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D Rhode Island Senate · District 36

Sen. James C. Sheehan

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Total votes

1,199

all sessions

Attendance

0%

552 missed

Near the chamber average

With party

98%

of cast votes

Near the chamber average

Bipartisan score

1%

crosses aisle rarely

Near the chamber average

Voting record

Yea

1,125

voted in favor

Nay

22

voted against

Absent

552

missed votes

Total cast

1,199

across all sessions

Crossed party

12

votes against own party

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

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Date

SB 981

AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (Restricts the initial prescription to an adult and all prescriptions to a minor patient for an opiate to a seven (7) day supply with exceptions for certain conditions and medicines designed for substance abuse or opioid dependence treatment.)

Yea

Passed

27–0

Jun 27, 2019

SB 1032

AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM [SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 -- THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT] (Requires that instruction in health and physical education include information provided to students that mixing opioids and alcohol can cause accidental death.)

Yea

Passed

26–0

Jun 27, 2019

SB 608

AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPLIES (Allows voters making a mark rather than signature to vote with proof of identity by affirming their mark to the electronic pollbook without need for an affidavit by election supervisors.)

Yea

Passed

27–0

Jun 27, 2019

SB 838

AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Provides a special motor vehicle registration plate honoring the New York Yankees for their twenty-seven (27) World Championships and the New York Yankees Universe Fund for the benefit of Rhode Island based charitable organizations.)

Yea

Passed

26–1

Jun 27, 2019

SB 475

AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--PROCEDURE GENERALLY (Adopts the uniform interstate depositions and discovery act, and amends the current law regarding depositions taken for use in a foreign jurisdiction by referencing the new act.)

Yea

Passed

27–0

Jun 27, 2019

SB 1004

AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - CAMPAIGN FINANCE (Reduces the minimum reporting campaign contribution amount that needs to be reported to the board of elections from over $100 to $25.00 for purposes of Campaign Contributions and Expenditures Reporting and the Ballot Question Advocacy and Reporting Acts.)

Yea

Passed

19–8

Jun 27, 2019

SB 465

AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- SEIZURE OF ANIMALS BEING CRUELLY TREATED (Authorizes certain state and municipal agents to take possession of animals found abandoned or neglected, and to proceed to provide all necessary care and treatment for the animal.)

Yea

Passed

27–0

Jun 27, 2019

SB 998

AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Paul Edward Boyd Gruhn to join Sarah Elizabeth Tompkins and Phillip James Chauvin in marriage on or about October 27, 2019, within the City of Providence, Rhode Island.)

Yea

Passed

27–0

Jun 27, 2019

SB 673

AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES AND PROJECTS (Authorizes state and local incremental tax revenues generated in the arts district, the growth center district and the ballpark district in the city of Pawtucket to be allocated to finance improvements in the districts.)

Yea

Passed

25–2

Jun 27, 2019

SB 912

AN ACT RELATING TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- CHECK CASHING (Exempts persons hosting state-operated video lottery games and state-operated casino gaming from the requirement that they construct and maintain bulletproof glass and steel partitions at check cashing stations, transaction windows, and/or similar areas.)

Yea

Passed

22–1

Jun 27, 2019