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Senate of Tennessee
Tennessee General Assembly
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type

Upper house
Term limits
None
History
New session started
January 8, 2019
Leadership
Speaker of the Senate

Randy McNally (R)
since January 10, 2017
Speaker pro Tempore

Ferrell Haile (R)
since January 19, 2018
Majority Leader

Jack Johnson (R)
since January 8, 2019
Minority Leader

Jeff Yarbro (D)
since January 8, 2019
Structure
Seats 33
Composition of the Tennessee Senate
Political groups
Majority party


  •      Republican (26)


  •      Independent (1)


Minority party




  •      Democratic (5)


  •      Vacant (1)


Length of term
4 years
Authority Article III, Tennessee Constitution
Salary $19,009/year + per diem
Elections
Last election
November 6, 2018
(17 seats)
Next election
November 2, 2020
(16 seats)
Redistricting Legislative Control
Meeting place
TNSenChamber.jpg
State Senate Chamber
Tennessee State Capitol
Nashville, Tennessee
Website
www.capitol.tn.gov/senate

The Tennessee Senate is the upper house of the U.S. state of Tennessee's state legislature, which is known formally as the Tennessee General Assembly.


The Tennessee Senate, according to the state constitution of 1870, is composed of 33 members, one-third the size of the Tennessee House of Representatives. Senators are to be elected from districts of substantially equal population. According to the constitution, a county is not to be joined to a portion of another county for purposes of creating a district; this provision has been overridden by the rulings of the Supreme Court of the United States in Baker v. Carr (369 U.S. 182, 1962) and Reynolds v. Sims (337 U.S. 356, 1964).


The Tennessee constitution has been amended to allow that if these rulings are ever changed or reversed, a referendum may be held to allow the senate districts to be drawn on a basis other than substantially equal population.


In 1921, Anna Lee Keys Worley became the first woman to serve in the Tennessee Senate.[1]


Until 1966, Tennessee state senators served two-year terms. That year the system was changed, by constitutional amendment, to allow four-year terms. In that year, senators in even-numbered districts were elected to two-year terms and those in odd-numbered districts were elected to four-year terms. This created a staggered system in which only half of the senate is up for election at any one time. Districts are to be sequentially and consecutively numbered; the scheme basically runs from east to west and north to south.[citation needed]


Republicans attained an elected majority in the Senate in the 104th General Assembly (2005-2007) for the first time since Reconstruction; a brief majority in the 1990s was the result of two outgoing senators switching parties.




Contents






  • 1 Senate Speaker


  • 2 Composition of the 111th General Assembly 2019–2021


  • 3 Senate Leadership and Members


  • 4 Members


  • 5 Senate Committees


  • 6 Past composition of the Senate


  • 7 References


  • 8 External links





Senate Speaker


The Senate elects one of its own members as Speaker; the Speaker automatically becomes Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee. The current Speaker of the Senate and Lieutenant Governor is Randy McNally, who was elected to the position in 2017. One of the main duties of the Speaker is to preside over the Senate and make Senate committee appointments. The Speaker also controls staffing and office space with Senate staff. The Speaker serves as an ex-officio member of all standing committees.



Composition of the 111th General Assembly 2019–2021



















































Affiliation
Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)

Total





Republican

Independent

Caucusing


with Republicans



Democratic
Vacant
End of previous legislature
26
0
4
33
3

Begin
26
0
5
31
2

January 18, 2019[2]
26
1
5
32
1
Latest voting share
84.4%

7001156000000000000♠15.6%



Senate Leadership and Members


Senate Leaders



  • Speaker of the Senate/ Lieutenant Governor: Randy McNally

  • Speaker Pro Tempore: Ferrell Haile

  • Deputy Speaker: Janice Bowling





























Majority Party (R)

Leadership Position

Minority Party (D)[3]

