Steve Southerland
Tennessee · State Senator · District 9 · Republican
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
May 11, 2026
Signed by Governor
Sponsor
Tennessee Senate Joint Resolution 1138
Memorials, Recognition - Greeneville-Greene County Public Library -
Became Law
May 11, 2026
Signed by Governor
Sponsor
Tennessee Senate Joint Resolution 1170
Memorials, Recognition - Bailey Cheek, The Greeneville Sun's Teacher of the Month -
Became Law
May 11, 2026
Signed by Governor
Sponsor
Tennessee Senate Joint Resolution 1140
Memorials, Recognition - Claire Yi, 2025-2026 Tennessee Association of School Librarians Bookmark Contest winner -
Became Law
May 11, 2026
Signed by Governor
Sponsor
Tennessee Senate Joint Resolution 1169
Memorials, Personal Occasion - Faye Colyer, 105th birthday -
Became Law
May 11, 2026
Signed by Governor
Sponsor
Tennessee Senate Joint Resolution 1139
Memorials, Recognition - Negro Women's Civic Club of Greeneville, 75th anniversary -
Became Law
Recent Votes
Apr 7, 2026
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SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 5, Nays 3 PNV 1 4/7/2026 Passed
Passed
Tennessee Senate Bill 2557
Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, authorizes a health insurance entity to offer a short-term limited-duration plan and hospital indemnity coverage on the marketplace. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 10; Title 12; Title 29; Title 35; Title 36; Title 37; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 42; Title 45; Title 47; Title 49; Title 50; Title 52; Title 53; Title 56; Title 58; Title 63; Title 67; Title 68 and Title 71.
Mar 10, 2026
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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 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.
Mar 3, 2026
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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
Employees, Employers - As enacted, defines for purposes of the Tennessee Lawful Employment Act, a "private employer" as any person who is required by federal law and regulations to report remuneration paid to at least one employee; makes related changes. - 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
Didn't Vote
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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.
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