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D Rhode Island Senate · District 36

Sen. James C. Sheehan

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Total votes

1,199

all sessions

Attendance

0%

552 missed

Near the chamber average

With party

98%

of cast votes

Near the chamber average

Bipartisan score

1%

crosses aisle rarely

Near the chamber average

Sponsored

184

bills & resolutions

Lower than 100% of chamber peers

Committees

0

assignments

184 bills and resolutions

Sponsored bills

Total

184

Primary

184

Co-sponsor

0

This page

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Primary SB 2344

Signed into law · Rhode Island Senate · Lead sponsor

AN ACT RELATING TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY - JOINT COMMITTEE ON NAMING NEW BUILDINGS (Names Route 4 and Route 1 from Warwick to Westerly The Purple Heart Memorial Highway.)

Signed into law Jun 24, 2020 0 co-sponsors

Primary SR 2897

Passed · Rhode Island Senate · Lead sponsor

SENATE RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING "JUNETEENTH NATIONAL FREEDOM DAY" ON JUNE 19, 2020

Passed Jun 18, 2020 0 co-sponsors

Primary SR 2900

Passed · Rhode Island Senate · Lead sponsor

SENATE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING DEEPEST SYMPATHY ON THE PASSING OF EDNA O'NEILL MATTSON

Passed Jun 18, 2020 0 co-sponsors

Primary SB 2781

In committee · Rhode Island Senate · Lead sponsor

AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS (Requires that 80% of all teachers, in the next three (3) years, be trained in the basic emergency and response skills curriculum ("BEARS"), specifically, in hands-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Heimlich maneuver, and bleeding control.)

In committee Mar 12, 2020 0 co-sponsors

Primary SB 2342

In committee · Rhode Island Senate · Lead sponsor

AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Expands the classes of licensed vehicles eligible to obtain courtesy veterans' plates.)

In committee Mar 11, 2020 0 co-sponsors

Primary SB 2179

Passed · Rhode Island Senate · Lead sponsor

AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- ESTABLISHING A CLASS SIZE MAXIMUM FOR KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE TWO (2) (Mandates public school classroom size be limited to twenty (20) students for kindergarten through grade two (2).)

Passed Mar 5, 2020 0 co-sponsors

Primary SB 2327

Passed · Rhode Island Senate · Lead sponsor

AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FUNDRAISING FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS (Allows school committees to budget funds for field trips when creating a school budget.)

Passed Mar 4, 2020 0 co-sponsors

Primary SB 2746

In committee · Rhode Island Senate · Lead sponsor

AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- NURSING HOME STAFFING (Mandates minimum staffing levels and standards for quality care for nursing homes and their residents.)

In committee Mar 4, 2020 0 co-sponsors

Primary SR 2710

In committee · Rhode Island Senate · Lead sponsor

JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AND PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND (This proposed constitution amendment, if adopted, would give the governor a line item veto in any bill appropriating money.)

In committee Feb 27, 2020 0 co-sponsors

Primary SB 2709

In committee · Rhode Island Senate · Lead sponsor

AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- ESTABLISHING AN OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL (Establishes the office of inspector general as an independent administrative agency charged with the responsibility to prevent and detect fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement in the expenditure of public funds.)

In committee Feb 27, 2020 0 co-sponsors