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

HB 2024

Criminal Procedure - As enacted, revises and makes permanent and applicable statewide the Knox County pilot project that allows indigent criminal defendants to pay their court costs and litigation taxes through the performance of public service. - Amends TCA Title 40 and Title 55.

Yea

Passed

33–0

Apr 17, 2018

HB 1862

Criminal Procedure - As enacted, lowers the expunction fee from $350 to $180 for a defendant whose charge was dismissed due to successful completion of a pretrial diversion program. - Amends TCA Section 40-32-101.

Yea

Passed

33–0

Apr 17, 2018

SJR 843

General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - John Hie, Tennessee Public Utility Commission -

Yea

Passed

11–0

Apr 17, 2018

SB 2553

Budget Procedures - As enacted, authorizes, in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, transfers from the department of safety, handgun permit reserve. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 8; Title 9; Title 10; Title 11; Title 12; Title 13; Title 16; Title 17; Title 18; Title 29; Title 33; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 43; Title 45; Title 47; Title 48; Title 49; Title 50; Title 53; Title 54; Title 55; Title 56; Title 57; Title 58; Title 59; Title 60; Title 62; Title 63; Title 64; Title 65; Title 66; Title 67; Title 68; Title 69; Title 70 and Title 71.

Yea

Passed

11–0

Apr 17, 2018

SJR 826

Memorials, Recognition - Food Allergy Awareness Day, May 13, 2018 -

Yea

Passed

33–0

Apr 17, 2018

HB 2230

Education, Higher - As enacted, enacts the "Transparency in Higher Education Act, which requires each state institution of higher education to notify parents of enrolled students of the parent's right to view student records under the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 on the institution's website. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Yea

Passed

31–0

Apr 17, 2018

SJR 855

General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - David F. Jones, Tennessee Public Utility Commission -

Yea

Passed

11–0

Apr 17, 2018

SB 2111

Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, designates sports facilities at MTSU and TSU as "sports authority facility" for purposes of sales of alcoholic beverages and beer for consumption on the premises; specifies that ban on selling wine on Christmas, Thanksgiving, and Easter applies to retail food store wine licensees in addition to package stores. - Amends TCA Title 57.

Yea

Passed

25–4

Apr 17, 2018

HB 2590

State Employees - As enacted, revises provisions governing the use of leave by state employees. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 53; Title 10; Title 11; Title 12; Title 41; Title 50 and Title 54.

Yea

Passed

31–0

Apr 17, 2018

SB 1949

Public Health - As enacted, enacts the "Suicide Mortality Review and Prevention Act of 2018." - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 3.

Yea

Passed

33–0

Apr 17, 2018