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 77% 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 cast
6,413
across all sessions
Crossed party
108
votes against own party
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Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HR 5551
JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE EFFECTS OF LEGALIZING MARIJUANA (Creates a 19 member commission to review and make recommendations on the effects of legalizing marijuana, and who would report back to the General Assembly by March 1, 2018, and expire on July 1, 2018.)
Yea
Passed
61–2
Jun 14, 2017
SB 20
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- BARBERS, HAIRDRESSERS, COSMETICIANS, MANICURISTS AND ESTHETICIANS (Permits grandfathering the licensing of barbers, hairdressers, cosmeticians, manicurists and estheticians on the basis of work experience or work in another state.)
Yea
Passed
66–0
Jun 14, 2017
HB 6335
AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows The Honorable John M. Xifaras to join Sarah J. Lang and Scott Levy in marriage on or about July 15, 2017, within the Town of Bristol, Rhode Island.)
Yea
Passed
49–0
Jun 14, 2017
SB 558
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - QUONSET DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (Provides that the Quonset Development Corporation may purchase and obtain water service from any city, town, water district, or other water supply authority.)
Yea
Passed
66–0
Jun 14, 2017
SB 561
AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- DOGS (Appoints an animal control officer to the rabies control board.)
Yea
Passed
66–0
Jun 14, 2017
SB 257
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Exempts from taxation the Artic Playhouse located at 1249 Main Street in West Warwick.)
Yea
Passed
66–0
Jun 14, 2017
HB 5290
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - ELECTRICIANS (Includes within the licensing and certification process required by the board of electricians the maintenance of certain electrical components.)
Yea
Passed
59–5
Jun 14, 2017
SB 98
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - SECURITIZATION ACT (Repeals The Public Utility Securitization Act (§§39-1-43 to 60), passed in 1997.)
Yea
Passed
66–0
Jun 14, 2017
SB 802
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES (Requires that election supplies furnished by the board of elections would be delivered to or picked up by the proper officer as determined by the board no later than twelve o'clock p.m. (12:00 p.m.) on the day before the election.)
Yea
Passed
66–0
Jun 14, 2017
SB 794
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES (Gives local boards discretion to designate times and places where optical scan voting equipment and sample ballots are exhibited for instructional purposes.)
Yea
Passed
66–0
Jun 14, 2017
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