Dave Wright
Republican · TN · Tennessee State Representative
Dave Wright is the Tennessee state representative for District 19 and previously served on the Knox County Commission.
Where Dave Wright stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Safety and Crime Control (7 records), Social Programs and Welfare (2 records), Public Education Quality (6 records)
Opposes
Reduce Wealth Gap (1 record), Labor Rights (1 record), Cost of Living Reduction (1 record),
Mixed record
Environment and Public Health (1 support · 4 oppose), Anti-Corruption (4 support · 2 oppose), Gun Control (1 support · 5 oppose),
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 1 support · 4 oppose
Voted to pass HB 2569, which lowers to 50 the age at which hospitals must offer discharged patients a flu shot. The Tennessee House passed it 62-22, and it became law.
April 7, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: legiscan.com
Voted for House Bill 2070, the Tennessee Energy Freedom Act, which blocks most climate lawsuits over coal, oil or gas emissions. The Tennessee House passed it 69-18, and it became law.
March 12, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: legiscan.com
Voted for Senate Bill 670, which allows changes to small or artificial isolated wetlands without permits. The Tennessee House passed it 71-21, and it became law.
April 21, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to pass HB 612, which cuts what a permit applicant must do to make up for harm to wetlands and streams. The Tennessee House passed it 74-20, and it became law.
April 10, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to pass SB 880, which bars state pollution limits unless the best science shows a direct link to bodily harm. The Tennessee House passed it 74-22, and it became law.
April 7, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Reduce Wealth Gap
Reduce Wealth Gap · 1 oppose
Voted to pass SB 674, which bars cities and counties from setting rules on pay, hours or working conditions beyond state law. The Tennessee House passed it 70-22, and it became law.
February 23, 2026Opposes Reduce Wealth Gap
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Labor Rights
Labor Rights · 1 oppose
Voted to pass SB 674, which bars cities and counties from setting rules on pay, hours or working conditions beyond state law. The Tennessee House passed it 70-22, and it became law.
February 23, 2026Opposes Labor Rights
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Anti-Corruption
Anti-Corruption · 4 support · 2 oppose
Voted to pass HB 2616, which lets local governing bodies interview director-level candidates behind closed doors. The Tennessee House passed it 61-24, and it became law.
April 14, 2026Opposes Anti-Corruption
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to pass HB 1971, which narrows the law letting people ask a court to declare a government action unlawful to local bodies. The Tennessee House passed it 56-38, and it became law.
March 30, 2026Opposes Anti-Corruption
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to accept the final version of HB 132, which lets the General Assembly end a governor's state of emergency by joint resolution. The Tennessee House agreed it 72-23, and it became law.
April 22, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to pass HB 22, which requires every local governing body to set aside time for public comment at each meeting. The Tennessee House passed it 60-30 (recorded 60-29 in the LegiScan roll, which omits one no vote), and it became law.
March 10, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to pass HB 618, which bars a person from holding two local elected offices at the same time. The Tennessee House passed it 61-27 (recorded 61-26 in the LegiScan roll, which omits one no vote). The Senate later changed when the ban starts, and the bill became law.
February 27, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: legiscan.com
Filed a bill to bar candidates from taking more than 30 percent of their campaign money from people outside Tennessee. It failed in a House subcommittee.
March 15, 2023Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: wapp.capitol.tn.gov
Track record — Cost of Living Reduction
Cost of Living Reduction · 1 oppose
Voted to pass SB 694, which raises the top consumer loan interest rate from 30 to 36 percent a year. The Tennessee House passed it 61-26, and it became law.
March 17, 2025Opposes Cost of Living Reduction
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Immigration
Immigration · 13 oppose
Voted to accept the final version of HB 2502, which applies sales tax to sending money abroad through a licensed money transmitter. The Tennessee House agreed it 70-19, and it became law.
