Bill Sponsor
James N. McLaughlin
Rhode Island · State Politician (Former) · Democrat
Overview
Bills
Votes
Featured Bills
Jul 02, 2022
Became Law
Sponsor
Rhode Island House Bill 7640
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HOUSING RESOURCES ACT OF 1998 (Amends membership of the RI Housing Resources Act of 1998 Commission to exclude a representative of the insurers and replace it with a representative of a Rhode Island city or town with a population below 25,000 with a median family income of 40,000.)
Became Law
Jun 29, 2022
Signed by Governor
Sponsor
Rhode Island House Bill 7824
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Authorizes the administration of the division of motor vehicles to make available, to Purple Heart Medal recipients, up to two (2) sets of special registration plates.)
Became Law
Jun 28, 2022
Signed by Governor
Sponsor
Rhode Island House Bill 7597
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- CONTRACTORS' REGISTRATION AND LICENSING BOARD (Revises the manner in which complaints against contractors are made, processed, investigated, and resolved in a more efficient and expeditious manner and makes various technical and grammatical corrections.)
Became Law
Jun 27, 2022
Signed by Governor
Sponsor
Rhode Island House Bill 6642
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- SUBDIVISION OF LAND -- ZONING ORDINANCES (Same as 21H-5568 SUB A -- Provides planning board approval votes require majority of members present at time of vote/quorum of zoning review board would authorize voting members including alternatives.)
Became Law
Jun 24, 2022
Became Law
Sponsor
Rhode Island House Resolution 7784
JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE OF RHODE ISLAND'S PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM (Creates 10 member joint commission to study and make recommendations for efficient/effective governance of kindergarten through sixteen public education system, and reports back to the Senate and House by March 1, 2023, and expires on July 1, 2023.)
Became Law
Recent Votes
Jun 24, 2022
Voted Other
Other
IN CONCURRENCE
Passed
Rhode Island Senate Bill 2617
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- LICENSE PROCEDURE FOR SOCIAL WORKERS (Mandates that an applicant for a license as a licensed clinical social worker not be required to take or pass a standardized written examination in order to qualify for the license.)
Jun 24, 2022
Voted Other
Other
IN CONCURRENCE
Passed
Rhode Island Senate Bill 3048
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING (Provides for the establishment of the repurposing of vacant and unused school and other municipal buildings for affordable housing program, within the Rhode Island housing corporation.)
Jun 24, 2022
Voted Other
Other
IN CONCURRENCE
Passed
Rhode Island Senate Bill 2995
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Authorizes the administration of the division of motor vehicles to make available, to Purple Heart Medal recipients, up to two (2) sets of special registration plates.)
Jun 24, 2022
Voted Other
Other
IN CONCURRENCE
Passed
Rhode Island House Bill 7942
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES (Revise and clarifies the definition of an accessory dwelling unit in the zoning enabling act. Also permits certain accessory dwelling units to be counted towards low and moderate income housing requirements.)
Jun 24, 2022
Voted Other
Other
IN CONCURRENCE
Passed
Rhode Island House Bill 7140
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCT DONATION ACT (Provides for immunity provisions for persons involved in donating feminine hygiene products to charitable or nonprofit organizations.)
Jun 24, 2022
Voted Other
Other
IN CONCURRENCE
Passed
Rhode Island House Bill 6633
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Same as 21H-6044 --Creates a special license plate for the not for profit Atlantic Shark Institute.)