Todd Gardenhire, Tennessee Senate District 10: 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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Todd Gardenhire'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 75% of the Tennessee Senate.

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9th most liberal of 33

The scores

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Votes with the Senate's Speaker

87%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Todd Gardenhire.

On 271 contested votes where both voted99% on all 4,071 votes where both voted

Votes with own party

94%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Todd Gardenhire.

On 292 party-line votesPartisan rank: 30 of 33 in the Senate (tied with 1 other)29 senators vote with their party more often

Bills

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

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Bills: Todd Gardenhire
	Statewide	Local
Sponsored	70	1
Passed both chambers	24	0
Became law	24	0
Vetoed by the Governor	0	0

Rank by statewide bills passed: Rank 20 of 33 in the Senate · 19 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: Todd Gardenhire
Bill	Type	Result	Final action
SB 254 As enacted, requires a defendant who is ordered to wear a transdermal monitoring device or alternative device, including other alternative alcohol or drug…	Statewide	Became law	May 27, 2026
SB 2543 As enacted, creates a Class A misdemeanor offense when a person operates an unmanned aircraft within 400 feet of or above a ticketed entertainment event…	Statewide	Became law passed as HB 2368	May 18, 2026
SB 1656 As enacted, enacts "Matthew Davenport's Law," which creates certain criminal offenses and testing requirements related to Kratom.	Statewide	Became law passed as HB 1649	May 15, 2026
SB 2334 As enacted, authorizes a local government to use any project delivery method that the local government determines most effectively meets the needs of the…	Statewide	Became law	May 4, 2026
SB 1775 As enacted, adds the governing body of a local education agency and certain other local governing bodies of a public body with the authority to make binding…	Statewide	Became law	April 28, 2026
SB 1659 As enacted, adds aggravating circumstances for a jury to consider when determining the sentence of a defendant convicted of certain offenses.	Statewide	Became law	April 27, 2026
SB 1654 As enacted, clarifies that, as of November 1, 2026, a non-governmental entity receiving in-kind funding from the state or a political subdivision of the state…	Statewide	Became law	April 27, 2026
SB 1479 As enacted, requires the department of correction to coordinate with the department of safety to provide a driver license to certain inmates who are…	Statewide	Became law	April 27, 2026
SB 1742 As enacted, redefines "hybrid electric vehicle" to clarify that it is a motor vehicle that is propelled by a combination of an electric motor and an internal…	Statewide	Became law passed as HB 1874	March 30, 2026
SB 445 As enacted, creates five additional assistant district public defender positions effective July 1, 2025.	Statewide	Became law passed as HB 486	May 27, 2025
SB 255 As enacted, prohibits the disqualification or removal of a municipal judge who was duly elected or appointed to office prior to March 7, 2025, and who is…	Statewide	Became law passed as HB 490	May 27, 2025
SB 246 As enacted, requires the department to convene a working group to study and develop best practices, strategies, and programming for English language learner…	Statewide	Became law	May 15, 2025
SB 464 As enacted, makes changes to the law relative to professional bondsmen and agents of insurance companies making appearance bonds of a criminal nature.	Statewide	Became law	May 13, 2025
SB 407 As enacted, revises the procedure for restoration of rights of citizenship.	Statewide	Became law	May 13, 2025
SB 212 As enacted, expands the requirement that state and local governing bodies make an agenda available to the public prior to regular public meetings of the body…	Statewide	Became law	May 13, 2025
SB 1193 As enacted, revises the present law provision requiring all multi-family facilities, buildings, and structures constructed under a voluntary attainable…	Statewide	Became law passed as HB 863	May 8, 2025
SB 1133 As enacted, revises provisions of present law relative to placing certain defendants on a fugitives list for failure to appear.	Statewide	Became law passed as HB 1256	May 8, 2025
SB 835 As enacted, allows a judge, hearing officer, or administrative judge to award a person or entity that prevails in an administrative or civil action brought…	Statewide	Became law	April 29, 2025
SB 406 As enacted, expands the courts in Shelby County that can hear a petition for an order of protection to include a criminal court when the criminal court is…	Statewide	Became law	April 29, 2025
SB 256 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…	Statewide	Became law passed as HB 601	April 28, 2025
SB 213 As enacted, authorizes the sale or purchase of previously titled antique or unique motor vehicles without a motor vehicle dealer license through auction…	Statewide	Became law	April 8, 2025
SB 19 As enacted, authorizes the attorney general and reporter to conduct an investigation and initiate criminal prosecution of a judicial elected official or…	Statewide	Became law	April 8, 2025
SB 215 As enacted, establishes mandatory minimum penalties of 48 hours in jail and a $500 fine for a person convicted of knowingly selling or distributing a product…	Statewide	Became law passed as HB 72	April 4, 2025
SB 296 As enacted, authorizes a law enforcement officer to seize or impound a motor vehicle that is found with an installed license plate flipper; requires that the…	Statewide	Became law passed as HB 300	March 31, 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

