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U.S. Senator from Tennessee

Bill Hagerty

Republican · Tennessee

Former U.S. Ambassador to Japan, elected in 2020. Focus on trade, China policy, and financial regulation. Banking and Foreign Relations committee member.

Record

Conservative Republican with international business background. Expertise in Asia-Pacific trade policy from ambassadorship. Opposed Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding mechanisms.

Legislative Record

Recently sponsored bills (8 on record)

  • S.J.Res.194 — A joint resolution disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Body-Worn Camera Transparency for Use of Force Temporary Amendment Act of 2026. (Introduced, Jun 2, 2026)
  • S.J.Res.195 — A joint resolution disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Full Accountability in Arrest Reporting Temporary Amendment Act of 2026. (Introduced, Jun 2, 2026)
  • S.4265 — Freedom to Build Act (Introduced, Mar 26, 2026)
  • S.4198 — Main Street Depositor Protection Act (Introduced, Mar 25, 2026)
  • S.3290 — Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2026 (Introduced, Dec 1, 2025)
    Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2026 This bill provides FY2026 appropriations for several federal departments and agencies, including the Department of the Treasury, the Executive Office of the President, the judiciary, the District of Columbia, and several independent…
  • S.3129 — Preventing Foreign Interference in American Elections Act (Introduced, Nov 6, 2025)
  • S.2999 — Main Street Depositor Protection Act (Introduced, Oct 9, 2025)
  • S.1283 — Innovate to De-Escalate Modernization Act (Introduced, Apr 3, 2025)
    Innovate to De-Escalate Modernization Act This bill removes less-than-lethal projectile devices (e.g., certain TASERs) from regulation under the Gun Control Act. The term less-than-lethal projectile device means a device that (1) is not designed or intended to expel (and may not be readily converted…

Notable votes

  • Voted Yea on S.Res. 817 — S. Res. 817 (Resolution Agreed to, Jul 30, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on S.Res. 817 — Motion to Invoke Cloture: S. Res. 817 (Cloture Motion Agreed to, Jul 29, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on H.R. 6644 — Motion to Invoke Cloture: Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 6644 with an Amendment (SA 5823) (Cloture Motion Agreed to, Jun 18, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on S. 2 — S. 2, As Amended (Bill Passed, Jun 5, 2026)
  • Voted Nay on S. 2 — Cortez Masto Amdt. No. 5463 (Amendment Rejected, Jun 5, 2026)
  • Voted Nay on S. 2 — Padilla Amdt. No. 5808 (Amendment Rejected, Jun 5, 2026)
  • Voted Nay on S. 2 — Gallego Amdt. No. 5813 (Amendment Rejected, Jun 5, 2026)
  • Voted Nay on S. 2 — Peters Amdt. No. 5763 (Amendment Rejected, Jun 5, 2026)

Recently cosponsored bills (12 on record)

  • S.5025 — Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 21, 2026)
  • S.4952 — Protecting American Taxpayers Act (Introduced, Jul 21, 2026)
  • S.4882 — ICTS Supply Chain Security Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jun 24, 2026)
  • S.4775 — Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts Act (Introduced, Jun 23, 2026)
  • S.4419 — A bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to require only foreign entities to report beneficial ownership information, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Jun 11, 2026)
  • S.4345 — Marijuana Impact on Medicaid Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jun 9, 2026)
  • S.4671 — Federal Firearms Licensee Protection Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jun 3, 2026)
  • S.4591 — NO FAKES Act of 2026 (Introduced, May 20, 2026)

Voting analysis

Bill Hagerty chairs the appropriations subcommittee covering financial services and general government — the panel whose jurisdiction includes the District of Columbia — and two of his displayed bills are resolutions disapproving acts of the District's own council.

6.3%
Votes against the Republican majority
208
Roll calls where a party majority formed
23 of 51
Rank among Senate Republicans, most defections first

Supporting the amendments that lost

Every departure in his record is a vote for an amendment the chamber rejected. Across a budget resolution, an appropriations bill and a tax measure he backed proposals from four separate Republican colleagues, each of which failed. He never voted against a bill his conference passed.

