Jack Johnson
Republican · TN · Tennessee State Senator for District 27; Senate Republican Leader
Jack Johnson grew up in a small town in Texas and has called Middle Tennessee home for over thirty years after graduating from Texas State University with a degree in Education. He was first elected to the Tennessee State Senate in 2006.
Where Jack Johnson stands, based on their records
Supports
Healthcare Affordability (1 record), Environment and Public Health (1 record), Public Safety and Crime Control (4 records),
Opposes
Immigration (5 records), Government Spending Reduction (2 records)
Mixed record
Anti-Corruption (3 support · 1 oppose), Gun Control (2 support · 1 oppose), Civil Rights (3 support · 8 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Healthcare Affordability
Healthcare Affordability · 1 support
Johnson sponsored enacted SB 1305 extending Tennessee's CoverKids children's health-insurance program through June 2030.
April 8, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: wapp.capitol.tn.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 1 support
Johnson sponsored enacted SB 207 establishing a Tennessee fund and grant program for preserving farmland and forestland through conservation easements.
May 15, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: wapp.capitol.tn.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Track record — Anti-Corruption
Anti-Corruption · 3 support · 1 oppose
Voted to pass HB 1971, which narrows the law letting people ask a court to declare a government action unlawful to local bodies. The Tennessee Senate passed it 18-13, and it became law.
April 2, 2026Opposes Anti-Corruption
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026
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
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026
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
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026
Voted to adopt the compromise version of SB 229, which charges political campaign committees a $150 yearly fee. The Tennessee Senate adopted it 23-6, and it became law.
April 22, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026
Track record — Immigration
Immigration · 5 oppose
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
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026
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
Source: legiscan.com · researched August 27, 2026
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
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026
Voted to pass 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, 2026Opposes Immigration
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026
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
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 2 oppose
Johnson sponsored SB 6003, enacted in 2025 to create Hurricane Helene interest-payment and governor response-and-recovery funds for disaster assistance.
February 12, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: wapp.capitol.tn.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Johnson sponsored SB 6001, the enacted Education Freedom Scholarship Act establishing state-funded scholarships for private-school and other eligible education expenses.
February 12, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: wapp.capitol.tn.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 4 support
Johnson sponsored enacted SB 1779 creating Tennessee misdemeanors for intentionally remaining after a final removal order and for returning after denial, exclusion, deportation, or removal from the United States.
April 27, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: wapp.capitol.tn.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Johnson sponsored enacted SB 1075, which expanded Tennessee's machine-gun definition, increased penalties for machine-gun offenses, and added firearm-related sentencing provisions.
May 27, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: wapp.capitol.tn.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Johnson sponsored SB 6002, enacted in 2025 to create a centralized state immigration-enforcement division and grant program, penalize officials who adopt sanctuary policies, and change licenses issued to lawful permanent residents.
February 12, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: wapp.capitol.tn.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Johnson sponsored SB 1834, enacted in 2024 to authorize the death penalty, life without parole, or life imprisonment for adults convicted of rape of a child or aggravated rape of a child.
May 9, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: wapp.capitol.tn.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 1 support
Johnson sponsored enacted SB 1271 clarifying that industrial-development housing facilities may include affordable and workforce housing and allowing local amendments to economic-impact plans.
May 8, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: wapp.capitol.tn.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 3 support
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
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026
Johnson sponsored enacted SB 1305 extending Tennessee's CoverKids children's health-insurance program through June 2030.
April 8, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: wapp.capitol.tn.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Johnson sponsored SB 6003, enacted in 2025 to create Hurricane Helene interest-payment and governor response-and-recovery funds for disaster assistance.
February 12, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: wapp.capitol.tn.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Track record — Gun Control
Gun Control · 2 support · 1 oppose
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
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026
Johnson sponsored enacted SB 1075, which expanded Tennessee's machine-gun definition, increased penalties for machine-gun offenses, and added firearm-related sentencing provisions.
May 27, 2025Supports Gun Control
Source: wapp.capitol.tn.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Voted for House Bill 1093, which raises the penalty for machine gun conversion parts to a Class C felony. The Tennessee Senate passed it 23-8, and it became law.
