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Dana Jones
Republican · Senator

Dana Jones

Represents District 31 in the State Senate.

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Votes with Republicans
100%
on 243 party-line votes · Senate Republicans median 100%
Cast a vote
95%
Yea or Nay on 658 of 691 roll calls · Senate median 93%
Their bills that became law
2 of 25
as a primary sponsor, this session · Republicans median 4
Roll calls on record
691
2025-2026 Session
Votes and bills updated Oct 5, 2026 from LegiScan (CC BY 4.0), which republishes the legislature’s own records. Profile details from OpenStates / Plural Policy. Figures cover 2025-2026 Session.

How Dana Jones votes

A party-line vote is a roll call where most voting Democrats and most voting Republicans took opposite sides. Absences and not-voting are never counted. Same method as our Congress pages.

Where Dana Jones sits in the Senate

Each dot is one member of the Senate, placed by how often they voted on the Democratic side of party-line votes. Dana Jones is circled.

Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party

0 of 243 party-line votes.

They voted with most Republicans on every party-line vote this session.

Closest votes they cast

Roll calls decided by the fewest votes, one per bill.

S257 · 2026 Appropriations Act
Yea
Amendment 4 Motion 1 To Table · 2025-04-16 · Passed 25–22
S249 · Realign Congressional Districts 2025
Yea
Amendment 4 Motion 1 To Table · 2025-10-20 · Passed 25–20
H442 · Flounder/Red Snapper Seasons & Shrimp Trawl
Yea
Amendment 4 Motion 1 To Table · 2025-06-18 · Passed 25–20
H171 · Equality in State Agencies/Prohibition on DEI
Yea
Second Reading · 2025-06-25 · Passed 26–20
H193 · Firearm Law Revisions
Yea
Amendment 1 Motion 1 To Table · 2025-06-25 · Passed 26–20
Democrats they vote with most

Share of contested roll calls (the losing side got at least 10%) where both voted and landed on the same side. Unanimous votes are left out, because on those everyone agrees.

Haseeb FatmiDemocrat · District 18 · 32 shared contested votes
25%
Paul LoweDemocrat · District 32 · 221 shared contested votes
25%
Dan BlueDemocrat · District 14 · 238 shared contested votes
25%
Their session, month by month

Dark bars are roll calls they were recorded on each month; the red part is the ones without a Yea or Nay (33 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.

2025-01: 2 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or Nay2025-02: 9 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or Nay2025-03: 54 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or Nay2025-04: 92 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or Nay2025-05: 73 roll calls, 8 without a Yea or Nay2025-06: 196 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or Nay2025-07: 24 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or Nay2025-09: 31 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or Nay2025-10: 11 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or Nay2026-04: 5 roll calls, 2 without a Yea or Nay2026-05: 42 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or Nay2026-06: 107 roll calls, 23 without a Yea or Nay2026-07: 45 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or NayJan 2025Jul 2026
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Their bills, from filing to law

Bills Dana Jones was a primary sponsor of this session. Most bills from either party never leave committee; in Illinois many never get past the Assignments or Rules committee.

Introduced25
Out of committee8
Passed one chamber5
Passed both chambers2
Became law2
Never left committee17

For comparison, the median Republican member of the Senate has 4 bills that became law this session.

What their bills are about
Public 23Boards 11Education 9Local Government 8Minors 7Commissions 6
2026 Office of the State Auditor Agency Bill.-AB
Out of committeeRe-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate · 2026-06-17
Age 21 Hemp-Derived Consumables/Kratom
Passed one chamberRe-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House · 2026-06-10
K-12 Innovation and Transformation Act
Out of committeeRe-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget · 2026-06-03
Foster Care Motor Vehicle Insurance
Not out of committeeRe-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget · 2026-05-06
Family Support for Those Who Serve Act
Not out of committeeRef To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate · 2026-05-04
TIPs Tax Deduction
Not out of committeeRef To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate · 2026-05-04
Safe and Responsible AI in Schools Act
Not out of committeeRef To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate · 2026-04-29
Luggage for Children Placed in Foster Care
Not out of committeeRe-ref to Appropriations/Base Budget. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate · 2026-04-28
Various Education Changes
Became lawCh. SL 2025-56 · 2025-07-03
Various Real Estate and Business Law Changes
Became lawCh. SL 2025-52 · 2025-07-02
Age 21 Hemp-Derived Consumables
Passed one chamberRef To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate · 2025-06-26
Protect Tax-Advantaged Accts. & Living Donors
Passed one chamberRef To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate · 2025-06-26
LL to CPL/Apprenticeship Program
Out of committeeRe-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget · 2025-04-09
Competency-Based Education Grant Program
Not out of committeeRe-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget · 2025-04-01
Minors Health Protection Act
Not out of committeeRef To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate · 2025-03-26

