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

This page

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HB 1494

Local Government, General - As enacted, authorizes county, municipal, and metropolitan mayors and chief executives to issue evacuation orders during a local state of emergency; creates Class C misdemeanor of willfully violating an evacuation order. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 9 and Title 58. Against party

Nay

Passed

23–6

Apr 17, 2018

SB 280

Criminal Procedure - As enacted, prohibits a person charged with incest from participating in judicial diversion. - Amends TCA Section 40-35-313.

Yea

Passed

11–0

Apr 17, 2018

SB 2552

Appropriations - As enacted, makes appropriations for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2017, and July 1, 2018. -

Yea

Passed

11–0

Apr 17, 2018

SB 2295

Administrative Procedure (UAPA) - As enacted, continues permanent rules filed with the secretary of state on or after January 1, 2017. - Title 4, Chapter 5.

Yea

Passed

31–0

Apr 17, 2018

SB 2266

Taxes, Sales - As enacted, specifies that any entity that qualifies for exemption as a spallation neutron source facility will not be eligible for a sales and use tax exemption with regard to any industrial machinery that is used in operation of a qualified data center or used primarily for research and development; provides exception for a leadership computing facility that is funded by the United States government or instrumentality thereof, not funded with any state funds, and located at a national laboratory. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 9; Title 13 and Title 67, Chapter 6.

Yea

Passed

11–0

Apr 17, 2018

SB 2276

Taxes, Real Property - As enacted, authorizes a nonprofit children's hospital located in Knox County or within a municipality located within Knox County to claim and file a property tax exemption as a religious, charitable, scientific, or nonprofit educational institution or as an educational institution. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5.

Yea

Passed

11–0

Apr 17, 2018

SB 39

Criminal Offenses - As introduced, enhances the penalty for destruction or alteration of governmental records from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony. - Amends TCA Title 39.

Yea

Passed

10–0

Apr 17, 2018

SB 2380

Taxes - As enacted, enacts the "Event Tourism Act". - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 9; Title 11; Title 57 and Title 67.

Yea

Passed

11–0

Apr 17, 2018

SB 2665

Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As introduced, exempts from sales and use tax, bees, hives, and beekeeping equipment sold to consumers for noncommercial purposes. - Amends TCA Title 67.

Yea

Passed

11–0

Apr 17, 2018

SB 1277

Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As enacted, directs the Tennessee advisory commission on intergovernmental relations (TACIR) to perform a study of the potential, overall effects of creating a franchise and excise tax credit for shippers with pickups or deliveries originating in, or destined to, Shelby County. - Amends TCA Title 55 and Title 67.

Yea

Passed

11–0

Apr 17, 2018