David J. Place

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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Voted against banning new high-heat waste processing plants in certain environmentally sensitive areas. It passed the House 44-22.

June 30, 2021Opposes Environment and Public Health

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Voted against the 2021 Act on Climate, which made the state's greenhouse gas reduction targets mandatory. It passed the House 53-22.

March 23, 2021Opposes Environment and Public Health

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Voted against raising the state minimum wage from $11.50 to $15 an hour over four years. It passed the House 58-16.

May 6, 2021Opposes Reduce Wealth Gap

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Introduced a bill to create voluntary portable benefit plans that independent contractors can carry from job to job. A House committee held it for further study.

January 28, 2026Supports Labor Rights

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Sponsored a law, signed on August 30, 2023, that required state licensing boards to issue professional licenses to military members and spouses who are licensed in another state and are transferred to Rhode Island.

August 30, 2023Supports Labor Rights

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Voted against raising the state minimum wage from $11.50 to $15 an hour over four years. It passed the House 58-16.

May 6, 2021Opposes Labor Rights

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Introduced a bill to extend the state lobbying law to people who lobby city and town officials and local fire districts. A House committee held it for further study.

January 31, 2024Supports Anti-Corruption

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Voted to raise the yearly campaign contribution limit for individuals and political action committees to $2,000 and to raise the threshold for reporting donors. It passed the House 41-29.

June 12, 2023Opposes Anti-Corruption

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Sponsored a law, effective June 23, 2023, that let voters merge the Oakland-Mapleville and Nasonville fire districts in Burrillville into one district.

June 23, 2023Supports Government Efficiency

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Introduced a bill to require the governor to send lawmakers a zero-based budget, in which every expense is justified from scratch, phased in over five years. A House committee held it for further study.

February 24, 2021Supports Government Efficiency

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Voted against letting 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, 2025Supports Cost of Living Reduction

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Introduced a bill to have Rhode Island join a compact with other states to stop using tax breaks and subsidies to lure or keep particular companies. It did not pass.

January 28, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction

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Sponsored a law, signed on May 31, 2024, that approved $6.4 million in Burrillville school building bonds so the town could get state school building aid.

May 31, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Introduced a bill to require the governor to send lawmakers a zero-based budget, in which every expense is justified from scratch, phased in over five years. A House committee held it for further study.

February 24, 2021Supports Government Spending Reduction

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Sponsored a law, effective July 25, 2020, that let Burrillville borrow up to $7 million to build, repair and equip its schools, if state school building aid covered at least 45 percent.

July 25, 2020Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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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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Introduced a bill, with sponsors from both parties, to bar the state from taking property through civil forfeiture in drug cases unless the owner is convicted of a crime. A House committee held it for further study.

January 23, 2026Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Introduced a bill to require police to get a search warrant for people's phone and internet data and location, and to ban cell-phone tracking devices called stingrays without a court order. A House committee held it for further study.

February 2, 2024Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Introduced a bill to create a business tax credit for affordable housing, drop sales tax on materials used to renovate affordable rentals, and freeze their tax value for 10 years. It did not pass.

January 28, 2026Supports Housing Affordability

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Voted to stop towns from using zoning to limit unrelated people living together below one person per bedroom. It passed the House 49-22.

June 15, 2023Supports Housing Affordability

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Introduced a bill to make sure families who qualify for state cash assistance also get food stamp benefits if eligible. A House committee held it for further study.

January 28, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Sponsored a law, signed on May 31, 2024, that approved $6.4 million in Burrillville school building bonds so the town could get state school building aid.

May 31, 2024Supports Public Education Quality

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Sponsored a law, effective July 25, 2020, that let Burrillville borrow up to $7 million to build, repair and equip its schools, if state school building aid covered at least 45 percent.

July 25, 2020Supports Public Education Quality

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Voted against requiring gun owners to store firearms safely, with penalties for violations. It passed the House 46-24.

May 28, 2024Opposes Gun Control

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Introduced a bill to honor out-of-state concealed carry permits for people 21 and older, let active police officers carry anywhere in the state, and define who qualifies for a carry permit. A House committee held it for further study.

January 31, 2024Opposes Gun Control

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Voted against banning carrying a loaded rifle or shotgun in public, with exceptions such as hunting and police work. It passed the House 53-16.

June 10, 2022Opposes Gun Control

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Voted against making it a felony to own gun magazines that hold more than 10 rounds. It passed the House 43-27.

