D Rhode Island House · District 57

Rep. James N. McLaughlin

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Total votes

3,655

all sessions

Attendance

93%

261 missed

Near the chamber average

With party

95%

of cast votes

Lower than 96% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

2%

crosses aisle rarely

Higher than 94% of chamber peers

Voting record

Yea

3,234

voted in favor

Nay

160

voted against

Absent

261

missed votes

Total cast

3,655

across all sessions

Crossed party

152

votes against own party

This page

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

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Date

HB 8230

AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- SEXUAL ASSAULT (Defines any act of sexual penetration or contact perpetrated by an individual with a position of authority upon a person over the age of fourteen (14) and under the age of eighteen (18) as third degree sexual assault.)

Yea

Passed

63–4

Jun 21, 2022

SB 2298

AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- PFAS IN DRINKING WATER, GROUNDWATER AND SURFACE WATERS (Authorizes DOH to establish maximum contaminate levels of PFSA in drinking water and to set interim standards. Also requires DEM to set standards for PFSA in ground- and surface waters. Defines PFSA as hazardous substances.)

Yea

Passed

66–0

Jun 21, 2022

SB 2219

AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- SEXUAL ASSAULT (Defines any act of sexual penetration or contact perpetrated by an individual with a position of authority upon a person over the age of fourteen (14) and under the age of eighteen (18) as third degree sexual assault.)

Yea

Passed

62–6

Jun 21, 2022

HB 7233

AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- PFAS IN DRINKING WATER, GROUNDWATER AND SURFACE WATERS (Provides for the department of health to take action to establish maximum contaminant levels for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water and set interim standards.)

Yea

Passed

67–0

Jun 21, 2022

HB 7723

AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HOUSING RESOURCES ACT OF 1998 -- NEW SHOREHAM AFFORDABLE HOUSING ELIGIBILITY (Increases the percentage of area median income from one hundred twenty percent (120%) to one hundred forty percent (140%) only for New Shoreham residents to make more households eligible for affordable housing.)

Yea

Passed

66–3

Jun 21, 2022

HB 8319

AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Permits the city council of the city of Providence to extend the period for tax exemption from a maximum of 20 years for an additional 10 years pertaining to the real property located 111 Westminster Street, also identified as 55 Kennedy Plaza.)

Other

Passed

52–15

Jun 21, 2022

SB 2907

AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Grants the Providence board of licenses the authority to exempt from the provisions of the laws concerning the proximity of a Class B license retailer to schools and churches, property located at 12 Governor Street in the city of Providence.)

Yea

Passed

65–0

Jun 21, 2022

HB 6644

AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- SEXUAL ASSAULT (Same as 21H-5141 -- Increases the age of children able to utilize a recorded forensic interview for cases of sexual abuse in grand jury testimony -- child assault from age fourteen (14) to age eighteen (18).)

Yea

Passed

69–0

Jun 21, 2022

SB 2659

AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALITY PROGRAM (Creates an Address Confidentiality Program for persons subjected to domestic violence, human trafficking, sexual assault, or stalking.)

Yea

Passed

67–0

Jun 21, 2022

SB 2747

AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND (Modifies appointment/removal process for URI board of trustees with all appointments by governor for 3 yr-terms with advice/consent of senate/URI president appoints faculty member/student to serve in non-voting/ex officio capacity.)

Yea

Passed

68–0

Jun 21, 2022