D Rhode Island Senate · District 11

Sen. James A. Seveney

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Total votes

2,015

all sessions

Attendance

99%

11 missed

Higher than 86% of chamber peers

With party

99%

of cast votes

Higher than 83% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

0%

crosses aisle rarely

Lower than 87% of chamber peers

Voting record

Yea

1,968

voted in favor

Nay

36

voted against

Absent

11

missed votes

Total cast

2,015

across all sessions

Crossed party

9

votes against own party

This page

2,015

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

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Date

SB 2153

AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- MANUFACTURING AND WHOLESALE LICENSES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Repeals 3/1/22 sunset provision allowing Class B/brew pub licensees to sell wine/beer/mixed drinks with food takeout orders only.)

Yea

Passed

36–0

Feb 8, 2022

SB 2153

AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- MANUFACTURING AND WHOLESALE LICENSES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Repeals 3/1/22 sunset provision allowing Class B/brew pub licensees to sell wine/beer/mixed drinks with food takeout orders only.)

Yea

Passed

35–0

Feb 8, 2022

SB 2020

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF JOHNSTON TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $215,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE CONSTRUCTION, ADDITIONS, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE TOWN, PROVIDED THAT THE AUTHORIZATION SHALL BE REDUCED BY ANY GRANT RECEIVED FROM THE SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY CAPITAL FUND (Authorizes the town of Johnston to issue bonds and notes in an amount not exceeding $215,000,000 to finance construction, additions, renovation, improvement, alteration, repair, furnishing and equipping of schools and school facilities.)

Yea

Passed

36–0

Feb 1, 2022

SB 987

AN ACT AMENDING AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE SMITHFIELD LAND TRUST (Amends the public law establishing the Smithfield Land Trust by requiring a four-fifths (4/5) affirmative vote of the town council to dispose of land that no longer meets the needs of the trust.)

Yea

Passed

36–0

Jul 1, 2021

SB 501

AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- TOURISM AND DEVELOPMENT (Requires third-party hosting platform to register short-term rental units for rent with dept. Of regulation or cannot conduct business in the state and imposes fines for listing unregistered units. DBR to create database for registered short term rentals.)

Yea

Passed

29–7

Jul 1, 2021

SB 373

AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION (Amends the local share of education funding to be paid to charter public schools based on a comparison of performance data between the specific school from which the student is coming and the specific charter school that will be receiving the student.)

Yea

Passed

28–7

Jul 1, 2021

SB 314

AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES (Grants a judge or magistrate the discretion to impose the requirement of blood and/or urine testing or the use of the ignition interlock system.)

Yea

Passed

36–0

Jul 1, 2021

SB 1001

AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY (Eliminates the words "moral turpitude" as a cause of refusal to issue a license to various professionals.)

Yea

Passed

35–1

Jul 1, 2021

SB 206

AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE - COMMERCIAL FISHERIES (Permits the dockside sale of allowable live lobsters, crabs and live whelk upon issuance of a direct sale dealer license by the department of environmental management to a commercial fishing license holder.)

Yea

Passed

36–0

Jul 1, 2021

SB 261

AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OPEN MEETINGS (Exempts volunteer fire companies under the supervision, control, or jurisdiction of another public body from certain posting requirements of the open meetings act.)

Yea

Passed

34–0

Jul 1, 2021