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

98%

32 missed

Higher than 93% of chamber peers

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

32

missed votes

Total cast

2,124

across all sessions

Crossed party

3

votes against own party

This page

2,124

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SB 2134

AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- FAIR HOUSING PRACTICES (Prohibits discrimination in housing against those persons who have a lawful source of income.)

Yea

Passed

29–0

Feb 11, 2020

SB 2005

AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - DEPARTMENTS OF STATE GOVERNMENT (Requires that the secretary of EOHHS, the secretary of commerce of the commerce corporation and the commissioners of elementary and secondary education and postsecondary education be appointed subject to the approval of the senate.)

Yea

Passed

28–0

Feb 11, 2020

SB 2066

AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHYSICAL THERAPISTS (Authorizes physical therapists to order diagnostic imaging (x-rays). Authority sunsets December 31, 2022.)

Yea

Passed

32–0

Feb 6, 2020

SB 2091

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

30–0

Feb 6, 2020

SB 2067

AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - PREVENTION AND SUPPRESSION OF CONTAGIOUS DISEASES - HIV/AIDS (Permits clinical laboratories as defined in § 23-16.2-2 to conduct its own analysis of specimens for the detection of HIV/AIDS instead of sending the specimens to the department of health.)

Yea

Passed

32–0

Feb 6, 2020

SB 2095

AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOL BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Allows Westerly to exempt from the provisions of this section any proposed Class B liquor license to be located at 114 Granite Street, Westerly.)

Yea

Passed

34–0

Feb 5, 2020

SB 2147

AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Increases the minimum wage gradually up to fifteen dollars ($15.00) per hour by the year 2024.)

Nay

Failed

6–28

Feb 5, 2020

SB 2147

AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Increases the minimum wage gradually up to fifteen dollars ($15.00) per hour by the year 2024.)

Nay

Failed

6–28

Feb 5, 2020

SB 2096

AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Allows the city of Providence board of licenses to grant an exemption with regard to the proximity to schools and churches relating to the issuance of an alcoholic beverage retail license for property located at 601 Hartford Avenue, Providence, RI.)

Yea

Passed

34–0

Feb 5, 2020

SB 2147

AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Increases the minimum wage gradually up to fifteen dollars ($15.00) per hour by the year 2024.)

Yea

Passed

28–6

Feb 5, 2020