monty Fritts(Republican) | Not voting |
| Ron Gant(Republican) | Yea |
| Johnny Garrett(Republican) | Yea |
| Ronnie Glynn(Democratic) | Yea |
| Rusty Grills(Republican) | Yea |
| Yusuf Hakeem(Democratic) | Yea |
| Michael Hale(Republican) | Not voting |
| Hardaway | Yea |
| Torrey Harris(Democratic) | Yea |
| Kirk Haston(Republican) | Yea |
| David Hawk(Republican) | Yea |
| Esther Helton-Haynes(Republican) | Yea |
| Caleb Hemmer(Democratic) | Yea |
| Gary Hicks(Republican) | Yea |
| Tim Hicks(Republican) | Yea |
| Timothy Hill(Republican) | Yea |
| Dan Howell(Republican) | Yea |
| Bud Hulsey(Republican) | Yea |
| Chris Hurt(Republican) | Yea |
| Gloria Johnson(Democratic) | Yea |
| Justin Jones(Democratic) | Yea |
| Renea Jones(Republican) | Yea |
| Kelly Keisling(Republican) | Yea |
| Doc Kumar(Republican) | Yea |
| William Lamberth(Republican) | Yea |
| Mary Littleton(Republican) | Yea |
| Harold Love(Democratic) | Yea |
| Susan Lynn(Republican) | Yea |
| Aron Maberry(Republican) | Yea |
| Pat Marsh(Republican) | Yea |
| Brock Martin(Republican) | Yea |
| Greg Martin(Republican) | Yea |
| Jake McCalmon(Republican) | Yea |
| Sam McKenzie(Democratic) | Yea |
| Larry Miller(Democratic) | Yea |
| Bo Mitchell(Democratic) | Yea |
| Debra Moody(Republican) | Yea |
| Jerome Moon(Republican) | Yea |
| Antonio Parkinson(Democratic) | Yea |
| Justin Pearson(Democratic) | Yea |
| Dennis Powers(Republican) | Yea |
| Kevin Raper(Republican) | Yea |
| Jay Reedy(Republican) | Yea |
| Lee Reeves(Republican) | Yea |
| Michele Reneau(Republican) | Yea |
| Tim Rudd(Republican) | Yea |
| Iris Rudder(Republican) | Yea |
| Lowell Russell(Republican) | Yea |
| Gabby Salinas(Democratic) | Yea |
| Rick Scarbrough(Republican) | Yea |
| Cameron Sexton(Republican) | Yea |
| Johnny Shaw(Democratic) | Yea |
| Paul Sherrell(Republican) | Yea |
| William Slater(Republican) | Yea |
| Mike Sparks(Republican) | Not voting |
| Robert Stevens(Republican) | Nay |
| Bryan Terry(Republican) | Yea |
| Chris Todd(Republican) | Yea |
| Towns | Yea |
| Ron Travis(Republican) | Yea |
| Kevin Vaughan(Republican) | Yea |
| Greg Vital(Republican) | Yea |
| Todd Warner(Republican) | Yea |
| Mark White(Republican) | Yea |
| Ryan Williams(Republican) | Yea |
| Dave Wright(Republican) | Yea |
| Jason Zachary(Republican) | Yea |