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

Tally

Date

SB 163

Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As introduced, exempts from taxation by the department of commerce and insurance any multiple employer welfare arrangement (MEWA) licensed and approved by the department. - Amends TCA Section 56-26-204.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Mar 7, 2017

SB 737

Consumer Protection - As enacted, adds "advertising services for the provision of a motor vehicle warranty in a deceptive manner likely to cause the owner to believe that the advertisement originated from the original manufacturer of the motor vehicle or from the dealer that sold the motor vehicle" as a violation of the Consumer Protection Act of 1977. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 55.

Yea

Passed

7–0

Mar 7, 2017

SB 1266

Tennessee Regulatory Authority - As enacted, limits the TRA's jurisdiction over an investor-owned electric power company serving Tennessee customers on the western side of the Mississippi River to hearing complaints alleging certain levels of service and rate violations and granting appropriate relief. - Amends TCA Title 65, Chapter 4, Part 1.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Mar 7, 2017

SB 561

Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, allows an insurance producer to charge fees for services relating to an individual's purchase of an individual major medical policy if the insurance producer is not receiving commission from an insurer and if the fees are based upon a qualified written agreement. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 6.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Mar 7, 2017

SB 437

Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, revises various provisions regarding when a health insurance entity can make, and when a health insurance entity is required to notify a provider of, changes in the provider's fee schedule. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 7.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Mar 7, 2017

SB 547

Consumer Protection - As enacted, clarifies that the consumer protection violation of failing to disclose a security breach of personal consumer information applies to a breach of unencrypted data or encrypted data when the encryption key has also been acquired by an unauthorized person. - Amends TCA Title 47.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Mar 7, 2017

SB 549

Insurance, Motor Vehicles - As enacted, makes various changes to the vehicle insurance verification program, including extending the time owners have to comply with notice of noncompliance and revising fee provisions. - Amends TCA Section 55-12-210 and Section 55-12-211.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Mar 7, 2017

SB 545

Motor Vehicles - As enacted, specifies certain services provided by a motor vehicle manufacturer under a service contract that are not considered to be insurance. - Amends TCA Section 56-2-126.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Mar 7, 2017

SB 138

Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, requires members of certain utility boards of commissioners to meet training and continuing education requirements; provides that failure to meet such requirements could result in the ineligibility to receive certain financial assistance, or for members to be reelected or reappointed. - Amends TCA Section 7-34-115; Section 7-35-409; Section 7-82-307; Section 7-82-308; Section 68-221-1305; Section 68-221-605 and Section 68-221-1206.

Yea

Passed

11–0

Mar 7, 2017

SB 209

Veterans - As enacted, authorizes private employers to give hiring preference to honorably discharged veterans, spouses of veterans with service-connected disabilities, unremarried widows or widowers of veterans who died of service-connected disabilities, and unremarried widows or widowers of members of the military who died in the line of duty. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 1, Part 1.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Mar 7, 2017