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

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SB 290

AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- HEALTHY AND SAFE FAMILIES AND WORKPLACES ACT (Requires employers with eighteen (18) or more employees to provide three (3) paid sick days in 2018, four (4) paid sick days in 2019 and five (5) paid sick days thereafter.)

Yea

Passed

62–0

Sep 19, 2017

SB 927

AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LICENSURE STREAMLINING IN THE TOWN OF WARREN (Authorizes the Warren town council, by ordinance, to administratively issue and renew all licenses the council is authorized to issue pursuant to state law, except those licenses that require a public hearing.)

Yea

Passed

66–0

Sep 19, 2017

HB 5646

AN ACT RELATING TO CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND PARTNERSHIPS -- RHODE ISLAND BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT (Substitutes CPA certification that a corporation/limited partnership/limited liability company owes no taxes/fees to the state in place of a conversions/dissolutions/withdrawals/cancellations.)

Yea

Passed

69–0

Sep 19, 2017

SB 1003

AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - CASUALTY INSURANCE RATING (Repeals multiple sections of the general laws related to insurance, including §27-9-57 and chapter 75 of title 27 ("Surplus Lines Insurance Multi-State Compliance Compact").)

Yea

Passed

68–0

Sep 19, 2017

HR 5668

JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AN EARLY INTERVENTION SYSTEM FOR DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING CHILDREN IN RHODE ISLAND (Creates a 24 member commission to study an early intervention system for deaf or hard of hearing children in Rhode Island, and who would report back to the General Assembly by February 1, 2018, and expire on June 30, 2018.)

Yea

Passed

62–0

Sep 19, 2017

SB 897

AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITY (Prevents registered sex offenders from forming more than ten percent (10%) of the population of residential facilities receiving state funding or assistance, with certain exceptions.)

Yea

Passed

68–0

Sep 19, 2017

SB 575

AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - REAL ESTATE EXEMPTION (Updates the definition of visually impaired persons to conform to the federal standard based upon medical advances and to assure a uniform application by all municipalities in granting the exemption.)

Yea

Passed

68–0

Sep 19, 2017

SB 363

AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES--GASPEE DAY COMMITTEE (Creates a special fundraising license plate for the Gaspee Days committee.)

Yea

Passed

68–0

Sep 19, 2017

SB 877

AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - REGULATORY POWERS OF ADMINISTRATION (Amends laws regarding the aggregation of electrical loads by a municipality, and requires at least one public hearing be held, for review by its residents, prior to adopting any plan, to be approved by the public utilities commission.)

Yea

Passed

58–0

Sep 19, 2017

HB 5825

AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- LIABILITY INSURANCE (Insurance coverage for rental motor vehicles without regard to negligence, would include loss of use.)

Yea

Passed

51–7

Sep 19, 2017