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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

This page

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SB 2086

AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (Requires DOT to identify the impact of Rhode Works projects and the realignment of the Newport Bridge ramps on Rhode Island small business commercial areas.)

Yea

Passed

32–0

May 29, 2018

SB 2554

AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - RHODE ISLAND LIVABLE HOME MODIFICATION ACT (Establishes the Rhode Island Livable Home Modification Grant allowing individuals to retrofit their residence to nationally recognized accessibility standards and receive fifty percent (50%) of the total sum spent, up to five thousand dollars ($5,000).)

Yea

Passed

33–0

May 29, 2018

SB 2870

AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - INSURANCE RATES (Prevents credit history or score from being used to determine insurance rates.)

Yea

Passed

33–0

May 29, 2018

SB 2427

AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Requires notice to the assessor of new subdivisions of land and provides for a proration of real estate taxes to be applied thereto.)

Yea

Passed

33–0

May 29, 2018

SB 2789

AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS (Permits the substitution by a developer of sprinklers in new developments instead of cisterns or water reservoirs for fire suppression, if allowed by ordinance.)

Yea

Passed

33–0

May 29, 2018

SB 2291

AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- CELL PHONE TRACKING (Provides that cell phone tracking notice and warrant requirements do not apply to location information obtained by court order intercepting wire/oral communications or pen registers/trap and trace devices.)

Yea

Passed

28–5

May 29, 2018

SB 2423

AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - REAL ESTATE BROKERS AND SALESPERSONS (Increases the maximum administrative penalty levied against real estate brokers and salespersons from one thousand dollars ($1,000) to two thousand dollars ($2,000) per violation.)

Yea

Passed

33–0

May 29, 2018

SR 2420

JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL TASK FORCE TO INVESTIGATE AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ANY CHANGES TO THE LAW, COURT RULES OR TO POLICIES AND PROCEDURES CURRENTLY IN PLACE TO ENHANCE THE TIMELY AND COMPLETE DISCLOSURE OF DISCOVERABLE MATERIAL IN CRIMINAL CASES (Creates an 11 member task force to study changes to the law, court, or policies and procedures to enhance timely and complete disclosure of discoverable material in criminal cases, and would report back by January 1, 2020, and expire January 1, 2022.)

Yea

Passed

33–0

May 29, 2018

SB 2554

AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - RHODE ISLAND LIVABLE HOME MODIFICATION ACT (Establishes the Rhode Island Livable Home Modification Grant allowing individuals to retrofit their residence to nationally recognized accessibility standards and receive fifty percent (50%) of the total sum spent, up to five thousand dollars ($5,000).)

Yea

Passed

33–0

May 29, 2018

SB 2308

AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS -- ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS (Excludes evaluations or other personnel records of public school employees from being deemed public records.)

Yea

Passed

32–0

May 24, 2018