Shane Reeves, Tennessee Senate District 14: 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

Shane Reeves'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 Senate62ndpercentile

More conservative than 62% of the Tennessee Senate.

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13th most conservative of 33

The scores

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Votes with the Senate's Speaker

95%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Shane Reeves.

On 293 contested votes where both voted99% on all 4,418 votes where both voted

Votes with own party

99%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Shane Reeves.

On 314 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 Shane Reeves sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.

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Bills: Shane Reeves
	Statewide	Local
Sponsored	94	2
Passed both chambers	51	2
Became law	51	2
Vetoed by the Governor	0	0

Rank by statewide bills passed: Rank 5 of 33 in the Senate · 5 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: Shane Reeves
Bill	Type	Result	Final action
SB 879 As enacted, requires the commissioner to provide the commissioner of correction with a form application for food assistance for use by inmates who are…	Statewide	Became law	May 27, 2026
SB 2557 As enacted, authorizes a health insurance entity to offer a short-term limited-duration plan and hospital indemnity coverage on the marketplace.	Statewide	Became law passed as HB 2503	May 27, 2026
SB 2017 As enacted, requires retirement credit established for a period of disability for a commissioned member of the department of safety or agent of the Tennessee…	Statewide	Became law	May 27, 2026
SB 1793 As enacted, establishes the office of cooperative marketing for recyclables and the recycling market development and diversion advisory council.	Statewide	Became law	May 27, 2026
SB 1786 As enacted, exempts an affiliate broker or broker licensed under the Tennessee Real Estate Broker License Act from the additional licensure and classroom…	Statewide	Became law	May 27, 2026
SB 2556 As enacted, clarifies that a substance that is approved by the U.S. food and drug administration and designated or scheduled under federal law by a final…	Statewide	Became law passed as HB 2136	May 26, 2026
SB 2023 As enacted, extends the nursing home annual assessment fee to June 30, 2027; makes other related revisions.	Statewide	Became law passed as HB 1864	May 26, 2026
SB 1797 As enacted, prohibits a managed care organization from including a provision in the managed care organization's contract with a qualified nursing facility to…	Statewide	Became law passed as HB 2093	May 26, 2026
SB 2544 As enacted, enacts the "Respiratory Care Interstate Compact Act."	Statewide	Became law	May 18, 2026
SB 1787 As enacted, prohibits a unit owners' association or homeowners' association from prohibiting a lot owner from installing an electric vehicle charging station…	Statewide	Became law passed as HB 1875	May 18, 2026
SB 435 As enacted, requires a health insurer that issues, amends, delivers, or renews a contract or agreement for a health benefit plan to take effect on or after…	Statewide	Became law passed as HB 484	May 14, 2026
SB 1935 As enacted, adds a child who is 18 or older and has a developmental or intellectual disability to whom the homestead exemption extends upon the death of the…	Statewide	Became law	May 5, 2026
SB 1788 As enacted, prohibits local governmental entities from relocating homeless individuals unless the relocation meets certain criteria; authorizes the receiving…	Statewide	Became law	May 5, 2026
SB 2558 As enacted, restricts the authority of the commissioner to order tests or vaccinations of animals within the state or that are imported into the state to…	Statewide	Became law	May 4, 2026
SB 2694 Subject to local approval, removes the city manager as a member of the Shelbyville Power, Water and Sewerage System Board to be replaced by an additional city…	Local	Became law passed as HB 2632	May 1, 2026
SB 2547 As enacted, makes various changes to law relative to solid waste disposal, including, but not limited to, declaring that it is the policy of this state to…	Statewide	Became law	April 29, 2026
SB 2562 As enacted, makes various changes to certain boards, authorities, and task forces, including, but not limited to, requiring all vacancies on the state capitol…	Statewide	Became law passed as HB 2255	April 27, 2026
SB 2560 As enacted, creates the "Tennessee Energy Freedom Act."	Statewide	Became law passed as HB 2070	April 24, 2026
SB 2548 As enacted, allows a physician assistant to delegate medication administration to a certified medical assistant; adds categories of medications to the list of…	Statewide	Became law passed as HB 2044	April 23, 2026
SB 1790 As enacted, authorizes the department to adopt or amend a formulary for use in the correctional facilities operated by or on behalf of the department.	Statewide	Became law passed as HB 1741	April 23, 2026
SB 2549 As enacted, adds that a healthcare provider who subcontracts through the contracted healthcare vendor with the department of correction may prescribe a…	Statewide	Became law	April 13, 2026
SB 2024 As enacted, exempts from the requirement that wages earned by employees in private employment are due and payable no later than the fifth day of the…	Statewide	Became law	April 6, 2026
SB 1810 As enacted, authorizes a private entity that is engaged in business with the public and accepts cash payments to round off all figures used in the transaction…	Statewide	Became law passed as HB 1744	March 23, 2026
SB 885 As enacted, allows nuclear energy production facilities to seek pollution control tax credits for certain machinery and equipment.	Statewide	Became law passed as HB 1133	May 27, 2025
SB 875 As enacted, requires the department to revise and certify the population of each county and municipality, and the aggregate population of the state, prior to…	Statewide	Became law passed as HB 780	May 27, 2025
SB 890 As enacted, revises present law relative to a patient's electronic health record and requires a health insurance entity to establish and maintain a provider…	Statewide	Became law	May 15, 2025
SB 881 As enacted, removes the aggregate penalty limits for violations of law concerning pharmacy benefits managers; provides that a pharmacy benefits manager…	Statewide	Became law	May 15, 2025
SB 438 As enacted, creates the advisory task force on solid waste to examine and review issues related to solid waste; authorizes the department of environment and…	Statewide	Became law	May 15, 2025
