Sen. Bo Watson
Total votes
26,263
all sessions
Attendance
94%
1,175 missed
With party
99%
of cast votes
Lower than 86% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
0%
crosses aisle rarely
Near the chamber average
Sponsored
412
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
8
assignments
26,263 roll-call votes
Voting record
Yea
26,037
voted in favor
Nay
195
voted against
Absent
1,175
missed votes
Total cast
26,263
across all sessions
Crossed party
145
votes against own party
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HB 108
Abortion - As enacted, requires, in cases where an ultrasound is performed as part of an examination prior to an abortion, the person who performs the ultrasound to offer the woman the opportunity to learn the results of the ultrasound; requires, if ultrasound is performed, that report of abortion indicate whether or not a heartbeat was detected. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 2 and Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 2.
Yea
Passed
24–4
Apr 18, 2018
HB 2644
Appropriations - As enacted, makes appropriations for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2017, and July 1, 2018. -
Yea
Passed
32–1
Apr 18, 2018
HB 3
Civil Procedure - As enacted, makes licensed clinical social workers who are engaged solely in independent clinical practice in proceedings in which the department of children's services is the petitioner or intervening petitioner, exempt from subpoena to trial but subject to subpoena to a deposition. - Amends TCA Title 24, Chapter 9, Part 1.
Yea
Passed
28–0
Apr 18, 2018
HB 1140
Criminal Offenses - As enacted, establishes what constitutes a reasonable expectation of privacy for purposes of the offense of unlawful photographing in violation of privacy. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13; Title 39, Chapter 17 and Title 40, Chapter 35.
Yea
Passed
32–0
Apr 18, 2018
SB 1935
Victims' Rights - As enacted, requires the secretary of state to establish a crime victim address confidentiality program for victims of domestic abuse, stalking, human trafficking, and sexual offenses; establishes how a substitute address may be used by a program participant in lieu of a confidential address. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 10, Chapter 7; Title 39 and Title 40, Chapter 38.
Yea
Passed
10–0
Apr 18, 2018
SB 270
Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, exempts certain active, volunteer firefighters and rescue squad members from payment of the regular registration fee at the time of renewal for license plate issued to the volunteer firefighter or rescue squad member; authorizes a county legislative body to waive the motor vehicle tax for motor vehicles receiving the exemption from the registration fee, if the waiver is approved in the same manner as the adoption of the motor vehicle tax. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4.
Yea
Passed
28–0
Apr 18, 2018
SB 2062
Criminal Procedure - As introduced, changes from March 1 to April 1 the date by which the department of safety must submit an annual seizure report to the speakers of the senate and house of representatives and to the chairs of the judiciary committee of the senate, civil justice committee of the house of representatives, and criminal justice committee of the house of representatives. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 14; Title 8, Chapter 7; Title 38, Chapter 6; Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4; Title 40 and Title 55, Chapter 10, Part 4.
Yea
Passed
9–0
Apr 18, 2018
SB 1875
Sentencing - As enacted, enacts "Henry's Law," which requires that a person convicted for second degree murder resulting from unlawful distribution of Schedule I or II drug where victim is a minor be punished from within one range higher than the sentencing range otherwise appropriate for the person. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-210 and Title 40, Chapter 35.
Yea
Passed
29–0
Apr 18, 2018
HB 2195
Flags - As enacted, prohibits local governments from adopting or enforcing regulations that prohibit or restrict the display of a flag of the United States of America, a flag of the state of Tennessee, the MIA/POW flag, or an official or replica flag of any branch of the United States armed forces on a property owner's property except when necessary to promote public health and safety. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 5; Title 6, Chapter 54 and Title 13, Chapter 7.
Yea
Passed
28–0
Apr 18, 2018
HB 2690
Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires LEAs to provide written notice to a student's parents or legal guardians before the student participates in any mental health screening. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Yea
Passed
30–0
Apr 18, 2018
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