Tennessee House · Mar 30, 2026
FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/30/2026 Passed (1)
Result: pass
SB 1957: Local Education Agencies - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Religious Freedom Act," which authorizes a local board of education to open a meeting of the board with a prayer led by a member of the board as long as the prayer does not require participation of any person in attendance at the meeting and no person is harassed or coerced to participate in the prayer. - Amends TCA Title 49.
State vote data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 8:04 PM.
Totals
| Yea | Not voting | Nay | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 15 | 7 | 0 |
| Republican | 69 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 86 | 7 | 0 |
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) | Yea |
| Charlie Baum(Republican) | Yea |
| Aftyn Behn(Democratic) | Yea |
| Clark Boyd(Republican) | Yea |
| Rush Bricken(Republican) | Yea |
| Shaundelle Brooks(Democratic) | Yea |
| Gino Bulso(Republican) | Yea |
| Ed Butler(Republican) | Yea |
| Karen Camper(Democratic) | Yea |
| Kip Capley(Republican) | Yea |
| Michele Carringer(Republican) | Yea |
| Scott Cepicky(Republican) | Yea |
| Jesse Chism(Democratic) | Yea |
| John Clemmons(Democratic) | Not voting |
| Mark Cochran(Republican) | Yea |
| John Crawford(Republican) | Yea |
| Tandy Darby(Republican) | Yea |
| Elaine Davis(Republican) | Yea |
| Vincent Dixie(Democratic) | Yea |
| Rick Eldridge(Republican) | Yea |
| Jeremy Faison(Republican) | Yea |
| Andrew Farmer(Republican) | Yea |
| Bob Freeman(Democratic) | Not voting |
| Monty Fritts(Republican) | Yea |
| Johnny Garrett(Republican) | Yea |
| John Gillespie(Republican) | Yea |
| Ronnie Glynn(Democratic) | Yea |
| Rusty Grills(Republican) | Yea |
| Yusuf Hakeem(Democratic) | Yea |
| Michael Hale(Republican) | Yea |
| Hardaway | Yea |
| Torrey Harris(Democratic) | Yea |
| Kirk Haston(Republican) | Yea |
| David Hawk(Republican) | Yea |
| Caleb Hemmer(Democratic) | Not voting |
| 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) | Not voting |
| Justin Jones(Democratic) | Not voting |
| Renea Jones(Republican) | Yea |
| Kelly Keisling(Republican) | Yea |
| Doc Kumar(Republican) | Yea |
| Justin Lafferty(Republican) | Yea |
| William Lamberth(Republican) | Yea |
| Michael Lankford(Republican) | Yea |
| Tom Leatherwood(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 |
| 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 |
| Jason Powell(Democratic) | Not voting |
| Dennis Powers(Republican) | Yea |
| Kevin Raper(Republican) | Yea |
| Jay Reedy(Republican) | Yea |
| Lee Reeves(Republican) | Yea |
| Michele Reneau(Republican) | Yea |
| Iris Rudder(Republican) | Yea |
| Lowell Russell(Republican) | Yea |
| Gabby Salinas(Democratic) | Not voting |
| Rick Scarbrough(Republican) | Yea |
| Cameron Sexton(Republican) | Yea |
| Johnny Shaw(Democratic) | Yea |
| Paul Sherrell(Republican) | Yea |
| William Slater(Republican) | Yea |
| Mike Sparks(Republican) | Yea |
| Robert Stevens(Republican) | Yea |
| Tommy Stinnett(Republican) | Yea |
| Bryan Terry(Republican) | Yea |
| Chris Todd(Republican) | Yea |
| Towns | 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 |