Total votes
1,572
all sessions
Attendance
100%
1 missed
Higher than 80% of chamber peers
With party
79%
of cast votes
Near the chamber average
Bipartisan score
13%
some cross-party votes
Near the chamber average
Sponsored
131
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
7
assignments
1,572 roll-call votes
Voting record
Breaks with party 20% of the time
Yea
1,217
voted in favor
Nay
348
voted against
Absent
1
missed votes
Total cast
1,572
across all sessions
Crossed party
312
votes against own party
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matching current filters
Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 10
require that a notification of medical cannabis certification be provided to a patient's primary or referring practitioner. Against party
Nay
Passed
48–20
Feb 22, 2024
SB 15
require a convicted defendant to reimburse the cost of digital forensic examination fees.
Yea
Passed
68–0
Feb 22, 2024
SB 86
allow a municipality authorized to allow legal games of chance to issue additional off-sale liquor licenses to hotel-motel convention facilities. Against party
Nay
Passed
55–13
Feb 22, 2024
SB 172
allow a person to temporarily take responsibility of a feral cat for the purpose of spaying or neutering the animal. Against party
Nay
Passed
54–14
Feb 22, 2024
SB 9
further limit applications for clemency for violent crime offenders sentenced to life imprisonment.
Yea
Passed
63–5
Feb 22, 2024
SB 85
revise a provision related to an action to quiet title to real property. Against party
Nay
Passed
48–20
Feb 22, 2024
SB 152
establish maximum fees for legal publications and to remove related rule-making authority from the Bureau of Administration.
Yea
Passed
63–5
Feb 22, 2024
SB 97
establish the admissibility of evidence of similar crimes in sexual assault cases.
Nay
Failed
31–37
Feb 22, 2024
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