Total votes
3,655
all sessions
Attendance
93%
261 missed
Near the chamber average
With party
95%
of cast votes
Lower than 98% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
2%
crosses aisle rarely
Higher than 95% of chamber peers
Sponsored
292
bills & resolutions
Lower than 82% 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 5412
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - SPARE TIRE OR EQUIVALENT (Permit self-sealing tires as a substitute for a jack and spare for resale purposes.)
Yea
Passed
65–1
Mar 23, 2017
HB 5351
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS RESIDENCY (Prohibits municipal charters and ordinances from requiring that their police officers and firefighters reside within the state of Rhode Island.)
Yea
Passed
57–8
Mar 23, 2017
HB 5612
AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF SCITUATE-FOSTER LITTLE LEAGUE
Yea
Passed
66–0
Mar 23, 2017
HB 5540
AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- DOGS (Appoints an animal control officer to the rabies control board.)
Other
Passed
57–6
Mar 22, 2017
HB 5218
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE (Requires insurers to cover residential or inpatient treatment for mental health and/or substance abuse, and requires a consent for peer coaching services.)
Yea
Passed
66–0
Mar 22, 2017
HB 5613
AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF FORTNEY & WEYGANDT, INC.
Yea
Passed
64–0
Mar 22, 2017
HB 5885
AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Christopher Joseph Fiorentino, Esq., to join Denise Marie Fiorentino and Andrew Stephen Myrick in marriage on or about May 6, 2017, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island.)
Yea
Passed
66–0
Mar 21, 2017
HB 5304
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - ELECTRONIC IMAGING DEVICES (Prohibits the dissemination of any indecent image of another person without authorization for the purpose of harassing, intimidating, threatening another person.)
Nay
Failed
9–58
Mar 21, 2017
HB 5863
AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allow Arthur W. Cheeks to join Elizabeth Mills Hoch and Alastair Campbell Butler in marriage on or about June 24, 2017, within the Town of Tiverton, Rhode Island.)
Yea
Passed
66–0
Mar 21, 2017
HB 5222
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - REAL ESTATE BROKERS AND SALESPERSONS (Requires a real estate broker to release customer or client funds in an escrow account as instructed by the parties to a failed real estate transaction, within ten (10) days of receipt of a written release.)
Yea
Passed
67–0
Mar 21, 2017
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