D Rhode Island Senate · District 5 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Sam Bell

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Session

Total votes

3,007

all sessions

Attendance

-

of floor votes

With party

90%

of cast votes

Lower than 98% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

5%

crosses aisle rarely

Higher than 88% of chamber peers

Voting record

Yea

2,692

voted in favor

Nay

300

voted against

Absent

0

missed votes

Total cast

3,007

across all sessions

Crossed party

295

votes against own party

This page

3,007

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SB 2876

AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES -- TOWN OF JOHNSTON TAX CLASSIFICATION (Amends the law pertaining to tax classifications in the town of Johnston to allow it to enact tax classifications in accordance with the nature of the real and personal property to be taxed.)

Yea

Passed

36–0

May 3, 2022

SB 2751

AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- ANIMAL DISEASES IN GENERAL (Authorizes the director of the department of environmental management to establish quarantine zones for animals and would permit the examination of any quarantined animal therein.)

Yea

Passed

34–1

May 3, 2022

SB 2854

AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of Foster Forward, a domestic nonprofit corporation, located in Pawtucket.)

Yea

Passed

36–0

May 3, 2022

SB 2879

AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Allows the town council of New Shoreham to adopt a tax classification plan in accordance with the provisions of this section, to be applicable to taxes on or after the assessment date of December 31, 2022.)

Yea

Passed

36–0

May 3, 2022

SB 2815

AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- REAL JOBS RHODE ISLAND ACT (Establishes a real job Rhode Island program, which is an industry-led system to advance the skills of the state's workforce to grow the state's economy and increase sustainable employment for middle-class families.) Against party

Nay

Passed

35–1

Apr 26, 2022

SB 2706

AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- INTERCEPTION OF WIRE AND ORAL COMMUNICATIONS (Adds felony violations of Uniform Act on Prevention of and Remedies for Human Trafficking as a designated offense for an application for an order under the Interception of Wire and Oral Communications statute.)

Yea

Passed

36–0

Apr 26, 2022

SB 2413

AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT (Amends "Former Spouse Divorced" to include married for ten or more years and required by court order to support post divorce.)

Yea

Passed

36–0

Apr 26, 2022

SB 2187

AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- HEALTH CARE FOR CHILDREN AND PREGNANT WOMEN (Expands the Rite Track Program to provide health care coverage to children up to age nineteen (19) funded by federal funds, if available, or if not available, by state funds.)

Yea

Passed

32–4

Apr 26, 2022

SB 2202

AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- HEALTH CARE FOR CHILDREN AND PREGNANT WOMEN (Extends the benefits given to eligible women under title XIX state plan through the last day of the month in which their twelve-month post-partum period ends.)

Yea

Passed

36–0

Apr 26, 2022

SB 2119

AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS (Allows the board of elections to begin the certification of mail ballots twenty (20) days prior to election day. It also establishes a new and more comprehensive mail ballot voter signature verification process.)

Yea

Passed

36–0

Apr 26, 2022