Total votes
3,655
all sessions
Attendance
93%
261 missed
Near the chamber average
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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
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0
assignments
3,655 roll-call votes
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3,234
voted in favor
Nay
160
voted against
Absent
261
missed votes
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3,655
across all sessions
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Description
Vote
Result
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Date
HB 6307
AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (Requires health care professionals upon issuance of initial opioid prescription to discuss with patient/parent/guardian risk of developing dependence/addiction/potential of overdose/death/adverse risks of concurrent use of alcohol/other psychoactive drugs)
Yea
Passed
68–0
Jun 27, 2017
SB 880
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - NET METERING (Includes the benefit to customers in the PUC's study of the distribution charge.)
Yea
Passed
69–0
Jun 27, 2017
SB 388
AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY - MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE (Imposes a penalty of $300 per month up to an aggregate total of $2,000 upon financial institutions failing to promptly record foreclosure deeds and pay outstanding taxes. Most holders of a private mortgage would be exempt from the penalty requirements.)
Yea
Passed
69–0
Jun 27, 2017
SB 610
AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS (Amends the definition of "domestic abuse" to include acts by a person who knowingly/willfully encourages/aids/coerces any minor child to engage in commercial sex acts and allows a parent or legal custodian to seek a protective order on behalf of a minor.)
Yea
Passed
69–0
Jun 27, 2017
HB 5634
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Permits an audit or claims investigation for a pattern of inappropriate billing only if it is determined that the claims are known by the provider to be inappropriate.)
Yea
Passed
70–0
Jun 27, 2017
HB 5478
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.)
Yea
Passed
69–0
Jun 27, 2017
SB 890
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - BRISTOL VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS TAX RELIEF (Enables the town of Bristol to provide tax relief to volunteer firefighters based upon certain qualifying criteria.)
Yea
Passed
69–0
Jun 27, 2017
SB 675
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - EMPLOYMENT SECURITY - BENEFITS (Amends our worksharing law by allowing employers more flexibility in the reduction of work hours among its employees and by allowing more leeway on the start date of an adopted worksharing plan.)
Yea
Passed
69–0
Jun 27, 2017
SB 478
AN ACT RELATING TO THE CUMBERLAND FIRE DISTRICT (Establishes that membership on the Cumberland Fire District Fire Committee constitutes holding a public office and that the elections of the Fire Committee are governed by state election laws.)
Yea
Passed
69–0
Jun 27, 2017
HB 6341
AN ACT RELATING TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- PERMANENT JOINT COMMITTEE ON NAMING ALL NEW BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, EDIFICES AND OTHER STATE CONSTRUCTIONS -- NEW RHODE ISLAND VETERANS HOME CONFERENCE ROOM (Names one of the two (2) new conference rooms at the Rhode Island Veterans Home as the "S. Michael Minutelli Memorial Conference Room".)
Yea
Passed
67–0
Jun 27, 2017
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