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
HB 1041
revise and repeal certain provisions pertaining to the state library and State Library Board.
Yea
Passed
61–8
Mar 3, 2025
SB 62
establish mandatory reporting requirements related to improper governmental conduct and crime, and to provide a penalty therefor. Against party
Nay
Passed
38–31
Mar 3, 2025
SB 89
repeal the requirement that judicial officers be listed on a separate nonpolitical ballot.
Yea
Passed
12–0
Mar 3, 2025
SB 37
revise and repeal provisions related to the 911 emergency surcharge and the 911 Coordination Board.
Yea
Passed
69–0
Mar 3, 2025
SB 28
revise provisions relating to licensing fees and license renewal dates for the practice of barbering and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
12–1
Mar 3, 2025
SB 185
amend provisions pertaining to the process by which the qualifications of a registered voter are verified.
Yea
Passed
13–0
Mar 3, 2025
SB 171
add questions about historical property to seller's disclosure statement.
Absent
Passed
12–0
Mar 3, 2025
SB 92
require that the director of the Legislative Research Council and the secretary of state review an initiated measure and determine if the measure embraces more than one subject.
Yea
Passed
12–0
Mar 3, 2025
SB 198
establish conditions a prospective condemnor must satisfy before commencing condemnation proceedings.
Yea
Passed
12–0
Mar 3, 2025
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