Kerry Roberts, Tennessee Senate District 23: Voting Record

Where they sit

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

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Votes with DemocratsCrosses party linesVotes with Republicans

Kerry Roberts'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 Senate53rdpercentile

More conservative than 53% of the Tennessee Senate.

Most liberalMost conservative

16th most conservative of 33

On the November 3 ballot

Running for Tennessee Senate District 23.

Also on the ballot: David Lee Marcum (Independent)

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The scores

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Votes with the Senate's Speaker

93%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Kerry Roberts.

On 255 contested votes where both voted99% on all 4,057 votes where both voted

Votes with own party

96%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Kerry Roberts.

On 275 party-line votesPartisan rank: 23 of 33 in the Senate (tied with 3 others)22 senators vote with their party more often

Bills

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

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Bills: Kerry Roberts
	Statewide	Local
Sponsored	42	9
Passed both chambers	22	9
Became law	22	9
Vetoed by the Governor	0	0

Rank by statewide bills passed: Rank 22 of 33 in the Senate · 21 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

Bills that passed both chambers: Kerry Roberts
Bill	Type	Result	Final action
SB 2702 Subject to local approval, revises various provisions of the charter of the City of Charlotte relating to its corporate powers; the city council; the city…	Local	Became law passed as HB 2638	May 27, 2026
SB 2646 As enacted, revises law relative to industrial development corporations.	Statewide	Became law	May 27, 2026
SB 2641 As enacted, revises law relative to pension plans and proxy advisors.	Statewide	Became law	May 27, 2026
SB 2640 As enacted, clarifies present law regarding the revocation of a person's driver license for an implied consent violation.	Statewide	Became law passed as HB 2574	May 27, 2026
SB 1723 As enacted, vacates and reconstitutes the board of directors of the Tennessee education lottery corporation; requires certain information maintained by the…	Statewide	Became law	May 27, 2026
SB 520 As enacted, expands the areas served by the West Tennessee River Basin Authority to include Perry, Stewart, Houston, and Humphreys counties.	Statewide	Became law	May 18, 2026
SB 2636 As enacted, allows student performance on the Classic Learning Test to be used alongside the ACT and SAT for various purposes; makes various changes to home…	Statewide	Became law passed as HB 1729	May 18, 2026
SB 1590 As enacted, designates segments of the Buffalo River, Duck River, and certain other rivers and creeks as Class II pastoral river areas; expands certain public…	Statewide	Became law	May 18, 2026
SB 2722 Subject to local approval, requires the position of mayor to be voted on by electors from the town at large; requires the position of councilman to be voted…	Local	Became law passed as HB 2657	May 1, 2026
SB 2721 Subject to local approval, authorizes persons who reside outside the boundaries of White Bluff but within the boundaries of Dickson County, and who own real…	Local	Became law passed as HB 2658	May 1, 2026
SB 2700 Subject to local approval, increases salary of aldermen from $120 per month to $300 per month, with no such increase to apply to an incumbent prior to the end…	Local	Became law	May 1, 2026
SB 2697 Subject to local approval, authorizes relatives of city employees to be hired in departments other than that of the employee.	Local	Became law	May 1, 2026
SB 2696 Subject to local approval, requires the existing impact fee of $7,500 in Cheatham County, known as the Cheatham County Development Tax, to be allocated as…	Local	Became law	May 1, 2026
SB 2695 Subject to local approval, increases from six to seven the number of school districts and school board members in Cheatham County.	Local	Became law	May 1, 2026
SB 1566 Subject to local approval, creates the Humphreys County Water Authority.	Local	Became law passed as HB 1500	May 1, 2026
SB 2650 As enacted, requires a notification of a restorative justice option, which is a voluntary, victim-centered process that may include facilitated communication…	Statewide	Became law	April 29, 2026
SB 1567 As enacted, revises faithful delegate laws pertaining to Article V conventions.	Statewide	Became law	April 28, 2026
SB 2644 As enacted, enacts the "Crush Transnational Repression in Tennessee Act."	Statewide	Became law passed as HB 2279	April 27, 2026
SB 2642 As enacted, establishes a process to notify a charitable organization that it has been designated as a beneficiary in an instrument that provides for payment…	Statewide	Became law	April 24, 2026
SB 1568 As enacted, designates August 8 of each year as "Clog Dancing Day in the Volunteer State."	Statewide	Became law	April 23, 2026
SB 2637 As enacted, prohibits an individual from serving as a teacher or assistant teacher in a child care program for children who are four or younger unless the…	Statewide	Became law	April 13, 2026
SB 920 As enacted, provides that when the victim of a sexually oriented crime is a minor, the consent of a parent or guardian is not required for the victim to…	Statewide	Became law passed as HB 679	March 23, 2026
SB 519 As enacted, requires foreign persons who purchase land in this state and who file a report of such purchase to the United States department of agriculture…	Statewide	Became law passed as HB 219	June 4, 2025
SB 1454 Subject to local approval, prohibits a person whose immediate relative is an elected official in the city government from being elected as a city official.	Local	Became law passed as HB 1429	June 4, 2025
SB 300 As enacted, generally requires a person convicted of a Class A misdemeanor in general sessions court to pay for and complete a cognitive behavioral training…	Statewide	Became law passed as HB 371	May 27, 2025
SB 276 As enacted, designates the National Guard Armory in Cheatham County as the "First Sergeant Charles Anderson Douglas National Guard Armory."	Statewide	Became law	May 15, 2025
SB 1399 As enacted, creates an offense for a person who harms or threatens to harm an individual involved in the judicial process or a family member of such person…	Statewide	Became law	May 15, 2025
SB 298 As enacted, makes various changes to the approval process and notice requirements for nonsectarian, nonreligious Bible courses; clarifies that public charter…	Statewide	Became law	May 13, 2025
SB 1400 As enacted, revises present law concerning driving under the influence.	Statewide	Became law	May 13, 2025
SB 1055 As enacted, reorganizes present statutes concerning expunction and specifies that facilitation, attempt, or solicitation of an offense that is presently…	Statewide	Became law	April 29, 2025
SB 522 As enacted, authorizes the bureau to provide coverage and treatment on behalf of an enrollee for the diagnosis, including genetic testing, and treatment of…	Statewide	Became law passed as HB 502	April 4, 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

