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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1,571
matching current filters
Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 221
regulate the retail sale of nicotine products, and to provide a penalty therefor. Bipartisan
Yea
Passed
7–6
Mar 4, 2026
SB 44
establish investigative subpoena authority to gather business records in certain investigations.
Yea
Passed
52–15
Mar 4, 2026
SB 43
address search and seizure provisions applicable to digital currency.
Yea
Passed
65–1
Mar 3, 2026
SB 231
create the water infrastructure development fund, to provide an appropriation, to provide for the awarding of grants and loans from the fund for certain rural water projects and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
60–7
Mar 3, 2026
SB 131
revise the season in which a nonprofit organization may host a special pheasant hunt for disabled veterans and Purple Heart recipients.
Yea
Passed
66–0
Mar 3, 2026
SB 240
make an appropriation for county rural access infrastructure and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
64–2
Mar 3, 2026
SB 17
prohibit a candidate or political committee from accepting contributions or loans made by a foreign national, to provide a penalty therefor, and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
66–0
Mar 3, 2026
SB 130
make an appropriation for roadway and related infrastructure improvements required because of construction activity at Ellsworth Air Force Base and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
65–2
Mar 3, 2026
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