Steve Southerland

TN Senate District 9 Former

Republican Tennessee since Nov 8, 2022

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Issue areas

Derived from issue-tagged bills they sponsored and stated positions — each links to the underlying record. AI-derived tags

Government Operations & Budget 25 Banking & Finance 9 Economy & Taxes 7 Environment & Energy 7 Transportation & Infrastructure 6 Education 5 Criminal Justice & Policing 4 Housing 4 Agriculture 3 Elections & Voting 3 Healthcare 3 Technology & Privacy 3 Civil Rights & Liberties 2 Social Services & Welfare 2 Veterans Affairs 2

Offices & terms

Office	Party	From	To	Source
TN Senate District 9 Tennessee	Republican	Nov 8, 2022	Nov 7, 2022	openstates/people CC0-1.0
TN Senate District 1 Tennessee	Republican	—	Nov 8, 2022	openstates/people CC0-1.0

Roll-call votes (50 recorded)

Vote	Position	Date	Result	Source
SB 610 — TennCare - As introduced, requires TennCare to provide eligible covered enrollees with continuous glucose monitoring; establishes criteria…	Yea	Mar 6, 2023	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 3 — Abortion - As introduced, clarifies that the term "abortion," as defined for the offense of criminal abortion, does not include the use of…	Yea	Mar 2, 2023	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 123 — Political Parties - As introduced, prescribes a process by which a person must declare a statewide political party or recognized minor…	Yea	Mar 1, 2023	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 268 — Immigration - As introduced, requires a financial institution to verify the immigration status of a person sending funds electronically…	Yea	Feb 27, 2023	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 1408 — Traffic Safety - As introduced, removes the prohibition on a person physically holding or supporting, with any part of the person's body, a…	Yea	Feb 27, 2023	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 268 — Immigration - As introduced, requires a financial institution to verify the immigration status of a person sending funds electronically…	Yea	Feb 21, 2023	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 42 — Natural Disasters - As introduced, creates the State Disaster Relief Program to be administered by TEMA for the purpose of providing grants…	Yea	Feb 13, 2023	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 3 — Abortion - As introduced, clarifies that the term "abortion," as defined for the offense of criminal abortion, does not include the use of…	Yea	Feb 9, 2023	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HJR 6 — Memorials, Retirement - Ralph Schulz -	Yea	Jan 12, 2023	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 137 — Planning, Public - As introduced, requires a local legislative body to approve an application for a proposed development without allowing…	Yea	Apr 28, 2021	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 831 — Taxes, Privilege - As introduced, reallocates 3 percent of revenue derived from the beer barrelage tax that is provided to the general fund…	Yea	Apr 5, 2021	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 137 — Planning, Public - As introduced, requires a local legislative body to approve an application for a proposed development without allowing…	Yea	Apr 1, 2021	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 137 — Planning, Public - As introduced, requires a local legislative body to approve an application for a proposed development without allowing…	Yea	Apr 1, 2021	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 283 — Water Pollution - As introduced, removes requirement that installers of subsurface sewage disposal systems pay a renewal fee as a condition…	Yea	Mar 15, 2021	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 309 — Alcoholic Beverage Commission - As introduced, changes from March 1 to February 15 the date by which the executive director of the…	Yea	Mar 1, 2021	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SJR 8 — Memorials, Sports - University of Tennessee baseball team, 2024 NCAA Men's College World Series Champions -	Yea	Jan 14, 2021	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 598 — Public Utilities - As introduced, extends from January 1 to February 1, the deadline for local governments that have adopted local…	Nay	Mar 18, 2019	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 150 — Education - As introduced, allows students to use their score on the Classic Learning Test (CLT) to satisfy the eligibility requirements…	Yea	Mar 4, 2019	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HJR 94 — Constitutional Amendments - Proposes amendments to Article II of the Constitution of Tennessee to establish an independent redistricting…	Yea	Feb 11, 2019	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 710 — Criminal Offenses - As introduced, requires the punishment for the offense of misuse of official information to include at least 30 hours…	Yea	Mar 27, 2017	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 823 — Election Laws - As introduced, clarifies that the county election commissions have the duty to purge the permanent registration records of…	Yea	Mar 20, 2017	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HJR 309 — Memorials, Recognition - Sudden Unexplained Death in Children Awareness Month -	Yea	Apr 21, 2015	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 446 — Highways, Roads and Bridges - As introduced, requires TACIR to study overall road safety and submit its recommendations to the chair of the…	Yea	Mar 31, 2011	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HJR 12 — Constitutional Amendments - Proposes an amendment to Article VI, Section 14 of the Tennessee Constitution to authorize municipalities to…	Yea	Feb 7, 2011	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 402 — Consumer Protection - As introduced, prohibits healthcare providers from reporting a patient's medical debt to a consumer reporting agency…	Yea	Jun 7, 2007	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0

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Offices & terms

Roll-call votes (50 recorded)

Sponsored legislation (250 as lead sponsor)