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

votes against own party

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HJR 1435

Memorials, Retirement - Bobby Trotter, Chief Sergeant-at-Arms -

Yea

Passed

33–0

Apr 22, 2026

HJR 1443

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Alex Whiteside, Top Ten Senior, Forrest School -

Yea

Passed

33–0

Apr 22, 2026

HB 2539

Health Care - As enacted, makes revisions to health law, including, but not limited to, revising certain reporting requirements, requiring a person licensed by the board of examiners in psychology to complete certain suicide prevention training, defining palliative care, and clarifying certain rulemaking authority of health boards and the commissioner of health. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 33; Title 36; Title 37; Title 48; Title 49; Title 52; Title 53; Title 55; Title 56; Title 62; Title 63 and Title 68.

Yea

Passed

26–2

Apr 22, 2026

HJR 1444

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Sierra Tatman, Top Ten Senior, Cannon County High School -

Yea

Passed

33–0

Apr 22, 2026

HB 1847

Computers and Electronic Processing - As enacted, generally prohibits a municipality or electric utility to pay or absorb the cost of electrical infrastructure incurred to serve a data center; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13 and Title 65.

Yea

Passed

28–0

Apr 22, 2026

HB 2136

Controlled Substances - As enacted, clarifies that a substance that is approved by the U.S. food and drug administration and designated or scheduled under federal law by a final order published in the Federal Register is generally considered to be in the same schedule as such substance is designated or scheduled under the federal schedule of controlled substances after the expiration of 30 days from the date of publication of the final order; authorizes a licensed healthcare prescriber who is authorized to prescribe controlled substances to prescribe a drug product that has been so scheduled if certain other criteria are met. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68.

Yea

Passed

32–0

Apr 21, 2026

SJR 1030

Memorials, Recognition - Arab American Heritage Month -

Yea

Passed

23–3

Apr 21, 2026

HJR 1094

Memorials, Congratulations - Governor Lee's deployment of the National Guard to Memphis -

Yea

Passed

26–6

Apr 21, 2026

SB 2320

Campaigns and Campaign Finance - As enacted, clarifies that expenditures of campaign funds to enhance security for an officeholder's personal residence are not deemed for personal use and that such expenditures are limited to home security consultation, home security equipment, home security monitoring services, safe rooms, and the use of security guards at an officeholder's personal residence for non-campaign purposes; clarifies that such expenditures must not exceed $12,000 per calendar year and must be disclosed as "residential security." - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 10.

Yea

Passed

30–1

Apr 21, 2026

HB 2560

Civil Emergencies - As enacted, creates the department of Tennessee emergency management authority ("TEMA") to authorize the creation of local organizations for emergency management in the political subdivisions of the state, and to authorize cooperation with the federal government and the governments of other states. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 13; Title 16; Title 39; Title 55; Title 58; Title 62; Title 65; Title 68 and Title 71.

Yea

Passed

32–0

Apr 21, 2026