Tennessee Senate · 2025–2026 Regular Session
SB 1847: As enacted, lowers the standard for the use of deadly force to protect property.
Final Passage · April 21, 2026 · Yeas 21, nays 5 · Party-line vote
How each party voted
Lt. Gov. Randy McNally, the Senate's Speaker, didn't vote, so this roll call doesn't count toward “votes with the Senate's Speaker.”
Bill
- Bill
- SB 1847
- Motion
- Final Passage
- Date
- April 21, 2026
- Session
- 2025–2026 Regular Session
- Yeas–nays
- Yeas 21, nays 5; 7 didn't vote yes or no (1 present, not voting)
- Result
- Passed, as the official record marks it
Official record: the bill's page on the General Assembly's site (Votes) ↗
The bill on the General Assembly's site ↗
The chamber on this vote
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How each member voted
Yea (21)
- Paul Bailey R-15
- Janice Bowling R-16
- Rusty Crowe R-3
- Todd Gardenhire R-10
- Bobby Harshbarger R-4
- Tom Hatcher R-2
- Joey Hensley R-28
- Ed Jackson R-25
- Jack Johnson R-27
- Adam Lowe R-1
- Mark Pody R-17
- Bill Powers R-22
- Kerry Roberts R-23
- Jessie Seal R-8
- Steve Southerland R-9
- John Stevens R-24
- Brent Taylor R-31
- Page Walley R-26
- Bo Watson R-11
- Dawn White R-13
- Ken Yager R-12
Nay (5)
- Raumesh Akbari D-29
- Heidi Campbell D-20
- Sara Kyle D-30
- Charlane Oliver D-19
- Jeff Yarbro D-21
Present, not voting (1)
- London Lamar D-33
Not voting (6)
- Richard Briggs R-7
- Ferrell Haile R-18
- Becky Massey R-6
- Randy McNally R-5
- Shane Reeves R-14
- Paul Rose R-32