R Tennessee Senate · District 11 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Bo Watson

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Session

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

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

Tally

Date

HJR 155

Memorials, Recognition - Marvin Keener, Rhea County Republican of the Year -

Yea

Passed

32–0

Mar 6, 2017

SB 285

Tennessee Bureau of Investigation - As enacted, permits the TBI to collect a $250 fee when a blood alcohol or drug concentration test is administered by law enforcement and tested by the TBI for the offenses of reckless driving and simple possession or casual exchange of a controlled substance. - Amends TCA Section 55-10-413.

Yea

Passed

32–0

Mar 6, 2017

SB 709

Drugs, Prescription - As enacted, requires the commissioners of health and mental health and substance abuse services to produce guidelines on nonresidential buprenorphine treatment by January 1, 2018, and to annually update those guidelines. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 1.

Yea

Passed

33–0

Mar 6, 2017

SB 417

Treasurer, State - As enacted, clarifies state treasurer has authority to raise funds for the Tennessee financial literacy commission. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-1704.

Yea

Passed

32–0

Mar 6, 2017

SB 524

Education, State Board of - As enacted, requires the state board to adopt a policy allowing American sign language courses to satisfy the foreign language credits required for graduation. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 10.

Yea

Passed

33–0

Mar 6, 2017

SJR 35

General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Recognizes pornography as a public health hazard leading to a broad spectrum of individual and public health impacts and societal harms. -

Yea

Passed

32–0

Mar 6, 2017

SB 428

Funeral Directors and Embalmers - As enacted, removes social security number from the information that a funeral establishment must include on the permanent identification device attached to a dead human body prior to interment and from the permanent identification device placed in the crematory urn before the remains are placed in the urn. - Amends TCA Section 62-5-313.

Yea

Passed

33–0

Mar 6, 2017

SB 1232

Education, Higher - As enacted, requires state institutions of higher education to develop and implement uniform procedures for awarding academic credit through course equivalencies for military education, training, experience, and occupational specialties; provides methods for implementation. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 13.

Yea

Passed

33–0

Mar 6, 2017

HJR 148

Memorials, Interns - Jason Rogers -

Yea

Passed

32–0

Mar 6, 2017

SB 1229

Statutes and Codification - As enacted, codifies the Acts of the 2016 regular and extraordinary sessions. -

Yea

Passed

33–0

Mar 6, 2017