D Rhode Island Senate · District 20

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

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 2931

AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE (Provides that health insurance coverage would cover short-term limited duration policies and certain policies that pay on a cost-incurred basis.)

Yea

Passed

35–0

Jun 7, 2018

SB 2077

AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - UNANTICIPATED OUT-OF-NETWORK BILLS FOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES (Protects people with health insurance from surprise medical bills for emergency and other services by requiring a non-participating health care provider to bill an insured party only for a co-payment, or deductible.)

Yea

Passed

35–0

Jun 7, 2018

SB 2930

AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- NALOXONE ACCESS (Requires the director of the department of health to develop best practices for co-prescribing opioid antagonists to patients who are prescribed opioid analgesics.)

Yea

Passed

35–0

Jun 7, 2018

SB 2934

AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- HEALTH CARE--HEALTH INSURANCE (Establishes the Rhode Island reinsurance program and restricted receipt account, from federal funding, administered by the director of the Rhode Island health benefits exchange, to mitigate the impact of high-risk individuals on health insurance rates.)

Yea

Passed

35–0

Jun 7, 2018

SB 2907

AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY (Requires RIPTA to hold public hearing at least 30 days prior any bus route change in the affected neighborhood and provide a neighborhood impact statement to local and state officials.)

Yea

Passed

35–0

Jun 7, 2018

SB 2077

AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - UNANTICIPATED OUT-OF-NETWORK BILLS FOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES (Protects people with health insurance from surprise medical bills for emergency and other services by requiring a non-participating health care provider to bill an insured party only for a co-payment, or deductible.)

Yea

Passed

35–0

Jun 7, 2018

SB 2914

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF CUMBERLAND, WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS, TO ISSUE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND/OR NOTES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $2,500,000 FOR STREET PAVEMENT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TOWN (Authorizes the town of Cumberland to issue two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000) of the general obligation bonds and notes in order to finance street pavement improvements.)

Yea

Passed

32–0

Jun 6, 2018

SB 2341

AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- GOVERNOR'S COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES (Removes the requirement that a student with disabilities be a college student in order to be eligible to participate in the Mary Brennan fellowship fund program and also removes the requirement that the fellowship program take place in Providence.)

Yea

Passed

32–0

Jun 6, 2018

SB 2915

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF NORTH KINGSTOWN TO FINANCE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATIONS, REMEDIATION, ALTERATIONS, ADDITIONS AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR RELATED EQUIPMENT AND TO ISSUE NOT MORE THAN $27,000,000 BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR, OF WHICH UP TO $13,500,000 IS FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES AND UP TO $13,500,000 IS FOR OTHER TOWN PURPOSES

Yea

Passed

32–0

Jun 6, 2018

SB 2186

AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- ESTABLISHMENT OF CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS (Authorizes school committees to appoint one designee to the board of directors of the governing body of certain charter public schools which students from the district attend.)

Yea

Passed

30–2

Jun 6, 2018