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 345
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - NONCOMPETE AGREEMENTS - BROADCAST EMPLOYEES (Prohibits the inclusion of noncompete agreements in broadcast industry employment contracts that are entered into after January 1, 2020.)
Yea
Passed
36–0
Jun 25, 2019
SB 274
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICES AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT (Allows state employees and correctional officers who have served under both pension systems to combine their service time earned from each job.)
Yea
Passed
33–3
Jun 25, 2019
SB 965
AN ACT RELATING TO THE CITY OF WARWICK -- SEWER AUTHORITY (Modifies Warwick Sewer Authority Act by expanding number of members; increasing number of votes for bylaw changes; providing for as many as thirty year installment payments; relieves owners with functioning septic systems from assessments for 20 years.)
Yea
Passed
36–0
Jun 25, 2019
SB 968
AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - RETAIL LICENSES (Exempts Class B license at 375 Smith Street, in the city of Providence from the two hundred feet (200') requirement from schools or places of worship.)
Yea
Passed
35–0
Jun 25, 2019
SB 776
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SIZE, WEIGHT AND LOAD LIMITS--SMITHFIELD AND LINCOLN (Prohibits commercial motor trucks, with a gross weight rating of twenty-six thousand one pounds (26,001 lbs.) or more, from traveling on Limerock Road, in Smithfield and Lincoln.)
Yea
Passed
36–0
Jun 25, 2019
SB 951
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES (Replaces two (2) employees from the department of health with one municipal official and would add one practicing, licensed emergency medical technician to serve on the ambulance service coordinating advisory board.)
Yea
Passed
36–0
Jun 25, 2019
SB 538
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - ENGINEERS (Requires that plans for natural gas infrastructure be built to a set of design standards approved by a certified engineer if the work poses a material public safety risk.)
Yea
Passed
35–1
Jun 20, 2019
SB 798
AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- OPIOID STEWARDSHIP ACT (Establishes an opioid stewardship payment program which manufacturers and distributors of opioids would pay into, to support opioid treatment programs.)
Yea
Passed
34–2
Jun 20, 2019
SB 254
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION (Requires the ODEO to create and for all state and municipal employees to receive annual training in cultural competency.)
Yea
Passed
36–0
Jun 20, 2019
SB 143
AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - UNIFORM CONTROL SUBSTANCES ACT (Provides for physician/patient discussion regarding addiction and alternate treatment prior to initial and third opioid prescription.)
Yea
Passed
36–0
Jun 20, 2019
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