Hanna M. Gallo

Sponsored a law, signed on June 10, 2026, letting dental hygienists be paid by Medicare and other insurers.

June 10, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 24, 2025, letting midwives, nurse practitioners and physician assistants order newborn screening tests.

June 24, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 25, 2024, joining Rhode Island to the interstate compact for physical therapist licenses.

June 25, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 25, 2024, joining Rhode Island to the interstate compact for audiology and speech-language pathology licenses.

June 25, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 2, 2018, requiring health insurance to cover mastectomies.

July 2, 2018Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 30, 2014, setting when a doctor licensed in another state can get a Rhode Island license.

June 30, 2014Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 28, 2011, that let public school districts consider more uniform health plan designs for their workers.

June 28, 2011Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Sponsored a law on group buying of health, dental and vision insurance for teachers and school staff. The governor vetoed it, and it took effect over his veto on January 5, 2010.

January 5, 2010Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 2, 2007, that made HMOs pay doctors for care given while the HMO was still reviewing the doctor's credentials.

July 2, 2007Supports Healthcare Affordability

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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

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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 Senate 23-10.

June 21, 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 Senate 25-10.

June 20, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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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

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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 Senate 27-7.

May 13, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted for a program tracking the energy and water use of large buildings, with energy performance standards. It passed the Senate 31-6.

June 12, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: votes.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 Senate 30-7.

July 1, 2021Supports 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 Senate 28-9.

April 6, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 24, 2016, that created a state fund to cut pollution from heavy diesel engines on state roads.

June 24, 2016Supports Environment and Public Health

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Sponsored a law, which took effect on June 25, 2010, requiring hospitals to give patients written guidance on preventing hospital-acquired infections.

June 25, 2010Supports Environment and Public Health

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Sponsored a law, which took effect on June 26, 2008, requiring schools to post notice when a student has a peanut allergy and to stop selling peanut products in that school's cafeteria.

June 26, 2008Supports Environment and Public Health

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 26, 2008, that added hospital-acquired infections to the problems hospitals must report to the state.

June 26, 2008Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted for raising Rhode Island's minimum wage from $11.50 to $15 an hour over four years. It passed the Senate 29-7.

May 18, 2021Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

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Voted for raising the state minimum wage to $9 an hour in 2015. It passed the Senate 32-5.

June 19, 2014Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

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Voted for raising the state minimum wage to $7.75 an hour starting in 2013. It passed the Senate 26-11.

June 7, 2012Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

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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

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Voted for covering domestic workers in private homes under the state minimum wage law. It passed the Senate 32-5.

June 13, 2024Supports Labor Rights

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 29, 2022, that put building permit fee money toward contractor training grants that give priority to minority-owned businesses and building officials.

June 29, 2022Supports Labor Rights

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 15, 2022, requiring children seeking a special work permit to complete a worker rights training program.

June 15, 2022Supports Labor Rights

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Voted for raising Rhode Island's minimum wage from $11.50 to $15 an hour over four years. It passed the Senate 29-7.

May 18, 2021Supports Labor Rights

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 15, 2019, that let state workers and correctional officers who served under both pension systems combine that service time.

July 15, 2019Supports Labor Rights

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Voted for requiring employers with 18 or more workers to give paid sick days. It passed the Senate 26-8.

June 30, 2017Supports Labor Rights

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 25, 2015, that bans employers from discriminating against workers because of pregnancy and requires reasonable accommodations for pregnancy and childbirth.

June 25, 2015Supports Labor Rights

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Voted for raising the state minimum wage to $9 an hour in 2015. It passed the Senate 32-5.

June 19, 2014Supports Labor Rights

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Voted for raising the state minimum wage to $7.75 an hour starting in 2013. It passed the Senate 26-11.

June 7, 2012Supports Labor Rights

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 6, 2016, that removed outdated licensing rules for engineers, land surveyors and landscape architects.

July 6, 2016Supports Government Efficiency

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 3, 2013, that abolished the state board of bank incorporation.

