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2019 Scorecard Senate Votes SENATE LIFETIME UPHOLDING PARIS CLIMATEELECTRIC ACCORD SCHOOL BUSESPARTICIPATION IN THE REGIONALELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGINGELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING ONE HOUR WATER BOIL NOTICES AUTOMATIC VOTER REGISTRATIONPROHIBITS SMOKING AT PUBLICSTORMWATER BEACHES UTILITIESPUBLIC RIGHT OF ACCESS TOCONDEMNS EPA DECISION TO WITH-CONCERNS FRACKINGCONCERNS WASTEWATER REGULATIONS FORCONCERNS INTER- FRACKING WASTEWATERAUTHORIZES PRESCRIBEDUPDATES BURNING GLOBAL WARMING PARTIAL DISCLOSURE BILL PERMANENT OPEN SPACE FUNDING 2019 ESTABLISHES CLEAN VEHICLECLEAN TASK FORCERENEWABLE ENERGY BILL GREENHOUSE GAS INITIATIVEINFRASTRUCTURE INFRASTRUCTURE WATERWAYS AND BEACHESDRAW FROM “ONCE-IN-ALWAYS-IN” STATE NATURAL GAS PIPELINESAND THE DELAWARE RIVER BASIN RESPONSE ACT NAME % % 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DISTRICT 1 85% 73% NV BOB ANDRZEJCZAK D X DISTRICT 2 85% 86% NV CHRIS BROWN R X X DISTRICT 3 95% 87% STEPHEN SWEENY D X DISTRICT 4 80% 77% NV NV NV NV FRED MADDEN JR D DISTRICT 5 70% 69% NV NV NV NV NV NISLA CRUZ-PEREZ D X DISTRICT 6 95% 76% JAMES BEACH D X DISTRICT 7 90% 84% NV NV TROY SINGLETON D DISTRICT 8 50% 44% NV NV NV NV DAWN MARIE ADDIEGO R X X X X X X DISTRICT 9 50% 48% NV NV NV CHRISTOPHER CONNERS R X X X X X X X DISTRICT 10 45% 48% NV NV NV NV NV NV JAMES HOLZAPFEL R X X X X X DISTRICT 11 90% 90% NV VIN GOPAL D X DISTRICT 12 45% 38% NV NV NV SAMUEL THOMPSON R X X X X X X X X DISTRICT 13 45% 44% NV NV NV NV DECLAN O’SCANLON, JR R X X X X X X X DISTRICT 14 95% 92% LINDA GREENSTEIN D X DISTRICT 15 95% 90% NV SHIRKEY TURNER D DISTRICT 16 90% 87% KIP BATEMAN R X X DISTRICT 17 95% 90% BOB SMITH D X DISTRICT 18 95% 94% PATRICK DIEGNAN, JR D X DISTRICT 19 95% 90% JOSEPH VITALE D X DISTRICT 20 95% 95% JOSEPH CRYAN D X KEY: = A VOTE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT X = A VOTE AGAINST THE ENVIRONMENT NV = NOT VOTING (COUNTS AS A VOTE AGAINST THE ENVIRONMENT) AB = ABSTAIN (COUNTS AS A VOTE AGAINST THE ENVIRONMENT) EX = EXCUSED (EXCLUDED FROM SCORE-KNOWN CONFLICT OF INTEREST, ETC.) 18 SENATE UPHOLDING PARIS CLIMATEELECTRIC ACCORD SCHOOL BUSESPARTICIPATION IN THE REGIONALELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGINGELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING ONE HOUR WATER BOIL NOTICES AUTOMATIC VOTER REGISTRATIONPROHIBITS SMOKING AT PUBLICSTORMWATER BEACHES UTILITIESPUBLIC RIGHT OF ACCESS TOCONDEMNS EPA DECISION TO WITH-CONCERNS FRACKINGCONCERNS WASTEWATER REGULATIONS FORCONCERNS INTER- FRACKING WASTEWATERAUTHORIZES PRESCRIBEDUPDATES BURNING GLOBAL WARMING PARTIAL DISCLOSURE BILL PERMANENT OPEN SPACE FUNDING 2019 LIFETIME ESTABLISHES CLEAN VEHICLECLEAN TASK FORCERENEWABLE ENERGY BILL GREENHOUSE GAS INITIATIVEINFRASTRUCTURE INFRASTRUCTURE WATERWAYS AND BEACHESDRAW FROM “ONCE-IN-ALWAYS-IN” STATE NATURAL GAS PIPELINESAND THE DELAWARE RIVER BASIN RESPONSE ACT NAME % % 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DISTRICT 21 70% 69% THOMAS KEAN, JR R X X X X X X DISTRICT 22 95% 84% NICHOLAS SCUTARI D X DISTRICT 23 25% 41% NV NV NV NV NV MICHAEL DOHERTY R X X X X X X X X X X DISTRICT 24 35% 34% NV NV NV STEVEN OROHO R X X X X X X X X X X DISTRICT 25 35% 45% NV NV NV NV NV NV NV ANTHONY R. BUCCO R X X X X X X DISTRICT 26 50% 43% NV NV NV JOSEPH PENNACCHIO R X X X X X X X DISTRICT 27 95% 89% RICHARD CODEY D X DISTRICT 28 95% 79% RONALD RICE D X DISTRICT 29 95% 85% CHRISTOPHER CONNERS R X DISTRICT 30 65% 62% NV ROBERT SINGER R X X X X X X DISTRICT 31 95% 88% SANDRA CUNNINGHAM D X DISTRICT 32 90% 76% NV NICHOLAS SACCO D X DISTRICT 33 90% 85% NV BRIAN STACK D X DISTRICT 34 95% 88% NIA GILL D X DISTRICT 35 95% 84% NELLIE POU D X DISTRICT 36 70% 65% NV NV NV NV PAUL SARLO D X X DISTRICT 37 85% 89% NV NV LORETTA WEINBERG D X DISTRICT 38 86% 86% NV JOSEPH LAGANA D X DISTRICT 39 40% 39% NV NV NV NV GERALD CARDINALE R X X X X X X X X DISTRICT 40 35% 35% NV NV NV NV NV NV KRISTIN CORRADO R X X X X X X X KEY: = A VOTE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT X = A VOTE AGAINST THE ENVIRONMENT NV = NOT VOTING (COUNTS AS A VOTE AGAINST THE ENVIRONMENT) AB = ABSTAIN (COUNTS AS A VOTE AGAINST THE ENVIRONMENT) EX = EXCUSED (EXCLUDED FROM SCORE-KNOWN CONFLICT OF INTEREST, ETC.) 19.
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