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Mark Pody R

State Senator
Tennessee Senate District 17
Term: — – Jan. 3, 2028
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Biography

Photo URL: http://www.capitol.tn.gov/senate/members/images/s17.jpg

On Record (124)

Bill GeneralLocal Government
Jun 02, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Open Meetings
May 23, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Textbooks
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Bill Hospitals and Health Care Facilities
May 23, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill EducationState Board of
May 23, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Election Laws
May 23, 2026 · source · details / share
Article / Text Auto-discovered
Tennessee State Senator Mark Pody Selected to Lead Civil Air Patrol Legislative Outreach  Civil Air Patrol News
Apr 09, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Recognition
William M. "Bill" Grady
Apr 07, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Retirement
Melanie McDearman Minter
Apr 07, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Recognition
Liz Reese
Apr 07, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Recognition
D.T. McCall & Sons
Apr 07, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Academic Achievement
Parker Belle Hayes, 2026 Graduate of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Apr 07, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Recognition
3rd Annual Tennessee Small Band Association State Championship
Apr 07, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Recognition
Kehilla Upper School of Nashville
Apr 07, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Recognition
Love's Way Church
Apr 07, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Interns
Courtney Powell
Apr 07, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Recognition
Master Sergeant Roderick “Roddie” W. Edmonds, posthumous receipt of Medal of Honor
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Death
Sally Yoho Swaney
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Recognition
Roger Haley
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Recognition
Jerry Beavers
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Recognition
Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, 225th anniversary
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Recognition
Heather Day Barber, 2025 Ms. Wilson County Fair
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Recognition
Debbie Stephens
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Recognition
Callie Drennon
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Recognition
Sattler Foundation, 10th anniversary
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Recognition
Michael Patrick Leahy
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Recognition
Novamet
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Recognition
Master Sergeant Roderick “Roddie” W. Edmonds, posthumous receipt of Medal of Honor
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Professional Achievement
Donna Highers, Tennessee Aviation Hall of Fame
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Death
Richard "Pierce" Dodson
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Personal Occasion
Ken Nelson, Sr., 90th birthday
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Death
Jayden Bailey
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Recognition
Officer Michael J. Douglas
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Death
Benjamin Yager Bowman
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Personal Occasion
Letha May Beatrice Dedman Hallums, 95th birthday
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position
Affirms support for the State of Israel.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Recognition
Beverly Bell
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Recognition
R. Larry Smith
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Recognition
Tennessee and Quebec's partnership
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Death
Jeffery Alan Hartline
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Recognition
Tim Rausch
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Retirement
Ray Daniel
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Recognition
Beverly Bell
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Professional Achievement
Charisse Carter, Teacher of the Year for Springdale Elementary School and Wilson County Schools
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Professional Achievement
Jennifer Bamford, 2024-2025 Gladeville Middle School Teacher of the Year
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Professional Achievement
Brittney Osburne, Mt. Juliet Middle School Teacher of the Year
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Professional Achievement
Sergeant Major Jonathan W. Clark, Mt. Juliet High School Teacher of the Year
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Professional Achievement
Elizabeth Elgin, Mt. Juliet Elementary School Teacher of the Year
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Professional Achievement
Erin Clark, Mt. Juliet Christian Academy Teacher of the Year
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Professional Achievement
Allen Davis, Lebanon High School Teacher of the Year
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Professional Achievement
Melissa Cole, Lakeview Elementary School Teacher of the Year
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Professional Achievement
Melissa Prince, Green Hill High School Teacher of the Year
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Professional Achievement
Jamie Wallmark, Jones Brummett Elementary School Teacher of the Year
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Professional Achievement
Dalton Teel, Byars-Dowdy Elementary School Teacher of the Year
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Professional Achievement
Jonathan Stricklin, Carroll-Oakland Elementary School Teacher of the Year
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Professional Achievement
Jessica Brooke Lipshie, Castle Heights Elementary School Teacher of the Year
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Professional Achievement
Ashley Arledge, Coles Ferry Elementary School Teacher of the Year
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Professional Achievement
Julie T. Smith, Elzie D. Patton Elementary School Teacher of the Year
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Professional Achievement
Ashley Broomfield, Friendship Christian School Teacher of the Year
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Professional Achievement
Kala Ealy, Gladeville Elementary School Teacher of the Year
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Professional Achievement
Leslie Tomlinson, Barry Tatum Academy Teacher of the Year
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Professional Achievement
Sarah Savannah Howard, Winfree Bryant Middle School Teacher of the Year
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Professional Achievement
Amy Richards, Wilson County Adult High School Teacher of the Year
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Professional Achievement
Jessica Agee, Wilson Central High School Teacher of the Year
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Professional Achievement
Tara Palmer, West Wilson Middle School Teacher of the Year
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Professional Achievement
Jennifer Crockett, West Elementary School Teacher of the Year
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Professional Achievement
Kimberly Stone, Watertown Middle School Teacher of the Year
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Professional Achievement
Paige Allmond, Watertown High School Teacher of the Year
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Professional Achievement
Tammy Tucker, Watertown Elementary School Teacher of the Year
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Professional Achievement
Kristina L. Hobbs, Walter J. Baird Middle School Teacher of the Year
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Professional Achievement
April Downing, W.A. Wright Elementary School Teacher of the Year
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Professional Achievement
Erica Douglass, Tuckers Crossroads Elementary School Teacher of the Year
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Professional Achievement
Kimberly McPeak, Stoner Creek Elementary School Teacher of the Year
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Professional Achievement
Rachael Agnew, Rutland Elementary School Teacher of the Year
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Professional Achievement
Vicki Davis, Sam Houston Elementary School Teacher of the Year
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Professional Achievement
Ashlee Sexton, Southside Elementary School Teacher of the Year
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Recognition
Thomas Allen "T.A." Bryan, Sr.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Recognition
