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R Tennessee Senate · District 9 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Steve Southerland

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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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Date
SB 964
Natural Disasters - As enacted, authorizes a county highway department to perform work as part of a municipality or county's plan for providing assistance for natural disaster relief to private residential property. - Amends TCA Section 7-51-1601.
Yea
Passed
33–0
Mar 13, 2017
SB 693
Charitable Solicitations - As enacted, deletes registration requirement for professional fund raising counsel, which are persons who, for compensation, plan, manage, advise, consult, or prepare material for a charitable organization for the solicitation of contributions in this state, but do not engage any person to solicit contributions on behalf of a charitable organization. - Amends TCA Title 48, Chapter 101.
Yea
Passed
33–0
Mar 13, 2017
HJR 179
Memorials, Recognition - Alayna Pearle Keeling, 2017 Mule Day Court, First Runner Up -
Yea
Passed
33–0
Mar 13, 2017
SB 379
Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, revises compensation provisions and other provisions regarding substitute teachers. - Amends TCA Section 49-3-312.
Yea
Passed
33–0
Mar 13, 2017
HJR 176
Memorials, Retirement - Tim Tohill -
Yea
Passed
33–0
Mar 13, 2017
SB 819
Water Pollution - As enacted, revises provisions governing the enforcement of the Water Quality Control Act; clarifies that the department of environment and conservation is the sole state agency authorized to conduct investigations under the Act and that other state agencies may assist the department in satisfying its duties under the Act. - Amends TCA Title 69 and Title 70.
Yea
Passed
8–0
Mar 13, 2017
HJR 164
Memorials, Death - Howard Taylor -
Yea
Passed
33–0
Mar 13, 2017
SB 1154
Osteopathy - As enacted, increases from $50 to $100 the per diem paid to each member of the board of osteopathic examination. - Amends TCA Section 63-9-103.
Yea
Passed
33–0
Mar 13, 2017
SB 343
Food and Food Products - As enacted, requires commissioner of agriculture to promulgate rules to exempt from the Tennessee Meat and Poultry Inspection Act any livestock producers who are acting in compliance with the Federal Meat Inspection Act. - Amends TCA Title 53, Chapter 7.
Yea
Passed
8–0
Mar 13, 2017
SB 547
Consumer Protection - As enacted, clarifies that the consumer protection violation of failing to disclose a security breach of personal consumer information applies to a breach of unencrypted data or encrypted data when the encryption key has also been acquired by an unauthorized person. - Amends TCA Title 47.
Yea
Passed
33–0
Mar 13, 2017
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