June 3, 2013Supports Government Efficiency

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Sponsored a law, which took effect on July 16, 2009, that set uniform rules for how school districts accept and spend grants, gifts and donations.

July 16, 2009Supports Government Efficiency

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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 Senate 28-7.

June 20, 2025Opposes Cost of Living Reduction

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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 Senate 28-9.

June 18, 2025Opposes Cost of Living Reduction

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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

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Sponsored a bill creating free, high-quality public pre-kindergarten for all three- and four-year-olds. It passed the Senate on May 17, 2022, and did not pass the House.

May 17, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 21, 2012, that funded full-day kindergarten in up to four school districts.

June 21, 2012Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for the 2011 overhaul of state and municipal worker pensions, which changed benefits and worker contributions. It passed the Senate 34-2.

November 17, 2011Supports Government Spending Reduction

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Sponsored the law, signed on June 23, 2010, that created Rhode Island's permanent funding formula for state aid to public schools.

June 23, 2010Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted to make 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, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 9, 2021, that widened the definition of dating violence to include coercive, emotional, financial and psychological abuse.

July 9, 2021Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 15, 2019, requiring school boards to set up threat assessment teams and policies.

July 15, 2019Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 2, 2018, that brought state sex offender registration rules in line with the federal registration law.

July 2, 2018Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Sponsored Kristen's Law, signed on June 29, 2018, which made selling a drug that causes a death its own crime, punishable by up to life in prison.

June 29, 2018Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 4, 2018, requiring school district safety assessments to go to the state school safety committee every three years.

June 4, 2018Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Sponsored a law, signed on October 5, 2017, limiting registered sex offenders to 10 percent of residents in state-funded housing facilities, with some exceptions.

October 5, 2017Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 19, 2017, setting a November 1 deadline for school building safety assessments.

June 19, 2017Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 12, 2016, requiring colleges to excuse drug or alcohol violations for students who report violence, dating violence, stalking or sexual assault.

July 12, 2016Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 8, 2015, widening the state utilities division's power to set safety rules for natural gas pipelines.

June 8, 2015Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 1, 2014, that raised fines for plumbing law violations from $500 to $1,500 for a first offense.

July 1, 2014Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 11, 2013, requiring school districts to do safety assessments with local police and fire departments.

July 11, 2013Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 11, 2013, requiring school committees to review and update school safety and emergency plans every year.

July 11, 2013Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Sponsored a law, which took effect on June 25, 2010, requiring local building inspectors to be certified by the International Code Council.

June 25, 2010Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 2, 2008, that made it a felony for a registered sex offender to be within 500 feet of a school.

July 2, 2008Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Sponsored a law, which took effect on June 11, 2026, letting Cranston set up a housing division within its municipal court.

June 11, 2026Supports Housing Affordability

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 24, 2024, barring towns from limiting unrelated people living together below one person per bedroom, up to five people per home.

June 24, 2024Supports Housing Affordability

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 18, 2026, letting crime victims use more of their state award for moving costs, without raising the total award.

June 18, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 30, 2017, letting children who witness a homicide or domestic violence get help from the crime victims fund.

June 30, 2017Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Sponsored a law, signed on May 17, 2016, raising crime victim aid for burial costs from $8,000 to $10,000 and for emergency moving costs from $2,000 to $5,000.

May 17, 2016Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 18, 2013, letting the motor vehicle division issue temporary disability parking permits while people wait for their disability plates.

June 18, 2013Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 12, 2012, that focused a state business program on helping small businesses owned by people with disabilities.

June 12, 2012Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Sponsored a law, which took effect on July 8, 2008, directing the state human services department to seek more federal money for job training for food stamp recipients.

July 8, 2008Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 21, 2023, that lets people earn a bachelor's degree at public colleges using credits from apprenticeships.

June 21, 2023Supports Public Education Quality

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 20, 2022, that kept speech-language therapy as a special education service after a child turns nine.

June 20, 2022Supports Public Education Quality

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 15, 2022, letting physical therapists treat students at school without a prescription when it is part of the student's special education plan.

