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 741

AN ACT RELATING TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- PERMANENT JOINT COMMITTEE ON NAMING ALL NEW BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, EDIFICES AND OTHER STATE CONSTRUCTIONS (Names the intersection of Hartford and Reservoir Avenue in the town of Johnston as "The Bernard Frezza, Jr. Corner.")

Yea

Passed

35–0

Jun 25, 2019

SB 866

AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - CERTIFICATION OF TEACHERS - TESTING REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW TEACHERS (Establishes testing requirements for initial certification of new teachers on or after July 1, 2021.)

Yea

Passed

35–0

Jun 25, 2019

SB 547

AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - COUNCIL ON ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION [SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 - THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION] (Provides that the commissioner of elementary and secondary education would be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. The commissioner of elementary and secondary education would serve at the pleasure of the governor.)

Yea

Passed

35–0

Jun 25, 2019

SB 345

AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - NONCOMPETE AGREEMENTS - BROADCAST EMPLOYEES (Prohibits the inclusion of noncompete agreements in broadcast industry employment contracts that are entered into after January 1, 2020.)

Yea

Passed

35–0

Jun 25, 2019

SB 274

AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICES AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT (Allows state employees and correctional officers who have served under both pension systems to combine their service time earned from each job.)

Yea

Passed

32–3

Jun 25, 2019

SB 965

AN ACT RELATING TO THE CITY OF WARWICK -- SEWER AUTHORITY (Modifies Warwick Sewer Authority Act by expanding number of members; increasing number of votes for bylaw changes; providing for as many as thirty year installment payments; relieves owners with functioning septic systems from assessments for 20 years.)

Yea

Passed

35–0

Jun 25, 2019

SB 968

AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - RETAIL LICENSES (Exempts Class B license at 375 Smith Street, in the city of Providence from the two hundred feet (200') requirement from schools or places of worship.)

Yea

Passed

34–0

Jun 25, 2019

SB 776

AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SIZE, WEIGHT AND LOAD LIMITS--SMITHFIELD AND LINCOLN (Prohibits commercial motor trucks, with a gross weight rating of twenty-six thousand one pounds (26,001 lbs.) or more, from traveling on Limerock Road, in Smithfield and Lincoln.)

Yea

Passed

35–0

Jun 25, 2019

SB 951

AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES (Replaces two (2) employees from the department of health with one municipal official and would add one practicing, licensed emergency medical technician to serve on the ambulance service coordinating advisory board.)

Yea

Passed

35–0

Jun 25, 2019

SB 538

AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - ENGINEERS (Requires that plans for natural gas infrastructure be built to a set of design standards approved by a certified engineer if the work poses a material public safety risk.)

Yea

Passed

34–1

Jun 20, 2019