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38 STUDIOS LEGISLATIVE SCORECARDName Grade Score Possible District Party

Senate (Incumbents bold) Algiere D -3 9 38 R Archambault F -6 6 22 D Bates D -3 7 32 R Blais F -3 3 21 R Ciccone F -8 9 07 D Conley F -6 6 18 D Connors F -3 3 19 D Cool F -4 4 34 D Cote C- -1 9 24 D Coyne N/A -2 2 32 D Crowley F -9 9 16 D DaPonte F -9 9 14 D DeVall F -3 3 18 D DiPalma F -9 9 12 D Doyle F -9 9 08 D Felag F -9 9 10 D Fogarty F -9 9 23 D Gallo F -9 9 27 D Gee N/A 2 2 35 R Goldin F -6 6 03 D Goodwin F -9 9 01 D Hodgson A+ 4 4 35 R Jabour F -9 9 05 D Kettle A+ 6 6 21 R Lanzi F -3 3 26 D Lenihan F -3 3 35 D Levesque F -3 3 11 D Lombardi F -6 6 26 D Lombardo F -6 6 25 D Lynch F -9 9 31 D Maher F -3 3 34 R Maselli F -3 3 25 D McBurney N/A -2 3 15 D McCaffrey F -9 9 29 D Metts F -9 9 06 D Miller F -9 9 28 D Morgan N/A 2 2 34 R Nesselbush F -6 6 15 D O'Neill C- -1 9 17 R Ottiano F -5 5 11 R Pagliarini N/A -1 1 11 R Paiva-Weed F -9 9 13 D

Name Grade Score Possible District Party Pearson F -6 6 19 D Perry F -3 3 03 D Picard F -9 9 20 D Pichardo F -9 9 02 D Pinga F -3 3 9 D Raptakis C 0 9 33 D Ruggerio F -9 9 04 D Satchell F -6 6 09 D Sheehan F -9 9 36 D Sosnowski F -9 9 37 D Tassoni F -3 3 22 D Walaska F -9 9 30 D House (Incumbents bold) Abney F -22 26 73 D Ackerman F -22 26 45 D Ajello F -25 29 01 D Almeida F -21 29 12 D Amore F -22 26 65 D Azzinaro F -25 29 37 D Baldelli-Hunt D- -8 16 49 D Barros F -7 7 59 D Bennett F -20 26 20 D Blazejewski F -22 26 02 D Brien F -3 3 50 D Canario F -22 26 71 D Caprio F -3 3 34 D Carnevale D+ -6 29 13 D Carson F -7 7 75 D Carter F -3 3 31 D Casey F -18 26 50 D Chippendale A+ 24 26 40 R Cimini F -13 19 07 D Coderre F -15 22 60 D Corvese F -25 29 55 D Costa B 11 26 31 R Costantino, G. C- -4 26 44 D Costantino, S. F -3 3 08 D Coughlin F -7 7 60 D Craven F -22 26 32 D DaSilva F -3 3 63 D DeSimone F -25 29 05 D Diaz F -25 29 11 D Dickinson B 9 19 35 D

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Name Grade Score Possible District Party Driver F -3 3 39 D Edwards F -25 29 70 D Ehrhardt F -3 3 32 R Fellela F -25 29 43 D Ferri F -18 22 22 D Fierro F -3 3 51 D Filippi A- 5 7 36 I Finn F -15 19 72 D Flaherty F -3 3 23 D Fogarty F -7 7 35 D Fox F -18 22 04 D Gablinske F -3 3 68 D Gallison F -24 29 69 D Gemma F -3 3 20 D Giannini F -3 3 07 D Giarrusso A+ 24 26 30 R Guthrie C+ 4 22 28 D Handy F -25 29 18 D Hearn F -17 29 66 D Hull D+ -6 26 06 D Jackson F -3 3 73 D Jacquard F -25 29 17 D Johnston F -22 26 61 D Kazarian F -22 26 63 D Keable F -21 26 47 D Kennedy F -25 29 38 D Kilmartin F -3 3 61 D Lally F -18 22 33 D Lancia A- 5 7 16 R Lima C 1 29 14 D Lombardi C- -2 26 08 D Loughlin N/A -2 3 71 R MacBeth A- 21 29 52 R Maldonado F -7 7 56 D Malik F -24 29 67 D Marcello D -11 29 41 D Marshall F -22 26 68 D Martin F -3 3 75 D Mattiello F -25 29 15 D McCauley F -3 3 01 D McEntee F -7 7 33 D McKiernan F -7 7 07 D McLaughlin A- 16 26 57 D McNamara F -25 29 19 D Melo F -25 29 64 D Menard F -3 3 45 D Messier F -21 29 62 D

