Sen. Bo Watson
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
Sponsored
412
bills & resolutions
Higher than 87% of chamber peers
Committees
8
assignments
23,663 roll-call votes
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
votes against own party
This page
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 925
Taxes, Sales - As enacted, sets the end date at June 30, 2027, for the exemption from sales and use tax for purchases and leases of equipment and infrastructure used to produce broadband communications services or provide internet access. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 3.
Yea
Passed
14–0
Apr 21, 2025
SR 171
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Katie Kissell, Valedictorian, Halls High School -
Yea
Passed
34–0
Apr 21, 2025
SR 165
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Anthony Tran, Valedictorian, Arlington High School -
Yea
Passed
34–0
Apr 21, 2025
HB 780
Economic and Community Development, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to revise and certify the population of each county and municipality, and the aggregate population of the state, prior to July 1 each year during the interim between the regular decennial federal census to ensure equitable allocation and distribution of the local share of revenue; requires the Boyd Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Tennessee, through the Tennessee state data center, to generate annual population estimates for each county and municipality and provide the estimates to the department for review and certification. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3; Title 4, Chapter 49; Section 9-16-101; Title 54, Chapter 4; Title 55, Chapter 4; Title 57, Chapter 5, Part 2; Title 57, Chapter 3, Part 3; Title 67, Chapter 3, Part 9; Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 9 and Title 67.
Yea
Passed
33–0
Apr 21, 2025
SJR 463
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Wallace Selph, Valedictorian, Springfield High School -
Yea
Passed
34–0
Apr 21, 2025
SJR 451
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Amelia Van der Hengst, Valedictorian, South Haven Christian School -
Yea
Passed
34–0
Apr 21, 2025
HB 134
Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires, beginning August 1, 2027, each LEA and public charter school to prohibit food or beverage items that contain Allura Red AC, which is Chemical Abstracts Service registry number 25956-17-6 and also known as Red 40, to be sold, offered for sale, or provided to students on school property through the school nutrition program provided by the LEA, public charter school, or a third party expressly authorized by the LEA or public charter school. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Yea
Passed
34–0
Apr 21, 2025
SB 602
Education - As enacted, requires the department of education to develop guidelines and criteria for determining how long a student must have been present in a teacher's classroom before the student's record is attributable to the teacher for purposes of evaluating the teacher; authorizes an LEA or public charter school to compensate the estate of a teacher who, on the teacher's death, was in the employ of the LEA or public charter school for the teacher's unused and accrued annual and sick leave in the same manner that the estates of deceased state employees are compensated under present law. - Amends Chapter __ of the Public Acts of 2025 (1st Ex. Sess. – SB 6001 / HB 6004); and TCA Title 4, Chapter 49; Title 8 and Title 49.
Yea
Passed
34–0
Apr 21, 2025
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