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
SB 10
shorten the time before records of a Governor or a lieutenant governor are opened to the public.
Yea
Passed
58–7
Jan 30, 2025
HB 1017
require the acceptance of a cash payment for admission to a school-affiliated event.
Yea
Passed
33–32
Jan 30, 2025
SB 36
repeal the oath requirement for an application for a lodging establishment, campground, food service establishment, or mobile food service establishment license.
Yea
Passed
65–0
Jan 30, 2025
SB 5
permit a sheriff to charge a fee for service of process, whether service is completed or not.
Yea
Passed
58–7
Jan 30, 2025
SB 36
repeal the oath requirement for an application for a lodging establishment, campground, food service establishment, or mobile food service establishment license.
Yea
Passed
13–0
Jan 29, 2025
HCR 6001
Honoring healthcare workers who died and risked their lives during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Yea
Passed
67–0
Jan 29, 2025
HB 1079
increase the number of off-sale licenses from two to three in municipalities and counties of one thousand or less.
Yea
Passed
11–1
Jan 29, 2025
HJR 5002
Applying to the United States Congress under Article V of the United States Constitution to call for a convention for proposing an amendment to the constitution establishing congressional term limits. Against party
Nay
Passed
8–4
Jan 29, 2025
SB 10
shorten the time before records of a Governor or a lieutenant governor are opened to the public.
Yea
Passed
11–0
Jan 29, 2025
HB 1062
amend provisions pertaining to the maintenance and publication of the statewide voter registration file.
Yea
Passed
36–31
Jan 29, 2025
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