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R Tennessee Senate · District 11 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Bo Watson

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Total votes
26,488
all sessions
Attendance
94%
1,505 missed
Lower than 78% of chamber peers
With party
99%
of cast votes
Lower than 85% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
0%
crosses aisle rarely
Near the chamber average
Sponsored
707
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
8
assignments
26,488 roll-call votes

Voting record

Yea
26,258
voted in favor
Nay
199
voted against
Absent
1,505
missed votes
Total cast
26,488
across all sessions
Crossed party
149
votes against own party
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
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Date
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
SB 1074
Special License Plates - As enacted, authorizes issuance of an emergency license plate to constables. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4, Part 2.
Yea
Passed
33–0
Mar 13, 2017
SB 55
Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the alcoholic beverage commission to June 30, 2021; requires the commission to return to the government operations committee to respond to targeted questions by December 31, 2017. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2 and Title 57, Chapter 1.
Yea
Passed
33–0
Mar 13, 2017
SB 224
Chiropractors - As enacted, allows chiropractic physicians to enter into a direct primary care agreement with an individual patient or the patient's legal representative. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 1, Part 5.
Yea
Passed
33–0
Mar 13, 2017
HB 165
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
33–0
Mar 13, 2017
SJR 183
Memorials, Sports - Trent Knight, state wrestling champion -
Yea
Passed
33–0
Mar 13, 2017
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