Steve Southerland

TN Senate District 9 Former

Republican Tennessee since Nov 8, 2022

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Topics in their record

Topics found in sponsored legislation and separately sourced statements. Legislative activity on a topic is not presented as a policy stance. 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)

Bill	Motion / question	Position	Chamber · stage · roll	Date	Outcome	Source
SB 610 TennCare - As introduced, requires TennCare to provide eligible covered enrollees with continuous…	FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/6/2023 Passed	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll b9e8f4a5-290c-4868-bbe2-35bbdb948442	Mar 6, 2023	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/b9e8f4a5-290c-4868-bbe2-35bbdb948442 CC0-1.0
SB 3 Abortion - As introduced, clarifies that the term "abortion," as defined for the offense of…	FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur Amend# 1 by Johnson 3/2/2023 Passed	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll e1b96182-8e10-4d48-a54e-994f1fc825d8	Mar 2, 2023	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/e1b96182-8e10-4d48-a54e-994f1fc825d8 CC0-1.0
	FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/9/2023 Passed	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 0ebd52f4-c53d-4a32-a3ab-e612c65f023f	Feb 9, 2023	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/0ebd52f4-c53d-4a32-a3ab-e612c65f023f CC0-1.0
SB 123 Political Parties - As introduced, prescribes a process by which a person must declare a statewide…	SENATE ENERGY, AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and…	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 67c01e32-840b-4242-8bcc-f2336ce075be	Mar 1, 2023	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/67c01e32-840b-4242-8bcc-f2336ce075be CC0-1.0
SB 268 Immigration - As introduced, requires a financial institution to verify the immigration status of a…	FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/27/2023 Passed	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll c5bdf5e6-7957-4bea-abe5-ceb0239e0da9	Feb 27, 2023	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/c5bdf5e6-7957-4bea-abe5-ceb0239e0da9 CC0-1.0
	SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/21/2023 Passed	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 52c10c95-479d-4cce-a810-6237d53ae2de	Feb 21, 2023	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/52c10c95-479d-4cce-a810-6237d53ae2de CC0-1.0
SB 1408 Traffic Safety - As introduced, removes the prohibition on a person physically holding or…	FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/27/2023 Passed	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll e5343763-4d75-4149-985f-466f3db98137	Feb 27, 2023	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/e5343763-4d75-4149-985f-466f3db98137 CC0-1.0
SB 42 Natural Disasters - As introduced, creates the State Disaster Relief Program to be administered by…	FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/13/2023 Passed	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 97bfb30d-1992-4eff-bd65-2dadd2e8bf5f	Feb 13, 2023	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/97bfb30d-1992-4eff-bd65-2dadd2e8bf5f CC0-1.0
HJR 6 Memorials, Retirement - Ralph Schulz -	FLOOR VOTE: 1/12/2023 Passed	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll eb0425c9-3fe5-4c80-9d74-edda32ade138	Jan 12, 2023	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/eb0425c9-3fe5-4c80-9d74-edda32ade138 CC0-1.0
SB 137 Planning, Public - As introduced, requires a local legislative body to approve an application for a…	FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 4/28/2021 Passed	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 5bb64323-c415-4b27-82ea-f4dbf0209d9c	Apr 28, 2021	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/5bb64323-c415-4b27-82ea-f4dbf0209d9c CC0-1.0
	FLOOR VOTE: Amendment #2 Division #2 4/1/2021 Passed	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 9cb6642a-3276-4dce-854f-b4efad8fdfdb	Apr 1, 2021	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/9cb6642a-3276-4dce-854f-b4efad8fdfdb CC0-1.0
	FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/1/2021 Passed	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 9eed9dde-294a-4496-8a88-e569ed813532	Apr 1, 2021	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/9eed9dde-294a-4496-8a88-e569ed813532 CC0-1.0
HB 831 Taxes, Privilege - As introduced, reallocates 3 percent of revenue derived from the beer barrelage…	FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/5/2021 Passed	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 898bc85d-c18b-497a-964e-290247fec2cc	Apr 5, 2021	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/898bc85d-c18b-497a-964e-290247fec2cc CC0-1.0
