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
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Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 741
AN ACT RELATING TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- PERMANENT JOINT COMMITTEE ON NAMING ALL NEW BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, EDIFICES AND OTHER STATE CONSTRUCTIONS (Names the intersection of Hartford and Reservoir Avenue in the town of Johnston as "The Bernard Frezza, Jr. Corner.")
Yea
Passed
35–0
Apr 10, 2019
SB 173
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN (Requires children who seek a special limited work permit to successfully complete a worker rights' training program established and funded by the department of labor and training.)
Yea
Passed
32–2
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.)
Yea
Passed
26–9
Apr 10, 2019
SB 371
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES (Allows an employee to establish a lien against an employer's property to aid the employee in collecting unpaid wages from the employer.)
Yea
Passed
29–6
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
30–5
Apr 10, 2019
SB 171
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- APPROPRIATE DISABILITY LANGUAGE (Ensures appropriate disability language is used in all job descriptions and statutes.)
Yea
Passed
35–0
Apr 10, 2019
SB 57
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- MICRO ZONE ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION ACT (Creates micro zones in distressed areas to stimulate economic revitalization/employment opportunities/business development through redevelopment of abandoned industrial/commercial structures.)
Yea
Passed
32–0
Apr 9, 2019
SB 24
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- RHODE ISLAND PATHWAYS PROJECT (Requires the executive office of health and human services (EOHHS) to conduct a study to assess the impact of using Medicaid funds to provide coverage for the treatment of the chronically homeless.)
Yea
Passed
33–0
Apr 9, 2019
SB 257
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- INSURANCE RATES (Prevents the consideration of an applicant's credit history in determining automobile insurance rates.)
Yea
Passed
32–0
Apr 9, 2019
SB 503
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - SEXUAL OFFENDER REGISTRATION AND COMMUNITY NOTIFICATION (Extends the effective date of Chapters 157 and 259 of the 2018 Public Laws from July 1, 2019 to July 1, 2020 in regards to Chapter 11-37.1 ("Sexual Offender Registration and Community Notification").)
Yea
Passed
33–0
Apr 9, 2019
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