R Tennessee Senate · District 11 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Bo Watson

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Total votes

23,663

all sessions

Attendance

94%

1,175 missed

Near the chamber average

With party

99%

of cast votes

Near the chamber average

Bipartisan score

0%

crosses aisle rarely

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Voting record

Yea

23,459

voted in favor

Nay

173

voted against

Absent

1,175

missed votes

Total cast

23,663

across all sessions

Crossed party

130

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

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Date

SB 785

General Assembly - As enacted, updates references to house of representative committee names. -

Yea

Passed

30–0

Mar 15, 2021

SB 188

Criminal Offenses - As enacted, replaces the required element for self-defense that the person "not be engaged in unlawful activity" with the required element that the person "not be engaged in conduct that would constitute a felony or Class A misdemeanor"; declares, for purposes of determining if a person has a duty to retreat before threatening or using force in self-defense, that a person is not considered to be engaged in conduct that would constitute a felony or Class A misdemeanor or in a place where the person does not have a right to be if the person is engaged in the activity or in a place due to the person's status as a victim of human trafficking. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 11, Part 6.

Yea

Passed

30–0

Mar 15, 2021

HB 492

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the Tennessee radiologic imaging and radiation therapy board of examiners to June 30, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 63, Chapter 6, Part 9.

Yea

Passed

30–0

Mar 15, 2021

SJR 80

Constitutional Amendments - Proposes an amendment to Article I, Section 33 of the Constitution of Tennessee removing the criminal punishment exception from slavery and involuntary servitude prohibition. -

Yea

Passed

26–4

Mar 15, 2021

HB 227

Water Pollution - As enacted, authorizes the department of environment and conservation to take certain actions to ensure that in-lieu fee sponsors secure mitigation for permanent impacts to waters. - Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter 3, Part 1.

Yea

Passed

30–0

Mar 15, 2021

SB 790

Water Pollution - As enacted, defines "system of incentives" to include regulatory flexibility recognizing increased environmental performance and enhanced water quality under specified permitted activities through permit conditions pursuant to duly promulgated rules. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7, Chapter 35; Title 65; Title 68 and Title 69.

Yea

Passed

31–0

Mar 15, 2021

SB 1079

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the Tennessee radiologic imaging and radiation therapy board of examiners to June 30, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 63, Chapter 6, Part 9.

Yea

Passed

30–0

Mar 15, 2021

HB 517

Regional Authorities and Special Districts - As enacted, expands the scope of the Chickasaw Basin Authority to include all counties located within the drainage area of the authority. - Amends TCA Title 64, Chapter 1, Part 2.

Yea

Passed

30–0

Mar 15, 2021

SB 334

Correction, Dept. of - As enacted, requires that female inmates who are 50 through 74 years of age be offered a mammogram or other appropriate screening every two years; requires that female inmates who are 40 through 49 years of age be offered a physician consultation to inquire when a mammogram is needed; requires correctional institutions, which does not include city or county jails, to the best of their ability, to provide educational training on the importance of preventative health care to the inmates. - Amends TCA Title 41.

Yea

Passed

29–0

Mar 15, 2021

SB 405

Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As enacted, clarifies that when members of the Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System elect to establish retirement service through monthly installments, the members can do so over the length of service being established. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 34; Title 8, Chapter 35; Title 8, Chapter 36 and Title 8, Chapter 37.

Yea

Passed

30–0

Mar 15, 2021