Kathleen A. Fogarty

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

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Sponsored a 2025 law, signed on July 2, 2025, that added consumer protections for people who buy Medicare supplement (Medigap) insurance.

July 2, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Sponsored a 2024 law, signed on June 25, 2024, that joined Rhode Island to an interstate compact letting licensed professional counselors practice across member states.

June 25, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Sponsored a 2024 law, signed on June 17, 2024, that lets pharmacies transfer electronic prescriptions to another pharmacy when a patient asks.

June 17, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Sponsored a 2023 law, signed on June 24, 2023, that requires health insurance to cover extra breast cancer screenings for people told they have dense breast tissue.

June 24, 2023Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Sponsored the 2022 law, signed on June 29, 2022, that joined Rhode Island to the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact, which makes it easier for doctors to be licensed in several states.

June 29, 2022Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Sponsored a 2022 law, signed on June 27, 2022, that created an entry-level license so new mental health counselors and family therapists can practice under supervision before full licensing.

June 27, 2022Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Sponsored a 2026 law, signed on June 18, 2026, that requires state education and health officials to set rules for giving seizure rescue medicine to students with epilepsy at school.

June 18, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

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Sponsored a 2025 law, signed on June 24, 2025, that created a $25 yearly commercial fishing license for invasive green crabs, which harm shellfish and eelgrass.

June 24, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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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 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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Sponsored a 2022 law, signed on June 29, 2022, that requires state building code officials to consider climate change when judging flood risk below dams.

June 29, 2022Supports Environment and Public Health

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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

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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

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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

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Voted to raise 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, 2015Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

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

June 2, 2015Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

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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

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Voted to require employers with 18 or more workers to give paid sick days, rising to five days a year. It passed the House 56-14.

June 29, 2017Supports Labor Rights

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Sponsored a 2016 law, signed on July 20, 2016, that stops employers from taking unauthorized deductions out of workers' pay.

July 20, 2016Supports Labor Rights

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Voted to raise 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, 2015Supports Labor Rights

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

June 2, 2015Supports Labor Rights

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Sponsored a 2025 law, signed on June 24, 2025, that requires state agencies to use the state-run print shop for large print jobs.

June 24, 2025Supports Government Efficiency

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Sponsored a 2015 law, signed on July 9, 2015, that made the secretary of state solely responsible for buying and overseeing the state's voting equipment.

July 9, 2015Supports 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 2022 resolution, passed by the House on June 23, 2022 and signed into law, that approved up to $356 million in borrowing to build new apartment-style dorms at the University of Rhode Island.

June 23, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted on the South Kingstown Town Council against adding $7,000 of town money for the Southern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce to the budget. It passed 3-2.

March 19, 2012Supports Government Spending Reduction

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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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Sponsored a bill making it a crime to falsely report a shooting or other dangerous event. The House passed it on June 13, 2023, but the Senate did not act on it.

June 13, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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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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Sponsored the 2017 law, signed on September 27, 2017, that banned drivers from using a hand-held phone while driving, with fines for violations. Police and emergencies are exempt.

September 27, 2017Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Sponsored a 2016 law, which took effect on July 26, 2016, that required the state 911 system to accept emergency calls by text message or internet.

July 26, 2016Supports 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 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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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

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Sponsored a 2025 law, signed on June 24, 2025, that sets the tax value of owner-occupied low- and moderate-income homes at their most recent sale price.

June 24, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

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Sponsored a 2022 law, signed on June 27, 2022, that required the state human services agency to make a plan to simplify food stamp (SNAP) applications and renewals for people 60 and older.

June 27, 2022Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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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

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Sponsored a 2022 resolution, passed by the House on June 23, 2022 and signed into law, that approved up to $356 million in borrowing to build new apartment-style dorms at the University of Rhode Island.

June 23, 2022Supports Public Education Quality

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Sponsored a 2016 law, signed on June 27, 2016, that requires public schools to give children in kindergarten through fifth grade at least 20 minutes of free-play recess each day.

June 27, 2016Supports Public Education Quality

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

May 28, 2024Supports Gun Control

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

June 10, 2022Supports Gun Control

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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

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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

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

June 30, 2021Supports 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 against 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, 2016Supports Gun Control

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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

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

April 27, 2023Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

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Voted for 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, 2019Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

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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

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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 Civil Rights

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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

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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

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Sponsored a 2021 law, signed on July 14, 2021, that made it unprofessional conduct for a doctor to perform a pelvic exam on an unconscious or anesthetized patient without her consent.

July 14, 2021Supports Civil Rights

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Sponsored a 2025 law, signed on July 2, 2025, that added consumer protections for people who buy Medicare supplement (Medigap) insurance.

July 2, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

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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, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure

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Sponsored a 2022 law, signed on June 29, 2022, that requires state building code officials to consider climate change when judging flood risk below dams.

June 29, 2022Supports Public Infrastructure

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Voted for tolls on large commercial trucks, with passenger cars barred from tolls, to pay for bridge repairs. It passed the House 52-21.

February 10, 2016Supports Public Infrastructure

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Received the endorsement of Planned Parenthood Votes! Rhode Island PAC for her 2026 House District 35 race.

September 21, 2026

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Received Clean Water Action's endorsement for her 2026 House race.

August 10, 2026

Source: cleanwater.org

Was named first assistant speaker of the Rhode Island House by new Speaker Christopher Blazejewski in May 2026.

May 15, 2026

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Sponsored a 2025 law, signed on June 23, 2025, that requires cities and towns to keep an updated list of public rights-of-way to the shore.

June 23, 2025

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Received Clean Water Action Rhode Island's endorsement for her 2024 House District 35 race.

August 9, 2024

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Sponsored the rules of the Rhode Island House for 2023 and 2024 as chair of the House Rules Committee. The House adopted them on January 26, 2023.

January 26, 2023

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Sponsored a 2022 law, signed on June 27, 2022, that changed how University of Rhode Island trustees are chosen: the governor appoints them to three-year terms with state Senate approval.

June 27, 2022

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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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Sponsored a 2021 law, signed on July 6, 2021, that lets commercial fishermen with a state dealer license sell live lobsters, crabs and whelk directly from the dock.

July 6, 2021

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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

Was named chair of the House Special Legislation Committee by Speaker Joe Shekarchi in January 2021.

January 30, 2021

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Sponsored the 2018 Rhode Island Seed Act, signed on July 2, 2018, which gave the state environmental agency sole power to regulate farm and vegetable seeds.

July 2, 2018

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Voted on the South Kingstown Town Council against a property tax break, capped at $7,000, for the Southern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce office. It passed 3-2.

January 23, 2012

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Voted on the South Kingstown Town Council against letting a film crew use protected open space at Bayfield Farm to shoot the movie Moonrise Kingdom. It passed 3-2.

April 11, 2011

Source: clerkshq.com

As South Kingstown Town Council president, voted to adopt the town's budget for the 2010-2011 fiscal year. It passed the council 4-1.

May 3, 2010

Source: clerkshq.com