R Tennessee Senate · District 15 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Paul Bailey

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Total votes

22,107

all sessions

Attendance

93%

1,404 missed

Near the chamber average

With party

99%

of cast votes

Near the chamber average

Bipartisan score

crosses aisle rarely

Lower than 76% of chamber peers

About Sen. Paul Bailey

Sen. serving Tennessee District 15. Member of the Republican party. Has been in office 11 years · 10 months. Serves on Commerce and Labor, Fiscal Review and Transportation and Safety.

Sworn in

Nov 4, 2014

11 years · 10 months

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How Paul votes, broken down

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Criminal Justice 56% / 44%

14 support · 11 oppose

Budget & Taxes 82% / 18%

9 support · 2 oppose

Labor & Employment 33% / 67%

11 support · 6 oppose

Housing 60% / 40%

3 support · 2 oppose

Transportation 25% / 75%

1 support · 3 oppose

Veterans 100% / 0%

3 support · 0 oppose

Immigration 12% / 88%

1 support · 7 oppose

Environment 20% / 80%

1 support · 4 oppose

Energy

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SB 2461Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, requires each fertility clinic operating in this state to obtain a certificate from the department of health to perform assisted reproductive technology services. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 29; Title 36; Title 63 and Title 68. signed

3 months ago

SB 2469Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, revises the exemption for judges to the offense of carrying weapons during judicial proceedings. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13. signed

3 months ago

SB 2732Monterey - Subject to local approval, deletes obsolete provisions authorizing the mayor to serve as the ex officio recorder for the town of Monterey; establishes the position of Town Administrator and prescribes the Administrator's powers, duties, and functions. - Amends Chapter 492 of the Acts of 1901; as amended. in committee

3 months ago

SB 2473Regional Authorities and Special Districts - As enacted, vacates the present board of commissioners of each existing authority for metropolitan and regional airports and reconstitutes a new governing body; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7 and Title 42. signed

3 months ago

SB 1610Local Government, General - As enacted, authorizes Putnam County and incorporated cities within the county to regulate sober living homes for recovery from alcohol, drug, and substance abuse to the extent such regulation complies with the Fair Housing Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 26. signed

3 months ago

SB 2468Criminal Offenses - As enacted, makes revisions to law relative to offenses occurring at a house of worship. - Amends TCA Title 29 and Title 39. signed

3 months ago

SB 1900Criminal Offenses - As enacted, increases the penalty for assaulting a first responder from a Class A misdemeanor with a mandatory fine of $5,000 and a mandatory minimum of 30 days incarceration to a Class E felony with a mandatory fine of $10,000 and a mandatory minimum of 60 days incarceration. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40. signed

3 months ago

SB 1814Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates a Class A misdemeanor offense of intentionally moving, altering, destroying, or removing a monument the person knows, or reasonably should know, is a property corner monument, historic land surveying monument, or geodetic control monument. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 62, Chapter 18 and Title 66. signed

3 months ago

SB 2453Taxes, Sales - As enacted, extends the deadline by which a county that borders at least three distressed rural counties must apply to be eligible to retain the sales and use tax generated from a commercial development district from December 31, 2026, to December 31, 2040; extends the deadline for the commissioner of finance and administration to approve a commercial development district from June 30, 2031, to June 30, 2041. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6. in committee

3 months ago

SB 1815Criminal Offenses - As enacted, enacts the "Grace Anne Sparks Coercive Suicide Prevention Law of 2026." - Amends TCA Title 39. signed

3 months ago