Total votes
816
all sessions
Attendance
0%
397 missed
Near the chamber average
With party
90%
of cast votes
Lower than 95% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
5%
crosses aisle rarely
Higher than 91% of chamber peers
Sponsored
159
bills & resolutions
Lower than 95% of chamber peers
Committees
0
assignments
816 roll-call votes
Voting record
Yea
686
voted in favor
Nay
66
voted against
Absent
397
missed votes
Total cast
816
across all sessions
Crossed party
74
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 3041
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES (Amends the statutory laws relating to driving under the influence and refusal to submit to chemical tests by adding the requirement for blood and/or urine testing.)
Yea
Passed
34–0
Jun 23, 2022
SB 3044
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING (Permits multi-family rental apartment units to be built as part of a comprehensive plan and to be included in the calculation of low or moderate income housing.) Against party
Nay
Passed
28–6
Jun 23, 2022
SB 3061
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Creates a special motor vehicle registration plate for The Rose Island Lighthouse Foundation, Inc.)
Yea
Passed
33–0
Jun 23, 2022
SB 2623
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES (Eliminates the restrictions on accessory dwelling units and allows for accessory apartments and affordable accessory apartments as a matter of right.)
Yea
Passed
29–5
Jun 23, 2022
SB 2979
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- ELECTRICIANS (Provides penalties for owners of structures who interfere with inspections by electrical investigators.)
Yea
Passed
34–0
Jun 23, 2022
SB 2617
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- LICENSE PROCEDURE FOR SOCIAL WORKERS (Mandates that an applicant for a license as a licensed clinical social worker not be required to take or pass a standardized written examination in order to qualify for the license.)
Yea
Passed
34–0
Jun 23, 2022
SB 3043
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- 2021 ACT ON CLIMATE (Establishes the Rhode Island executive climate change coordinating council equity and environmental justice advisory board to advise on decision-making and equitable outcomes.)
Yea
Passed
30–4
Jun 23, 2022
SB 2961
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF NEWPORT AND TOWN OF MIDDLETOWN TO ESTABLISH A REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT AND PROVIDING FOR STATE AID FOR SCHOOL HOUSING COSTS AT SCHOOL HOUSING REIMBURSEMENT RATES FOR REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHICH, INCLUDING INCENTIVES, MAY EXCEED 80% OF DEBT SERVICE FOR EXPENDITURES ELIGIBLE FOR STATE AID (Authorizes the city of Newport and the town of Middletown to establish a regional school district.)
Yea
Passed
32–1
Jun 23, 2022
SB 2814
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- CONTRACTORS' REGISTRATION AND LICENSING BOARD (Revises the manner in which complaints against contractors are made, processed, investigated, and resolved in a more efficient and expeditious manner and makes various technical and grammatical corrections.)
Yea
Passed
34–0
Jun 23, 2022
SB 2169
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND CERTIFICATION STANDARDS BOARD (SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 - THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT) (Extends the time period to for all teachers to demonstrate proficiency in knowledge and practices of scientific reading and structured literary instruction from the 2023-2024 school year until the 2025-2026 school year.)
Yea
Passed
32–2
Jun 23, 2022
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