JR
Total votes
844
all sessions
Attendance
91%
73 missed
Lower than 82% of chamber peers
With party
99%
of cast votes
Near the chamber average
Bipartisan score
0%
crosses aisle rarely
Near the chamber average
Sponsored
151
bills & resolutions
Higher than 82% of chamber peers
Committees
0
assignments
844 roll-call votes
Voting record
Yea
757
voted in favor
Nay
14
voted against
Absent
73
missed votes
Total cast
844
across all sessions
Crossed party
6
votes against own party
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 785
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MISCELLANEOUS (Provides no person may use wireless handset/personal wireless device for texting while driving.)
Yea
Passed
71–0
Jun 20, 2019
SB 606
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL CODE PROVISIONS (Classifies all vehicles used by the department of corrections in the performance official duties as authorized emergency vehicles.)
Yea
Passed
69–1
Jun 20, 2019
SB 321
AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS - DOMESTIC ABUSE PREVENTION (Allows plaintiffs seeking a domestic abuse protective order in family court to include any of their minor children who are not related to the defendant by blood or marriage within the same complaint and restraining order.)
Yea
Passed
69–0
Jun 20, 2019
SB 849
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- UNFAIR CLAIMS SETTLEMENT PRACTICES ACT (Amends and expand the definitions of unfair claims practices committed by insurers with regard to physical inspection, performance of appraisals, retail valuation and total loss notification to owner.)
Yea
Passed
71–0
Jun 20, 2019
HB 5401
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE HEALTH CARE SERVICES FUNDING PLAN ACT (Requires Tricare to pay the healthcare services funding contributions for their contribution enrollees.)
Yea
Passed
68–1
Jun 20, 2019
SB 687
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - STATE BUILDING CODE - NEW BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES (Allows a contractor or builder to hire a qualified third-party inspector or state inspector to perform an inspection if a building official fails to perform an inspection within forty-eight (48) hours after notification, excluding weekends/holidays.)
Yea
Passed
70–1
Jun 20, 2019
SB 889
AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW - GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS - DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES (Requires retail establishments to accept cash in payment for goods and services excluding online purchases.)
Yea
Passed
64–7
Jun 20, 2019
SB 150
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - JOHNSTON PLANNING BOARD (Authorizes the Johnston town council to add two (2) alternate members to its planning board.)
Yea
Passed
68–0
Jun 20, 2019
HB 5355
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - OPEN MEETINGS (Amends the definition of "public body" to include the board of directors of any library which has funded at least twenty-five percent (25%) of its operational budget in the prior budget year with public funds.)
Yea
Passed
67–4
Jun 20, 2019
HB 5189
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- WITHHOLDING OF TAX (Provides that the non-resident withholding requirement for a corporation that sells real estate be consistent with the seven percent (7%) corporate income tax rate.)
Yea
Passed
71–0
Jun 20, 2019
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