June 15, 2022Supports Public Education Quality

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Sponsored a bill creating free, high-quality public pre-kindergarten for all three- and four-year-olds. It passed the Senate on May 17, 2022, and did not pass the House.

May 17, 2022Supports Public Education Quality

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Sponsored a bill creating a state office of early childhood development and learning. It passed the Senate on May 17, 2022, and did not pass the House.

May 17, 2022Supports Public Education Quality

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 9, 2021, guaranteeing students the right to enroll in approved career and technical programs, even outside their home district.

July 9, 2021Supports Public Education Quality

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 7, 2021, requiring public high school students, starting with the class of 2022, to complete civics education to graduate.

July 7, 2021Supports Public Education Quality

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 8, 2019, requiring the education commissioner to set statewide academic standards and curriculum frameworks for core subjects.

July 8, 2019Supports Public Education Quality

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Sponsored a bill capping kindergarten through second grade classes at 20 students. It passed the Senate on June 18, 2019, and did not pass the House.

June 18, 2019Supports Public Education Quality

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 19, 2017, keeping special education services for students who turn 21 until the end of that school semester or their program.

July 19, 2017Supports Public Education Quality

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 19, 2017, naming the College Crusade of Rhode Island to run the state's college access program and its scholarships.

July 19, 2017Supports Public Education Quality

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 27, 2017, requiring distance learning schools to be accredited by a recognized regional agency to operate or grant degrees in Rhode Island.

June 27, 2017Supports Public Education Quality

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 7, 2016, that let the Rhode Island Student Loan Authority refinance student loans.

July 7, 2016Supports Public Education Quality

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 10, 2015, that set rules and standards for distance learning programs.

July 10, 2015Supports Public Education Quality

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 3, 2014, that told the state to rank school districts and give priority in state aid to full-day kindergarten programs.

July 3, 2014Supports Public Education Quality

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 15, 2013, treating the Urban Collaborative program as a school district so it could receive state aid, grants and Medicaid money for its students.

July 15, 2013Supports Public Education Quality

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Sponsored the Full-Day Kindergarten Accessibility Act, signed on July 15, 2013.

July 15, 2013Supports Public Education Quality

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 15, 2013, that created the Rhode Island Teachers' Advisory Council.

July 15, 2013Supports Public Education Quality

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 21, 2012, that funded full-day kindergarten in up to four school districts.

June 21, 2012Supports Public Education Quality

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 20, 2012, to widen access to advanced placement courses for all students in Rhode Island public high schools.

June 20, 2012Supports Public Education Quality

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 1, 2011, requiring the state education department to write rules for career and technical education and report results each year.

July 1, 2011Supports Public Education Quality

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Sponsored a law, which took effect on June 25, 2010, requiring school committee members to take six hours of training.

June 25, 2010Supports Public Education Quality

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Sponsored the law, signed on June 23, 2010, that created Rhode Island's permanent funding formula for state aid to public schools.

June 23, 2010Supports Public Education Quality

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Sponsored a bill creating a permanent state school aid formula (the Education Adequacy Act). It passed the Senate on June 26, 2009, and did not become law that year.

June 26, 2009Supports Public Education Quality

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Sponsored a law, which took effect on July 8, 2008, that made the state education department, instead of each school committee, furnish textbooks to students.

July 8, 2008Supports Public Education Quality

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Sponsored a law, which took effect on July 7, 2007, that banned selling academic degrees earned mainly by paying a fee and getting credit for life experience.

July 7, 2007Supports Public Education Quality

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Sponsored a law, which took effect on July 6, 2007, letting career and technical charter schools collect the sending district's average special education cost for students with special education plans.

July 6, 2007Supports 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 Senate 25-11.

June 20, 2025Supports Gun Control

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Voted for requiring gun owners to store firearms safely, with penalties for violations. It passed the Senate 30-7.

June 6, 2024Supports Gun Control

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Voted for raising the minimum age to buy guns or ammunition from 18 to 21. It passed the Senate 32-5.

June 14, 2022Supports Gun Control

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Voted for banning carrying a loaded rifle or shotgun in public, with exceptions such as hunting and police work. It passed the Senate 32-5.

June 14, 2022Supports Gun Control

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Voted for banning buying a gun for someone who may not legally have one and raising penalties for lying on gun purchase forms. It passed the Senate 25-12.

July 1, 2021Supports Gun Control

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Voted for shielding Rhode Island health care providers from lawsuits and prosecution by other states over reproductive and gender-affirming care. It passed the Senate 31-6.

June 13, 2024Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

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Voted for covering abortion in Medicaid and state employee health plans. It passed the Senate 24-13.

May 18, 2023Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

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Voted for the Reproductive Privacy Act, which wrote abortion rights under Roe v. Wade into state law. It passed the Senate 21-17.

June 19, 2019Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

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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

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Voted for requiring voters to show identification at the polls, with a provisional ballot for those without it. It passed the Senate 27-6.

May 12, 2011Supports Election Integrity

Source: votes.rilegislature.gov

Voted for shielding Rhode Island health care providers from lawsuits and prosecution by other states over reproductive and gender-affirming care. It passed the Senate 31-6.

June 13, 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 Senate 32-6.

May 24, 2022Supports Civil Rights

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 25, 2015, that bans employers from discriminating against workers because of pregnancy and requires reasonable accommodations for pregnancy and childbirth.

June 25, 2015Supports Civil Rights

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 18, 2013, that banned property and casualty insurers from discriminating against victims of domestic abuse.

June 18, 2013Supports Civil Rights

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Voted for the bill legalizing same-sex marriage in Rhode Island. It passed the Senate 26-12.

April 24, 2013Supports Civil Rights

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Sponsored a law, signed on May 22, 2012, requiring public places to turn on closed captioning on their televisions when asked.

May 22, 2012Supports Civil Rights

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Sponsored a law, which took effect on June 26, 2026, that raised the repair-cost threshold for totaling a car to 75 to 85 percent of its value, and let the owner decide in that range.

June 26, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

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Sponsored a law, which took effect on July 5, 2025, that made it an unfair practice for an insurer to total a car when repairs cost less than 75 to 80 percent of its value.

July 5, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 2, 2025, requiring the appraisers and umpire who settle home insurance damage disputes to be neutral, with costs shared equally.

July 2, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

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Sponsored a law, which took effect on June 28, 2024, that widened the list of unfair insurance claim practices.

June 28, 2024Supports Corporate Accountability

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Sponsored a law, which took effect on June 27, 2023, requiring insurers who total a person's car to pay for a rental car for at least seven more days.

June 27, 2023Supports Corporate Accountability

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 19, 2023, requiring sellers or makers of assistive devices to keep records of reported defects and repairs, making consumer rights easier to enforce.

June 19, 2023Supports Corporate Accountability

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 28, 2018, requiring home insurance to cover vandalism unless the home had been vacant more than 60 days.

June 28, 2018Supports Corporate Accountability

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Sponsored a law, signed on October 4, 2017, requiring the state to publish a list of companies that failed to pay required fees and taxes.

October 4, 2017Supports Corporate Accountability

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 20, 2012, requiring life insurance sales to be suitable for the buyer and letting families ask the state to search for a dead relative's policies.

June 20, 2012Supports Corporate Accountability

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Sponsored a law, which took effect on July 8, 2008, requiring car loan contracts to show the loan term and interest rate prominently, next to the buyer's initials or signature.

July 8, 2008Supports 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 Senate 28-9.

June 18, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure

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Voted to let Rhode Island's electric utility buy nuclear power and sign long-term contracts for it. It passed the Senate 23-14.

June 18, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: legiscan.com

Voted for tolls on large commercial trucks to pay for bridge repairs. It passed the Senate 25-12.

February 11, 2016Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: votes.rilegislature.gov

Sponsored a law, signed on June 18, 2026, letting candidates and officials use campaign funds for home and office security in response to threats.

June 18, 2026

Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov

Sponsored the Rhode Island Kratom Act, signed on July 2, 2025, which legalized and regulated kratom sales and banned mixing kratom with dangerous substances.

