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
This page
1,572
matching current filters
Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 91
revise the requirements for a petition to initiate a measure or constitutional amendment or to refer a law.
Yea
Passed
70–0
Mar 12, 2025
HB 1218
address the imposition of firearm restrictions on certain employees, officers, volunteers, and other individuals.
Yea
Passed
56–14
Mar 12, 2025
SB 68
require an individual be a citizen of the United States before being eligible to vote and to provide a penalty therefor.
Yea
Passed
66–4
Mar 12, 2025
HB 1245
exempt from the state sales and use tax gross receipts for certain services to a partnership.
Yea
Passed
65–5
Mar 11, 2025
HB 1066
revise residency requirements for the purposes of voter registration.
Yea
Passed
51–18
Mar 11, 2025
HB 1218
address the imposition of firearm restrictions on certain employees, officers, volunteers, and other individuals.
Nay
Passed
35–34
Mar 11, 2025
HB 1239
revise certain provisions related to the restriction of access to obscene materials in a public library or public school library.
Nay
Passed
36–34
Mar 11, 2025
HB 1230
revise a provision related to unauthorized distribution of fentanyl and provide a penalty therefor.
Yea
Passed
66–4
Mar 11, 2025
HB 1259
prohibit unauthorized access to certain multi-occupancy rooms.
Absent
Passed
58–9
Mar 11, 2025
HB 1062
amend provisions pertaining to the maintenance and publication of the statewide voter registration file.
Yea
Passed
52–17
Mar 11, 2025
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