JC
Total votes
1,199
all sessions
Attendance
-
of floor votes
With party
98%
of cast votes
Near the chamber average
Bipartisan score
1%
crosses aisle rarely
Near the chamber average
Sponsored
184
bills & resolutions
Lower than 78% of chamber peers
Committees
0
assignments
1,199 roll-call votes
Voting record
Yea
1,125
voted in favor
Nay
22
voted against
Absent
0
missed votes
Total cast
1,199
across all sessions
Crossed party
12
votes against own party
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 785
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT--MARINE FISHERIES (Creates division of marine fisheries within DEM to manage saltwater fish and plant harvesting.)
Yea
Passed
31–0
Jun 14, 2017
SB 614
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES - ABUSED AND NEGLECTED CHILDREN (Requires all CASA (court-appointed special advocate) volunteers to first pass DCYF clearance as well as a national criminal background check before qualifying for appointment by the court.)
Yea
Passed
31–0
Jun 14, 2017
SB 439
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- ALL STUDENTS COUNT ACT (Creates the "All Students Count Act" and requires the dept. of elementary and secondary education to use separate collection categories/tabulations for specified Asian ethnic groups in every demographic report on ancestry or ethnic origins of residents.)
Yea
Passed
31–0
Jun 14, 2017
SB 784
AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAS (Replaces language referencing DEM park police and conservation police with environmental police officers.)
Yea
Passed
31–0
Jun 14, 2017
SB 73
AN ACT RELATING CRIMINAL OFFENSES - UNIFORM ACT ON THE PREVENTION OF AND REMEDIES FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING (Creates the "Uniform Act on the Prevention and Remedies for Human Trafficking" which would establish penalties and remedies for human trafficking.)
Yea
Passed
31–0
Jun 14, 2017
SB 479
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - STATE BUILDING CODE (Expands the state building code standards committee by two members, to be appointed by the Rhode Island builders association.)
Yea
Passed
31–0
Jun 14, 2017
SB 481
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- SUBDIVISION OF LAND (Shortens the time periods related to certifications, decision-making and recordings of decisions for major land development and major subdivision master and preliminary plans.)
Yea
Passed
31–0
Jun 14, 2017
SB 675
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - EMPLOYMENT SECURITY - BENEFITS (Amends our worksharing law by allowing employers more flexibility in the reduction of work hours among its employees and by allowing more leeway on the start date of an adopted worksharing plan.)
Yea
Passed
30–0
Jun 13, 2017
SB 513
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - ELECTRICIANS (Includes within the licensing and certification process required by the board of electricians the maintenance of certain electrical components.)
Yea
Passed
29–0
Jun 13, 2017
SB 194
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - BARBERS AND HAIRDRESSERS (Reduces the number of hours of instruction required to obtain a hairdresser's and cosmetician's license from fifteen hundred (1,500) to twelve hundred (1,200) hours.)
Yea
Passed
30–0
Jun 13, 2017
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