R Tennessee Senate · District 15 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Paul Bailey

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Session

Total votes

24,772

all sessions

Attendance

94%

1,591 missed

Near the chamber average

With party

99%

of cast votes

Near the chamber average

Bipartisan score

0%

crosses aisle rarely

Near the chamber average

Voting record

Yea

24,628

voted in favor

Nay

126

voted against

Absent

1,591

missed votes

Total recorded

24,772

across all sessions

Crossed party

70

votes against own party

Matching

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SB 336

Election Laws - As enacted, revises present law that prohibits a person convicted of an infamous crime after May 18, 1981, from being eligible to have the right to vote restored unless the person meets certain requirements, including having been compliant with all child support orders for the previous 12 months, including orders related to child support arrearages. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 40.

Yea

Passed

31–1

Mar 12, 2026

SB 1956

State Government - As enacted, prohibits a state agency from issuing or renewing a certification, registration, license, or permit to a corporate entity if an officer, director, or employee of the entity provides material support or resources, meeting spaces, or other forums to certain terrorist groups or organizations for the purpose of soliciting material support or recruiting new members; requires a state agency to deny, revoke, or refuse or renew a certification, registration, license, or permit issued to such entities upon receipt of satisfactory proof of such activity. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 48 and Title 67.

Yea

Passed

27–5

Mar 12, 2026

SB 2055

Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires LEAs and public charter schools to allow a private pay provider who is under contract with a parent or legal guardian of a student with autism spectrum disorder or developmental delays who is enrolled in the LEA or public charter school, access to the student during the school day to provide the student with private pay services in educational settings as long as the educational settings in which private pay services are provided do not conflict with the student's educational placement; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 49; Title 68 and Title 71.

Yea

Passed

33–0

Mar 12, 2026

SB 1981

Workers Compensation - As enacted, adds a requirement that an award of attorneys' fees and costs incurred when an employer unreasonably denies a workers' compensation claim or unreasonably fails to timely initiate any of the benefits associated with the claim must be based on a finding by the workers' compensation judge that the employer's conduct was unreasonable; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6.

Yea

Passed

33–0

Mar 12, 2026

HB 1513

Election Laws - As enacted, requires political advertisements to include a disclaimer if the advertisements include deepfake elements impersonating or depicting a candidate engaging in activity or speech in which the impersonated or depicted candidate did not in fact engage; makes a violation of such disclaimer requirement a Class C misdemeanor; entitles candidate to damages and equitable relief for violations. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 19.

Yea

Passed

33–0

Mar 12, 2026

HJR 1045

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Christopher Vance, Cannon County Grades 9-12 Teacher of the Year -

Yea

Passed

33–0

Mar 12, 2026

SB 2222

Damages - As enacted, establishes a cause of action for persons to seek damages from persons who compensate others to participate in demonstrations when the paid demonstrators' conduct satisfies the elements of the criminal offense of rioting, or other similar offenses. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 38 and Title 50.

Yea

Passed

27–6

Mar 12, 2026

HJR 1052

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Erinn McGee, 2025-2026 MNPS Teacher of the Year -

Yea

Passed

33–0

Mar 12, 2026

SJR 888

Memorials, Sports - Prescott South Middle School boys basketball team, TMSAA Class 2A state champion -

Yea

Passed

33–0

Mar 12, 2026

SJR 617

Memorials, Congress - Urges the U.S. Congress to enact H.R. 2350 (S. 1137), which permits states to deploy cell-phone jamming systems in prisons. -

Yea

Passed

29–0

Mar 12, 2026