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R Tennessee Senate · District 9 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Steve Southerland

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Total votes
24,548
all sessions
Attendance
93%
1,705 missed
Near the chamber average
With party
99%
of cast votes
Lower than 83% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
0%
crosses aisle rarely
Higher than 80% of chamber peers
Sponsored
1,724
bills & resolutions
Higher than 95% of chamber peers
Committees
4
assignments
24,548 roll-call votes

Voting record

Yea
24,256
voted in favor
Nay
253
voted against
Absent
1,705
missed votes
Total recorded
24,548
across all sessions
Crossed party
206
votes against own party
Matching
24,548
matching current filters
Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HJR 1207
Memorials, Death - Nathan Dwain Clark -
Yea
Passed
32–0
Apr 2, 2026
HB 2645
Martin - Subject to local approval, rewrites the city charter. - Amends Chapter 158 of the Private Acts of 1992; as amended.
Yea
Passed
31–0
Apr 2, 2026
HJR 1170
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Cole Roberts, Top Ten Senior, Hampshire Unit School -
Yea
Passed
32–0
Apr 2, 2026
SJR 990
Memorials, Sports - Bartlett High School boys' basketball team, Class 4A state champions -
Yea
Passed
32–0
Apr 2, 2026
SR 351
Memorials, Sports - Fayette-Ware High School Wildcats boys' basketball team -
Yea
Passed
32–0
Apr 2, 2026
SB 2688
Adamsville - Subject to local approval, revises provisions relating to the filling of a vacancy in the office of mayor or on the city commission. - Amends Chapter 32 of the Private Acts of 2009.
Yea
Passed
31–0
Apr 2, 2026
HB 2652
Oakland - Subject to local approval, transfers authority to appoint and remove all directors and department heads, excluding the town recorder, from the board of mayor and aldermen to the town manager. - Amends Chapter 167 of the Private Acts of 1994; as amended.
Yea
Passed
31–0
Apr 2, 2026
SB 2721
White Bluff - Subject to local approval, authorizes persons who reside outside the boundaries of White Bluff but within the boundaries of Dickson County, and who own real property located within the boundaries of White Bluff, to vote in all White Bluff municipal elections; non-resident real property owners must own at least one-half interest in such real property, and such real property must be at least 5,000 square feet. - Amends Chapter 257 of the Private Acts of 1923; as amended and rewritten.
Yea
Passed
31–0
Apr 2, 2026
HJR 1160
Memorials, Death - Shipp Robbley Weems -
Yea
Passed
32–0
Apr 2, 2026
SJR 977
Memorials, Sports - Da'Mori Lytch, TCCAA Player of the Year -
Yea
Passed
32–0
Apr 2, 2026
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