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Republican Representative · Assembly District 56

Source: Wisconsin Legislature , Wisconsin Ethics Commission · pulled · record through

Floor votes missed
1 of 1,279
Bills led
118 · 10 became law
Votes with their party
100% · 243 votes, 2025
Committees
5

Bills they led · 118

Bills where Dave Murphy is the lead author, the first name on the bill. Sponsoring a bill means putting it forward: the text itself is drafted by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau. Bills they signed onto behind another member are listed below, and bills they only voted on are in Vote history. What these roles mean

Of the 118 bills they led: 10 became law, 3 were vetoed, 48 died without a public hearing. Statuses come from each bill's official history.

Became law 10 bills
  • AB 548 Requiring the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation to create the Wisconsin-Ireland Trade Commission. (FE) 2023
  • AB 38 University of Wisconsin research contracts. (FE) 2019
  • AB 582 Delegation of the practice of podiatry. 2017
  • AB 848 Modifying rules of the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System regarding service of notice, updating outdated rules of the board, and providing for consistent capitalization of certain terms in the board's rules. 2015
  • AB 842 Faculty development grant programs for technical colleges, the technical college instructor occupational competency program, modifying certain rules of the Technical College System Board, and eliminating outdated rules of the board. 2015
  • AB 744 Requiring institutions of higher education to provide information to students relating to educational costs and financial literacy. (FE) 2015
  • AB 742 Requiring the Department of Workforce Development to provide student internship coordination and making an appropriation. (FE) 2015
  • AB 741 Grants to students enrolled in technical colleges and University of Wisconsin college campuses to meet emergency financial need and making an appropriation. (FE) 2015
  • AB 57 Methods of establishing proof of financial responsibility for the closure and long-term care of a landfill. (FE) 2015
  • AB 288 County payments to public libraries in adjacent counties. (FE) 2013
Adopted 3 bills
  • AJR 102 Prohibiting governmental entity discrimination (second consideration). 2025
  • AJR 109 Prohibiting governmental entity discrimination (first consideration). 2023
  • AJR 99 The life and community service of Joyce A. Bytof of Appleton, Wisconsin. 2013
Vetoed 3 bills
  • AB 582 Dual enrollment programs, creating the Council on Dual Enrollment, and transfer of postsecondary course credits. (FE) 2025
  • AB 385 Online credit card contributions and providing a penalty. 2025
  • AB 241 Retiring public debt and transportation revenue bonds. (FE) 2021
Passed one chamber 11 bills
  • AR 5 Celebrating Saint Patrick’s Day on March 17, 2025. 2025
  • AR 7 Commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. 2023
  • AR 5 Celebrating Saint Patrick's Day on March 17, 2023. 2023
  • AR 11 Celebrating Saint Patrick's Day on March 17, 2021. 2021
  • AJR 32 Declaring April to be Freedom of Expression Month across Wisconsin. 2021
  • AR 5 Celebrating Saint Patrick's Day on March 17, 2017. 2017
  • AJR 97 Congratulating the 2017 Wisconsin Badgers football team on the impressive accomplishments for this season. 2017
  • AJR 26 Proclaiming April 2017 as Autism Awareness Month in Wisconsin. 2017
  • AR 9 Honoring Wisconsin's teachers. 2015
  • AR 6 Celebrating Saint Patrick's Day on March 17, 2015. 2015
  • AJR 96 Recognizing the nationally touring exhibition of Shakespeare's First Folio. 2015
Died at session end 91 bills
  • AJR 141 Commemorating the 250th anniversary of one of the first major victories for the Patriots in the Revolutionary War and recognizing the contributions of Irish Americans in the struggle for independence. 2025
  • AB 69 The sales and use tax exemption for electricity and natural gas sold for residential use. (FE) 2025
  • AB 47 Tuition and fee remission for certain veterans and their dependents enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or a technical college. (FE) 2025
  • AB 455 A condominium conversion reimbursement grant program. (FE) 2025
  • AB 406 University of Wisconsin System resident undergraduate tuition and fees. (FE) 2025
  • AB 377 Establishing English as the official state language, use of artificial intelligence or other machine-assisted translation tools in lieu of appointing English language interpreters, and use of English for governmental oral and written communication and for nongovernmental purposes. (FE) 2025
  • AB 328 Providing permanency plan and comments to out-of-home care providers in advance of a permanency plan review or hearing. (FE) 2025
  • AB 27 Expanding veterans benefits to individuals who served in Laos in support of the United States during the Vietnam War. 2025
  • AB 236 The rights of sexual assault crime victims. 2025
  • AB 127 The duty of a pharmacist to dispense lawfully prescribed drugs and devices. (FE) 2025
  • AR 20 Recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. 2023
  • AR 19 Condemning the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement and condemning the increasing incidents of anti-Semitism. 2023
