Sen. Steve Southerland
Total votes
24,280
all sessions
Attendance
92%
1,637 missed
With party
99%
of cast votes
Lower than 88% 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
24,280 roll-call votes
Voting record
Yea
23,990
voted in favor
Nay
251
voted against
Absent
1,637
missed votes
Total cast
24,280
across all sessions
Crossed party
205
votes against own party
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 1602
Sentencing - As enacted, enacts the "James Bardsley, Jr. Life Protection Act." - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13 and Title 55, Chapter 10.
Yea
Passed
29–0
Apr 22, 2026
HB 1668
Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates the offense for a person to knowingly travel, with intent to commit theft of another person's cash, from a commercial business; a financial institution; or an automated teller machine, on the same path or route as another person without substantial deviation from that path or route while in possession of two or more criminal instruments. - Amends TCA Title 39.
Yea
Passed
25–6
Apr 22, 2026
HB 2177
Education - As enacted, makes various changes and additions to present law concerning public education. - Amends TCA Title 9; Title 49, Chapter 13; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 3 and Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 3.
Yea
Passed
26–4
Apr 22, 2026
HJR 1463
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Allie Melton, Top Ten Senior, DeKalb County High School -
Yea
Passed
33–0
Apr 22, 2026
HB 555
Criminal Offenses - As enacted, increases from a Class E felony to a Class D felony the offense of burglary of a conveyance. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
Yea
Passed
26–5
Apr 22, 2026
HB 2552
Local Government, General - As enacted, requires a local government responsible for reviewing a development application, development plan, or a site inspection submitted by a developer for the purpose of developing real property in this state, within 60 business days of the submission, to approve the application, plan, or site inspection or add the submission to the next available agenda of either the planning commission or the governing body; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 7.
Yea
Passed
29–0
Apr 22, 2026
HB 388
Municipal Government - As enacted, extends from June 30, 2028, to June 30, 2038, the deadline by which a municipality that continues to receive an allocation of state sales tax revenue pursuant to the now-repealed Courthouse Square Revitalization Pilot Project Act of 2005, will continue to receive the allocation of the revenue. - Amends TCA Title 6 and Title 67, Chapter 6.
Yea
Passed
30–0
Apr 22, 2026
HB 1708
Motor Vehicles - As enacted, adds certain language comprehension requirements for certain driver licenses; requires documentation as a U.S. citizen or lawfully permitted in the U.S. for certain vehicle registrations; requires documentation as a U.S. citizen for certain driving and related licenses. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4; Title 55, Chapter 50 and Title 65, Chapter 15.
Yea
Passed
26–5
Apr 22, 2026
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