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D Rhode Island Senate · District 33 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Lou Raptakis

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Total votes
3,748
all sessions
Attendance
93%
262 missed
Lower than 82% of chamber peers
With party
95%
of cast votes
Among the lowest in the chamber
Bipartisan score
3%
crosses aisle rarely
Higher than 97% of chamber peers
Sponsored
1,136
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
2
assignments
3,748 roll-call votes

Voting record

Yea
3,310
voted in favor
Nay
176
voted against
Absent
262
missed votes
Total cast
3,748
across all sessions
Crossed party
172
votes against own party
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
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Date
SB 384
AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (Defines "chronic intractable pain" for purposes of intractable pain management.)
Yea
Passed
37–0
Mar 30, 2021
SB 128
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- CHILDREN--CONFINEMENT IN MOTOR VEHICLES PROHIBITED (Repeals the requirement that law enforcement officers issue only warnings of the risks to persons leaving a child under the age of seven (7) unattended in a motor vehicle.)
Yea
Passed
32–5
Mar 30, 2021
SB 56
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - PRESERVATION OF FAMILIES WITH DISABLED PARENT ACT (Precludes a parent's disability from serving as the sole basis for the state to institute an investigation of the disabled parent's family.)
Yea
Passed
37–0
Mar 30, 2021
SB 561
AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RHODE ISLAND FAIR HOUSING PRACTICES ACT (Prohibits discrimination in housing against those persons who have a lawful source of income.)
Yea
Passed
36–1
Mar 30, 2021
SB 428
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION (Requires office of diversity, equity and opportunity to create material for annual government employee training.)
Yea
Passed
33–3
Mar 30, 2021
SB 133
AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- SMALL CLAIMS AND CONSUMER CLAIMS -- PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR ACTIONS (Increases the maximum amount to be recovered in civil court action as a small claims from two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) to five thousand dollars ($5,000).)
Yea
Passed
37–0
Mar 30, 2021
SR 336
SENATE RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE RULES OF THE SENATE FOR YEARS 2021-2022
Nay
Failed
6–31
Mar 23, 2021
SR 336
SENATE RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE RULES OF THE SENATE FOR YEARS 2021-2022
Nay
Failed
6–31
Mar 23, 2021
SR 336
SENATE RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE RULES OF THE SENATE FOR YEARS 2021-2022
Nay
Failed
9–28
Mar 23, 2021
SB 383
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES -- THE MARYELLEN GOODWIN COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING ACT (Insurance coverage for prostate/colon cancer screening.)
Yea
Passed
37–0
Mar 23, 2021
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