April 22, 2026Opposes Immigration
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to accept the final version of HB 1709, which requires citizenship or qualified immigrant status for many state licenses and permits. The Tennessee House agreed it 70-21, and it became law.
April 22, 2026Opposes Immigration
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to pass SB 1587, which makes it a crime to let a person in the country illegally drive a commercial vehicle. The Tennessee House passed it 73-20, and it became law.
April 21, 2026Opposes Immigration
Source: legiscan.com
Voted for Senate Bill 1915, which requires counties and cities to verify every adult benefit applicant is a citizen or legally present. The Tennessee House passed it 73-21, and it became law.
April 21, 2026Opposes Immigration
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to pass HB 2219, which requires every county sheriff to sign a federal 287(g) immigration enforcement deal. The Tennessee House passed it 71-25, and it became law.
April 20, 2026Opposes Immigration
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to pass HB 2018, which requires sheriffs under federal 287(g) agreements to honor immigration detainers. The Tennessee House passed it 72-23, and it became law.
April 6, 2026Opposes Immigration
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to pass SB 1464, which keeps secret the names of officers taking part in federal immigration enforcement. The Tennessee House passed it 70-19, and it became law.
March 26, 2026Opposes Immigration
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to pass HB 1705, which requires every state and local government employer to use E-Verify from July 2026. The Tennessee House passed it 73-21, and it became law.
March 16, 2026Opposes Immigration
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to pass HB 1704, which makes staying in Tennessee more than 90 days after a final federal removal order a crime. The Tennessee House passed it 73-22, and it became law.
March 16, 2026Opposes Immigration
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to pass SB 392, which creates the crime of human smuggling for financial gain. The Tennessee House passed it 73-22, and it became law.
April 22, 2025Opposes Immigration
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to pass SB 227, which lets a charity that houses someone in the country illegally be sued for crimes that person commits. The Tennessee House passed it 70-23, and it became law.
April 16, 2025Opposes Immigration
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to pass SB 750, which requires a report by July 2026 on crime linked to people in the country illegally. The Tennessee House passed it 75-20, and it became law.
April 15, 2025Opposes Immigration
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to pass SB 6002, which creates a state immigration enforcement office directing how local police work with federal agents. The Tennessee House passed it 72-22 (recorded 72-21 in the LegiScan roll, which omits one no vote), and it became law.
January 30, 2025Opposes Immigration
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 1 oppose
Voted for the Education Freedom Act of 2025, which creates a state scholarship program for up to 20,000 students in its first year. The House passed it 54-44.
January 30, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: wapp.capitol.tn.gov
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 7 support
Voted to pass SB 1667, which bars registering a vehicle for the first time without proof of insurance or financial responsibility. The Tennessee House passed it 68-22, and it became law.
April 22, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to pass HB 1668, which creates the crime of jugging, following someone from a bank or store to steal their cash. The Tennessee House passed it 71-21, and it became law.
April 21, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to pass SB 1840, which gives prosecutors ten years to bring a vehicular homicide case for offenses from July 2026. The Tennessee House passed it 58-30, and it became law.
April 8, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to pass SB 218, which presumes against releasing a person charged with a gun felony or serious injury on a promise to appear. The Tennessee House passed it 65-25, and it became law.
March 5, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to pass HB 120, which creates the crime of deliberately blocking a state protective services officer. The Tennessee House passed it 73-20 (recorded 73-19 in the LegiScan roll, which omits one no vote), and it became law.
March 10, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legiscan.com
Voted for a 2022 truth-in-sentencing law that makes people convicted of certain violent crimes serve their full sentence. The House passed it 86-9.
April 21, 2022Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: wapp.capitol.tn.gov
Sponsored a law, signed in 2019, that makes it a crime to drop items from a drone onto a ticketed outdoor event with more than 100 people.
March 22, 2019Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: wapp.capitol.tn.gov
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 2 support
Voted to pass SB 1868, which caps state custody of a child for treatment at six months, extendable once. The Tennessee House passed it 59-25, and it became law.
