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
This page
1,571
matching current filters
Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 42
enhance the penalties for ingestion, possession with intent to deliver, and delivery of a controlled substance in a state correctional facility.
Yea
Passed
55–11
Mar 3, 2026
SB 214
amend provisions pertaining to the publication of the statewide voter registration file.
Yea
Passed
36–30
Mar 3, 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
60–6
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
11–0
Mar 2, 2026
SB 110
regulate how broadband internet access service providers use customer data.
Nay
Failed
3–9
Mar 2, 2026
SB 35
revise the process for requesting a veteran's certificate of discharge from a county register of deeds.
Yea
Passed
65–0
Mar 2, 2026
HB 1200
make an appropriation for victim services provided by nonprofit organizations.
Yea
Passed
54–11
Mar 2, 2026
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