Powers, Dennis
Born
1953
Contact
Email · rep.dennis.powers@capitol.tn.gov
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43
Bills sponsored
this session · 87 all-time
204
Bills co-sponsored
this session · 204 all-time
28
Enacted into law
this session · 44 all-time
53
Recorded votes
42%
Vote participation
voted in 42% of 53 recorded votes
Voting scorecard
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Sponsored (introduced)
87 billsCurrent session 43 bills
- HB 2303 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to education freedom scholarships. Introduced
- HB 2094 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 54 and Title 64, Chapter 8, relative to the allocation of funding to transportation planning organizations. Passed
- HB 2092 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, relative to Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease. Passed
- HB 2091 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 70, Chapter 9, relative to off-highway vehicles. Signed
- HB 2090 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, relative to swimming pools. Failed
- HB 2089 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 15; Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to victims of communism. Signed
- HB 2088 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63 and Title 68, relative to health care. Failed
- HB 1710 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 1 and Title 4, Chapter 58, relative to public benefits. Signed
- HB 1552 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40, Chapter 38, Part 6, relative to the address confidentiality program. Signed
- HB 1465 AN ACT to amend Chapter 87 of the Private Acts of 1973; as amended by Chapter 31 of the Private Acts of 2005; and any other acts amendatory thereto, relative to Union County. Failed
- HB 1464 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 6; Title 7, Chapter 51; Title 8 and Title 50, relative to electrical linemen. Signed
- HB 1430 AN ACT to amend Chapter 87 of the Private Acts of 1973; as amended by Chapter 31 of the Private Acts of 2005; and any other acts amendatory thereto, relative to Union County. Failed
- HB 0939 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 50, Chapter 1, relative to employment. Passed
- HB 0776 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 34; Title 45 and Title 47, relative to financial institutions. Failed
- HB 0775 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 45, Chapter 5, relative to industrial loan and thrift companies. Signed
- HB 0774 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 36, Part 8, relative to campus police officers. Passed
- HB 0773 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 1, Chapter 3, relative to legal notices. Signed
- HB 0772 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 56, Chapter 37, relative to premium finance companies. Signed
- HB 0771 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 69, Chapter 9, relative to boating permits for exempt vessels. Failed
- HB 0357 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 8 and Title 68, relative to rescue squads. Signed
- HB 0356 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 15; Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to victims of communism. Failed
- HB 0355 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to virtual school students. Signed
- HB 0354 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8; Title 38; Title 39; Title 45; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to abuse of elderly or vulnerable adults. Signed
- HB 0353 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 45, relative to financial institutions. Passed
- HJR 1163 A RESOLUTION to recognize and commend the members of the Claiborne High School Band for their selection to represent the State of Tennessee at the Salute to Independence Parade. Failed
Historical 44 bills
- HB 741 Law Enforcement - As introduced, increases the death benefit payable to the estate of a law enforcement officer killed in the line of duty from $25,000 to $50,000. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 2. Died
- HB 740 Scholarships and Financial Aid - As introduced, requires the dual enrollment grant award (DEG) to be $500 for each of the first four courses taken; authorizes the Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation (TSAC) to determine the DEG for courses five through eight; mandates that the cost for courses five through eight shall not exceed the cost per credit hour of courses taken at community colleges in the state university and community college system. - Amends TCA Title 49. Died
- HB 2309 Law Enforcement - As introduced, permits participating counties and the comptroller of the treasury to deliver by electronic means the annual reports required by the County Bounty Act. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 38; Title 39, Chapter 17 and Title 40. Died
- HB 861 Drugs, Prescription - As introduced, requires, by July 1, 2017, the commissioner of health to report to the health committee of the house of representatives and the health and welfare committee of the senate the results of consultations with stakeholders and to identify what method was chosen as the best means to obtain the records to facilitate investigations and inquiries concerning opioid drug abuse, overdoses, and death. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 38; Title 39; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68. Died
- HJR 38 Constitutional Conventions - Appoints commissioners to the planning convention for a prospective Article V convention. - Died
- HJR 24 Constitutional Conventions - Calls for a convention of the states to plan for an Article V convention to propose a balanced budget amendment to the United States Constitution; creates a balanced budget amendment convention committee. - Died
- HB 569 TennCare - As introduced, prohibits certain direct and indirect charges to a pharmacist by a pharmacy benefits manager (PBM) or a health insurance entity; requires PBMs and auditing entities to make certain registrations. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 71. Died
- HB 742 Law Enforcement - As introduced, increases from $600 per officer to $1,000 per officer the annual police pay supplement for completion of in-service training. - Amends TCA Title 9; Title 38 and Title 55. Died
- HB 745 Education, Higher - As introduced, allows security guards who are employed on a part-time basis by a public institution of higher education and who are handgun carry permit holders to carry a handgun on campus in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 49. Died