April 21, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to pass SB 1788, which bars moving a homeless person to another jurisdiction without its written agreement. The Tennessee House passed it 76-20, and it became law.
April 6, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 6 support
Voted to accept the final version of HB 1886, which makes every school district and charter school adopt an internet use policy with safety lessons. The Tennessee House agreed it 69-19, and it became law.
April 22, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to pass SB 2087, which requires principals to tell every parent when a class is cleared because of a violent student. The Tennessee House passed it 57-32, and it became law.
April 14, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: legiscan.com
Voted for Senate Bill 2348, which sets library specialist staffing rules for high schools by size. The Tennessee House passed it 70-24, and it became law.
April 14, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to pass SB 2441, which requires the state to step in when a virtual school keeps failing. The Tennessee House passed it 69-21, and it became law.
April 13, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to pass SB 690, which requires school districts to let virtual school students play sports where the association allows. The Tennessee House passed it 73-22, and it became law.
March 27, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
Source: legiscan.com
Sponsored a law, signed in 2022, that requires state technical colleges to partner with local school districts. The partnerships give high school students early college classes.
April 14, 2022Supports Public Education Quality
Source: wapp.capitol.tn.gov
Track record — Gun Control
Gun Control · 1 support · 5 oppose
Voted to pass SB 1747, which makes recklessly firing a gun into the air at a public gathering a misdemeanor. The Tennessee House passed it 63-18, and it became law.
April 22, 2026Supports Gun Control
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to pass SB 2459, which bars the children's services department from asking foster parents how many guns they own. The Tennessee House passed it 72-23, and it became law.
April 15, 2026Opposes Gun Control
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to pass SB 350, which bars landlords from stopping renters having guns in their home or car. The Tennessee House passed it 73-21, and it became law.
March 9, 2026Opposes Gun Control
Source: legiscan.com
Voted for Senate Bill 1360, which widens lawsuit protections for makers and sellers of guns and accessories. The Tennessee House passed it 72-20, and it became law.
April 15, 2025Opposes Gun Control
Source: legiscan.com
Voted for a 2024 law that lets some school staff carry concealed handguns at school. The House passed it 68-28.
April 23, 2024Opposes Gun Control
Source: wapp.capitol.tn.gov
Voted for a 2021 law that lets adults who meet age rules and legally own a handgun carry it without committing a crime. The House passed it 64-29.
March 29, 2021Opposes Gun Control
Source: wapp.capitol.tn.gov
Track record — Women's Reproductive Rights
Women's Reproductive Rights · 1 support · 3 oppose
Voted to pass SB 2412, which lets the attorney general sue to enforce the rules on abortion pills, with fines up to $1 million. The Tennessee House passed it 74-20, and it became law.
April 16, 2026Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to pass SB 1004, which spells out which medical conditions qualify as a serious risk under the criminal abortion law. The Tennessee House passed it 71-18, and it became law.
April 16, 2025Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: legiscan.com
Voted for a 2020 law that makes it a felony to perform an abortion once a fetal heartbeat can be detected. The House passed it 69-17.
June 18, 2020Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: wapp.capitol.tn.gov
Voted for the Human Life Protection Act, which bans almost all abortions in Tennessee once Roe v. Wade is overturned. The House passed it 69-24.
April 22, 2019Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: wapp.capitol.tn.gov
Track record — Election Integrity
Election Integrity · 4 support · 1 oppose
Voted to pass SB 1858, which gives the legislature 90 days instead of 15 to fix a redistricting plan a court faults. The Tennessee House passed it 76-20, and it became law.
April 14, 2026Opposes Election Integrity
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to pass SB 1619, which closes the route for election offices to take private money. The Tennessee House passed it 72-23, and it became law.
April 2, 2026Supports Election Integrity
Source: legiscan.com
Voted for House Bill 2185, which lets the voter registration website check immigration status through a federal verification program. The Tennessee House passed it 68-22, and it became law.
