Tennessee Senate · District 4

Bobby Harshbarger

Republican
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Votes with the Senate's Speaker 95% On 295 contested votes where both voted · 99% on all votes Votes with own party 98% Partisan rank: 14 of 33 in the Senate (tied with 5 others) Didn't vote at roll call 2% 75 of 4,545 roll calls
Statewide bills passed 15 36 sponsored · 15 became law · Rank 25 of 33 in the Senate Local bills passed 3 4 sponsored · 3 became law

Where they sit

Every current senator, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.

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Bobby Harshbarger's seat is marked. Seats run from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right), by contested floor votes. Color shows how often each member crosses party lines toward the middle on votes that divide the parties: solid blue or red means almost never, and purple means on at least 1 in 10 of those votes. Gray seats are members too new to score. How these numbers work

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More liberal than 65% of the Tennessee Senate.
Most liberalMost conservative
12th most liberal of 33

The scores

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Votes with the Senate's Speaker
95%
Democrats Republicans 0%100%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Bobby Harshbarger.

On 295 contested votes where both voted99% on all 4,359 votes where both voted
Votes with own party
98%
Democrats Republicans 85%100%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Bobby Harshbarger.

On 317 party-line votesPartisan rank: 14 of 33 in the Senate (tied with 5 others)13 senators vote with their party more often

Bills

The bills Bobby Harshbarger sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.

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StatewideLocal
Sponsored364
Passed both chambers153
Became law153
Vetoed by the Governor00

Rank by statewide bills passed: Rank 25 of 33 in the Senate · 24 of 27 Republicans

A bill's sponsor is its prime sponsor in its own chamber; co-sponsors aren't counted. Every Tennessee bill has a companion in the other chamber with its own sponsor, and only one of the two becomes law: the sponsor of the companion that didn't is credited through the one that did.

Bills that passed both chambers

BillTypeResultFinal action
SB 2711
Subject to local approval, revises election provisions for city council and the board of education to comply with changes to general election law; reduces the…		 Local Became law
passed as HB 2649		 May 27, 2026
SB 2040
As enacted, enacts the "Freedom, Access, and Integrity in Registered Pharmacy (FAIR Rx) Act."		 Statewide Became law May 27, 2026
SB 2579
As enacted, enacts the "Dietetics and Nutrition Practice Act."		 Statewide Became law
passed as HB 2029		 May 26, 2026
SB 900
As enacted, prohibits a defendant charged with certain offenses from being released on the defendant's personal recognizance or upon execution of an unsecured…		 Statewide Became law
passed as HB 920		 May 15, 2026
SB 2710
Subject to local approval, makes various changes to the charter, including when a vice-mayor is chosen by the board; when warrants to collect delinquent taxes…		 Local Became law
passed as HB 2648		 May 1, 2026
SB 1210
As enacted, requires a prosecuting agency that maintains a Brady list to adopt a policy that meets certain requirements.		 Statewide Became law
passed as HB 1254		 April 27, 2026
SB 2578
As enacted, designates the residential burn building located on the campus of the Tennessee fire services and codes enforcement academy as the "Charles…		 Statewide Became law April 13, 2026
SB 350
As enacted, generally restricts a landlord from prohibiting a residential tenant from lawfully possessing, carrying, transporting, or storing a firearm, any…		 Statewide Became law April 6, 2026
SB 2018
As enacted, revises provisions relating to the production of documents in certain proceedings relating to the retirement of a member of the Tennessee…		 Statewide Became law April 6, 2026
SB 1680
As enacted, expands the duties of the division of property assessments to supervise and direct all reappraisals and revaluation programs beyond the cost of…		 Statewide Became law March 16, 2026
SB 782
As enacted, extends from January 28, 2025, to April 15, 2025, the date by which an assessor must have determined that property was destroyed or damaged by a…		 Statewide Became law
passed as HB 726		 May 27, 2025
SB 357
As enacted, requires the members of a utility district board of commissioners to serve without compensation for their services, except that, by resolution…		 Statewide Became law May 13, 2025
SB 1332
As enacted, prohibits excusing a student from school to attend a released time course in religious moral instruction during the school year unless certain…		 Statewide Became law May 13, 2025
SB 908
As enacted, specifies that the Tennessee One Health Committee is a governing body under the open meetings act; requires meetings of the committee to be open…		 Statewide Became law
passed as HB 731		 April 28, 2025
SB 1445
Subject to local approval, authorizes holding of an advisory, nonbinding referenda.		 Local Became law
passed as HB 1420		 April 23, 2025
SB 619
As enacted, allows a healthcare provider to petition a relevant board after completing a peer assistance or treatment program contract to remove information…		 Statewide Became law
passed as HB 657		 April 8, 2025
SB 620
As enacted, authorizes an antique emergency vehicle registered as an antique motor vehicle to be used for participation in, or transportation to and from…		 Statewide Became law
passed as HB 442		 April 4, 2025
SB 114
As enacted, broadens certain disclosure obligations of state and local governmental entities by requiring their disclosure of covenant violations and credit…		 Statewide Became law March 21, 2025

Budget projects

Tennessee's appropriations act doesn't say which legislator asked for an item, so there's no budget figure for Tennessee legislators.

