Sen. John Burke
Total votes
2,549
all sessions
Attendance
-
of floor votes
With party
99%
of cast votes
Higher than 80% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
0%
crosses aisle rarely
Lower than 87% of chamber peers
Sponsored
1,242
bills & resolutions
Higher than 88% of chamber peers
Committees
4
assignments
2,549 roll-call votes
Voting record
Yea
2,509
voted in favor
Nay
36
voted against
Absent
0
missed votes
Total cast
2,549
across all sessions
Crossed party
9
votes against own party
This page
2,549
matching current filters
Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 416
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - WEAPONS (Prohibits obtaining/purchasing/transferring a firearm on behalf of another person if other person prohibited from possessing firearm with increase in penalties for those offenses and applications amended to state number of firearms purchased.) Against party
Nay
Passed
25–12
Jun 30, 2021
SB 416
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - WEAPONS (Prohibits obtaining/purchasing/transferring a firearm on behalf of another person if other person prohibited from possessing firearm with increase in penalties for those offenses and applications amended to state number of firearms purchased.)
Yea
Passed
30–2
Jun 30, 2021
SB 580
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Amends the classification of manufacturing machinery that is eligible for a property tax exemption by eliminating the requirement that the machinery be new.)
Yea
Passed
36–0
Jun 30, 2021
SB 73
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - THE HAROLD M. METTS SCHOOL SAFETY ACT OF 2021 (Prohibits possession of firearms on school grounds except for peace officers, retired law enforcement officers, persons under contract to provide school security services, and unloaded firearms in locked containers or a locked rack on motor vehicles.)
Yea
Passed
27–10
Jun 30, 2021
SB 232
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHYSICAL THERAPISTS (Includes in the practice of physical therapy the ordering of diagnostic imaging (x-ray imaging) to be performed by other health care professionals.)
Yea
Passed
37–0
Jun 30, 2021
SB 941
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- OPTIONAL RETIREMENT FOR MEMBERS OF POLICE FORCE AND FIRE FIGHTERS (Allows any member in active service, regardless of age, to be eligible for an accidental disability retirement allowance.)
Yea
Passed
36–0
Jun 30, 2021
SB 980
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- FINANCIAL SERVICES (Updates the Credit for Reinsurance, Risk Based Capital and Insurance Holding Company statutes to the current National Association of Insurance Commissioners standard.)
Yea
Passed
37–0
Jun 30, 2021
SB 62
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- CONFIDENTIALITY OF HEALTH CARE COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION ACT (Requires health insurers to accommodate the request for communication in the form and format requested by the insured.)
Yea
Passed
35–0
Jun 30, 2021
SB 989
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM (Provides that every superintendent of schools shall create an annual report on the progress and status of academic achievement of foster care youth.)
Yea
Passed
37–0
Jun 30, 2021
SB 38
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- BALLOONS (Prohibits the release of balloons inflated with lighter-than-air gas.)
Yea
Passed
31–0
Jun 30, 2021
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