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 1008
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - RHODE ISLAND SAILING EVENTS COMMISSION (Creates the Rhode Island Sailing Events Commission in order to attract amateur and professional marine events in Rhode Island.)
Other
Passed
62–0
Sep 19, 2017
SB 21
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - CARDIAC ARREST PREVENTION IN SCHOOL SPORTS (Addresses the potential for sudden cardiac arrest among student athletes by raising awareness of the symptoms ad requiring medical evaluations.)
Yea
Passed
68–0
Sep 19, 2017
SB 426
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS (Makes persons with 6 or less misdemeanors eligible for expungement by filing motion 10 years from completion date of last sentence unless convicted for felony involving domestic violence, DUI, or chemical test refusal.)
Yea
Passed
68–0
Sep 19, 2017
SB 1018
AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF JOHNSTON LITTLE LEAGUE
Other
Passed
62–0
Sep 19, 2017
HB 5346
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES (Allows the holder of a level 2-limited provisional license to drive from the holder's home to a school event for which no transportation is provided by the school, between 4:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m.)
Other
Passed
62–0
Sep 19, 2017
SB 327
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- LICENSE OF NATUROPATHY ACT OF 2017 (Establishes procedures for the licensing of naturopathic physicians, and defines the practice of naturopathic medicine.)
Yea
Passed
68–0
Sep 19, 2017
SB 342
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - SMALL CELL SITING ACT (Creates the "Small Cell Siting Act", which specifies how local authorities may regulate the collocation of small wireless facilities and small wireless facility networks.)
Yea
Passed
59–2
Sep 19, 2017
HB 6374
AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES-RETAIL LICENSES (Allows the Town of Cumberland’s board of licenses to approve the liquor license application for a business located at 88 Broad Street on tax assessor’s map plat 2 lot 32, plat 2 lot 51 and plat 2 lot 52.)
Yea
Passed
69–0
Sep 19, 2017
SB 608
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- SEXUAL OFFENDER REGISTRATION AND COMMUNITY NOTIFICATION (Requires local law enforcement to share information with local school departments for the purposes of notifying parents of students whose bus stop is within 1000 feet of the residence of level 3 sex offender.)
Yea
Passed
58–0
Sep 19, 2017
HB 5137
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES-SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES (Makes available special motor vehicle registration plates for the Salt Water Anglers Association.)
Yea
Passed
66–0
Sep 19, 2017
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