Descriptions are the legislature’s own synopsis. Bill data from LegiScan, CC BY 4.0.

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H377 · 2026-07-29
2026 Court Changes (Conference Rpt Motion 8 To Adopt)
Passed · 26-11
Yea
S69 · 2026-07-29
Various Local Provisions V (Motion 9 To Concur)
Failed · 0-37
Nay
H562 · 2026-07-29
Budget Technical Corrections Modifications (Conference Rpt Motion 8 To Adopt)
Passed · 34-3
Yea
S177 · 2026-07-29
Continuing Budget Adjustments (Motion 9 To Concur)
Failed · 0-37
Nay
S445 · 2026-07-29
Regulatory Reform Act of 2026 (Conference Rpt Motion 8 To Adopt)
Passed · 37-0
Yea
H268 · 2026-07-29
2026 Budget Technical Corrections – II (Conference Rpt Third Reading)
Passed · 31-6
Yea
S403 · 2026-07-29
Additional Medicaid Funds and Requirements (Motion 9 To Concur)
Failed · 0-37
Nay
H147 · 2026-07-29
Various Local Provisions XI (Third Reading)
Passed · 37-0
Yea
S1092 · 2026-07-28
2026 Senate & House Appointments (Amendment 1)
Passed · 42-0
Yea
S1092 · 2026-07-28
2026 Senate & House Appointments (Second Reading)
Passed · 32-9
Yea
H958 · 2026-07-28
Election Law Changes (Amendment 1)
Passed · 31-11
Yea
H958 · 2026-07-28
Election Law Changes (Amendment 10 Motion 1 To Table)
Passed · 28-13
Yea
H958 · 2026-07-28
Election Law Changes (Amendment 2 Motion 1 To Table)
Passed · 28-14
Yea
H958 · 2026-07-28
Election Law Changes (Amendment 3 Motion 1 To Table)
Passed · 28-14
Yea
H958 · 2026-07-28
Election Law Changes (Amendment 5)
Passed · 28-14
Yea
H958 · 2026-07-28
Election Law Changes (Amendment 6 Motion 1 To Table)
Passed · 28-13
Yea
H958 · 2026-07-28
Election Law Changes (Amendment 7 Motion 1 To Table)
Passed · 28-13
Yea
H958 · 2026-07-28
Election Law Changes (Amendment 8 Motion 1 To Table)
Passed · 28-13
Yea
H958 · 2026-07-28
Election Law Changes (Amendment 9 Motion 1 To Table)
Passed · 28-13
Yea
H958 · 2026-07-28
Election Law Changes (Second Reading)
Passed · 28-13
Yea
H834 · 2026-07-28
SBOE Administrative Changes (Amendment 1)
Passed · 42-0
Yea
H834 · 2026-07-28
SBOE Administrative Changes (Second Reading)
Passed · 42-0
Yea
H116 · 2026-07-28
Jacksonville Annexation & Conforming Changes (Conference Rpt Third Reading)
Passed · 42-0
Yea
H268 · 2026-07-28
2026 Budget Technical Corrections – II (Conference Rpt Second Reading)
Passed · 34-8
Yea
S1091 · 2026-07-28
Adjournment Resolution (Second Reading)
Passed · 39-1
Yea
H147 · 2026-07-28
Various Local Provisions XI (Amendment 1)
Passed · 42-0
Yea
H147 · 2026-07-28
Various Local Provisions XI (Second Reading)
Passed · 42-0
Yea
H328 · 2026-07-02
Regulate Hemp-Derived Consumables (Conference Report Motion 8 To Adopt)
Passed · 37-6
Yea
S257 · 2026-07-02
2026 Appropriations Act (Conference Rpt Third Reading)
Passed · 35-10
Yea
H56 · 2026-07-02
2026 Budget Technical Corrections (Conference Report Motion 8 To Adopt)
Passed · 30-13
Yea
H1244 · 2026-07-02
Adjournment Resolution (Second Reading)
Passed · 43-0
Yea
H1220 · 2026-07-02
