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
12%
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
311
votes against own party
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1,572
matching current filters
Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 92
require that certain operations obtain their own general or individual water pollution permits.
Yea
Passed
12–0
Feb 9, 2023
SB 51
revise certain provisions regarding the reimbursement of county expenses in detaining parole violators.
Yea
Passed
12–0
Feb 9, 2023
HB 1123
authorize school boards to modify the length of terms for members to allow for holding joint elections.
Yea
Passed
12–0
Feb 9, 2023
SB 44
repeal provisions regarding the creation of river basin natural resource districts.
Yea
Passed
9–3
Feb 9, 2023
HB 1172
require a practitioner's medical assessment of a patient to occur in certain facilities for purposes of medical cannabis use.
Yea
Passed
47–20
Feb 9, 2023
HB 1186
require restitution for landowners following an unauthorized entry to hunt, fish, or trap.
Nay
Failed
28–39
Feb 9, 2023
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