Total votes
1,234
all sessions
Attendance
100%
6 missed
Higher than 78% of chamber peers
With party
97%
of cast votes
Near the chamber average
Bipartisan score
2%
crosses aisle rarely
Near the chamber average
Sponsored
107
bills & resolutions
Higher than 85% of chamber peers
Committees
8
assignments
1,234 roll-call votes
Voting record
Yea
1,000
voted in favor
Nay
228
voted against
Absent
6
missed votes
Total cast
1,234
across all sessions
Crossed party
30
votes against own party
This page
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HF 2649
A bill for an act establishing a pilot program that authorizes eligible community colleges to offer baccalaureate degrees. Against party
Yea
Passed
56–35
Mar 4, 2026
HF 2718
A bill for an act relating to the seizure of firearms, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions.
Nay
Passed
67–28
Mar 4, 2026
HF 2328
A bill for an act relating to the distribution of the department of administrative services’ report on state employee salaries.
Yea
Passed
96–0
Mar 4, 2026
HF 2494
A bill for an act requiring the director of the department of education to prepare, publish, and submit to the general assembly annual reports related to reading proficiency, mathematics proficiency, and area education agencies.
Yea
Failed
31–64
Mar 3, 2026
HF 2684
A bill for an act permitting school districts to use certain categorical funds generated from pupils participating in the education savings account program for any school general fund purpose.
Yea
Passed
95–0
Mar 3, 2026
HF 2494
A bill for an act requiring the director of the department of education to prepare, publish, and submit to the general assembly annual reports related to reading proficiency, mathematics proficiency, and area education agencies.
Yea
Passed
94–1
Mar 3, 2026
HF 2705
A bill for an act relating to entities supported in whole or in part by taxation, including by modifying provisions related to the duties and responsibilities of the directors and officers of school boards, school improvement advisory committees, electronic bidding on public bonds, statewide school infrastructure funding, open enrollment, and the membership and voting units of county and city conference boards, and including applicability provisions.
Yea
Passed
95–0
Mar 3, 2026
HF 2510
A bill for an act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to the social studies instruction provided to students enrolled in grades one through twelve and the educational programs provided by the institutions of higher education under the control of the state board of regents.
Nay
Passed
60–35
Mar 3, 2026
HF 2513
A bill for an act prohibiting institutions of higher education from entering into employment contracts with citizens of federally designated foreign adversaries and state sponsors of terrorism holding certain visas.
Yea
Failed
28–65
Mar 3, 2026
HF 2705
A bill for an act relating to entities supported in whole or in part by taxation, including by modifying provisions related to the duties and responsibilities of the directors and officers of school boards, school improvement advisory committees, electronic bidding on public bonds, statewide school infrastructure funding, open enrollment, and the membership and voting units of county and city conference boards, and including applicability provisions.
Yea
Failed
35–60
Mar 3, 2026
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