R Tennessee Senate · District 9 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Steve Southerland

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Session

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

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

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HJR 1449

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Holly Robinson, Top Ten Senior, Cannon County High School -

Yea

Passed

33–0

Apr 22, 2026

HJR 1473

Memorials, Recognition - Leadership Franklin, 30th anniversary -

Yea

Passed

33–0

Apr 22, 2026

HJR 1454

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Ethan Spears, Valedictorian, DeKalb County High School -

Yea

Passed

33–0

Apr 22, 2026

HB 397

Taxes, Sales - As enacted, authorizes an entity designated to operate a stadium designed to host games of an intercollegiate football team that competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) to receive a special allocation of state and local sales tax revenue derived from the sale of admission to events occurring within the stadium and from all sales of food, drinks, merchandise, and parking sold on the premises of the stadium to fund capital and operation expenses for the stadium. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.

Yea

Passed

31–0

Apr 22, 2026

SB 714

Education - As enacted, requires an educational oversight board to be created for an LEA that meets certain criteria and is established to annually conduct a comprehensive needs assessment of the LEA to determine the factors that may be contributing to the LEA meeting such criteria; requires the oversight board to develop a transformation plan that identifies performance and operational goals for the LEA and benchmarks for assessing the LEA's progress toward meeting such goals; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 49.

Yea

Passed

27–6

Apr 22, 2026

HJR 1440

Memorials, Recognition - Top Ladies of Distinction, Inc., National President Lady Eddie Lee Marsh -

Yea

Passed

33–0

Apr 22, 2026

HB 2510

Taxes, Sales - As enacted, extends the deadline by which a county that borders at least three distressed rural counties must apply to be eligible to retain the sales and use tax generated from a commercial development district from December 31, 2026, to December 31, 2040; extends the deadline for the commissioner of finance and administration to approve a commercial development district from June 30, 2031, to June 30, 2041. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.

Yea

Passed

32–0

Apr 22, 2026

HB 2157

Law Enforcement - As enacted, establishes a Tennessee safe initiative task force, which is administratively attached to the Tennessee bureau of investigation. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 38 and Title 39.

Yea

Passed

25–7

Apr 22, 2026

SB 1786

Real Estate Agents and Brokers - As enacted, exempts an affiliate broker or broker licensed under the Tennessee Real Estate Broker License Act from the additional licensure and classroom hours in training programs requirements for a vacation lodging service firm's designated agent; requires that vacation lodging services be under the supervision of the principal broker of an affiliate broker, broker, or firm. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 13.

Yea

Passed

31–0

Apr 22, 2026

HB 2664

Stanton - Subject to local approval, revises the general powers of the town; revises provisions related to the town judge. - Amends Chapter 142 of the Private Acts of 1990.

Yea

Passed

33–0

Apr 22, 2026