# Walter Felag

Walter Felag is a Democratic member of the Rhode Island Senate for district 10.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Rhode Island Senate, district 10
- Serving since: 2003-01-07
- Current term: RI 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/037e3b02-7f48-4cab-bb04-2524aa9a883d

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/037e3b02-7f48-4cab-bb04-2524aa9a883d (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

56% of the 447 bills Felag sponsored got out of committee, in the top tenth of the Rhode Island Senate.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.58 (standard error 0.02), from 118 donors and 925 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 61% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (RI 2025–26 session)

912 roll calls. Attendance 98.6% (Rhode Island Senate 96.4%). Party unity 93.0% (94.6%). 10 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-06-11 · voted yea · Passage · SB 2678 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT · pass · https://openstates.org/ri/bills/2026/SB2678/
- 2026-06-11 · voted yea · In Concurrence · SB 2292 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- DISARMING A PEACE OFFICER · pass · https://openstates.org/ri/bills/2026/SB2292/
- 2026-06-11 · voted yea · Passage · SB 3361 AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE AND SALE · pass · https://openstates.org/ri/bills/2026/SB3361/
- 2026-06-11 · voted yea · Passage · SB 3366 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES · pass · https://openstates.org/ri/bills/2026/SB3366/
- 2026-06-11 · voted yea · In Concurrence · SB 2734 AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT · pass · https://openstates.org/ri/bills/2026/SB2734/
- 2026-06-11 · voted yea · In Concurrence · SB 3184 AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- NURSES · pass · https://openstates.org/ri/bills/2026/SB3184/
- 2026-06-11 · voted yea · Passage · SB 2330 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION AND TITLING · pass · https://openstates.org/ri/bills/2026/SB2330/
- 2026-06-11 · voted yea · Passage · SB 2045 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- PROTECT OUR COURTS ACT · pass · https://openstates.org/ri/bills/2026/SB2045/
- 2026-06-11 · voted yea · Passage · SB 3361 AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE AND SALE · pass · https://openstates.org/ri/bills/2026/SB3361/
- 2026-06-11 · voted yea · Passage · SB 2045 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- PROTECT OUR COURTS ACT · pass · https://openstates.org/ri/bills/2026/SB2045/

## Legislation (RI 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 447 bills: 447 reached committee, 250 passed one chamber, 93 passed both, 91 became law. Cosponsored 0. 55.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Rhode Island Senate 41.9%; rank 3 of 38).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 3371: SENATE RESOLUTION HONORING THRIVE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, INC. ON THE OCCASION OF ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY AND RECOGNIZING ITS ENDURING IMPACT ON THE HEALTH AND… (passed one chamber, 2026-06-10) https://openstates.org/ri/bills/2026/SR3371/
- SR 3372: SENATE RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND RECOGNIZING THE STUDENTS AND FACULTY OF THOMPSON MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE ANNUAL RHODE ISLAND CIVICS… (passed one chamber, 2026-06-10) https://openstates.org/ri/bills/2026/SR3372/
- SB 3561: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (in committee, 2026-06-06) https://openstates.org/ri/bills/2026/SB3561/
- SB 3366: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (became law, 2026-06-23) https://openstates.org/ri/bills/2026/SB3366/
- SB 3364: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (became law, 2026-06-23) https://openstates.org/ri/bills/2026/SB3364/
- SB 3363: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (became law, 2026-06-26) https://openstates.org/ri/bills/2026/SB3363/
- SB 3361: AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE AND SALE (became law, 2026-06-24) https://openstates.org/ri/bills/2026/SB3361/
- SR 3341: SENATE RESOLUTION HONORING REV. DR. BERNARD LAFAYETTE JR. FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND (passed one chamber, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/ri/bills/2026/SR3341/
- SR 3342: SENATE RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING RHODE ISLAND NATIVE JOSEPH MAZZULLA, HEAD COACH OF THE BOSTON CELTICS, ON BEING NAMED THE 2025-2026 NATIONAL BASKETBALL… (passed one chamber, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/ri/bills/2026/SR3342/
- SR 3340: SENATE RESOLUTION HONORING THE 241ST BRISTOL FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION AND RECOGNIZING THE 2026 HONOREES (passed one chamber, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/ri/bills/2026/SR3340/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $14.7K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 89% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.rilegislature.gov/senators/felag/Pages/Biography.aspx

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/037e3b02-7f48-4cab-bb04-2524aa9a883d