# David Hawk

David Hawk is a Republican member of the Tennessee House for district 5.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Tennessee House, district 5
- Serving since: 2002-11-05
- Current term: TN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/646c2358-84c6-46bf-aca7-555283f31744

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/646c2358-84c6-46bf-aca7-555283f31744 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

100% of Hawk’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Tennessee, in the top quarter of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.32 (standard error 0.02), from 107 donors and 1,160 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 44% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (TN 2025–26 session)

4,619 roll calls. Attendance 99.6% (Tennessee House 99.1%). Party unity 97.8% (96.3%). 25 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-05-06 · voted yea · FLOOR VOTE: REFER TO COMMITTEE 5/6/2026 Passed · HJR 8 Memorials, Death - U.S. Senator James Ralph Sasser - · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/HJR8/
- 2026-04-23 · voted yea · FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR 2 CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 4 4/23/2026 Passed · HB 2111 Correctional Programs - As enacted, creates the state families of incarcerated individuals advisory board within the department of correction for the… · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/HB2111/
- 2026-04-23 · voted yea · FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 4 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/23/2026 Passed · SJR 1209 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Max Christopher Collins, Salutatorian, Creek Wood High School - · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SJR1209/
- 2026-04-23 · voted yea · FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 3 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/23/2026 Passed · SJR 1240 Memorials, Interns - Aaron Sullivan - · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SJR1240/
- 2026-04-23 · voted yea · FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 4 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/23/2026 Passed · SJR 1208 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Christopher Heath Foster, Valedictorian, Creek Wood High School - · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SJR1208/
- 2026-04-23 · voted yea · FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 4 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/23/2026 Passed · SJR 1220 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Keely Nicole Melton, Valedictorian, McEwen High School - · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SJR1220/
- 2026-04-23 · voted yea · FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 4 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/23/2026 Passed · SJR 1198 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Kylie Miller, Valedictorian, McNairy Central High School - · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SJR1198/
- 2026-04-23 · voted yea · FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/23/2026 Passed · SB 1849 Local Government, General - As enacted, enacts the "Essential Governmental Employee Housing Act of 2026"; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 5;… · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SB1849/
- 2026-04-23 · voted yea · FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 2 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/23/2026 Passed · HJR 1657 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Dahee Yoon, Salutatorian, Cookeville High School - · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/HJR1657/
- 2026-04-23 · voted yea · FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 4/23/2026 Passed · HB 1707 Immigration - As enacted, requires, until February 1, 2029, each court to cooperate with the U.S. department of homeland security and federal… · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/HB1707/

## Legislation (TN 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 30 bills: 30 reached committee, 8 passed one chamber, 5 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 0. 60.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Tennessee House 71.0%; rank 74 of 97).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HJR 1109: Memorials, Academic Achievement - Sapana Das, Valedictorian, Chuckey-Doak High School - (became law, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/HJR1109/
- HJR 990: Memorials, Recognition - Bring David Crockett Home Week, March 2-6, 2026 - (passed one chamber, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/HJR990/
- HB 2359: Tobacco, Tobacco Products - As enacted, expands the definition of "consumable material" to include natural and synthetic liquid nicotine solutions and liquid… (passed one chamber, 2026-05-27) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/HB2359/
- HB 2362: Motor Vehicles - As introduced, prohibits governmental entities that regulate entertainment transportation from denying the transfer of a permit, establishing… (in committee, 2026-02-09) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/HB2362/
- HB 2360: Taxes, Privilege - As introduced, allocates 30 percent of the revenue from taxes on vapor products to counties in equal amounts to be used for youth nicotine… (in committee, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/HB2360/
- HB 2358: Human Resources, Department of - As enacted, requires the department to annually publish on the department's website a report on the temporary assistance for… (became law, 2026-05-26) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/HB2358/
- HB 2363: Taxes, Privilege - As introduced, reduces professional privilege tax from $400 to $200 per year for attorneys in tax years that begin on and after June 1,… (in committee, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/HB2363/
- HB 2361: Public Funds and Financing - As introduced, enacts "The Mint Act," which establishes a precious metals enterprise fund to be administered by the state… (in committee, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/HB2361/
- HB 2365: School Vouchers - As introduced, expands eligibility for an education freedom scholarship to students who are enrolled in an out-of-district public school. -… (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/HB2365/
- HB 2366: Tourism - As enacted, requires the department of tourist development to promulgate rules designating tourism development zones in this state as economic… (became law, 2026-05-26) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/HB2366/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $94.2K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/legislatorinfo/member.aspx?district=H5
- Campaign site: https://www.davidhawkfortennessee.com/
- X: https://x.com/davidhawkfortn
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DavidHawkForTennessee/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/david.hawk.16
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/davidhawkforstaterep/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/646c2358-84c6-46bf-aca7-555283f31744