March 19, 2026Supports Election Integrity
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to pass SB 626, which lets counties get more time to finish counting provisional ballots. The Tennessee House passed it 72-22, and it became law.
April 16, 2025Supports Election Integrity
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to pass SB 799, which requires statewide parties to pick candidates in primary elections. The Tennessee House passed it 60-25, and it became law.
April 14, 2025Supports Election Integrity
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 1 support · 14 oppose
Voted to adopt the compromise version of SB 468, which defines sex, male and female in state law and keeps some single-sex spaces separate. The Tennessee House adopted it 71-18, and it became law.
April 22, 2026Opposes Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to pass SB 1665, which widens the school pronoun law to cover honorifics such as Mr. or Ms.. The Tennessee House passed it 70-18, and it became law.
April 21, 2026Opposes Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com
Voted for Senate Bill 1713, which requires yearly certification that governments and colleges used no diversity preference. The Tennessee House passed it 66-20, and it became law.
April 21, 2026Opposes Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to accept the final version of HB 754, which makes gender clinics report every gender transition procedure to the state. The Tennessee House agreed it 73-23, and it became law.
April 15, 2026Opposes Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to pass SB 2031, which lets a person sue a provider over gender transition care they were coerced into. The Tennessee House passed it 72-19, and it became law.
April 2, 2026Opposes Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to pass SB 2222, which lets people sue someone who paid a protester for damage the protester caused. The Tennessee House passed it 71-20, and it became law.
March 26, 2026Opposes Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to pass SB 2364, which makes discrimination complaints filed with the attorney general confidential. The Tennessee House passed it 70-18, and it became law.
March 19, 2026Opposes Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to pass HB 1665, which bars health insurers from requiring providers to ask minors gender identity questions. The Tennessee House passed it 72-21, and it became law.
March 16, 2026Opposes Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com
Voted for the House rewrite of Senate Bill 336. It restores voting rights after a felony without requiring all court costs, but requires twelve months of following every child-support order, including overdue-payment orders. The Tennessee House passed it 64-24, the Senate agreed, and it became law.
March 9, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to pass SB 1034, which protects city and county seals with historic imagery from removal without state permission. The Tennessee House passed it 70-24, and it became law.
April 16, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to pass HB 910, which shuts down the Human Rights Commission and moves its work to the attorney general. The Tennessee House passed it 73-23, and it became law.
April 16, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to pass SB 955, the Medical Ethics Defense Act, which lets providers refuse care that goes against their beliefs. The Tennessee House passed it 71-24, and it became law.
April 7, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to accept the final version of HB 1237, which bars race-based rules for who sits on state boards. The Tennessee House agreed it 73-22, and it became law.
April 7, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com
Voted for a 2023 law that bans gender-transition medical care for minors. The House passed it 77-16.
February 23, 2023Opposes Civil Rights
Source: wapp.capitol.tn.gov
Voted for a 2021 law that requires middle and high school students to play sports based on their sex at birth. The House passed it 71-16.
March 22, 2021Opposes Civil Rights
Source: wapp.capitol.tn.gov
Track record — General
General · 26 records
Voted to pass House Bill 7003, which redrew Tennessee's congressional district lines in 2026. The Tennessee House passed it 64-25, and it became law as Public Chapter 3.
May 7, 2026
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to pass House Bill 7002, which lets lawmakers redraw congressional districts at any time, not just after a census. The Tennessee House passed it 66-24, and it became law as Public Chapter 1.
May 7, 2026
Source: legiscan.com
Sponsored a bill to bar local government employees from serving on the council or commission of the government they work for. It passed the House 72-11 but failed in the Senate 9-23.
April 21, 2026
Source: wapp.capitol.tn.gov
Sponsored a law, signed in 2026, that bars a person who holds a local elected office from holding another elected office in Tennessee at the same time.
March 18, 2026
Source: wapp.capitol.tn.gov
Sponsored a law, signed in 2025, that keeps approvals for building projects from running out while a lawsuit over a permit is pending.
