Rebecca Michele Kislak
Democratic · RI · Rhode Island State Representative, District 4
Rebecca Kislak is a Democratic state representative from Providence, first elected in 2018, and second vice chair of the House Education Committee. She supports Providence public schools and works to advance health equity.
Where Rebecca Michele Kislak stands, based on their records
Supports
AI Regulation (1 record), Healthcare Affordability (2 records), Environment and Public Health (8 records),
Opposes
Cost of Living Reduction (2 records)
Track record
Track record — AI Regulation
AI Regulation · 1 support
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
Track record — Healthcare Affordability
Healthcare Affordability · 2 support
Sponsored a law banning prior approval rules and out-of-pocket costs for the HIV prevention drugs PrEP and PEP. It was ceremonially signed in June 2024.
June 27, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: rilegislature.gov
Sponsored a law that keeps Rhode Island's ban on yearly and lifetime limits on health insurance benefits, even if federal law changes. The governor signed it on June 17, 2024.
June 17, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: rilegislature.gov
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 8 support
Sponsored a law banning consumer sales of rat poisons that endanger wildlife. It also starts a pilot program for safer pest control. It was ceremonially signed on July 31, 2026.
July 31, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: rilegislature.gov
Criticized the governor's veto of her bill requiring large buildings to report energy use. The General Assembly had passed the bill.
June 25, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: 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
Sponsored the Building Decarbonization Act of 2025 (2025-H 5493A), meant to cut carbon from buildings. It passed the House 48-20.
June 20, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: rilegislature.gov
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
Source: legiscan.com
Sponsored a law updating the notice women get after a mammogram shows dense breast tissue. It uses federal wording. The governor signed it on June 25, 2024.
June 25, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: rilegislature.gov
Sponsored a law limiting the use of neonicotinoid pesticides, which can harm bees. The governor signed it in 2022. Only certified applicators may now buy or use them outdoors.
June 30, 2022Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: rilegislature.gov
Voted yes on the 2021 Act on Climate (2021-H 5445A), a state climate law. It passed the House 53-22.
March 23, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: rilegislature.gov
Track record — Cost of Living Reduction
Cost of Living Reduction · 2 oppose
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
Source: legiscan.com
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
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Immigration
Immigration · 1 support
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
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 1 support
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
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties · 3 support
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
Source: legiscan.com
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
Source: legiscan.com
Sponsored a bill to bar using a child's statements from police questioning as evidence unless a parent or guardian was present. The House passed it (2025-H 5298A).
June 18, 2025Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: rilegislature.gov
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 1 support
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
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 3 support
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
Sponsored a law giving parents more say over changes to their child's special education plan (IEP). The governor signed it on June 24, 2024.
June 24, 2024Supports Public Education Quality
Source: rilegislature.gov
Sponsored a bill adding oversight to the state takeover of Providence schools (2022-H 8094A). The General Assembly passed it on June 23, 2022. It required yearly performance goals for the district.
June 23, 2022Supports Public Education Quality
Source: rilegislature.gov
Track record — Gun Control
Gun Control · 3 support
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
Source: legiscan.com
Voted yes on the Rhode Island Assault Weapons Ban Act of 2025 (2025-H 5436A). It passed the House 43-28.
June 5, 2025Supports Gun Control
Source: rilegislature.gov
Voted yes on a 2022 ban on large-capacity gun magazines (Large Capacity Feeding Device Ban, 2022-H 6614A). It passed the House 43-27.
June 10, 2022Supports Gun Control
Source: rilegislature.gov
Track record — Women's Reproductive Rights
Women's Reproductive Rights · 1 support
Voted yes on the Equality in Abortion Coverage bill (2023-H 5006). It passed the House 49-24.
April 27, 2023Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: rilegislature.gov
Track record — Data Privacy
Data Privacy · 1 support
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
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 4 support
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
Sponsored a resolution affirming the House's support for Rhode Island's LGBTQIA+ community. The House passed it.
May 1, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: rilegislature.gov
Sponsored a law making adoption simpler for families with children born through assisted reproduction. It helps protect LGBTQ parents. The governor signed it on June 19, 2023.
June 19, 2023Supports Civil Rights
Source: rilegislature.gov
Joined seven House Education Committee members in a public statement against bills limiting school curriculum and LGBTQ support in schools.
March 29, 2023Supports Civil Rights
Source: rilegislature.gov
Track record — Corporate Accountability
Corporate Accountability · 2 support
Joined women legislators nationwide urging Congress to drop a measure shielding rideshare companies from liability for sexual assault.
June 15, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: rilegislature.gov
Sponsored a 2025 law setting limits on pharmacy audits by drug benefit companies. In February 2026, the attorney general announced an enforcement win under that law.
February 4, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: rilegislature.gov
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 2 support
Sponsored a law creating an authority to save Providence's Crook Point Bridge from demolition. The governor signed it on June 5, 2026.
June 5, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: 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
Track record — General
General · 7 records
Sponsored a law making state traffic crash data a public record. The governor signed it on June 19, 2026.
June 19, 2026
Source: rilegislature.gov
Co-wrote an op-ed backing ranked choice voting for Rhode Island's 2028 presidential primary.
April 3, 2024
Source: rilegislature.gov
Released a report she co-wrote on the state takeover of Providence public schools. It reviewed the takeover's history and options for future school governance.
July 24, 2023
Source: rilegislature.gov
Sponsored a law moving the 2024 presidential primary to April 2 so it would not fall on Passover. The governor signed it on June 19, 2023.
June 19, 2023
Source: rilegislature.gov
Voted yes on the Rhode Island Cannabis Act (2022-S 2430A), in its final House vote. It passed 54-16.
May 24, 2022
Source: rilegislature.gov
Voted yes on the Let RI Vote Act (2022-H 7100A), an elections bill. It passed the House 53-13.
May 17, 2022
Source: rilegislature.gov
Voted yes on the state budget for the year ending June 30, 2022 (2021-H 6122A). It passed the House 64-10.
June 24, 2021
Source: rilegislature.gov
Past race Rebecca Michele Kislak ran in:
- Representative in General Assembly · November 3, 2026 · State House District 4; Rhode Island · incumbent