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R Tennessee Senate · District 9 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Steve Southerland

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Total votes
24,548
all sessions
Attendance
93%
1,705 missed
Near the chamber average
With party
99%
of cast votes
Lower than 83% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
0%
crosses aisle rarely
Higher than 80% of chamber peers
Sponsored
1,724
bills & resolutions
Higher than 95% of chamber peers
Committees
4
assignments
24,548 roll-call votes

Voting record

Yea
24,256
voted in favor
Nay
253
voted against
Absent
1,705
missed votes
Total recorded
24,548
across all sessions
Crossed party
206
votes against own party
Matching
24,548
matching current filters
Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 494
Marriage - As enacted, establishes provisions governing marriage by proxy for persons in the armed forces. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 3.
Yea
Passed
31–0
May 4, 2017
SR 85
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Alicia Middlebrooks, Salutatorian, Westwood High School -
Yea
Passed
30–0
May 4, 2017
SB 726
Uniform Commercial Code - As enacted, creates a streamlined process for certain public officials to contest Uniform Commercial Code financing statements that they believe to lack any legal basis. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 9, Part 5.
Yea
Passed
30–0
May 4, 2017
SR 83
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Alisha Jenay Sesley, Salutatorian, Hamilton High School -
Yea
Passed
30–0
May 4, 2017
HB 664
Physicians and Surgeons - As enacted, enacts the "Interstate Medical Licensure Compact." - Amends TCA Title 63.
Yea
Passed
30–0
May 4, 2017
SB 1437
Greene County - Subject to local approval, creates two divisions within the general sessions court in Greene County; establishes the office of a second judge to preside over the second division. - Amends Chapter 170 of the Private Acts of 1955.
Yea
Passed
30–0
May 4, 2017
SR 88
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Anitra Higgins, Salutatorian, Whitehaven High School -
Yea
Passed
30–0
May 4, 2017
SB 1452
Rutherford County - Subject to local approval, creates new county purchasing act. - Amends Chapter 421 of the Private Acts of 1943; as amended.
Yea
Passed
30–0
May 4, 2017
SB 1460
Williamson County - Subject to local approval, grants the judge of the juvenile court the power to appoint, retain, reappoint, and supervise judicial commissioners; authorizes the juvenile judge to appoint and supervise a temporary or part-time judicial commissioner, subject to county legislative body appropriations for personnel. - Amends Chapter 56 of the Private Acts of 2012.
Yea
Passed
30–0
May 4, 2017
SB 318
Highways, Roads and Bridges - As enacted, provides for the naming of certain roads and bridges in honor of certain specified persons, and provides for the placement of other certain signage. - Amends TCA Title 54.
Yea
Passed
31–0
May 4, 2017
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