Jennifer Smith Boylan

Voted to require doctors and hospitals to tell patients when artificial intelligence is used to write up their visit. It passed the House 51-14.

June 11, 2026Supports AI Regulation

Source: legiscan.com

Voted on April 27, 2023, for the Equality in Abortion Coverage Act, which added abortion coverage to Medicaid and ended the ban on abortion coverage in state employee health plans. It passed the House 49-24.

April 27, 2023Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: votes.rilegislature.gov

Sponsored a law, signed on June 19, 2026, that bans importing, selling or distributing non-native invasive land plants in Rhode Island.

June 19, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

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Introduced a bill on March 3, 2026, to make insurers report climate risk and limit their investment in fossil fuel projects, with penalties. It was held in committee.

March 3, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted on June 20, 2025, for a bill creating a building energy reporting program, with the state energy office publishing large buildings' energy use. It passed the House 48-20.

June 20, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: votes.rilegislature.gov

Voted to replace the 10-member coastal council with a 7-member board whose members must have environmental expertise. It passed the House 52-19.

June 20, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: legiscan.com

Voted to keep Rhode Island's supervised drug-use centers open two more years, to March 2028. The centers are meant to prevent overdose deaths. It passed the House 51-16.

May 29, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted to make kratom legal to sell to adults 21 and over, with labeling rules and a ban on mixing it with harmful substances. It passed the House 40-24.

May 29, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Introduced the Microplastics Reduction Act on February 13, 2025, to ban selling products with added plastic microparticles from 2029 and to start testing for microplastics. It was held in committee.

February 13, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Introduced the Climate Superfund Act on February 12, 2025, to make big oil and gas companies pay for climate damage based on their past emissions. It was held in committee; she filed it again in 2026.

February 12, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 17, 2024, that requires the state's economic development plan to consider climate change, sea-level rise and coastal resilience.

June 17, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

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Signed a July 9, 2025, letter with other lawmakers urging Women & Infants Hospital to cancel layoffs of union staff and to work with the union instead.

July 9, 2025Supports Labor Rights

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Voted on May 4, 2023, for a bill that brought domestic workers who work in private homes under the state minimum wage law. It passed the House 56-12.

May 4, 2023Supports Labor Rights

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Introduced a bill on January 10, 2025, to change House rules so each member could file no more than 18 bills or resolutions a session, with some exceptions. It was held in committee.

January 10, 2025Supports Government Efficiency

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Voted to bury part of a high-voltage power line in Providence and East Providence. Electric customers in those two cities pay the extra cost through their bills. It passed the House 52-18.

June 10, 2025Opposes Cost of Living Reduction

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Voted to let Providence raise its property tax levy by up to 8 percent in one year, above the usual state cap. It passed the House 56-17.

May 27, 2025Opposes Cost of Living Reduction

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Voted to bar civil arrests at Rhode Island courthouses without a judge's warrant, which protects people going to court from immigration arrest. It passed the House 56-16.

June 10, 2026Supports Immigration

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 2, 2025, that requires police to send guns and shell casings from crimes for ballistic testing and national database tracing. An earlier version passed the House 62-9 in 2024.

July 2, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted to require police to send guns used in crimes for ballistic testing and enter the results in the national tracing database. It passed the House 49-21.

June 10, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted to bar civil arrests at Rhode Island courthouses without a judge's warrant, which protects people going to court from immigration arrest. It passed the House 56-16.

June 10, 2026Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Voted to let people with more than one non-violent felony clear their records after 15 years without a new arrest. It passed the House 56-14.

June 9, 2026Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Voted on June 16, 2025, for the Freedom to Read Act, which bars censorship of public and school library books and requires a model library materials policy. It passed the House 62-11.

June 16, 2025Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Source: votes.rilegislature.gov

Voted on June 13, 2024, for a bill letting some people clear one nonviolent felony from their record after 15 years. Crimes of violence are excluded. It passed the House 54-19.

June 13, 2024Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Source: votes.rilegislature.gov

Voted on May 9, 2024, for an overhaul of the Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights that added a retired judge and a lawyer to the panel hearing police discipline cases and set rules for suspending officers for 5 to 14 days. It passed the House 58-14.

May 9, 2024Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Voted to stop towns from using zoning to treat certified addiction recovery homes worse than other houses on the street. It passed the House 53-15.

June 11, 2026Supports Housing Affordability

Source: legiscan.com

Voted to keep Rhode Island out of the new federal private-school voucher tax credit unless the legislature and governor both approve joining. It passed the House 55-14.

June 10, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

Source: legiscan.com

Introduced a bill on February 12, 2026, to require everyone who wants to buy a gun, not only handgun buyers, to pass a basic firearm safety course. It was held in committee.

February 12, 2026Supports Gun Control

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 2, 2025, that requires police to send guns and shell casings from crimes for ballistic testing and national database tracing. An earlier version passed the House 62-9 in 2024.

