R Tennessee Senate · District 11 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Bo Watson

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Session

Total votes

23,676

all sessions

Attendance

94%

1,301 missed

Near the chamber average

With party

99%

of cast votes

Near the chamber average

Bipartisan score

0%

crosses aisle rarely

Lower than 76% of chamber peers

Voting record

Yea

23,471

voted in favor

Nay

174

voted against

Absent

1,301

missed votes

Total cast

23,676

across all sessions

Crossed party

130

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HB 101

Motor Vehicles - As enacted, clarifies that a motorized wheelchair is not a motor vehicle for purposes of the rules of the road, accidents, and crimes involving motor vehicles. - Amends TCA Title 55.

Yea

Passed

31–0

Mar 1, 2021

SB 274

Child Custody and Support - As enacted, removes custody, visitation, or inheritance rights for a parent who has been convicted of aggravated statutory rape, statutory rape by an authority figure, or lesser included offenses of rape, from which crime the child was conceived. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 6.

Yea

Passed

31–0

Mar 1, 2021

HB 475

Child Abuse - As enacted, permits school child abuse coordinators, school teachers, school officials, and other school personnel to provide information relevant to suspected child abuse or child sexual abuse to the child's parents when required by federal law or regulation, the parent to whom the notification is made is not alleged to be the perpetrator or in any way complicit in the abuse or neglect, and the notification is done in conjunction with the department of children's services. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 16.

Yea

Passed

31–0

Mar 1, 2021

SB 78

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the statewide planning and policy council for the department of mental health and substance abuse services to June 30, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 33, Chapter 1, Part 4.

Yea

Passed

31–0

Mar 1, 2021

HB 62

Adoption - As enacted, removes the adoption contact veto registry and revises other provisions governing adoption. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 1 and Section 68-3-313.

Yea

Passed

31–0

Mar 1, 2021

HB 285

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the Northwest Tennessee human resource agency to June 30, 2026. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 13, Chapter 26.

Yea

Passed

31–0

Mar 1, 2021

HB 23

Education, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to survey all LEAs, public charter schools, and state special schools to determine whether there is a sufficient number of licensed speech-language pathologists in the public schools of this state to meet student needs and report the results of the survey to the education committees of the senate and house of representatives by January 15, 2022. - Amends TCA Title 49; Title 56 and Title 63.

Yea

Passed

31–0

Mar 1, 2021

HB 40

Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, enacts the "2021 Precious Cargo Act," which establishes procedures for certain citizens with intellectual or developmental disability or medical condition to communicate specific needs to law enforcement and first responders. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 21 and Title 55, Chapter 4.

Yea

Passed

32–0

Mar 1, 2021

SB 51

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the department of mental health and substance abuse services to June 30, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 33.

Yea

Passed

31–0

Mar 1, 2021

SB 68

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the Southeast Tennessee human resource agency to June 30, 2027. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 13, Chapter 26.

Yea

Passed

31–0

Mar 1, 2021