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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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 687
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - STATE BUILDING CODE - NEW BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES (Allows a contractor or builder to hire a qualified third-party inspector or state inspector to perform an inspection if a building official fails to perform an inspection within forty-eight (48) hours after notification, excluding weekends/holidays.)
Yea
Passed
34–0
May 14, 2019
SB 147
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND LIVABLE HOME MODIFICATION ACT (Establishes the Rhode Island Livable Home Modification Grant which allows eligible homeowners and renters to retrofit their residence to nationally recognized accessibility standards.)
Yea
Passed
32–0
May 9, 2019
SB 178
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - FEES FOR STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES - VETERANS (Authorizes state higher education institutions to waive application and transcript fees for veterans.)
Yea
Passed
35–0
May 8, 2019
SB 625
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - RHODE ISLAND UNIFORM COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE ACT (Permits applicants for commercial driver’s licenses to carry over parts of the required examinations that they passed for a period of two years and require them to retake those portions not passed.)
Yea
Passed
34–1
May 8, 2019
SB 431
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- NON-ERISA COVERED PENSION PLANS (Requires all defined pension plans not covered by ERISA having 200 or more members comply with ERISA's annual reporting provisions, excluding government plans.)
Yea
Passed
35–0
May 7, 2019
SB 431
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- NON-ERISA COVERED PENSION PLANS (Requires all defined pension plans not covered by ERISA having 200 or more members comply with ERISA's annual reporting provisions, excluding government plans.)
Yea
Passed
35–0
May 7, 2019
SB 812
AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Roger Kroha to join Jennifer Nasser and Daniel Rubino in marriage on or about October 12, 2019, within the Town of Narragansett, Rhode Island.)
Yea
Passed
35–0
May 7, 2019
SB 494
AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR ACTIONS - CONTRIBUTION AMONG JOINT TORTFEASORS (Provides that a release by one claimant relative to claims relating to the Feld Entertainment/Ringling Brothers Circus accident of 5/4/14 would not discharge other joint tortfeasors.)
Yea
Passed
34–1
May 7, 2019
SB 812
AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Roger Kroha to join Jennifer Nasser and Daniel Rubino in marriage on or about October 12, 2019, within the Town of Narragansett, Rhode Island.)
Yea
Passed
35–0
May 7, 2019
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