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
Sponsored
614
bills & resolutions
Lower than 92% of chamber peers
Committees
1
assignment
3,007 roll-call votes
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
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 884
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- LIABILITY INSURANCE (Provides for insurance coverage for the loss of use of the rental motor vehicle provided that the rental car company can establish that their rental vehicle sustained damage and that the rental vehicle will require repair or is a total loss.)
Yea
Passed
35–0
Jun 29, 2021
SB 972
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE -- LONG TERM CARE SERVICES AND FINANCE REFORM (Increases the wages for direct care workers employed by home nursing care and home care providers licensed by the Rhode Island department of health.)
Yea
Passed
31–0
Jun 29, 2021
SB 401
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SAFETY RESPONSIBILITY ADMINISTRATION -- SECURITY (Makes changes to the motor vehicles laws by repealing the sections that require the filing of security or bond with the DMV following a motor vehicle accident in which the operator of the vehicle does not have insurance.)
Yea
Passed
35–0
Jun 29, 2021
SB 836
AN ACT RELATING TO CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND PARTNERSHIPS -- MERGER AND CONSOLIDATION (Amends the Rhode Island Nonprofit Corporation Act regarding consolidation and merger.)
Yea
Passed
33–1
Jun 29, 2021
SB 974
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- ENFORCEMENT AND COLLECTION (Eliminates the fee associated with retail sales licenses and renting of living quarters.)
Yea
Passed
35–0
Jun 29, 2021
SB 973
AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - SHELLFISH PACKING HOUSES (Establishes a dockside program to promulgate rules and regulations necessary to ensure that surf clams and/or other marine shellfish acquired in federal waters are done so in a sanitary fashion and in accordance with national standards.)
Yea
Passed
34–2
Jun 29, 2021
SB 259
AN ACT RELATING TO AERONAUTICS -- AIRPORTS AND LANDING FIELDS (Adds airspace to the land the DOT can acquire that is necessary for a suitable airport or to preserve, maintain, or restore approach. Additionally this act would add the term “Approach, approach zone, approaches” to section 1-2-3.1.)
Yea
Passed
30–0
Jun 29, 2021
SB 971
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - HOUSING INCENTIVES FOR MUNICIPALITIES (Establishes housing incentive program for municipalities to support and assist the promotion of housing to meet needs of current and future residents while preserving open space, farmland and natural beauty using housing incentive districts.)
Yea
Passed
35–1
Jun 29, 2021
SB 173
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - PARKING FACILITIES AND PRIVILEGES (Requires parking lots to designate parking spaces for electric vehicles/installation of charging stations for new existing public/private parking lots with fines for parking violations/compliance. Effective 7/1/21.)
Yea
Passed
34–2
Jun 29, 2021
SB 860
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES--AMBULANCE SERVICE COORDINATING BOARD (Gives the ambulance service coordinating board approval powers over regulations, protocols, standards, licensing fees and other administrative actions set proposed by the director of health.) Against party
Nay
Passed
33–2
Jun 29, 2021
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