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 81% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

0%

crosses aisle rarely

Near the chamber average

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

207

votes against own party

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SJR 257

Memorials, Personal Occasion - Lessie Virginia Jackson, 100th birthday -

Yea

Passed

28–0

Mar 27, 2017

SJR 249

Memorials, Recognition - Smoky Mountain Field School, 40th anniversary -

Yea

Passed

28–0

Mar 27, 2017

SB 527

Solid Waste Disposal - As enacted, requires county and municipal mayors, and any other authorities, who appoint members to municipal solid waste regional boards to strive to ensure that at least two elected officials serve on each regional board; authorizes the department of environment and conservation to provide guidelines and best practices for composting and recycling to regional board members, advisory committees, and Class I, Class III, and Class IV landfill owners and operators. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 211, Part 8.

Yea

Passed

8–0

Mar 27, 2017

HJR 209

Memorials, Death - Jay West -

Yea

Passed

28–0

Mar 27, 2017

SB 738

Health Care - As introduced, increases the cap on the amount healthcare providers can charge for copying medical records, other than for records involving workers' compensation cases, from $20.00 for the first five pages and 50 cents per page for each page copied after the first five pages, to $24.00 for the first five pages and 50 cents per page for each page copied after the first five pages. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 64.

Yea

Passed

29–0

Mar 27, 2017

SB 1167

Codes - As enacted, authorizes the state fire marshal to inspect an owner's building upon the owner's request to determine if the building meets the statewide safety standards even if the building is located in a county or municipality that has opted out of the statewide safety codes. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 120.

Yea

Passed

29–0

Mar 27, 2017

SB 509

Housing - As enacted, adds East Ridge to governing bodies authorized to adopt ordinances to inspect residential rental dwelling units that are either deteriorated or in the process of deteriorating for compliance with applicable codes. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 21, Part 3.

Yea

Passed

29–0

Mar 27, 2017

SJR 253

Memorials, Recognition - Kay Senter, Good Scout Award -

Yea

Passed

28–0

Mar 27, 2017

SB 906

Game and Fish Laws - As enacted, establishes that requirements on the size, placement and inspection of steel traps used in the taking of wildlife be set by rule or proclamation of the fish and wildlife commission, as necessary, rather than by statute. - Amends TCA Title 70, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Section 70-4-120. Against party

Nay

Passed

6–2

Mar 27, 2017

SJR 226

Memorials, Recognition - Brittni Walker, 2017 Nashville's Top 30 Under 30 -

Yea

Passed

32–0

Mar 23, 2017