SB 283 Water Pollution - As introduced, removes requirement that installers of subsurface sewage disposal…	FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/15/2021 Passed	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll cbb23657-cc94-48cc-850a-cc21ff702e7e	Mar 15, 2021	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/cbb23657-cc94-48cc-850a-cc21ff702e7e CC0-1.0
SB 309 Alcoholic Beverage Commission - As introduced, changes from March 1 to February 15 the date by…	FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/1/2021 Passed	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 8066c60d-d434-44ad-ae26-91aa066f9384	Mar 1, 2021	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/8066c60d-d434-44ad-ae26-91aa066f9384 CC0-1.0
SJR 8 Memorials, Sports - University of Tennessee baseball team, 2024 NCAA Men's College World Series…	FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 1/14/2021 Passed	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 345dd9a6-5518-45fd-bed7-748d34b48ee7	Jan 14, 2021	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/345dd9a6-5518-45fd-bed7-748d34b48ee7 CC0-1.0
SB 598 Public Utilities - As introduced, extends from January 1 to February 1, the deadline for local…	FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/18/2019 Passed	Nay	upper · stage not recorded · roll de7cbcbb-4480-497f-9b09-768e2222c08d	Mar 18, 2019	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/de7cbcbb-4480-497f-9b09-768e2222c08d CC0-1.0
SB 150 Education - As introduced, allows students to use their score on the Classic Learning Test (CLT) to…	FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/4/2019 Passed	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll a2482872-bad3-4c4b-905b-c162164fe160	Mar 4, 2019	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/a2482872-bad3-4c4b-905b-c162164fe160 CC0-1.0
HJR 94 Constitutional Amendments - Proposes amendments to Article II of the Constitution of Tennessee to…	FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/11/2019 Passed	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 1d9cf0a0-f55e-4da6-8dcd-493e03dbdb8c	Feb 11, 2019	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/1d9cf0a0-f55e-4da6-8dcd-493e03dbdb8c CC0-1.0
SB 710 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, requires the punishment for the offense of misuse of official…	FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT 3/27/2017 Passed	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 90d764e9-c047-4ef5-b24d-71eade190fd2	Mar 27, 2017	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/90d764e9-c047-4ef5-b24d-71eade190fd2 CC0-1.0
SB 823 Election Laws - As introduced, clarifies that the county election commissions have the duty to…	FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT 3/20/2017 Passed	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 78947a4b-6cfb-4543-929f-03360ba9fc7f	Mar 20, 2017	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/78947a4b-6cfb-4543-929f-03360ba9fc7f CC0-1.0
HJR 309 Memorials, Recognition - Sudden Unexplained Death in Children Awareness Month -	FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT 4/21/2015 Passed	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 5fdd021b-0172-4999-9492-60b6c625a7b2	Apr 21, 2015	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/5fdd021b-0172-4999-9492-60b6c625a7b2 CC0-1.0
SB 446 Highways, Roads and Bridges - As introduced, requires TACIR to study overall road safety and submit…	FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT 3/31/2011 Passed	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll d2c377d7-a762-41be-9879-0d9c7cee1e1f	Mar 31, 2011	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/d2c377d7-a762-41be-9879-0d9c7cee1e1f CC0-1.0
HJR 12 Constitutional Amendments - Proposes an amendment to Article VI, Section 14 of the Tennessee…	FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT 2/7/2011 Passed	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 17929b28-3039-4184-87ca-381d804f9c30	Feb 7, 2011	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/17929b28-3039-4184-87ca-381d804f9c30 CC0-1.0
SB 402 Consumer Protection - As introduced, prohibits healthcare providers from reporting a patient's…	FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT 6/7/2007 Passed	Yea	upper · stage not recorded · roll 84362370-f200-45a7-b300-e01b840619cb	Jun 7, 2007	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/84362370-f200-45a7-b300-e01b840619cb CC0-1.0

Topics in their record

Offices & terms

Roll-call votes (50 recorded)

Sponsored legislation (250 as lead sponsor)