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

SB 68

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

HB 584

Tourism - As enacted, changes the deadline from December 31, 2022, to December 31, 2024, by which certain qualified public use facilities must be placed in service as it relates to the apportionment and distribution of sales and use taxes. - Amends TCA Section 7-88-106.

Yea

Passed

8–0

Feb 20, 2019

HB 844

Agriculture - As enacted, revises and enacts various provisions regarding hemp, including licensure requirements. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 43; Title 44, Chapter 6, Part 1; Section 47-26-101; Title 53; Title 56 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 28.

Yea

Passed

8–0

Feb 20, 2019

HB 103

Herbal Products and Natural Foods - As enacted, expands definition of "wild ginseng" to include ginseng introduced or increased in abundance in its natural habitat by introducing plantlets sourced from wild ginseng stock; defines plantlets. - Amends TCA Title 70, Chapter 8, Part 2.

Yea

Passed

8–0

Feb 20, 2019

SB 357

Agriculture - As enacted, revises and enacts various provisions regarding hemp, including licensure requirements. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 43; Title 44, Chapter 6, Part 1; Section 47-26-101; Title 53; Title 56 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 28.

Yea

Passed

8–0

Feb 20, 2019

HB 318

Game and Fish Laws - As enacted, authorizes executive director of the Tennessee wildlife resources agency to issue various types of special permits, up to five in a license year, to nonprofit wildlife conservation organizations, rather than to issue only special elk-take permits to such organizations. - Amends TCA Title 70, Chapter 2, Part 2.

Yea

Passed

8–0

Feb 20, 2019

SB 497

Tourism - As enacted, changes the deadline from December 31, 2022, to December 31, 2024, by which certain qualified public use facilities must be placed in service as it relates to the apportionment and distribution of sales and use taxes. - Amends TCA Section 7-88-106.

Yea

Passed

8–0

Feb 20, 2019

SB 439

Game and Fish Laws - As enacted, authorizes executive director of the Tennessee wildlife resources agency to issue various types of special permits, up to five in a license year, to nonprofit wildlife conservation organizations, rather than to issue only special elk-take permits to such organizations. - Amends TCA Title 70, Chapter 2, Part 2.

Yea

Passed

8–0

Feb 20, 2019

HB 503

Regional Authorities and Special Districts - As enacted, allows the East Tennessee regional agribusiness marketing authority to develop, market, and promote facilities for warehousing, distribution, light manufacturing, and agribusiness purposes, and enter lease purchase agreements by a two-thirds (2/3) majority vote by the board, and removes tax exempt status for any ETRAMA property sold under a lease purchase agreement. - Amends TCA Title 64, Chapter 10, Part 1.

Yea

Passed

8–0

Feb 20, 2019

SB 919

Herbal Products and Natural Foods - As enacted, expands definition of "wild ginseng" to include ginseng introduced or increased in abundance in its natural habitat by introducing plantlets sourced from wild ginseng stock; defines plantlets. - Amends TCA Title 70, Chapter 8, Part 2.

Yea

Passed

8–0

Feb 20, 2019