SB 433 As enacted, prohibits the abandonment of an animal in a person's custody and provides that it is not a defense to prosecution that the person abandoned the…	Statewide	Became law	May 15, 2025
SB 876 As enacted, increases, from $5 to $7, the fee for the service of handling mail orders that renew a registration plate through the U.S. postal service…	Statewide	Became law	May 13, 2025
SB 557 As enacted, extends the nursing home annual assessment fee to June 30, 2026.	Statewide	Became law passed as HB 728	May 8, 2025
SB 518 As enacted, authorizes certain utility systems to borrow money in anticipation of revenue collections and to issue negotiable notes to evidence such borrowing…	Statewide	Became law	April 30, 2025
SB 437 As enacted, revises certain protocols for mental health and substance abuse services.	Statewide	Became law	April 30, 2025
SB 883 As enacted, establishes a deadline for consideration of certain subsurface sewage disposal system applications submitted by soil scientists.	Statewide	Became law	April 29, 2025
SB 882 As enacted, adds that the governor's appointee for the health facilities commission who is a representative of the assisted-care living facility industry may…	Statewide	Became law	April 29, 2025
SB 880 As enacted, generally prohibits a governmental agency from adopting a rule or establishing numeric criteria or numeric limitations applicable to a…	Statewide	Became law	April 29, 2025
SB 554 As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Physician Workforce Information Act."	Statewide	Became law	April 29, 2025
SB 1024 As enacted, authorizes a state university board of trustees to conduct private meetings to discuss or deliberate on matters related to senior administration…	Statewide	Became law	April 29, 2025
SB 889 As enacted, increases, by 15 cents over a 10-year period, and subject to a two-thirds vote of the county legislative body, the maximum mineral severance tax…	Statewide	Became law passed as HB 695	April 28, 2025
SB 884 As enacted, clarifies that a political subdivision that imposes requirements or expectations related to the type of clean or green, or renewable, energy used…	Statewide	Became law passed as HB 1143	April 28, 2025
SB 874 As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Century Farms Act" for the purpose of recognizing the historical significance of family farms that have been in continuous…	Statewide	Became law passed as HB 901	April 28, 2025
SB 558 As enacted, authorizes the commission to regulate the operation of sport shooting ranges rather than firing ranges; authorizes the Tennessee wildlife…	Statewide	Became law passed as HB 921	April 28, 2025
SB 436 As enacted, adds mandating the use of biosimilar drugs as a cost-saving measure the bureau of TennCare may implement; adds that a health carrier, health…	Statewide	Became law passed as HB 1198	April 28, 2025
SB 428 As enacted, authorizes an insurer, for purposes of group insurance plans offered to state employees, to adopt or amend a state preferred drug list (PDL)…	Statewide	Became law passed as HB 37	April 28, 2025
SB 425 As enacted, expands public records exception to include residential information of local government employees.	Statewide	Became law passed as HB 66	April 28, 2025
SB 421 As enacted, clarifies that a physician licensed in this state is the only healthcare provider authorized to prescribe a buprenorphine product for a…	Statewide	Became law passed as HB 1239	April 28, 2025
SB 1427 Subject to local approval, abolishes the Bedford County road board.	Local	Became law passed as HB 1405	April 28, 2025
SB 886 As enacted, exempts a real estate broker licensee who was originally licensed prior to January 1, 2005, and does not supervise any affiliate brokers from the…	Statewide	Became law	April 8, 2025
SB 569 As enacted, makes certain changes to the practice of pharmacy, including removing the present prohibition on requiring a patient to pay an administrative fee…	Statewide	Became law	April 8, 2025
SB 559 As enacted, specifies that if the occupant of a self-service storage facility does not sign a written rental agreement revision and continues to use the…	Statewide	Became law	April 8, 2025
SB 1063 As enacted, removes the requirement that a provider notify a patient of communication between the provider and a health insurance entity or healthcare…	Statewide	Became law	April 8, 2025
SB 556 As enacted, prohibits the commission from exercising regulatory authority over the entry of, rates for, or terms or conditions used by a broadband internet…	Statewide	Became law passed as HB 1136	April 4, 2025
SB 429 As enacted, creates a Class B misdemeanor for knowingly activating and pointing a laser pointer or other device utilizing a laser beam at a person driving an…	Statewide	Became law passed as HB 191	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

16 against the Senate's Speaker; 4 against most of their party.

Contested votes where they split: Shane Reeves
Date	Bill and motion	Their vote	Lieutenant Governor and Speaker of the Senate	Most of their party
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 (split)	Nay
April 20, 2026	HB 1034: As enacted, requires a court to apply rebuttable presumptions when determining the reasonableness in time of a restrictive covenant sought to be enforced… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 16, 2026	SB 2419: As enacted, requires a person who offers sparkling devices for sale and who does not hold a fireworks permit to register each location at which the person… 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	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
March 26, 2026	SB 1369: As enacted, revises law relative to the operation of acute care hospitals. Final Passage	Yea	Nay (split)	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	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
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 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 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 Shane Reeves voted on each of the 4,545 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.

Every roll call: Shane Reeves
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.shane.reeves@capitol.tn.gov
Capitol office: Room 722, Cordell Hull Building 425 Rep. John Lewis Way North, Nashville, TN 37243
615-741-1066

Committees

Energy, Agriculture and Natural Resources Chair
Commerce and Labor
Health and Welfare

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.