April 22, 2025Supports Gun Control
Source: legiscan.com · researched August 27, 2026
Track record — Election Integrity
Election Integrity · 2 support
Johnson sponsored enacted SB 799 generally requiring statewide political parties to nominate candidates through primary elections for partisan offices, with limited county exceptions.
April 24, 2025Supports Election Integrity
Source: wapp.capitol.tn.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Johnson sponsored SB 6002, enacted in 2025 to create a centralized state immigration-enforcement division and grant program, penalize officials who adopt sanctuary policies, and change licenses issued to lawful permanent residents.
February 12, 2025Supports Election Integrity
Source: wapp.capitol.tn.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 3 support · 8 oppose
Johnson sponsored enacted SB 1713 requiring annual attestations that public higher-education institutions have not implemented discriminatory preferences to increase diversity, equity, or inclusion and authorizing related attorney-general investigations.
May 27, 2026Opposes Civil Rights
Source: wapp.capitol.tn.gov · researched July 18, 2026
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
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026
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
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld Tennessee's Johnson-sponsored SB 1 restriction on puberty blockers and hormones for transgender minors against an Equal Protection challenge.
June 18, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: supremecourt.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Johnson sponsored enacted SB 1083 and SB 1084, known as the Dismantle DEI in Employment Act and Dismantling DEI Departments Act.
May 27, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: wapp.capitol.tn.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Voted to pass HB 601, which opens a late-stage innocence appeal to people who pleaded guilty. The Tennessee Senate passed it 24-6, and it became law.
April 10, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026
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
Source: legiscan.com · researched August 27, 2026
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
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026
Johnson sponsored SB 2148/HB 2100, enacted in 2024 to restrict financial institutions and insurers from denying, cancelling, or varying services because of political opinions, speech, affiliations, or religious beliefs and exercise.
May 1, 2024Supports Civil Rights
Source: wapp.capitol.tn.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Sponsored a law banning doctors from giving minors medical treatments meant to help them live as a gender different from their sex (Senate Bill 1). The governor signed it in March 2023.
March 2, 2023Opposes Civil Rights
Source: wapp.capitol.tn.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Johnson sponsored SB 3, enacted in 2023 to criminalize adult cabaret performances on public property or where they could be viewed by minors.
March 2, 2023Opposes Civil Rights
Source: wapp.capitol.tn.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Track record — Corporate Accountability
Corporate Accountability · 2 support
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
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026
Johnson sponsored SB 2148/HB 2100, enacted in 2024 to restrict financial institutions and insurers from denying, cancelling, or varying services because of political opinions, speech, affiliations, or religious beliefs and exercise.
May 1, 2024Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: wapp.capitol.tn.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Track record — General
General · 6 records
The Tennessee General Assembly lists Johnson's 2026 honors as including awards from Jonathan's Path, the Tennessee Medical Association PAC, the Alliance for Education Freedom, and Americans for Prosperity.
July 18, 2026
Source: wapp.capitol.tn.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Johnson serves as Senate Republican Leader, vice-chair of the Senate Calendar Committee, and a member of the Commerce and Labor, Finance, Ethics, and Joint Ways and Means committees.
July 17, 2026
Source: wapp.capitol.tn.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Johnson has served in the Tennessee Senate from the 105th through 114th General Assemblies after first winning the office in 2006.
July 17, 2026
Source: wapp.capitol.tn.gov · researched July 18, 2026
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
Source: legiscan.com · researched August 27, 2026
Johnson sponsored SB 1870, which passed the Senate unanimously and proposed terminating Tennessee's state credit-union share-insurance corporation and revising financial-institution examination rules.
February 23, 2026
Source: wapp.capitol.tn.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Johnson sponsored enacted SB 1279 authorizing the financial-institutions commissioner to determine the deposit-insurance requirements for each state bank.
April 3, 2025
Source: wapp.capitol.tn.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Past race Jack Johnson ran in:
- Tennessee Senate District 27 · August 6, 2026 · State Senate District 27; Tennessee · incumbent
Profile last researched August 7, 2026.