36 against the Senate's Speaker; 30 against most of their party.

Contested votes where they split: Todd Gardenhire
Date	Bill and motion	Their vote	Lieutenant Governor and Speaker of the Senate	Most of their party
April 23, 2026	SB 1847: As enacted, lowers the standard for the use of deadly force to protect property. Concurrence	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 23, 2026	HB 2251: As enacted, creates a pilot project to provide for criminal magistrates in the 10 counties in which the criminal courts experience the highest judicial… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 23, 2026	HB 2219: As enacted, requires the sheriff of each county to enter into an agreement under an available federal 287(g) program, and expands the powers of the board of… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 22, 2026	SB 2452: As enacted, authorizes the consumption of alcoholic beverages and beer on the premises of a temporary special event zone located in Davidson County, subject… Concurrence	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 22, 2026	SB 1915: As enacted, adds local governments to the entities that must verify that each applicant for public benefits is a United States citizen or lawfully present in… Concurrence	Nay	Not voting	Yea (split)
April 22, 2026	HB 1987: As enacted, revises law relative to alcoholic beverages. 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	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 21, 2026	HB 2251: As enacted, creates a pilot project to provide for criminal magistrates in the 10 counties in which the criminal courts experience the highest judicial… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 20, 2026	SB 2102: As enacted, requires, for an electric utility providing services outside the corporate limits of the home municipality, expansion of the utility board to… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 20, 2026	SB 2040: As enacted, enacts the "Freedom, Access, and Integrity in Registered Pharmacy (FAIR Rx) Act." 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 16, 2026	HB 2532: As enacted, revises education law, including, but not limited to, increasing, from 25,000 to 35,000, the maximum number of education freedom scholarships that… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 16, 2026	HB 2502: As enacted, clarifies that the service of transmitting money from a location originating in this state to a location outside of the United States or its… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 16, 2026	HB 483: As enacted, authorizes the attorney general to conduct a study of a district attorney general's disposition of charges and other ancillary matters within the… 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 30, 2026	SB 1915: As enacted, adds local governments to the entities that must verify that each applicant for public benefits is a United States citizen or lawfully present in… 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	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
March 12, 2026	HB 1194: As enacted, defines, for purposes of the Tennessee Lawful Employment Act, a "private employer" as any person who is required by federal law and regulations to… 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	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… Concurrence	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 16, 2025	SR 120: Urges Supreme Court to draft and adopt codes of conduct in the court rules for district attorneys general, district public defenders, and court clerks; urges… Adoption	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 16, 2025	SJR 48: Ratifies the increase of the 911 surcharge rate to $1.86 as approved by the Tennessee Emergency Communications Board. Adoption	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 16, 2025	SB 1414: As enacted, revises present law relative to 340B entities. Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 14, 2025	SB 614: As introduced, requires, if a local government adopts a budget that includes the required maintenance of effort for education funding but fails to appropriate… 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
April 7, 2025	SB 16: As enacted, generally provides that a middle school student or high school student who transfers from one member school to another is immediately eligible to… Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
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 20, 2025	SB 44: As introduced, adds doula services performed by a person with a verification of certification to the list of services that may be provided as medical… Final Passage	Nay	Not voting	Yea (split)
March 17, 2025	SJR 25: Proposes an amendment to Article I, Section 15 of the Constitution of Tennessee to remove the right to bail for the following offenses when the proof is… Adoption	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	Nay	Nay	Yea (split)
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

Every roll call

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

Every roll call: Todd Gardenhire
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.todd.gardenhire@capitol.tn.gov
Capitol office: Room 716, Cordell Hull Building 425 Rep. John Lewis Way North, Nashville, TN 37243
615-741-6682

Committees

Fiscal Review Chair
Judiciary Chair
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.