Legislation
Tennessee
State bills will go through the State Senate and the State House. Bills going through the Senate begin with S. Bills going through the House begin with HR. There is no set order of the two branches it must go through first or second. If it goes first through the Senate it will then go through the House. If it first goes through the House it will then go through the Senate. A bill must pass through both branches before it will be considered law. State bills fo to the govenor while national bills go to the president.
Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam
Tennessee Lieutenant Governor Ron Ramsey
Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery III
U.S. Senators representing Tennessee should not be confused with Tennessee State Senators. Each state has two US Senators, and each state's two make up the 100 U.S. Senators. However, there are far more than 100 total senators.
Tennessee US Senator Lamar Alexander
Tennessee US Senator Bob Corker
Tennessee U.S. House Representatives should not be confused with Tennessee State House Representatives. Tennessee has 9 U.S. House Representatives.
Tennessee Senate
Tennessee House
Tennessee State Senators should not be confused with Tennessee US Senators. Tennessee has 33 State Senators.
Tennessee State House Representatives should not be confused with Tennessee US House Representatives. Tennessee has 99 State House Representatives.
