Bill Sponsor
Steve Southerland
Tennessee · State Senator · District 9 · Republican
Overview
Bills
Votes
Address
Room 712, Cordell Hull Building 425 Rep. John Lewis Way North, Nashville, TN 37243
Phone
615-741-3851
Address
Room 712, Cordell Hull Building 425 Rep. John Lewis Way North, Nashville, TN 37243
Phone
615-741-3851
Featured Bills
Mar 30, 2026
Passed House
Sponsor
Tennessee Senate Bill 2597
Tennessee Fish & Wildlife Commission - As introduced, authorizes the executive director of the wildlife resources agency to enter into agreements with local law enforcement agencies for the purpose of enforcing wildlife management laws and rules; creates a Class B misdemeanor for feeding black bears in areas for which notice has been posted that feeding black bears is unlawful. - Amends TCA Title 70.
Active
Mar 30, 2026
Passed House
Sponsor
Tennessee Senate Bill 2601
Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As introduced, increases from $100,000 to $250,000 the retained risk limit for a single risk covered by a policy of insurance issued by a county mutual insurance company. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 22.
Active
Mar 30, 2026
Passed House
Sponsor
Tennessee Senate Bill 2602
Food and Food Products - As introduced, increases from 150 gallons to 835 gallons the annual threshold amount of honey at or above which a honey producer is subject to food manufacturing and inspection requirements. - Amends TCA Title 44, Chapter 15 and Title 53.
Active
Mar 30, 2026
Passed House
Sponsor
Tennessee Senate Joint Resolution 976
Memorials, Sports - Tyrese Stovall, TCCAA Co-Freshman of the Year -
Active
Mar 30, 2026
Passed House
Sponsor
Tennessee Senate Joint Resolution 972
Memorials, Sports - Taquez Butler, All-TCCAA First Team -
Active
Recent Votes
Mar 10, 2026
Didn't Vote
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SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 2 3/10/2026 Passed
Passed
Tennessee Senate Bill 2227
Health Care - As introduced, removes provisions relative to a report that was due by December 15, 2022, from the department of health concerning remote use of the special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children. - 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.
Mar 3, 2026
Didn't Vote
Didn't Vote
SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 2 PNV 1 3/3/2026 Passed
Passed
Tennessee Senate Bill 990
Labor and Workforce Development, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the office of employment verification assistance to, using existing resources, create and publish a report on the number of employers that the office has enrolled in E-Verify or conducted work authorization status checks on behalf of. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 50.
Feb 24, 2026
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SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 5, Nays 3 PNV 1 2/24/2026 Passed
Passed
Tennessee Senate Bill 1626
Insurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, requires that a health plan, or an insurer offering a health plan, include coverage for clinical genetic testing for an inherited gene mutation for an individual with a personal or family history of cancer that is recommended by a healthcare professional, and evidence-based cancer imaging for an individual with an increased risk of cancer as recommended by National Comprehensive Cancer Network clinical practice guidelines. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 56 and Title 71.
Apr 22, 2025
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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 14, 2025
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FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/14/2025 Passed (1)
Passed
Tennessee Senate Bill 614
Education - As introduced, requires, if a local government adopts a budget that includes the required maintenance of effort for education funding but fails to appropriate or allocate the full amount budgeted to the LEA, the local government, in the following fiscal year, to appropriate and allocate the unfunded portion to the LEA; specifies that the maintenance of local funding effort required for a fiscal year following a fiscal year in which the local government failed to appropriate or allocate the full amount budgeted to the LEA must be determined based on the amount budgeted to the LEA for the previous fiscal year instead of the amount actually appropriated or allocated to the LEA by the local government. - Amends TCA Section 49-3-314.
Mar 25, 2025
Didn't Vote
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SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Failed in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee 3/25/2025 Passed
Passed
Tennessee Senate Bill 225
Chiropractors - As introduced, requires certain insurers to reimburse chiropractic physicians at the same rate as physicians for the same services. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 7 and Title 63.