Total votes
2,836
all sessions
Attendance
94%
168 missed
Near the chamber average
With party
97%
of cast votes
Lower than 89% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
1%
crosses aisle rarely
Higher than 85% of chamber peers
Sponsored
581
bills & resolutions
Lower than 98% of chamber peers
Committees
0
assignments
2,836 roll-call votes
Voting record
Yea
2,592
voted in favor
Nay
76
voted against
Absent
168
missed votes
Total cast
2,836
across all sessions
Crossed party
55
votes against own party
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 2519
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- NURSING HOME STAFFING AND QUALITY CARE ACT (Mandates minimum staffing levels/standards for quality care for nursing homes with penalties for violations/grants for enhanced training/wages adjusted for inflation.)
Yea
Passed
29–2
Jul 16, 2020
SB 2598
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS (Requires that electors that cast emergency ballots in the 12 day period prior to any election day sign an electronic pollbook giving a reason why they cannot get to the polls and vote be cast immediately into a voting machine.)
Yea
Passed
35–0
Jul 16, 2020
SB 2919
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- VIDEO-LOTTERY GAMES, TABLE GAMES AND SPORTS WAGERING (Provides that a server-based gaming system would utilize a mechanism to detect the physical location of a player at the time the player is wagering.)
Yea
Passed
31–4
Jul 16, 2020
SB 2920
AN ACT RELATING TO CONSOLIDATION OF THE ALBION AND SAYLESVILLE FIRE DISTRICTS INTO THE NEW LINCOLN FIRE DISTRICT (Extends the deadline for the merger of the Albion and Saylesville Fire Districts into the New Lincoln Fire District until December 31, 2021.)
Yea
Passed
34–0
Jul 16, 2020
SB 2547
AN ACT RELATING TO AERONAUTICS -- AIRPORTS AND LANDING FIELDS -- AIRPORT ZONING (Adds the terms "approach" and "approach zones" to mean airport land and airspace as defined by the FAA.)
Yea
Passed
33–0
Jul 13, 2020
SB 2504
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- NET METERING (Amends the maximum allowable capacity for net metering systems in the Block Island Utility District and Pascoag Utility District.)
Yea
Passed
35–0
Jul 13, 2020
SB 2302
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- CANCER BENEFITS FOR FIREFIGHTERS (Clarifies a presumption applying to firefighters that if any type of cancer is found in a firefighter with three (3) exceptions would be conclusively presumed to be an occupational cancer arising out of their employment.)
Yea
Passed
30–4
Jul 13, 2020
SB 2154
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS--THE JULIE LYNN CARDINAL ACT (Provides that applications to purchase firearms be sent by the seller to the police department the city or town where the purchaser lives.)
Yea
Passed
33–0
Jul 13, 2020
SB 2154
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS--THE JULIE LYNN CARDINAL ACT (Provides that applications to purchase firearms be sent by the seller to the police department the city or town where the purchaser lives.)
Yea
Passed
32–3
Jul 13, 2020
SB 2302
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- CANCER BENEFITS FOR FIREFIGHTERS (Clarifies a presumption applying to firefighters that if any type of cancer is found in a firefighter with three (3) exceptions would be conclusively presumed to be an occupational cancer arising out of their employment.)
Nay
Failed
2–31
Jul 13, 2020
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