June 10, 2022Opposes Gun Control

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Voted against raising the minimum age to buy guns or ammunition from 18 to 21. It passed the House 53-15.

June 10, 2022Opposes Gun Control

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Voted against banning buying a gun for someone who is not allowed to have one and raising penalties for lying on gun purchase forms. It passed the House 46-27.

June 30, 2021Opposes Gun Control

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Voted against banning guns on school grounds, except for police and school security. It passed the House 44-28.

June 30, 2021Opposes Gun Control

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Voted against shielding Rhode Island health care providers from lawsuits and prosecution by other states over reproductive and gender-affirming care. It passed the House 50-15.

June 11, 2024Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

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Voted against covering abortion in Medicaid and state employee health plans. It passed the House 49-24.

April 27, 2023Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

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Introduced the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, a bill to ban abortions once a fetus is judged able to feel pain, except to prevent serious health risk to the mother. A House committee held it for further study.

January 26, 2022Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

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Voted against the final version of the Reproductive Privacy Act, which wrote the right to an abortion into state law. It passed the House 45-29.

June 19, 2019Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

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Introduced a bill to add a new audit after each election that checks voter signatures on mail ballots. A House committee held it for further study.

January 31, 2024Supports Election Integrity

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Introduced a bill to require police to get a search warrant for people's phone and internet data and location, and to ban cell-phone tracking devices called stingrays without a court order. A House committee held it for further study.

February 2, 2024Supports Data Privacy

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Voted against letting voters with disabilities and military voters use ballots sent to them electronically. It passed the House 45-16.

June 17, 2022Opposes Civil Rights

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Sponsored a law, effective June 24, 2026, that exempted the lake bed of Wilson's Reservoir in Burrillville from property taxes and set how the town collects dam district fees.

June 24, 2026

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

June 11, 2026

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

June 11, 2026

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Voted against barring civil arrests at Rhode Island courthouses without a judge's warrant. It passed the House 56-16.

June 10, 2026

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Voted against requiring legislative and gubernatorial approval before Rhode Island joins the federal private-school voucher tax credit. It passed the House 55-14.

June 10, 2026

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Introduced a bill to bar sending Rhode Island National Guard members into combat unless Congress declares war or calls up the militia. A House committee held it for further study.

February 27, 2026

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Introduced a bill to let a town switch all of its public schools to charter schools, after votes by the town council, the school committee and local voters. A House committee held it for further study.

February 11, 2026

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Introduced a bill to repeal the state's certificate of need process, which requires health department approval before new health care equipment and services are added. A House committee held it for further study.

January 16, 2026

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Voted against replacing the 10-member coastal council with a 7-member board of environmental experts. It passed the House 52-19.

June 20, 2025

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Voted against banning the sale, manufacture and purchase of assault-style firearms in Rhode Island. It passed the House 44-28.

June 20, 2025

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Voted against burying part of a high-voltage power line and charging the extra cost to electric customers in Providence and East Providence. It passed the House 52-18.

June 10, 2025

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Voted against requiring 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, 2025

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Was unanimously re-elected House Minority Whip by the House Republican caucus, the second-ranking post in the caucus, which he first took in June 2022.

November 7, 2024

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Voted against letting people with one felony and one misdemeanor clear the felony from their record after 15 years, excluding violent crimes. It passed the House 54-19.

June 13, 2024

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Sponsored a law, effective June 27, 2023, that raised the cap on Burrillville's flat property tax credits for groups such as older and disabled residents from 3 to 4 percent of the prior year's tax levy.

June 27, 2023

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Sponsored a law, signed on May 23, 2023, that let the Harrisville Fire District add rescue services and put its operating committee in charge of the district's water department.

May 23, 2023

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Introduced a bill to let courts decide legal questions in appeals of state agency decisions without deferring to the agency's reading of the law. A House committee held it for further study.

April 7, 2023

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Voted to legalize recreational marijuana for adults 21 and older and set up a state commission to regulate sales. It passed the House 55-16.

May 24, 2022

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Introduced a bill to bar state and local agencies and private businesses from requiring proof of a COVID-19 vaccine to enter. A House committee held it for further study.

May 5, 2021

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Sponsored a law, effective June 26, 2020, that let Burrillville freeze tax assessments or give tax credits for 10 years to owners who fix up run-down buildings.

June 26, 2020

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Won the District 47 House seat on November 6, 2018, defeating Democratic Representative Cale Keable with 56.6 percent of the vote.

November 6, 2018

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