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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
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HJR 1310
Memorials, Death - J. Thomas Caldwell -
Yea
Passed
29–0
Apr 25, 2018
HB 2626
Public Records - As enacted, revises provisions governing access to investigative records of the Tennessee bureau of investigation by certain members and committees of the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7.
Yea
Passed
31–0
Apr 25, 2018
HB 1926
Liens - As enacted, provides that a real property owner who prevails in an action challenging the validity of a lien, including in a slander of title proceeding, will recover the person's reasonable attorney's fees, reasonable costs, liquidated damages in an amount equal to 10 percent of the fair market value of the property not to exceed $100,000, and actual damages incurred by the owner; excludes actions brought to challenge lien based on loan agreement for which the encumbered property was listed as collateral to secure the repayment of a loan. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 47; Title 66 and Title 71.
Yea
Passed
29–0
Apr 25, 2018
HJR 1287
Memorials, Death - Donald D. Haynes, Sr. -
Yea
Passed
29–0
Apr 25, 2018
HB 2315
Immigration - As enacted, prohibits state and local governmental entities and officials from adopting sanctuary policies; enacts other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40.
Yea
Passed
27–5
Apr 25, 2018
HJR 1294
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Brennan Lusher, Salutatorian, Dayspring Academy -
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. Against party
Yea
Failed
9–20
Apr 25, 2018
HJR 1288
Memorials, Recognition - Phil Keith -
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. Against party
Nay
Passed
25–4
Apr 25, 2018
HB 2664
Industrial Development - As enacted, authorizes an industrial development corporation to negotiate a payment in lieu of tax agreement for less than the ad valorem taxes otherwise due for a retail business for a period longer than 10 years, plus a reasonable construction or installation period of not more than three years, in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Section 7-53-101 and Section 7-53-305.
Yea
Passed
27–3
Apr 25, 2018
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