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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Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HJR 5007
Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election a law transfer the state accounting system from the Bureau of Finance and Management to the state auditor and amend provisions pertaining to the Bureau of Finance and Management.
Absent
Passed
9–1
Feb 21, 2025
SB 93
prohibit payment or rebate of insurance deductibles by contractors providing motor vehicle repair services.
Yea
Passed
13–0
Feb 21, 2025
HB 1025
authorize the Department of Corrections to construct a prison facility for offenders committed to the Department of Corrections in Lincoln County, to make an appropriation therefor, to transfer moneys to the incarceration construction fund, and to declare an emergency.
Nay
Failed
34–35
Feb 21, 2025
HB 1097
establish and modify provisions for the temporary training of nonresident physicians. Against party
Nay
Passed
59–10
Feb 21, 2025
HB 1235
reduce a limit on the annual increases of property tax revenues payable to certain taxing districts, and to subject school districts to a limit on property taxes collected in a year.
Yea
Passed
9–3
Feb 21, 2025
HB 1191
subject advertising services to a gross receipts tax, and to allocate proceeds to property tax relief.
Yea
Passed
12–0
Feb 21, 2025
HB 1119
limit annual valuation increases on owner-occupied single-family dwellings and nonagricultural property.
Yea
Passed
8–4
Feb 21, 2025
HB 1249
protect landowners from the use of deception, fraud, harassment, intimidation, misrepresentation, or threat, in acquiring easements or easement options.
Yea
Passed
8–4
Feb 21, 2025
SB 84
extend the timeframe for filling a vacancy in a board of county commissioners.
Yea
Passed
68–1
Feb 21, 2025
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