Mark Pody
Tennessee · State Senator · District 17 · Republican
Address
Room 754, Cordell Hull Building 425 Rep. John Lewis Way North, Nashville, TN 37243
Phone
615-741-2421
Address
Room 754, Cordell Hull Building 425 Rep. John Lewis Way North, Nashville, TN 37243
Phone
615-741-2421
Featured Bills
Mar 30, 2026
Passed House
Sponsor
Tennessee Senate Bill 1957
Local Education Agencies - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Religious Freedom Act," which authorizes a local board of education to open a meeting of the board with a prayer led by a member of the board as long as the prayer does not require participation of any person in attendance at the meeting and no person is harassed or coerced to participate in the prayer. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Active
Mar 30, 2026
Passed House
Sponsor
Tennessee Senate Joint Resolution 927
Memorials, Recognition - Master Sergeant Roderick “Roddie” W. Edmonds, posthumous receipt of Medal of Honor -
Active
Mar 30, 2026
Passed House
Sponsor
Mar 30, 2026
Passed Senate
Sponsor
Mar 30, 2026
Passed Senate
Sponsor
Recent Votes
Mar 11, 2026
Didn't Vote
Didn't Vote
SENATE ENERGY, AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Failed in Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee 3/11/2026 Failed (1)
Failed
Tennessee Senate Bill 2486
Agriculture - As introduced, enacts the "Freedom to Farm Act." - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4; Title 40 and Title 43.
Feb 26, 2026
Didn't Vote
Didn't Vote
FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/26/2026 Passed
Passed
Tennessee Senate Bill 192
Alcoholic Beverages - As introduced, reduces from two to one the number of credible witnesses who must be present when a law enforcement officer destroys an illegal distillery, still, fermenting equipment, or related property. - Amends TCA Title 57.
Feb 18, 2026
Didn't Vote
Didn't Vote
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/18/2026 Passed
Passed
Tennessee Senate Bill 1577
Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - As introduced, allows a student who was ineligible for the Tennessee HOPE scholarship as an entering freshman based on their high school grade point average or composite ACT score to regain their eligibility for the HOPE scholarship as a transfer student if the student meets certain requirements. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4.
Apr 22, 2025
Didn't Vote
Didn't Vote
FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/22/2025 Passed
Passed
Tennessee House Bill 160
Wine & Wineries - As enacted, exempts the sale of wine for consumption on the premises of a winery or farm wine producer, including the premises of a satellite facility, including tastings and sealed bottles sold at retail for consumption on the premises, from the liquor-by-the-drink tax on alcoholic beverages. - Amends TCA Section 57-3-207.
Apr 10, 2025
Didn't Vote
Didn't Vote
FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/10/2025 Passed (1)
Passed
Tennessee Senate Bill 629
Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, revises present law relative to the privilege tax upon the privilege of occupancy in a hotel levied by municipalities. - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 67.
Apr 9, 2025
Didn't Vote
Didn't Vote
FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/9/2025 Passed (1)
Passed
Tennessee Senate Bill 799
Election Laws - As enacted, generally requires statewide political parties to nominate their candidates in primary elections for all offices for which partisan elections are held at the regular August or regular November election; authorizes, in a county in which a statewide political party nominated a candidate by a method other than a primary election in 2022 or 2024, the statewide political party in such county to continue to use such method with certain exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 2.
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