Total votes
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all sessions
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93%
261 missed
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95%
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Lower than 96% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
2%
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Higher than 94% of chamber peers
Sponsored
292
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Lower than 82% of chamber peers
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Vote
Result
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Date
SB 2249
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Creates a special registration plate for holders of the Eagle Scout badge. The forty dollar ($40.00) surcharge for the plates shall be divided between the general fund and the Narragansett Council of the Boy Scouts of America.)
Yea
Passed
62–0
Jun 23, 2018
SB 2048
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - LIFE INSURANCE (Requires that the department of business regulation provide a mandatory disclosure notice, at no cost to insurers, to certain life insurance policy holders regarding their rights and alternatives to lapse or surrender.)
Yea
Passed
50–0
Jun 23, 2018
HB 7045
AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - CARE OF DOGS (Prohibits mistreatment of animals by failing to provide adequate water, shelter or veterinary care.)
Other
Passed
51–1
Jun 23, 2018
HB 8352
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- ABUSE AND EXPLOITATION OF ELDERS--ABUSE AND ISOLATION OF ELDERS OR DEPENDENT ADULTS -- THE PETER FALK CRIMINAL ISOLATION OF ELDERS ACT (Criminalizes isolation of an elder or dependent adult and would provide that certain notification requirements be fulfilled on behalf of elder persons or dependent adults.)
Other
Passed
50–0
Jun 23, 2018
HB 8212
AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- POWERS AND DUTIES -- CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY PROFESSIONALS (Provides that the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals with the power and duty to certify a list of chemical dependency professionals for use by state agencies and for referral of individuals for treatment.)
Yea
Passed
69–0
Jun 23, 2018
SB 2906
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS (Repeals the authorization for the town of Lincoln to establish municipal court (§ 45-2-51), and adopts an extensive authorization for the town of Lincoln to establish a municipal court – municipal housing court.)
Yea
Passed
54–0
Jun 23, 2018
SB 2024
AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE GOOD SAMARITAN OVERDOSE PREVENTION ACT OF 2016 (Adds alcohol and alcohol-related overdoses and possession or transportation of alcohol by an underage person, to the Good Samaritan Overdose Prevention Act.)
Yea
Passed
68–0
Jun 23, 2018
HB 8170
AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY (Takes away the discretion of the sentencing judge in cases involving persons convicted of, or who entered a plea of nolo contendere to any misdemeanor or felony under the provisions of state law relating to cruelty to animals.)
Yea
Passed
46–7
Jun 23, 2018
HB 8126
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - COLLECTION OF TAXES GENERALLY (Adds the town of Burrillville to those towns wherein taxes assessed on a mobile or manufactured home would constitute a lien on said home.)
Yea
Passed
67–0
Jun 23, 2018
HB 8352
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- ABUSE AND EXPLOITATION OF ELDERS--ABUSE AND ISOLATION OF ELDERS OR DEPENDENT ADULTS -- THE PETER FALK CRIMINAL ISOLATION OF ELDERS ACT (Criminalizes isolation of an elder or dependent adult and would provide that certain notification requirements be fulfilled on behalf of elder persons or dependent adults.)
Yea
Passed
64–0
Jun 23, 2018
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