For additional roll call votes on Tennessee SB1785 please see the Vote List

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Bill Title: As enacted, changes the evidence requirement from a preponderance of the evidence to clear and convincing evidence for rebutting the presumption that drugs or alcohol were the proximate cause of an injury from a drug test result or the refusal to submit to a drug test. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6 and Title 50, Chapter 9.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-05-25 - Pub. Ch. 203 [SB1785 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]

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Vote: S. C,L&A COMM.: Recommended for passage - refer to: S. Cal. Comm.

Vote	Tally	Democrat	Republican
Yea	8	3	5
Nay	-	-	-
Not Voting	-	-	-
Absent	-	-	-
TOTAL	8	3	5

Result: Passed

Name	Yea	Nay	NV	Absent	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Sen. Beavers, Mae [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Burks, Charlotte [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Faulk, Mike [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Gresham, Dolores R. [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Southerland, Steve [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Rep. Stewart, Mike [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Tate, Reginald [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Woodson, Jamie [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart