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D Rhode Island Senate · District 14 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Val Lawson

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Total votes
2,124
all sessions
Attendance
-
of floor votes
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
0
missed votes
Total cast
2,124
across all sessions
Crossed party
3
votes against own party
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Description
Vote
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Date
SB 154
AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY CONDOMINIUM LAW - RESALE OF UNITS (Imposes a penalty against a condominium association that fails to deliver a resale certificate within ten (10) days of a request by a unit owner.)
Yea
Passed
34–0
Jun 11, 2019
SB 474
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - VOTING DISTRICTS AND OFFICIALS (Allows local boards of canvassers to combine voting districts in special elections for approval/rejection of questions or when no officials will be elected or in primary elections only with board of election approval.)
Yea
Passed
34–0
Jun 11, 2019
SB 202
AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - SINGLE-USE PLASTIC STRAWS (Prohibits a food service establishment from providing a consumer with a single-use plastic straw unless requested by the consumer.)
Yea
Passed
30–3
Jun 11, 2019
SB 474
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - VOTING DISTRICTS AND OFFICIALS (Allows local boards of canvassers to combine voting districts in special elections for approval/rejection of questions or when no officials will be elected or in primary elections only with board of election approval.)
Yea
Passed
34–0
Jun 11, 2019
SB 443
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS (Updates the laws relating to physician assistants to reflect current standards and terminology.)
Yea
Passed
33–1
Jun 11, 2019
SB 259
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - REAL ESTATE APPRAISERS CERTIFICATION ACT (Precludes the department of business regulation from pursing any administrative action against a certified appraiser more than five (5) years after the certified appraised issues a certified appraisal.)
Yea
Passed
33–1
Jun 11, 2019
SB 29
AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- FEES (Raises the juror's fees for each day's attendance on the superior court from $15.00 per day to $25.00 per day commencing July 1, 2020, and increase to $35.00 per day commencing July 1, 2021 and thereafter.)
Yea
Passed
34–0
Jun 11, 2019
SB 611
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPLIES (Provides that a voter may use proof of identity which expired no more than six (6) months prior to voting.)
Yea
Passed
30–2
Jun 6, 2019
SB 789
AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- RHODE ISLAND PARENTAGE ACT (Repeals current state law regarding paternity and replaces it with a more comprehensive parentage act that provides procedures establishing parentage, genetic testing, surrogacy agreements and assisted reproduction.)
Yea
Passed
32–0
Jun 6, 2019
SB 518
AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - REGULATION OF SALES (Allows license holders to restrict any patron who has not reached his or her twenty first birthday from entering the licensed establishment after ten o'clock (10:00) pm.)
Yea
Passed
32–0
Jun 6, 2019
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