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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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HB 1164
revise the process for nominating candidates for lieutenant governor.
Yea
Passed
43–27
Feb 19, 2025
HB 1261
provide the board of commissioners with authority over certain intra-county land uses and construction projects. Bipartisan
Nay
Passed
38–32
Feb 19, 2025
HB 1019
eliminate certain property taxes levied on owner-occupied single-family dwellings, and to increase certain gross receipts tax rates and use tax rates.
Nay
Failed
2–9
Feb 19, 2025
HB 1231
repeal the board of barber examiners and cosmetology commission, and to create the cosmetology and barbering board, to provide a penalty, and to make an appropriation therefor.
Yea
Passed
13–0
Feb 19, 2025
HCR 6003
To provide for an interim study regarding property tax reduction and preservation of the American dream to own a home.
Yea
Passed
11–1
Feb 19, 2025
HB 1236
expand the safety zone within which hunting and trapping are restricted. Against party
Nay
Passed
51–19
Feb 19, 2025
HB 1259
prohibit unauthorized access to certain multi-occupancy rooms.
Yea
Passed
49–21
Feb 19, 2025
HB 1260
require that birth certificates and certain official documents reflect biological sex.
Yea
Failed
35–35
Feb 19, 2025
HB 1218
address the imposition of firearm restrictions on certain employees, officers, volunteers, and other individuals.
Yea
Passed
44–26
Feb 19, 2025
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