R Tennessee Senate · District 11 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Bo Watson

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Session

Total votes

26,486

all sessions

Attendance

94%

1,505 missed

Lower than 78% of chamber peers

With party

99%

of cast votes

Lower than 86% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

0%

crosses aisle rarely

Higher than 84% of chamber peers

Voting record

Yea

26,256

voted in favor

Nay

199

voted against

Absent

1,505

missed votes

Total recorded

26,486

across all sessions

Crossed party

149

votes against own party

Matching

26,486

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HJR 227

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Mitchell Cochran, Varney Humanitarian Award -

Yea

Passed

31–0

Apr 3, 2017

HB 95

Sales - As enacted, extends the time of sale of land to foreclose a deed of trust, mortgage, or other lien securing the payment of money or other thing of value or under judicial orders or process from "10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m." to "9:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.". - Amends TCA Title 26, Chapter 5 and Title 35, Chapter 5.

Yea

Passed

31–0

Apr 3, 2017

SB 1303

Barbers and/or Cosmetologists - As introduced, requires anyone seeking a license or renewing a license as a cosmetologist, aesthetician, manicurist, natural hair stylist, or barber to successfully complete a one-hour domestic violence training course as prescribed by the state board of cosmetology and barber examiners. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 3 and Title 62, Chapter 4.

Yea

Passed

6–1

Apr 3, 2017

HJR 224

Memorials, Death - Rev. Melvin D. Wade -

Yea

Passed

31–0

Apr 3, 2017

HB 671

Election Laws - As introduced, authorizes certain members of a board of public utilities to serve as a member of a county election commission; prescribes the process for certifying new voting systems for use in this state. - Amends TCA Section 2-1-112 and Section 2-9-117.

Yea

Passed

30–0

Apr 3, 2017

SB 1216

Education, Higher - As enacted, replaces the Tennessee National Guard Tuition Assistance Act with the Tennessee Support, Training, and Renewing Opportunity for National Guardsmen (STRONG) Act of 2017. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 10.

Yea

Passed

31–0

Apr 3, 2017

SB 657

Insurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, revises reporting requirements for the all payer claims database to exclude self-funded employer sponsored health insurance plans; establishes a Tennessee all payer claims database task force. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Section 56-2-125.

Yea

Passed

7–0

Apr 3, 2017

HB 688

Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, expands the exception to unlawful carrying or possession of a firearm or firearm ammunition to include carrying or possession in a boat; clarifies that the exception includes a loaded firearm, as well as a firearm or ammunition. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1307.

Yea

Passed

30–0

Apr 3, 2017

SB 449

Professions and Occupations - As enacted, requires state governmental entities that establish or adopt guides to practice to do so through the promulgation of rules. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 49; Title 62; Title 63; Title 68; Title 69 and Title 70.

Yea

Passed

26–1

Apr 3, 2017

SB 1206

Mental Illness - As enacted, establishes procedures to be followed by the trial court for the diagnosis, evaluation, and initial treatment of persons found not guilty by reason of insanity for first degree murder or certain other Class A felonies. - Amends TCA Section 33-7-303.

Yea

Passed

31–0

Apr 3, 2017