Current Office: Representative
First Elected:
Next Election: 2012
Party: Democratic

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Filomena; 4 Children: Agostinho, Luiz, Nelson, Sofia
Birth date: 11/05/1963
Birthplace:
Home City: RI
Religion:

Profession

Operations Manager

Education

Attended, Community College of Rhode Island

Committees

Finance
Rules
Subcommittee on Education
Subcommittee on Human Services
Subcommittee on Transportation

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

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

S 400 Voter Identification Requirements
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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

H 8094 Education Funding Amendments
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

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

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

S 400 Voter Identification Requirements
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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

H 8094 Education Funding Amendments
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 5044 Prostitution Ban
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

S 286 Relating to Video Lottery Terminals
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

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

H 5569 National Popular Vote Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H 6088 Limiting Alcohol Sales
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H 5097 Requiring Voters to Present ID at Polls
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 5359 Medical Marijuana
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 5769 Boxing Rule Changes
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 5143 E-Verify Bill
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

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

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

S 2706 Red Light Cameras
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 2112 National Popular Vote
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 7222 page 5, re: Sec. 3-8-9: Transportation of Alcohol by Minors
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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

H 7106 Allow 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 7107 Employment Verification Program
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

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: Nay

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: Nay

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

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