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State Representative, 53rd District

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Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: A state representative votes on Tennessee laws and the state budget in the Tennessee House of Representatives.

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Jason L PowellOfficial portrait — Tennessee General Assembly

Jason L Powell

DemocraticIncumbent

Real estate · Nashville

The gist

  • Sponsored the Local Disaster Displacement Tax Relief Act.In office
  • Sponsored bill requiring mental health coverage parity.In office
  • Sponsored bill banning deceptive election deepfakes near elections.In office

In office = from the candidate's own official statements or legislation as an officeholder, not their campaign.

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  1. Sponsored the Local Disaster Displacement Tax Relief Act.

    Representative Jason Powell: bills sponsored in the 114th General Assembly

    Government record · Tennessee General Assembly · wapp.capitol.tn.gov

    “Local Disaster Displacement Tax Relief Act”
  2. Sponsored bill requiring mental health coverage parity.

    Representative Jason Powell: bills sponsored in the 114th General Assembly

    Government record · Tennessee General Assembly · wapp.capitol.tn.gov

    “requires health insurance carriers to provide mental health coverage in parity with alcoholism and drug dependence coverage”
  3. Sponsored bill banning deceptive election deepfakes near elections.

    Representative Jason Powell: bills sponsored in the 114th General Assembly

    Government record · Tennessee General Assembly · wapp.capitol.tn.gov

    “prohibits a person or entity from distributing an electoral deepfake within 90 days of an election”

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