Total votes
1,666
all sessions
Attendance
0%
1,161 missed
Near the chamber average
With party
99%
of cast votes
Higher than 93% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
0%
crosses aisle rarely
Lower than 95% of chamber peers
Sponsored
1,073
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
1
assignment
1,666 roll-call votes
Voting record
Yea
1,614
voted in favor
Nay
21
voted against
Absent
1,161
missed votes
Total cast
1,666
across all sessions
Crossed party
2
votes against own party
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 79
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION (Removes the requirement that the scholarship program cease with the enrollment of the high school graduating class of 2021 at the community college of Rhode Island.)
Yea
Passed
31–2
Apr 13, 2021
SB 349
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FINANCIAL LITERACY (Requires the council on elementary and secondary education, in consultation with the RI department of education, to develop and approve statewide academic standards for the instruction of consumer education in public high schools no later than 12/31/2021.)
Yea
Passed
33–0
Apr 13, 2021
SB 287
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- ESTABLISHING A CLASS SIZE MAXIMUM FOR KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE TWO (2) (Mandates public school classroom size be limited to twenty (20) students for kindergarten through grade two (2).)
Yea
Passed
28–5
Apr 13, 2021
SB 288
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Makes permanent the exemption from taxation for certain residential property developments which have not been completed or, if completed, have not been sold and occupied.)
Yea
Passed
31–2
Apr 13, 2021
SR 388
JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE LICENSING OF RESIDENTIAL BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS (Creates a 13 member commission to study and provide recommendations regarding the licensing of residential builders and contractors, and who would report back no later than March 28, 2022, and whose life would expire on May 28, 2022.)
Yea
Passed
33–0
Apr 13, 2021
SB 22
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- NET METERING (Amends the maximum allowable capacity for net metering systems in the Block Island Utility District and Pascoag Utility District.)
Yea
Passed
32–0
Apr 13, 2021
SB 613
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- REAL JOBS RHODE ISLAND ACT (Establishes the real jobs Rhode Island program in order to create an industry led system to advance the skills of the state's workforce, grow the state's economy and increase sustainable employment for middle class working families.)
Yea
Passed
32–2
Apr 6, 2021
SB 251
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINALS - CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS - STATION HOUSES FOR WOMEN (Requires that as of January 1, 2022, all inmates whom menstruate shall have access to feminine hygiene products at no cost to the inmate.)
Yea
Passed
35–0
Apr 6, 2021
SB 720
AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Everett Petronio, Jr., to join Bethany Josephine Coia and Mark Peter DeFanti in marriage on or about October 23, 2021, within the Town of Narragansett, Rhode Island.)
Yea
Passed
33–0
Apr 6, 2021
SB 721
AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Fiona Fitzpatrick to join Jane Elizabeth Stanley and David Ethan Swee in marriage on or about May 25, 2021, within the Town of New Shoreham, Rhode Island.)
Yea
Passed
35–0
Apr 6, 2021
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