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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 cast
24,548
across all sessions
Crossed party
206
votes against own party
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Vote
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Date
HB 731
Handgun Permits - As enacted, authorizes the department of safety to contract with a local government agency for the provision of any service related to the renewal of handgun carry permits; authorizes an agency contracting with the department to charge an additional fee of $4.00 for each renewal application. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1351.
Yea
Passed
29–0
Mar 4, 2019
SB 151
Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the Tennessee Technological University, board of trustees to June 30, 2021; creates a separate sunset provision for the university. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 49, Chapter 8.
Yea
Passed
29–0
Mar 4, 2019
HJR 220
Memorials, Recognition - Baptist churches of Tennessee -
Yea
Passed
30–0
Mar 4, 2019
SB 148
Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the East Tennessee State University, board of trustees to June 30, 2021; creates a separate sunset provision for the university. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 49, Chapter 8.
Yea
Passed
29–0
Mar 4, 2019
HB 479
Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the Austin Peay State University, board of trustees to June 30, 2021; creates a separate sunset provision for the university. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 49, Chapter 8.
Yea
Passed
29–0
Mar 4, 2019
HB 151
Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, makes various changes to the “Tennessee Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association Act,” which include excluding from coverage certain persons receiving payments through structured settlements, establishing procedures during delinquency proceedings, setting the amount of assessments for long-term care insurance written by impaired or insolvent member insurers, and other changes. - Amends TCA Section 56-12-202; Section 56-12-203; Section 56-12-204; Section 56-12-205; Section 56-12-207; Section 56-12-208 and Section 56-12-218.
Yea
Passed
30–0
Mar 4, 2019
SB 178
Sewage - As enacted, prohibits the commissioner of environment and conservation from denying a permit for a septic system solely because a public sewer system is accessible in certain circumstances; requires that for residential real estate sales involving property consisting of one to four residential units, the potential future obligation to connect to the public sewer system must be disclosed by the seller to the purchaser in the same manner as, and subject to the same remedies, as other known defects. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 221, Part 4.
Yea
Passed
30–0
Mar 4, 2019
SB 402
Child Custody and Support - As enacted, permits a designation as joint primary residential parents or a waiver of the primary residential parent designation upon agreement of the parents when the child is scheduled to reside an equal amount of time with both parents; allows the address of either parent to be used to determine school zoning when the child is scheduled to reside an equal amount of time with both parents. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 36.
Yea
Passed
29–0
Mar 4, 2019
SB 907
Handgun Permits - As enacted, authorizes the department of safety to contract with a local government agency for the provision of any service related to the renewal of handgun carry permits; authorizes an agency contracting with the department to charge an additional fee of $4.00 for each renewal application. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1351.
Yea
Passed
29–0
Mar 4, 2019
SB 84
Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, makes various changes to the “Tennessee Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association Act,” which include excluding from coverage certain persons receiving payments through structured settlements, establishing procedures during delinquency proceedings, setting the amount of assessments for long-term care insurance written by impaired or insolvent member insurers, and other changes. - Amends TCA Section 56-12-202; Section 56-12-203; Section 56-12-204; Section 56-12-205; Section 56-12-207; Section 56-12-208 and Section 56-12-218.
Yea
Passed
30–0
Mar 4, 2019
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