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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1,572
matching current filters
Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HB 1093
modify the permissible dates for a school district bond election.
Yea
Failed
34–34
Feb 6, 2025
HCR 6007
Recognizing emergency medical services personnel and supporting efforts to acknowledge emergency medical service as an essential public service.
Yea
Passed
68–0
Feb 6, 2025
HB 1118
prohibit the award or use of state moneys for the research, production, promotion, sale, or distribution of cell-cultured protein.
Yea
Passed
68–0
Feb 6, 2025
HB 1054
allow public schools to authorize an individual to volunteer or be employed as a school chaplain.
Nay
Failed
18–49
Feb 5, 2025
SB 11
limit the amount of money that a political committee may accept from an inactive candidate campaign committee.
Nay
Failed
5–7
Feb 5, 2025
HB 1068
allow a student to wear certain military decorations at a school graduation ceremony and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
65–2
Feb 5, 2025
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