Total votes
2,015
all sessions
Attendance
-
of floor votes
With party
99%
of cast votes
Higher than 83% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
0%
crosses aisle rarely
Lower than 87% of chamber peers
Sponsored
725
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
0
assignments
2,015 roll-call votes
Voting record
Yea
1,968
voted in favor
Nay
36
voted against
Absent
0
missed votes
Total cast
2,015
across all sessions
Crossed party
9
votes against own party
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 2294
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HURRICANE, STORM AND FLOOD STANDARDS (Amends dam safety standards to require the state building code standards committee to take into account climate change effect on inundation areas below dams classified as high, significant, or low hazard.)
Yea
Passed
36–0
May 17, 2022
SB 2667
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF COMMERCIAL FISHING VEHICLES (Requires the division of motor vehicles to develop a form for registration of and a license plate for commercial fishing motor vehicles.)
Yea
Passed
31–0
May 17, 2022
SB 2486
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- DIGNITY AT WORK ACT (Establishes the Dignity at Work Act, to provide workers with more protection from bullying and harassment in the workplace.)
Yea
Passed
33–3
May 17, 2022
SB 2298
AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- PFAS IN DRINKING WATER, GROUNDWATER AND SURFACE WATERS (Authorizes DOH to establish maximum contaminate levels of PFSA in drinking water and to set interim standards. Also requires DEM to set standards for PFSA in ground- and surface waters. Defines PFSA as hazardous substances.)
Yea
Passed
36–0
May 17, 2022
SB 2680
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND PRE-KINDERGARTEN EDUCATION ACT (Creates public, high quality pre-kindergarten education programs which are available to all children ages three (3) and four (4) throughout Rhode Island to increase children’s school readiness.)
Yea
Passed
31–5
May 17, 2022
SB 2485
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - RETIREMENT OF MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES - REEMPLOYMENT OF POLICE OFFICERS (Exempts retired police officers from the seventy-five (75) day rule which restricts employment for retirement purposes, when they work private details for a nongovernmental entity.)
Yea
Passed
36–0
May 17, 2022
SB 2681
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- RHODE ISLAND CHILDCARE IS ESSENTIAL ACT (Provides that childcare is part of an early learning program and is an essential program supporting the state’s workforce and a strong state economy.)
Yea
Passed
31–5
May 17, 2022
SB 2814
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- CONTRACTORS' REGISTRATION AND LICENSING BOARD (Revises the manner in which complaints against contractors are made, processed, investigated, and resolved in a more efficient and expeditious manner and makes various technical and grammatical corrections.)
Yea
Passed
36–0
May 17, 2022
SB 2297
AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION-PROTECTION FROM UNSAFE DAMS (Establishes an orphan and insolvent dam fund for the repair or removal of high hazard or significant hazard dams with the right of subrogation.)
Yea
Passed
36–0
May 17, 2022
SB 2666
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND TRAINING--DIGITAL CREDENTIALING (Mandates the department of labor and training to require publicly funded workforce and training programs to supplement all paper-based credentials with verified electronic credentials.)
Yea
Passed
35–0
May 17, 2022
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