D Rhode Island Senate · District 33 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Lou Raptakis

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Session

Total votes

3,748

all sessions

Attendance

93%

262 missed

Lower than 81% of chamber peers

With party

95%

of cast votes

Among the lowest in the chamber

Bipartisan score

3%

crosses aisle rarely

Higher than 91% of chamber peers

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

173

votes against own party

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SB 952

AN ACT RELATING TO THE MANVILLE FIRE DISTRICT -- AMENDMENT OF CORPORATE CHARTER (Repeals the existing provisions of the Corporate Charter and replaces them in their entirety.)

Yea

Passed

35–0

Jun 19, 2019

SB 305

AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- COMMISSION ON THE DEAF AND HARD-OF-HEARING (Provides conditions to lawfully permit a state employee to be employed as an interpreter or a CART provider outside of the normal working hours.)

Yea

Passed

35–0

Jun 19, 2019

SB 291

AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACIES (Requires pharmacies display warning notice regarding use of opioids/schedule II controlled substances compiled by DOH relating to overuse/misuse/mixing with other drugs/alcohol effective 9/1/19.)

Yea

Passed

35–0

Jun 19, 2019

SB 737

AN ACT RELATING TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- STUDENT LOAN BILL OF RIGHTS ACT (Creates the "student loan bill of rights act" which establishes guidelines for the issuance of postsecondary loans.)

Yea

Passed

33–0

Jun 19, 2019

SB 119

AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM (Requires that all high school students attending public schools fulfill at least one-half credit or course requirement in civics education, commencing with the graduating class of 2020.)

Yea

Passed

36–0

Jun 18, 2019

SB 818

AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS (School boards to establish threat assessment policies and teams. Oversight committee for the teams is established.)

Yea

Passed

36–0

Jun 18, 2019

SB 262

AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- THE RHODE ISLAND WORKS PROGRAM (Removes the condition that there needs to be a reasonable expectation that a 19 year old will complete a program in secondary school in order to qualify as a dependent child.)

Yea

Passed

35–1

Jun 18, 2019

SB 755

AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - CURRICULUM [SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 - THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT] (Exempts those students in grade twelve (12) who are enrolled full-time in a dual enrollment program where the courses are taken on a higher education institution campus from the requirement that they complete health and physical education courses.)

Yea

Passed

36–0

Jun 18, 2019

SB 112

AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FINANCIAL LITERACY (Mandates that a program of financial literacy be taught to all students in the public high schools throughout the state of Rhode Island.)

Yea

Passed

36–0

Jun 18, 2019

SB 265

AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- AMERICANIZATION OF SCHOOLS (Repeals requirement that persons between 16 and 21 who cannot speak, read or write English to attend classes until they learn (minimum 200 hours). Also repeals fines and institutional commitment for failure to take such classes.)

Yea

Passed

35–1

Jun 18, 2019