  • AJR 49 Designating Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Awareness Day and efforts to educate people about hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. 2023
  • AB 83 Providing permanency plan and comments to out-of-home care providers in advance of a permanency plan review or hearing. (FE) 2023
  • AB 8 Expanding veterans benefits to individuals who served in Laos in support of the United States during the Vietnam War. 2023
  • AB 7 Tuition and fee remission for certain veterans and their dependents enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or a technical college. (FE) 2023
  • AB 626 The duty of a pharmacist to dispense lawfully prescribed drugs and devices. (FE) 2023
  • AB 6 Uniform course numbering and the transfer of course credits among technical colleges and University of Wisconsin System schools, and eliminating certain restrictions on the respective educational roles of the University of Wisconsin System and the Technical College System. (FE) 2023
  • AB 422 Highway setback areas and the Department of Transportation's authority to approve subdivision plats. (FE) 2023
  • AB 41 A time limitation for processing sexual assault kits. (FE) 2023
  • AB 393 Regulating kratom products, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE) 2023
  • AB 381 Wisconsin grants and other financial aid for higher education. (FE) 2023
  • AB 20 The sales and use tax exemption for electricity and natural gas sold for residential use. (FE) 2023
  • AB 174 Nuisance wildlife management at airports. 2023
  • AB 167 Motor vehicle operators licenses restricting operators to the use of motor vehicles equipped with ignition interlock devices and providing a penalty. (FE) 2023
  • AB 135 Reciprocal credentials. (FE) 2023
  • AB 132 University of Wisconsin System resident undergraduate tuition and fees. (FE) 2023
  • AB 119 Model curriculum for pupils in grades 5 to 12 on interacting with law enforcement and granting rule-making authority. (FE) 2023
  • AB 106 Grants to technical college and tribal college students for apprenticeship expenses and making an appropriation. (FE) 2023
  • AJR 76 Honoring the career and accomplishments of Dr. Susan May. 2021
  • AB 947 Prohibiting foreign missions of China at University of Wisconsin institutions and University of Wisconsin System involvement with Communist Chinese recruitment or propaganda programs and requiring the University of Wisconsin System to report funding received from foreign missions of China. (FE) 2021
  • AB 946 Research at University of Wisconsin System institutions, disclosure requirements relating to contracts with and gifts from foreign sources, and providing a penalty. (FE) 2021
  • AB 945 Prohibiting the admission or employment of Chinese People's Liberation Army members by the University of Wisconsin System. (FE) 2021
  • AB 916 Prohibiting the sale of goods from the Xinjiang region of China. (FE) 2021
  • AB 915 The collection from the Chinese government for damages caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. (FE) 2021
  • AB 908 Tuition and fee remission for certain veterans and their dependents enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or a technical college. (FE) 2021
  • AB 902 Reciprocal credentials and granting rule-making authority. (FE) 2021
  • AB 893 Grants to support the teaching of college courses in high schools. (FE) 2021
  • AB 830 Model curriculum for pupils in grades 5 to 12 on interacting with law enforcement and granting rule-making authority. (FE) 2021
  • AB 742 Construction and renovation of a veterans village. (FE) 2021
  • AB 707 Creating an exception to the 40-year recording requirement for recorded access easements. 2021
  • AB 599 Regulating kratom products, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE) 2021
  • AB 48 Expanding veterans benefits to individuals who served in Laos in support of the United States during the Vietnam War. 2021
  • AB 479 Reimbursement rates for behavioral treatment services under the Medical Assistance program. (FE) 2021
  • AB 478 Authorized activities and operations of credit unions, automated teller machines of financial institutions, repealing rules promulgated by the Department of Financial Institutions, and providing an exemption from rule-making procedures. 2021
  • AB 382 University of Wisconsin System resident undergraduate tuition and fees. (FE) 2021
  • AB 370 Prohibiting performance of and funding or providing property for abortions and other services by certain employees and entities. 2021
  • AB 295 Licensing and regulation of pharmacies and remote dispensing sites under the pharmacy practice law, the practice of pharmacy, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) 2021
  • AB 290 Reimbursement of pharmacist services under the Medical Assistance program. (FE) 2021
  • AB 289 Providing permanency plan and comments to out-of-home care providers in advance of a permanency plan review or hearing. (FE) 2021

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Coauthored · 1,961

Bills led by another member of the Assembly that Dave Murphy signed onto. Signing on adds their name to the bill; it is not the same as leading it. From each bill's official history.

