Ana B Quezada
Democratic · RI · Rhode Island State Senator, District 2
Ana B. Quezada is a Democratic state senator from Providence, first elected in 2016, and Deputy Senate Majority Whip. She sponsored the law raising the state minimum wage to $15 an hour and a law covering doula services under private insurance.
Where Ana B Quezada stands, based on their records
Supports
Environment and Public Health (4 records), Labor Rights (3 records), Cost of Living Reduction (1 record),
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 4 support
Voted to ban plants that burn or chemically break down waste and plastics into fuel at the Quonset industrial park until June 2027. It passed the Senate 29-9.
June 10, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to require that cosmetic procedures at medical spas be done by a doctor or by staff a doctor supervises on site. It passed the Senate 28-9.
June 17, 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 Senate 27-7.
May 13, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: legiscan.com
Voted yes on the 2021 Act on Climate (2021-H 5445A), a state climate law. It passed the Senate 28-9.
April 6, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: rilegislature.gov
Track record — Labor Rights
Labor Rights · 3 support
Voted to treat a police officer's heart disease, stroke or high blood pressure as a job-related disability, as firefighters are already treated. It passed the Senate 29-8.
May 15, 2025Supports Labor Rights
Source: legiscan.com
Joined the governor as he signed the law raising Rhode Island's minimum wage from $11.50 to $15 by 2025 (2021-S 0001). The governor credited her work on the bill.
May 20, 2021Supports Labor Rights
Source: governor.ri.gov
Voted yes on the Healthy and Safe Families and Workplaces Act (2017-H 5413B) in the Senate's final vote. It passed 26-7.
September 19, 2017Supports Labor Rights
Source: rilegislature.gov
Track record — Cost of Living Reduction
Cost of Living Reduction · 1 support
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 Senate 28-7.
June 20, 2025Supports Cost of Living Reduction
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Immigration
Immigration · 1 support
Voted to keep federal immigration agents at least 200 feet from any polling place while voting is going on. It passed the Senate 29-8.
June 9, 2026Supports Immigration
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties · 2 support
Issued a public statement criticizing ICE officers' arrest of a teenage court intern at Rhode Island Superior Court.
November 21, 2025Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: rilegislature.gov
Sponsored a bill to permanently restart statewide collection of race data on police traffic stops and searches (2024-S 2137). The Senate passed it.
January 25, 2024Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: rilegislature.gov
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 6 support
Voted to make towns answer a written zoning question within 20 days instead of 15, and to let the applicant appeal that answer. It passed the Senate 28-7.
June 21, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to require town zoning rules to allow attached single-family homes, such as townhouses, in designated districts. It passed the Senate 23-12.
June 20, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to define co-living housing, where residents rent a private room and share a kitchen or bath, and let towns allow it. It passed the Senate 25-10.
June 20, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to require town zoning rules to allow homes in commercial districts, including apartments above shops. It passed the Senate 25-10.
June 20, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to require town zoning rules to allow housing other than detached single-family homes in sewered areas inside the urban services boundary. It passed the Senate 23-12.
June 20, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: legiscan.com
Sponsored a law allowing vacant school buildings to be reused as affordable housing. It was signed into law in 2022.
July 5, 2022Supports Housing Affordability
Source: rilegislature.gov
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 1 support
Sponsored a bill requiring the state education department to write a model policy for dual language immersion programs (2022-S 2284). The General Assembly passed it.
June 22, 2022Supports Public Education Quality
Source: rilegislature.gov
Track record — Gun Control
Gun Control · 1 support
Voted to ban the sale, manufacture and purchase of assault-style firearms in Rhode Island starting July 2026. It passed the Senate 25-11.
June 20, 2025Supports Gun Control
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Women's Reproductive Rights
Women's Reproductive Rights · 2 support
Voted yes on the Equality in Abortion Coverage bill (2023-S 32). It passed the Senate 24-13.
May 18, 2023Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: rilegislature.gov
Voted yes on the Reproductive Privacy Act (2019-H 5125B). It passed the Senate 21-17.
June 19, 2019Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: rilegislature.gov
Track record — Election Integrity
Election Integrity · 1 support
Voted to keep federal immigration agents at least 200 feet from any polling place while voting is going on. It passed the Senate 29-8.
June 9, 2026Supports Election Integrity
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 2 support
Sponsored a law keeping immigration agents at least 200 feet from polling places during voting. It was ceremonially signed on July 24, 2026.
July 24, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: rilegislature.gov
Sponsored a students' bill of rights banning discrimination in public schools based on race, sex, gender, income, or disability (2022-S 2288). The Senate passed it.
May 24, 2022Supports Civil Rights
Source: rilegislature.gov
Track record — Corporate Accountability
Corporate Accountability · 1 support
Sponsored a law ending the exception that let payday lenders operate in Rhode Island. It was signed into law in 2025.
July 2, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: rilegislature.gov
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 1 support
Sponsored a bill requiring corrosion work on state-funded projects to meet industry safety standards. The General Assembly approved it.
June 9, 2022Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: rilegislature.gov
Track record — General
General · 9 records
Voted against making it a crime for a prisoner to use force or a weapon to resist a lawful order from a corrections officer. It passed the Senate 25-13.
June 11, 2026
Source: legiscan.com
Sponsored two bills shortening how long people must wait to clear old criminal records (2026-S 2964, 2026-S 2983). The Senate passed both.
May 28, 2026
Source: rilegislature.gov
Voted against making kratom legal to sell to adults 21 and over under labeling rules. Opponents wanted the product kept off the shelf. It passed the Senate 23-10.
June 21, 2025
Source: legiscan.com
Voted against replacing the 10-member coastal council with a 7-member board of environmental experts. It passed the Senate 25-10.
June 20, 2025
Source: legiscan.com
Voted yes on the state budget for the year ending June 30, 2026 (2025-H 5076A). It passed the Senate 32-4.
June 20, 2025
Source: rilegislature.gov
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 Senate 28-9.
June 18, 2025
Source: legiscan.com
Voted against letting Rhode Island's electric utility buy nuclear power and sign long-term contracts for it. It passed the Senate 23-14.
June 18, 2025
Source: legiscan.com
Sponsored a law requiring the state to publish a handbook of landlord and tenant rights in English and Spanish. It became law in 2023.
June 22, 2023
Source: rilegislature.gov
Voted yes on the Rhode Island Cannabis Act (2022-S 2430A). It passed the Senate 32-6.
May 24, 2022
Source: rilegislature.gov
Past race Ana B Quezada ran in:
- Senator in General Assembly · November 3, 2026 · State Senate District 2; Rhode Island · incumbent