Rep. Matthew Dawson
Total votes
2,511
all sessions
Attendance
91%
233 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
Sponsored
402
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
4
assignments
2,511 roll-call votes
Voting record
Yea
2,221
voted in favor
Nay
57
voted against
Absent
233
missed votes
Total cast
2,511
across all sessions
Crossed party
5
votes against own party
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HB 5881
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- POLICE OFFICERS - COMMISSION ON STANDARDS AND TRAINING (Requires police training on recognizing the possible existence of mental health disorders and substance use disorders and requires certified crisis intervention team training for all officers.)
Other
Passed
68–0
May 4, 2023
HB 6093
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 492 OF THE PUBLIC LAWS OF 2006 AMENDING THE CHARTER OF THE CENTRAL COVENTRY FIRE DISTRICT (Amends the Central Coventry Fire District Charter to provide for purchasing, installing, operating and maintaining street lighting and the funding for its debt.)
Other
Passed
70–0
May 4, 2023
HB 6329
AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Puya Joseph Nili to join Jacqueline Azniv Kazarian and Chad Erik Austino in marriage on or about October 8, 2023, within the City of Providence, Rhode Island.)
Other
Passed
69–0
May 4, 2023
HB 5464
AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS -- RHODE ISLAND TURNPIKE AND BRIDGE AUTHORITY (Extends the time for payment of toll violations from fourteen (14) days to thirty (30) days from the issuance of the violation.)
Other
Passed
69–0
May 4, 2023
HB 5860
AN ACT RELATING TO INCORPORATING THE RHODE ISLAND COMMISSION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE (Reduces the number of commissioners on the board of commissioners to no less than fifteen and would add a d/b/a Serve RI designation after commissions name.)
Other
Passed
66–1
May 4, 2023
HB 6052
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- COUNCIL ON ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION (Adds the Rhode Island teacher of the year as an additional ex officio member of the council on elementary and secondary education as well as the board of education.)
Other
Passed
66–0
May 4, 2023
HB 5371
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Allows individuals employed in domestic service or in or about a private home to be included as an employee, for purposes of minimum wages law.)
Other
Passed
55–12
May 4, 2023
HB 5911
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- INDICTMENTS, INFORMATIONS AND COMPLAINTS (Includes the offense of second-degree sexual assault among the offenses to which there shall be no statute of limitations and provides for a ten (10) year statute of limitations for third-degree sexual assault.)
Other
Passed
55–13
May 4, 2023
HB 5262
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- HISTORICAL AREA ZONING (Allows the town of Bristol to appoint a second auxiliary member to its historical district commission.)
Other
Passed
69–0
May 4, 2023
HB 5911
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- INDICTMENTS, INFORMATIONS AND COMPLAINTS (Includes the offense of second-degree sexual assault among the offenses to which there shall be no statute of limitations and provides for a ten (10) year statute of limitations for third-degree sexual assault.)
Other
Passed
68–1
May 4, 2023
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