R Tennessee Senate · District 11 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Bo Watson

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Session

Total votes

26,488

all sessions

Attendance

94%

1,505 missed

Lower than 78% of chamber peers

With party

99%

of cast votes

Lower than 86% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

0%

crosses aisle rarely

Higher than 84% of chamber peers

Voting record

Yea

26,258

voted in favor

Nay

199

voted against

Absent

1,505

missed votes

Total cast

26,488

across all sessions

Crossed party

149

votes against own party

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SB 2689

Weakley County - Subject to local approval, clarifies that the county highway superintendent of the county highway department continue in such elected office pursuant to qualifications established under state law. - Amends the private acts of Weakley County.

Yea

Passed

31–0

Apr 2, 2026

SJR 976

Memorials, Sports - Tyrese Stovall, TCCAA Co-Freshman of the Year -

Yea

Passed

32–0

Apr 2, 2026

SB 2225

Child Abuse - As enacted, requires, rather than permits, the child protective team for a case involving a human trafficking offense to include a representative from a non-governmental agency specialized in combatting the commercial sexual exploitation of minors; extends the time within which the department or child protective team must determine whether reported abuse was indicated or unfounded from 60 days to 90 days or, in cases involving a child fatality, 180 days. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1.

Yea

Passed

32–0

Apr 2, 2026

HJR 1205

Memorials, Recognition - Sam Wofford -

Yea

Passed

32–0

Apr 2, 2026

SB 1489

Mason - Subject to local approval, revises the charter of the Town of Mason to provide grounds for vacating certain offices, to prescribe the oath for office; to fix the time, place, and notice requirements for meetings of the board of mayor and aldermen, to establish the rules of procedure for meetings, to prescribe additional duties of the mayor and the board, to provide for the administration of government and personnel, to prescribe the duties of the town administrator and town attorney, to prescribe the budget process, and to make various other changes. - Amends Chapter 120 of the Private Acts of 1915; as amended and rewritten.

Yea

Passed

31–0

Apr 2, 2026

SJR 982

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Tammy Leonard, February 2026 Hamblen County Teacher of the Month -

Yea

Passed

32–0

Apr 2, 2026

SB 2710

Kingsport - Subject to local approval, makes various changes to the charter, including when a vice-mayor is chosen by the board; when warrants to collect delinquent taxes may be issued; removes a requirement that a tentative appropriation ordinance must be published in a newspaper; changes from the 1st of July to the 1st of September when elected board of education members assume office and when such members must choose a president. - Amends Chapter 76 of the Private Acts of 1917; as amended.

Yea

Passed

31–0

Apr 2, 2026

HJR 1174

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Emily Golden, Top Ten Senior, Hampshire Unit School -

Yea

Passed

32–0

Apr 2, 2026

HJR 1188

Memorials, Recognition - United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Tennessee -

Yea

Passed

32–0

Apr 2, 2026

SB 2070

Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, enacts the "Stopping Health Insurers from Excluding Legal Decisions (SHIELD) Act." - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 56 and Title 71.

Yea

Passed

32–0

Apr 2, 2026