D Rhode Island House · District 36 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Tina Spears

Contact Email Phone Official site ↗

Compare

Session

Total votes

2,758

all sessions

Attendance

93%

181 missed

Near the chamber average

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

2,521

voted in favor

Nay

56

voted against

Absent

181

missed votes

Total cast

2,758

across all sessions

Crossed party

4

votes against own party

This page

2,758

matching current filters

Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SB 776

AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Enables the city of East Providence to offer tax amnesty for two (2) separate sixty (60) day periods for fiscal years 2023 and 2024 for waiver of interest and penalties on overdue tangible tax payments and motor vehicle tax payments.)

Yea

Passed

59–0

Jun 16, 2023

SB 575

AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Requires health plans that provide coverage for prescription epinephrine auto injectors (epi-pens) to charge no more than $35.00 for a thirty-day supply. Coverage for prescription epinephrine auto injectors would not be subject to any deductible.)

Yea

Passed

60–0

Jun 16, 2023

SB 1135

AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- CODE OF ETHICS (Requires a public official or employee to disclose any and all unsatisfied default judgments of credit card debt, in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000), on their financial statement.)

Yea

Passed

59–0

Jun 16, 2023

SB 1106

AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- LIABILITY INSURANCE -- RENTAL VEHICLE COVERAGE (Provides that if liability is accepted by causing a total loss of the other party’s vehicle, coverage for a rental vehicle for no less than an additional seven (7) days be provided.)

Yea

Passed

55–3

Jun 16, 2023

SR 620

JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE TASK FORCE TO IMPROVE THE LONG-TERM OUTCOMES AND REDUCE RECIDIVISM OF FEMALES WITHIN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE POPULATION (Creates a 19 member task force whose purpose it would be to improve outcomes and reduce recidivism of females in the criminal justice system, and who would report back by February 5, 2024, and expire on April 5, 2024.)

Yea

Passed

60–0

Jun 16, 2023

HB 5335

AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- MILITARY SPOUSE LICENSURE (Provides for improving license portability for military service members and their spouses who are relocated to Rhode Island.)

Yea

Passed

60–0

Jun 16, 2023

SB 182

AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- COUNCIL ON ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION (Adds the Rhode Island teacher of the year as an additional ex officio member of the council on elementary and secondary education as well as the board of education.)

Yea

Passed

57–0

Jun 16, 2023

HB 6084

AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES (Creates the transit oriented development pilot program to encourage residential housing near convenient public transportation.)

Yea

Passed

59–1

Jun 16, 2023

SB 925

AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- UNFAIR CLAIMS PRACTICES ACT (Amends the definition of unfair claims settlement practices by insurers & motor vehicle damage appraisers, and creates a chapter providing for the appraisal of damaged motor vehicles, when the insurer & the insured cannot agree on the amount of the loss.)

Yea

Passed

56–3

Jun 16, 2023

SB 948

AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- VIDEO LOTTERY GAMES, TABLE GAMES AND SPORTS WAGERING (Legalizes iGaming by patrons located in the State of Rhode Island. Effective 4/1/2024.)

Yea

Passed

58–11

Jun 15, 2023