Paul Bailey

Bailey sponsored Senate Bill 288, enacted in 2025, adding prostate, breast, and pancreatic cancers to employment-related cancer presumptions for full-time firefighters.

May 15, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Bailey sponsored Senate Bill 606, enacted as Public Chapter 339, revising fee limits for patient medical-record requests.

May 8, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Bailey sponsored Senate Bill 354, enacted as Public Chapter 925, authorizing agreements for private development and operation of facilities on land within Cumberland Mountain State Park subject to state approvals.

May 14, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health

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Bailey sponsored Senate Bill 915, enacted in 2025, lifting certain temporary borrow-pit restrictions for Hurricane Helene road-recovery projects.

April 29, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health

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Bailey sponsored Senate Bill 512, enacted in 2025, prohibiting sales and free samples of counterfeit or unsafe lighters.

March 21, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Bailey sponsored Senate Bill 289, enacted as Public Chapter 480, creating a workers' compensation presumption for law-enforcement officers and emergency medical responders diagnosed with PTSD after specified incidents.

May 27, 2025Supports Labor Rights

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Voted to pass HB 618, which bars a person from holding two local elected offices at the same time. The Tennessee Senate passed it 21-10, and it became law.

February 26, 2026Supports Anti-Corruption

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Voted to pass HB 773, which requires websites carrying official legal notices to be free to view. The Tennessee Senate passed it 23-8, and it became law.

April 22, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption

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Bailey sponsored Senate Bill 343, enacted in 2026, authorizing licensed paramedics to determine and pronounce death beginning in 2027.

May 18, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

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Voted to pass HB 2219, which requires every county sheriff to sign a federal 287(g) immigration enforcement deal. The Tennessee Senate passed it 24-7, and it became law.

April 23, 2026Opposes Immigration

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Voted to accept the House's version of Senate Bill 1915, which makes counties and cities verify adult benefit applicants are citizens or legally present. The Senate agreed 24-6 and it became law as Public Chapter 1106.

April 22, 2026Opposes Immigration

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Voted to pass HB 2502, which applies sales tax to sending money abroad through a licensed money transmitter. The Tennessee Senate passed it 21-7, and it became law.

April 16, 2026Opposes Immigration

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Voted to pass SB 6002, which creates a state immigration enforcement office directing how local police work with federal agents. The Tennessee Senate passed it 26-7, and it became law.

January 29, 2025Opposes Immigration

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Sponsored a 2026 law making it a felony to damage a house of worship or block people from worshipping, and doubling fines for that damage (Senate Bill 2468, Public Chapter 1140).

May 27, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Bailey sponsored Senate Bill 1815, enacted as the Grace Anne Sparks Coercive Suicide Prevention Law of 2026.

May 27, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Bailey sponsored Senate Bill 2466, enacted in 2026, revising criminal law concerning fraudulent freight theft.

May 4, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Bailey sponsored Senate Bill 2465 to bar certain juveniles adjudicated for mass-violence threats from possessing firearms until age 25 and to increase penalties for sexual exploitation of a minor; the bill was laid on the desk in April 2026.

April 23, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Introduced a bill proposing to repeal Tennessee's crimes of carrying a firearm to go armed and of carrying weapons in public parks and playgrounds (Senate Bill 2467). It also proposed letting people convicted of stalking or misdemeanor domestic violence own a gun five years after conviction.

March 23, 2026Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control

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Bailey sponsored Senate Bill 2455 to permit longer delays of financial transactions when a provider suspects financial exploitation.

February 5, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Was lead sponsor of a Tennessee bill raising assault on a first responder from a misdemeanor to a Class E felony, the lowest felony level, with a required $10,000 fine and a 60-day minimum jail term (Senate Bill 1607).

January 15, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Bailey sponsored Senate Bill 289, enacted as Public Chapter 480, creating a workers' compensation presumption for law-enforcement officers and emergency medical responders diagnosed with PTSD after specified incidents.

May 27, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Bailey sponsored Senate Bill 290, enacted in 2025, requiring certain student, locker, vehicle, and property searches to be conducted by a school resource officer.

April 29, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Bailey sponsored Senate Bill 292, enacted as Public Chapter 90, creating a process for immediate sheriff-assisted removal of unlawful occupants from commercial property.

April 4, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Introduced a bill proposing that Tennessee apply for federal Summer EBT money to help eligible children buy food over summer break (Senate Bill 1911). A Senate committee backed it 9-0.

April 20, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted to pass SB 1868, which caps state custody of a child for treatment at six months, extendable once. The Tennessee Senate passed it 22-11, and it became law.

April 15, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Co-sponsored Senate Bill 1608, proposing to waive public college tuition and fees for children of police officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty.

February 17, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Bailey sponsored Senate Bill 289, enacted as Public Chapter 480, creating a workers' compensation presumption for law-enforcement officers and emergency medical responders diagnosed with PTSD after specified incidents.

May 27, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Bailey sponsored Senate Bill 288, enacted in 2025, adding prostate, breast, and pancreatic cancers to employment-related cancer presumptions for full-time firefighters.

May 15, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Bailey sponsored Senate Bill 1612, enacted as Public Chapter 826, allowing full-time state employees to use tuition waivers for more than one course at a time.

May 22, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

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Bailey sponsored Senate Bill 602, enacted in 2025, setting teacher-evaluation attribution guidelines and allowing payment of unused leave to the estate of a teacher who dies while employed.

