R Tennessee Senate · District 9 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Steve Southerland

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Session

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

Voting record

Yea

24,256

voted in favor

Nay

253

voted against

Absent

1,705

missed votes

Total cast

24,548

across all sessions

Crossed party

206

votes against own party

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HB 559

Education - As enacted, authorizes LEAs to offer internship programs for elective credits in the high school curriculum through cooperative agreements with local and state governments. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.

Yea

Passed

29–0

Mar 11, 2019

HB 376

Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, authorizes a public utility to request, and the Tennessee public utility commission to authorize, a mechanism to recover the operational expenses, capital costs, or both, related to replacement of or upgrades to usage measurement devices if found by the commission to be in the public interest. - Amends TCA Title 65.

Yea

Passed

29–0

Mar 11, 2019

SB 1323

Sunset Laws - As enacted, changes, from June 30, 2023 to June 30, 2020, the date on which the state palliative care and quality of life council is scheduled to terminate. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 71, Chapter 2.

Yea

Passed

29–0

Mar 11, 2019

HB 58

Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, designates Hermitage Golf Course in Nashville-Davidson County as a premier type tourist resort for purposes of consuming alcoholic beverages on the premises. - Amends TCA Section 57-4-102.

Yea

Passed

29–0

Mar 11, 2019

SB 341

Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, removes the requirement that a property and casualty insurer that has a specified medical expense benefit payable without regard to fault, and that does not permit assignment of the benefit, establish a process to disburse funds in the names of the insured and the healthcare provider as joint payees. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 7.

Yea

Passed

29–0

Mar 11, 2019

SJR 210

General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Jamie Woodson, board of trustees of the University of Tennessee -

Yea

Passed

29–0

Mar 11, 2019

SB 432

Funeral Directors and Embalmers - As enacted, authorizes operators of crematory facilities who provide free services for the cremation of human remains to receive a refund of the permit fee paid for such services. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 5; Title 63 and Title 68, Chapter 2.

Yea

Passed

29–0

Mar 11, 2019

HJR 253

Memorials, Recognition - Robdarius "RobenX" Brown -

Yea

Passed

29–0

Mar 11, 2019

HB 647

Finance and Administration, Dept. of - As enacted, requires, under the Long-Term Care Community Choices Act, the commissioner to recognize complex rehabilitation technology as a separate benefit category for the purposes of any proposed budget or other public documents, under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 68 and Title 71.

Yea

Passed

29–0

Mar 11, 2019

HB 538

Motor Vehicles - As enacted, revises various provisions governing towing of vehicles and liens of garagekeepers and towing firms; expands the towing advisory board from nine to 11 members by adding a member appointed by the Tennessee Trucking Association and a member appointed by the American Car Rental Association. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 16 and Title 55, Chapter 23.

Yea

Passed

29–0

Mar 11, 2019