Total votes
1,571
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
1,571 roll-call votes
Voting record
Breaks with party 21% of the time
Yea
1,217
voted in favor
Nay
347
voted against
Absent
1
missed votes
Total cast
1,571
across all sessions
Crossed party
314
votes against own party
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matching current filters
Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HB 1168
require active efforts to preserve and reunite Indian families in abuse and neglect proceedings.
Nay
Failed
30–37
Feb 6, 2023
HB 1054
provide a stipend for the erection of a private headstone for a deceased veteran.
Yea
Passed
65–0
Feb 3, 2023
SB 9
modify discharge notice procedures applicable to developmentally disabled persons.
Yea
Passed
64–1
Feb 3, 2023
HB 1150
provide a medical cannabis patient a registry identification card fee waiver in certain circumstances.
Yea
Passed
64–1
Feb 3, 2023
HB 1080
prohibit certain medical and surgical interventions on minor patients.
Yea
Passed
59–10
Feb 2, 2023
HB 1127
make an appropriation to support volunteer fire departments and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
12–0
Feb 2, 2023
SB 7
clarify emergency commitments of severely mentally ill persons by appropriate regional facilities.
Yea
Passed
69–0
Feb 2, 2023
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