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  • AR 8 Commemorating the victims of the Abundant Life Christian School tragedy, supporting the students, staff, families, and community of Abundant Life Christian School, and condemning violence. 2025
  • AR 12 Observing February 28, 2026, as Rare Disease Day in Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 99 Recognizing October 14, 2025, as First Responders Appreciation Day in Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 97 Proclaiming October 2025 as Careers in Construction Month. 2025
  • AJR 96 Proclaiming the months of October 2025 and October 2026 as Breast Cancer Awareness Months. 2025
  • AJR 95 Designating October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month in Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 94 Proclaiming January as Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Month in the state of Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 92 Recognizing the United States Marine Corps’s 250th birthday. 2025
  • AJR 91 Recognizing the United States Navy’s 250th birthday. 2025
  • AJR 9 Honoring the life and enduring legacy of Robert George Uecker. 2025
  • AJR 88 Recognizing November 10, 2025, as the 50th anniversary of the tragic loss of the crew of SS Edmund Fitzgerald. 2025
  • AJR 85 Congratulating the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Baseball Team on winning the 2025 NCAA Division III National Championship. 2025
  • AJR 84 Recognizing National Propane Day. 2025
  • AJR 83 Recognizing September 15 to October 15, 2025, as Hispanic Heritage Month in Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 8 Restricting the governor’s partial veto authority to only rejecting entire bill sections of an appropriation bill that are capable of separate enactment and reducing appropriations in a bill (first consideration). 2025
  • AJR 74 Honoring the life and public service of Senator Bruce S. Peloquin. 2025
  • AJR 71 Honoring Jerry Apps for his contributions to Wisconsin’s heritage. 2025
  • AJR 69 Honoring the life and public service of Representative Terrence A. “Terry” Willkom. 2025
  • AJR 66 Congratulating Southwest Wisconsin Technical College for winning the 2025 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence. 2025
  • AJR 63 Proclaiming January 1, 2025, to December 31, 2025, as Wisconsin State Park System 125th Anniversary. 2025
  • AJR 6 Recognizing that the Wisconsin State Legislature supports nuclear power and fusion energy as clean energy sources that are critical to safely meeting Wisconsin’s growing energy demands and declaring the legislature’s commitment to the continuation and expansion of nuclear power and nuclear technologies, the development of nuclear technologies and fusion energy, and employing the leadership and resources necessary to support the development of and investment in nuclear power, fusion energy, and related technologies in the state. 2025
  • AJR 59 Proclaiming June as Dairy Month in Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 55 Designating May as Mental Health Awareness Month in Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 50 Recognizing the United States Army’s 250th birthday. 2025
  • AJR 47 Declaring May as Eye Health Awareness Month. 2025
  • AJR 43 Congratulating the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse women’s gymnastics team on winning the 2025 National Collegiate Gymnastics Association Championship. 2025
  • AJR 41 Proclaiming May 2025 and May 2026 as Jewish American Heritage Months. 2025
  • AJR 4 Honoring the life and public service of Justice David T. Prosser Jr. 2025
  • AJR 32 Designating the first full week in May as Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week. 2025
  • AJR 30 Congratulating the University of Wisconsin–Madison women’s hockey team on winning the 2025 NCAA Division I Women’s Hockey National Championship. 2025
  • AJR 3 Proclaiming January 2025 as Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Month in the state of Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 29 Celebrating May 7, 2025, as Skilled Trades Day in Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 25 Proclaiming April 24, 2025, to be Holocaust Remembrance Day and April 27, 2025, to May 4, 2025, as Holocaust Days of Remembrance in Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 24 Reaffirming Wisconsin’s commitment to the strengthening and deepening of the sister ties between the State of Wisconsin and Taiwan; reaffirming Wisconsin’s support for the Taiwan Relations Act; supporting Taiwan’s signing of a Bilateral Trade Agreement with the United States; and continuing support for increasing Taiwan’s international profile. 2025
  • AJR 23 Designating April 2025 and April 2026 as Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Months. 2025
  • AJR 17 Proclaiming the week of April 14, 2025, as Two Lights for Tomorrow Week in the state of Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 16 Recognizing May 1 of each year as St. Joseph the Worker Day in Wisconsin and recognizing and appreciating the dignity of all working men and women in Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 15 Proclaiming March 26, 2025, as Purple Day for epilepsy. 2025
  • AJR 142 Celebrating the 115th anniversary of the founding of Scouting America. 2025
  • AJR 140 Celebrating the Wisconsin athletes competing in the 2026 Olympic Winter Games and Paralympic Winter Games in Italy. 2025
  • AJR 14 Honoring the life and public service of Representative David O. Martin. 2025
  • AJR 139 Reaffirming Wisconsin’s commitment to the strengthening and deepening of the sister ties between the State of Wisconsin and Taiwan, reaffirming Wisconsin’s support for the Taiwan Relations Act, supporting Taiwan’s signing of a Bilateral Trade Agreement with the United States, and continuing support for increasing Taiwan’s international profile. 2025
  • AJR 135 Paying tribute to the entire Polish community that has lived in Wisconsin for 180 years and contributed to its strength. 2025
  • AJR 133 Legislative suspension of rules promulgated by state agencies (first consideration). 2025
  • AJR 131 Proclaiming the month of March 2026 as Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month throughout the state of Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 129 Recognizing February 6 as Ronald Reagan Day in Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 128 Congratulating the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh women’s volleyball team for winning the 2025 NCAA Division III National Championship. 2025
  • AJR 127 Prohibiting the governor from using the partial veto to create or increase any tax or fee (second consideration). 2025
  • AJR 126 Honoring the life and public service of Representative Rudolph L. “Rudy” Silbaugh. 2025
  • AJR 124 Requiring legislative approval for the expenditure or obligation, encumbrance, or other commitment of bond revenue for purposes of conservation and nature-based outdoor recreation in Wisconsin and for the expenditure of moneys from a fund created by law specially for any such purpose (first consideration). 2025

