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D Rhode Island Senate · District 14

Sen. Val Lawson

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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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Result
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Date
SB 68
AN ACT RELATING TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- HOLLEY LANDING (Renames the landing in South Kingstown known as Wordens Pond Landing to Holley Landing.)
Yea
Passed
35–0
Apr 6, 2021
SB 661
AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows the Honorable Roger A. Picard to join Kimberly D. Pelland and Blake S. Morphis in marriage on or about May 22, 2021, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island.)
Yea
Passed
34–0
Apr 6, 2021
SB 67
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE EMBLEMS (This act would designate "Northern Star Coral" as the official state coral.)
Yea
Passed
35–0
Apr 6, 2021
SB 443
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- THE HOSPITAL CONVERSIONS ACT (Requires the transacting parties/new hospital seeking conversion to supply additional information in application for review by the DOH/DAG relating to staffing levels/pension plans/community impact.)
Yea
Passed
35–0
Apr 6, 2021
SB 142
AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- REGULATION OF SALES (Allows the sale of alcoholic beverages on New Year's Day by retail Class A licensees.)
Yea
Passed
35–0
Apr 6, 2021
SB 443
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- THE HOSPITAL CONVERSIONS ACT (Requires the transacting parties/new hospital seeking conversion to supply additional information in application for review by the DOH/DAG relating to staffing levels/pension plans/community impact.)
Yea
Passed
35–0
Apr 6, 2021
SB 659
AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Christina Marie Tucciarone to join the Honorable Leonela Felix and Gregory Donald Kowalski in marriage on or about June 12, 2021, within the City of Pawtucket, Rhode Island.)
Yea
Passed
34–0
Apr 6, 2021
SB 384
AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (Defines "chronic intractable pain" for purposes of intractable pain management.)
Yea
Passed
35–0
Mar 30, 2021
SB 128
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- CHILDREN--CONFINEMENT IN MOTOR VEHICLES PROHIBITED (Repeals the requirement that law enforcement officers issue only warnings of the risks to persons leaving a child under the age of seven (7) unattended in a motor vehicle.)
Yea
Passed
30–5
Mar 30, 2021
SB 56
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - PRESERVATION OF FAMILIES WITH DISABLED PARENT ACT (Precludes a parent's disability from serving as the sole basis for the state to institute an investigation of the disabled parent's family.)
Yea
Passed
35–0
Mar 30, 2021
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