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D Rhode Island Senate · District 30 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Mark McKenney

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Total votes
2,191
all sessions
Attendance
100%
8 missed
Near the chamber average
With party
99%
of cast votes
Higher than 90% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
0%
crosses aisle rarely
Lower than 95% of chamber peers
Sponsored
659
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
3
assignments
2,191 roll-call votes

Voting record

Yea
2,147
voted in favor
Nay
36
voted against
Absent
8
missed votes
Total cast
2,191
across all sessions
Crossed party
11
votes against own party
This page
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Bill
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Date
SB 172
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EQUAL PAY DATA COLLECTION AND REPORTING (Requires employers with 100 employees to yearly submit a form to the department of labor and training, which contains information regarding the compensation and hours worked of employees by age, gender, race, ethnicity, job category and occupation title.)
Yea
Passed
29–5
Jun 6, 2019
SB 837
AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- RECORDATION OF HONORABLE DISCHARGES (Provides a petition process to have a discharge from service recorded as honorable for members of the armed services separated from service with a general or other than honorable discharge due solely to their sexual orientation/gender identity/expression.)
Yea
Passed
33–0
Jun 6, 2019
SB 689
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES (Extends the effective date for the application of the new definition section relative to zoning ordinances and would also extend the current definitions section relative to zoning ordinances.)
Yea
Passed
34–0
Jun 6, 2019
SB 496
AN ACT RELATING TO DELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN -- PROCEEDINGS IN FAMILY COURT (Prohibits any questioning of a juvenile who is suspected of delinquent or criminal behavior, unless the parent of guardian of the juvenile is present, or unless an attorney is present or the juvenile and their parents have waived their presence.)
Yea
Passed
34–0
Jun 6, 2019
SB 69
AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- THE LICENSURE, INSPECTIONS AND INVESTIGATIONS OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES FACILITIES (Requires the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals to make or cause to be made annual unannounced inspections and investigations of community residences.)
Yea
Passed
34–0
Jun 6, 2019
SB 899
AN ACT AMENDING THE CHARTER OF NORTH PROVIDENCE (Requires that the purchasing board meeting agenda in the town of North Providence be sent to board members at least five (5) days before the meeting.)
Yea
Passed
34–0
Jun 6, 2019
SB 297
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - HARM REDUCTION CENTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND PILOT PROGRAM (Authorizes the establishment of harm reduction centers.)
Yea
Passed
32–1
Jun 6, 2019
SB 459
AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - COURTS - DOMESTIC ASSAULT (Updates the language required to be given by police officers when responding to domestic abuse calls.)
Yea
Passed
34–0
Jun 6, 2019
SB 781
AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS -- RHODE ISLAND TURNPIKE AND BRIDGE AUTHORITY (Reduces the number of infractions for a person to be considered a "toll violator" from twenty (20) to ten (10). The act also reduces the number of infractions for a person to be considered a "toll evader" from one hundred (100) to twenty (20).)
Yea
Passed
33–0
Jun 6, 2019
SB 410
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - PLASTIC WASTE REDUCTION ACT (Creates the "Plastic Waste Reduction Act" designed to reduce the use of plastic bags by retail establishments by offering recyclable bag options and providing penalties for violations.)
Yea
Passed
33–0
Jun 6, 2019
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