Justine Caldwell
Democratic · RI · Rhode Island State Representative, District 30
Democratic state representative for East Greenwich and West Greenwich since 2018, a Deputy Majority Leader and chair of the House Conduct Committee. She sponsored the 2022 ban on high-capacity gun magazines and the 2024 safe gun storage law.
Where Justine Caldwell stands, based on their records
Supports
Healthcare Affordability (2 records), Environment and Public Health (7 records), Reduce Wealth Gap (1 record),
Opposes
Cost of Living Reduction (2 records), Government Spending Reduction (2 records)
Track record
Track record — Healthcare Affordability
Healthcare Affordability · 2 support
Sponsored a law, signed on June 22, 2026, setting new duties and transparency rules for pharmacy benefit managers, the middlemen that run drug plans for insurers.
June 22, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov
Sponsored a law, signed on June 24, 2024, requiring health insurers to cover drugs given by a doctor in their office under certain conditions.
June 24, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 7 support
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
Source: legiscan.com
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
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to require that all of Rhode Island's electricity come from renewable sources by 2033. It passed the House 56-13.
June 14, 2022Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: votes.rilegislature.gov
Sponsored a law, signed on July 9, 2021, banning new high-heat medical waste processing plants in certain environmentally sensitive areas. It passed the House 44-22.
July 9, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov
Voted for the 2021 Act on Climate, which made the state's greenhouse gas reduction targets mandatory. It passed the House 53-22.
March 23, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: votes.rilegislature.gov
Sponsored a law, signed on July 8, 2019, requiring pharmacies to post a state list of the most prescribed opioid drugs with warnings about addiction, overdose and mixing them with alcohol or other drugs.
July 8, 2019Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov
Track record — Reduce Wealth Gap
Reduce Wealth Gap · 1 support
Voted to raise Rhode Island's minimum wage from $11.50 to $15 an hour over four years. It passed the House 58-16.
May 6, 2021Supports Reduce Wealth Gap
Source: votes.rilegislature.gov
Track record — Labor Rights
Labor Rights · 1 support
Voted to raise Rhode Island's minimum wage from $11.50 to $15 an hour over four years. It passed the House 58-16.
May 6, 2021Supports Labor Rights
Source: votes.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 — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 2 oppose
Sponsored a law, signed on June 12, 2023, letting East Greenwich borrow up to $180 million in bonds to build and renovate its public schools.
June 12, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov
Sponsored a law, signed on February 12, 2021, letting the Exeter-West Greenwich Regional School District borrow up to $17,840,000 in bonds to repair and improve its schools.
February 12, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 3 support
Sponsored a law, signed on June 24, 2025, that created the crime of attempted kidnapping of a minor.
June 24, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov
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
Sponsored a law, signed on May 28, 2024, letting violent crime victims use up to $1,000 of their state compensation award to make their homes safer, such as adding security systems.
May 28, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov
Track record — Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties · 2 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
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 — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 3 support
Sponsored a law, signed on June 18, 2026, creating a state food-as-medicine pilot program and task force run by the health and human services office.
June 18, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov
Sponsored a law, signed on June 10, 2026, ending transaction fees for school lunch payments. The state must make sure families have at least one free way to pay.
June 10, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov
Introduced a bill to give free school lunch to every public school student. She filed universal free school meal bills again in 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026, and none passed the House.
January 18, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov
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, signed on June 12, 2023, letting East Greenwich borrow up to $180 million in bonds to build and renovate its public schools.
June 12, 2023Supports Public Education Quality
Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov
Sponsored a law, signed on February 12, 2021, letting the Exeter-West Greenwich Regional School District borrow up to $17,840,000 in bonds to repair and improve its schools.
February 12, 2021Supports Public Education Quality
Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov
Track record — Gun Control
Gun Control · 10 support
Introduced a bill requiring gun owners to carry at least $1 million in liability insurance, with police and military exempt. A House committee held it for further study.
February 27, 2026Supports Gun Control
Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov
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
Sponsored the safe gun storage law, signed on June 13, 2024, which requires gun owners to lock up firearms when not in use and adds penalties for violations. It passed the House 46-24.
June 13, 2024Supports Gun Control
Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov
Sponsored the 2022 law, signed on June 20, 2022, that made it a felony to possess a gun magazine holding more than 10 rounds, punishable by up to five years in prison. It passed the House 43-27.
June 20, 2022Supports Gun Control
Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov
Voted to raise the minimum age to buy guns or ammunition from 18 to 21. It passed the House 53-15.
June 10, 2022Supports Gun Control
Source: votes.rilegislature.gov
Voted to ban guns on school grounds, except for police and school security. It passed the House 44-28.
