R Tennessee Senate · District 15 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Paul Bailey

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Session

Total votes

22,107

all sessions

Attendance

93%

1,314 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

21,988

voted in favor

Nay

101

voted against

Absent

1,314

missed votes

Total cast

22,107

across all sessions

Crossed party

58

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HJR 535

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Bella Bryson, Top Ten Senior, Cannon County High School -

Yea

Passed

32–0

Apr 10, 2025

HJR 527

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Courtney Nichols, Cannon County School District Principal of the Year -

Yea

Passed

32–0

Apr 10, 2025

HB 1316

Driver Licenses - As enacted, prohibits the use of digital driver licenses and digital photo identification licenses for voter identification purposes; regulates the use, retention, and disclosure of data submitted by persons participating in the digital driver license system, including biometric identifiers; prohibits geolocation data from being collected for purposes of the digital driver license system; revises other provisions related to driver licenses. - Amends TCA Section 2-7-112 and Title 55, Chapter 50.

Yea

Passed

28–1

Apr 10, 2025

SB 750

Immigration - As enacted, requires the centralized immigration enforcement division within the department of safety to provide a report to the chief clerk of each house of the general assembly and the legislative librarian regarding illegal alien criminal activity in this state. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 8; Title 38 and Title 68.

Yea

Passed

27–5

Apr 9, 2025

SB 626

Election Laws - As enacted, revises present law relative to voting and county election commissions, such as requiring the commission to publish a notice of the location of the provisional counting board, prohibiting the commission from tabulating any marked ballots submitted via the internet, prohibiting voting machines from being connected to the internet, and making other changes. - Amends TCA Title 2.

Yea

Passed

23–4

Apr 9, 2025

SB 351

Local Government, General - As introduced, requires county and city attorneys to consult with and advise elected county and city officials, the officials' deputies, and the officials' employees as to the proper application and enforcement of federal and state laws that are pertinent to carrying out the duties of the officials' respective offices. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 12 and Title 13.

Yea

Passed

27–4

Apr 9, 2025

HB 1025

Juvenile Offenders - As enacted, requires suspension of a minor's driving privileges or ability to obtain a driver license for a period of one year as part of the disposition if a minor is adjudicated delinquent for an act that would constitute the offense of harassment by bullying or cyber-bullying. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39 and Title 55, Chapter 10, Part 7.

Yea

Passed

27–0

Apr 9, 2025

HB 676

Education - As enacted, requires that certain employees of state special schools receive the same leave and certain other benefits as employees of LEAs and public charter schools. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50 and Title 49.

Yea

Passed

32–0

Apr 9, 2025

HB 1405

Bedford County - Subject to local approval, abolishes the Bedford County road board. - Repeals Chapter 30 of the Private Acts of 1975 and Chapter 39 of the Private Acts of 1989.

Yea

Passed

31–0

Apr 9, 2025

SB 799

Election Laws - As enacted, generally requires statewide political parties to nominate their candidates in primary elections for all offices for which partisan elections are held at the regular August or regular November election; authorizes, in a county in which a statewide political party nominated a candidate by a method other than a primary election in 2022 or 2024, the statewide political party in such county to continue to use such method with certain exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 2.

Yea

Passed

28–3

Apr 9, 2025