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D Rhode Island Senate · District 12

Sen. Lou DiPalma

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Total votes
3,748
all sessions
Attendance
0%
1,951 missed
Near the chamber average
With party
99%
of cast votes
Higher than 90% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
0%
crosses aisle rarely
Lower than 95% of chamber peers
Sponsored
1,945
bills & resolutions
Higher than 83% of chamber peers
Committees
3
assignments
3,748 roll-call votes

Voting record

Yea
3,650
voted in favor
Nay
44
voted against
Absent
1,951
missed votes
Total cast
3,748
across all sessions
Crossed party
9
votes against own party
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
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Date
SB 768
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - GENERAL POWERS (Allows the city council of Warwick to confer upon its municipal court the jurisdiction to apply the provisions of chapter 44 of title 34 regarding abandoned property.)
Other
Passed
28–0
May 4, 2017
SB 761
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OPEN MEETINGS (Exempts fire districts and entities with no tax or policy making authority from certain posting requirements of open meetings act.)
Other
Passed
27–0
May 4, 2017
SB 562
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- STATEWIDE MUNICIPAL SOLAR PERMIT (Requires the Rhode Island office of energy resources, in consultation with the building commission to promulgate rules and regulations to create a statewide solar photovoltaic permit application.)
Yea
Passed
32–0
May 3, 2017
SB 561
AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- DOGS (Appoints an animal control officer to the rabies control board.)
Yea
Passed
32–0
May 3, 2017
SB 364
AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES (Prohibits individuals from completing alcohol-server training requirements from online or Internet sources.)
Yea
Passed
25–5
May 3, 2017
SB 752
AN ACT VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF WOONSOCKET (Validates and ratifies amendments to the Home Rule Charter of the city of Woonsocket, which amendments were adopted and approved by the electors of the city of Woonsocket on November 8, 2016.)
Yea
Passed
32–0
May 3, 2017
SB 292
AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Provides that the department of business regulation administer alcoholic server training programs rather than the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals.)
Yea
Passed
31–0
May 3, 2017
SB 721
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SIZE, WEIGHT AND LOAD LIMITS--MIDDLETOWN (Imposes size and weight restrictions on through traffic on Forest Avenue, Middletown.)
Yea
Passed
32–0
May 3, 2017
SB 636
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL VIOLATIONS (Increases the administrative penalties that the director of DEM may impose for violations of environmental regulations up to five thousand dollars ($5,000).)
Yea
Passed
32–0
May 3, 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
32–0
May 3, 2017
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