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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
Near the chamber average
Sponsored
412
bills & resolutions
Higher than 87% of chamber peers
Committees
8
assignments
23,663 roll-call votes

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
votes against own party
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Vote
Result
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Date
SB 230
Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, enacts the "Teacher's Discipline Act," which establishes requirements and procedures for teachers to discipline students in the teachers' classrooms, including relocation of a student. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Yea
Passed
25–8
Mar 11, 2021
SB 451
Criminal Offenses - As enacted, expands the offense of aggravated rioting to include rioting by a person who travels from outside the state with intent to commit a criminal offense and participating in a riot in exchange for compensation; increases the mandatory minimum sentence for aggravated rioting to 60 days if the person commits more than one aggravating circumstance. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
Yea
Passed
27–5
Mar 11, 2021
SJR 200
Memorials, Retirement - Derri Smith -
Yea
Passed
33–0
Mar 11, 2021
HB 434
Orders of Protection - As enacted, permits service of ex parte orders of protection for up to one year from issuance; creates a lifetime order of protection that can be issued to a victim of certain felony offenses to prohibit the offender from coming about or communicating with the victim. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 15, Part 9; Title 36 and Title 39, Chapter 13.
Yea
Passed
32–0
Mar 11, 2021
HB 768
Human Services, Dept. of - As enacted, designates certain licensing periods as provisional licensing periods; requires the department to establish and implement a quality assessment and rating system to evaluate child care agencies; makes various other changes relative to licensing of child care agencies. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 3, Part 5.
Yea
Passed
33–0
Mar 11, 2021
HJR 182
Memorials, Recognition - Maury Regional Medical Center -
Yea
Passed
33–0
Mar 11, 2021
HB 93
Estates - As enacted, sets time limits on the filing of claims by the bureau of TennCare against TennCare recipients' estates. - Amends TCA Section 30-2-310.
Yea
Passed
33–0
Mar 11, 2021
HJR 165
Memorials, Interns - Sarah Stansbury -
Yea
Passed
33–0
Mar 11, 2021
SB 1121
Criminal Offenses - As enacted, establishes the criminal offense of mail theft; specifies that the second or subsequent conviction of mail theft is at least a Class E felony; defines mail to include items such as letters, postal cards, and packages. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14.
Yea
Passed
32–1
Mar 11, 2021
HB 22
Criminal Offenses - As enacted, increases the penalty for drag racing from a Class B misdemeanor to a Class A misdemeanor. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 55.
Yea
Passed
33–0
Mar 11, 2021
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