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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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Description
Vote
Result
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Date
HB 483
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
SB 679
Tourism - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Commission for the United States Semiquincentennial Commission Act". -
Yea
Passed
29–0
Mar 4, 2019
SB 26
Tobacco, Tobacco Products - As enacted, limits the places in which one may use vapor products. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 15 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 16.
Yea
Passed
29–0
Mar 4, 2019
HB 484
Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the University of Memphis, 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 444
Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the Tennessee claims commission to June 30, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 9, Chapter 8.
Yea
Passed
29–0
Mar 4, 2019
SB 150
Education - As introduced, allows students to use their score on the Classic Learning Test (CLT) to satisfy the eligibility requirements for certain grants and scholarships funded using net proceeds of the state lottery; requires the Tennessee student assistance corporation to include information concerning testing dates for the CLT when informing students about lottery scholarship opportunities; allows public institutions of higher education to accept student scores on the CLT for admissions purposes. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Yea
Passed
29–0
Mar 4, 2019
HB 165
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 113
Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the Tennessee consolidated retirement system, board of trustees to June 30, 2023. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 8, Chapter 34.
Yea
Passed
29–0
Mar 4, 2019
SB 150
Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the 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 442
Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the board of claims to June 30, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 9, Chapter 8.
Yea
Passed
29–0
Mar 4, 2019
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