Gregory Costantino

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

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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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Sponsored a law, signed on September 28, 2017, to prevent sudden cardiac arrest in student athletes by teaching the warning signs and requiring medical checks.

September 28, 2017Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted to ban selling electronic cigarettes and other vapor products to people under 18. It passed the House 40-29.

July 1, 2013Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted against raising Rhode Island's 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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Voted against covering domestic workers in private homes under the state minimum wage law. It passed the House 56-12.

May 4, 2023Opposes Labor Rights

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Voted against raising Rhode Island's 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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Voted against raising the minimum wage for tipped workers to $3.39 an hour in 2016 and $3.89 in 2017. It passed the House 56-16.

June 23, 2015Opposes Labor Rights

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Voted against raising Rhode Island's minimum wage to $9.60 an hour starting in 2016. It passed the House 59-13.

June 2, 2015Opposes Labor Rights

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Voted against raising the state minimum wage to $9.00 an hour on January 1, 2015. It passed the House 63-10.

June 18, 2014Opposes Labor Rights

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Introduced a bill on March 12, 2015 to bar state legislators from also holding city or town government offices. He later withdrew it.

March 12, 2015Supports Anti-Corruption

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Introduced a bill on February 14, 2013 to bar lobbyists who give more than $200 to a legislator from appearing before that legislator's committees. He later withdrew it.

February 14, 2013Supports Anti-Corruption

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Sponsored the act, which took effect on July 11, 2019 without the governor's signature, that merged the Albion and Saylesville fire districts into one Lincoln Fire District.

July 11, 2019Supports Government Efficiency

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 2, 2018, that makes the Division of Motor Vehicles notify drivers who owe local car taxes before blocking their registration renewal, and explain how to contest it.

July 2, 2018Supports 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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Voted against tolls on large commercial trucks to pay for bridge repairs. It passed the House 52-21.

February 10, 2016Supports Government Spending Reduction

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Voted to create a new crime for selling drugs that cause a death. It passed the House 54-15.

June 20, 2018Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Introduced a bill on March 24, 2017 to make drunk driving with a child under 13 in the car a felony, with up to five years in prison. It was held in committee.

March 24, 2017Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted to let the state and towns use cameras to ticket speeding drivers in school zones. It passed the House 54-16.

June 14, 2016Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted to let people with one felony and one misdemeanor clear the felony from their record after a waiting period, excluding violent crimes. It passed the House 54-19.

June 13, 2024Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Introduced a bill on March 11, 2026 to let Smithfield require two parking spaces for each small affordable housing unit where transit or parking is scarce. It was held in committee.

March 11, 2026Opposes Housing Affordability

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Introduced a bill on March 11, 2026 to let Smithfield pause new affordable housing permits when projects totaling 250 or more units are proposed. It was held in committee.

March 11, 2026Opposes Housing Affordability

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Voted against barring town zoning rules from capping unrelated people sharing a home at fewer than one per bedroom. It passed the House 49-22.

June 15, 2023Opposes Housing Affordability

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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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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 banning the purchase of a gun for someone 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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Introduced a bill on January 23, 2019 to create a Department of Health program handing out gun safety locks. It was held in committee.

January 23, 2019Supports Gun Control

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Voted to take guns away from people under certain domestic violence restraining orders. It passed the House 56-13.

June 26, 2017Supports Gun Control

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Voted for a bill setting deadlines for reviewing concealed gun carry permit applications and letting applicants appeal denials in court. It passed the House 60-12.

June 17, 2016Opposes 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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Voted against final passage of the Reproductive Privacy Act, which wrote abortion rights under Roe v. Wade into state law. It passed the House 45-29.

June 19, 2019Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

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Voted against letting the Division of Motor Vehicles issue state ID cards to residents who cannot prove lawful presence in the country. The cards cannot be used for voting. It passed the House 60-13.

June 14, 2023Opposes Civil Rights

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Voted against the Let RI Vote Act, which allowed mail voting without an excuse and dropped the witness or notary rule for mail ballots. It passed the House 53-13.

