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 265
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- AMERICANIZATION OF SCHOOLS (Repeals requirement that persons between 16 and 21 who cannot speak, read or write English to attend classes until they learn (minimum 200 hours). Also repeals fines and institutional commitment for failure to take such classes.)
Yea
Passed
34–1
Jun 18, 2019
SB 115
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FOUNDATION LEVEL SCHOOL SUPPORT (Provides increased school housing aid for communities that utilize resident architectural firms, for the architectural services included in a new school or school renovation project.)
Yea
Passed
35–0
Jun 18, 2019
SB 199
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- ESTABLISHING A CLASS SIZE MAXIMUM FOR KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE TWO (2) (Limits public school K through 2 class size to twenty (20) students.)
Yea
Passed
34–1
Jun 18, 2019
SB 46
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS (Allows a school district to conduct instruction through virtual education up to five (5) days when schools have been closed due to inclement weather, emergency or any nonscheduled school closings.)
Yea
Passed
34–1
Jun 18, 2019
SB 816
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- ADULT EDUCATION (Establishes office of adult education literarcy/employment advisory committee within GWBRI for adult education and literacy services/repeals adult education act and aid for evening schools eff. 12/1/19.)
Yea
Passed
34–1
Jun 18, 2019
SB 657
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION (Mandates that the state seal of biliteracy be awarded by the commissioner beginning with the class of 2020 and a report be given to the general assembly no later than 8/1/20 of students who have been awarded a state seal of biliteracy.)
Yea
Passed
35–0
Jun 18, 2019
SB 910
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EMPLOYMENT SECURITY--BENEFITS (Eliminates requirement to pay attorney fees from employment security (unemployment) administrative fund.)
Yea
Passed
22–11
Jun 18, 2019
SB 653
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS (Establishes courses that include instruction in career and technical education programs.)
Yea
Passed
34–0
Jun 18, 2019
SB 174
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - MINIMUM WAGES (Increases the hourly minimum wage effective January 2, 2020 to eleven dollars and fifty cents ($11.50) per hour and effective January 1, 2021, to twelve dollars and fifty cents ($12.50) per hour.)
Nay
Failed
9–26
Jun 18, 2019
SB 198
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - THE WORLD LANGUAGE AND DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION ACT (Establishes and requires funding for a world language and dual language immersion program.)
Yea
Passed
34–1
Jun 18, 2019
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