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

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SB 683

Water Pollution - As enacted, requires public water systems for which a monthly fluoride test is confirmed by quarterly laboratory analysis to exceed 1.5 mg/L to have each monthly test analyzed by a laboratory until fluoride levels are below 1.5 mg/L for three consecutive months. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 221, Part 7.

Yea

Passed

8–0

Mar 20, 2017

SB 238

Equalization Board - As enacted, changes the standard of review for property tax appeals by limiting review to the record before the hearing examiner. - Amends TCA Section 67-5-1505 and Section 67-5-1506.

Yea

Passed

32–0

Mar 20, 2017

SJR 155

General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - James Stroud, Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission -

Yea

Passed

9–0

Mar 20, 2017

HJR 198

Memorials, Retirement - Faron Todd -

Yea

Passed

32–0

Mar 20, 2017

HB 45

Students - As enacted, revises provisions governing physical activity requirements for students. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.

Yea

Passed

31–0

Mar 20, 2017

HJR 36

General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Expresses support for the Nation of Israel. -

Yea

Passed

32–0

Mar 20, 2017

SB 391

Bail, Bail Bonds - As enacted, deletes requirement that an affidavit of a jailer, warden, or officer be furnished to a court to avoid forfeiture of any appearance or bail bond and instead declares that no forfeiture or conditional forfeiture of any appearance or bail bond shall be rendered where evidence of the defendant's incarceration is furnished to the court. - Amends TCA Section 40-11-201.

Yea

Passed

32–0

Mar 20, 2017

SJR 176

General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Kent Woods, Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission -

Yea

Passed

9–0

Mar 20, 2017

SB 1189

Taxes - As enacted, specifies, in regard to the "retaliatory tax," relative to reciprocity of treatment by other states on Tennessee insurance companies doing business in that other state, that claims challenging liability must be brought in the chancery court of Davidson County pursuant to this state's general law provisions governing payment of tax under protest. - Amends TCA Title 9 and Title 56.

Yea

Passed

29–0

Mar 20, 2017

SB 1223

Law Enforcement - As enacted, requires a blood test for the presence of the hepatitis and AIDS/HIV viruses to be administered to an arrested person if requested by a law enforcement officer, TBI employee, firefighter, EMT-paramedic, or EMT who may have been exposed to the virus; specifies that the test is for any hepatitis virus, rather than just hepatitis B. - Amends TCA Section 68-10-116.

Yea

Passed

31–0

Mar 20, 2017