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R Tennessee Senate · District 15 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Paul Bailey

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Total votes
24,550
all sessions
Attendance
93%
1,314 missed
With party
99%
of cast votes
Near the chamber average
Bipartisan score
0%
crosses aisle rarely
Near the chamber average
Sponsored
1,196
bills & resolutions
Higher than 90% of chamber peers
Committees
3
assignments
24,550 roll-call votes

Voting record

Yea
24,407
voted in favor
Nay
125
voted against
Absent
1,314
missed votes
Total cast
24,550
across all sessions
Crossed party
69
votes against own party
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Vote
Result
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Date
SB 1983
Taxes, Real Property - As enacted, revises standards for the length of the redemption period for a property subject to a tax sale based on whether the period of delinquency is three years or less or is more than three years. - Amends TCA Section 67-5-2701.
Yea
Passed
22–5
Apr 9, 2026
HB 1762
Registers of Deeds - As introduced, requires that a deed of conveyance of real property be prepared by an attorney licensed to practice in this state, a title insurance agent licensed in this state, the owner of the real property being transferred, or a person with legal authority to act on behalf of the owner of the real property being transferred; makes other changes related to deeds of conveyance. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 13; Title 23, Chapter 3; Title 66, Chapter 5, Part 1 and Title 66, Chapter 24.
Yea
Passed
29–0
Apr 9, 2026
HB 1692
Adoption - As enacted, clarifies that a court may waive the requirement for a home study in an adoption when the prospective adoptive parent or parents are not related to the child if certain requirements are met. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37.
Yea
Passed
25–2
Apr 9, 2026
HB 359
Criminal Offenses - As enacted, defines "seriously bodily injury" for the purposes of the present law offense of vehicular assault, which occurs when a person who, as the proximate result of the person's intoxication, recklessly causes serious bodily injury to another person by the operation of a motor vehicle or vessel subject to registration; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 55.
Yea
Passed
27–5
Apr 9, 2026
SR 275
Memorials, Congress - Urges Congress to rename Dogwood Lane on federal property at Mountain Home VA the "Congressman Phil Roe Boulevard." -
Yea
Passed
33–0
Apr 9, 2026
SB 1747
Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates an offense of recklessly discharging a firearm into the air, ground, a body of water, or an object in close proximity to the person if the firearm is discharged at a place of public gathering or at a public event where there are at least 25 people in attendance at the time of the discharge; punishes the offense as a Class A misdemeanor; specifies certain exceptions to the offense. - Amends TCA Title 39.
Yea
Passed
29–0
Apr 9, 2026
HJR 1250
Memorials, Sports - Coach Chad Hall, 500th career win -
Yea
Passed
33–0
Apr 9, 2026
SR 364
Memorials, Recognition - Nehemiah Alliance -
Yea
Passed
33–0
Apr 9, 2026
SB 1964
Fireworks - As enacted, expands the length of the existing Independence Day and New Year sales periods and adds new Memorial Day and Labor Day sales periods for seasonal retailers of fireworks for the 2026 retail period; increases the seasonal retailer permit fee from $100 to $150 for calendar year 2026; and authorizes the state fire marshal to promulgate rules to effectuate the act. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 104.
Yea
Passed
9–0
Apr 7, 2026
SB 225
Chiropractors - As enacted, requires certain insurers to reimburse chiropractic physicians at the same rate as physicians for the same services. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 7 and Title 63.
Yea
Passed
8–1
Apr 7, 2026
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