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D Rhode Island Senate · District 6

Sen. Harold M. Metts

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Total votes

1,199

all sessions

Attendance

97%

30 missed

Near the chamber average

With party

98%

of cast votes

Lower than 84% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

1%

crosses aisle rarely

Higher than 75% of chamber peers

Voting record

Yea

1,136

voted in favor

Nay

33

voted against

Absent

30

missed votes

Total cast

1,199

across all sessions

Crossed party

19

votes against own party

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

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Date

SB 70

AN ACT VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF MIDDLETOWN (Validates and ratify amendments to the Home Rule Charter of the town of Middletown, which amendments were adopted and approved by the electors of the town of Middletown on November 6, 2018.)

Yea

Passed

36–0

Mar 7, 2019

SB 38

AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Exempts property located at 122 North Main Street in the city of Woonsocket from the provision requiring it to be located a certain distance from objectors/schools/churches regarding the issuance of retail liquor licenses.)

Other

Passed

34–0

Mar 5, 2019

SB 380

AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - RETAIL LICENSES (Adds prepackaged cheeses to the items allowed for sale at Class A license holders premises in towns or cities of ten thousand (10,000) or more inhabitants.)

Yea

Passed

36–0

Mar 5, 2019

SB 139

AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- COMPREHENSIVE DISCHARGE PLANNING (Amends current law so that, as part of a comprehensive discharge plan, a hospital would be allowed to try to contact the patient's emergency contact and the recovery coach, in accordance with federal law.)

Yea

Passed

32–2

Feb 26, 2019

SB 37

AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- VIDEO-LOTTERY GAMES, TABLE GAMES AND SPORTS WAGERING (Authorizes and provide for online sports wagering through authorized hosting facilities in Rhode Island.) Against party

Nay

Passed

31–4

Feb 13, 2019

SB 242

AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - RHODE ISLAND UNINSURED PROTECTION FUND (Provides that the provisions of § 28-53-7 which addresses payments from the uninsured protection fund to employees of uninsured employers, would apply to injuries that occur on or after September 1, 2019.)

Yea

Passed

35–0

Feb 13, 2019

SB 65

AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Enables city/town council to grant tax relief from payment of real estate/property tax during periods of federal/state government cessation of operations to state/federal employees.)

Yea

Passed

34–0

Jan 29, 2019

SB 65

AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Enables city/town council to grant tax relief from payment of real estate/property tax during periods of federal/state government cessation of operations to state/federal employees.)

Yea

Passed

34–0

Jan 29, 2019

SB 2421

AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- ABUSE AND EXPLOITATION OF ELDERS--ABUSE AND ISOLATION OF ELDERS OR DEPENDENT ADULTS -- THE PETER FALK CRIMINAL ISOLATION OF ELDERS ACT (Criminalizes isolation of an elder or dependent adult and would provide that certain notification requirements be fulfilled on behalf of elder persons or dependent adults.)

Yea

Passed

25–0

Jun 23, 2018

SB 2539

AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT -- NON-OPIATE DIRECTIVE (Establishes a procedure for individuals to file a revocable voluntary non-opiate directive form with the person's licensed health care practitioner.)

Yea

Passed

25–0

Jun 23, 2018