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D Rhode Island Senate · District 20

Sen. Roger Picard

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Total votes
2,836
all sessions
Attendance
-
of floor votes
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
0
missed votes
Total cast
2,836
across all sessions
Crossed party
55
votes against own party
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Description
Vote
Result
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Date
SB 290
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- HEALTHY AND SAFE FAMILIES AND WORKPLACES ACT (Requires employers with eighteen (18) or more employees to provide three (3) paid sick days in 2018, four (4) paid sick days in 2019 and five (5) paid sick days thereafter.)
Other
Failed
6–24
Jun 28, 2017
SB 757
AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS - MENTAL HEALTH LAW (Articulates the role of police officers in obtaining treatment for those showing symptoms of mental illness.)
Yea
Passed
30–0
Jun 28, 2017
SB 972
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF SCITUATE TO ISSUE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $4,900,000 TO FINANCE REPLACEMENTS, RENOVATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDING A NEW TRACK AND FIELD AT THE SCITUATE PUBLIC SCHOOLS (Authorizes the town of Scituate to issue not more than $4,900,000 bonds and notes to finance various improvements at the town of Scituate's schools.)
Yea
Passed
30–0
Jun 28, 2017
SR 961
JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE EFFECTS OF ENACTING A LINE ITEM VETO, POTENTIAL RHODE ISLAND CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS FOR A GOVERNOR RUNOFF, AND REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ELECTION OF THE GOVERNOR (Creates a 12 member commission to study enacting a line item veto, Rhode Island Constitutional Amendments for a Governor runoff, the election of the Governor and report by April 5, 2018, and expire on May 7, 2018.)
Yea
Passed
31–0
Jun 28, 2017
SB 348
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES (Exempts individuals validly licensed in their country and holding a validly issued study or work Visa from the State's licensing requirements.)
Yea
Passed
30–0
Jun 28, 2017
SR 968
JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO PAY CERTAIN CLAIMS
Yea
Passed
30–0
Jun 28, 2017
SB 147
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- DELEGATION OF NON-ABLATIVE TREATMENTS (Provides guidelines for the delegation by licensed health care professionals of non-ablative laser or energy-based treatments to a properly-qualified delegate.)
Yea
Passed
30–0
Jun 28, 2017
SB 390
AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (Defines animal hoarding and would add animal hoarding to the list of conduct considered cruelty to animals and proscribed by law.)
Yea
Passed
30–0
Jun 28, 2017
SB 896
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - OPTIONAL RETIREMENT FOR MEMBERS OF POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS (Adds illness sustained while in the performance of duty to the definition of accidental disability.)
Yea
Passed
25–4
Jun 28, 2017
SB 789
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Requires insurance reimbursement for chiropractic diagnosis and treatment of conditions associated with the use of pain medications.)
Yea
Passed
31–0
Jun 28, 2017
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