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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
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 1374
Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, permits correctional officers and certain other people employed by the department of correction to carry a handgun the same as a law enforcement officer if they have completed their probationary period rather than when they are vested. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1350.
Yea
Passed
31–0
Mar 14, 2019
SJR 276
Memorials, Sports - Anthony Jones, Class A Mr. Basketball finalist -
Yea
Passed
31–0
Mar 14, 2019
HB 1070
Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, adds authorization for the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption for: Weir Park in Clay County; Center for the Arts in Murfreesboro; El Fogon restaurant in Hixson; Lebanon Theater; the Blake at Kingsport; Legacy Farms in Lebanon; Flat Hollow Marina in Campbell County; the 121 Hotel in Nashville; Central Park in Livingston; and the Sip-n-Scoop in College Grove. - Amends TCA Section 57-4-102. Against party
Nay
Passed
25–3
Mar 14, 2019
SB 1417
Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, adds authorization for the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption for: Weir Park in Clay County; Center for the Arts in Murfreesboro; El Fogon restaurant in Hixson; Lebanon Theater; the Blake at Kingsport; Legacy Farms in Lebanon; Flat Hollow Marina in Campbell County; the 121 Hotel in Nashville; Central Park in Livingston; and the Sip-n-Scoop in College Grove. - Amends TCA Section 57-4-102. Against party
Nay
Passed
25–3
Mar 14, 2019
SJR 268
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Emma Lucille Kreuser, Valedictorian, Kenwood High School -
Yea
Passed
31–0
Mar 14, 2019
HB 109
Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, permits correctional officers and certain other people employed by the department of correction to carry a handgun the same as a law enforcement officer if they have completed their probationary period rather than when they are vested. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1350.
Yea
Passed
31–0
Mar 14, 2019
SJR 273
Memorials, Sports - Briarcrest Christian School boys' basketball team, TSSAA Division II-AA State Champion -
Yea
Passed
31–0
Mar 14, 2019
SJR 275
Memorials, Recognition - Skullbone Store -
Yea
Passed
31–0
Mar 14, 2019
HB 241
Local Education Agencies - As enacted, specifies that a student may only enroll in two course access program courses per school year, unless additional courses are approved by the student's home LEA, and that students must pay all tuition and fees required for any additional courses taken during the same year; requires a home LEA to pay the required tuition and fees to a host LEA for the first two course access program courses in which a student is enrolled per school year. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 18.
Yea
Passed
31–0
Mar 14, 2019
SJR 181
General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Declares that prior authorization requirements from insurance providers should be removed when a healthcare professional provides or seeks to provide medication assisted treatment to a patient with a substance use disorder and declares substance use disorder and opioid use disorder should be insured in the same manner as other diseases such as diabetes and heart disease. -
Yea
Passed
30–0
Mar 14, 2019
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