May 9, 2025
Source: wapp.capitol.tn.gov
Sponsored a law, signed in 2025, that lets local council and commission members join meetings online during a family or medical emergency, military duty, or bad weather.
May 9, 2025
Source: wapp.capitol.tn.gov
Sponsored a law, signed in 2025, that protects city and county seals with historic imagery under the state heritage protection law. The House passed it 70-24.
May 5, 2025
Source: wapp.capitol.tn.gov
Voted for Senate Bill 1084, the Dismantling DEI Departments Act, which bars diversity offices and preferences in government and public colleges. The Tennessee House passed it 72-25, and it became law.
April 22, 2025
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to pass HB 622, which bars local governments from using race, sex or age in hiring decisions. The Tennessee House passed it 73-24, and it became law.
April 17, 2025
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to pass HB 1332, which lowers the handgun carry permit age from 21 to 18. The Tennessee House passed it 71-21, and it became law.
April 14, 2025
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to pass SB 376, which bars four-year colleges from treating people differently by race, ending race-conscious admissions. The Tennessee House passed it 73-22, and it became law.
April 10, 2025
Source: legiscan.com
Voted against SB 449, which says Tennessee law does not ban birth control or fertility treatment. The Tennessee House passed it 54-37, and it became law.
April 10, 2025
Source: legiscan.com
Voted for the resolution to expel Rep. Justin J. Pearson from the Tennessee House. It passed 69-26.
April 6, 2023
Source: wapp.capitol.tn.gov
Voted for the resolution to expel Rep. Gloria Johnson from the Tennessee House. It failed with 65 yes votes and 30 no votes.
April 6, 2023
Source: wapp.capitol.tn.gov
Voted for the resolution to expel Rep. Justin Jones from the Tennessee House. It passed 72-25.
April 6, 2023
Source: wapp.capitol.tn.gov
Voted for a 2023 law that caps city and metro councils at 20 elected members. The House passed it 72-25.
March 6, 2023
Source: wapp.capitol.tn.gov
Voted for a 2023 law that makes adult cabaret shows a crime on public property or where children could see them. The House passed it 74-19.
February 23, 2023
Source: wapp.capitol.tn.gov
Voted for the TISA Act, which replaced the old way Tennessee funds public schools with a new formula. The House passed it 66-28.
April 27, 2022
Source: wapp.capitol.tn.gov
Sponsored a 2022 law that requires candidates in congressional primaries to meet the same residency rules the state constitution sets for state lawmakers. The House gave final approval 70-18.
March 28, 2022
Source: wapp.capitol.tn.gov
Voted for the final version of a 2021 COVID-19 law that limits what governments and officials can do about the virus. The House approved it 58-22.
October 30, 2021
Source: wapp.capitol.tn.gov
Sponsored a law, signed in 2021, that changed the rules for when police may use drones to gather evidence.
May 18, 2021
Source: wapp.capitol.tn.gov
Voted for a 2020 law that changed criminal laws on vandalism, rioting, blocking traffic, and camping on state property. The House passed it 71-20.
August 12, 2020
Source: wapp.capitol.tn.gov
Voted for the final version of the Education Savings Account Pilot Program. The House approved it 51-46.
May 1, 2019
Source: wapp.capitol.tn.gov
Voted for a 2019 law that sets new rules for groups that run large voter registration drives. The House passed it 71-26.
April 15, 2019
Source: wapp.capitol.tn.gov
Sponsored a law, signed in 2019, that requires school boards to let children of military members enroll in their schools in some cases, even if they live outside the district.
April 9, 2019
Source: wapp.capitol.tn.gov
Was elected chairman of the Knox County Commission by his fellow commissioners.
September 8, 2015
Source: knoxfocus.com
Past race Dave Wright ran in:
- Tennessee House of Representatives District 19 · November 3, 2026 · State House District 19; Tennessee · incumbent