Voting Record
You can see which way I voted on 2023 roll call votes here. Please note that in addition to roll call votes (where each legislator’s vote is individually recorded) the House also conducts “voice votes” and “division votes” on bills. In a voice vote, legislators shout “Aye” or “Nay” when prompted and the loudest group wins. In a division vote, the same electronic voting apparatus is used as for roll call votes. However, only the vote total is recorded. There is no record kept of how an individual legislator votes in a division vote or voice vote.
Bills Sponsored or Cosponsored
For every year I’ve been your representative (starting in 2019), you can see which bills I’ve sponsored or cosponsored and find out what happened to them by using the General Court’s Advanced Bill Status Search tool. Just enter the year in the “Session Year” box, choose my name from the drop-down menu beside “Sponsor”, and then press “Submit”.
In 2023, I’m the prime sponsor of eight bills. As prime sponsor, I was responsible for writing the bill, submitting it, introducing it at public hearings, and helping the committee it is assigned to get answers to questions about it and (hopefully) help finalize it for passage. Bills for which I’m the prime sponsor this year include:
HB470-FN amending the definition of drug paraphernalia to exclude drug checking equipment and authorizing the use of drug checking equipment.
HB491 prohibiting the use of prone restraint on a child in a school or treatment facility.
HB351-FN relative to the negligent storage of firearms and relative to firearm safety devices.
HB596 -FN prohibiting the use of racial profiling in law enforcement activities and in sentencing.
HB597-FN relative to race and ethnicity data on driver's licenses, and race and ethnicity data collection.
HB156 relative to misconduct by a law enforcement officer.
HB89 relative to posthumous exonerations and annulments.
HB205 relative to the testing of private wells.
Just to add to the fun, I’m also cosponsoring 15 additional bills. As a cosponsor, your role is to support the bill as it moves through the legislative process—at first by lending your name to it, then by supporting it as it comes up for public hearings and votes. The 15 I am cosponsoring are:
HB34 -FN relative to raising the age of marriage to eighteen.
HB46 -FN relative to the appointment of magistrates and repealing the statutes governing bail commissioners.
HB76 imposing a waiting period between the purchase and delivery of a firearm.
HB78 repealing an act prohibiting the state from enforcing any federal statute, regulation, or Presidential Executive Order that restricts or regulates the right of the people to keep or bear arms.
HR8 urging Congress to enact legislation regulating and banning certain semi-automatic assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices.
SB247 repealing limited liability for manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers of firearms or ammunition.
HR10 supporting statehood for the District of Columbia.
HB226 enabling municipalities to regulate the distribution and disposal of certain solid waste within landfills.
HB342 establishing a blood lead level testing requirement for children entering day care and public schools.
HB614-FN directing the department of health and human services to develop a health outcomes repository related to per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances.
HB345-FN enabling ranked-choice voting for state party primary elections and municipal elections.
HB350 relative to ranked-choice voting.
SB103 including the raid on Fort William and Mary in Portsmouth in the planning of the American revolution sestercentennial commission.
SB239-FN relative to the use of harm reduction services to treat alcohol and substance abuse.SB254-FN relative to community-based sentencing alternatives for primary caregivers.