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D Rhode Island Senate · District 14

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
Result
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Date
SB 271
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - BOARD OF CERTIFICATION OF OPERATORS OF PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY FACILITIES (Eliminates the cap on the maximum fee allowable for submitting an application for certification to the board of certifications of operators of public water supply facilities.)
Yea
Passed
29–2
Apr 30, 2019
SB 516
AN ACT RELATING TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- HOLLEY LANDING (Renames the landing in South Kingstown known as Wordens Pond Landing to Holley Landing.)
Yea
Passed
31–0
Apr 30, 2019
SB 620
AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES (Clarifies the number of ounces a manufacturer of malt beverages is allowed to sell on their premises as twenty-four (24) twelve ounce (12 oz.) bottles or cans, or twenty-four (24) sixteen ounce (16 oz.) bottles or cans.)
Yea
Passed
30–0
Apr 30, 2019
SB 190
AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY - CONDOMINIUM LAW - MANAGEMENT OF CONDOMINIUM (Provides that financial and other records be made available for examination by unit owners within thirty (30) days of a request being made.)
Yea
Passed
31–0
Apr 30, 2019
SB 40
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS - NET NEUTRALITY (Requires Internet service providers to follow Internet service neutrality requirements.)
Yea
Passed
28–3
Apr 30, 2019
SB 346
AN ACT RELATING TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY - JOINT COMMITTEE OF THE REPEALER (Creates joint committee to compile suggestions for repeal of statutes, regulations, and executive orders.)
Yea
Passed
34–0
Apr 25, 2019
SB 330
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES -- SEXUAL HARASSMENT (Extends protection to domestic servants/includes retaliation as unlawful practice and requires employers of 4 or more employees to conduct sexual harassment programs for new employees within 1 month of the date of hire/all employees by September 1, 2019.)
Yea
Passed
29–6
Apr 10, 2019
SB 342
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES (Requires all candidates for United States President and Vice President file copies of their last five (5) years of federal income tax returns with the state board of elections.)
Nay
Failed
3–32
Apr 10, 2019
SB 90
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- HEALTHY WORKPLACE (Creates the "Healthy Workplace Act of 2019" and would establish a cause of action against employers and employees for workplace bullying, harassment and other abusive conduct.)
Yea
Passed
30–5
Apr 10, 2019
SB 370
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - EMPLOYMENT SECURITY - BENEFITS (Increases the maximum weekly unemployment benefit rate to the higher of fifty-seven and one-half percent (57.5%) of the average weekly wages paid to workers in the prior calendar year or six hundred thirty-six dollars ($636) per week.)
Yea
Passed
35–0
Apr 10, 2019
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