D Rhode Island House · District 20 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. David Bennett

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Session

Total votes

6,413

all sessions

Attendance

97%

223 missed

Higher than 94% of chamber peers

With party

99%

of cast votes

Higher than 83% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

0%

crosses aisle rarely

Lower than 85% of chamber peers

Voting record

Yea

5,995

voted in favor

Nay

195

voted against

Absent

223

missed votes

Total cast

6,413

across all sessions

Crossed party

49

votes against own party

This page

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HB 7473

AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - ARREST (Repeals section 12-7-9 ("conditions justifying force dangerous to life").)

Yea

Passed

62–7

Jun 12, 2018

HB 7816

AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- TAX SALES (Expedites the foreclosure procedure on vacant property.)

Yea

Passed

49–18

Jun 12, 2018

SB 2932

AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Tina L. Spears to join Melody Rose Lawrence and Jeffrey Arnold Schmeltz in marriage on or about June 16, 2018, within the Town of Jamestown, Rhode Island.)

Yea

Passed

62–4

Jun 12, 2018

HB 7186

AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS-NOMINATION OF PARTY AND INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES-CITY OF WOONSOCKET (Provides that nomination papers for certain candidates for citywide nonpartisan office in the city of Woonsocket would require at least one hundred (100) signatures.)

Yea

Passed

69–0

Jun 12, 2018

SB 2891

AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Kathleen Nee to join Julia McDowell and the Honorable Seth Magaziner in marriage on or about July 28, 2018, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island.)

Yea

Passed

62–4

Jun 12, 2018

SB 2890

AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Thomas Blute to join Nancianne Smith and Raymond Coleman in marriage on or about October 20, 2018, within the Town of North Kingstown, Rhode Island.)

Yea

Passed

62–4

Jun 12, 2018

HB 7477

AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- ANIMAL CARE (Requires pet shops to only sell cats or dogs obtained from an animal shelter, dog pound or animal rescue.)

Yea

Passed

64–3

Jun 12, 2018

SB 2889

AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Michael Sullivan to join Brittany Sirois and Marc Peluso in marriage on or about August 10, 2018, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island.)

Yea

Passed

62–4

Jun 12, 2018

SB 2809

AN ACT RELATING TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY - NAMING THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND WELCOME CENTER (Names the welcome center at the University of Rhode Island "The Robert J. Higgins Welcome Center.")

Yea

Passed

66–0

Jun 12, 2018

HB 8142

AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Allows the city of Providence to exempt 11 Lowell Avenue, 187 Pocasset Avenue and 191 Pocasset Avenue from the provisions of § 3-7-19 which would prohibit the retail sale of alcoholic beverages at that location.)

Yea

Passed

69–0

Jun 12, 2018