Total votes
1,399
all sessions
Attendance
96%
62 missed
Near the chamber average
With party
97%
of cast votes
Lower than 79% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
2%
crosses aisle rarely
Higher than 89% of chamber peers
Sponsored
68
bills & resolutions
Lower than 88% of chamber peers
Committees
0
assignments
1,399 roll-call votes
Voting record
Yea
1,101
voted in favor
Nay
236
voted against
Absent
62
missed votes
Total cast
1,399
across all sessions
Crossed party
33
votes against own party
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 32
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- HEALTH CARE FOR CHILDREN AND PREGNANT WOMEN--EQUALITY IN ABORTION COVERAGE (Provides for abortion coverage in the Medicaid program and repeals the abortion coverage exclusion for state employee insurance plans.)
Yea
Failed
16–48
May 18, 2023
HB 5667
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- COUNCIL ON ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION (Requires the council on elementary and secondary education to adopt standards which take into consideration the time and cost of transporting students across municipal boundaries and promotes maximum efficiency in other programs.)
Nay
Passed
63–8
May 18, 2023
HB 5463
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES (Provides that the maximum aggregate amounts for small purchases within the chapter on state purchases be adjusted to not exceed $25,000 for construction and $10,000 for all other purchases.)
Yea
Passed
67–5
May 18, 2023
HB 5163
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- RYAN'S LAW (Overprescribing, death resulting, would result in three (3) year license suspension.)
Yea
Passed
72–0
May 18, 2023
SB 32
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- HEALTH CARE FOR CHILDREN AND PREGNANT WOMEN--EQUALITY IN ABORTION COVERAGE (Provides for abortion coverage in the Medicaid program and repeals the abortion coverage exclusion for state employee insurance plans.)
Nay
Passed
45–20
May 18, 2023
HB 5009
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - PUPIL TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES ("Pupil Transportation Vehicle" to be and constructed to seat not more than ten (10) passengers including the operator, rather than the existing limit of eight (8) passengers.)
Yea
Passed
72–0
May 18, 2023
SB 840
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Amends the election laws to change certain deadlines for declarations of candidacy, party disaffiliation and submission of nomination papers for special federal elections.)
Yea
Passed
68–0
May 16, 2023
SB 751
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES -- DRIVER PRIVILEGE CARDS AND PERMITS (Reduces the fee for an original driver privilege card from fifty dollars ($50.00) to twenty-five dollars ($25.00).) Against party
Yea
Passed
63–5
May 16, 2023
SB 56
AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- TAX RELIEF IN THE TOWN OF JAMESTOWN (Provides a tax abatement of up to $2,000 to Jamestown firefighters based upon years of service, quantity of calls responded to and number of training hours and is transferrable to a surviving spouse until remarriage or death.)
Yea
Passed
68–0
May 16, 2023
HB 5560
AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- CONSUMER ENFORCEMENT OF ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY DEVICE WARRANTIES (Enhances the rights of consumers by adding the requirement that the vendor or manufacturer maintain records of any reported defects or repairs of a device, making it easier for a consumer to enforce their rights under the law.)
Yea
Passed
69–0
May 16, 2023
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