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 cast

24,772

across all sessions

Crossed party

70

votes against own party

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SB 83

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the private probation services council two years to June 30, 2019. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2 and Title 16, Chapter 3, Part 9.

Yea

Passed

32–0

Mar 20, 2017

SB 806

Public Health - As enacted, authorizes, if approved by the department of health, any nongovernmental organization, including an organization that promotes scientifically proven ways of mitigating health risks associated with drug use and other high-risk behaviors, to establish and operate a needle and hypodermic syringe exchange program. - Amends TCA Title 68.

Yea

Passed

29–1

Mar 20, 2017

SB 159

Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, revises various provisions relative to utility districts, wastewater facilities, the utility management review board, and the water and wastewater financing board; allows utility districts to sell certain appliances and heating systems with natural gas or propane component and to offer installment payment plans and financing to customers for such purchases. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 82 and Title 68, Chapter 221.

Yea

Passed

26–2

Mar 20, 2017

SB 262

Local Government, General - As enacted, prohibits a local government from adopting or enforcing any ordinance, regulation, resolution, policy, or any other legal requirement that regulates or imposes a requirement upon an employer pertaining to employee scheduling, except when necessary to avoid creating a public or private nuisance. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51.

Yea

Passed

29–3

Mar 20, 2017

SB 1220

Highways, Roads and Bridges - As enacted, requires the department of transportation to be responsible for the maintenance of public roads and bridges within the boundaries of state parks. - Amends TCA Title 54, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 54, Chapter 4.

Yea

Passed

8–0

Mar 20, 2017

SB 92

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the state textbook and instructional materials quality commission to June 30, 2019; requires the commission to appear before sunset review committee in 2017 to address issue of non-educators serving on textbook advisory committees. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 22.

Yea

Passed

32–0

Mar 20, 2017

HJR 204

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Dr. Altha Stewart, President-elect of American Psychiatric Association -

Yea

Passed

32–0

Mar 20, 2017

SB 559

Mass Transit - As introduced, creates a state office dedicated to providing expertise and assistance to the state and local governments regarding public-private initiatives to develop, redevelop, or operate transportation facilities under the Public-Private Transportation Act of 2016. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 54, Chapter 6.

Absent

Passed

5–2

Mar 20, 2017

SB 526

Advertising - As enacted, establishes requirements for the location of outdoor advertising devices along an interstate or highway. - Amends TCA Title 54, Chapter 21.

Yea

Passed

8–0

Mar 20, 2017

SB 1353

Motor Vehicles - As enacted, removes the 150-mile radius restriction and penalty for motor vehicles that are not common carriers and are used to transport agricultural products, farm machinery, or farm supplies; classifies fluid milk products as a nondivisible load that cannot be reasonably dismantled or conveniently transported otherwise. - Amends TCA Title 55.

Yea

Passed

31–0

Mar 20, 2017