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 83% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

0%

crosses aisle rarely

Higher than 80% of chamber peers

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

206

votes against own party

This page

24,548

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SB 568

Annexation - As enacted, deletes the limitation allowing non-contiguous annexation by resolution to occur only in a county having a population according to the most recent decennial census that is greater than 44.5 percent and 50,000 of its population in the preceding decennial census. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 51, Part 1.

Yea

Passed

28–0

Apr 13, 2017

SJR 303

Memorials, Recognition - Aubrey Randy Burleson, 2017 Community Leadership Award -

Yea

Passed

27–0

Apr 13, 2017

SB 997

Banks and Financial Institutions - As enacted, increases the maximum annual interest rate (or equivalent daily, weekly, monthly, or quarterly rate) that a bank may charge and collect with respect to extensions of credit made on credit card accounts from 21 percent to 30 percent. - Amends TCA Title 45, Chapter 2, Part 19.

Yea

Passed

22–6

Apr 13, 2017

HJR 247

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Casey Thyen, Top Ten, Spring Hill High School -

Yea

Passed

27–0

Apr 13, 2017

SJR 306

Memorials, Death - Garry Kreis -

Yea

Passed

27–0

Apr 13, 2017

HJR 248

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Shelby Rummage, Top Ten, Spring Hill High School -

Yea

Passed

27–0

Apr 13, 2017

SJR 305

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Gary Daniel Burns, Salutatarian, William Blount High School -

Yea

Passed

27–0

Apr 13, 2017

HB 872

Education - As enacted, requires the department of education to review all current laws and policies related to exclusionary discipline practices in public schools for students in pre-kindergarten through kindergarten and to develop guidelines and standards for alternatives to exclusionary discipline practices based on the findings of the review; establishes other related requirements. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 10; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

Yea

Passed

29–0

Apr 13, 2017

HJR 243

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Amanda Bennett, Salutatorian, Spring Hill High School -

Yea

Passed

27–0

Apr 13, 2017

SJR 308

Memorials, Professional Achievement - John Hammonds, Biologist of the Year -

Yea

Passed

27–0

Apr 13, 2017