Tennessee Senate · District 12
Ken Yager
Republican
Votes with the Senate's Speaker
96%
On 269 contested votes where both voted · 99% on all votes
Votes with own party
99%
Partisan rank: 4 of 33 in the Senate (tied with 9 others)
Didn't vote at roll call
8%
384 of 4,545 roll calls
Statewide bills passed
23
53 sponsored · 23 became law · Rank 21 of 33 in the Senate
Local bills passed
5
5 sponsored · 5 became law
Where they sit
Every current senator, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
← Most liberalThe aisleMost conservative →
Votes with DemocratsCrosses party linesVotes with Republicans
Ken Yager'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
Tennessee Senate66thpercentile
More conservative than 65% of the Tennessee Senate.
Most liberalMost conservative
12th most conservative of 33
The scores
How these numbers work →Votes with the Senate's Speaker
96%
Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Ken Yager.
On 269 contested votes where both voted99% on all 4,058 votes where both voted
Votes with own party
99%
Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Ken Yager.
On 289 party-line votesPartisan rank: 4 of 33 in the Senate (tied with 9 others)3 senators vote with their party more often
Bills
The bills Ken Yager sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Statewide | Local | |
|---|---|---|
| Sponsored | 53 | 5 |
| Passed both chambers | 23 | 5 |
| Became law | 23 | 5 |
| Vetoed by the Governor | 0 | 0 |
Rank by statewide bills passed: Rank 21 of 33 in the Senate · 20 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
| Bill | Type | Result | Final action |
|---|---|---|---|
| SB 2716 Subject to local approval, moves the date of elections from coinciding with the primary in May to coinciding with the general election in November; increases… |
Local | Became law passed as HB 2656 |
May 27, 2026 |
| SB 2293 As enacted, expands the definition of "consumable material" to include natural and synthetic liquid nicotine solutions and liquid nicotine analogues for… |
Statewide | Became law | May 27, 2026 |
| SB 2221 As enacted, extends the ground ambulance service annual assessment to June 30, 2027; changes the penalty imposed by the bureau on an ambulance provider for… |
Statewide | Became law | May 27, 2026 |
| SB 2177 As enacted, requires TACIR to conduct a study of the salaries and other benefits paid to state and local law enforcement officers in this state; authorizes… |
Statewide | Became law | May 27, 2026 |
| SB 2173 As enacted, establishes a statutory schedule of permit fees for the operation of off highway vehicles at North Cumberland Wildlife Management Area. |
Statewide | Became law | May 27, 2026 |
| SB 1964 As enacted, expands the length of the existing Independence Day and New Year sales periods and adds new Memorial Day and Labor Day sales periods for seasonal… |
Statewide | Became law | May 27, 2026 |
| SB 2178 As enacted, increases the penalty for patronizing prostitution from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class B or Class A felony under certain circumstances that are… |
Statewide | Became law passed as HB 1787 |
May 18, 2026 |
| SB 2167 As enacted, integrates the bureau of TennCare into the statewide planning and policy council’s structure and mission by adding the director of long-term care… |
Statewide | Became law | May 5, 2026 |
| SB 2276 As enacted, prohibits the director of accounts and budgets for Overton County from being terminated or discharged without the approval of the county… |
Statewide | Became law | May 4, 2026 |
| SB 2176 Subject to local approval, repeals act that designated the chief executive officer of the county as the county executive. |
Local | Became law passed as HB 1717 |
May 1, 2026 |
| SB 2175 As enacted, requires the department of environment and conservation to add water system projects located in counties having a population of less than 57,000… |
Statewide | Became law | April 29, 2026 |
| SB 2168 As enacted, requires LEAs and public charter schools to recognize Victims of Communism Day to honor the people who have fallen victim to communist regimes by… |
Statewide | Became law passed as HB 2089 |
April 24, 2026 |
| SB 2130 As enacted, designates October 1 of each year as "APDS Day" to promote awareness of activated PI3K delta syndrome. |
Statewide | Became law passed as HB 1492 |
March 16, 2026 |
| SB 1451 Subject to local approval, increases the annual salary of the mayor from $5,200 to $18,200; increases the annual salary of council members from $500 to $1,800. |
Local | Became law passed as HB 1425 |
June 4, 2025 |
| SB 760 As enacted, specifies that the website where legal notices must be posted must not require a fee or a subscription for a person to view the website; makes… |
Statewide | Became law passed as HB 773 |
May 27, 2025 |
| SB 1463 Subject to local approval, establishes that the County Attorney must be a licensed practicing attorney appointed or hired subject to the vote of the Morgan… |
Local | Became law | May 14, 2025 |
| SB 763 As enacted, requires the department of revenue to maintain a directory on its website that lists all vapor products certified as authorized to be sold in this… |
Statewide | Became law | May 13, 2025 |
| SB 758 As enacted, redefines "remediation site" to include a 501(c)(3) nonprofit entity whose main purpose is to promote industrial development and new nuclear… |
Statewide | Became law | May 13, 2025 |
| SB 750 As enacted, requires the centralized immigration enforcement division within the department of safety to provide a report to the chief clerk of each house of… |
Statewide | Became law | May 13, 2025 |
| SB 747 As enacted, extends the ground ambulance service annual assessment to June 30, 2026; makes other revisions to the Ground Ambulance Service Provider Assessment… |
Statewide | Became law | May 13, 2025 |
| SB 751 As enacted, adds the MidSouth development district to the list of development districts to which this state intends to assist financially; specifies an… |
Statewide | Became law passed as HB 35 |
May 8, 2025 |
| SB 251 As enacted, establishes that a retiree who is a member of the Tennessee consolidated retirement system must have had a bona fide separation of service before… |
Statewide | Became law | May 2, 2025 |
| SB 755 As enacted, creates the Tennessee agriculture and forestry hall of fame as the successor to, and a continuation of, the Tennessee agricultural hall of fame… |
Statewide | Became law | April 29, 2025 |
| SB 753 As enacted, authorizes LEAs to enroll LEAs' employees' children into the voluntary pre-kindergarten program if space is available after enrollment of at-risk… |
Statewide | Became law | April 29, 2025 |
| SB 741 As enacted, creates a criminal offense of possessing, distributing, or producing technology, software, or digital tools designed for the purpose of creating… |
Statewide | Became law | April 29, 2025 |
| SB 749 As enacted, removes the weighted average yield of the accepted offers of the Federal National Mortgage Association's current free market system auction and… |
Statewide | Became law passed as HB 908 |
April 28, 2025 |
| SB 744 As enacted, directs the commissioner of health to, on or before July 1, 2025, add alpha-gal syndrome to the department of health's published list of… |
Statewide | Became law passed as HB 383 |
March 31, 2025 |
| SB 46 Subject to local approval, increases the number of aldermen from three to five. |
Local | 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
10 against the Senate's Speaker; 4 against most of their party.
Every roll call
How Ken Yager voted on each of the 4,545 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.
| Date | Vote | Their vote | Most of their party | Lieutenant Governor and Speaker of the Senate | Yeas–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
- sen.ken.yager@capitol.tn.gov
- Capitol office
- Room 704, Cordell Hull Building 425 Rep. John Lewis Way North, Nashville, TN 37243
615-741-1449
Committees
- Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations Chair
- Commerce and Labor
- Finance, Ways and Means
- Fiscal Review
- Ways and Means
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