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
HB 1187
add coaches to the list of mandatory reporters of child abuse or neglect.
Yea
Passed
66–0
Feb 11, 2026
HB 1165
establish basic and advanced esthetics licenses, and to revise the licensure chapter for cosmetology, nail technology, and esthetics.
Nay
Failed
27–38
Feb 11, 2026
SB 20
make an appropriation for tax refunds for elderly persons and persons with a disability, and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
14–1
Feb 11, 2026
HB 1263
eliminate an exclusion from the definition of an agricultural equipment dealer.
Yea
Passed
62–3
Feb 11, 2026
HB 1227
increase the annual fee required of an owner of an electric motor vehicle.
Yea
Passed
49–16
Feb 11, 2026
SB 55
make an appropriation for the payment of extraordinary litigation expenses and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
16–0
Feb 11, 2026
HB 1194
clarify authority for the Cosmetology Commission to credit work experience for educational hours for certain out-of-state licensure applicants, and to require the commission to promulgate rules therefor.
Yea
Passed
64–1
Feb 11, 2026
HB 1105
restrict contracts and declarations that prohibit the use of commercial or residential property for any healthcare service in medically underserved areas or communities, or in areas with a medically underserved population under federal law.
Yea
Passed
45–20
Feb 11, 2026
SB 91
clarify the procedure for petitioning a board of county commissioners for a change to the comprehensive plan or zoning ordinances.
Yea
Passed
63–3
Feb 11, 2026
HB 1245
authorize municipalities to establish a local funding mechanism for capital improvement projects. Against party
Nay
Passed
36–30
Feb 10, 2026
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