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
Tally
Date
HB 7377
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- MUNICIPAL POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS' ARBITRATION (Relieves municipal police and firefighter bargaining representatives from their obligation to represent employees in grievances/arbitrations if they were not members of the bargaining unit within the 90 days prior to the events that caused the grievance.)
Yea
Passed
71–0
Jun 5, 2018
SB 2850
AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF TUCKERTOWN FIRE DEPARTMENT, INC.
Yea
Passed
71–0
Jun 5, 2018
HB 8171
AN ACT RELATING TO STATUTES AND STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION -- 2018 (Makes a number of technical amendments to the general laws, prepared at the recommendation of the Law Revision Office. Article I contains the reenactment of title 7 of the general laws. Article II includes the statutory construction provisions.)
Yea
Passed
72–0
Jun 5, 2018
HB 8193
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Authorizes Newport to set the effective tax rate applicable to any property class in an amount not to exceed by 50% the rate applicable to any other class in the first year following a comprehensive revaluation or any update.)
Yea
Passed
71–0
Jun 5, 2018
SB 2741
AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF EASTLAND BUILDERS, INC.
Yea
Passed
71–0
Jun 5, 2018
HB 7641
AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- DOGS (Prohibits the sale of dogs under 8 weeks of age unless approval for sale in writing from a licensed Rhode Island veterinarian with violations subject to imprisonment not to exceed 12 months or $1,000, or both. Pounds and shelters are exempt.)
Yea
Passed
68–0
May 31, 2018
HB 7600
AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT (Allows landlords to charge additional security deposits on furniture when a furnished apartment is leased, if the value of the furniture exceeds $7,500.)
Yea
Passed
63–6
May 31, 2018
SB 2864
AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Myron Raisner to join Dara M. Raisner and Everett McCurdy in marriage on or about November 4, 2018, within the City of East Providence, Rhode Island.)
Other
Passed
65–0
May 31, 2018
SB 2839
AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows the Honorable Scott Avedisian to join Lauren Elizabeth Hart and Brian Cabral in marriage on or about October 27, 2018, within the City of East Providence, Rhode Island.)
Other
Passed
65–0
May 31, 2018
SB 2842
AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows the Honorable Scott Avedisian to join Diane Elizabeth Sugrue and James Walter Rogers in marriage on or about August 18, 2018, within the city of Warwick, Rhode Island.)
Other
Passed
65–0
May 31, 2018
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