That distinction matters: a member who only ever loses amendment votes is pushing at the edges of the party's position, not obstructing it.

The 10 most recent of 13 roll calls where Bill Hagerty voted against the Senate Republican majority.
Roll callDateOutcomeTheir vote
S.Con.Res. 33
Paul Amdt. No. 5378
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 5378 to S.Con.Res. 33 (No short title on file) · roll call 119		Apr 23, 2026Amendment RejectedYea (party: Nay)
H.R. 3944
Johnson Amdt. No. 3428
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3428 to S.Amdt. 3411 to H.R. 3944 (No short title on file) · roll call 119		Aug 1, 2025Amendment RejectedYea (party: Nay)
H.R. 3944
Scott (FL) Amdt. No. 3113, as modified
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3113 to S.Amdt. 3411 to H.R. 3944 (No short title on file) · roll call 119		Aug 1, 2025Amendment RejectedYea (party: Nay)
H.R. 3944
Kennedy Amdt. No. 3414
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3414 to S.Amdt. 3411 to H.R. 3944 (No short title on file) · roll call 119		Aug 1, 2025Amendment RejectedYea (party: Nay)
H.R. 1
Lee Amdt. No. 2745
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2745 to S.Amdt. 2360 to H.R. 1 (No short title on file) · roll call 119		Jul 1, 2025Amendment RejectedYea (party: Nay)
S.Con.Res. 7
Paul Amdt No. 999
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 999 to S.Con.Res. 7 (No short title on file) · roll call 119		Feb 21, 2025Amendment RejectedYea (party: Nay)
H.R. 9747
On Passage of the Bill H.R. 9747 · roll call 118		Sep 25, 2024Bill PassedNay (party: Yea)
H.R. 815
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Motion to Concur in the House Amdt to the Senate Amdt to H.R. 815
On the Cloture Motion H.R. 815 · roll call 118		Apr 23, 2024Cloture Motion Agreed toNay (party: Yea)
H.R. 7888
On Passage of the Bill H.R. 7888 · roll call 118		Apr 19, 2024Bill PassedNay (party: Yea)
H.R. 7888
Lee Amdt No. 1840
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1840 to H.R. 7888 (No short title on file) · roll call 118		Apr 19, 2024Amendment RejectedYea (party: Nay)

Both Tennessee seats

Tennessee returns two Republican senators. Hagerty is marginally the more frequent departer.

Among the 2 Republicans in the Tennessee delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 6.1%. Bill Hagerty is above that average at 6.3%.

What he legislates on

The two District of Columbia disapproval resolutions target a body-worn camera transparency measure and an arrest reporting act — Congress exercising its review power over the District's local legislation. Crime and finance are his leading classified subjects.

Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Bill Hagerty's cluster into: Crime and Law Enforcement (2), Finance and Financial Sector (2), Government Operations and Politics (1), Housing and Community Development (1).

331
Bills sponsored
868
Bills cosponsored

Of the 8 most recent of those, 8 currently sit at Introduced.

Tenure and attendance

Hagerty arrived at the start of this decade and remains in the middle band by length of service, with no party change. He is absent more often than most senators — a participation count, nothing more.

First elected in 2021, now serving across 3 terms. Bill Hagerty falls in the mid cohort.

5.5%
Roll calls recorded as not voting
220
Roll calls eligible to vote on
12
Recorded as not voting

By the numbers

In the 119th Congress, Bill Hagerty has 331 bills sponsored, 868 cosponsored, 8 recent floor votes recorded.

Committee assignments

  • Joint Committee on Printing
  • Senate Committee on Appropriations
  • Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
  • Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
  • Senate Committee on Rules and Administration
  • Senate Committee on Appropriations: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
  • Senate Committee on Appropriations: Department of Homeland Security
  • Senate Committee on Appropriations: Energy and Water Development
  • Senate Committee on Appropriations: Financial Services and General Government (Chairman)
  • Senate Committee on Appropriations: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies
  • Senate Committee on Appropriations: State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
  • Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Digital Assets

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