Total votes
1,451
all sessions
Attendance
100%
6 missed
Near the chamber average
With party
80%
of cast votes
Lower than 83% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
12%
some cross-party votes
Higher than 79% of chamber peers
Sponsored
224
bills & resolutions
Higher than 80% of chamber peers
Committees
2
assignments
1,451 roll-call votes
Voting record
Yea
1,142
voted in favor
Nay
299
voted against
Absent
6
missed votes
Total cast
1,451
across all sessions
Crossed party
272
votes against own party
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HCR 6011
encouraging the Executive Board of the Legislative Research Council to form an interim Neurohealth Safety Committee to study and assess the regulatory framework under which vapor product retail establishments operate.
Yea
Passed
58–8
Feb 17, 2026
SB 63
establish the state office of apprenticeship within the Department of Labor and Regulation.
Yea
Passed
42–23
Feb 17, 2026
HB 1146
adopt the physician assistant licensure compact. Against party
Nay
Passed
56–10
Feb 17, 2026
HB 1241
modify the requirements for public notice of a hearing prior to a vote to impose an excess tax levy, and to modify requirements to refer an excess tax levy of a school district to a vote.
Yea
Passed
66–0
Feb 17, 2026
HB 1151
ban kratom and kratom products and to provide a penalty therefor. Against party
Yea
Failed
27–39
Feb 17, 2026
HB 1250
revise the types of community-based providers for purposes of state funded services.
Yea
Passed
66–0
Feb 17, 2026
HB 1065
revise the medical purpose affirmative defense in cannabis prosecution. Bipartisan
Nay
Passed
35–31
Feb 17, 2026
HB 1287
require an alternate approval process for an operation that extracts materials by the use of explosives.
Nay
Failed
29–37
Feb 17, 2026
HB 1219
require the provision of interpreter or translator services for parties to an administrative contested case. Against party
Nay
Passed
48–18
Feb 17, 2026
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