Jack Johnson
Leader

Jeff Yarbro

Ken Yager
Caucus Chairperson

Raumesh Akbari

Whip
Katrina Robinson

Floor Leader

Brenda Gilmore


Members

















































































































































































































































District Name Party Residence Counties represented
1

Steve Southerland
Rep

Morristown

Cocke, Greene, Hamblen, and part of Sevier
2

Art Swann
Rep

Maryville

Blount and part of Sevier
3

Rusty Crowe
Rep

Johnson City

Washington, Unicoi, and part of Carter
4

Jon Lundberg
Rep

Bristol

Johnson, Sullivan, and part of Carter
5

Randy McNally
Rep

Maryville

Anderson, Loudon, and part of Knox
6

Becky Duncan Massey
Rep

Knoxville
Part of Knox
7

Richard Briggs
Rep

Knoxville
Part of Knox
8

Frank Niceley
Rep

Strawberry Plains

Claiborne, Grainger, Hancock, Hawkins, Union, and Jefferson
9

Mike Bell
Rep

Riceville

Polk, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, and part of Bradley
10

Todd Gardenhire
Rep

Chattanooga
Parts of Hamilton and Bradley
11

Bo Watson
Rep

Hixson
Part of Hamilton
12

Ken Yager
Rep

Kingston

Campbell, Fentress, Morgan, Rhea, Roane, Pickett, and Scott
13

Dawn White
Rep

Murfreesboro
Part of Rutherford
14
Shane Reeves
Rep

Murfreesboro

Bedford, Lincoln, Marshall, Moore, and part of Rutherford
15

Paul Bailey
Rep

Sparta

Cumberland, Jackson, Overton, Bledsoe, Putnam, and White
16

Janice Bowling
Rep

Tullahoma

Coffee, Franklin, Grundy, Marion, Van Buren, and Warren
17

Mark Pody
Rep

Lebanon

Cannon, Clay, DeKalb, Macon, Smith, and Wilson
18

Ferrell Haile
Rep

Gallatin

Sumner, Trousdale, and part of Davidson
19

Brenda Gilmore
Dem

Nashville
Part of Davidson
20

Steven Dickerson
Rep

Nashville
Part of Davidson
21

Jeff Yarbro
Dem

Nashville
Part of Davidson
22

Rosalind Kurita
Ind

Clarksville

Stewart, Houston, and Montgomery
23

Jack Johnson
Rep

Franklin

Williamson
24

John Stevens
Rep

Huntingdon

Benton, Carroll, Gibson, Henry, Obion, and Weakley
25

Kerry Roberts
Rep

Springfield

Cheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys, and Robertson
26

Dolores Gresham
Rep

Somerville

Chester, Decatur, Fayette, Hardeman, Hardin, Haywood, McNairy, and Henderson
27

Ed Jackson
Rep

Jackson

Madison, Crockett, Dyer, Lake, and Lauderdale
28

Joey Hensley
Rep

Hohenwald

Giles, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury, Perry, and Wayne
29

Raumesh Akbari
Dem
Memphis
Part of Shelby
30

Sara Kyle
Dem

Memphis
Part of Shelby
31

Brian Kelsey
Rep

Germantown
Part of Shelby
32
Vacant



Tipton and part of Shelby
33
Katrina Robinson
Dem

Memphis
Part of Shelby


Senate Committees


The Tennessee State Senate has 12 committees in total: 9 standing Committees and 3 Select Committees. During the 111th General Assembly, they are:[4]














































Standing Committees
Committee Name
Chair
Commerce and Labor

Paul Bailey (R)
Education

Dolores Gresham (R)
Energy, Agriculture, and Natural Resources

Steve Southerland (R)
Finance, Ways, and Means

Bo Watson (R)
Government Operations

Kerry Roberts (R)
Health and Welfare

Rusty Crowe (R)
Judiciary

Mike Bell (R)
State and Local Government

Steve Dickerson (R)
Transportation and Safety

Becky Duncan Massey (R)























Select Committees
Committee Name
Chair
Calendar

Ed Jackson (R)
Ethics

Richard Briggs (R)
Rules

Bo Watson (R)




Past composition of the Senate




References





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  2. ^ "Newly-appointed Senator Rosalind Kurita accepts invitation to caucus with Republicans in Tennessee Senate". Tennessee Senate Republican Caucus. 2019-01-15. Retrieved 2019-01-17.


  3. ^ "Tennessee's Senate Democrats elect Nashville's Jeff Yarbro as minority leader". The Tennessean. Retrieved 2019-01-30.


  4. ^ "Legislative Senate Committees - Tennessee General Assembly". www.capitol.tn.gov. Retrieved 2019-01-15.




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