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Cosponsored · 1,871

Bills from the other house that Dave Murphy signed onto. Signing on adds their name to the bill; it is not the same as leading it. From each bill's official history.

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  • SJR 99 Recognizing October 14, 2025, as First Responders Appreciation Day in Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 97 Recognizing September 25, 2025, as First Amendment Day for all people of Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 96 Proclaiming October 2025 as Careers in Construction Month. 2025
  • SJR 95 Designating October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month in Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 94 Prohibiting governmental entity discrimination (second consideration). 2025
  • SJR 91 Proclaiming the months of October 2025 and October 2026 as Breast Cancer Awareness Months. 2025
  • SJR 90 Proclaiming January as Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Month in the state of Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 9 Honoring the life and public service of Justice David T. Prosser Jr. 2025
  • SJR 88 Honoring the life and legacy of Charlie Kirk. 2025
  • SJR 87 Recognizing the United States Marine Corps’s 250th birthday. 2025
  • SJR 86 Recognizing the United States Navy’s 250th birthday. 2025
  • SJR 83 Recognizing November 10, 2025, as the 50th anniversary of the tragic loss of the crew of SS Edmund Fitzgerald. 2025
  • SJR 82 Proclaiming August and October 2025 to be Agent Orange Awareness Months in Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 81 Congratulating the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Baseball Team on winning the 2025 NCAA Division III National Championship. 2025
  • SJR 80 Recognizing National Propane Day. 2025
  • SJR 76 Honoring the life and public service of Senator Bruce S. Peloquin. 2025
  • SJR 71 Honoring Jerry Apps for his contributions to Wisconsin’s heritage. 2025
  • SJR 7 Recognizing that the Wisconsin State Legislature supports nuclear power and fusion energy as clean energy sources that are critical to safely meeting Wisconsin’s growing energy demands and declaring the legislature’s commitment to the continuation and expansion of nuclear power and nuclear technologies, the development of nuclear technologies and fusion energy, and employing the leadership and resources necessary to support the development of and investment in nuclear power, fusion energy, and related technologies in the state. 2025
  • SJR 69 Honoring the life and public service of Representative Terrence A. “Terry” Willkom. 2025
  • SJR 65 Congratulating Southwest Wisconsin Technical College for winning the 2025 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence. 2025
  • SJR 64 Supporting the induction of Jack Vainisi into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. 2025
  • SJR 63 Proclaiming June as Dairy Month in Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 62 Proclaiming January 1, 2025, to December 31, 2025, as Wisconsin State Park System 125th Anniversary. 2025
  • SJR 6 Honoring the life and enduring legacy of Robert George Uecker. 2025
  • SJR 55 Recognizing the United States Army’s 250th birthday. 2025
  • SJR 53 Designating May as Mental Health Awareness Month in Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 51 Declaring May as Eye Health Awareness Month. 2025
  • SJR 45 Proclaiming May 2025 and May 2026 as Jewish American Heritage Months. 2025
  • SJR 4 The freedom to gather in places of worship during a state of emergency (second consideration). 2025
  • SJR 36 Congratulating the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse women’s gymnastics team on winning the 2025 National Collegiate Gymnastics Association Championship. 2025
  • SJR 32 Designating the first full week in May as Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week. 2025
  • SJR 30 Congratulating the University of Wisconsin–Madison women’s hockey team on winning the 2025 NCAA Division I Women’s Hockey National Championship. 2025
  • SJR 3 Proclaiming January 2025 as Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Month in the state of Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 29 Designating April 2025 and April 2026 as Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Months. 2025
  • SJR 27 Proclaiming April 24, 2025, to be Holocaust Remembrance Day and April 27, 2025, to May 4, 2025, as Holocaust Days of Remembrance in Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 26 Celebrating May 7, 2025, as Skilled Trades Day in Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 2 Requiring photographic identification to vote in any election (second consideration). 2025
  • SJR 16 Recognizing May 1 of each year as St. Joseph the Worker Day in Wisconsin and recognizing and appreciating the dignity of all working men and women in Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 140 Congratulating the U.S. Olympic Women’s Ice Hockey Team on winning the Olympic gold medal. 2025
  • SJR 14 Honoring the life and public service of Representative David O. Martin. 2025
  • SJR 135 Commemorating the 250th anniversary of one of the first major victories for the Patriots in the Revolutionary War and recognizing the contributions of Irish Americans in the struggle for independence. 2025
  • SJR 133 Reaffirming Wisconsin’s commitment to the strengthening and deepening of the sister ties between the State of Wisconsin and Taiwan, reaffirming Wisconsin’s support for the Taiwan Relations Act, supporting Taiwan’s signing of a Bilateral Trade Agreement with the United States, and continuing support for increasing Taiwan’s international profile. 2025
  • SJR 130 Celebrating the Wisconsin athletes competing in the 2026 Olympic Winter Games and Paralympic Winter Games in Italy. 2025
  • SJR 13 Honoring the life and public service of Assembly Chief Clerk Patrick Fuller. 2025
  • SJR 128 Paying tribute to the entire Polish community that has lived in Wisconsin for 180 years and contributed to its strength. 2025
  • SJR 127 Celebrating the 115th anniversary of the founding of Scouting America. 2025
  • SJR 124 Legislative suspension of rules promulgated by state agencies (first consideration). 2025
  • SJR 123 Proclaiming the month of March 2026 as Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month throughout the state of Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 121 Recognizing February 6 as Ronald Reagan Day in Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 119 Congratulating the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh women’s volleyball team for winning the 2025 NCAA Division III National Championship. 2025