Name Grade Score Possible District Party Morgan A+ 24 26 26 R Morin F -13 13 49 D Murphy N/A -2 3 26 D Nardolillo A- 5 7 28 R Naughton F -24 29 21 D Newberry B+ 17 29 48 R Nunes B- 8 26 25 D O'Brien F -22 26 54 D O'Grady F -20 26 46 D O'Neil C+ 4 22 59 D Pacheco F -3 3 47 D Palangio F -21 26 03 D Palumbo D -9 22 16 D Petrarca F -3 3 44 D Phillips D- -14 26 51 D Pollard F -3 3 40 D Price A- 5 7 39 R Regunberg F -7 7 04 D Reilly A- 5 7 72 R Rice, A. F -3 3 72 D Rice, M. F -3 3 35 D Roberts A- 5 7 29 R Ruggiero F -25 29 74 D San Bento F -18 22 58 D Savage F -3 3 65 R Schadone F -3 3 54 D Segal F -3 3 02 D Serpa F -25 29 27 D Shallcross-Smith F -3 3 46 D Shekarchi F -22 26 23 D Silva F -3 3 56 D Slater F -25 29 10 D Solomon F -7 7 22 D Sullivan F -3 3 29 D Tanzi D- -12 26 34 D Tobon F -7 7 58 D Tomasso B 7 19 29 D Trillo B+ 15 29 24 R Ucci F -24 29 42 D Valencia D- -9 19 39 D Vaudreuil F -3 3 57 D Walsh F -14 22 36 D Wasylyk N/A -2 3 06 D Watson A+ 3 3 30 R Williams F -24 29 09 D Williamson F -3 3 25 D Winfield F -25 29 53 D

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VOTES COUNTED

2010

H8158/S2923 (-3): to allow the quasi-public Economic Development Corporation (now the Commerce Corporation) to issue moral obligation bonds in the amount of $125 million on behalf of private companies and guarantee payment of the debt

2013

H5127 (-1): to approve the budget for the 2014 fiscal year (including 38 Studios payments)

H5127-Article 25 (2): to repeal the law creating the loan guarantee program of the Economic Development Corporation

H5127-Amendment LC00567/14 (2): to impose a moratorium on the issuance of moral obligation bonds, which allow state agencies to borrow money without voter approval, until the General Assembly has evaluate their use

H5127-Amendment LC00567/7 (2): to forbid the state from covering the bond payments related to 38 Studios, transferring any funds appropriated for that purpose to Rhode Island municipalities in proportion to their population for the purpose of tax relief

H5127-Amendment LC00695/9 (2): to remove the funding allocated for the payment of 38 Studios bonds and transfer it to programs for the disabled

H5127-Amendment LC00695/12 (2): to remove the funding allocated for the payment of 38 Studios bonds

H5127-Amendment LC00695/21 (2): to remove the funding allocated for the payment of 38 Studios bonds and transfer it to Rhode Island municipalities in proportion to their population

2014

H7133 (-1): to approve the budget for the 2015 fiscal year (including 38 Studios payments)

H7133-Amendment LC003751/2 (2): to remove the funding allocated for the payment of 38 Studios bonds and to lower the state gasoline tax accordingly (by 3 cents per gallon)

H7133-Amendment LC003731/3 (3): to transfer $1.5 million of the money allocated to pay 38 Studios bonds to a new Office of Independent Counsel tasked with investigating possible “criminal wrongdoing” in the state’s involvement with that company

2015

H5900 (-1): to approve the budget for the 2016 fiscal year (including 38 Studios payments)

2016

H7454 (-1): to approve the budget for the 2017 fiscal year (including 38 Studios payments)

H7454-Amendment LC004502/7 (3): to transfer $750,000 from the budget of the quasi-public Convention Center Authority to a newly empowered special prosecutor to investigate the state’s involvement with 38 Studios

H7454-Amendment LC004585/4 (2): to forbid the state from covering the bond payments related to 38 Studios, transferring any funds appropriated for that purpose to the state pension fund for the purpose of providing retirees with a cost of living adjustment

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EXPLANATION With Rhode Island politicians approaching the 2016 election with claims of support for thorough investigation of the 38 Studios scandal and public release of related documents and with the continued unlikelihood that any elected officials will force those actions to be taken, the RI Center for Freedom & Prosperity wanted to provide Rhode Islanders with an objective look at how legislators actually voted. The scorecard above grades representatives and senators on their relevant votes when the opportunity arose.

Methodology

1) Determine weighting: Each selected bill received a weight ranging from +3 to -3 based on whether they advanced the smooth cover-up of the scandal or sought to protect taxpayers or force investigation.

2) Determine vote: Each legislator received a +1 or -1 vote factor, depending on whether he or she voted FOR or AGAINST a particular bill or amendment. Legislators who were in office at the time but didn’t vote “yea” or “nay” on a bill for any reason received 75% credit for the final result.

3) Calculate weighted vote: Multiplying the weighting factor and the vote factor produced a weighted vote score for each legislator for each bill.

4) Calculate the legislator score: The cumulative score for all bills for each legislator determined that legislator’s overall score.

5) Calculate Freedom Index: Dividing each legislator’s total score by the maximum possible for that legislator provided his or her 38 Studios

Freedom Index, or a percentage of the best possible score he or she could have achieved.

6) Assign grades: Because the resulting scale runs from -100 to 100, grades are assigned according to the score ranges in the following table. Four senators had relevant votes on only the two most recent budgets, with no 38 Studios–specific amendments and therefore have not been graded; three representatives and one senator were absent for the vote approving the loan guarantee program and had no additional votes. These eight legislators are marked as “N/A” on the scorecard.

38 Studios Freedom Index Grade Scale

Grade Freedom Index Score A+ 87 to 100 A 75 to 86 A- 61 to 74 B+ 48 to 60 B 35 to 47 B- 22 to 34 C+ 9 to 21 C -4 to 8 C- -17 to -5 D+ -30 to -18 D -43 to -31 D- -56 to -44 F -100 to -57

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SENATE VOTES

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HOUSE VOTES

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