Total votes
3,748
all sessions
Attendance
0%
1,951 missed
Near the chamber average
With party
94%
of cast votes
Lower than 100% of chamber peers
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
1,951
missed votes
Total cast
3,748
across all sessions
Crossed party
175
votes against own party
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 398
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- APPOINTMENTS COMMISSIONS (Changes the responsibility of making appointments to certain advisory and exchange commissions from the lieutenant governor to the senate president.)
Other
Passed
29–0
May 25, 2017
SR 901
JOINT RESOLUTION AMENDING THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION ON DEFENSE ECONOMY PLANNING (Amends the membership of the special legislative commission on defense economy planning by increasing the number of members from twenty-five (25) to twenty-six (26) by adding the Director of Veteran's Affairs, or designee.)
Other
Passed
29–0
May 24, 2017
SB 905
AN ACT RELATING TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY - PERMANENT JOINT COMMITTEE ON NAMING ALL NEW BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, EDIFICES AND OTHER STATE CONSTRUCTIONS (Renames the College of Pharmacy building on Greenhouse Road at the University of Rhode Island in Kingston, as "Paramaz Avedisian '54 Hall.")
Other
Passed
29–0
May 24, 2017
SB 442
AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION - THE CLIMATE CHANGE COASTAL ADAPTATION TRUST FUND (Establishes the RI coastal adaptation trust fund which would enable cities and towns and the state to apply for grants to fund projects that invest in measures that adapt infrastructure on public lands to address the impacts of climate change.)
Yea
Passed
28–2
May 18, 2017
SB 777
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS REQUIRED (Requires an automated external defibrillator (AED) and qualified person to administer an AED at all public places capable of holding three hundred (300) people or more.)
Yea
Passed
30–0
May 18, 2017
SB 203
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (Places oversight of freshwater lakes, streams, and ponds in the fish and wildlife division of the department of environmental management.)
Yea
Passed
31–0
May 17, 2017
SB 816
AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- VETERANS' AFFAIRS (Provides for changes to the veterans' services strategic plan advisory committee to provide coordination of state, federal, and private veterans' services.)
Yea
Passed
31–0
May 17, 2017
SB 192
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES (Establishes a procedure for employees to secure liens against employers for unpaid wages. Contested claims would be decided by the Superior Court.)
Yea
Passed
30–0
May 17, 2017
SB 733
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PESTICIDE CONTROL (Creates an exception to the registration requirements and registration fees for minor use pesticides.)
Yea
Passed
31–0
May 17, 2017
SB 288
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - FIREFIGHTERS' ARBITRATION (Allows unionized firefighters to enter into an agreement which continues all contractual provisions contained in an expiring contract until a successor agreement has been reached.)
Yea
Passed
31–0
May 17, 2017
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