Total votes
740
all sessions
Attendance
100%
2 missed
Near the chamber average
With party
95%
of cast votes
Lower than 91% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
3%
crosses aisle rarely
Higher than 89% of chamber peers
Sponsored
39
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
0
assignments
740 roll-call votes
Voting record
Yea
629
voted in favor
Nay
109
voted against
Absent
2
missed votes
Total cast
740
across all sessions
Crossed party
34
votes against own party
This page
740
matching current filters
Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HF 2605
A bill for an act providing for the regulation of hemp and hemp products, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable. Against party
Nay
Passed
79–16
Mar 12, 2024
HF 2547
A bill for an act relating to education, including by requiring school engagement meetings and attendance cooperation proceedings when children are absent from school, requiring school districts to restrict student use of cellular phones and smartphones, modifying provisions related to open enrollment of truant students, and modifying penalties.
Yea
Passed
73–22
Mar 12, 2024
HF 2547
A bill for an act relating to education, including by requiring school engagement meetings and attendance cooperation proceedings when children are absent from school, requiring school districts to restrict student use of cellular phones and smartphones, modifying provisions related to open enrollment of truant students, and modifying penalties.
Yea
Failed
30–65
Mar 12, 2024
SF 455
A bill for an act relating to the regulation of topsoil and storm water at construction sites.
Nay
Passed
53–46
Mar 11, 2024
HF 2637
A bill for an act relating to the adoption tax credit available against the individual income tax, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.
Yea
Passed
99–0
Mar 11, 2024
HF 2625
A bill for an act relating to the sales tax imposed on amusement devices. Against party
Yea
Passed
74–25
Mar 11, 2024
HF 2487
A bill for an act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to mandatory reporting to the board of educational examiners of certain specified school employees, complaints against school employees and the investigation of complaints against school employees, and the responsibilities of the department of education and the board of educational examiners.
Yea
Passed
99–0
Mar 11, 2024
HF 2235
A bill for an act relating to filling a vacancy on a unit owners association executive board.
Yea
Passed
99–0
Mar 11, 2024
SF 2262
A bill for an act relating to a probation officer’s access to confidential information filed with the court for securing an arrest or search warrant.
Yea
Passed
99–0
Mar 11, 2024
HF 2280
A bill for an act relating to private instruction, including modifying provisions related to independent private instruction and the reports and evidence of immunizations required under competent private instruction.
Yea
Failed
33–61
Mar 7, 2024
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