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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

-

of floor votes

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

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

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Date

SB 727

AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MECHANICAL TRADES (Allows the holder of a valid master mechanical trade license to perform repair or renovation work on certain large air conditioning equipment but must subcontract the work if it includes new construction.)

Yea

Passed

35–0

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.)

Yea

Passed

29–6

Jun 18, 2019

SB 897

AN ACT RELATING TO CONSOLIDATION OF THE ALBION AND SAYLESVILLE FIRE DISTRICTS INTO THE NEW LINCOLN FIRE DISTRICT (Effectuates the consolidation of the Albion and Saylesville Fire Districts into a newly created Lincoln Fire District.)

Yea

Passed

35–0

Jun 13, 2019

SB 54

AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES--LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION (Adds urns and shrouds, prayer cards and other items customarily sold or provided by a funeral director to those funeral items which are already exempt from sales and use taxes.)

Yea

Passed

35–0

Jun 13, 2019

SB 272

AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - PERSONAL INCOME TAX (Raises the earned income tax credit from fifteen percent (15%) to twenty percent (20%) for the tax years 2020 and beyond.)

Yea

Passed

35–0

Jun 13, 2019

SB 667

AN ACT AUTHORIZING AN INCREASE IN THE HOLDINGS OF MEMORIAL AND LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF WESTERLY (Authorizes the Memorial and Library Association of Westerly to take, hold, transmit and convey real and personal estate to an amount not exceeding sixty-five million dollars ($65,000,000).)

Yea

Passed

35–0

Jun 13, 2019

SB 869

AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - CERTIFICATION OF TEACHERS (Allows teachers to obtain certification as a principal in an expedited period of time.)

Yea

Passed

33–1

Jun 13, 2019

SB 740

AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- INSURANCE BENEFITS (Entitles correctional officers with twenty-five (25) years of service and who are at least fifty-five (55) years of age to receive a non-Medicare-eligible retiree health care insurance benefit.)

Yea

Passed

31–3

Jun 13, 2019

SB 238

AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES-MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES (Imposes $250 substance abuse education assessment for conviction of driving under the influence or a violation for refusal to submit to a breathalyzer. Funds would be allocated to BHDDH and used to fund substance abuse programs.)

Yea

Passed

35–0

Jun 13, 2019

SB 603

AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ABUSE IN HEALTH CARE FACILITIES (Makes amendments providing for additional reporting duties and requirements for persons with knowledge of mistreatment or neglect of elders.)

Yea

Passed

35–0

Jun 13, 2019