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Sen. Van Burtenshaw

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Session

Total votes

3,919

all sessions

Attendance

95%

199 missed

Near the chamber average

With party

95%

of cast votes

Near the chamber average

Bipartisan score

3%

crosses aisle rarely

Near the chamber average

Voting record

Yea

3,638

voted in favor

Nay

137

voted against

Absent

199

missed votes

Total cast

3,919

across all sessions

Crossed party

156

votes against own party

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

S 1018

EDUCATION – Repeals existing law relating to school accountability report cards.

Yea

Passed

68–0

Mar 8, 2017

H 250

ABORTION – Amends existing law to remove language providing that a physician has examined in person a woman to whom an abortifacient is administered to determine the medical appropriateness of such administration and has determined that the abortifacient is sufficiently safe for use in the gestational age at which it will be administered; and to remove language providing that no drug may be prescribed through telehealth services for the purposes of causing an abortion.

Yea

Passed

51–17

Mar 8, 2017

S 1027

FISH AND GAME – Amends existing law to revise certain license, tag and permit provisions; to provide for grizzly bear tags; to require taxidermist and fur buyer’s licenses for those that engage in the business of buying certain skins and parts of specified animals; to require the retention of records for those who purchase certain skins and parts of specified animals; to revise reporting requirements regarding the taking of certain wolves and to provide for the control of depredation of grizzly bear; to provide an exception for grizzly bear to prohibitions of waste and destruction of wildlife; and to provide for reimbursement to the state for grizzly bear killed, possessed or wasted.

Yea

Passed

60–8

Mar 8, 2017

S 1030

DUAL ENROLLMENT – Amends existing law to provide for the dual enrollment of a student in a public charter school and to provide for related restrictions and clarifications.

Yea

Passed

68–0

Mar 8, 2017

H 235

PROPERTY TAX – Amends existing law to establish criteria for a property tax exemption for business property regarding a new or existing plant investment.

Yea

Passed

65–3

Mar 8, 2017

S 1019

SCHOOL SAFETY PATROLS – Repeals and adds to existing law to provide for school safety patrols, to provide that it is unlawful for a vehicle operator to disregard directions from a school safety patrol member, and to provide for the reporting of violations.

Yea

Passed

66–2

Mar 8, 2017

H 248

APPROPRIATIONS – STATE INDEPENDENT LIVING COUNCIL – Appropriates $650,900 to the State Independent Living Council for fiscal year 2018; and limits the number of full-time equivalent positions to 4.

Yea

Passed

67–1

Mar 7, 2017

H 230

FISH AND GAME – Amends and adds to existing law to provide for the use of moneys for fishing access; to revise provisions regarding moneys paid into the Fish and Game Set-Aside Account; to provide for the use of moneys derived from certain license endorsements; to revise provisions regarding the transfer of certain amounts from the Expendable Big Game Depredation Fund; to revise conditions and requirements regarding payment for certain damages due to depredation; to revise certain deposit provisions regarding the Fish and Game Set-Aside Account; to provide for 3-year nonresident junior fishing licenses; to provide for license endorsements to fund wildlife depredation compensation and prevention and sportsmen access programs; to revise certain license fees; to revise provisions regarding procedures associated with depredation claims; and to provide that methods of determining forage utilization and damage or loss due to wildlife may include exclosure cages or other devices.

Yea

Passed

41–26

Mar 7, 2017

H 246

APPROPRIATIONS – JUVENILE CORRECTIONS DEPT – Appropriates $52,029,400 to the Department of Juvenile Corrections for fiscal year 2018; and limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions to 413.

Yea

Passed

66–1

Mar 7, 2017

H 223

SCHOOLS – Adds to existing law to establish Rural Education Support Networks. Against party

Yea

Passed

35–33

Mar 7, 2017