R Tennessee Senate · District 17 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Mark Pody

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Session

Total votes

22,511

all sessions

Attendance

92%

1,664 missed

Near the chamber average

With party

98%

of cast votes

Lower than 97% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

crosses aisle rarely

Higher than 93% of chamber peers

About Sen. Mark Pody

Sen. serving Tennessee District 17. Member of the Republican party. Has been in office 8 years · 8 months. Serves on Transportation and Safety, Education and Energy, Agriculture and Natural Resources.

Sworn in

Dec 20, 2017

8 years · 8 months

Closest ally

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How Mark votes, broken down

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Criminal Justice 64% / 36%

16 support · 9 oppose

Education 61% / 39%

17 support · 11 oppose

Budget & Taxes 55% / 45%

6 support · 5 oppose

Labor & Employment 50% / 50%

1 support · 13 oppose

Transportation 50% / 50%

2 support · 2 oppose

Immigration 36% / 64%

Last activity

Recent legislative activity

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SB 1766Regional Authorities and Special Districts - As enacted, revises various provisions of the Real Estate Infrastructure Development Act of 2025. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 9; Title 12; Title 13; Title 66; Title 67 and Title 68. signed

3 months ago

SB 259Children - 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 medical records of the child, including those records related to treatments available to unemancipated minors without parental consent; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 36; Title 37; Title 49; Title 63 and Title 68. signed

3 months ago

SB 1960Education, Curriculum - As enacted, requires each director of schools for an LEA and each director of a public charter school to annually ensure that students in grades K-12 enrolled in the LEA or public charter school observe the Fourth of July during the school year by receiving age- and grade-appropriate instruction on the founding of the United States, the separation of the original 13 colonies from Great Britain, the Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution, and the fundamental rights and freedoms enjoyed by American citizens. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 50 and Title 49, Chapter 6. in committee

3 months ago

SB 303Education - As enacted, authorizes local boards of education and public charter school governing bodies to allow schools in the LEA or the public charter school, as applicable, to display the Ten Commandments, the first sentence of the second paragraph of the preamble to the Declaration of Independence, and the preamble to the United States Constitution in a prominent location in a school building. - Amends TCA Title 49. in committee

4 months ago

SJR 1172Memorials, Recognition - R. Larry Smith - signed

4 months ago

SJR 1252Memorials, Retirement - Trooper William Bennett - signed

4 months ago

SJR 1173Memorials, Recognition - Irlene Mandrell - signed

4 months ago

SJR 1147Memorials, Recognition - MJ Lucas - signed

4 months ago

SB 564Sewage - As enacted, makes revision to present law concerning sewerage systems using land application; exempts Hamilton County from the provisions requiring the developer of a subdivision or neighborhood that proposes to construct a treatment works to submit an application to the utility serving the area in which the system is located. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 62, Chapter 2; Title 65; Title 68, Chapter 221 and Title 69. in committee

4 months ago

SB 1957Local Education Agencies - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Religious Freedom Act," which authorizes a local board of education to open a meeting of the board with a prayer led by a member of the board as long as the prayer does not require participation of any person in attendance at the meeting and no person is harassed or coerced to participate in the prayer. - Amends TCA Title 49. signed

4 months ago