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 737
AN ACT RELATING TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- STUDENT LOAN BILL OF RIGHTS ACT (Creates the "student loan bill of rights act" which establishes guidelines for the issuance of postsecondary loans.)
Yea
Passed
33–0
Jun 19, 2019
SB 119
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM (Requires that all high school students attending public schools fulfill at least one-half credit or course requirement in civics education, commencing with the graduating class of 2020.)
Yea
Passed
36–0
Jun 18, 2019
SB 818
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS (School boards to establish threat assessment policies and teams. Oversight committee for the teams is established.)
Yea
Passed
36–0
Jun 18, 2019
SB 262
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- THE RHODE ISLAND WORKS PROGRAM (Removes the condition that there needs to be a reasonable expectation that a 19 year old will complete a program in secondary school in order to qualify as a dependent child.)
Yea
Passed
35–1
Jun 18, 2019
SB 755
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - CURRICULUM [SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 - THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT] (Exempts those students in grade twelve (12) who are enrolled full-time in a dual enrollment program where the courses are taken on a higher education institution campus from the requirement that they complete health and physical education courses.)
Yea
Passed
36–0
Jun 18, 2019
SB 112
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FINANCIAL LITERACY (Mandates that a program of financial literacy be taught to all students in the public high schools throughout the state of Rhode Island.)
Yea
Passed
36–0
Jun 18, 2019
SB 265
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- AMERICANIZATION OF SCHOOLS (Repeals requirement that persons between 16 and 21 who cannot speak, read or write English to attend classes until they learn (minimum 200 hours). Also repeals fines and institutional commitment for failure to take such classes.)
Yea
Passed
35–1
Jun 18, 2019
SB 115
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FOUNDATION LEVEL SCHOOL SUPPORT (Provides increased school housing aid for communities that utilize resident architectural firms, for the architectural services included in a new school or school renovation project.)
Yea
Passed
36–0
Jun 18, 2019
SB 199
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- ESTABLISHING A CLASS SIZE MAXIMUM FOR KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE TWO (2) (Limits public school K through 2 class size to twenty (20) students.)
Yea
Passed
35–1
Jun 18, 2019
SB 46
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS (Allows a school district to conduct instruction through virtual education up to five (5) days when schools have been closed due to inclement weather, emergency or any nonscheduled school closings.)
Yea
Passed
35–1
Jun 18, 2019
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