May 17, 2022Opposes Civil Rights

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Voted to let voters with disabilities and military voters use ballots sent to them electronically. It passed the House 48-17.

June 16, 2021Supports Civil Rights

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Voted against the final bill legalizing same-sex marriage in Rhode Island. It passed the House 56-15.

May 2, 2013Opposes Civil Rights

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 27, 2022, that moved all permits for oversize and overweight trucks to the Department of Transportation and raised the fines for violations.

June 27, 2022Supports Public Infrastructure

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 20, 2016, that told the state Department of Transportation to set up a toll-free phone line for reporting potholes.

July 20, 2016Supports Public Infrastructure

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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 on February 11, 2026 to eliminate Rhode Island's estate tax. It stayed in the House Finance Committee.

February 11, 2026

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Sponsored bills giving drivers who cancel a vehicle registration early a credit for the unused part of the fee. Governor McKee vetoed them on July 2, 2025.

July 2, 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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Sponsored a law, which took effect on June 28, 2024 without the governor's signature, that let Smithfield grant tax breaks on industrial, manufacturing and business property for up to 20 years instead of 10.

June 28, 2024

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 26, 2024, that updated casino gaming rules for online gambling and set when the state can charge investigation costs.

June 26, 2024

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 24, 2024, that changed the rules on casino gaming credit and the state's agreement with Bally's to make Rhode Island's casinos more competitive.

June 24, 2024

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Voted for the House overhaul of the Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights, which set a new hearing panel for police discipline. It passed the House 58-14.

May 9, 2024

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Sponsored a bill that let the Division of Motor Vehicles issue one-year registration renewals for the last year of a three-year car lease. Governor McKee vetoed it on June 24, 2023.

June 24, 2023

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Sponsored the law, signed on June 20, 2023, that legalized online casino games (iGaming) for players 21 and older located in Rhode Island, run through the state's casinos.

June 20, 2023

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Voted to legalize online casino gambling (iGaming) in Rhode Island. It passed the House 59-11.

June 15, 2023

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Introduced a bill on March 2, 2022 to raise the state estate tax exemption over eight years until it matches the federal exemption. It stayed in the House Finance Committee.

March 2, 2022

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Sponsored a law, which took effect on July 14, 2021 without the governor's signature, that let Smithfield exempt or freeze taxes on property used for manufacturing or business.

July 14, 2021

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 6, 2021, that raised the yearly flat fee Lincoln and Tiverton receive from their casinos' sports betting to $200,000.

July 6, 2021

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Sponsored a law, which took effect on June 26, 2020 without the governor's signature, that banned heavy trucks of 26,001 pounds or more from Limerock Road in Smithfield and Lincoln.

June 26, 2020

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Sponsored a law, which took effect on July 19, 2019 without the governor's signature, on paying at least three hours of wages to workers who report for a shift, with exceptions for agreed short shifts and college student workers.

July 19, 2019

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Sponsored a law, which took effect on July 19, 2019 without the governor's signature, that freed casinos from the rule requiring bulletproof glass at their check-cashing windows.

July 19, 2019

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 2, 2018, that set rules for how much money public works owners and builders can hold back from subcontractors until a job is finished.

July 2, 2018

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Introduced a bill on March 7, 2018 to cut the minimum business corporation tax from $400 to $250. It stayed in the House Finance Committee.

March 7, 2018

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Sponsored a law, effective without the governor's signature on July 26, 2016, that banned trucks over four tons from the Smith Avenue stretch of Route 116 in Smithfield.

July 26, 2016

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 9, 2015, that raised Smithfield's property tax exemption for war veterans from $4,000 to $10,000.

July 9, 2015

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 8, 2014, that requires doctors who order a Lyme disease test to give patients written information about the limits of current Lyme testing.

July 8, 2014

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Introduced a bill on January 9, 2014 to cut the business corporation tax rate from 9 percent to 7 percent. It stayed in the House Finance Committee.

January 9, 2014

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Introduced a bill on February 27, 2013 to repeal Rhode Island's business corporation tax entirely. It stayed in the House Finance Committee.

February 27, 2013

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