D Rhode Island Senate · District 24 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Melissa Murray

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Session

Total votes

3,007

all sessions

Attendance

-

of floor votes

With party

99%

of cast votes

Higher than 77% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

0%

crosses aisle rarely

Lower than 84% of chamber peers

Voting record

Yea

2,932

voted in favor

Nay

51

voted against

Absent

0

missed votes

Total cast

3,007

across all sessions

Crossed party

12

votes against own party

This page

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

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Date

SB 688

AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- TEMPORARY DISABILITY INSURANCE -- BENEFITS (Increases temporary caregiver benefits to six (6) weeks in a benefit year starting January 1, 2022 and would increase temporary caregiver benefits to eight (8) weeks in a benefit year beginning January 1, 2023.)

Yea

Passed

33–3

Jul 1, 2021

SB 273

AN ACT RELATING TO HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE -- WORK ON HOLIDAYS AND SUNDAYS (Repeals § 25-3-7 of the general laws which gives the director of the department of labor and training the authority to exempt certain classes of employees from receiving overtime pay for Sunday and holiday work.)

Yea

Passed

36–0

Jul 1, 2021

SB 239

AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Exempts from taxation real property acquired or leased by a railroad entity used in the boarding or disembarking of railroad passengers or supporting passenger railroad operations and services with a lack of use sunset provision.)

Yea

Passed

34–0

Jul 1, 2021

SB 373

AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION (Amends the local share of education funding to be paid to charter public schools based on a comparison of performance data between the specific school from which the student is coming and the specific charter school that will be receiving the student.)

Yea

Passed

28–5

Jul 1, 2021

SB 575

AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX (Grants an exemption from the personal income tax to writers, composers and artists residing within the East Providence arts zone.)

Yea

Passed

36–0

Jul 1, 2021

SB 634

AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION (Requires the energy efficiency and resources management council to run a triennial competitive bid process to select an entity to propose and administer system reliability and energy efficiency and conservation procurement until March 1, 2036.)

Yea

Passed

31–5

Jul 1, 2021

SB 270

AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES (Comprehensively addresses wage discrimination, based on sex by expanding employee protections and the scope of the remedies available to employees who have experienced wage discrimination.)

Yea

Passed

33–3

Jul 1, 2021

SB 155

AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- SINGLE-USE PLASTIC STRAWS (Prohibits a food service establishment from providing a consumer with a single-use plastic straw, unless the consumer requests such a straw.)

Yea

Passed

34–2

Jul 1, 2021

SB 1003

AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 974 OF THE PUBLIC LAWS OF 1940, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE STONE BRIDGE FIRE DISTRICT AND TO FURNISH A SUPPLY OF WATER FOR THE TOWN OF TIVERTON" (Authorizes the Stone Bridge fire district to borrow up to $100,000 in funds to meet specific short-term financial obligations.)

Yea

Passed

36–0

Jul 1, 2021

SB 988

AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT (Permits Alcoholics Anonymous, and Narcotics Anonymous meetings and permit other agencies to provide similar services for substance use disorders during a declared disaster emergency.)

Yea

Passed

36–0

Jul 1, 2021