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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 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
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
173
votes against own party
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Vote
Result
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Date
SB 812
AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Roger Kroha to join Jennifer Nasser and Daniel Rubino in marriage on or about October 12, 2019, within the Town of Narragansett, Rhode Island.)
Yea
Passed
36–0
May 7, 2019
SB 494
AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR ACTIONS - CONTRIBUTION AMONG JOINT TORTFEASORS (Provides that a release by one claimant relative to claims relating to the Feld Entertainment/Ringling Brothers Circus accident of 5/4/14 would not discharge other joint tortfeasors.)
Yea
Passed
35–1
May 7, 2019
SB 812
AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Roger Kroha to join Jennifer Nasser and Daniel Rubino in marriage on or about October 12, 2019, within the Town of Narragansett, Rhode Island.)
Yea
Passed
36–0
May 7, 2019
SB 690
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - STATE BUILDING CODE (Amends the number of communities who may combine to appoint a building official and prohibits requiring a building official to perform duties not in the building code when building code duties are pending.)
Yea
Passed
29–5
May 2, 2019
SB 585
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- CONTRACTORS' BONDS (Requires road and bridge contractors for the department of transportation to furnish a bond equal to at least 50% of the contract price on contracts in excess of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($150,000).)
Yea
Passed
34–0
May 2, 2019
SB 313
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.)
Yea
Passed
34–0
May 2, 2019
SB 691
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - ZONING ORDINANCES (Expands the definition of "family member" for purposes of zoning ordinances.)
Yea
Passed
33–1
May 2, 2019
SB 452
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- HOUSING RESOURCES (Allows the residents of New Shoreham who earn up to one hundred forty percent (140%) of area median income to qualify for affordable housing.)
Yea
Passed
33–1
May 2, 2019
SB 151
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY TAX RELIEF (Amends the definition of "disabled", for the purposes of property tax relief, to include veterans who earn less than thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) annually and who receive disability benefits.)
Yea
Passed
34–0
May 2, 2019
SB 586
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS (Eliminates division of planning from evaluation process of future state prop. leases. Eliminates requirement of notice to local planning board's planning program of hearings and zoning changes.)
Yea
Passed
34–0
May 2, 2019
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