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 85% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

0%

crosses aisle rarely

Near the chamber average

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 2314

Students - As enacted, broadens the category of nonresident employees, from only teachers to all LEA employees, whose children may attend a school within the LEA that employs the child's parent, including out of state employees of an LEA whose children attend the LEA, and who may be exempt from a tuition requirement, pursuant to board policy. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Yea

Passed

31–0

Feb 28, 2022

SJR 1010

Memorials, Recognition - Ben Snapp, Youth of the Month at the Boys & Girls Club of Morristown -

Yea

Passed

30–0

Feb 28, 2022

HJR 811

Memorials, Recognition - Carl Perkins Center, 40th anniversary -

Yea

Passed

30–0

Feb 28, 2022

SJR 916

Memorials, Recognition - Silver Alert Awareness Month, May 2022 -

Yea

Passed

31–0

Feb 28, 2022

HB 2671

Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, extends termination date from July 1, 2022, to July 1, 2023, for limitations on claims against a person for loss, damage, injury, or death arising from COVID-19. - Amends TCA Section 9-8-307; Title 14, Chapter 5; Title 29, Chapter 20 and Section 49-7-159.

Yea

Passed

26–5

Feb 28, 2022

SJR 1021

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Leslie Guerrero, Fairview-Marguerite Elementary School Spelling Bee winner -

Yea

Passed

30–0

Feb 28, 2022

HB 1858

Taxes, Agricultural and Open Spaces - As enacted, clarifies that the minimum size requirement of 15 acres for land to be eligible to be classified as forest land for purposes of assessment and reduced property taxes may be achieved with a single tract or with two noncontiguous tracts separated only by a road, body of water, or public or private easement. - Amends TCA Section 67-5-1004.

Yea

Passed

31–0

Feb 28, 2022

SJR 1014

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Jude Dawson, Whitesburg Elementary School Spelling Bee winner -

Yea

Passed

30–0

Feb 28, 2022

SB 1671

Highways, Roads and Bridges - As enacted, enacts the "Hannah Eimers Memorial Tennessee Roadside Safety Hardware Act," which states the intent that the state department of transportation keep abreast of the United States secretary of transportation's implementation of federally required third-party verification of full-scale crash testing results from crash test labs, including a method for formally verifying the testing outcomes and providing for an independent pass/fail determination, and adopting such results to the greatest extent feasible under state law. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 54 and Title 55.

Yea

Passed

31–0

Feb 28, 2022

SJR 1002

Memorials, Recognition - Jacob Armistead and Alec Jakalski, Scouts of the Year -

Yea

Passed

30–0

Feb 28, 2022