July 2, 2025

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 30, 2025, that set licensing standards for speech-language pathologists and audiologists.

June 30, 2025

Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov

Won re-election to the Rhode Island Senate for District 27 on November 5, 2024, without an opponent on the ballot, with 11,554 votes (94.2 percent).

November 5, 2024

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Sponsored a law, which took effect on June 28, 2024, that barred insurers from refusing to use certain aftermarket car parts when the owner consents in writing.

June 28, 2024

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Sponsored a bill to legalize and regulate kratom sales with labeling rules. It passed both chambers, and the governor vetoed it on June 26, 2024.

June 26, 2024

Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov

Sponsored a law, signed on June 25, 2024, exempting out-of-state businesses and their workers who help during declared disasters from state and local business rules and taxes.

June 25, 2024

Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov

Voted for requiring mail ballot drop boxes to open 35 days before an election. It passed the Senate 32-5.

June 11, 2024

Source: votes.rilegislature.gov

Voted for the overhaul of the Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights, which changed how police discipline hearings work. It passed the Senate 33-4.

June 6, 2024

Source: votes.rilegislature.gov

Presided over the Rhode Island Senate in spring 2024 while Senate President Dominick Ruggerio was out sick, sharing the duty with Senator Matthew LaMountain.

May 29, 2024

Source: rhodeislandcurrent.com

Sponsored a law, signed on June 26, 2023, that changed the rules for education services to very young children.

June 26, 2023

Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov

Sponsored a law, signed on June 23, 2023, adding national touring shows to the state's theater production tax credits and extending the credits to 2027.

June 23, 2023

Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov

Was elected president pro tempore of the Rhode Island Senate by fellow senators, a role that presides over the Senate when the president is absent. The Senate announced it on January 10, 2023.

January 10, 2023

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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 Senate 32-6.

May 24, 2022

Source: votes.rilegislature.gov

Sponsored a law, signed on February 16, 2022, that removed the end date on restaurants selling alcoholic drinks with takeout food orders.

February 16, 2022

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 2, 2021, that let restaurants sell alcoholic drinks with takeout food orders for a limited time.

July 2, 2021

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Sponsored a bill to treat any charter school that serves elementary, middle or high school grades as a network charter school. It passed both chambers, and the governor vetoed it on July 19, 2017.

July 19, 2017

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Sponsored a law, which took effect on July 13, 2016, requiring a local ordinance supporting a new charter school and making the state weigh the effect on sending districts before approving charter schools.

July 13, 2016

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Sponsored a law, signed on May 23, 2016, that renamed the state women's commission the Rhode Island Commission on Women and Girls.

May 23, 2016

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Sponsored a law, which took effect on July 20, 2013, allowing schools to hold single-sex events, such as father-daughter dances, if comparable events are offered to the other sex.

July 20, 2013

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 11, 2013, that kept individual teacher evaluations out of the state's public records law.

July 11, 2013

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 11, 2012, that ended the waiting period before a grandparent can ask a court for visitation.

June 11, 2012

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 21, 2011, that removed the state labor director from the Beacon Mutual Insurance board and added a governor's appointee.

June 21, 2011

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 6, 2011, that changed how psychologists are licensed and disciplined.

June 6, 2011

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Sponsored a law, which took effect on June 25, 2010, that replaced the state's licensing law for radiologic technologists with a revised one.

June 25, 2010

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Voted against letting voters decide on state-run casino gambling at Twin River and Newport Grand. It passed the Senate 21-14.

June 11, 2010

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Sponsored a law, which took effect on June 14, 2007, that updated licensing rules for speech-language pathologists and audiologists.

June 14, 2007

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Voted for making Rhode Island's medical marijuana law permanent. It passed the Senate 28-5.

May 3, 2007

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Voted on January 3, 2006, for the Medical Marijuana Act, which protected seriously ill patients and their caregivers from arrest for medical marijuana use. It passed the Senate 30-5.

January 3, 2006

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