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

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

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Date

SB 980

AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- HISTORIC PRESERVATION TAX CREDITS (Extends historic tax credits for 3 years until December 31, 2022, projects which have been funded through the Cultural Arts and the Economy Grant program, as enacted in chapter 145 of the 2014 Pub. L., and which would have expired on December 31, 2019.)

Yea

Passed

36–0

Jun 27, 2019

SB 406

AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY -- ASSENT TO FOOD SAFETY MODERNIZATION ACT (Assents to the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, and empowers the director of DEM to perform those acts necessary, to be in compliance with the provisions of the act for the modernization of the safety of the food supply.)

Yea

Passed

36–0

Jun 27, 2019

SB 1023

AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - STATE BUILDING CODE - ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT (Requires that all electrical work performed in the state be done in accordance with the latest edition of the National Electrical Code, and would also require that the state building commission adopt the latest edition of the National Electrical Code.)

Yea

Passed

36–0

Jun 27, 2019

SR 1014

JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO PAY CERTAIN CLAIMS (Authorizes the appropriation to pay claims.)

Yea

Passed

35–1

Jun 27, 2019

SB 1015

AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- RHODE ISLAND RESOURCE RECOVERY CORPORATION (Provides that any solid waste collected and disposed of by, or on behalf of the district, shall be charged the same tipping fee per ton as the municipal rate and require the waste hauler to certify the tonnage at the time of disposal.)

Yea

Passed

36–0

Jun 27, 2019

SB 260

AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- BARBERS, HAIRDRESSERS, COSMETICIANS, MANICURISTS AND ESTHETICIANS (Exempts natural hair braiders from licensing requirements for hairdressers or cosmeticians, defines natural hair braiding and imposes fines for violations.)

Yea

Passed

32–2

Jun 27, 2019

SB 981

AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (Restricts the initial prescription to an adult and all prescriptions to a minor patient for an opiate to a seven (7) day supply with exceptions for certain conditions and medicines designed for substance abuse or opioid dependence treatment.)

Yea

Passed

36–0

Jun 27, 2019

SB 1032

AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM [SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 -- THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT] (Requires that instruction in health and physical education include information provided to students that mixing opioids and alcohol can cause accidental death.)

Yea

Passed

35–0

Jun 27, 2019

SB 608

AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPLIES (Allows voters making a mark rather than signature to vote with proof of identity by affirming their mark to the electronic pollbook without need for an affidavit by election supervisors.)

Yea

Passed

33–3

Jun 27, 2019

SB 838

AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Provides a special motor vehicle registration plate honoring the New York Yankees for their twenty-seven (27) World Championships and the New York Yankees Universe Fund for the benefit of Rhode Island based charitable organizations.)

Yea

Passed

35–1

Jun 27, 2019