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

HJR 686

Memorials, Retirement - Buck Carter, Benton County Highway Supervisor -

Yea

Passed

33–0

Apr 22, 2025

SB 950

Education - As enacted, creates a federal education deregulation cooperation task force to prepare Tennessee for the potential of deregulation of federal laws, regulations, requirements, and guidance for K-12 education. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Yea

Passed

26–4

Apr 22, 2025

HJR 694

Memorials, Recognition - Benjamin and Lauren Neale, Rural Small Business of the Year -

Yea

Passed

33–0

Apr 22, 2025

HB 160

Wine & Wineries - As enacted, exempts the sale of wine for consumption on the premises of a winery or farm wine producer, including the premises of a satellite facility, including tastings and sealed bottles sold at retail for consumption on the premises, from the liquor-by-the-drink tax on alcoholic beverages. - Amends TCA Section 57-3-207.

Absent

Passed

29–0

Apr 22, 2025

SB 221

Juvenile Offenders - As enacted, permits a court to use juvenile court records, including the disposition and evidence, in pretrial reports used to set bond for certain criminal offenses; requires the magistrate to consider the defendant's prior juvenile record in determining the defendant's risk of danger to the community. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 40.

Yea

Passed

28–5

Apr 22, 2025

SJR 485

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Jennifer Crockett, West Elementary School Teacher of the Year -

Yea

Passed

34–0

Apr 22, 2025

SR 68

Memorials, Recognition - Women Veterans Appreciation Day -

Yea

Passed

33–0

Apr 22, 2025

SJR 526

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Emma Conley, Salutatorian, Upperman High School -

Yea

Passed

33–0

Apr 22, 2025

SJR 504

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Sergeant Major Jonathan W. Clark, Mt. Juliet High School Teacher of the Year -

Yea

Passed

34–0

Apr 22, 2025

HJR 684

Memorials, Recognition - Hope Family Health, 20th anniversary -

Yea

Passed

33–0

Apr 22, 2025