Sen. Steve Southerland
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 cast
24,548
across all sessions
Crossed party
206
votes against own party
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 286
Election Laws - As enacted, permits the sending of an absentee ballot to an address within a county, regardless of whether the voter requesting the absentee ballot possesses a commercial driver license or a valid transportation worker identification credential. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 6.
Yea
Passed
31–0
Apr 3, 2017
SB 519
Pets - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Retail Pet Store Consumer Protection Act" to provide coverage for certain veterinary expenses to persons who buy defective dogs from retail pet stores. - Amends TCA Title 44, Chapter 17. Bipartisan
Yea
Passed
19–11
Apr 3, 2017
SB 154
Physicians and Surgeons - As enacted, revises certain requirements governing pain management clinics and pain management specialists. - Amends TCA Title 63.
Yea
Passed
31–0
Apr 3, 2017
SB 1196
Education - As enacted, revises present law concerning the use of assessment data. - Amends TCA Section 10-7-504; Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 3 and Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 6.
Yea
Passed
31–0
Apr 3, 2017
SB 1215
Telecommunications - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Broadband Accessibility Act." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 7; Title 7, Chapter 59, Part 3; Title 65, Chapter 25 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 20.
Yea
Passed
31–0
Apr 3, 2017
SB 2
Education - As enacted, clarifies that for purposes of school improvement plans, a school and LEA may choose either the ACT or SAT test scores as one of the assessments for student proficiency. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1.
Yea
Passed
31–0
Apr 3, 2017
SJR 182
Memorials, Congress - Strongly urges Congress and the executive branch of the federal government to change statutes and regulations relating to Suboxone and Subutex. -
Yea
Passed
31–0
Apr 3, 2017
HB 113
Tobacco, Tobacco Products - As enacted, authorizes municipalities located in Putnam County to prohibit, by local ordinance, smoking on the grounds of an urban park center. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17.
Yea
Passed
29–0
Apr 3, 2017
HB 641
Museums - As enacted, requires that certain information in the selection process for the position of director at the Tennessee state museum be treated as confidential and that meetings pertaining to confidential information not be subject to open meetings; requires the search committee to publicly announce the finalists. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 12, Part 1.
Yea
Passed
30–0
Apr 3, 2017
HJR 220
Memorials, Recognition - Blount County Rescue Squad, 60th anniversary -
Yea
Passed
31–0
Apr 3, 2017
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