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
This page
1,572
matching current filters
Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HB 1245
revise provisions related to the custody of an alleged delinquent child before and after a temporary custody hearing.
Yea
Passed
68–1
Mar 5, 2024
HB 1244
provide a process to withdraw a signature from a petition for an initiated measure, constitutional amendment, or a referendum on a law in certain situations and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
60–9
Mar 5, 2024
HB 1257
require the Executive Board of the Legislative Research Council to establish an interim study committee on minors' access to pornographic material.
Yea
Passed
63–6
Mar 5, 2024
HB 1200
increase the minimum fee required with an application for construction of an energy conversion and transmission facility.
Yea
Passed
65–4
Mar 5, 2024
SB 191
restrict the use of medical cannabis for individuals on probation or conditional release.
Yea
Passed
63–6
Mar 4, 2024
HB 1057
create the Commission on Indigent Legal Services and Office of Indigent Legal Services, to make an appropriation for reimbursing county indigent legal services, and to declare an emergency. Against party
Nay
Passed
62–4
Mar 4, 2024
SB 134
make an appropriation to create the healthy forest critical infrastructure relief and grant program and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
44–25
Mar 4, 2024
SB 83
make an appropriation for the revised construction costs of maintenance shops for the Wildland Fire Suppression Division and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
64–4
Mar 4, 2024
SB 45
make an appropriation for the establishment of a Center for Quantum Information Science and Technology and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
64–4
Mar 4, 2024
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