R Tennessee Senate · District 12

Sen. Ken Yager

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Session

Total votes

24,590

all sessions

Attendance

96%

777 missed

Near the chamber average

With party

99%

of cast votes

Near the chamber average

Bipartisan score

0%

crosses aisle rarely

Lower than 76% of chamber peers

Sponsored

992

bills & resolutions

Near the chamber average

Committees

4

assignments

Biography

About Sen. Ken Yager

Sen. serving Tennessee District 12. Member of the Republican party. Has been in office 17 years · 7 months. Serves on 4 committees, including Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, Commerce and Labor and Finance, Ways and Means.

Sworn in

Jan 15, 2009

17 years · 7 months

Closest ally

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Top topic

Criminal Justice

46 votes tracked

Voting record · by topic

How Ken votes, broken down

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Criminal Justice 50% / 50%

12 support · 12 oppose

Budget & Taxes 91% / 9%

10 support · 1 oppose

Technology 100% / 0%

3 support · 0 oppose

Education 65% / 35%

13 support · 7 oppose

Healthcare 77% / 23%

10 support · 3 oppose

Labor & Employment 50% / 50%

2 support · 2 oppose

Housing 60% / 40%

3 support · 2 oppose

Transportation 0% / 100%

0 support · 1 oppose

Veterans 100% / 0%

3 support · 0 oppose

Environment 17% / 83%

1 support · 5 oppose

Immigration 11% / 89%

1 support · 8 oppose

Energy 0% / 100%

0 support · 1 oppose

Last activity

Recent legislative activity

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SB 2716Lafayette - Subject to local approval, moves the date of elections from coinciding with the primary in May to coinciding with the general election in November; increases the compensation of the council members from $100 to $150 for each council meeting and from $50 to $75 for each committee meeting; increases the annual salary of the mayor from $45,000 to $75,000; authorizes the mayor, subject to confirmation of the city council, a superintendent of streets and a superintendent of sanitation. - Amends Chapter 325 of the Private Acts of 1945; as amended. in committee

3 months ago

SB 2177Law Enforcement - As enacted, requires TACIR to conduct a study of the salaries and other benefits paid to state and local law enforcement officers in this state; authorizes the commissioner of safety to establish a hazardous duty designation for members of the highway patrol that may be used to authorize additional compensation for designated members. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 9 and Title 38. signed

3 months ago

SB 2221TennCare - As enacted, extends the ground ambulance service annual assessment to June 30, 2027; changes the penalty imposed by the bureau on an ambulance provider for each day an assessment remains unpaid from $50 per calendar day to 5 percent of the principal amount owed per month for each month. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5, Part 15. signed

3 months ago

SB 1964Fireworks - As enacted, expands the length of the existing Independence Day and New Year sales periods and adds new Memorial Day and Labor Day sales periods for seasonal retailers of fireworks for the 2026 retail period; increases the seasonal retailer permit fee from $100 to $150 for calendar year 2026; and authorizes the state fire marshal to promulgate rules to effectuate the act. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 104. signed

3 months ago

SB 2293Tobacco, Tobacco Products - As enacted, expands the definition of "consumable material" to include natural and synthetic liquid nicotine solutions and liquid nicotine analogues for purposes of the taxation of vapor products containing such material; requires the alcoholic beverage commission to issue the fines for the offense of selling or offering for sale a vapor product for retail sale in this state to anyone under 21. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 43; Title 57 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 10. signed

3 months ago

SB 2173Tennessee Fish & Wildlife Commission - As enacted, establishes a statutory schedule of permit fees for the operation of off highway vehicles at North Cumberland Wildlife Management Area. - Amends TCA Title 70, Chapter 9. signed

3 months ago

SB 2178Criminal Offenses - As enacted, increases the penalty for patronizing prostitution from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class B or Class A felony under certain circumstances that are currently punished as trafficking for a commercial sex act. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13. in committee

3 months ago

SJR 1184Memorials, Death - Marshall McKamey - signed

4 months ago

SJR 1186Memorials, Death - Howard Galyon - signed

4 months ago

SJR 1185Memorials, Death - Larry Richard West - signed

4 months ago