June 30, 2021Supports Gun Control
Source: votes.rilegislature.gov
Voted to ban buying a gun for someone who is not allowed to have one and to raise penalties for lying on gun purchase forms. It passed the House 46-27.
June 30, 2021Supports Gun Control
Source: votes.rilegislature.gov
Introduced a bill to require a background check before anyone can buy ammunition. She filed it again in 2022 and 2026, and a House committee held it each time.
June 29, 2021Supports Gun Control
Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov
Spoke for the House sponsors at a State House press conference on June 8, 2021, urging passage of gun safety bills, including safe storage and limits on high-capacity magazines.
June 8, 2021Supports Gun Control
Source: governor.ri.gov
Introduced a bill to ban the sale, transfer and possession of assault weapons, with existing ones kept legal if registered. She filed it again in 2020, 2021 and 2022, and the House never passed it.
February 27, 2019Supports Gun Control
Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov
Track record — Women's Reproductive Rights
Women's Reproductive Rights · 3 support
Voted to shield 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, 2024Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: votes.rilegislature.gov
Voted to cover abortion in Medicaid and state employee health plans. It passed the House 49-24.
April 27, 2023Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: votes.rilegislature.gov
Voted for 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, 2019Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: votes.rilegislature.gov
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
Voted to shield 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, 2024Supports Civil Rights
Source: votes.rilegislature.gov
Voted for 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, 2022Supports Civil Rights
Source: votes.rilegislature.gov
Voted to allow electronic ballots for voters with disabilities and military voters. It passed the House 48-17.
June 16, 2021Supports Civil Rights
Source: votes.rilegislature.gov
Track record — Corporate Accountability
Corporate Accountability · 3 support
Sponsored a law, signed on June 22, 2026, setting new duties and transparency rules for pharmacy benefit managers, the middlemen that run drug plans for insurers.
June 22, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov
Introduced a bill requiring online platforms to turn off open chat by default for young users and to get a parent's approval for children's purchases on gaming and social media sites. A House committee held it for further study.
February 12, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov
Sponsored a law, signed on July 8, 2019, barring life insurers from denying or limiting coverage just because a person has a prescription for naloxone, the overdose-reversal drug.
July 8, 2019Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 1 support
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 · 16 records
Received the endorsement of Planned Parenthood Votes! Rhode Island PAC for her 2026 House District 30 race. Also received this endorsement in 2022.
July 23, 2026
Source: plannedparenthoodaction.org
Sponsored a law, signed on June 19, 2026, that puts day camp and overnight camp staff under the state's child abuse and neglect law as people responsible for a child's welfare.
June 19, 2026
Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov
Sponsored a law, signed on June 10, 2026, letting dental hygienists be paid by Medicare and other third-party insurers.
June 10, 2026
Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov
Sponsored a law, signed on July 1, 2025, letting charities with $1 million or less in yearly income file an IRS Form 990 or other approved statements to meet the state's financial reporting rules.
July 1, 2025
Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov
Sponsored a law, signed on June 25, 2024, joining Rhode Island to a multistate compact that lets licensed social workers practice across member states.
June 25, 2024
Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov
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, 2024
Source: votes.rilegislature.gov
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
Source: votes.rilegislature.gov
Voted to legalize online casino gambling (iGaming) in Rhode Island. It passed the House 59-11.
June 15, 2023
Source: votes.rilegislature.gov
Was named one of 12 deputy majority leaders of the Rhode Island House by Speaker Joseph Shekarchi on January 31, 2023.
January 31, 2023
Source: bostonglobe.com
Sponsored a law, signed on June 27, 2022, letting recent master's of social work graduates practice under a licensed clinical social worker's supervision before they get their own license.
June 27, 2022
Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov
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
Source: votes.rilegislature.gov
Sponsored a law, signed on July 14, 2021, letting candidates use campaign funds to pay for child care needed because of campaign activity.
July 14, 2021
Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov
Voted for a two-year pilot of harm reduction centers, where people can use drugs they already have under medical supervision. It passed the House 63-9.
June 29, 2021
Source: votes.rilegislature.gov
Received the endorsement of Climate Action Rhode Island for her 2020 re-election race in House District 30.
October 20, 2020
Source: world.350.org
Sponsored a law, signed on June 7, 2019, letting East Greenwich set different property tax rates for different classes of property in any year and exempt small businesses from the tax on business equipment.
June 7, 2019
Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov
Introduced a bill banning the use of seclusion rooms in schools except to prevent immediate injury to a student or others. A House committee held it for further study.
February 27, 2019
Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov
Past race Justine Caldwell ran in:
- Representative in General Assembly · November 3, 2026 · State House District 30; Rhode Island · incumbent