Michael Lankford

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Voted yes, as a Montgomery County commissioner, on a resolution asking state lawmakers to oppose any new limits on gun rights. The resolution failed in a 9-9 tie.

August 14, 2023Opposes Gun Control

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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

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Voted to pass HB 1784, which sets January 22 as Sanctity of Life Day. The Tennessee House passed it 69-22, and it became law.

March 30, 2026Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Sponsored House Bill 2258, the Jeff Burkhart Act, which lets counties set up self-funded downtown business improvement districts. The House passed it 85-0, the Senate 31-0, and the governor signed it.

May 19, 2026

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Sponsored House Bill 2476, which requires managers of local government retirement funds to invest and cast shareholder votes only for financial reasons that benefit members. The House passed it 67-24, and the governor signed it.

May 19, 2026

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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

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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

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Sponsored House Bill 1989, which adds the U.S. Space Force as a branch of the armed forces in Tennessee law. The House passed the Senate version 77-11, and the governor signed it.

May 5, 2026

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Sponsored House Bill 2184 on court challenges to election district maps. As enacted, it gives lawmakers at least 90 days, not 15, to fix a flawed map and has the state Supreme Court pick all three judges. The House passed it 76-20, and the governor signed it.

April 27, 2026

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Sponsored House Bill 2474 to limit school-zone traffic cameras to times when warning lights flash or children are present. The Senate passed its version 33-0, but the House held the bill on the desk.

April 22, 2026

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Voted against 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, 2026

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Voted against 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, 2026

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Was chosen by the Montgomery County Commission to fill the vacant Tennessee House District 75 seat after Rep. Jeff Burkhart died. The county mayor broke a 9-9 tie in his favor.

December 8, 2025

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Voted to keep a request on the county's 2026 state wish list to end the rule that local governments pay to print public notices in newspapers. The move to drop the request failed 7-10.

October 21, 2025

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Endorsed Matt Van Epps for Congress in a public letter, citing his support for farmers.

August 28, 2025

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Sponsored a county resolution asking planners to raise the smallest farm-zoned lot from 1.5 acres to 5 acres, to slow scattered home building. He voted against setting it aside, but the commission tabled it 17-4.

May 12, 2025

Source: clarksvillenow.com

Voted against the Montgomery County budget for the 2025 fiscal year, which passed 11-10 after about $9.2 million in cuts. He then voted for a property tax rate of $2.10, which passed 11-10.

July 15, 2024

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Endorsed fellow county commissioner Joe Smith for Tennessee House District 68 in a public letter of support.

July 11, 2024

Source: clarksvilleonline.com