Elaine Morgan
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Senator Elaine J. Morgan Elaine J. Morgan is a Republican representing District 34 (Charlestown, Exeter, Hopkinton, Richmond, West Greenwich) in the Rhode Island Senate. First elected to the Senate in November 2014, Senator Morgan currently serves as Deputy Minority Whip. Sen. Morgan is currently a member of the Senate Committee on Finance, the Senate Committee on Special Legislation & Veterans' Affairs, and the Senate Committee on Commerce. She also served as the Senate Minority Whip from June 2019 through January 2021. Sen. Morgan previously served three terms as Hopkinton's first female elected Town Sergeant. During her time in the General Assembly, Sen. Morgan has acted to address the issue of human trafficking. She was the Senate sponsor of a 2015 law increasing penalties for engaging in sex trafficking of minors. She has cosponsored legislation to put a line-item veto before voters as a constitutional amendment, as well as a bill that would require businesses in Rhode Island with three or more employees to participate in the federal E-Verify program. Sen. Morgan created a licensing program and set minimum standards for pump installers and commercial and residential water…
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- VerifiedVoted yes on SB 3357: AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF CRANSTON TO FINANCE THE ACQUISITION, DEMOLITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, RENOVATION, REPAIR, ALTERATION, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS IN THE CITY BY THE ISSUANCE OF NOT MORE THAN $2,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR
- VerifiedVoted yes on SB 3363: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION
- VerifiedVoted yes on SB 3354: AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF CRANSTON TO FINANCE THE REPAIR, CONSTRUCTION AND REHABILITATION OF STORM DRAINS AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, AND THE REMEDIATION AND MITIGATION OF DRAINAGE AND FLOODING PROBLEMS, BY THE ISSUANCE OF NOT MORE THAN $4,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR
- VerifiedVoted yes on SR 3353: JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO PAY CERTAIN CLAIMS
- VerifiedVoted yes on SB 3288: AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES
- VerifiedVoted yes on SB 3335: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS -- CITY OF WARWICK
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SB 3357: AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF CRANSTON TO FINANCE THE ACQUISITION, DEMOLITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, RENOVATION, REPAIR, ALTERATION, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS IN THE CITY BY THE ISSUANCE OF NOT MORE THAN $2,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR
SB 3363: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION
SB 3354: AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF CRANSTON TO FINANCE THE REPAIR, CONSTRUCTION AND REHABILITATION OF STORM DRAINS AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, AND THE REMEDIATION AND MITIGATION OF DRAINAGE AND FLOODING PROBLEMS, BY THE ISSUANCE OF NOT MORE THAN $4,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR
SR 3353: JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO PAY CERTAIN CLAIMS
SB 3288: AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES
SB 3335: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS -- CITY OF WARWICK
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