Nonpartisan · Data from OpenStates / Plural Policy · Arizona
Votes with Republicans
99%
on 492 party-line votes · Senate Republicans median 99%
Cast a vote
93%
Yea or Nay on 903 of 973 roll calls · Senate median 96%
Their bills that became law
6 of 34
as a primary sponsor, this session · Republicans median 6
Roll calls on record
973
Fifty-seventh Legislature – Second Regular Session (2026)
Votes and bills updated Oct 4, 2026 from LegiScan (CC BY 4.0), which republishes the legislature’s own records. Profile details from OpenStates / Plural Policy. Figures cover Fifty-seventh Legislature – Second Regular Session (2026).
How Kevin Payne 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 Kevin Payne 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. Kevin Payne is circled.
Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party
3 of 492 party-line votes.
HB2305 · Private towing carriers; regulation; rates
Senate – Third Reading · 2026-06-12 · Failed 13–14 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB1725 · Marijuana smoke; public; private nuisance
Senate – Third Reading · 2026-03-09 · Passed 20–9 · most Republicans voted the other way
SCR1048 · Public; private nuisance; marijuana smoke
Senate – Third Reading · 2026-03-09 · Failed 14–15 · most Republicans voted the other way
Closest votes they cast
Roll calls decided by the fewest votes, one per bill.
SB1745 · Local excise taxes; rate limit
Senate – Third Reading · 2026-03-04 · Failed 15–15
SB1827 · Office of advanced air mobility
Senate – Third Reading · 2026-03-04 · Failed 15–15
HB2305 · Private towing carriers; regulation; rates
Senate – Third Reading · 2026-06-12 · Failed 13–14
HB2142 · School safety; ESAs; fingerprinting; revisions
Senate – Third Reading · 2026-06-12 · Failed 14–15
HB2320 · School districts; bonds; financial advisors
Senate – Third Reading · 2026-06-12 · Passed 15–14
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.
Kiana SearsDemocrat · District 9 · 530 shared contested votes
33%
Brian FernandezDemocrat · District 23 · 472 shared contested votes
31%
Flavio BravoDemocrat · District 26 · 487 shared contested votes
29%
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 (70 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.
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Their bills, from filing to law
Bills Kevin Payne 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.
Introduced34
Out of committee26
Passed one chamber20
Passed both chambers7
Became law6
Never left committee8
For comparison, the median Republican member of the Senate has 6 bills that became law this session.
What their bills are about
Definitions 12Definition 10Appropriating Monies 9State Government – Title 41 5Doc (see Also: State Department Of Corrections) 4State Department Of Corrections (doc) 4
Public schools; interoperable communications; requirements
VetoedGovernor Vetoed · 2026-06-19
Home confinement; eligibility; electronic monitoring.
Passed one chamberTransmit to Senate · 2026-06-12
Controlled substances; approval; workers' compensation
Passed one chamberHouse third reading FAILED voting: (21-32-7-0) · 2026-06-11
Motor fuel theft; classifications
Passed one chamberHouse motion to reconsider third reading · 2026-06-09
Housing; contractors; bonds; taxes
Passed one chamberHouse additional Committee of the Whole action: Do Pass Amended · 2026-06-01
Death sentence; choice; firing squad.
Passed one chamberHouse minority caucus: Do pass · 2026-03-31
Peace officer fund; commission; repeal
Passed one chamberHouse Committee action: Held, voting: (0-0-0-0-0-0) · 2026-03-31
Death sentence; choice; firing squad
Passed one chamberHouse JUD Committee action: Do Pass, voting: (6-2-1-1-0-0) · 2026-03-26
Descriptions are the legislature’s own synopsis. Bill data from LegiScan, CC BY 4.0.
