D Rhode Island House · District 5 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Anthony DeSimone

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Session

Total votes

2,511

all sessions

Attendance

99%

16 missed

Higher than 97% of chamber peers

With party

100%

of cast votes

Higher than 83% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

0%

crosses aisle rarely

Lower than 85% of chamber peers

Voting record

Has never broken with party across all sessions

Yea

2,438

voted in favor

Nay

57

voted against

Absent

16

missed votes

Total cast

2,511

across all sessions

Crossed party

0

votes against own party

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

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Date

HB 5955

AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS (Establishes a three (3) day transmittal period after the deadline for local boards to accept mail ballot applications, if delivered via the postal service.)

Yea

Passed

66–0

Jun 1, 2023

HB 5960

AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES (Requires a write-in candidate to file a declaration of intent with the same office at which the declaration of candidacy would be filed, and require similar residency requirements for write-in candidates that exists for declared candidates.)

Yea

Passed

38–26

Jun 1, 2023

HR 5424

HOUSE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ANTI-LITTERING EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS (Creates a 9 member commission to study and make recommendations for the development and implementation of an anti-littering program for students, who would report back by February 2, 2024, and expire on April 2, 2024.)

Yea

Passed

65–0

Jun 1, 2023

HB 6256

AN ACT RELATING TO AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE COVENTRY FIRE DISTRICT (Allows the board of directors of the Coventry fire district to hold its annual meeting at any time during the month of November provided the date is announced by the twentieth day of October in each year.)

Yea

Passed

64–0

Jun 1, 2023

HB 5108

AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT (Increases the amount of costs for repairs that a tenant may deduct from his or her rent from one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125) to five hundred dollars ($500).)

Yea

Passed

66–0

May 30, 2023

HB 5089

AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- HUNTING AND HUNTING SAFETY (Requires that when a person causes an injury requiring medical assistance to a human by firearm, archery, or crossbow while hunting or trapping, the initial responding entity must immediately make a report to DEM.)

Yea

Passed

68–0

May 30, 2023

HB 5755

AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES -- STATUTES AND STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION (Replaces terms "mentally retarded"/"retarded" or "alcoholic"/"drug abuser" used in general laws with "intellectual and/or developmental disability" or "person with an intellectual and/or developmental disability" or "person with substance use disorder.")

Yea

Passed

68–0

May 30, 2023

HB 5204

AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING (Requires the secretary of housing to create a consumer guide of landlord-tenant laws to be updated annually.)

Yea

Passed

68–0

May 30, 2023

HB 6296

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF COVENTRY TO ISSUE NOT MORE THAN $25,000,000 BONDS AND NOTES TO FINANCE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, REHABILITATION, REPAIR, IMPROVEMENT, FURNISHING AND/OR EQUIPPING OF AND/OR ADDITIONS TO SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE TOWN, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF STATE SCHOOL HOUSING AID AT A REIMBURSEMENT RATE OR STATE SHARE RATIO OF NOT LESS THAN 49.2 % FOR EXPENDITURES ELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT (Authorizes Coventry to vote to approve a bond referendum for up to $25,000,000.)

Yea

Passed

68–0

May 30, 2023

HB 5773

AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE PAUL W. CROWLEY RHODE ISLAND STUDENT INVESTMENT INITIATIVE (Requires the council on elementary and secondary education to ratify any collective bargaining agreement entered into on behalf of the Providence public school district.)

Yea

Passed

68–0

May 30, 2023