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Campaign money

Jan 1, 2025–Dec 31, 2026. Includes collected receipts before taking office. No receipts collected for this selection. Missing records do not establish zero fundraising. Filings and amendments may be missing; totals cover collected records.

Key votes · 555

Selected by rule, not judgment: the final recorded passage vote of every bill that became law, any floor vote decided by five or fewer, and every veto-override vote. Each row links to the official roll call.

Showing the 300 most recent; the full record is in Vote history below.

Votes against their party · 9

Roll calls where Dave Murphy voted opposite the majority of Republicans casting an Aye or Nay on that roll call. Ties within the party are excluded; absences never count. Each row links to the official roll call.

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  • Jun 21, 2023 AB 176 PASSAGE Voted Nay; Republicans split 48 Aye–11 Nay roll call
  • Oct 27, 2021 AB 36 PASSAGE Voted Nay; Republicans split 47 Aye–7 Nay roll call
  • May 11, 2021 AJR 9 ADOPTION Voted Nay; Republicans split 58 Aye–1 Nay roll call
  • Feb 18, 2020 AJR 77 ADOPTION Voted Nay; Republicans split 60 Aye–2 Nay roll call
  • Nov 7, 2019 AB 304 PASSAGE Voted Nay; Republicans split 49 Aye–13 Nay roll call
  • Jun 14, 2017 AJR 21 ADOPTION Voted Nay; Republicans split 54 Aye–7 Nay roll call
  • Jun 14, 2017 AB 165 PASSAGE Voted Nay; Republicans split 58 Aye–3 Nay roll call
  • Feb 18, 2016 AB 885 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 55, Noes 40 Voted Nay; Republicans split 49 Aye–13 Nay roll call
  • Jul 28, 2015 SB 209 Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 52, Noes 34, Paired 8 Voted Nay; Republicans split 35 Aye–20 Nay roll call

Floor attendance

Only days the chamber held recorded floor votes are shown, on every tile below, they either voted or missed: 1,279 votes across 168 voting days, 1 missed.

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Vote history · 1,278

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