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R Tennessee Senate · District 9 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Steve Southerland

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Total votes
21,653
all sessions
Attendance
92%
1,637 missed
Lower than 84% of chamber peers
With party
99%
of cast votes
Lower than 87% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
0%
crosses aisle rarely
Higher than 80% of chamber peers
Sponsored
1,724
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
4
assignments
21,653 roll-call votes

Voting record

Yea
21,391
voted in favor
Nay
223
voted against
Absent
1,637
missed votes
Total cast
21,653
across all sessions
Crossed party
184
votes against own party
This page
21,653
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SJR 22
Memorials, Death - Harold "Sonny" Lambert -
Yea
Passed
31–0
Feb 2, 2017
SJR 43
Memorials, Retirement - Louise McKown -
Yea
Passed
31–0
Feb 2, 2017
SJR 39
Memorials, Death - Paul Preston Pickens -
Yea
Passed
31–0
Feb 2, 2017
SJR 37
Memorials, Recognition - Welch College, 75th anniversary -
Yea
Passed
31–0
Feb 2, 2017
SJR 20
Memorials, Recognition - Dorothy Mitchell-Kincaid, East Tennessee Appalachian Hero Award -
Yea
Passed
31–0
Feb 2, 2017
SJR 38
Memorials, Retirement - Dr. Helen James -
Yea
Passed
31–0
Feb 2, 2017
SJR 10
Memorials, Recognition - The LEAP organization, Clarksville-Montgomery County Growth & Impact Award Winner -
Yea
Passed
31–0
Feb 2, 2017
SJR 5
Memorials, Congress - Urges the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to locate a VA hospital in Clarksville. -
Yea
Passed
31–0
Feb 2, 2017
SB 48
Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, authorizes certain historic performing arts centers to sell alcoholic beverages during a performance; authorizes the consumption of alcoholic beverages in the auditoriums of such performing arts centers. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 4. Against party
Nay
Passed
24–3
Feb 2, 2017
SJR 13
Memorials, Recognition - Donald W. Bandy, Sumner Countian of the Year -
Yea
Passed
31–0
Feb 2, 2017
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