Doug Kreulen, Airport Experience Director of the Year
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Public Service
Nashville International Airport and John C. Tune Airport employees
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Recognition
Jacob Slaughter
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Interns
Laianni K. Moore
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Recognition
Mary Decker
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Recognition
Swami Brahmaviharidas
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Recognition
Lieutenant James Smallwood
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Recognition
Dr. Christopher E. Townson
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Recognition
Becky Kegley
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Recognition
She Leads Tennessee
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Recognition
David Hale
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Death
David Roy Baldwin
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Recognition
Hurricane Baptist Church, 210th anniversary
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Recognition
Brother Ronnie Smith
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Recognition
Tennessee Small Band Association 2nd Annual State Championship
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Recognition
George McDonald
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Recognition
Lonnie Spivak
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Recognition
Brian Glenn Wilson
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Public Service
Richard Clark
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Recognition
Jim Hysen
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Recognition
Lynn Daugherty
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Retirement
Sergeant Kevin Ragland, Lebanon Police Department
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Recognition
B.J. Keener
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Recognition
Robert Andrew Huddleston
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Retirement
Dr. Christopher E. Townson
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position
Expresses support for the Nation of Israel.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Controlled Substances
As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Kratom Consumer Protection Act." - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4; Title 43 and Title 57.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill PUBLIC RECORDS
As introduced, specifies that certain information related to the carrying out of a sentence of death is not confidential and is open to public inspection. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Taxes, Sales
As introduced, exempts the retail sale of fresh fruit and vegetables for human consumption from the food retail sales tax. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill STATE SYMBOLS
As introduced, designates and adopts cast iron cookware as the official frontier cookware of this state. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 3.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Education, Higher
As introduced, requires the governing board for each public institution of higher education to install and maintain a "Charlie Kirk Memorial Courtyard for Civil Debate" at the main campus of each public institution of higher education governed by the board. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Regional Authorities and Special Districts
As introduced, revises various provisions of the Real Estate Infrastructure Development Act of 2025. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 9; Title 12; Title 13; Title 66; Title 67 and Title 68.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Regional Authorities and Special Districts
As introduced, revises various provisions of the Real Estate Infrastructure Development Act of 2025. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 9; Title 12; Title 13; Title 66; Title 67 and Title 68.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Election Laws
As introduced, makes changes to the forms of identification used to verify a person's identity for voting purposes. - Amends TCA Title 2.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Food and Food Products
As introduced, prohibits the importation, sale, and distribution of cell-cultured food products in this state. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40; Title 44; Title 47 and Title 53.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Election Laws
As introduced, makes certain election documents available for public inspection after an election. - Amends TCA Title 2.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Regional Authorities and Special Districts
As enacted, enacts the "Real Estate Infrastructure Development Act of 2025." - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 9; Title 12; Title 13; Title 66; Title 67 and Title 68.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position
Establishes a definition of antisemitism and encourages departments and agencies of state government to use such definition in determining discriminatory intent for any law or policy in this state that prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, or national origin.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Professions And Occupations
As introduced, enacts the "Responsible Welding for Tennessean’s Safety Act," which requires general contractors, project managers, and subcontractors to ensure that welders performing structural steel welding are tested and certified by an accredited facility or individual and that the work meets applicable standards whenever a design professional includes D1.1 or D1.5 codes in the job specifications, subject to an exemption …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Criminal Offenses
As introduced, removes the limitation on the penalty for illegally possessing a telecommunication device in a penal institution that required the Class E felony to be punished by a fine only. - Amends TCA Title 39.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Food and Food Products
As introduced, specifies that meat may be labeled as being free of mRNA vaccine if the animals from which the meat was derived were not administered an mRNA vaccine. - Amends TCA Title 44; Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 53.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Election Laws
As introduced, provides a method for a nonrecognized minor party seeking recognition as a recognized minor party that notified the coordinator of elections that it seeks to nominate by primary election to rescind that notification; corrects a statutory reference. - Amends TCA Title 2.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral SAFETY
As introduced, decreases from 10 business days to 10 calendar days the amount of time the state fire marshal or another state agency, department, or entity must conduct a requested inspection for new construction or the renovation of an existing building. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 7; Title 13; Title 68 and Title 69.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Food and Food Products
As introduced, excludes a cell-cultured food product from the definitions of meat and poultry for purposes of the Tennessee Meat and Poultry Inspection Act; prohibits local education agencies (LEAs), public charter schools, and public institutions of higher education from offering or distributing a cell-cultured food product through its school nutrition program, food service center, or another source through which the …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Criminal Offenses
As introduced, increases the penalty for civil rights intimidation from a Class D felony to a Class C felony if the victim of the offense was a minor or was selected by the defendant based on the victim’s status as a minister, preacher, pastor, priest, rabbi, or other spiritual leader of a religious belief who has been ordained or otherwise …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Prisons and Reformatory Institutions
As introduced, specifies that the reimbursement of travel expenses incurred by members of the inmate disciplinary oversight board must be administered in accordance with the comprehensive travel regulations promulgated by the department of finance and administration and approved by the attorney general and reporter. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 41.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral State Government
As introduced, declares that international policymaking organizations have no jurisdiction or authority within this state; declares that a federal law or rule based upon a policy or guideline of an international policymaking organization has no authority in this state; prohibits state governmental entities from adopting or enforcing a law or rule based upon a recommendation of an international policymaking organization …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share