Total votes
2,153
all sessions
Attendance
91%
202 missed
Near the chamber average
With party
97%
of cast votes
Lower than 84% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
1%
crosses aisle rarely
Higher than 78% of chamber peers
Sponsored
80
bills & resolutions
Lower than 92% of chamber peers
Committees
0
assignments
2,153 roll-call votes
Voting record
Yea
1,855
voted in favor
Nay
96
voted against
Absent
202
missed votes
Total cast
2,153
across all sessions
Crossed party
43
votes against own party
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HB 6186
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MISCELLANEOUS (Provides no person may use wireless handset/personal wireless device for texting while driving.)
Yea
Passed
71–0
Jun 20, 2019
SB 154
AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY CONDOMINIUM LAW - RESALE OF UNITS (Imposes a penalty against a condominium association that fails to deliver a resale certificate within ten (10) days of a request by a unit owner.)
Yea
Passed
67–2
Jun 20, 2019
SB 459
AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - COURTS - DOMESTIC ASSAULT (Updates the language required to be given by police officers when responding to domestic abuse calls.)
Yea
Passed
71–0
Jun 20, 2019
SB 845
AN ACT RELATING TO PROBATE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE -- LIMITED GUARDIANSHIP AND GUARDIANSHIP OF ADULTS (Requires that all persons seeking appointment as a limited guardian or guardian pursuant to chapter 15 of title 33 ("Limited Guardianships and Guardianship of Adults") be required to undergo a criminal background check.)
Yea
Passed
71–0
Jun 20, 2019
HB 5874
AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS - RHODE ISLAND TURNPIKE AND BRIDGE AUTHORITY (Reduces the number of infractions for a person to be considered a "toll violator" from twenty (20) to ten (10). The act also reduces the number of infractions for a person to be considered a "toll evader" from one hundred (100) to twenty (20).)
Yea
Passed
71–0
Jun 20, 2019
SB 139
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- COMPREHENSIVE DISCHARGE PLANNING (Amends current law so that, as part of a comprehensive discharge plan, a hospital would be allowed to try to contact the patient's emergency contact and the recovery coach, in accordance with federal law.)
Yea
Passed
70–0
Jun 20, 2019
HB 5847
AN ACT RELATING TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- LICENSED ACTIVITIES--CURRENCY TRANSMISSIONS (Adds virtual currency to the existing electronic money transmission and sale of check licenses and adds additional regulatory provisions to simplify and clarify licensing related thereto.)
Yea
Passed
68–3
Jun 20, 2019
HB 6164
AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- SUPERIOR COURT (Allows the presiding justice of the superior court, to create a superior court diversion program.)
Yea
Passed
71–0
Jun 20, 2019
SB 781
AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS -- RHODE ISLAND TURNPIKE AND BRIDGE AUTHORITY (Reduces the number of infractions for a person to be considered a "toll violator" from twenty (20) to ten (10). The act also reduces the number of infractions for a person to be considered a "toll evader" from one hundred (100) to twenty (20).)
Yea
Passed
71–0
Jun 20, 2019
SB 256
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- TRAVEL INSURANCE ACT (Creates the travel insurance act to establish comprehensive/uniform regulatory framework for travel insurance. Clarifying/bolstering enforcement authority over participants in the travel insurance industry.)
Yea
Passed
68–2
Jun 20, 2019
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