R Tennessee Senate · District 11 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Bo Watson

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Session

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

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

SB 2561

Human Services, Dept. of - As enacted, establishes the state palliative care and quality of life council to advise the executive director of the Tennessee commission on aging and disability on issues related to palliative care. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 71, Chapter 2.

Yea

Passed

11–0

Apr 17, 2018

SB 2631

Human Rights - As enacted, creates the Tennessee Civil Rights Crimes Information, Reconciliation, and Research Center. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4 and Title 62.

Yea

Passed

11–0

Apr 17, 2018

SB 2236

Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Visual Content Modernization Act of 2018". - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 49 and Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 50.

Yea

Passed

30–0

Apr 17, 2018

HB 2116

Environmental Preservation - As enacted, authorizes the Morgan County commission to designate by resolution a property that consists of at least 2,000 contiguous acres as the JustBeGreen Villages of America development area upon application of one or more property owners within the area for which the designation is sought. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 11 and Title 13.

Yea

Passed

28–0

Apr 17, 2018

HB 2330

Students - As enacted, prohibits the use of corporal punishment against a student with a disability who has an IEP or a Section 504 plan, with certain exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Yea

Passed

28–0

Apr 17, 2018

HB 1988

Local Education Agencies - As enacted, directs LEAs to require schools to provide each high school student in grades 9-12 with a Scholars Prep Guide upon registering for a course. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.

Yea

Passed

33–0

Apr 17, 2018

SB 1873

Health, Dept. of - As enacted, authorizes, as a pilot project in Sullivan, Washington, Carter, Johnson, and Hawkins counties, the emergency medical services board to certify training programs for certain emergency medical services personnel operated by licensed ambulance services; enacts other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 140, Part 3.

Yea

Passed

11–0

Apr 17, 2018

SB 2554

Bond Issues - As enacted, authorizes the state to issue and sell bonds of up to $215,295,000. -

Yea

Passed

11–0

Apr 17, 2018

SB 410

Education - As enacted, requires all public high schools to place automated external defibrillator (AED) devices in schools; encourages public middle and elementary schools and private schools to place AED devices in schools. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68, Chapter 140, Part 4.

Yea

Passed

11–0

Apr 17, 2018

HB 2250

Taxes, Sales - As enacted, extends the deadline by which a distressed rural county must apply to be eligible to retain the sales and use tax generated from a commercial development district from December 31, 2016, to December 31, 2020. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.

Yea

Passed

33–0

Apr 17, 2018