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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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SB 811

AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- DELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN-- CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION-- SEXUALLY EXPLOITED CHILDREN (Makes sex trafficking victims eligible for criminal injuries compensation fund and designates them as abused, neglected children and establishes "safe harbor" provisions.)

Yea

Passed

31–0

Jun 28, 2017

SB 979

AN ACT RELATING TO CREATING THE RHODE ISLAND COMMISSION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE (Creates a 25 member RI commission for national community service in the department of education to work with a nonprofit corporation of the same name created in 1994 to prepare and implement a 3 yr. community service plan.)

Yea

Passed

30–0

Jun 28, 2017

SB 742

AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHYSICAL THERAPISTS (Modernizes the definition of physical therapy, the right to use the title of physical therapist and includes practice beyond the scope of physical therapy as a grounds for discipline.)

Yea

Passed

30–0

Jun 28, 2017

SB 300

AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION (Has each public institution of postsecondary education establish a plan for addressing mental health needs of its students.)

Yea

Passed

31–0

Jun 28, 2017

SB 174

AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - SAFETY BELTS IN SCHOOL BUSES (Requires every new school bus to be equipped with seat belts effective January 1, 2019.)

Yea

Passed

30–1

Jun 28, 2017

SB 390

AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (Defines animal hoarding and would add animal hoarding to the list of conduct considered cruelty to animals and proscribed by law.)

Yea

Passed

31–0

Jun 28, 2017

SB 166

AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - CHILD PRODUCTS AND UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE (Prohibits the manufacture, sale, and distribution of residential upholstered children's products that contain certain amounts of bromide or chlorine bonded to carbon that is added to a plastic, foam, or textile.)

Yea

Passed

31–0

Jun 28, 2017

SB 290

AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- HEALTHY AND SAFE FAMILIES AND WORKPLACES ACT (Requires employers with eighteen (18) or more employees to provide three (3) paid sick days in 2018, four (4) paid sick days in 2019 and five (5) paid sick days thereafter.) Against party

Nay

Passed

23–7

Jun 28, 2017

SB 985

AN ACT RELATING TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- PERMANENT JOINT COMMITTEE ON NAMING ALL NEW BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, EDIFICES AND OTHER STATE CONSTRUCTIONS -- NEW RHODE ISLAND VETERANS HOME CONFERENCE ROOM (Names one of the two (2) new conference rooms at the Rhode Island Veterans Home as the "S. Michael Minutelli Memorial Conference Room".)

Yea

Passed

30–0

Jun 28, 2017

SB 290

AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- HEALTHY AND SAFE FAMILIES AND WORKPLACES ACT (Requires employers with eighteen (18) or more employees to provide three (3) paid sick days in 2018, four (4) paid sick days in 2019 and five (5) paid sick days thereafter.) Against party

Yea

Failed

3–27

Jun 28, 2017