Sen. Ernie Otten
Total votes
2,196
all sessions
Attendance
93%
135 missed
Near the chamber average
With party
89%
of cast votes
Higher than 85% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
7%
crosses aisle rarely
Lower than 89% of chamber peers
Sponsored
274
bills & resolutions
Lower than 83% of chamber peers
Committees
8
assignments
2,196 roll-call votes
Voting record
Yea
1,723
voted in favor
Nay
320
voted against
Absent
135
missed votes
Total cast
2,196
across all sessions
Crossed party
208
votes against own party
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 4
revise procedures for returning and withholding security deposits for residential premises.
Yea
Passed
33–0
Jan 21, 2026
SB 5
require the disclosure of whether a ballot question was proposed by initiative or by the Legislature.
Yea
Passed
32–0
Jan 20, 2026
SB 8
permit a school district to administer epinephrine using a nasal spray.
Yea
Passed
31–1
Jan 20, 2026
SB 41
revise a provision related to criminal invasions of privacy, prohibit the creation and distribution of digitally fabricated material of an identifiable individual, and provide penalties therefor.
Yea
Passed
32–0
Jan 16, 2026
SB 40
revise the compliance requirements for limitations on foreign ownership of agricultural land.
Yea
Passed
32–0
Jan 16, 2026
SR 701
recognizing the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
Yea
Passed
18–15
Jan 15, 2026
SCR 601
encouraging honest economic development rooted in the republican principles of limited government, deregulation, and organic entrepreneurial growth. Bipartisan
Nay
Failed
16–17
Jan 15, 2026
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