Rep. Jay Edwards
Total votes
6,413
all sessions
Attendance
90%
655 missed
Near the chamber average
With party
98%
of cast votes
Lower than 80% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
1%
crosses aisle rarely
Higher than 78% of chamber peers
Sponsored
1,361
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
4
assignments
6,413 roll-call votes
Voting record
Yea
5,475
voted in favor
Nay
283
voted against
Absent
655
missed votes
Total recorded
6,413
across all sessions
Crossed party
108
votes against own party
Matching
6,413
matching current filters
Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 689
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES (Extends the effective date for the application of the new definition section relative to zoning ordinances and would also extend the current definitions section relative to zoning ordinances.)
Other
Passed
70–0
Jun 25, 2019
SB 384
AN ACT RELATING TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- THE GOLD STAR FAMILY HIGHWAY (Provides an honorary name to a portion of highway on Chopmist Hill Road from Route 44 in Chepachet to Route 6 in Scituate, now known a Hartford Pike, as the Gold Star Family Highway.)
Other
Passed
70–0
Jun 25, 2019
SB 625
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - RHODE ISLAND UNIFORM COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE ACT (Permits applicants for commercial driver’s licenses to carry over parts of the required examinations that they passed for a period of two years and require them to retake those portions not passed.)
Other
Passed
67–1
Jun 25, 2019
SB 728
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES - MERIT SYSTEM (Allows a provisional employee in classified service, who has satisfactorily served in their position for more than five (5) consecutive years, to be deemed qualified to be awarded permanent status in that position, without the need of examination.)
Other
Passed
66–4
Jun 25, 2019
HB 5909
AN ACT RELATING TO PROBATE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE -- SUPPORTED DECISION-MAKING ACT (Establishes the supported decision-making act which is a less restrictive alternative to guardianship for utilization of the probate courts.)
Other
Passed
70–0
Jun 25, 2019
HB 5168
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- AMERICANIZATION OF SCHOOLS (Repeals requirement that persons between 16 and 21 who cannot speak, read or write English to attend classes until they learn (minimum 200 hours). Also repeals fines and institutional commitment for failure to take such classes.)
Other
Passed
68–0
Jun 25, 2019
HB 6046
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of Providence Country Day School, a Rhode Island nonprofit corporation, located in East Providence, Rhode Island.)
Other
Passed
67–0
Jun 25, 2019
SB 292
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- ELECTROLYSIS (Establishes procedures regulating the delegation of non-ablative laser hair removal treatments.)
Other
Passed
67–3
Jun 25, 2019
SB 31
AN ACT RELATING TO PROBATE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE -- SUPPORTED DECISION-MAKING ACT (Establishes the supported decision-making act which is a less restrictive alternative to guardianship for utilization of the probate courts.)
Other
Passed
70–0
Jun 25, 2019
SB 625
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - RHODE ISLAND UNIFORM COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE ACT (Permits applicants for commercial driver’s licenses to carry over parts of the required examinations that they passed for a period of two years and require them to retake those portions not passed.)
Other
Passed
67–2
Jun 25, 2019
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