- HB 744 Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As introduced, creates a Second Amendment sales tax holiday for the first weekend of September of each year for firearms and ammunition. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6. Died
- HB 2215 Local Government, General - As introduced, requires an organization that provides risk management services to local governments to disclose certain information to the public upon request. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 9; Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5 and Title 29, Chapter 20. Died
- HB 2475 Education, Curriculum - As introduced, requires that driver education courses in public schools include instruction on the dangers of using hand-held mobile telephones or personal digital assistants to transmit or read a message; requires that students be apprised of the delinquent act, and penalty, to knowingly operate a motor vehicle and use a mobile phone or personal digital assistant equipped with a hands-free device to transmit or read a written message. - Amends TCA Title 49. Died
- HB 572 Short Term Loans and Lenders - As introduced, changes the time within which records of pawn broker transactions must be delivered to law enforcement agencies from 48 hours after the day of the transaction to by noon the day following the day of transaction; removes specifications about the manner of delivery of records. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 45 and Title 62. Died
- HJR 59 Memorials, Death - Sergeant Major Kenneth Eugene Goins - Signed
- HJR 519 Memorials, Professional Achievement - George "Everett" Ellison, Sr., and Ellison's Sanitary Supply Company - Signed
- HB 746 Drugs, Prescription - As enacted, requires the commissioners of health and mental health and substance abuse services to produce guidelines on nonresidential buprenorphine treatment by January 1, 2018, and to annually update those guidelines. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 1. Signed
- HJR 61 Memorials, Death - Bill L. DeGuire - Signed
- HB 570 Education - As introduced, enacts the "Local School District Empowerment Act," which creates a pilot program for reestablishment of the office of elected school superintendent; requires the department of education to study the pilot program procedures for reestablishment of the office; adjusts duties of local boards of education in systems in which the office of elected school superintendent is reestablished. - Amends TCA Title 49. Died
- HB 1857 Pharmacy, Pharmacists - As enacted, requires any person operating in this state as a pharmacy benefits manager to be licensed by the department of commerce and insurance prior to operating. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 6, Part 4 and Title 56, Chapter 7, Part 31. Signed
- HJR 211 Memorials, Death - Alvin Carmany - Signed
- HJR 517 Memorials, Recognition - Susan Miceli, Trustee of the Year, Tennessee Library Association - Signed
- HJR 129 Memorials, Death - Tony Brown - Signed
- HJR 195 Memorials, Recognition - John T. "Jack" Reynolds, Campbell County Good Scout Award - Signed
- HJR 212 Memorials, Death - Shields Worth Richardson - Signed
- HB 743 Motor Vehicles - As enacted, authorizes off-highway vehicles on certain state routes in Campbell County. - Amends TCA Section 55-8-185. Signed
Co-sponsored
204 billsCurrent session 204 bills
- HB 2438 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 15, Chapter 2, relative to "Gold Star Father's Day." Signed
- HB 2428 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Title 40, relative to first responders. Signed
- HB 2407 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 12, Chapter 3, Part 12, relative to construction project delivery methods. Signed
- HB 2402 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 29; Title 39 and Title 58, relative to workers responding to emergency declarations. Signed
- HB 2395 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to social studies education. Signed
- HB 2380 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 18; Title 29, Chapter 39 and Title 63, Chapter 6, Part 11, relative to civil actions. Signed
- HB 2317 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Title 40, relative to the "Tennessee Anti-Grooming Act". Signed
- HB 2187 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 9 and Title 49, relative to the federal tax credit for contributions made to certain scholarship granting organizations. Signed
- HB 2143 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 25 and Title 58, Chapter 3, relative to veterans services. Signed
- HB 2138 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 11; Title 67; Title 69 and Title 70, relative to funding the wildlife resources agency. Passed
- HB 2111 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 41, relative to corrections. Signed
- HB 2075 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 9; Title 33; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to clinical trials. Signed
- HB 2064 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 16; Title 36; Title 37; Title 39; Title 40; Title 49 and Title 65, relative to weapons. Failed
- HB 2014 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55, relative to vehicular homicide. Signed
- HB 2013 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38; Title 40; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to psychotropic drugs. Signed
- HB 1967 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 13 and Title 55, Chapter 10, relative to leaving the scene of an accident. Signed
- HB 1959 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63, relative to the ownership or control of pharmacies by pharmacy benefits managers. Signed
- HB 1956 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to step therapy. Signed
- HB 1952 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63, Chapter 8, relative to optometry. Signed
- HB 1951 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to criminal offenses. Signed
- HB 1913 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 5, relative to administrative rules. Signed
- HB 1898 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 10, Chapter 7; Title 47; Title 58 and Title 68, relative to artificial intelligence. Passed
- HB 1870 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 6; Title 38 and Title 68, relative to fire investigation. Signed
- HB 1857 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 50 and Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to education. Signed
- HB 1816 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33; Title 38 and Title 41, relative to mental health. Signed
Voting record
Historical 50 votes
| Bill | Vote | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR 2 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2026 Passed | Not Voting | pass | April 22, 2026 |
| FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/9/2026 Passed (1) | Not Voting | pass | March 09, 2026 |
| FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR 2 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 1/29/2025 Passed (1) | Yea | pass | January 29, 2025 |
| FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/6/2023 Passed | Yea | pass | March 06, 2023 |
| FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/4/2021 Passed | Yea | pass | May 04, 2021 |
| FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 2 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/23/2024 Passed | Yea | pass | April 23, 2024 |
| FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/29/2024 Passed | Yea | pass | February 29, 2024 |
| FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO RECALL 4/21/2026 Failed | Not Voting | fail | April 21, 2026 |
| HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 4/15/2026 Passed (5) | Not Voting | pass | April 15, 2026 |
| HOUSE DEPARTMENTS & AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee 4/15/2026 Passed | Not Voting | pass | April 15, 2026 |
| FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED MOTION TO CONCUR 4/13/2026 Passed | Not Voting | pass | April 13, 2026 |
| HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/13/2026 Passed (2) | Not Voting | pass | April 13, 2026 |
| HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 4/8/2026 Passed (4) | Not Voting | pass | April 08, 2026 |
| HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Failed in State & Local Government Committee 4/1/2026 Failed | Not Voting | fail | April 01, 2026 |
| FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/30/2026 Failed | Not Voting | fail | March 30, 2026 |
| HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/25/2026 Passed (3) | Not Voting | pass | March 25, 2026 |
| HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/25/2026 Passed | Not Voting | pass | March 25, 2026 |
| HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Failed in State & Local Government Committee 3/25/2026 Failed (1) | Not Voting | fail | March 25, 2026 |
| HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/25/2026 Passed (2) | Not Voting | pass | March 25, 2026 |
| HOUSE PRIVATE ACTS COMMITTEE: ref to State & Local Government Committee w/ Negative Recommendation 3/23/2026 Failed | Not Voting | fail | March 23, 2026 |
| HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Failed in State & Local Government Committee 3/18/2026 Failed (1) | Not Voting | fail | March 18, 2026 |
| HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Failed in State & Local Government Committee 3/18/2026 Failed | Not Voting | fail | March 18, 2026 |
| HOUSE BUSINESS AND UTILITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 3/18/2026 Passed (5) | Not Voting | pass | March 18, 2026 |
| HOUSE DEPARTMENTS & AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee 3/17/2026 Passed | Not Voting | pass | March 17, 2026 |
| HOUSE BUSINESS AND UTILITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 3/11/2026 Passed | Not Voting | pass | March 11, 2026 |
| HOUSE BUSINESS AND UTILITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Failed in s/c Business and Utilities Subcommittee of Commerce Committee 3/4/2026 Failed | Not Voting | fail | March 04, 2026 |
| HOUSE DEPARTMENTS & AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Failed in s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee 3/3/2026 Failed | Not Voting | fail | March 03, 2026 |
| FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR 2 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2025 Passed | Not Voting | pass | April 22, 2025 |
| FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR 2 AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2025 Passed | Not Voting | pass | April 22, 2025 |
| HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Failed in State & Local Government Committee 4/9/2025 Failed | Not Voting | fail | April 09, 2025 |
| HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Failed in State & Local Government Committee 4/8/2025 Failed | Not Voting | fail | April 08, 2025 |
| HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Failed in State & Local Government Committee 4/2/2025 Failed | Not Voting | fail | April 02, 2025 |
| HOUSE DEPARTMENTS & AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Failed in s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee 3/18/2025 Failed | Not Voting | fail | March 18, 2025 |
| HOUSE DEPARTMENTS & AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee 3/18/2025 Passed (1) | Not Voting | pass | March 18, 2025 |
| FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/17/2025 Passed | Not Voting | pass | March 17, 2025 |
| FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR LAY ON THE TABLE MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 3 BY POWELL PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 1/30/2025 Passed | Yea | pass | January 30, 2025 |
| FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 1/30/2025 Passed | Yea | pass | January 30, 2025 |
| FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR LAY ON THE TABLE MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 4 BY CLEMMONS PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 1/30/2025 Passed | Yea | pass | January 30, 2025 |
| FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR 2 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 1/29/2025 Passed | Yea | pass | January 29, 2025 |
| FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 1/29/2025 Passed (1) | Yea | pass | January 29, 2025 |
| FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 1/29/2025 Passed | Yea | pass | January 29, 2025 |
| FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/1/2023 Passed (1) | Yea | pass | February 01, 2023 |
| FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/1/2023 Passed | Yea | pass | February 01, 2023 |
| FLOOR VOTE: 1/12/2023 Passed | Yea | pass | January 12, 2023 |
| FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 1/11/2023 Passed | Yea | pass | January 11, 2023 |
| FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 1/15/2021 Passed | Yea | pass | January 15, 2021 |
| FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 1/14/2021 Passed | Yea | pass | January 14, 2021 |
| FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2019 Passed | Yea | pass | April 22, 2019 |
| FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2019 Passed (1) | Yea | pass | April 22, 2019 |
| FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/21/2019 Passed | Not Voting | pass | March 21, 2019 |