D Rhode Island Senate · District 14 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Val Lawson

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Session

Total votes

2,124

all sessions

Attendance

-

of floor votes

With party

99%

of cast votes

Higher than 93% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

0%

crosses aisle rarely

Lower than 96% of chamber peers

Voting record

Yea

2,060

voted in favor

Nay

32

voted against

Absent

0

missed votes

Total cast

2,124

across all sessions

Crossed party

3

votes against own party

This page

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SB 686

AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- ELECTRICIANS (Allows 288 hours of trade school training to qualify for the journeyperson "B" electrical exam. Increases the period of indentured apprenticeship with the department of labor and training and a licensed electrician master to 4 years.)

Yea

Passed

36–0

Jun 22, 2021

SB 791

AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES (Requires the department of health to promulgate rules and regulations by January 1, 2022 for the licensing and operation of health centers operating in elementary and secondary schools.)

Yea

Passed

37–0

Jun 22, 2021

SB 937

AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKERS COMPENSATION -- BENEFITS (Creates a new formula for determining a totally and partially disabled injured workers' weekly benefit entitlement. It also eliminates the current ambiguity in an injured workers' entitlement, when he or she suffers a recurrence of disability.)

Yea

Passed

35–0

Jun 22, 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

30–7

Jun 22, 2021

SB 246

AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- NONDISCRIMINATION IN ACCESS TO ANATOMICAL GIFTS AND ORGAN TRANSPLANT ACT (ISAAC'S LAW) (Prohibits discrimination against a potential organ transplant recipient based solely on a physical or mental disability.)

Yea

Passed

37–0

Jun 22, 2021

SB 114

AN ACT RELATING TO COVENTRY SEWER AUTHORITY (Prohibits the town of Coventry from assessing the costs of repaving the roadway upon the completion of any sewage works upon the land owners.)

Yea

Passed

35–0

Jun 22, 2021

SB 342

AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS -- NET NEUTRALITY (Requires Internet service providers to follow Internet service neutrality requirements.)

Yea

Passed

35–1

Jun 22, 2021

SB 338

AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES--ENFORCEMENT AND COLLECTION (Provides that any person who has a retail sales permit would not be required to pay a separate registration fee to make sales at flea markets; provided, however, the person would remain responsible to pay all taxes due as a result of sales at a flea mkt.)

Yea

Passed

35–0

Jun 22, 2021

SB 104

AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SCHOOL WASTE RECYCLING AND REFUSE DISPOSAL (Requires schools to comply with recycling and composting laws and promotes the donation of unspoiled nonperishable food by schools. Requires the use of share tables at all schools.)

Yea

Passed

37–0

Jun 22, 2021

SB 872

AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- TRANSPORTATION EMISSIONS AND MOBILE (TEAM) COMMUNITY ACT (Establishes the Transportation Emission and Mobile (Team) Community Act intended to limit and reduce indirect carbon dioxide emissions throughout the state while promoting the purposes of the transportation climate initiative program.)

Yea

Passed

27–9

Jun 22, 2021