[6] Beavers has also supported legislation in opposition to the Supreme Court's ruling on same-sex marriage.

[7] In 2014, Beavers was rated by the Sunlight Foundation as the second-most conservative state senator in Tennessee, behind then-senator Stacey Campfield.

[1] On December 26, 2019, Beavers was appointed by Governor Bill Lee to serve on the state Board of Parole for a six-year term.

Beavers opposed the 2010 health care reform legislation proposals including the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, sponsoring instead the Tennessee Health Freedom Act in order to protect "a citizen's right to participate, or not participate, in any healthcare system".

[16] Had the bill passed, it would have cost Tennessee upwards of $8.5 billion in federal funding,[17] in addition to millions of dollars in legal bills, mostly impacting programs that support Tennessee families in need such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).

[20] On August 23, 2017, Beavers announced she would resign her spot in the state senate to focus fully on her campaign.

Mark Pody won a special election to assume Beavers' senate seat.

[21] In January 2018, Trevecca Nazarene University blocked an event organized by Beavers that was scheduled to feature Cathy Hinners, John Guandolo and Bill Warner, amid strong criticism from advocacy groups that its speakers were anti-Muslim.