# Jessie Seal

Jessie Seal is a Republican member of the Tennessee Senate for district 8.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Tennessee Senate, district 8
- Serving since: 2024-11-05
- Current term: TN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/b37537b4-ac38-4d83-ba16-025fcb7f0dc6

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b37537b4-ac38-4d83-ba16-025fcb7f0dc6 (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

89% of the 96 bills Seal sponsored got out of committee, in the top quarter of the Tennessee Senate.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.30 (standard error 0.04), from 85 donors and 298 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 40% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (TN 2025–26 session)

4,460 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Tennessee Senate 99.6%). Party unity 97.4% (95.3%). 16 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-04-23 · voted yea · FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/23/2026 Passed · HJR 1530 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Jordyn Brown, Salutatorian, Gordonsville High School - · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/HJR1530/
- 2026-04-23 · voted yea · FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/23/2026 Passed · SJR 1267 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Liya Rakeshbhai Patel, Valedictorian, Cumberland County High School - · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SJR1267/
- 2026-04-23 · voted yea · FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/23/2026 Failed · HB 2585 Damages - As introduced, states that the amount of damages awarded as noneconomic damages must not exceed $1 million in a health care liability action… · fail · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/HB2585/
- 2026-04-23 · voted yea · FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/23/2026 Passed · HJR 1578 Memorials, Interns - Indian Clay - · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/HJR1578/
- 2026-04-23 · voted yea · FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/23/2026 Passed · SJR 1268 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Nicolo Azzani, Salutatorian, Cumberland County High School - · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SJR1268/
- 2026-04-23 · voted yea · FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/23/2026 Passed · HJR 1539 Memorials, Retirement - Dickson County Mayor Robert "Bob" Rial - · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/HJR1539/
- 2026-04-23 · voted yea · FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/23/2026 Passed · SJR 1247 Memorials, Sports - Reese McCann - · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SJR1247/
- 2026-04-23 · voted yea · FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/23/2026 Passed · HJR 1564 Memorials, Retirement - Jackie Wilkerson - · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/HJR1564/
- 2026-04-23 · voted yea · FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/23/2026 Passed · SJR 1250 Memorials, Recognition - Tom Midyett - · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SJR1250/
- 2026-04-23 · voted yea · FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/23/2026 Passed · HJR 1658 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Kadence Saige Phillips, Salutatorian, Monterey High School - · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/HJR1658/

## Legislation (TN 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 96 bills: 95 reached committee, 76 passed one chamber, 72 passed both, 72 became law. Cosponsored 0. 88.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Tennessee Senate 70.0%; rank 4 of 33).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SJR 1137: Memorials, Death - Chief Freddie Joe Devotie - (became law, 2026-05-11) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SJR1137/
- SJR 1072: Memorials, Recognition - Tracy Ayers - (became law, 2026-05-01) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SJR1072/
- SJR 1070: Memorials, Recognition - Daniel Starnes - (became law, 2026-05-01) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SJR1070/
- SJR 1069: Memorials, Recognition - Tracy Cunningham - (became law, 2026-05-01) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SJR1069/
- SJR 1074: Memorials, Recognition - Bobby Taft - (became law, 2026-05-01) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SJR1074/
- SJR 1073: Memorials, Recognition - Rick Sexson - (became law, 2026-05-01) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SJR1073/
- SJR 1071: Memorials, Recognition - Chris Williams - (became law, 2026-05-01) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SJR1071/
- SR 397: Memorials, Interns - Amaya Garrett - (passed one chamber, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SR397/
- SJR 1068: Memorials, Recognition - Jesse Miracle, 2026 Boys & Girls Clubs of Tennessee State Youth of the Year - (became law, 2026-05-01) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SJR1068/
- SJR 1047: Memorials, Recognition - Clayton Home's Rutledge frame shop - (became law, 2026-04-22) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SJR1047/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $63.0K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/legislatorinfo/member.aspx?district=S8
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61551858823606
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/statesenatorjessieseal/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessie-seal-95409b220/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b37537b4-ac38-4d83-ba16-025fcb7f0dc6