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
Sponsored
292
bills & resolutions
Lower than 80% of chamber peers
Committees
0
assignments
3,655 roll-call votes
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
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Description
Vote
Result
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Date
SB 2809
AN ACT RELATING TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY - NAMING THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND WELCOME CENTER (Names the welcome center at the University of Rhode Island "The Robert J. Higgins Welcome Center.")
Yea
Passed
66–0
Jun 12, 2018
HB 8142
AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Allows the city of Providence to exempt 11 Lowell Avenue, 187 Pocasset Avenue and 191 Pocasset Avenue from the provisions of § 3-7-19 which would prohibit the retail sale of alcoholic beverages at that location.)
Yea
Passed
69–0
Jun 12, 2018
SB 2557
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL CODE PROVISIONS (Amends several provisions relative to truck size and weight limitations to be compatible with federal law.)
Yea
Passed
68–0
Jun 12, 2018
HB 8233
AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Yamil Baez to join Roshni Darnal and Juan Espinoza in marriage on or about August 17, 2018, within the Town of Smithfield, Rhode Island.)
Yea
Passed
72–0
Jun 7, 2018
HB 7249
AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- ADOPTION OF CHILDREN (Establish a voluntary mutual consent sibling adoption registry where adult adopted children and adult siblings can identify each other.)
Yea
Passed
72–0
Jun 7, 2018
HB 8241
AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows James Weston Reynolds to join Lauren Ashely Paola and Joshua Phillip McDonnell in marriage on or about December 21, 2018, within the City of Providence, Rhode Island.)
Yea
Passed
72–0
Jun 7, 2018
HB 7865
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Creates a Day of Portugal and Portuguese Heritage in RI, Inc. motor vehicle license plate.)
Yea
Passed
72–0
Jun 7, 2018
HB 8220
AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Robert E.P. Elmer, III to join Kasey Lynn Quaglia and Benjamin Thomas Corbitt in marriage on or about July 7, 2019, within the Town of Westerly, Rhode Island.)
Yea
Passed
72–0
Jun 7, 2018
HR 8147
HOUSE RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE REPORTING AND EXPIRATION DATES FOR THE SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE TOWING STORAGE ACT'S PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO POLICE SEIZURES OF VEHICLES (Extends the reporting and expiration dates for the commission to study the Towing Storage Act's provisions relative to police seizures of vehicles from May 24, 2018, to May 23, 2019, and would expire on June 6, 2019.)
Yea
Passed
71–0
Jun 7, 2018
HB 8188
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION ACT (Renames the domestic violence prevention fund as the Deborah DeBare domestic violence prevention fund.)
Yea
Passed
71–0
Jun 7, 2018
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