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
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 679
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Prohibits cost sharing for persons forty-five (45) years or older for colorectal screening examinations, laboratory tests and colonoscopies covered by health insurance policies.)
Yea
Passed
35–0
Jun 13, 2019
SB 495
AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Adds the administrator of the supreme court as an individual authorized to perform marriages and would clarify that the current administrators of the superior court, family court, district court, or traffic tribunal are empowered to perform marriages.)
Yea
Passed
35–0
Jun 13, 2019
SB 788
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- INSURERS' REHABILITATION AND LIQUIDATION ACT -- INSURANCE RECEIVERSHIP MODEL ACT (Adopts a portion of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) model act with respect to receiverships, specifically with regards to how derivative contracts are treated in cases of insurance receiverships.) Against party
Nay
Passed
34–1
Jun 13, 2019
SB 698
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- RHODE ISLAND NONCOMPETITION AGREEMENT ACT (Creates a comprehensive statutory scheme to address all aspects of noncompetition agreements.)
Yea
Passed
35–0
Jun 13, 2019
SR 675
JOINT RESOLUTION RELATING TO DEBT MANAGEMENT ACT (Authorizes approval of $50,000,000 Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority Revenue Bonds secured by toll, transfers of motor fuel taxes and other revenues to provide funds to maintain and improve certain bridges and projects.)
Yea
Passed
35–0
Jun 13, 2019
SB 779
AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- CRUELTY TO PUBLIC SAFETY DOGS AND HORSES (Provides special protection to public safety canines and horses that are intentionally or maliciously subjected to cruelty, injuries, or death, by increasing the potential criminal and civil penalties for the offenders.) Against party
Nay
Passed
34–1
Jun 13, 2019
SB 702
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- PRESERVATION OF FAMILIES WITH DISABLED PARENT ACT (Precludes the disability of a parent from serving as a basis for denial or restriction in matters involving a child's welfare, foster care, family law, guardianship and adoption.)
Yea
Passed
35–0
Jun 13, 2019
SB 699
AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY (Pet shops shall provide records to DEM including breeder info, health cert., license and inspection information for each dog or cat offered for sale.)
Yea
Passed
35–0
Jun 13, 2019
SB 855
AN ACT RELATING TO AERONAUTICS -- RHODE ISLAND T.F. GREEN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (Renames the state airport in Warwick from "T.F. Green state airport" to "Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport.")
Yea
Passed
35–0
Jun 13, 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 13, 2019
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