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

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SB 171

AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- UNFAIR SALES PRACTICES (Requires businesses that offer automatic subscription renewals/continuous service offers to provide consumers with notice to the consumer prior to their engagement in the contract along with notice of renewal of subscription/cancellation info. eff. 1/1/24)

Yea

Passed

36–0

Jun 1, 2023

SB 206

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF MIDDLETOWN TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $190,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF A MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL AND THE RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF SCHOOL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE TOWN AND ALL ATTENDANT EXPENSES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DEMOLITION, ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURAL AND LANDSCAPING COSTS (Authorizes the town of Middletown to issue not more than $190,000,000 in bonds and notes to finance school construction and renovation.)

Yea

Passed

36–0

Jun 1, 2023

SB 660

AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES (Provides that certain public works renovation projects that include glazing work would have that work performed by North American contractor certification certified companies.)

Yea

Passed

34–2

Jun 1, 2023

SB 425

AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- IDENTITY THEFT PROTECTION ACT OF 2015 (Provides identity theft protections by requiring reporting of breaches by certain municipal and state agencies, and requires notice to collective bargaining agents where required and requires an explanation of remediation services.)

Yea

Passed

36–0

Jun 1, 2023

SB 165

AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- CONDOMINIUM OWNERSHIP (Provides that a condo unit owners policy would be the primary insurance policy with respect to any loss covered by the association’s policy but not payable under the association’s policy because of the application of the deductible.)

Yea

Passed

35–0

Jun 1, 2023

SB 465

AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIES -- MICROGRIDS DOCKET (Mandates the public utilities commission to establish a microgrid services tariff on a microgrid project)

Yea

Passed

35–1

Jun 1, 2023

SB 793

AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (Replaces 2016 opioids guidelines with the 2022 opioid guidelines. Exempts medical professionals from criminal and civil liability or disciplinary action for prescribing medically appropriate opioids.)

Yea

Passed

36–0

Jun 1, 2023

SB 723

AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- MENTAL HEALTH LAW (Includes licensed advanced practice registered nurses (APRN), certified in psychiatric/mental health, as qualified to certify the need for mental health treatment in certain patients.)

Yea

Passed

34–0

Jun 1, 2023

SB 226

AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- CANCER BENEFITS FOR FIRE FIGHTERS (Defines a fire fighter as a member of a fire department or a city, town, or fire district emergency services unit for the purposes of cancer benefits for firefighters.)

Yea

Passed

35–0

Jun 1, 2023

SB 856

AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- DUTIES OF UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (Amends the utility base rate statute to make clean transportation, clean heating, and energy storage.)

Yea

Passed

33–2

Jun 1, 2023