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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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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 29
Local Government, General - As enacted, prohibits local governments dismissing, disciplining, fining, or penalizing a first responder employed by a local government, or denying employment to a person applying to be a first responder, based on where the first responder or applicant resides; exempts Hamilton County from prohibition. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8, Chapter 50; Title 8, Chapter 8; Title 38, Chapter 8; Title 68, Chapter 140 and Title 68, Chapter 102.
Yea
Passed
26–6
Mar 4, 2021
SJR 179
Memorials, Death - Dr. James Jackson Mooney -
Yea
Passed
33–0
Mar 4, 2021
SJR 147
Memorials, Recognition - Tennessee Performing Arts Center, 40th anniversary -
Yea
Passed
33–0
Mar 4, 2021
HJR 137
Memorials, Death - Ida Partridge -
Yea
Passed
33–0
Mar 4, 2021
SJR 145
Memorials, Death - Patrice Rasha Boyd -
Yea
Passed
33–0
Mar 4, 2021
HJR 155
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Madelyn Kate Purcell, Salutatorian, Ooltewah High School -
Yea
Passed
33–0
Mar 4, 2021
HJR 148
Memorials, Recognition - Davidson County Register of Deeds Karen Johnson -
Yea
Passed
33–0
Mar 4, 2021
HJR 142
Memorials, Sports - Celina 5/6th grade girls' basketball team, James C. Haile State Champions -
Yea
Passed
33–0
Mar 4, 2021
HJR 144
Memorials, Sports - Newport Grammar School boys' basketball team, TMSAA Class A State Champions -
Yea
Passed
33–0
Mar 4, 2021
SB 29
Local Government, General - As enacted, prohibits local governments dismissing, disciplining, fining, or penalizing a first responder employed by a local government, or denying employment to a person applying to be a first responder, based on where the first responder or applicant resides; exempts Hamilton County from prohibition. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8, Chapter 50; Title 8, Chapter 8; Title 38, Chapter 8; Title 68, Chapter 140 and Title 68, Chapter 102.
Yea
Passed
30–2
Mar 4, 2021
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