Committees
- Senate Finance
- Senate Transportation
- Senate Commerce and Labor
- Senate Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
Senator Watkins also serves on a number of other committees, commissions and panels:
- Coal and Energy Commission
- Electric Utility Restructuring
- Geographic Information Network Advisory Board
- Jamestown/Yorktown Foundation
- Joint Commission on Technology and Science
- Southern States Energy Board
- Unemployment Compensation Commission
- Virginia Housing Commission
- Virginia-North Carolina High-Speed Rail Compact Commission