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
This page
1,451
matching current filters
Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 220
appropriate money for the ordinary expenses of the legislative, judicial, and executive departments of the state, the current expenses of state institutions, interest on the public debt, and common schools.
Yea
Passed
18–0
Mar 11, 2025
HB 1208
designate an individual using the address of a mail forwarding service or post office box when applying to register as a voter or vote by absentee ballot as a federal voter.
Yea
Passed
56–13
Mar 11, 2025
HB 1143
require that the director of equalization adjust certain agricultural land values.
Yea
Passed
67–2
Mar 11, 2025
SB 172
provide a rebuttable presumption in favor of joint physical custody of a minor child.
Yea
Passed
35–34
Mar 10, 2025
SB 169
require a public hearing prior to a vote to impose an excess tax levy.
Nay
Passed
35–34
Mar 10, 2025
SB 172
provide a rebuttable presumption in favor of joint physical custody of a minor child.
Yea
Passed
36–33
Mar 10, 2025
SB 216
reduce the growth in the assessed value of owner-occupied property, limit increases in certain property tax revenues, revise provisions regarding school district excess tax levies, and revise eligibility requirements for a property tax assessment freeze.
Yea
Passed
53–16
Mar 10, 2025
SB 70
modify the maximum sparsity benefit a sparse school district is eligible to receive.
Yea
Passed
69–0
Mar 10, 2025
SB 169
require a public hearing prior to a vote to impose an excess tax levy.
Nay
Failed
27–42
Mar 10, 2025
SB 127
authorize the expenditure of moneys and make an appropriation for grants supporting airport terminal improvements and expansion. Bipartisan
Nay
Passed
37–32
Mar 10, 2025
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