D Rhode Island Senate · District 9 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. John Burke

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Session

Total votes

2,549

all sessions

Attendance

-

of floor votes

With party

99%

of cast votes

Higher than 80% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

0%

crosses aisle rarely

Lower than 87% of chamber peers

Voting record

Yea

2,509

voted in favor

Nay

36

voted against

Absent

0

missed votes

Total cast

2,549

across all sessions

Crossed party

9

votes against own party

This page

2,549

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SB 991

AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CERTIFICATION OF TEACHERS (Mandates RIDE to provide regulations to streamline the English Second Language (ESL) and/or English Language Learner (ELL) teaching certificate.)

Yea

Passed

37–0

Jun 30, 2021

SR 977

JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO PAY CERTAIN CLAIMS (Authorizes the appropriation to pay claims.)

Yea

Passed

36–0

Jun 30, 2021

SB 62

AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- CONFIDENTIALITY OF HEALTH CARE COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION ACT (Requires health insurers to accommodate the request for communication in the form and format requested by the insured.)

Yea

Passed

30–0

Jun 30, 2021

SB 840

AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND HOLOCAUST AND GENOCIDE EDUCATION COMMISSION (Creates the Holocaust and genocide education commission.)

Yea

Passed

35–0

Jun 30, 2021

SB 607

AN ACT RELATING TO AERONAUTICS -- THE PERMANENT AIR QUALITY MONITORING ACT (Extends the long-term air-quality monitoring program at T.F. Green Airport to July 31, 2024.)

Yea

Passed

37–0

Jun 30, 2021

SB 38

AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- BALLOONS (Prohibits the release of balloons inflated with lighter-than-air gas.)

Yea

Passed

33–2

Jun 30, 2021

SB 936

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

Yea

Passed

36–0

Jun 30, 2021

SB 982

AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - VETERANS EXEMPTIONS (Extends the veterans exemption from property tax to any member who served in uniform during the Cold War between 1947 through 1991, even if they did not serve in a declared war or conflict.)

Yea

Passed

37–0

Jun 30, 2021

SB 981

AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE (Establishes E-permitting for construction permitting.)

Yea

Passed

37–0

Jun 30, 2021

SB 212

AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - REGIONAL VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS (SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 -- THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT) (Seeks to advance economic development by guaranteeing students the right to enroll in approved career technical educational programs and allows them to enroll outside the district of residence if their district does not offer a duplicate program.)

Yea

Passed

36–1

Jun 30, 2021