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Jesse Chism
Family and Personal:
Rep. Chism is a real estate investor.
Memberships:
He is a member of the Shelby County Democratic Party, the Memphis/Shelby County Consortium of Care, the PAIMA Council for Disability Rights of Tennessee, and the Memphis/Shelby County Homeless Consortium.
Councils and Boards:
He serves on the Board of Directors for Memphis Mental Health Institute.
Representative Jesse Chism (D) Member, Cities and Counties Subcommittee, Departments and Agencies Subcommittee, Local Government Committee, and State Government Committee.
Rep. Chism is a Shelby County Democrat. He serves on four committees, all concerning state and local government. His vote score of 50% is among the top of the democrat caucus. A leadership grade of D+ indicates a big-government-leaning political philosophy, which is antithetical to our Tennessee Rising political philosophy of “We the People,” free-market, and limited government, as dictated in the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution.
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Related Bills
Pre-K - 2: Revises Teacher evaluation, eliminates the portfolio growth model for pre-K and K
Affirms GA authority on fiscal appropriations
Gives LEAs the option of administering TCAP assessments on paper.
Sports participation to be determined by biological sex/gender.
Creates new banks of items (questions) for assessments in order to allow current tests items to be revealed after administration.
Dealing with foreign influence in higher education
Allows direct agreements between patients and healthcare providers
Military experience qualifies to obtain occupation license and adds appeal process.
Strengthens law concerning the promulgating of new rules by government agencies.
Discipline help for teachers.
Limits authority of wildlife resource officers to search/seize on private property, land, buildings, or vehicles.
The Government Operations committees of the General Assembly oversees state agency rule-making authority