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 5443
AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Requires returns of a marriage certificate to be filed within two (2) business days after the ceremony, and validates the common practice of filing the return by mail.)
Yea
Passed
64–0
Mar 28, 2023
HB 5555
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACIES (Adds a new section which sets forth conditions for pharmacists to prescribe tobacco cessation drug therapies.)
Yea
Passed
64–0
Mar 28, 2023
HB 5419
AN ACT RELATING TO AERONAUTICS -- AIRPORTS AND LANDING FIELDS (Designates the appropriate authority on air space issues as the president and CEO of the Rhode Island airport corporation and aligns certain job titles with their proper responsibilities relative to aeronautics.)
Yea
Passed
66–0
Mar 23, 2023
HB 5682
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- OFFICE OF STATE MEDICAL EXAMINERS (Provides DOH multidisciplinary team review of drug overdose deaths may gather info of deaths from family willing to do so to help identify prevention/intervention strategies.)
Yea
Passed
66–0
Mar 23, 2023
HB 5044
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HARM REDUCTION CENTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND PILOT PROGRAM (Extends the expiration date of the Harm Reduction Center Advisory Committee and Pilot Program by two years, from March 1, 2024, to March 1, 2026.)
Yea
Passed
51–14
Mar 23, 2023
HB 5420
AN ACT RELATING TO AERONAUTICS -- UNPILOTED AERIAL VEHICLES (Provides for the regulation of unpiloted aircraft systems in accordance with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requirements.)
Yea
Passed
63–1
Mar 23, 2023
HB 5349
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- NURSES (Amends the conditions upon which a nurse would be exempt from certain licensing requirements to include eligibility to practice before taking and receiving results of the NCLEX exam.)
Yea
Passed
70–0
Mar 21, 2023
HB 5337
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- CASUALTY INSURANCE RATING (Prevents insurance companies from treating widowed persons differently than married persons when establishing or maintaining an insured's rate or classification respecting the operation of a personal motor vehicle. Effective 1/1/24)
Yea
Passed
70–0
Mar 21, 2023
HB 5040
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT (Adds a section which allows substitute teachers and post-retirement employees to exceed the ninety (90) day cap on post-retirement employment if certain conditions are met.)
Yea
Passed
69–0
Mar 21, 2023
HB 5206
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SIZE, WEIGHT AND LOAD LIMITS -- WEIGHT RESTRICTIONS ON ROUTE 114 A EAST PROVIDENCE (Prohibits commercial motor trucks, with a gross weight rating of twenty-six thousand one pounds (26,001 lbs.) or more, from traveling on Route 114 A, East Providence between Pawtucket Avenue and the Massachusetts state line.)
Yea
Passed
64–3
Mar 16, 2023
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