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 581

AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACIES (Establishes audit requirements for pharmacy benefit managers and also establishes annual reporting requirements for health insurers.)

Yea

Passed

35–0

Jun 27, 2019

SB 1021

AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY (Provides that an open and obvious danger or defect is not a complete bar to recovery of damages in personal injury or property damage actions.)

Yea

Passed

33–2

Jun 27, 2019

SB 333

AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - CASUALTY INSURANCE RATING (Raises amount from $1,500 to $3,000 at which insurer may fail to renew private passenger auto policy/assess premium surcharge for property damage claim payment. Eff. 1/1/20.)

Yea

Passed

35–0

Jun 27, 2019

SB 1013

AN ACT RELATING TO HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE (Changes the name of Gold Star Parents Day to Gold Star Family Day.)

Yea

Passed

35–0

Jun 27, 2019

SB 1000

AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - MINIMUM WAGES (Provides that employers who permit employees to report to work shall pay the employee for not less than 3 hours wages if 3 hours work does not exist. Exceptions for agreed shifts of less than 3 hours and for employee students of a college.) Against party

Nay

Passed

33–2

Jun 27, 2019

SB 999

AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Dr. Ryan Matthew Marnane to join Laura Holmstedt and Jerry Richardson in marriage on or about October 26, 2019, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island.)

Yea

Passed

35–0

Jun 27, 2019

SB 98

AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES -- SPECIAL EVENTS LICENSE (Permits cities and towns to issue special events liquor licenses to permit the equivalent of one-day licenses one day each month.)

Yea

Passed

34–0

Jun 27, 2019

SB 1022

AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - ANIMAL CARE (Defines pet trainers and requires pet trainers to be licensed. This act further provides an exception to the licensing requirements for dog training programs operated by government agencies.)

Yea

Passed

31–4

Jun 27, 2019

SB 673

AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES AND PROJECTS (Authorizes state and local incremental tax revenues generated in the arts district, the growth center district and the ballpark district in the city of Pawtucket to be allocated to finance improvements in the districts.)

Yea

Passed

30–5

Jun 27, 2019

SB 450

AN ACT IN AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER OF THE CENTRAL COVENTRY FIRE DISTRICT PURSUANT TO A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE COVENTRY FIRE DISTRICT ON DECEMBER 27, 2018 (Makes various amendments pertaining to the duties and operations of the Central Coventry Fire District.)

Yea

Passed

35–0

Jun 27, 2019