Rhode Island Senate · District 4

Dominick Ruggerio's Rhode Island Senate voting record

Democratic Left office April 21, 2025

Dominick J. Ruggerio, President of the Senate since 2017, died on April 21, 2025.

Dominick Ruggerio (Democratic) was a member of the Rhode Island Senate for District 4 until April 21, 2025. This page covers the 75 floor roll calls held while Dominick Ruggerio was in office, from Jan. 7, 2025 to April 10, 2025. Didn't vote on 19% of roll calls. Dominick Ruggerio sponsored 1 statewide bills this term; 0 passed. Below are the contested votes where Dominick Ruggerio split from the Senate President or the party, recent key votes, every roll call with filters, the bills Dominick Ruggerio sponsored and contact details.

Votes with the Senate President —Not enough votes to score. Votes with own party —Not enough votes to score. Didn't vote at roll call 19% 14 of 75 roll calls

Bills passed 0 1 sponsored · 0 became law Local bills passed 0 0 sponsored · 0 became law

Where they sit

Every current senator, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.

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Votes with DemocratsCrosses party linesVotes with Republicans

Dominick Ruggerio has left office, so isn't on the chart of current members. Color shows how often each member crosses party lines toward the middle on votes that divide the parties: solid blue or red means almost never, and purple means on at least 1 in 5 of those votes. Gray seats are members too new to score. How these numbers work

The scores

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Votes with the Senate President

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Each tick is a current member, by party. Dominick Ruggerio has left office, so isn't marked.

Votes with own party

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Each tick is a current member, by party. Dominick Ruggerio has left office, so isn't marked.

On 3 party-line votes

Bills

The bills Dominick Ruggerio sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.

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Bills: Dominick Ruggerio
	Bills	Local
Sponsored	1	0
Passed both chambers	0	0
Became law	0	0
Vetoed by the Governor	0	0

Rank by bills passed: Ranked among current members only.

A bill's sponsor is the first legislator its introduced text names, a member of the chamber where it was introduced; co-sponsors aren't counted.

Bills that passed both chambers

None of the bills Dominick Ruggerio sponsored passed both chambers.

Budget projects

These pages don't credit budget items to Rhode Island legislators.

Contested votes where they split

No contested vote against the leader of the chamber or most of their party.

Recent key votes

Dominick Ruggerio's most recent key votes: contested or party-line votes that gave the chamber's last word on a whole bill (passage, budgets included, the other chamber's changes or a conference report) or overrode a veto, with what each bill does where a checked explanation exists. The full record is below.

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April 10, 2025
Senate

S 126: Employee Free Speech Rights
Voted yea Passage · Yeas 30, nays 4

What the bill does: We don't have a checked plain-language explanation of this bill yet; the vote page links to the official record.
April 8, 2025
Senate

S 394: Rhode Island Prekindergarten Education Act
Voted yea Passage · Yeas 32, nays 4

What the bill does: We don't have a checked plain-language explanation of this bill yet; the vote page links to the official record.
April 1, 2025
Senate

S 280: Weapons
Voted yea Passage · Yeas 31, nays 5

What the bill does: We don't have a checked plain-language explanation of this bill yet; the vote page links to the official record.
Feb. 25, 2025
Senate

S 63: General Provisions
Voted yea Passage · Yeas 32, nays 5

What the bill does: We don't have a checked plain-language explanation of this bill yet; the vote page links to the official record.
Jan. 28, 2025
Senate

S 12: Congratulating President Donald J. Trump on His Inauguration and Historic and Extraordinary Victory in the 2024 Presidential Election
Not voting Passage · Yeas 14, nays 23

What the bill does: We don't have a checked plain-language explanation of this bill yet; the vote page links to the official record.

Every roll call

How Dominick Ruggerio voted on each of the 75 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.

Every roll call: Dominick Ruggerio
Date	Vote	Their vote	Most of their party	Senate President	Yeas–nays
April 10, 2025	S 126: Employee Free Speech Rights Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	30–4
April 8, 2025	S 394: Rhode Island Prekindergarten Education Act Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	32–4
April 1, 2025	S 280: Weapons Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	31–5
Feb. 25, 2025	S 63: General Provisions Passage	Yea	Yea	Yea	32–5
Jan. 28, 2025	S 12: Congratulating President Donald J. Trump on His Inauguration and Historic and Extraordinary Victory in the 2024 Presidential Election Passage	Not voting	Nay	Not voting	14–23

Contested and party-line votes link to their own pages; the rest link to the official record.

Source: the Rhode Island House and Senate Journals and the General Assembly's roll-call records, Jan. 7, 2025 to June 11, 2026. How these numbers work · Corrections