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

SJR 188

Memorials, Recognition - Lindsey Anderson -

Yea

Passed

29–0

Feb 21, 2019

HB 147

Fireworks - As enacted, allows the continued sale at retail of any Class C common fireworks in Rutherford County after the 2020 federal census. - Amends TCA Section 68-104-112.

Yea

Passed

29–0

Feb 21, 2019

SB 73

Comptroller, State - As enacted, deletes reference to the Public Service Commission, which was dissolved in 1996, and replaces it with a reference to the Commission's successor, the Office of State Assessed Properties. - Amends TCA Section 67-5-1606.

Yea

Passed

29–0

Feb 21, 2019

SB 101

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the board of occupational therapy to June 30, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 63, Chapter 13 and Section 68-1-101.

Yea

Passed

29–0

Feb 21, 2019

SB 127

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the genetic advisory committee to June 30, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 68, Chapter 5.

Yea

Passed

29–0

Feb 21, 2019

SB 278

Assessors - As enacted, changes the date, from October 1 of each year to April 15 of each year, by which assessors in counties, other than counties with a metropolitan form of government, must file that year's property maps with the register of deeds. - Amends TCA Section 67-5-806.

Yea

Passed

29–0

Feb 21, 2019

SB 48

Purchasing and Procurement - As introduced, authorizes a local governmental entity with centralized purchasing authority to increase the threshold, from $25,000 to $50,000, over which public advertisement and sealed competitive bids are required; reduces the number of purchase orders, from three to two, that must be retained by a county after a purchase order or contract is issued or executed. - Amends TCA Section 5-14-111 and Section 12-3-1212.

Yea

Passed

29–0

Feb 21, 2019

SB 80

Criminal Offenses - As enacted, expands the offense of indecent exposure in a penal institution to include actions committed against staff members in addition to guards; defines staff member as any person employed by a penal institution or who performs ongoing services in a penal institution, including, but not limited to, clergy, educators, and medical professionals. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-511.

Yea

Passed

29–0

Feb 21, 2019

HJR 161

Memorials, Recognition - Ryan Baker, Governor's Volunteer Stars Award -

Yea

Passed

29–0

Feb 21, 2019

HB 403

Taxes, Real Property - As enacted, removes various provisions regarding state property tax, including authority to place liens and issue distress warrants. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 8, Part 2 and Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 13.

Yea

Passed

29–0

Feb 21, 2019