May 15, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

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Bailey sponsored Senate Bill 2469, enacted in 2026, revising the exemption for judges from the offense of carrying weapons during judicial proceedings.

May 27, 2026Opposes Gun Control

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Bailey sponsored Senate Bill 2459, enacted in 2026, generally barring the Department of Children's Services from demanding firearm inventory details or firearm access from foster parents and applicants.

May 4, 2026Opposes Gun Control

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Bailey sponsored Senate Bill 2465 to bar certain juveniles adjudicated for mass-violence threats from possessing firearms until age 25 and to increase penalties for sexual exploitation of a minor; the bill was laid on the desk in April 2026.

April 23, 2026Supports Gun Control

Source: wapp.capitol.tn.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Introduced a bill proposing to repeal Tennessee's crimes of carrying a firearm to go armed and of carrying weapons in public parks and playgrounds (Senate Bill 2467). It also proposed letting people convicted of stalking or misdemeanor domestic violence own a gun five years after conviction.

March 23, 2026Opposes Gun Control

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Voted to pass SB 2028, which bars cities and counties from setting rules on how wildlife may be taken. The Tennessee Senate passed it 24-7, and it became law.

March 12, 2026Opposes Gun Control

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Bailey sponsored Senate Bill 2459, enacted in 2026, generally barring the Department of Children's Services from demanding firearm inventory details or firearm access from foster parents and applicants.

May 4, 2026Supports Data Privacy

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Bailey sponsored Senate Bill 1807 to prohibit personalized algorithmic pricing for specific goods and services under the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act.

April 7, 2026Supports Data Privacy

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Bailey sponsored Senate Bill 1610, enacted in 2026, authorizing Putnam County and its cities to regulate sober-living homes consistently with federal fair-housing and disability laws.

May 27, 2026Supports Civil Rights

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Voted to pass HB 1271, which requires cities and counties to define sex and gender in their rules by physical traits at birth. The Tennessee Senate passed it 24-6, and it became law.

April 22, 2026Opposes Civil Rights

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Voted to pass HB 754, which makes gender clinics report every gender transition procedure to the state. The Tennessee Senate passed it 24-7, and it became law.

April 13, 2026Opposes Civil Rights

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Voted for the Senate version of Senate Bill 336, which changed the child support condition for restoring voting rights to twelve months of compliance. The Senate passed it 24-8, and a later House rewrite became law.

April 10, 2025Supports Civil Rights

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Voted to pass HB 1237, which bars race-based rules for who sits on state boards. The Tennessee Senate passed it 24-6, and it became law.

March 31, 2025Opposes Civil Rights

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Bailey sponsored Senate Bill 2461, enacted in 2026, requiring Tennessee fertility clinics to obtain state certificates to perform assisted reproductive technology services.

May 27, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

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Bailey sponsored Senate Bill 2458, enacted as Public Chapter 1011, requiring delivery network companies and drivers to meet automobile-liability insurance requirements.

May 26, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted to pass HB 2175, which makes delivery companies and drivers carry set car insurance while logged on and while delivering. The Tennessee Senate passed it 19-9, and it became law.

April 23, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

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Bailey sponsored Senate Bill 1807 to prohibit personalized algorithmic pricing for specific goods and services under the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act.

April 7, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

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Bailey sponsored Senate Bill 408, enacted in 2025, governing school-bus contractor liability immunity and required insurance coverage.

May 13, 2025Opposes Corporate Accountability

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Bailey sponsored Senate Bill 512, enacted in 2025, prohibiting sales and free samples of counterfeit or unsafe lighters.

March 21, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: wapp.capitol.tn.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Bailey sponsored Senate Bill 915, enacted in 2025, lifting certain temporary borrow-pit restrictions for Hurricane Helene road-recovery projects.

April 29, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: wapp.capitol.tn.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Bailey sponsored Senate Bill 2453, enacted as Public Chapter 1038, extending eligibility deadlines for sales-tax-supported commercial development districts near distressed rural counties.

May 27, 2026

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Bailey sponsored Senate Bill 2473, enacted in 2026, vacating and reconstituting governing boards for metropolitan and regional airport authorities.

May 27, 2026

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Sponsored a law setting default rules courts must follow when judging how long a noncompete can last after a job ends (Senate Bill 995, Public Chapter 934).

May 15, 2026

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Bailey sponsored Senate Bill 1904, enacted in 2026, lowering the minimum age for a bid-caller auctioneer license from 18 to 16.

May 5, 2026

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Voted against Senate Bill 2040, which bars an owner from controlling a pharmacy plus both a health insurer and drug-benefit manager from 2028. The Tennessee Senate passed it 24-9, and it became law.

April 20, 2026

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Voted against HB 1194, which extends the work authorization law to almost every private employer. The Tennessee Senate passed it 19-13, and it became law.

March 12, 2026

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Bailey sponsored Senate Bill 128, enacted in 2025, making changes to chiropractic practice including animal chiropractic practice.

May 13, 2025

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Bailey served in the Tennessee House during the 108th General Assembly before moving to the Senate.

January 7, 2014

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Paul Bailey was appointed in January 2014 to fill Tennessee House District 43 after Charles Curtiss resigned.

January 6, 2014

Source: capitol.tn.gov · researched July 18, 2026