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State Senator, 15th District

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Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: A state senator votes on Tennessee laws and the state budget in the General Assembly.

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Paul BaileyOfficial portrait — Tennessee General Assembly

Paul Bailey

RepublicanIncumbent

State senator; trucking and farming · Sparta

The gist

  • Sponsored PTSD workers' comp presumption for police and EMS.In office
  • Sponsored fast removal of unlawful occupants from commercial property.In office
  • Sponsored making assault on a first responder a felony.In office

In office = from the candidate's own official statements or legislation as an officeholder, not their campaign.

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  1. Sponsored PTSD workers' comp presumption for police and EMS.

    Legislation sponsored by Senator Paul Bailey, 114th General Assembly

    Government record · Tennessee General Assembly · Bills Sponsored: SB0289 · wapp.capitol.tn.gov

    “creates a presumption that the diagnosis of a law enforcement officer or emergency medical responder with post-traumatic stress disorder”
  2. Sponsored fast removal of unlawful occupants from commercial property.

    Legislation sponsored by Senator Paul Bailey, 114th General Assembly

    Government record · Tennessee General Assembly · Bills Sponsored: SB0292 · wapp.capitol.tn.gov

    “creates a legal process through which a person may request the immediate removal of an unlawful occupant of the person's commercial real property”
  3. Sponsored making assault on a first responder a felony.

    Legislation sponsored by Senator Paul Bailey, 114th General Assembly

    Government record · Tennessee General Assembly · Bills Sponsored: SB1900 · wapp.capitol.tn.gov

    “increases the penalty for assaulting a first responder from a Class A misdemeanor”

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