D Rhode Island House · District 65 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Matthew Dawson

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Session

Total votes

2,758

all sessions

Attendance

91%

242 missed

Lower than 92% of chamber peers

With party

99%

of cast votes

Higher than 83% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

0%

crosses aisle rarely

Lower than 85% of chamber peers

Voting record

Yea

2,457

voted in favor

Nay

59

voted against

Absent

242

missed votes

Total cast

2,758

across all sessions

Crossed party

5

votes against own party

This page

2,758

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SB 283

AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTHCARE FACILITIES (Sepsis and septic shock best practices for hospital and emergency care facilities.)

Yea

Passed

71–0

Jun 13, 2023

HB 5903

AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- PUBLIC UTILITIES (Expands the crime of false reporting to include shootings or other dangerous events.)

Yea

Passed

72–0

Jun 13, 2023

HB 5362

AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT (Increases the amount of time of notice a residential landlord must give to a tenant prior to any rent increase.)

Yea

Passed

56–10

Jun 13, 2023

SB 703

AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Provides amendments to multiple sections of law related to the marine fisheries council.)

Yea

Passed

64–2

Jun 13, 2023

SB 703

AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Provides amendments to multiple sections of law related to the marine fisheries council.)

Yea

Passed

66–7

Jun 13, 2023

SB 1091

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF CUMBERLAND TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $52,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF A NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND OTHER RELATED SCHOOL FACILITIES AND THE DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON LAND PRESENTLY OCCUPIED BY THE B.F. NORTON SCHOOL IN THE TOWN PROVIDED THAT THE AUTHORIZATION SHALL BE REDUCED BY ANY GRANT RECEIVED FROM THE SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY CAPITAL FUND (Authorizes the town of Cumberland to issue bonds and notes in an amount not exceeding $52,000,000 to finance construction, renovation, improvement, alteration, repair, furnishing, & equipping of a new elementary school and other related school facilities.)

Yea

Passed

70–0

Jun 13, 2023

SB 565

AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PROFESSIONAL LICENSING AND REGULATION OF SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS AND AUDIOLOGISTS (Establishes prevailing standards and procedures for licensing speech-language pathologists and audiologists in Rhode Island.)

Yea

Passed

70–0

Jun 13, 2023

HB 5863

AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Provides amendments to multiple sections of law related to the marine fisheries council.)

Yea

Passed

66–7

Jun 13, 2023

HB 5989

AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EMPLOYMENT SECURITY -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Extends the sunset on the increase total amount of earnings a partial-unemployment ins. claimant can receive before being entirely disqualified for unemployment ins. benefits/increase in the amount of earnings when calculating a wkly rate to 6/30/25.)

Yea

Passed

70–1

Jun 13, 2023

HB 5043

AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- INSURANCE BENEFITS (Provides that adjunct faculty members at any state college or university who teach at least 50% of the hours regularly worked by full-time faculty in a semester would be eligible for the same medical benefits as other state employees.)

Yea

Passed

69–0

Jun 13, 2023