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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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 226
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES - ROAD TEST LICENSE APPLICANTS (Allows driver's license applicants with limited English proficiency (LEP) to be accompanied by an interpreter, at their own expense and choosing, during their road test. This interpreter shall be at least eighteen (18) years of age.)
Yea
Passed
68–0
Sep 19, 2017
SB 814
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - AWARD OF MUNICIPAL CONTRACTS (Requires a city or town to utilize qualification based selection for the procurement of program managers, construction managers, or construction managers at risk.)
Yea
Passed
68–0
Sep 19, 2017
SB 1025
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- THE YOUTH PROTECTION ACT (Requires persons who provide volunteer services with youth serving agencies to get a national criminal records check.)
Yea
Passed
58–0
Sep 19, 2017
SB 772
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- FIREFIGHTER DISABILITY (Creates a work disabling presumption for any firefighter who passed a physical examination upon entry into service and who later contracts disabling hypertension, stroke, or heart disease.)
Other
Passed
62–0
Sep 19, 2017
SB 299
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - REAL ESTATE BROKERS AND SALESPERSONS (Removes the exception to qualification for a broker's license previously granted those with a baccalaureate in real estate.)
Other
Passed
62–0
Sep 19, 2017
SB 115
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - PUBLIC TRANSIT - BUS PASSES (Requires that five million dollars ($5,000,000) be appropriated to the Rhode Island public transit authority between July 1, 2017 and June 30, 2019.)
Yea
Passed
68–0
Sep 19, 2017
HB 5717
AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- SUPERIOR COURT (Allows those individuals with prior convictions for possession with intent to deliver or crimes of violence, to be eligible for the drug court program in Superior Court.) Against party
Nay
Passed
62–1
Sep 19, 2017
SB 782
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - FOREIGN INSURANCE COMPANIES (Eliminates continuing education board (CEB) service of process by certified mail and prohibits claim negotiation with unlicensed public adjusters from excluding coverage to volunteer drivers.)
Yea
Passed
68–0
Sep 19, 2017
HB 5842
AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS - MUNICIPAL ROAD AND BRIDGE REVOLVING FUND (Amends several sections relative to the eligibility and award process for projects that receive financial assistance from PACE (Property Assessment Clean Energy) programs and the Rhode Island infrastructure bank.)
Yea
Passed
63–0
Sep 19, 2017
SR 968
JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO PAY CERTAIN CLAIMS
Other
Passed
66–0
Sep 19, 2017
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