Mark Pody, Tennessee Senate District 17: 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

Mark Pody'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 Senate44thpercentile

More liberal than 56% of the Tennessee Senate.

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15th most liberal of 33

On the November 3 ballot

Running for Tennessee Senate District 17.

Also on the ballot: Lindsey Patrick-Wright (Democratic)

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The scores

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Votes with the Senate's Speaker

90%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Mark Pody.

On 275 contested votes where both voted99% on all 4,325 votes where both voted

Votes with own party

95%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Mark Pody.

On 296 party-line votesPartisan rank: 27 of 33 in the Senate (tied with 2 others)26 senators vote with their party more often

Bills

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

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Bills: Mark Pody
	Statewide	Local
Sponsored	74	2
Passed both chambers	20	1
Became law	20	1
Vetoed by the Governor	0	0

Rank by statewide bills passed: Rank 23 of 33 in the Senate · 22 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: Mark Pody
Bill	Type	Result	Final action
SB 1766 As enacted, revises various provisions of the Real Estate Infrastructure Development Act of 2025.	Statewide	Became law	May 27, 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…	Statewide	Became law	May 18, 2026
SB 1960 As enacted, requires each director of schools for an LEA and each director of a public charter school to annually ensure that students in grades K-12 enrolled…	Statewide	Became law passed as HB 1857	May 18, 2026
SB 303 As enacted, authorizes local boards of education and public charter school governing bodies to allow schools in the LEA or the public charter school, as…	Statewide	Became law passed as HB 47	May 14, 2026
SB 564 As enacted, makes revision to present law concerning sewerage systems using land application; exempts Hamilton County from the provisions requiring the…	Statewide	Became law passed as HB 803	May 5, 2026
SB 1957 As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Religious Freedom Act," which authorizes a local board of education to open a meeting of the board with a prayer led by a…	Statewide	Became law	May 5, 2026
SB 1956 As enacted, prohibits a state agency from issuing or renewing a certification, registration, license, or permit to a corporate entity if an officer, director…	Statewide	Became law	May 5, 2026
SB 2253 As enacted, establishes process regarding traffic violations committed by autonomous vehicles, including mailing the notice of violation or citation to the…	Statewide	Became law	May 4, 2026
SB 837 As enacted, clarifies that a "person," as used in Tennessee Code Annotated, does not include artificial intelligence, a computer algorithm, a software…	Statewide	Became law	April 28, 2026
SB 2047 As enacted, changes, from the department of education to the state board of education upon the recommendation of the department, the party responsible for…	Statewide	Became law	April 28, 2026
SB 2252 As enacted, designates and adopts cast iron cookware as the official frontier cookware of this state.	Statewide	Became law	April 13, 2026
SB 1069 As enacted, provides that a motor vehicle dealer license is not required to sell or purchase certain antique vehicles or unique motor vehicles through an…	Statewide	Became law passed as HB 974	March 16, 2026
SB 27 As enacted, prohibits orders, proclamations, or rules issued by the governor under the governor's emergency management powers from contravening, suspending…	Statewide	Became law	June 4, 2025
SB 30 As enacted, creates new misdemeanor offenses, including intentionally giving a false or fictitious name to a law enforcement officer who has lawfully detained…	Statewide	Became law	May 15, 2025
SB 28 As enacted, expands the criminal offense of harassment to include harassment that occurs by communicating in the physical presence of the victim, in addition…	Statewide	Became law	May 15, 2025
SB 1115 As enacted, provides that in a facility operated pursuant to a contract to provide correctional services, or in a facility operated pursuant to a contract…	Statewide	Became law	May 15, 2025
SB 26 As enacted, enacts the "Real Estate Infrastructure Development Act of 2025."	Statewide	Became law	May 13, 2025
SB 1444 Subject to local approval, transfers control and governance of the Tenth Special School District of Wilson County from a board of directors and commissioners…	Local	Became law passed as HB 1418	May 8, 2025
SB 563 As enacted, corrects a reference in the charitable solicitations law that requires educational institutions be approved as such by the Tennessee public…	Statewide	Became law	April 29, 2025
SB 258 As enacted, clarifies that if a point-of-entry treatment device is installed in a facility solely to soften hard water and, because of the installation of…	Statewide	Became law	April 29, 2025
SB 734 As enacted, extends by six years the period in which Davidson County may charge an additional $0.50 privilege tax on the occupancy of a hotel room and in…	Statewide	Became law	April 8, 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

27 against the Senate's Speaker; 21 against most of their party.

Contested votes where they split: Mark Pody
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 22, 2026	HB 2157: As enacted, establishes a Tennessee safe initiative task force, which is administratively attached to the Tennessee bureau of investigation. Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 22, 2026	HB 1268: As enacted, enacts the "Violent Criminal Court Act." Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 21, 2026	SB 1771: As enacted, authorizes certain counties to adopt a resolution prohibiting a municipality or regional zoning commission from exercising zoning authority… 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 1983: As enacted, revises standards for the length of the redemption period for a property subject to a tax sale based on whether the period of delinquency is three… Final Passage	Nay	Not voting	Yea (split)
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 (split)	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 (split)	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 (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 2, 2026	SB 1473: As enacted, prohibits a municipality from remediating a property maintenance violation if the cost may negatively impact the municipality's financial… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
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 (split)
Feb. 9, 2026	SB 587: As introduced, requires the department to establish and administer a pilot program for the placement of hygiene vending machines that dispense feminine… 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 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 1330: As enacted, enacts the "Less is More Act of 2025." 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 14, 2025	SB 449: As enacted, enacts the "Fertility Treatment and Contraceptive Protection Act." Concurrence	Nay	Not voting	Yea (split)
April 14, 2025	SB 308: As enacted, establishes new premier type tourist resorts, urban park centers, and museums that can offer liquor by the drink; makes certain clarifications… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 10, 2025	SB 836: As introduced, authorizes LEAs and public charter schools to refuse to enroll students who are unlawfully present in the United States. Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
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 (split)	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 (split)	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 (split)	Yea
March 13, 2025	SB 956: As introduced, lowers the period of time that must elapse after completion of the sentence imposed before a petitioner may have an eligible criminal offense… Final Passage	Yea	Nay (split)	—
March 13, 2025	SB 207: As enacted, establishes a fund for the development and implementation of programs that benefit Tennesseans by preserving farmland and forestland, including a… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
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

Every roll call

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

Every roll call: Mark Pody
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.mark.pody@capitol.tn.gov
Capitol office: Room 754, Cordell Hull Building 425 Rep. John Lewis Way North, Nashville, TN 37243
615-741-2421

Committees

Transportation and Safety First vice chair
Education
Energy, Agriculture and Natural Resources

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.