Various Local Provisions IX (Conference Report Motion 8 To Adopt)
Passed · 47-0
Yea
S355 · 2026-07-02
Support the Dept. of Adult Correction.-AB (Motion 9 To Concur)
Passed · 47-0
Yea
H116 · 2026-07-02
Jacksonville Annexation & Conforming Changes (Conference Rpt Second Reading)
Passed · 47-0
Yea
H1040 · 2026-07-01
Pitt-Greenville Airport Authority Changes (Third Reading)
Passed · 47-0
Yea
S1041 · 2026-07-01
Public Workforce Modernization Act (Motion 9 To Concur House Amend)
Passed · 47-0
Yea
S876 · 2026-07-01
Various Local Provisions X (Conference Rpt Third Reading)
Passed · 32-15
Yea
S801 · 2026-07-01
Address Confidentiality/Study & DL (Amendment 1)
Passed · 47-0
Yea
S801 · 2026-07-01
Address Confidentiality/Study & DL (Second Reading)
Passed · 47-0
Yea
S257 · 2026-07-01
2026 Appropriations Act (Conference Rpt Second Reading)
Passed · 36-13
Yea
H332 · 2026-07-01
Nash/Rocky Mount Occupancy Tax Changes (Third Reading)
Passed · 46-1
Yea
S474 · 2026-07-01
Adjust Counties/Reappraisal Moratorium (Conference Rpt Third Reading)
Passed · 40-7
Yea
S1076 · 2026-07-01
Rocky Mount/Louisburg Utility Rev./Advisory (Motion 9 To Concur)
Passed · 29-18
Yea
H169 · 2026-07-01
Haywood/Cherokee/Leland Occ. Tax. Mods (Third Reading)
Passed · 47-0
Yea
H1094 · 2026-07-01
Ferry Div. Audit/DOT Omnibus (Conference Report Motion 8 To Adopt)
Passed · 47-0
Yea
S474 · 2026-06-30
Adjust Counties/Reappraisal Moratorium (Conference Rpt Second Reading)
Passed · 44-5
Yea
H1173 · 2026-06-30
Jaleeyah's Law (Second Reading)
Passed · 44-5
Yea
S1001 · 2026-06-30
Coastal Regulatory Reform (Amendment 1)
Passed · 49-0
Yea
S1001 · 2026-06-30
Coastal Regulatory Reform (Amendment 2 Motion 1 To Table)
Passed · 29-20
Yea
S1001 · 2026-06-30
Coastal Regulatory Reform (Second Reading)
Passed · 49-0
Yea
S648 · 2026-06-30
Winter Sports Safety and Accidents (Motion 9 To Concur)
Passed · 49-0
Yea
S876 · 2026-06-30
Various Local Provisions X (Conference Rpt Second Reading)
Passed · 32-17
Yea
H1222 · 2026-06-30
Record Development Approval Votes/Brunswick (Amendment 1)
Passed · 49-0
Yea
H1222 · 2026-06-30
Record Development Approval Votes/Brunswick (Second Reading)
Passed · 49-0
Yea
H920 · 2026-06-30
Virtual Currency Kiosk Consumer Prot. Act (Second Reading)
Passed · 49-0
Yea
H1040 · 2026-06-30
Pitt-Greenville Airport Authority Changes (Second Reading)
Passed · 49-0
Yea
S1088 · 2026-06-30
Appt. Floyd McKissick NC Utilities (Second Reading)
Passed · 49-0
Yea
H332 · 2026-06-30
Nash/Rocky Mount Occupancy Tax Changes (Amendment 1)
Passed · 48-1
Yea
H332 · 2026-06-30
Nash/Rocky Mount Occupancy Tax Changes (Second Reading)
Passed · 48-1
Yea
S1090 · 2026-06-30
APPT John Gajda Utility Commission (Second Reading)
Passed · 49-0
Yea
Complete voting record from LegiScan (showing the 60 most recent of 691 total roll-call votes this session).
Voting data provided by LegiScan, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
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