Sen. Val Lawson
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
Sponsored
1,073
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
1
assignment
2,124 roll-call votes
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
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 678
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE--PERINATAL DOULA SERVICES (Provides for medical assistance health care for expectant mothers and establishes medical assistance coverage and reimbursement rates for perinatal doula services.)
Yea
Passed
36–0
Jun 27, 2019
SB 576
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - LICENSING OF MASSAGE THERAPISTS (Makes sweeping changes to the law on massage therapy licensing.)
Yea
Passed
34–2
Jun 27, 2019
SB 1025
AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS - CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF STATE ROADS (Requires DOT to establish rules, regulations, and minimum requirements for the use of steel plates on roadway surfaces, and for towns and cities to adopt the same for use on municipal highways.)
Yea
Passed
36–0
Jun 27, 2019
SB 189
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - THE RHODE ISLAND UTILITY FAIR SHARE ROADWAY REPAIR ACT (Creates "The Rhode Island Utility Fair Share Roadway Repair Act" which requires public utilities to properly repair and repave roadways affected by the actions of the utility.)
Yea
Passed
32–4
Jun 27, 2019
SB 398
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - DESIGNERS OF INDIVIDUAL SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS (Provides that professional engineers who are registered and authorized to practice by the Rhode Island state board of registration for professional engineers be deemed to have met the qualifications for a designer's license.)
Yea
Passed
36–0
Jun 27, 2019
SB 1024
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - STATE REGISTER (Requires secretary of state to collect/publish governor's executive orders on website arranged by topic rather than in numerical/chronological order.)
Yea
Passed
36–0
Jun 27, 2019
SB 678
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE--PERINATAL DOULA SERVICES (Provides for medical assistance health care for expectant mothers and establishes medical assistance coverage and reimbursement rates for perinatal doula services.)
Yea
Passed
36–0
Jun 27, 2019
SB 581
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACIES (Establishes audit requirements for pharmacy benefit managers and also establishes annual reporting requirements for health insurers.)
Yea
Passed
36–0
Jun 27, 2019
SB 1021
AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY (Provides that an open and obvious danger or defect is not a complete bar to recovery of damages in personal injury or property damage actions.)
Yea
Passed
33–3
Jun 27, 2019
SB 333
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - CASUALTY INSURANCE RATING (Raises amount from $1,500 to $3,000 at which insurer may fail to renew private passenger auto policy/assess premium surcharge for property damage claim payment. Eff. 1/1/20.)
Yea
Passed
36–0
Jun 27, 2019
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