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

HB 5413

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

62–7

Sep 19, 2017

SB 777

AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS REQUIRED (Requires an automated external defibrillator (AED) and qualified person to administer an AED at all public places capable of holding three hundred (300) people or more.)

Yea

Passed

68–0

Sep 19, 2017

SB 349

AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - ANIMAL CARE (Imposes on breeders requirements already in place on other pet custodial agencies.)

Yea

Passed

68–0

Sep 19, 2017

SB 952

AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS - THE GREEN BUILDINGS ACT (Expands the "Green Buildings Act" to include public projects and updates the standards to include LEED for Neighborhood Development, and SITES.)

Yea

Passed

62–0

Sep 19, 2017

SB 672

AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES - ABUSED AND NEGLECTED CHILDREN (Requires physicians or duly certified registered nurse practitioners involved in the delivery and care of infants to report cases of infants born with or affected by substance abuse.)

Yea

Passed

58–0

Sep 19, 2017

HB 5532

AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - REAL ESTATE BROKERS AND SALESPERSONS (Removes the exception to qualification for a broker's license previously granted those with a baccalaureate in real estate.)

Yea

Passed

62–4

Sep 19, 2017

SB 1024

AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Creates an "Operation Stand Down RI" registration plate to benefit struggling and/or homeless veterans.)

Yea

Passed

58–0

Sep 19, 2017

HB 5691

AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - AUTOMATED TRAFFIC VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEMS (Increases the amount of time, from fourteen (14) days to twenty-eight (28) days, for a summons to issue solely based on evidence obtained by use of an automated traffic-violation-detection system.)

Yea

Passed

54–6

Sep 19, 2017

SB 1008

AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - RHODE ISLAND SAILING EVENTS COMMISSION (Creates the Rhode Island Sailing Events Commission in order to attract amateur and professional marine events in Rhode Island.)

Yea

Passed

62–0

Sep 19, 2017

SB 21

AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - CARDIAC ARREST PREVENTION IN SCHOOL SPORTS (Addresses the potential for sudden cardiac arrest among student athletes by raising awareness of the symptoms ad requiring medical evaluations.)

Yea

Passed

68–0

Sep 19, 2017