19 against the Senate's Speaker; 18 against most of their party.

Contested votes where they split: Kerry Roberts
Date	Bill and motion	Their vote	Lieutenant Governor and Speaker of the Senate	Most of their party
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 (split)
April 23, 2026	HB 2175: As enacted, requires a delivery network company or delivery network company driver to comply with certain automobile liability insurance requirements. Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
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	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
April 15, 2026	SB 1868: As enacted, requires a child placed in the custody of the department to remain in custody so long as necessary to complete treatment or services, which must… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
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 (split)	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	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
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	Nay	Nay	Yea (split)
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… Motion to Table Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 26, 2026	SB 1603: As enacted, clarifies that if marijuana is rescheduled or deleted as a controlled substance under federal law, the commissioner is prohibited from… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 26, 2026	SB 1369: As enacted, revises law relative to the operation of acute care hospitals. Final Passage	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
March 19, 2026	SB 2441: As enacted, requires an LEA to close a virtual school not meeting certain requirements for continued operation; requires the department of education to… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
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	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 5, 2026	SB 2355: As enacted, generally requires a guardian ad litem appointed by the court to complete training appropriate to that role, including training in early… Final Passage	Nay	Not voting	Yea (split)
March 5, 2026	SB 1591: As introduced, imposes state and local litigation taxes on a person who violates the prohibition against using a wireless telecommunications device or… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 26, 2026	SB 1681: As enacted, prohibits a hospital emergency department, including a satellite emergency department, from denying to a woman who presents at such facility and… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 22, 2025	HB 1093: As enacted, expands the definition of "machine gun" to include any part, or combination of parts, designed and intended solely for use in converting a firearm… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 21, 2025	HB 576: As enacted, makes revisions to law relative to bondsmen. Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 17, 2025	HB 1376: As enacted, provides for the regulation of the manufacturing, supplying, wholesale distribution, and retail sale of hemp-derived cannabinoid products by the… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
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 (split)	Yea
April 3, 2025	SB 7: As enacted, prohibits the commission, and any other state entity other than the state building commission engaged in the historic preservation of real… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
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 (split)	Yea
March 13, 2025	HB 56: As enacted, authorizes certain county legislative bodies, by a two-thirds vote, to remove any member of an appointed board or commission, if such removal is… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
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 (split)	Yea
Feb. 27, 2025	SB 109: As enacted, authorizes a certified municipal finance officer who is contracted with a municipality to provide financial oversight on behalf of the… Motion to Reconsider	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)

Every roll call

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

Every roll call: Kerry Roberts
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
Email: sen.kerry.roberts@capitol.tn.gov
Capitol office: Room 746, Cordell Hull Building 425 Rep. John Lewis Way North, Nashville, TN 37243
615-741-4499

Committees

Judiciary First vice chair
Education
State and Local Government

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.