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R Tennessee Senate · District 11 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Bo Watson

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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
Sponsored
707
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
8
assignments
26,488 roll-call votes

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
This page
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Result
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Date
SB 2119
Taxes - As enacted, extends from " June 30, 2023" to "June 30, 2028" the termination date for allocation of state sales tax revenue to municipalities under the former Courthouse Square Revitalization Pilot Project Act of 2005; revises other provisions governing taxation. - Amends TCA Title 67.
Yea
Passed
33–0
Apr 24, 2018
SR 223
Memorials, Public Service - Office of Facilities Management of the 110th General Assembly -
Yea
Passed
33–0
Apr 24, 2018
SB 824
Education, Higher - As enacted, enacts the "Student Due Process Protection Act". - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 5; Title 10, Chapter 7; Title 24 and Title 49.
Yea
Passed
33–0
Apr 24, 2018
HJR 1210
Memorials, Public Service - Representative Sherry Jones -
Yea
Passed
33–0
Apr 24, 2018
SB 1288
Local Government, General - As enacted, increases the authorized annual state contribution made to human resources agencies. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 26.
Yea
Passed
11–0
Apr 24, 2018
HB 2312
Immigration - As enacted, prohibits any official or employee of this state or any political subdivision of this state from accepting an identification document issued or created by any person, organization, county, city, or other local authority, except where expressly authorized to be used for identification purposes by the general assembly to determine a person's identity or residency unless required by federal law; prohibits any local government or law enforcement agency from authorizing the use of any such card or document as a form of identification to be used to determine the identity or residency of any person. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 55.
Yea
Passed
21–8
Apr 24, 2018
HJR 1257
Memorials, Recognition - Johnson County Rescue Squad, 50th Anniversary -
Yea
Passed
33–0
Apr 24, 2018
HJR 1087
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Kara M. Lawson, UT board of trustees -
Yea
Passed
33–0
Apr 24, 2018
HB 1959
Controlled Substances - As enacted, abolishes the TBI drug chemistry unit drug testing fund and the TBI toxicology unit intoxicant testing fund; provides for funds collected from the drug testing fee and the blood alcohol or drug concentration test fee being directed to the general fund to be used as appropriated by the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13; Title 39, Chapter 14; Title 39, Chapter 15; Title 39, Chapter 16; Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 40, Chapter 35; Title 55; Title 63; Title 69, Chapter 9 and Title 70.
Yea
Passed
29–0
Apr 24, 2018
SB 2220
Taxes - As introduced, requires commissioner of revenue to report in writing to the finance, ways and means committees of the senate and the house of representatives the total, annual amount of industrial machinery franchise and excise tax credits provided under Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 67-4-2009(3), for fiscal years 2012-2017. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4. Against party
Nay
Passed
10–1
Apr 24, 2018
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