R Tennessee Senate · District 11 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Bo Watson

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Session

Total votes

23,663

all sessions

Attendance

94%

1,175 missed

Near the chamber average

With party

99%

of cast votes

Near the chamber average

Bipartisan score

0%

crosses aisle rarely

Near the chamber average

Voting record

Yea

23,459

voted in favor

Nay

173

voted against

Absent

1,175

missed votes

Total cast

23,663

across all sessions

Crossed party

130

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

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Date

SB 747

Tennessee Regulatory Authority - As enacted, renames the authority to be the public utility commission and redesignates directors as commissioners. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 3; Title 4; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 10; Title 12; Title 13; Title 35; Title 47; Title 48; Title 64; Title 65; Title 68 and Title 71.

Yea

Passed

8–0

Mar 14, 2017

SJR 77

General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Expresses support for conversion of Medicaid funding to a block grant and opposes expansion of Medicaid under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Pub. L. No. 111-148. -

Yea

Passed

9–0

Mar 14, 2017

SB 1215

Telecommunications - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Broadband Accessibility Act." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 7; Title 7, Chapter 59, Part 3; Title 65, Chapter 25 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 20.

Yea

Passed

8–0

Mar 14, 2017

SB 19

Funeral Directors and Embalmers - As enacted, establishes requirements regarding the custody and transfer of remains in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 7; Title 62, Chapter 5 and Title 68.

Yea

Passed

6–0

Mar 14, 2017

SB 511

Consumer Protection - As enacted, creates a Class A misdemeanor, civil penalties enforceable by the attorney general and reporter, and a private right of action related to "spoofing" of caller identification, facsimile, and text messaging services. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 65, Chapter 4, Part 4.

Yea

Passed

7–0

Mar 14, 2017

SB 1188

Professions and Occupations - As enacted, revises various professional regulatory provisions, including provisions regarding cosmetologists, home inspectors, and engineers. - Amends TCA Title 62.

Yea

Passed

7–0

Mar 14, 2017

SB 1305

Funeral Directors and Embalmers - As enacted, requires that of the 10 hours of continuing education coursework required for renewal of licensure of funeral directors and embalmers, five of those hours must be attended in person, which means the coursework is either completed in the physical presence of the provider of the coursework or through an interactive virtual program that requires participants to confirm their presence during the program. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 5.

Yea

Passed

33–0

Mar 13, 2017

SB 598

Education - As enacted, requires LEAs to ensure schools provide parents and guardians with information about influenza and the effectiveness of vaccination at the beginning of each school year; requires nonpublic schools to provide parents and guardians with information about influenza and the effectiveness of vaccination at the beginning of each school year. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 50 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

Yea

Passed

30–0

Mar 13, 2017

HJR 174

Memorials, Sports - Anthony Baiamonte, state wrestling champion -

Yea

Passed

33–0

Mar 13, 2017

SB 237

Consumer Protection - As enacted, provides exceptions to the standard formula required for gasoline blended with ethanol; exceptions to remain in effect until ASTM incorporates changes to the vapor pressure maximums for ethanol blends after this act's effective date. - Amends TCA Section 47-18-1304.

Yea

Passed

33–0

Mar 13, 2017