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Vote Smart provides easy access to congressional and state voting records and maintains a collection of key votes grouped by issue. Vote Smart uses the following criteria to select key votes:

  1. The vote should be helpful in portraying how a member stands on a particular issue
  2. The vote should be clear for any person to understand
  3. The vote has received media attention
  4. The vote was passed or defeated by a very close margin
  5. Occasionally, if a specific bill is consistently inquired about on the Voter's Research Hotline, the vote will be added

Vote Smart provides a summary of the version of the bill text associated with each selected key vote. Our summaries are written by Vote Smart's staff and interns, who adhere to our strict policies and procedures in order to guarantee absolute impartiality and accuracy. They do not necessarily reflect the content of the final version of the bill, but rather the version voted on in that stage. While many procedural votes take place before a full chamber vote, our voting stages reflect the final reading of each chamber vote. Each key vote selection is reviewed by the project's community of advisors, who are political scientists and journalists from all fifty states.

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Date State Bill No. Title Outcome
June 21, 2022 RI S 2446 Reduces Plastic Bag Use at Retail Establishments via Recyclable Options Concurrence Vote Passed - House (60 - 7)
June 21, 2022 RI H 7277 Establishes Renewable Energy Targets and Standards Bill Passed - Senate (34 - 4)
June 14, 2022 RI H 7277 Establishes Renewable Energy Targets and Standards Bill Passed - House (56 - 13)
April 7, 2022 RI S 2446 Reduces Plastic Bag Use at Retail Establishments via Recyclable Options Bill Passed - Senate (32 - 4)
June 16, 2021 RI H 5328 Requires K-12 and Vocational Schools to Produce a "Waste Audit" Report Bill Passed - House (60 - 10)
April 6, 2021 RI H 5445 Establishes an Updated Outline of State Climate Goals Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 9)
March 23, 2021 RI H 5445 Establishes an Updated Outline of State Climate Goals Bill Passed - House (53 - 22)
June 14, 2017 RI S 112A Expands Renewable Energy Growth Program Bill Passed - House (72 - 0)
May 11, 2017 RI S 112A Expands Renewable Energy Growth Program Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 3)
June 18, 2014 RI H 7904 Establishes a Climate Change Coordinating Council Bill Passed - House (62 - 6)
June 4, 2009 RI H 5336 Coastal Resources Management Council Bill Passed - House (60 - 8)
Date No. Title Outcome
6/21 S 2446 Reduces Plastic Bag Use at Retail Establishments via Recyclable Options Concurrence Vote Passed - House (60 - 7)
6/21 H 7277 Establishes Renewable Energy Targets and Standards Bill Passed - Senate (34 - 4)
6/14 H 7277 Establishes Renewable Energy Targets and Standards Bill Passed - House (56 - 13)
4/07 S 2446 Reduces Plastic Bag Use at Retail Establishments via Recyclable Options Bill Passed - Senate (32 - 4)
6/16 H 5328 Requires K-12 and Vocational Schools to Produce a "Waste Audit" Report Bill Passed - House (60 - 10)
4/06 H 5445 Establishes an Updated Outline of State Climate Goals Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 9)
3/23 H 5445 Establishes an Updated Outline of State Climate Goals Bill Passed - House (53 - 22)
6/14 S 112A Expands Renewable Energy Growth Program Bill Passed - House (72 - 0)
5/11 S 112A Expands Renewable Energy Growth Program Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 3)
6/18 H 7904 Establishes a Climate Change Coordinating Council Bill Passed - House (62 - 6)
6/04 H 5336 Coastal Resources Management Council Bill Passed - House (60 - 8)

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