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 7724
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- TOURISM IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS (Enables municipalities to create tourism improvement districts to increase economic activity in the tourism industry.) Against party
Nay
Passed
50–10
May 5, 2022
HB 7991
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of Foster Forward, a domestic nonprofit corporation, located in Pawtucket.)
Yea
Passed
59–0
May 5, 2022
HB 7833
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE (Amends and updates the qualifications for state and local building inspectors and officials aligning state law with federal law and also makes several technical corrections.)
Yea
Passed
60–0
May 5, 2022
HB 7512
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS--PORTSMOUTH MUNICIPAL COURT (Repeals the current authorization for town of Portsmouth municipal court and establishes authorization which expands the jurisdiction of Portsmouth municipal court to include a municipal housing court to adjudicate violations of the state building code.)
Yea
Passed
60–0
May 5, 2022
HB 7714
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- FALSE REPRESENTATION OF MILITARY STATUS (Creates the crime of stolen valor, for falsely representing himself or herself as a member of the military or armed forces, which is punishable by imprisonment of not more than one year, a fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.)
Yea
Passed
60–0
May 5, 2022
HB 7315
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES--ZONING BOARD OF REVIEW (Authorizes the town of South Kingstown to enact a local ordinance which increases the number of alternates on their zoning board of review from two (2) to three (3).)
Yea
Passed
60–0
May 5, 2022
HB 7898
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OFFICE OF HEALTH CARE ADVOCATE (Permits the health care advocate to receive confidential health care information with individual patient information but would prohibit the disclosure of the information, except pursuant to judicial process.)
Yea
Passed
60–0
May 5, 2022
HB 7220
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- PARKING FACILITIES AND PRIVILEGES -- DISABILITY PARKING (Includes the governor’s commission on disabilities on the decision making process for the disability parking enforcement enhancement program and require an annual report be submitted to the governor’s commission.)
Yea
Passed
61–0
May 4, 2022
HB 7310
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- VITAL RECORDS -- ADOPTION OF CHILDREN (Allows the division of vital statistics to provide an original birth certificate of an adult adopted person to the adopted person's lineal descendants or the legal representative of the adopted person if the adopted person is deceased.)
Yea
Passed
60–0
May 4, 2022
HB 6617
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- ABUSED AND NEGLECTED CHILDREN (Same as 21H-6235 -- Establishes a military family advocacy program to address child abuse and neglect in military families.)
Yea
Passed
60–0
May 4, 2022
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