Total votes
2,156
all sessions
Attendance
-
of floor votes
With party
98%
of cast votes
Near the chamber average
Bipartisan score
1%
crosses aisle rarely
Near the chamber average
Sponsored
483
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
4
assignments
2,156 roll-call votes
Voting record
Yea
2,097
voted in favor
Nay
56
voted against
Absent
0
missed votes
Total cast
2,156
across all sessions
Crossed party
43
votes against own party
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 2862
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC FINANCE -- STATE FUNDS (Adds the Workers' Compensation Administrative Fund, Rhode Island Uninsured Employers Fund and the Rhode Island Uninsured Protection Fund to those restricted receipt accounts not subject to indirect cost recoveries.)
Yea
Passed
36–0
Apr 26, 2022
SB 2007
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- SECRETARY OF STATE -- LET RI VOTE ACT (Allows voting by mail without needing an excuse/improves voter roll cleanup/allows applying for mail ballots through online system/allows nursing home residents to receive mail ballot applications automatically/codifies mail ballot drop box requirements.)
Yea
Passed
30–6
Apr 26, 2022
SB 2832
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF RHODE ISLAND (Names the Newport campus of the Community College of Rhode Island the M. Teresa Paiva Weed campus.)
Yea
Passed
35–2
Apr 12, 2022
SB 2409
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- ORGANIZATION OF STATE EMPLOYEES (Requires that if state employee unions are engaged in contract negotiations and/or utilizing the dispute resolution process, all terms and conditions in the collective bargaining agreement shall continue to remain in effect.)
Yea
Passed
32–5
Apr 12, 2022
SB 2204
AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROL SUBSTANCES ACT (Requires that professionals authorized to prescribe opioid drugs discuss addiction risks with the patient or the patient’s parent or guardian if the patient is under eighteen (18) years of age.)
Yea
Passed
37–0
Apr 12, 2022
SB 2078
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- COMPREHENSIVE DISCHARGE PLANNING (Requires coverage for residential/inpatient mental health services for detox/stabilization/substance abuse disorders without preauthorization or be subject to concurrent review during the first 28 days.)
Yea
Passed
37–0
Apr 12, 2022
SB 2280
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE COLLEGE CRUSADE SCHOLARSHIP (Provides that scholarships received directly from the College Crusade Scholarship Program would not be considered financial aid pursuant to the Rhode Island Promise Scholarships.)
Yea
Passed
37–0
Apr 12, 2022
SB 2416
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- FIREFIGHTERS' ARBITRATION (Provides that all contractual provisions in a firefighters collective bargaining agreement would continue until a successor agreement has been reached or an interest arbitration award has been rendered.) Against party
Nay
Passed
30–7
Apr 12, 2022
SB 2244
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES' ARBITRATION (Establishes new factors for the interest contract arbitration board for municipal employee unions to consider in rendering a decision the board power to render an award over all negotiated matters, including the expenditure of money.) Against party
Nay
Passed
30–7
Apr 12, 2022
SB 2816
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EMPLOYMENT SECURITY -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Extends until June 30, 2023, an increase in the total amount of earnings a partial-unemployment insurance claimant can receive before being entirely disqualified for unemployment insurance benefits.)
Yea
Passed
37–0
Apr 12, 2022
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