Total votes
816
all sessions
Attendance
92%
64 missed
Lower than 87% of chamber peers
With party
90%
of cast votes
Lower than 95% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
5%
crosses aisle rarely
Higher than 89% of chamber peers
Sponsored
159
bills & resolutions
Lower than 87% of chamber peers
Committees
0
assignments
816 roll-call votes
Voting record
Yea
686
voted in favor
Nay
66
voted against
Absent
64
missed votes
Total cast
816
across all sessions
Crossed party
74
votes against own party
This page
816
matching current filters
Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 2770
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD LIMITS (Transfers all responsibility for oversize/overweight permitting to the department of transportation and amends and increases fines for all oversize and overweight infractions.)
Other
Passed
33–0
Apr 7, 2022
SB 2672
AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Allows the city of Providence board of licenses to grant exemption from restrictions relating to the issuance of a Class BL license or Class BV alcoholic beverage retail licenses.)
Other
Passed
34–0
Apr 7, 2022
SB 2048
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION (Exempts reusable bags from the state sales tax.)
Other
Passed
35–0
Apr 7, 2022
SB 2446
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - PLASTIC WASTE REDUCTION ACT (Creates the "Plastic Waste Reduction Act" designed to reduce the use of plastic bags by retail establishments by offering recyclable bag options and providing penalties for violations.)
Other
Passed
31–4
Apr 7, 2022
SB 2698
AN ACT RELATING TO THE TOWNS OF JOHNSTON AND SMITHFIELD -- REGIONAL JUVENILE HEARING BOARD (Amends the public law creating the Johnston/Smithfield Regional Juvenile Hearing board to allow a board member to serve more than two terms if no other person seeks appointment to the board.)
Other
Passed
35–0
Apr 7, 2022
SB 2235
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND EARLY EDUCATOR INVESTMENT ACT (Requires the children’s cabinet, to develop a strategic plan to retain early childhood educators by creating a cross-departmental target wage scale of early educators and that of public school teaching staff or individuals with similar credentials.)
Other
Passed
35–0
Apr 7, 2022
SB 2243
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- RHODE ISLAND PARENTAL AND FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE ACT (Increases the amount of parental or family leave available to an employee from thirteen (13) weeks to twenty-four (24) weeks in any two (2) calendar years.)
Other
Passed
30–4
Apr 7, 2022
SB 2343
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY (Increases the number of members of the transit authority from eight (8) to ten (10) and makes the mayor of Providence or designee an ex officio member with voting privileges.)
Yea
Passed
31–6
Apr 5, 2022
SB 2367
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Further delineates the definitions of felony, misdemeanor and petty misdemeanor and violation.)
Yea
Passed
36–1
Apr 5, 2022
SB 2412
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- BUILDING SERVICE WORK (Requires that janitors and security guards employed, pursuant to state contracts worth more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) of janitorial or security services, be paid a standard compensation rate.)
Yea
Passed
37–0
Apr 5, 2022
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