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 81% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
0%
crosses aisle rarely
Near the chamber average
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
207
votes against own party
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 159
Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, revises various provisions relative to utility districts, wastewater facilities, the utility management review board, and the water and wastewater financing board; allows utility districts to sell certain appliances and heating systems with natural gas or propane component and to offer installment payment plans and financing to customers for such purchases. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 82 and Title 68, Chapter 221.
Yea
Passed
26–2
Mar 20, 2017
SB 1371
Air Pollution - As enacted, revises various provisions concerning local air pollution control regulations. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 201.
Yea
Passed
6–2
Mar 20, 2017
SB 262
Local Government, General - As enacted, prohibits a local government from adopting or enforcing any ordinance, regulation, resolution, policy, or any other legal requirement that regulates or imposes a requirement upon an employer pertaining to employee scheduling, except when necessary to avoid creating a public or private nuisance. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51.
Yea
Passed
29–3
Mar 20, 2017
SJR 177
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Brian McLerran, Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission -
Yea
Passed
9–0
Mar 20, 2017
SB 92
Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the state textbook and instructional materials quality commission to June 30, 2019; requires the commission to appear before sunset review committee in 2017 to address issue of non-educators serving on textbook advisory committees. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 22.
Yea
Passed
32–0
Mar 20, 2017
HJR 204
Memorials, Professional Achievement - Dr. Altha Stewart, President-elect of American Psychiatric Association -
Yea
Passed
32–0
Mar 20, 2017
SB 1335
Boats, Boating - As enacted, adds provisions regarding regulation of non-motorized vessels; deletes provision that exempts renters of watercraft who have completed a safety orientation from the requirement that any person born after January 1, 1989, who operates any vessel must successfully complete a boating safety examination and receive a certificate from the Tennessee wildlife resources agency or be accompanied on the vessel by a person who was born on or before January 1, 1989, or is 18 years of age or older and is certified to operate a vessel. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 11, Chapter 3; Title 39; Title 47; Title 56; Title 67; Title 68; Title 69 and Title 70.
Yea
Passed
5–3
Mar 20, 2017
SB 1353
Motor Vehicles - As enacted, removes the 150-mile radius restriction and penalty for motor vehicles that are not common carriers and are used to transport agricultural products, farm machinery, or farm supplies; classifies fluid milk products as a nondivisible load that cannot be reasonably dismantled or conveniently transported otherwise. - Amends TCA Title 55.
Yea
Passed
31–0
Mar 20, 2017
SB 821
Adoption - As introduced, permits a surrender that is not made before a judge or chancellor to be valid for use in adoptions in this state, if the surrender was made in accordance with the laws of the state or territory in which the surrender was executed. - Amends TCA Title 36.
Yea
Passed
32–0
Mar 20, 2017
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