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D Rhode Island Senate · District 20 · Former member

Sen. Roger Picard

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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 92% 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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Vote
Result
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Date
SB 54
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES--LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION (Adds urns and shrouds, prayer cards and other items customarily sold or provided by a funeral director to those funeral items which are already exempt from sales and use taxes.)
Yea
Passed
36–0
Jun 13, 2019
SB 272
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - PERSONAL INCOME TAX (Raises the earned income tax credit from fifteen percent (15%) to twenty percent (20%) for the tax years 2020 and beyond.)
Yea
Passed
36–0
Jun 13, 2019
SB 667
AN ACT AUTHORIZING AN INCREASE IN THE HOLDINGS OF MEMORIAL AND LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF WESTERLY (Authorizes the Memorial and Library Association of Westerly to take, hold, transmit and convey real and personal estate to an amount not exceeding sixty-five million dollars ($65,000,000).)
Yea
Passed
36–0
Jun 13, 2019
SB 869
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - CERTIFICATION OF TEACHERS (Allows teachers to obtain certification as a principal in an expedited period of time.)
Yea
Passed
34–1
Jun 13, 2019
SB 740
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- INSURANCE BENEFITS (Entitles correctional officers with twenty-five (25) years of service and who are at least fifty-five (55) years of age to receive a non-Medicare-eligible retiree health care insurance benefit.)
Yea
Passed
32–3
Jun 13, 2019
SB 238
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES-MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES (Imposes $250 substance abuse education assessment for conviction of driving under the influence or a violation for refusal to submit to a breathalyzer. Funds would be allocated to BHDDH and used to fund substance abuse programs.)
Yea
Passed
36–0
Jun 13, 2019
SB 603
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ABUSE IN HEALTH CARE FACILITIES (Makes amendments providing for additional reporting duties and requirements for persons with knowledge of mistreatment or neglect of elders.)
Yea
Passed
36–0
Jun 13, 2019
SB 773
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - SEPSIS PROTOCOLS (Requires hospitals to adopt, implement, periodically update and submit to the director of health, evidence-based protocols for the early recognition and treatment of patients with sepsis and septic shock.)
Yea
Passed
36–0
Jun 13, 2019
SB 315
AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- CAUSES OF ACTION (Statute of limitation for childhood sex abuse claims extended to 35 years.)
Yea
Passed
36–0
Jun 13, 2019
SB 773
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - SEPSIS PROTOCOLS (Requires hospitals to adopt, implement, periodically update and submit to the director of health, evidence-based protocols for the early recognition and treatment of patients with sepsis and septic shock.)
Yea
Passed
36–0
Jun 13, 2019
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