Sen. Bo Watson
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
Sponsored
707
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
8
assignments
26,488 roll-call votes
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
HB 2655
Unicoi County - Subject to local approval, aligns the county's mineral severance tax with the tax amounts prescribed under state law. - Amends Chapter 213 of the Private Acts of 1982.
Yea
Passed
31–0
Apr 2, 2026
SB 1733
Trenton - Subject to local approval, expands the responsibilities of the city recorder to include the administration of functions for necessary and proper municipal operations, and to make such reports of the finances of the city as required and called on by the Mayor and Board; expands the residency requirement for the chief of police by authorizing the chief to reside anywhere in the county rather than just the city. - Amends Chapter 14 of the Private Acts of 2011.
Yea
Passed
31–0
Apr 2, 2026
SJR 974
Memorials, Sports - Walters State Community College Senators, TCCAA/Region 7 champions -
Yea
Passed
32–0
Apr 2, 2026
HB 2627
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
SB 2717
Martin - Subject to local approval, rewrites the city charter. - Amends Chapter 158 of the Private Acts of 1992; as amended.
Yea
Passed
31–0
Apr 2, 2026
SB 2160
Local Government, General - As enacted, authorizes counties with a metropolitan form of government, by resolution of their governing bodies, to levy a tax on the retail sale of food and food ingredients for human consumption within the county at a rate less than the local option sales tax rate or exempt the retail sale of such food and food ingredients from the local option sales tax; deletes obsolete provisions relating to the timing for reducing the membership of metropolitan councils. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 67, Chapter 6.
Yea
Passed
8–1
Apr 1, 2026
SB 2173
Tennessee Fish & Wildlife Commission - As enacted, establishes a statutory schedule of permit fees for the operation of off highway vehicles at North Cumberland Wildlife Management Area. - Amends TCA Title 70, Chapter 9.
Yea
Passed
10–0
Apr 1, 2026
SB 259
Children - As enacted, clarifies that a child's parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian may, to the extent allowable by federal law, access and review all health and medical records of the child, including those records related to treatments available to unemancipated minors without parental consent; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 36; Title 37; Title 49; Title 63 and Title 68.
Yea
Passed
7–1
Apr 1, 2026
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