Total votes
1,571
all sessions
Attendance
100%
1 missed
Higher than 80% of chamber peers
With party
79%
of cast votes
Near the chamber average
Bipartisan score
12%
some cross-party votes
Near the chamber average
Sponsored
131
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
7
assignments
1,571 roll-call votes
Voting record
Breaks with party 21% of the time
Yea
1,217
voted in favor
Nay
347
voted against
Absent
1
missed votes
Total cast
1,571
across all sessions
Crossed party
314
votes against own party
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matching current filters
Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 136
make an appropriation for grants to support the purchase of personal protective equipment by volunteer fire departments and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
67–0
Mar 4, 2026
SB 3
limit the types of residential improvements for which counties, municipalities, and townships may require a permit.
Yea
Passed
67–0
Mar 4, 2026
SB 198
restrict the use of a cell phone by a student during the school day.
Yea
Passed
50–17
Mar 4, 2026
SB 96
authorize the imposition of a county option gross receipts tax to reduce owner-occupied property taxes.
Yea
Passed
12–1
Mar 4, 2026
SB 37
make appropriations for water and environmental purposes and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
66–1
Mar 4, 2026
SB 124
temporarily prohibit the manufacture, sale, and distribution of any product containing cell-cultured protein, and to provide a penalty therefor.
Yea
Passed
63–4
Mar 4, 2026
SB 245
create the homeowner property tax reduction fund, and to transfer moneys to the homeowner property tax reduction fund.
Yea
Passed
11–2
Mar 4, 2026
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