Total votes
3,655
all sessions
Attendance
93%
261 missed
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95%
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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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3,234
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160
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Result
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HB 6421
AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL SALES (Allows the town of Barrington board of licenses to grant an exemption from the provisions of the statute regarding proximity to schools and churches relating to the issuance of an alcoholic beverage retail license for property located at 305 Sowams Road.)
Yea
Passed
63–0
Jun 29, 2021
HB 5468
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINALS--CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS -- PAROLE (This act would, upon its own motion or upon request of a parolee, enable the parole board to terminate a parolee's supervision and legal custody order. Prisoners with a life sentence for first and second degree murder are excluded.)
Yea
Passed
65–6
Jun 29, 2021
HB 5806
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Reduces the required minimum number of special plates ordered from the DMV to 150 sets upon payment of $3,000 conditionally refundable fee.)
Yea
Passed
62–0
Jun 29, 2021
HR 6252
HOUSE RESOLUTION CREATING SPECIAL HOUSE LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE EFFECTS AND PROCEDURES FOR THE REORGANIZATION OF THE RHODE ISLAND COASTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT COUNCIL (CRMC) (Creates a 15 member commission to study the effects and procedures for the reorganization of the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council, and who would report back to the General Assembly by April 1, 2022, and expire on May 15, 2022.)
Yea
Passed
63–0
Jun 29, 2021
HB 6357
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- OPTIONAL RETIREMENT FOR MEMBERS OF POLICE FORCE AND FIRE FIGHTERS (Allows any member in active service, regardless of age, to be eligible for an accidental disability retirement allowance.)
Yea
Passed
62–7
Jun 29, 2021
HB 5585
AN ACT RELATING TO HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE -- WORK ON HOLIDAYS AND SUNDAYS (Repeals § 5-3-7 of the general laws which gives the director of the department of labor and training the authority to exempt certain classes of employees from receiving overtime pay for Sunday and holiday work.)
Yea
Passed
68–1
Jun 29, 2021
HB 5261
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES (Comprehensively addresses wage discrimination, based on sex by expanding employee protections and the scope of the remedies available to employees who have experienced wage discrimination.)
Yea
Passed
71–0
Jun 29, 2021
SB 16
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - HARM REDUCTION CENTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND PILOT PROGRAM (Creates pilot program to establish harm reduction centers where use of pre-obtained controlled substances may occur under supervision of health care professionals.)
Yea
Passed
59–4
Jun 29, 2021
HB 5191
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- BOARD OF MEDICAL LICENSURE AND DISCIPLINE (Prohibits the board of medical licensure and discipline from requiring specialty board certification as a condition of licensure.)
Yea
Passed
70–0
Jun 29, 2021
HB 5962
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- TRANSFER OF VEHICLES (Provides that a lessee of a motor vehicle who purchases the vehicle within one year of the lease inception or any renewal thereof shall be exempt from certain registration transfer provisions.)
Yea
Passed
58–0
Jun 29, 2021
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