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 6032
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- THE TELEMEDICINE COVERAGE ACT (Amends the provisions of the telemedicine coverage act and provide coverage for telemedicine under Rhode Island Medicaid.)
Other
Passed
65–0
Jun 30, 2021
HB 5967
AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- THE OCEAN STATE CLIMATE ADAPTATION FUND (Establishes the Ocean State Climate Adaptation and Resilience Fund.)
Other
Passed
65–1
Jun 30, 2021
HB 6365
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- NEWBORN SCREENING PROGRAM (Mandates DOH rules/regulations for newborn screening to include screening tests for all disorders/conditions with early detection/treatment medical benefit plus new disorders/conditions within 2 yrs. unless not practicable for new disorders.)
Other
Passed
66–0
Jun 30, 2021
SB 314
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES (Grants a judge or magistrate the discretion to impose the requirement of blood and/or urine testing or the use of the ignition interlock system.)
Other
Passed
66–0
Jun 30, 2021
HB 6118
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - STUDENT TRANSPORTATION (Prohibits school committees from entering into a school bus service contract unless the contract provides for payments to school bus drivers, monitors and aids for one hundred and eighty (180) days or the length of the contracted for school year.)
Other
Passed
57–8
Jun 30, 2021
HB 5131
AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- SINGLE-USE PLASTIC STRAWS (Prohibits a food service establishment from providing a consumer with a single-use plastic straw, unless the consumer requests such a straw.)
Other
Passed
59–7
Jun 30, 2021
HB 5417
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS (Exempts the city or town of residence for city, town and state police officers from the definition of a public record and would prohibit the release of the same.)
Other
Passed
62–0
Jun 30, 2021
HB 5641
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PESTICIDE CONTROL (Prohibits the use of neonicotinoids which are a class of insecticides.)
Other
Passed
57–10
Jun 30, 2021
HB 6454
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - THEFT, EMBEZZLEMENT, FALSE PRETENSES AND MISAPPROPRIATIONS (Requires that penalties or restitution payments for larceny of a campaign account or campaign expenditure reporting violations be deposited into the Rhode Island crime victim compensation program fund and not into the candidate's campaign account.)
Other
Passed
67–0
Jun 30, 2021
HB 5370
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- CONFIDENTIALITY OF HEALTH CARE COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION ACT (Requires health insurers to accommodate the request for communication in the form and format requested by the insured.)
Other
Passed
67–0
Jun 30, 2021
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