R Tennessee Senate · District 17 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Mark Pody

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Session

Total votes

25,336

all sessions

Attendance

94%

1,362 missed

Near the chamber average

With party

98%

of cast votes

Lower than 89% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

1%

crosses aisle rarely

Higher than 87% of chamber peers

Voting record

Yea

24,768

voted in favor

Nay

370

voted against

Absent

1,362

missed votes

Total cast

25,336

across all sessions

Crossed party

327

votes against own party

This page

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SB 1255

Health, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to make available and require educational materials on blood lead level testing for a pregnant woman who receives vouchers for the special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 49; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

Yea

Passed

32–0

Mar 26, 2026

SB 712

Comptroller, State - As enacted, prohibits an LEA or public charter school from using public funds to initiate or maintain any civil action or proceeding against this state or an agency or officer of this state to challenge a school or district accountability measure established under state law. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Yea

Passed

26–6

Mar 26, 2026

SB 400

Education, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to develop guidance for Tennessee accelerating literacy and learning corps (TALLC) members on how to align tutoring services for students with the remediation the student needs and with the academic standards adopted by the state board of education for the student's grade level; requires the department to provide LEAs with a list of secure data management systems that utilize platforms capable of tracking the effectiveness of intervention methods, resource allocation, and student progress in real time across all schools in the LEA; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Yea

Passed

32–0

Mar 26, 2026

HJR 1124

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Dominic Hollis, Top Ten Senior, Wayne County High School -

Yea

Passed

33–0

Mar 26, 2026

HB 1815

Jails, Local Lock-ups - As enacted, authorizes a sheriff, jail administrator, or deputy jailer to refuse or delay acceptance into the jail of an arrestee if the arrestee has not received medical treatment for obvious serious physical injuries or conditions of an emergency nature; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 8; Title 29; Title 40 and Title 41.

Yea

Passed

32–0

Mar 26, 2026

SB 2070

Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, enacts the "Stopping Health Insurers from Excluding Legal Decisions (SHIELD) Act." - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 56 and Title 71.

Yea

Passed

29–0

Mar 26, 2026

HJR 1115

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Kyle Nielsen, Top Ten Senior, Spring Hill High School -

Yea

Passed

33–0

Mar 26, 2026

HJR 1120

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Olivia Townsend, Valedictorian, Spring Hill High School -

Yea

Passed

33–0

Mar 26, 2026

SB 1817

Local Education Agencies - As enacted, revises law relative to LEAs providing enrollment and services to certain students who are the dependent children of service members. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Yea

Passed

31–0

Mar 26, 2026

SB 502

Athletic Trainers - As enacted, expands the scope of practice for athletic trainers by authorizing them to treat conditions that limit or prevent a person's participation in certain physical activities rather than just treating injuries that limit or prevent such participation; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 24.

Yea

Passed

31–0

Mar 26, 2026