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

Tally

Date

SB 936

AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Exempts Woonsocket properties with a Main Street address, located between 2 Main Street (Plat 14, Lot 284) and 194 Main Street (Plat 14, Lot 139), from prohibition of the sale of alcoholic beverages within 200 feet of any school or church.)

Yea

Passed

35–0

Jun 26, 2019

SB 283

AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- DISABILITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISES (Expands the existing disability business enterprises program.)

Yea

Passed

35–0

Jun 26, 2019

SB 994

AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION - RHODE ISLAND INFRASTRUCTURE BANK (Expands the definition of “approved project” to include resiliency related infrastructure projects, and further prohibits the award of financial assistance for a water pollution abatement project.)

Yea

Passed

35–0

Jun 26, 2019

SB 610

AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- LICENSING (Creates a new process with standards to be utilized when deciding whether an applicant's past criminal contacts' convictions should disqualify them from receiving a government issued license.)

Yea

Passed

35–0

Jun 26, 2019

SB 587

AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - DECLARATIONS OF CANDIDACY (Requires all candidates to file financial statements within 30 days after filing notice of organization.)

Yea

Passed

35–0

Jun 26, 2019

SB 689

AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES (Extends the effective date for the application of the new definition section relative to zoning ordinances and would also extend the current definitions section relative to zoning ordinances.)

Yea

Passed

35–0

Jun 26, 2019

SB 28

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

35–0

Jun 26, 2019

SB 710

AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE AND SALE (Provides that fifty dollars ($50.00) of the filing fee paid to the HUD-approved agency for the mediation conference involving the mortgagee and mortgagor, shall be paid to the Rhode Island Legal Services.)

Yea

Passed

32–0

Jun 26, 2019

SB 263

AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- ESTABLISHMENT OF CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS (Requires charter public schools include on their board of governors or trustees, one member from host community to be appointed by the school committee of said community.)

Yea

Passed

31–4

Jun 26, 2019

SB 150

AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - JOHNSTON PLANNING BOARD (Authorizes the Johnston town council to add two (2) alternate members to its planning board.)

Yea

Passed

34–1

Jun 26, 2019