Contested votes where they split

14 against the Senate's Speaker; 7 against most of their party.

DateBill and motion Their voteLieutenant Governor and Speaker of the SenateMost of their party
April 23, 2026 SB 1585: As enacted, revises the assessment testing requirements for students who participate in the education savings account (ESA) program.
Final Passage		 Nay Yea Yea
April 23, 2026 HB 2585: As introduced, states that the amount of damages awarded as noneconomic damages must not exceed $1 million in a health care liability action arising from…
Final Passage		 Yea Present, not voting Nay
April 22, 2026 SB 1585: As enacted, revises the assessment testing requirements for students who participate in the education savings account (ESA) program.
Final Passage		 Nay Yea Yea
April 21, 2026 HB 2319: As introduced, prohibits an employee of a local government from serving on the legislative body of the local government for which the employee works.
Final Passage		 Nay Yea Nay
April 14, 2026 SB 259: As enacted, clarifies that a child's parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian may, to the extent allowable by federal law, access and review all health and…
Final Passage		 Yea Nay Yea
April 13, 2026 SB 2473: As enacted, vacates the present board of commissioners of each existing authority for metropolitan and regional airports and reconstitutes a new governing…
Final Passage		 Nay Yea Yea
April 9, 2026 SB 34: As introduced, creates a Class A misdemeanor for knowingly giving, selling, lending, delivering, or otherwise transferring a firearm to a person when the…
Final Passage		 Nay Yea Nay
April 6, 2026 HB 803: As enacted, makes revision to present law concerning sewerage systems using land application; exempts Hamilton County from the provisions requiring the…
Final Passage		 Yea Nay Yea
April 2, 2026 HB 1971: As enacted, removes the right of a cause of action for any affected person who seeks declaratory and injunctive relief in any action brought regarding the…
Final Passage		 Nay Yea Yea
March 26, 2026 SB 1369: As enacted, revises law relative to the operation of acute care hospitals.
Final Passage		 Yea Nay Yea
March 16, 2026 SB 1995: As introduced, requires the governor to proclaim a statewide day of mourning and order the state flag to be flown at half staff over the state capitol during…
Final Passage		 Yea Yea Nay
Feb. 26, 2026 HB 618: As enacted, prohibits an individual holding an elected office of a local government from holding another elected office in this state at the same time…
Final Passage		 Nay Not voting Yea
April 17, 2025 HB 816: As enacted, limits to four the number of points that may be assessed to a person's driver record for the offense of operating a motor vehicle while the…
Final Passage		 Yea Nay Yea
April 10, 2025 SB 336: As enacted, revises present law that prohibits a person convicted of an infamous crime after May 18, 1981, from being eligible to have the right to vote…
Final Passage		 Yea Nay Yea
April 10, 2025 HB 601: As enacted, authorizes criminal defendants who plead guilty, best interest, or no contest to also petition for a writ of error coram nobis based on evidence…
Final Passage		 Yea Nay Yea
March 13, 2025 SB 1012: As introduced, treats nieces and nephews of the whole or half-blood of a primary caregiver as being related to the caregiver for purposes of present laws…
Final Passage		 Yea Nay Yea
March 6, 2025 SB 27: As enacted, prohibits orders, proclamations, or rules issued by the governor under the governor's emergency management powers from contravening, suspending…
Final Passage		 Yea Nay Yea

Every roll call

How Bobby Harshbarger voted on each of the 4,545 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.

DateVoteTheir vote Most of their partyLieutenant Governor and Speaker of the SenateYeas–nays
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Contested and party-line votes link to their own pages; the rest link to the official record.

Contact, committees and caucuses

Contact

Official page
wapp.capitol.tn.gov
Email
sen.bobby.harshbarger@capitol.tn.gov
Capitol office
Room 740, Cordell Hull Building 425 Rep. John Lewis Way North, Nashville, TN 37243
615-741-5761

Committees

  • Health and Welfare Second vice chair
  • Energy, Agriculture and Natural Resources
  • Judiciary

Contact details and committee assignments from Open States' data on the Tennessee General Assembly, which it collects from the chambers' websites, as of Oct. 15, 2026.

Source: the Tennessee General Assembly's floor vote records, as Open States collects them, Jan. 15, 2025 to April 23, 2026. How these numbers work · Corrections