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 81% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

0%

crosses aisle rarely

Near the chamber average

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

207

votes against own party

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HB 431

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the board of alcohol and drug abuse counselors to June 30, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 63, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 68, Chapter 24.

Yea

Passed

29–0

Feb 21, 2019

HB 50

Naming and Designating - As enacted, names visitor center at Carter House Historic Site in honor of the late Herbert L. Harper. -

Yea

Passed

29–0

Feb 21, 2019

HJR 160

Memorials, Recognition - Kathy Weatherly, Governor's Volunteer Stars Award -

Yea

Passed

29–0

Feb 21, 2019

SB 129

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the Tennessee medical examiner advisory council to June 30, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 38, Chapter 7.

Yea

Passed

29–0

Feb 21, 2019

HB 688

Education, Higher - As enacted, exempts certain postsecondary educational institutions from the Tennessee Higher Education Authorization Act of 2016 under certain circumstances; subjects certain postsecondary educational institutions to bond requirements under the Tennessee Higher Education Authorization Act of 2016. - Amends TCA Section 49-7-2004 and Section 49-7-2022.

Yea

Passed

28–0

Feb 21, 2019

HB 437

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the Ocoee River recreation and economic development fund board to June 30, 2021. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 11, Chapter 8.

Yea

Passed

29–0

Feb 21, 2019

SB 233

Naming and Designating - As enacted, designates the week beginning on the first Sunday in April as Financial Literacy Week in Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 15, Chapter 2.

Yea

Passed

29–0

Feb 21, 2019

HJR 159

Memorials, Sports - Isabella Pafford, Camden Central High School volleyball -

Yea

Passed

29–0

Feb 21, 2019

SB 381

Inheritance Laws - As enacted, prohibits a person who intentionally killed the decedent from filing a wrongful death action based on the death of the decedent or sharing any portion of a wrongful death settlement or judgment resulting from the death of the decedent. - Amends TCA Section 31-1-106.

Yea

Passed

29–0

Feb 21, 2019

HB 68

Naming and Designating - As enacted, designates the Robert Spicer Memorial Buck Dance Championship as the official buck dancing competition of the State of Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 3.

Yea

Passed

29–0

Feb 21, 2019