R Tennessee Senate · District 9 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Steve Southerland

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Session

Total votes

21,653

all sessions

Attendance

92%

1,637 missed

Lower than 84% of chamber peers

With party

99%

of cast votes

Lower than 87% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

0%

crosses aisle rarely

Higher than 80% of chamber peers

Voting record

Yea

21,391

voted in favor

Nay

223

voted against

Absent

1,637

missed votes

Total cast

21,653

across all sessions

Crossed party

184

votes against own party

This page

21,653

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SR 251

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Layna Alexiss Haywood, Valedictorian, Jo Byrns High School -

Yea

Passed

33–0

Apr 22, 2025

SR 248

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Ellie Clark, Salutatorian, Greenbrier High School -

Yea

Passed

33–0

Apr 22, 2025

SR 249

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Stacie Espiritu, Valedictorian, Greenbrier High School -

Yea

Passed

33–0

Apr 22, 2025

SJR 483

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Paige Allmond, Watertown High School Teacher of the Year -

Yea

Passed

34–0

Apr 22, 2025

SJR 520

Memorials, Recognition - Gerardo Castillo-Ruiz -

Yea

Passed

34–0

Apr 22, 2025

SJR 477

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Rachael Agnew, Rutland Elementary School Teacher of the Year -

Yea

Passed

34–0

Apr 22, 2025

SJR 475

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Ashlee Sexton, Southside Elementary School Teacher of the Year -

Yea

Passed

34–0

Apr 22, 2025

HB 1177

Criminal Procedure - As enacted, increases from 11 months and 29 days to two years from the date of arrest the time within which misdemeanor charges against a defendant who has been found incompetent must be retired unless the defendant is restored to competency; adds to present law that, when a defendant whose misdemeanor charges were retired due to a finding of incompetency is released into the community, the chief officer is required to notify the court of the defendant's discharge and provide the court and the sheriff with an outpatient treatment plan that accounts for the safety of the community. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 40 and Title 52.

Yea

Passed

32–0

Apr 22, 2025

SJR 524

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Logan Montgomery, Salutatorian, Monterey High School -

Yea

Passed

33–0

Apr 22, 2025

SJR 481

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Kristina L. Hobbs, Walter J. Baird Middle School Teacher of the Year -

Yea

Passed

34–0

Apr 22, 2025