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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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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
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Date
SB 2915
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF NORTH KINGSTOWN TO FINANCE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATIONS, REMEDIATION, ALTERATIONS, ADDITIONS AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR RELATED EQUIPMENT AND TO ISSUE NOT MORE THAN $27,000,000 BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR, OF WHICH UP TO $13,500,000 IS FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES AND UP TO $13,500,000 IS FOR OTHER TOWN PURPOSES
Other
Passed
32–0
Jun 6, 2018
SB 2186
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- ESTABLISHMENT OF CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS (Authorizes school committees to appoint one designee to the board of directors of the governing body of certain charter public schools which students from the district attend.)
Other
Passed
30–2
Jun 6, 2018
SB 2896
AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - THE GOOD SAMARITAN OVERDOSE PREVENTION ACT OF 2016 (Allows distribution and utilization of narcotic testing products to assist persons in determining whether drugs contain toxic substances.)
Other
Passed
33–0
Jun 5, 2018
SB 2442
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- REAL ESTATE SALES DISCLOSURES (Requires that any use of a premises for marijuana cultivation be disclosed in any real estate transaction.)
Other
Passed
33–0
Jun 5, 2018
SB 2592
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - MOTOR CARRIER TRANSPORTATION CONTRACTS (Renders void and unenforceable any motor transportation contract term indemnifying an indemnitee from or against its own negligence, intentional acts or omissions in contracts entered into or renewed on or after the effective date of the chapter.)
Other
Passed
33–0
Jun 5, 2018
SB 2906
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS (Repeals the authorization for the town of Lincoln to establish municipal court (§ 45-2-51), and adopts an extensive authorization for the town of Lincoln to establish a municipal court – municipal housing court.)
Other
Passed
33–0
Jun 5, 2018
SB 2686
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS (Authorizes the Middletown municipal court to impose fines not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for the violation of the town's short-term residential leases ordinance. Such violation shall be considered a civil violation.)
Other
Passed
32–0
Jun 5, 2018
SB 2444
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - CASUALTY INSURANCE GENERALLY (Includes coverage for residential property for vandalism and malicious mischief unless the property has been vacant for more than sixty (60) days.)
Other
Passed
33–0
Jun 5, 2018
SB 2006
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS-NOMINATION OF PARTY AND INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES-CITY OF WOONSOCKET (Provides that nomination papers for certain candidates for citywide nonpartisan office in the city of Woonsocket would require at least one hundred (100) signatures.)
Other
Passed
33–0
Jun 5, 2018
SB 2447
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS (Entitles person to have criminal conviction records expunged if the offense is decriminalized subsequent to the conviction.)
Yea
Passed
34–0
May 31, 2018
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