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D Rhode Island Senate · District 5 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Sam Bell

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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
This page
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
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Date
SB 298
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - NURSE ANESTHETISTS (Permits a registered nurse who is enrolled in an accredited nurse anesthesia program to practice as a nurse anesthetist under the supervision of a certified registered nurse anesthetist or an anesthesiologist.)
Yea
Passed
34–1
Jun 27, 2019
SB 863
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - CURRICULUM (Requires the commissioner of education to develop statewide academic standards and curriculum frameworks for the core subjects of mathematics, English language arts, science and technology, history and social studies, world languages, and the arts.)
Yea
Passed
35–0
Jun 27, 2019
SB 189
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - THE RHODE ISLAND UTILITY FAIR SHARE ROADWAY REPAIR ACT (Creates "The Rhode Island Utility Fair Share Roadway Repair Act" which requires public utilities to properly repair and repave roadways affected by the actions of the utility.)
Yea
Passed
35–0
Jun 27, 2019
SB 678
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE--PERINATAL DOULA SERVICES (Provides for medical assistance health care for expectant mothers and establishes medical assistance coverage and reimbursement rates for perinatal doula services.)
Yea
Passed
35–0
Jun 27, 2019
SB 576
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - LICENSING OF MASSAGE THERAPISTS (Makes sweeping changes to the law on massage therapy licensing.)
Yea
Passed
33–2
Jun 27, 2019
SB 1025
AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS - CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF STATE ROADS (Requires DOT to establish rules, regulations, and minimum requirements for the use of steel plates on roadway surfaces, and for towns and cities to adopt the same for use on municipal highways.)
Yea
Passed
35–0
Jun 27, 2019
SB 189
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - THE RHODE ISLAND UTILITY FAIR SHARE ROADWAY REPAIR ACT (Creates "The Rhode Island Utility Fair Share Roadway Repair Act" which requires public utilities to properly repair and repave roadways affected by the actions of the utility.) Against party
Nay
Passed
31–4
Jun 27, 2019
SB 398
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - DESIGNERS OF INDIVIDUAL SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS (Provides that professional engineers who are registered and authorized to practice by the Rhode Island state board of registration for professional engineers be deemed to have met the qualifications for a designer's license.)
Yea
Passed
35–0
Jun 27, 2019
SB 1024
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - STATE REGISTER (Requires secretary of state to collect/publish governor's executive orders on website arranged by topic rather than in numerical/chronological order.)
Yea
Passed
35–0
Jun 27, 2019
SB 678
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE--PERINATAL DOULA SERVICES (Provides for medical assistance health care for expectant mothers and establishes medical assistance coverage and reimbursement rates for perinatal doula services.)
Yea
Passed
35–0
Jun 27, 2019
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