Current Office: Senator
First Elected: 04/22/2008
Next Election: 2012
Party: Democratic

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Diane; 3 Children: Nicole, Kristin, Caitlyn
Birth date: 01/26/1957
Birthplace: Woonsocket, RI
Home City: Woonsocket RI
Religion:

Profession

Social Worker Woonsocket Education Department

Education

MSW, Social Work, Rhode Island College, 1995 BA/BS, University of Rhode Island, 1979

Committees

Corporations
Labor

S 2322 Prohibits Tanning by Minors
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

S 2178 State Senate, State House, and Congressional Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 6319 Amending the Pension System
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 6103 Civil Unions for Same-Sex Partners
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 400 Voter Identification Requirements
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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S 2322 Prohibits Tanning by Minors
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

S 2178 State Senate, State House, and Congressional Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 6319 Amending the Pension System
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 6103 Civil Unions for Same-Sex Partners
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 400 Voter Identification Requirements
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 87 Establishing the Rhode Island Health Benefit Exchange
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 8094 Education Funding Amendments
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 5044 Prostitution Ban
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

H 5005 Voter Pre-Registration
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

S 286 Relating to Video Lottery Terminals
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

H 5983 2009-2010 Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 5359 Medical Marijuana
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

S 659 Minimum Wage
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 5019 2008-2009 Budget Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 7106 Allow Sixteen- and Seventeen-Year-Olds to Pre-register to Vote
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 2706 Red Light Cameras
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

S 2112 National Popular Vote
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 2081 Allowing Sixteen- and Seventeen-Year-Olds to Pre-register to Vote
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 7040 Twenty-Four Hour Operation of Video Lottery Games
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

H 7204 2007-2008 Budget Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 7107 Employment Verification Program
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

H 7040 Twenty-Four Hour Operation of Video Lottery Games
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

H 7107 Employment Verification Program
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

H 7204 2007-2008 Budget Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 5127 Mandatory Minimum Drug Possession Sentence Repeal
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LCO # 2551/12 to H5300A Long-Term Capital Gains Tax
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

LCO # 1305/22 to H5300A Privatization of State Services
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

Article 22 of H5300A Classifying Seventeen Year-Olds as Adults in Criminal Cases
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

LCO # 1305/22 to H5300A Privatization of State Services
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

Article 22 of H5300A Classifying Seventeen Year-Olds as Adults in Criminal Cases
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

H 6885 International Trade Agreements
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

LCO # 2167/2 Tax Credits for Contributions to Scholarship Programs
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

Article 24 to H 7120 Sub A Article 24 Relating to Tuition Tax Credits
Stage: Motion Vote
Vote: Yea

LCO # 2161/3 to H 7120 Sub A Education Funding Amendment
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

LCO # 2167/2 Tax Credits for Contributions to Scholarship Programs
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

Article 24 to H 7120 Sub A Article 24 Relating to Tuition Tax Credits
Stage: Motion Vote
Vote: Yea

LCO # 2167/2 Tax Credits for Contributions to Scholarship Programs
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

Article 24 to H 7120 Sub A Article 24 Relating to Tuition Tax Credits
Stage: Motion Vote
Vote: Yea

LCO # 2161/3 to H 7120 Sub A Education Funding Amendment
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

LCO # 2223/6 Campaign Contributions and Expenditures Amendment
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

H 6874 Ballot Questions from Governor
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

H 7935 Sub. A West Warwick Casino
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 2094 Sub. A Contract Reporting Requirements Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 7339 Restriction on Political Surveillance
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 7720 Sub. A Income Tax Reduction Bill
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 2112 Minimum Wage Increase
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 6700 Sub A Driver Refusal of Chemical Tests
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 6052 Sub. A Medical Marijuana Bill
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

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