R Tennessee Senate · District 11 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Bo Watson

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Session

Total votes

23,676

all sessions

Attendance

94%

1,301 missed

Near the chamber average

With party

99%

of cast votes

Near the chamber average

Bipartisan score

0%

crosses aisle rarely

Lower than 76% of chamber peers

Voting record

Yea

23,471

voted in favor

Nay

174

voted against

Absent

1,301

missed votes

Total cast

23,676

across all sessions

Crossed party

130

votes against own party

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SR 158

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Lizzie Crowe, Salutatorian, Tipton Rosemark Academy -

Yea

Passed

38–0

Apr 21, 2025

HB 1416

Germantown - Subject to local approval, makes the office of mayor a full-time position, with the salary of the office to be set by ordinance. - Amends Chapter 87 of the Private Acts of 1985.

Yea

Passed

37–0

Apr 21, 2025

HB 1162

Schools, Charter - As enacted, permits a public charter school authorized in the county local education agency for a county in which only one city school system operates to use available buildings or facilities located within the geographic boundaries of the city school system located in the same county if certain conditions are met. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Yea

Passed

33–4

Apr 21, 2025

HB 69

Election Laws - As enacted, requires the coordinator of elections, in collaboration with the department of safety, prior to January 1, 2028, to create a secure, electronic portal through which each county administrator of elections may access information to verify, prior to processing an applicant's application to register to vote, whether the applicant is a United States citizen based upon records on file at the time of issuance of the most recent driver license or identification card or other credential from the department of safety; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 4; Title 38; Title 39; Title 41 and Title 55.

Yea

Passed

37–0

Apr 21, 2025

SJR 465

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Jack Magee, Valedictorian, Christian Academy of Knoxville -

Yea

Passed

38–0

Apr 21, 2025

SJR 466

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Karlee Cronan, Salutatorian, Knoxville Christian School -

Yea

Passed

38–0

Apr 21, 2025

SB 1366

Federal Aid - As enacted, establishes a process for reviewing requests for federal aid. -

Yea

Passed

12–2

Apr 21, 2025

SR 160

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Olivia Prescott, Salutatorian, Brighton High School -

Yea

Passed

38–0

Apr 21, 2025

SR 196

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Cydney Cymone Buford, Salutatorian, East Nashville Magnet High School -

Yea

Passed

38–0

Apr 21, 2025

SB 374

Children - As introduced, requires the department of children's services to study the need for a new juvenile detention facility to be constructed in the western grand division of this state that would serve the detention and treatment needs of juveniles in that grand division; requires the department to report its findings and recommendations to the judiciary committee of the senate and the committee having jurisdiction over criminal justice in the house of representatives on or before January 1, 2026. - Amends TCA Title 9; Title 12; Title 16; Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40.

Yea

Passed

12–1

Apr 21, 2025