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R Tennessee Senate · District 9 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Steve Southerland

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Total votes
24,280
all sessions
Attendance
92%
1,637 missed
With party
99%
of cast votes
Lower than 88% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
0%
crosses aisle rarely
Near the chamber average
Sponsored
1,724
bills & resolutions
Higher than 95% of chamber peers
Committees
4
assignments
24,280 roll-call votes

Voting record

Yea
23,990
voted in favor
Nay
251
voted against
Absent
1,637
missed votes
Total cast
24,280
across all sessions
Crossed party
205
votes against own party
This page
24,280
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HB 1831
Controlled Substances - As enacted, makes various changes to the requirements for prescribing, dispensing, and reporting of opioids. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4; Title 41, Chapter 21, Part 2; Title 53 and Title 63.
Yea
Passed
19–9
Apr 25, 2018
HJR 1303
Memorials, Recognition - National Federation of Independent Business, 75th Anniversary -
Yea
Passed
29–0
Apr 25, 2018
SJR 970
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Maggie Battilla, Salutatorian, Upperman High School -
Yea
Passed
30–0
Apr 25, 2018
SJR 969
Memorials, Death - Ronald Lee Ermey -
Yea
Passed
30–0
Apr 25, 2018
HJR 1311
Memorials, Death - Taurean C. Sanderlin -
Yea
Passed
29–0
Apr 25, 2018
HJR 1287
Memorials, Death - Donald D. Haynes, Sr. -
Yea
Passed
29–0
Apr 25, 2018
HJR 1293
Memorials, Death - Carol Gay Wiley Jinright -
Yea
Passed
29–0
Apr 25, 2018
SB 1759
Motor Vehicles - As introduced, removes expired requirement that department of human services promulgate rules regarding child restraint system use by children transported by child care agencies no later than January 1, 2007. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 55.
Nay
Failed
9–18
Apr 25, 2018
HB 2723
Ashland City - Subject to local approval, authorizes property owners that do not live in the city to vote in city elections; removes disability for six months as a reason for the vacancy of the office of mayor or councilman; permanently prohibits persons convicted of certain crimes from holding office; creates process for electing a council member if the council is unable to appoint one in the event of a vacancy; authorizes the city to donate or contribute funds in accordance with state law; renames the city clerk and recorder the city recorder; changes provisions related to purchasing and the sale of city property; makes other revisions to the charter. - Amends Chapter 121 of the Private Acts of 2004; as amended.
Yea
Passed
31–0
Apr 25, 2018
HJR 1300
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Luke Bradley Petitt, Salutatorian, Springfield High School -
Yea
Passed
29–0
Apr 25, 2018
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