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D Rhode Island Senate · District 14

Sen. Val Lawson

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Total votes
1,666
all sessions
Attendance
0%
1,161 missed
Near the chamber average
With party
99%
of cast votes
Higher than 93% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
0%
crosses aisle rarely
Lower than 95% of chamber peers
Sponsored
1,073
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
1
assignment
1,666 roll-call votes

Voting record

Yea
1,614
voted in favor
Nay
21
voted against
Absent
1,161
missed votes
Total cast
1,666
across all sessions
Crossed party
2
votes against own party
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1,666
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
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Date
SB 1
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Gradually increase the minimum wage from eleven dollars and fifty cents ($11.50) per hour to fifteen dollars ($15.00) per hour, over 4 years.)
Yea
Passed
21–11
Feb 10, 2021
SB 63
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - DEPARTMENTS OF STATE GOVERNMENT (Requires that the secretary of EOHHS, the secretary of commerce of the commerce corporation and the commissioners of elementary and secondary education and postsecondary education be appointed subject to the approval of the senate.)
Yea
Passed
34–0
Feb 10, 2021
SB 1
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Gradually increase the minimum wage from eleven dollars and fifty cents ($11.50) per hour to fifteen dollars ($15.00) per hour, over 4 years.)
Yea
Passed
26–7
Feb 10, 2021
SB 2
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- NURSING HOME STAFFING AND QUALITY CARE ACT (Mandates minimum staffing levels and standards for quality care for nursing homes and their residents.)
Yea
Passed
32–3
Feb 2, 2021
SB 3
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Prohibits insurance companies from varying the premium rates charged for a health coverage plan based on the gender of the individual policy holder, enrollee, subscriber, or member.)
Yea
Passed
36–0
Jan 26, 2021
SB 5
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE (Requires individual health insurers, large group health insurers and small employer health insurers to provide coverage for ten (10) categories of essential health benefits listed in the act.)
Yea
Passed
31–5
Jan 26, 2021
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