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

-

of floor votes

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

0

missed votes

Total cast

3,748

across all sessions

Crossed party

174

votes against own party

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Description

Vote

Result

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Date

SB 874

AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- ELECTRIC GENERATION SERVICE (Requires the public utilities commission to implement a purchase of receivables program where the electric distribution company purchases the receivables of a nonregulated power producer at a discount rate.)

Yea

Passed

31–0

Jun 29, 2017

SB 886

AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS --DUTIES OF UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (Requires pub. utilities/electric distribution co. to provide prompt/adequate service to ratepayers for new service/ upgrades w/penalty of up to $1,000 with electric distribution co. to provide written estimates/itemized bill for work in excess of $500.)

Yea

Passed

31–0

Jun 29, 2017

SR 646

JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AN EARLY INTERVENTION SYSTEM FOR DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING CHILDREN IN RHODE ISLAND (Creates a 24 member commission to study of an early intervention system for the deaf or hard of hearing children in Rhode Island, and who would report back by February 1, 2018, and expire on June 30, 2018.)

Yea

Passed

31–0

Jun 29, 2017

SB 146

AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - LICENSING OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES (Adds two (2) requirements that a hospital provide to a prospective patient, the requested cost estimate of their requested anticipated hospital services within five (5) business days of request and the cost of any facility fee.)

Yea

Passed

31–0

Jun 29, 2017

SB 600

AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- STUDENT JOURNALISTS' FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION ACT (Creates the Student Journalists' Freedom of Expression Act protecting student journalists' right to exercise freedom of speech in school-sponsored media.)

Yea

Passed

31–0

Jun 29, 2017

SB 135

AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- MOTION PICTURE PRODUCTION TAX CREDITS (Removes video games from the definition of "motion picture" for the purposes of the Motion Picture Credit Tax Act, and extends from July 1, 2021, to July 1, 2024.)

Yea

Passed

31–0

Jun 29, 2017

SB 669

AN ACT RELATING TO DELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN -- THE YOUNG ADULT VOLUNTARY EXTENSION OF CARE ACT (Creates the young adult voluntary extension of care program that would extend the age of foster care from age eighteen (18) to age twenty-one (21) and would provide a range of programs and services to carry out the purpose of the act.)

Yea

Passed

31–0

Jun 29, 2017

SB 402

AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - CHILDREN (Prohibits the sale of liquid that is intended for human consumption and/or use in an electronic nicotine delivery system that is not contained in child resistant packaging, and also bans the use of electronic nicotine delivery systems in schools.)

Yea

Passed

31–0

Jun 29, 2017

SB 862

AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - STEP THERAPY PROTOCOL (Requires health insurers, nonprofit hospital service corporations, nonprofit medical service corporations and health maintenance organizations that issue policies that provide coverage for prescription drugs and use step therapy protocols.)

Yea

Passed

31–0

Jun 29, 2017

SB 834

AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- NOMINATION OF PARTY AND INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES; RHODE ISLAND CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES REPORTING; CRIMINAL OFFENSES --THEFT, EMBEZZLEMENT, FALSE PRETENSES, AND MISAPPROPRIATIONS (Increases fines and penalties for failure to file timely campaign finance reports; increase the amount of information required in a declaration of candidacy.)

Yea

Passed

31–0

Jun 29, 2017