A bill to establish legal standards and procedures for product liability litigation, and for other purposes.

On May 10, 1995, the Senate voted 61–37 on “On Passage of the Bill” (HR 956). Result: Bill Passed. By party: Republicans 46–7, Democrats 15–30. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 22 members voted against their own party.

During the 104th Congress (1995–1996), Bill Clinton was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Result: Bill Passed
Yes: 61
No: 37
Did not vote: 5
Date: May 10, 1995

By party

Republicans46 yes · 7 no · 2 didn’t vote
Democrats15 yes · 30 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Richard C. Shelby R-AL voted no
David Hampton Pryor D-AR voted yes
Dianne Feinstein D-CA voted yes
Christopher John Dodd D-CT voted yes
William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted no
Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted yes
Carol Moseley Braun D-IL voted yes
John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted yes
Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD voted yes
William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted no
Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND voted yes
Kent Conrad D-ND voted yes
J. James Exon D-NE voted yes
Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY voted no
John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH voted yes
Robert William Packwood R-OR voted no
Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted yes
Charles Spittal Robb D-VA voted yes
Herbert H. Kohl D-WI voted yes
John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV voted yes
Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
David Hampton Pryor D-AR
John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
Dianne Feinstein D-CA
Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO
George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
Christopher John Dodd D-CT
Connie Mack III R-FL
Paul Coverdell R-GA
Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
Dirk Kempthorne R-ID
Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
Carol Moseley Braun D-IL
Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
Richard Green Lugar R-IN
Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
Spencer Abraham R-MI
Rod Grams R-MN
Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
John David Ashcroft R-MO
Chester Trent Lott R-MS
William Thad Cochran R-MS
Conrad Burns R-MT
Duncan McLauchlin (Lauch) Faircloth R-NC
Jesse Helms R-NC
Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
Kent Conrad D-ND
J. James Exon D-NE
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
Robert C. Smith R-NH
Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
Michael Dewine R-OH
Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
James Strom Thurmond R-SC
Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
Fred Dalton Thompson R-TN
William H. Frist R-TN
Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison R-TX
William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT
Charles Spittal Robb D-VA
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “A bill to establish legal standards and…: Senate Vote, May 10, 1995,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/104-S-161/a-bill-to-establish-legal-standards-and-procedures-for (accessed 2026-10-17).