July 2, 2025Supports Gun Control

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Voted to ban the sale, manufacture and purchase of assault-style firearms in Rhode Island starting July 2026. It passed the House 44-28.

June 20, 2025Supports Gun Control

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Introduced a bill on February 12, 2025, to let a person voluntarily add their own name to a list barring them from buying or having guns, as a suicide prevention step. It was held in committee.

February 12, 2025Supports Gun Control

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Voted on May 28, 2024, for a bill requiring gun owners to store firearms safely, with penalties for violations, and requiring trigger locks with rifle and shotgun sales. It passed the House 46-24.

May 28, 2024Supports Gun Control

Source: votes.rilegislature.gov

Introduced a bill on March 1, 2024, to make it illegal for anyone under 18 to have a gun. It was held in committee; she filed it again in 2025 and 2026.

March 1, 2024Supports Gun Control

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Introduced a bill on March 1, 2023, to bar buying more than one gun in any 30-day period. It was held in committee; she filed it again in 2024 and 2026.

March 1, 2023Supports Gun Control

Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov

Introduced a bill on April 4, 2025, to let abortion pill labels show the clinic's name instead of the prescriber's name, to protect providers. It was held in committee.

April 4, 2025Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

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Voted on June 11, 2024, for a shield law that protects Rhode Island health care providers from other states' lawsuits and prosecutions over abortion and gender-affirming care given here. It passed the House 50-15.

June 11, 2024Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: votes.rilegislature.gov

Voted on April 27, 2023, for the Equality in Abortion Coverage Act, which added abortion coverage to Medicaid and ended the ban on abortion coverage in state employee health plans. It passed the House 49-24.

April 27, 2023Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: votes.rilegislature.gov

Voted to require doctors and hospitals to tell patients when artificial intelligence is used to write up their visit. It passed the House 51-14.

June 11, 2026Supports Data Privacy

Source: legiscan.com

Voted to stop towns from using zoning to treat certified addiction recovery homes worse than other houses on the street. It passed the House 53-15.

June 11, 2026Supports Civil Rights

Source: legiscan.com

Voted on May 5, 2026, for a homeless bill of rights that sets steps the government must follow before removing or moving a homeless encampment. It passed the House 56-13.

May 5, 2026Supports Civil Rights

Source: votes.rilegislature.gov

Voted on June 11, 2024, for a shield law that protects Rhode Island health care providers from other states' lawsuits and prosecutions over abortion and gender-affirming care given here. It passed the House 50-15.

June 11, 2024Supports Civil Rights

Source: votes.rilegislature.gov

Sponsored a law, signed on June 19, 2023, that lets 17-year-olds vote in a primary if they will be 18 by the general election.

June 19, 2023Supports Civil Rights

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Voted on June 14, 2023, for a bill letting residents who cannot prove lawful presence in the United States get a state ID card, not valid for voting. It passed the House 59-14.

June 14, 2023Supports Civil Rights

Source: votes.rilegislature.gov

Introduced a bill on March 3, 2026, to make insurers report climate risk and limit their investment in fossil fuel projects, with penalties. It was held in committee.

March 3, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

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Introduced the Climate Superfund Act on February 12, 2025, to make big oil and gas companies pay for climate damage based on their past emissions. It was held in committee; she filed it again in 2026.

February 12, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov

Voted to bury part of a high-voltage power line in Providence and East Providence. Electric customers in those two cities pay the extra cost through their bills. It passed the House 52-18.

June 10, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: legiscan.com

Received the endorsement of the environmental group Clean Water Action for re-election, announced August 10, 2026.

August 10, 2026

Source: cleanwater.org

Received the endorsement of Planned Parenthood Votes! Rhode Island PAC for re-election, announced July 23, 2026.

July 23, 2026

Source: plannedparenthoodaction.org

Sponsored a law, signed on June 18, 2026, that lets officeholders and candidates use campaign money for home and office security after threats tied to their public role.

June 18, 2026

Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov

Sponsored a law, signed on April 29, 2026, that lets qualified nurses give routine foot and nail care to patients in their homes.

April 29, 2026

Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov

Sponsored a law, signed on June 24, 2025, that gives candidates nine days instead of seven to ask for a recount and bars certifying a winner until any recount ends.

June 24, 2025

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 17, 2024, that changed how many fire, evacuation and lockdown drills K-12 schools must hold and how they run them.

June 17, 2024

Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov

Sponsored a law, signed on June 17, 2024, that sets three classes of electric bicycles and lets the state environmental agency decide where they may ride on state land.

June 17, 2024

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Chaired the House study commission on school safety drills and on December 8, 2023, invited students, staff and parents to give input on lockdown drills.

December 8, 2023

Source: rhodeislandcurrent.com

Sponsored a House resolution, passed on June 12, 2023, that created a 20-member study commission on school safety drills and lockdowns.

June 12, 2023

Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov