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
HB 6217
AN ACT RELATING TO HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE - DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE (Changes the recognition of Viet Nam Veterans' Day from May 15 to March 29 in order to correspond to the federal observance of this day.)
Yea
Passed
67–0
May 30, 2017
HB 6034
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT - PETS (Allows psittacine birds (parrots and parakeets) to accompany their owners at state-owned campgrounds, subject to the restrictions enumerated.)
Yea
Passed
67–0
May 30, 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.)
Yea
Passed
67–0
May 30, 2017
HB 5699
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES (Requires at least one precinct count unit in each town.)
Yea
Passed
67–0
May 30, 2017
HB 5568
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
67–0
May 30, 2017
HB 6000
AN ACT RELATING TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- CREDIT UNIONS (Transfers the expulsion power of members to credit union management from the board of directors, provides written notice to the member of expulsion, and establishes a ten (10) business day appeal procedure to the board of directors.)
Yea
Passed
66–0
May 30, 2017
HB 5618
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- NET METERING (Makes educational institutions and nonprofit corporations established pursuant to chapter 6 of title 7 eligible for net-metering financing arrangements.)
Yea
Passed
67–0
May 30, 2017
HB 5618
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- NET METERING (Makes educational institutions and nonprofit corporations established pursuant to chapter 6 of title 7 eligible for net-metering financing arrangements.)
Yea
Passed
67–0
May 30, 2017
HB 5570
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION-- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Provides for a proration of the homestead exemption in cases where title to property passes from those not entitled to claim an exemption to those who are entitled.)
Yea
Passed
67–0
May 30, 2017
HB 5277
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (Prohibits "conversion therapy" by licensed health care professionals with respect to children under eighteen (18) years of age.)
Yea
Passed
63–0
May 30, 2017
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