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SB1290 · 2026-06-13
Open meetings; planned communities (Senate – Third Reading)
HB2305 · 2026-06-12
Private towing carriers; regulation; rates (Senate – Third Reading)
HCR2003 · 2026-06-12
Interscholastic; intramural athletics; biological sex (Senate – Senator Ortiz moved the portion of the COW report that HCR 2003 do pass be amended to include the Ortiz flr amend)
HCR2001 · 2026-06-12
Citizenship; identification; contributions; early voting (Senate – Senator Gonzales moved that the portion of the COW report that HCR 2001 do pass amended be amended to show the resolution failed to pass)
SB1170 · 2026-06-12
Narcotic drugs; sales; minor; sentencing (Senate – Third Reading)
HB2142 · 2026-06-12
School safety; ESAs; fingerprinting; revisions (Senate – Third Reading)
SB1630 · 2026-06-12
Enhanced residential treatment; SMI (Senate – Third Reading)
SB1624 · 2026-06-12
Photo radar enforcement; civil penalty (Senate – Third Reading)
HB2406 · 2026-06-12
Minor victims; public records prohibition (Senate – Third Reading)
SB1214 · 2026-06-12
Stem cells; regenerative therapy (Senate – Third Reading)
HB2398 · 2026-06-12
Watercraft; insurance requirements; penalties (Senate – Third Reading)
HB2700 · 2026-06-12
Technology study committee; assistive technology (Senate – Third Reading)
HB2755 · 2026-06-12
State lands; commercial leases; auction (Senate – Third Reading)
SB1160 · 2026-06-12
Drones; entertainment events; prohibition (Senate – Third Reading)
SB1620 · 2026-06-12
Utility relocation notification (Senate – Third Reading)
HB2305 · 2026-06-12
Private towing carriers; regulation; rates (Senate – Third Reading)
SB1456 · 2026-06-12
Authorized third party; bond exemption (Senate – Third Reading)
SB1496 · 2026-06-12
DCS; policies; procedures (Senate – Third Reading)
SB1178 · 2026-06-12
Naturopathic physicians; drug administration (Senate – Third Reading)
SB1127 · 2026-06-12
Duty to report; abuse; neglect (Senate – Third Reading)
HB4005 · 2026-06-12
Artificial intelligence; course; public schools (Senate – Third Reading)
SB1113 · 2026-06-12
Service of process; evaluation agencies (Senate – Third Reading)
SB1180 · 2026-06-12
DOR; income tax forms; conformity (Senate – Third Reading)
HCR2003 · 2026-06-12
Interscholastic; intramural athletics; biological sex (Senate – Third Reading)
HCR2044 · 2026-06-12
Preferential treatment; discrimination; prohibited acts (Senate – Third Reading)
HCR2001 · 2026-06-12
Citizenship; identification; contributions; early voting (Senate – Third Reading)
HB2397 · 2026-06-12
Homeowners' associations; property covenants; disclosures (Senate – Third Reading)
SB1627 · 2026-06-12
Schools; prohibition; unmanned aircraft (Senate – Third Reading)
SB1428 · 2026-06-12
Proof of insurance; workers' compensation (Senate – Third Reading)
SB1713 · 2026-06-12
Independent testing; treatment; pharmacists (Senate – Third Reading)
HB2320 · 2026-06-12
School districts; bonds; financial advisors (Senate – Third Reading)
HB2800 · 2026-06-12
Ignition interlock devices; violation; classification (Senate – Third Reading)
SB1326 · 2026-06-12
Victims' rights; attorney fees; costs (Senate – Third Reading)
SB1723 · 2026-06-12
Domestic violence; release conditions (Senate – Third Reading)
SB1683 · 2026-06-12
Landownership; foreign adversary; prohibition (Senate – Third Reading)
HB2321 · 2026-06-12
DCS; credit freeze; reporting (Senate – Third Reading)
HB2780 · 2026-06-12
Judicial foreclosure; excess proceeds sale (Senate – Third Reading)
HB2957 · 2026-06-12
Driver license; enhanced; mobile; prohibition (Senate – Third Reading)
HB2960 · 2026-06-12
Veterans' court fund; grant program (Senate – Third Reading)
HB2322 · 2026-06-12
DCS; investigations; interviews; recording (Senate – Third Reading)
SB1335 · 2026-06-12
Groundwater savings credits; irrigation (Senate – Third Reading)
HB2408 · 2026-06-12
Nursing board; regulatory actions; expungement (Senate – Third Reading)
HCR2048 · 2026-06-12
Military families; scholarship accounts (Senate – Third Reading)
HB2134 · 2026-06-12
Critical infrastructure; foreign adversaries; prohibition (Senate – Third Reading)
SB1671 · 2026-06-12
Gaming; racing; boxing; conflict-of-interest continuation (Senate – Third Reading)
HB2257 · 2026-06-12
Watercraft fund; distribution of monies (Senate – Third Reading)
HB2257 · 2026-06-12
Watercraft fund; distribution of monies (Senate – Third Reading)
SB1336 · 2026-06-12
State land department; continuation; oversight (Senate – Third Reading)
HCR2040 · 2026-06-12
School districts; labor organizations; resources (Senate – Third Reading)
SB1552 · 2026-06-12
ADOT; revisions. (Senate – Third Reading)
SB1511 · 2026-06-12
Nondomiciled commercial drivers license; validity (Senate – Third Reading)
SB1198 · 2026-06-12
Beef council; veterinary board; continuation (Senate – Third Reading)
HB2941 · 2026-06-12
Motorcycles; reckless driving (Senate – Third Reading)
HB4156 · 2026-06-11
Capital outlay; appropriations; 2026-2027 (Senate – Third Reading)
HB4166 · 2026-06-11
State budget implementation; 2026-2027 (Senate – Third Reading)
HB4164 · 2026-06-11
Local government; 2026-2027 (Senate – Third Reading)
HB4155 · 2026-06-11
Amusements; 2026-2027 (Senate – Third Reading)
HB4168 · 2026-06-11
Taxation; omnibus; 2026-2027 (Senate – Third Reading)
HB4160 · 2026-06-11
Health care; 2026-2027 (Senate – Third Reading)
HB4162 · 2026-06-11
Human services; 2026-2027 (Senate – Third Reading)
Complete voting record from LegiScan (showing the 60 most recent of 973 total roll-call votes this session).
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