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
This page
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 690
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - STATE BUILDING CODE (Amends the number of communities who may combine to appoint a building official and prohibits requiring a building official to perform duties not in the building code when building code duties are pending.)
Yea
Passed
28–5
May 2, 2019
SB 585
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- CONTRACTORS' BONDS (Requires road and bridge contractors for the department of transportation to furnish a bond equal to at least 50% of the contract price on contracts in excess of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($150,000).)
Yea
Passed
33–0
May 2, 2019
SB 313
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Exempts from taxation real property acquired or leased by a railroad entity used in the boarding or disembarking of railroad passengers or supporting passenger railroad operations and services.)
Yea
Passed
33–0
May 2, 2019
SB 691
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - ZONING ORDINANCES (Expands the definition of "family member" for purposes of zoning ordinances.)
Yea
Passed
32–1
May 2, 2019
SB 452
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- HOUSING RESOURCES (Allows the residents of New Shoreham who earn up to one hundred forty percent (140%) of area median income to qualify for affordable housing.)
Yea
Passed
32–1
May 2, 2019
SB 151
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY TAX RELIEF (Amends the definition of "disabled", for the purposes of property tax relief, to include veterans who earn less than thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) annually and who receive disability benefits.)
Yea
Passed
33–0
May 2, 2019
SB 586
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS (Eliminates division of planning from evaluation process of future state prop. leases. Eliminates requirement of notice to local planning board's planning program of hearings and zoning changes.)
Yea
Passed
33–0
May 2, 2019
SB 688
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE (Authorizes building inspectors to affix their signatures to permits that pertain to work they inspect.)
Yea
Passed
33–0
May 2, 2019
SB 372
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - MUNICIPAL POLICE CONTRACTS (Extends provisions of an existing collective bargaining agreement for municipal police arbitration purposes until a successor agreement is reached or an interest arbitration award is rendered.)
Yea
Passed
28–6
May 1, 2019
SB 510
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - PAYMENT OF WAGES - VIOLATIONS (Increases penalties for violations of certain wage and hour laws.)
Yea
Passed
30–5
May 1, 2019
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