D Rhode Island Senate · District 14 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Val Lawson

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Session

Total votes

2,124

all sessions

Attendance

98%

32 missed

Higher than 93% of chamber peers

With party

99%

of cast votes

Higher than 93% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

0%

crosses aisle rarely

Lower than 96% of chamber peers

Voting record

Yea

2,060

voted in favor

Nay

32

voted against

Absent

32

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 1132

AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Authorizes the town of Richmond's town council to partially exempt qualifying real estate from the payment of property taxes or to determine a stabilized amount of taxes to be paid on qualifying real property.)

Yea

Passed

30–6

Jun 15, 2023

SR 620

JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE TASK FORCE TO IMPROVE THE LONG-TERM OUTCOMES AND REDUCE RECIDIVISM OF FEMALES WITHIN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE POPULATION (Creates a 19 member task force whose purpose it would be to improve outcomes and reduce recidivism of females in the criminal justice system, and who would report back by February 5, 2024, and expire on April 5, 2024.)

Yea

Passed

35–0

Jun 15, 2023

SB 1051

AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES (Increases the amount of allowable units per acre for all projects subject to inclusionary zoning as well as other incentives and subsidies to offset differential costs of below-market units.)

Yea

Passed

31–5

Jun 15, 2023

SB 1033

AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RHODE ISLAND COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING AND LAND USE ACT (Amends the required contents of a comprehensive plan providing that the "implementation program" component of the requirements include a 5 year strategic plan to ensure that the comprehensive plan goals and policies are implemented in a timely fashion.)

Yea

Passed

29–7

Jun 15, 2023

SB 311

AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT (Prohibits the requirement that a fee be paid for a rental application for real property.)

Yea

Passed

31–5

Jun 15, 2023

SB 427

AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKERS' COMPENSATION--GENERAL PROVISIONS (Requires that any person who is considered an independent contractor to file a designation form by 01/31 of each year at a maximum cost of $50.00.)

Yea

Passed

27–8

Jun 15, 2023

SB 368

AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY-- POLICE RELATIONSHIP ACT OF 2015 (Amends the comprehensive community-police relationship act of 2015 to require an annual study by an outside agency chosen by the department.)

Yea

Passed

36–0

Jun 15, 2023

SB 559

AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- POSTSECONDARY STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE (Authorizes the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to establish a program to expand the issuance of teaching certificates to bilingual dual language and world language teachers in urban and urban ring schools.)

Yea

Passed

35–0

Jun 15, 2023

SR 538

JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $5,000,000 TO ELEANOR SLATER HOSPITAL, ZAMBARANO UNIT (This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of $5,000,000 to Eleanor Slater Hospital, Zambarano Unit for the purpose of re-building a fire station on Wallum Lake.)

Yea

Passed

35–0

Jun 15, 2023

SB 489

AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES (Would require public school districts to take certain actions to promote notice and disseminate information regarding the district’s special education local advisory committee.)

Yea

Passed

36–0

Jun 15, 2023