Tennessee House · Apr 14, 2026
FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/14/2026 Passed (1)
Result: pass
HB 2616: Open Meetings - As enacted, authorizes a governing body to conduct an executive session for the purpose of interviewing applicants for employment as director-level staff of the body without providing public notice of such session. - Amends TCA Title 8.
State vote data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 4:19 PM.
Totals
| Yea | Nay | Not voting | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 8 | 11 | 0 |
| Republican | 53 | 13 | 6 |
| Total | 61 | 24 | 6 |
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) | Nay |
| Charlie Baum(Republican) | Yea |
| Aftyn Behn(Democratic) | Nay |
| Clark Boyd(Republican) | Yea |
| Rush Bricken(Republican) | Nay |
| Shaundelle Brooks(Democratic) | Nay |
| Gino Bulso(Republican) | Yea |
| Ed Butler(Republican) | Not voting |
| Karen Camper(Democratic) | Yea |
| Kip Capley(Republican) | Nay |
| Michele Carringer(Republican) | Yea |
| Scott Cepicky(Republican) | Nay |
| Jesse Chism(Democratic) | Nay |
| John Clemmons(Democratic) | Yea |
| Mark Cochran(Republican) | Yea |
| John Crawford(Republican) | Yea |
| Tandy Darby(Republican) | Not voting |
| Elaine Davis(Republican) | Yea |
| Rick Eldridge(Republican) | Yea |
| Jeremy Faison(Republican) | Yea |
| Andrew Farmer(Republican) | Yea |
| Bob Freeman(Democratic) | Yea |
| Monty Fritts(Republican) | Yea |
| Ron Gant(Republican) | Yea |
| Johnny Garrett(Republican) | Yea |
| John Gillespie(Republican) | Yea |
| Ronnie Glynn(Democratic) | Yea |
| Yusuf Hakeem(Democratic) | Nay |
| Michael Hale(Republican) | Yea |
| Torrey Harris(Democratic) | Nay |
| 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) | Not voting |
| Gloria Johnson(Democratic) | Nay |
| Justin Jones(Democratic) | Nay |
| Renea Jones(Republican) | Yea |
| Kelly Keisling(Republican) | Nay |
| Doc Kumar(Republican) | Yea |
| Justin Lafferty(Republican) | Yea |
| William Lamberth(Republican) | Yea |
| Michael Lankford(Republican) | Yea |
| Tom Leatherwood(Republican) | Not voting |
| Mary Littleton(Republican) | Yea |
| Susan Lynn(Republican) | Yea |
| Aron Maberry(Republican) | Yea |
| Pat Marsh(Republican) | Yea |
| Greg Martin(Republican) | Nay |
| Jake McCalmon(Republican) | Nay |
| Larry Miller(Democratic) | Yea |
| Bo Mitchell(Democratic) | Yea |
| Debra Moody(Republican) | Yea |
| Jerome Moon(Republican) | Yea |
| Antonio Parkinson(Democratic) | Nay |
| Justin Pearson(Democratic) | Nay |
| Jason Powell(Democratic) | Nay |
| Dennis Powers(Republican) | Yea |
| Kevin Raper(Republican) | Yea |
| Jay Reedy(Republican) | Yea |
| Lee Reeves(Republican) | Yea |
| Michele Reneau(Republican) | Nay |
| Tim Rudd(Republican) | Not voting |
| Iris Rudder(Republican) | Yea |
| Lowell Russell(Republican) | Nay |
| Gabby Salinas(Democratic) | Nay |
| 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 |
| Tommy Stinnett(Republican) | Yea |
| Bryan Terry(Republican) | Nay |
| Chris Todd(Republican) | Yea |
| Ron Travis(Republican) | Yea |
| Kevin Vaughan(Republican) | Yea |
| Greg Vital(Republican) | Nay |
| Todd Warner(Republican) | Nay |
| Mark White(Republican) | Yea |
| Ryan Williams(Republican) | Yea |
| Dave Wright(Republican) | Yea |
| Jason Zachary(Republican) | Yea |