D Rhode Island House · District 20 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. David Bennett

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Session

Total votes

6,413

all sessions

Attendance

97%

223 missed

Higher than 94% of chamber peers

With party

99%

of cast votes

Higher than 83% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

0%

crosses aisle rarely

Lower than 85% of chamber peers

Voting record

Yea

5,995

voted in favor

Nay

195

voted against

Absent

223

missed votes

Total cast

6,413

across all sessions

Crossed party

49

votes against own party

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HB 5932

AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - PAYMENT OF WAGES (Prohibits employers from making deductions from an employee's wages except for those deductions authorized or required by law, or as expressly authorized in writing by the employee.)

Yea

Passed

64–0

Jun 21, 2017

HR 6260

HOUSE RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE REPORTING AND EXPIRATION DATES OF THE SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE LOW AND MODERATE INCOME ACT

Yea

Passed

66–0

Jun 21, 2017

SB 341

AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - ANIMAL CARE (Requires that municipal animal control officers be certified by the National Care & Control Association.)

Yea

Passed

65–0

Jun 21, 2017

SB 661

AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - IDENTIFICATION AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS (Provides that any applicant for employment or volunteer activity of a religious organization, undergo a national background check at the request of said religious organization, as a condition of employment.)

Yea

Passed

65–0

Jun 21, 2017

HB 5272

AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION--TOWN OF FOSTER (Authorizes the town of Foster to provide tax credits to the elderly and disabled.)

Yea

Passed

66–0

Jun 21, 2017

HB 5837

AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES & CARRIERS - RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY (Authorizes RIPTA to provide an open-door service to all passengers to and from Rhode Island to locations within five (5) miles of the Rhode Island boarder into Massachusetts and Connecticut.)

Yea

Passed

62–6

Jun 20, 2017

HB 6252

AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- LOCAL CANVASSING AUTHORITIES (Clarifies that the authority of the president of a city or town council to nominate the members of a local canvassing authority only applies to a municipality that does not have a mayoral form of government.)

Yea

Passed

68–0

Jun 20, 2017

HB 6303

AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Robert E.P. Elmer, III, to join Angela Giuffrida and Cuan Coulter in marriage on or about August 12, 2017, within the Town of Westerly, Rhode Island.)

Yea

Passed

67–0

Jun 20, 2017

HR 5340

JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE EFFECTS OF ENACTING A LINE ITEM VETO, POTENTIAL RHODE ISLAND CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS FOR A GOVERNOR RUNOFF, AND REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ELECTION OF THE GOVERNOR (Creates a 12 member commission to study enacting a line item veto, Rhode Island Constitutional Amendments for a Governor runoff, the election of the Governor and report by April 5, 2018, and expire on May 7, 2018.)

Yea

Passed

68–0

Jun 20, 2017

HB 5669

AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHYSICAL THERAPISTS (Modernizes the definition of physical therapy, the right to use the title of physical therapist and includes practice beyond the scope of physical therapy as a grounds for discipline.)

Yea

Passed

67–0

Jun 20, 2017