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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Description
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Date
SB 2007
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- SECRETARY OF STATE -- LET RI VOTE ACT (Allows voting by mail without needing an excuse/improves voter roll cleanup/allows applying for mail ballots through online system/allows nursing home residents to receive mail ballot applications automatically/codifies mail ballot drop box requirements.)
Yea
Passed
54–10
May 25, 2022
HB 7872
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS AND MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS (Creates entry-level licensing program to allow applicants as a mental health counselor assoc. or marriage/family therapist assoc. to practice under supervision prior to becoming licensed a mental health counselor or licensed marriage/family therapist.)
Yea
Passed
65–0
May 25, 2022
HB 7434
AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- CREDIT CARD LENDING (Modernizes the Rhode Island credit card lending statute by amending the definition of "credit card plan" to keep up with new technology and online purchasing and expressly allows merchants to continue to assist consumers with digital payment options.) Against party
Yea
Failed
16–50
May 25, 2022
HR 7784
JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE OF RHODE ISLAND'S PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM (Creates 10 member joint commission to study and make recommendations for efficient/effective governance of kindergarten through sixteen public education system, and reports back to the Senate and House by March 1, 2023, and expires on July 1, 2023.)
Yea
Passed
66–1
May 24, 2022
HB 7514
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Creates a special motor vehicle registration plate for recipients of the United States Bronze Star Medal.)
Yea
Passed
66–0
May 24, 2022
HB 7478
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- INSPECTION OF MOTOR VEHICLES (Exempt vehicles purchased at the end of their lease term by the current lessee that have a valid certificate of inspection affixed to the windshield from the requirement that dealers of used vehicles conduct a new inspection.)
Yea
Passed
63–3
May 24, 2022
HB 7886
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - SENTENCE AND EXECUTION (Permits the DOC to release a sentenced inmate up to 3 days early directly to a community partner for residential treatment or stable housing when completion of sentence is incompatible with the community partners staffing or scheduling capabilities.)
Yea
Passed
68–0
May 24, 2022
HR 7022
HOUSE RESOLUTION REINSTATING THE LIFE OF AND EXTENDING THE REPORTING AND EXPIRATION DATES OF THE SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION KNOWN AS THE "RHODE ISLAND ONLINE DATA TRANSPARENCY AND PRIVACY PROTECTION COMMISSION" (Reinstates the life and extends the expiration and reporting dates of the "Rhode Island Online Data Transparency and Privacy Protection Commission" from May 5, 2021, to June 24, 2022, and said commission would expire on July 8, 2022.)
Yea
Passed
69–0
May 24, 2022
HB 7593
AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE RHODE ISLAND CANNABIS ACT (The Rhode Island Cannabis Act legalizes adult use of cannabis. It provides for licensing of cultivation, manufacture and retail sale of cannabis.) Against party
Nay
Passed
54–16
May 24, 2022
HB 7593
AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE RHODE ISLAND CANNABIS ACT (The Rhode Island Cannabis Act legalizes adult use of cannabis. It provides for licensing of cultivation, manufacture and retail sale of cannabis.)
Yea
Passed
66–0
May 24, 2022
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