Bridget G Valverde

Sponsored a law, signed on June 27, 2025, that bars insurers, drug benefit managers and drug makers from treating clinics and hospitals in the 340B drug discount program unfairly.

June 27, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Sponsored the Equality in Abortion Coverage Act, signed on May 18, 2023, which added abortion coverage to Medicaid and ended the ban on abortion coverage in state employee health plans.

May 18, 2023Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 30, 2022, that requires hospitals to accept payment for all-inclusive elderly care (PACE) at no more than what Medicare would pay.

June 30, 2022Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 27, 2022, that lets pregnant women sign up for health insurance at any time during pregnancy.

June 27, 2022Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Introduced a bill on March 10, 2022, to cap patient costs for specialty drugs at $150 for a 30-day supply. It was held in committee.

March 10, 2022Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Introduced a bill on March 1, 2022, to raise the income limit for Medicaid coverage of pregnant people from 250 to 400 percent of the federal poverty level. It was held in committee.

March 1, 2022Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 22, 2026, that bans any thermal waste conversion plant, such as pyrolysis, at the Quonset industrial park until June 1, 2027.

June 22, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 18, 2026, that requires schools to report waste audits and vendors to report on recycling program participation.

June 18, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

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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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Introduced a bill on March 4, 2026, to set up a deposit and return program for beverage containers run by the state environment department. It was held in committee; she had filed bottle bills since 2021.

March 4, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

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Introduced a bill on March 4, 2026, to ban selling over-the-counter diet pills and muscle-building supplements to minors. It was held in committee.

March 4, 2026Supports 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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Sponsored a law, signed on June 26, 2024, that requires developers of ground-mounted solar farms to file a plan with the town for taking the system down.

June 26, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 25, 2024, that updated the notice patients get after a mammogram to follow national FDA reporting standards.

June 25, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 17, 2024, that delayed the state ban on PFAS chemicals in food packaging to January 1, 2025, and in processing agents to July 1, 2027.

June 17, 2024Opposes Environment and Public Health

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Sponsored a bill barring utilities from limiting net metering sites based on past energy use and requiring credit to customers for unused solar power. It passed the Senate 37-0 on June 13, 2024.

June 13, 2024Supports 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 on June 12, 2024.

June 12, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

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Introduced a bill on February 15, 2022, to make packaging makers responsible for reducing non-recyclable and toxic packaging. It was held in committee.

February 15, 2022Supports Environment and Public Health

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 12, 2021, that requires schools to follow recycling and composting laws, use share tables, and donate unspoiled food.

July 12, 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 on April 6, 2021.

April 6, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health

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Introduced a bill on March 4, 2021, to ban new high-heat waste processing plants. It was held in committee.

March 4, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health

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Introduced a bill on March 12, 2020, to require makers of personal care products to disclose their ingredients and flag chemicals of concern. It was held in committee.

March 12, 2020Supports Environment and Public Health

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Introduced a bill on February 27, 2020, to require state agencies to buy all of their energy from renewable sources by January 1, 2031. It was held in committee.

February 27, 2020Supports Environment and Public Health

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 8, 2019, that requires pharmacies to post a health department warning about the misuse of opioids and mixing them with other drugs or alcohol.

July 8, 2019Supports Environment and Public Health

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Reintroduced the nursing home workforce standards board bill in 2025, after Governor McKee vetoed the 2024 version.

March 11, 2025Supports Labor Rights

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Voted to cover domestic workers in private homes under the state minimum wage law. It passed the Senate 32-5 on June 13, 2024.

June 13, 2024Supports Labor Rights

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Sponsored a bill to create a nursing home workforce standards board to advise on wages and working conditions for nursing home workers. It passed the Senate 37-0 on June 12, 2024.

June 12, 2024Supports Labor Rights

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Voted to raise the minimum wage from $11.50 to $15 an hour over four years. It passed the Senate 29-7 on May 18, 2021.

May 18, 2021Supports Labor Rights

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Voted to raise the state minimum wage to $11.50 an hour in 2020. It passed the Senate 32-6 on June 18, 2019.

June 18, 2019Supports Labor Rights

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Voted to keep all terms of teacher and city worker union contracts in force while a new contract is negotiated. It passed the Senate 28-8 on May 1, 2019.

May 1, 2019Supports Labor Rights

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Sponsored a law, enacted on June 25, 2022, that requires training in land use law for members of local planning, zoning and historic district boards.

June 25, 2022Supports 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 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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Voted to let residents who cannot prove legal immigration status get a Rhode Island driver privilege card or state ID. It passed the Senate 27-9 on June 15, 2023.

June 15, 2023Supports Immigration

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Sponsored a law, signed on March 14, 2024, that let South Kingstown borrow up to $150 million for a new high school and other school buildings.

March 14, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 14, 2023, that let North Kingstown borrow up to $222,460,000 to build a new middle school.

June 14, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 12, 2023, that let East Greenwich borrow up to $180 million to build and renovate public schools.

June 12, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Introduced a bill on February 27, 2020, to require all motorcycle riders to wear a helmet. It was held in committee.

February 27, 2020Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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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 bill letting children with developmental disabilities who turn 3 between May 1 and August 31 keep early intervention services until September. It passed the Senate 38-0 on June 11, 2026.

June 11, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Introduced a bill on March 1, 2022, to raise the income limit for Medicaid coverage of pregnant people from 250 to 400 percent of the federal poverty level. It was held in committee.

March 1, 2022Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Sponsored a law, signed on March 14, 2024, that let South Kingstown borrow up to $150 million for a new high school and other school buildings.

March 14, 2024Supports Public Education Quality

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 14, 2023, that let North Kingstown borrow up to $222,460,000 to build a new middle school.

June 14, 2023Supports Public Education Quality

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 12, 2023, that let East Greenwich borrow up to $180 million to build and renovate public schools.

June 12, 2023Supports Public Education Quality

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Sponsored a law, signed on March 22, 2023, that lets substitute teachers and retired school workers work more than the 90-day limit on post-retirement jobs under certain conditions.

March 22, 2023Supports Public Education Quality

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 30, 2022, that requires schools to report to the state education department the name of any teacher fired for cause.

June 30, 2022Supports Public Education Quality

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Sponsored the Right to Read Act, signed on July 8, 2019, which requires certain teachers to be skilled in teaching reading based on scientific research.

July 8, 2019Supports Public Education Quality

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Introduced a bill on March 4, 2026, to let people voluntarily add themselves to a list barring them from buying or having guns, as a suicide prevention step. It was held in committee.

March 4, 2026Supports Gun Control

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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 to require gun owners to store firearms safely, with penalties for violations. It passed the Senate 30-7 on June 6, 2024.

June 6, 2024Supports Gun Control

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Voted to raise the minimum age to buy guns or ammunition from 18 to 21. It passed the Senate 32-5 on June 14, 2022.

June 14, 2022Supports Gun Control

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Voted to ban carrying a loaded rifle or shotgun in public, with exceptions such as hunting and police work. It passed the Senate 32-5 on June 14, 2022.

June 14, 2022Supports Gun Control

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Voted to ban buying a gun for someone who may not legally have one and to raise penalties for lying on gun purchase forms. It passed the Senate 26-12 on June 30, 2021.

June 30, 2021Supports Gun Control

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Voted for the Julie Lynn Cardinal Act, which sends gun purchase applications to the buyer's local police as well as the State Police. It passed the Senate 33-4 on July 13, 2020.

July 13, 2020Supports Gun Control

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Voted to ban ghost guns and 3D-printed guns that metal detectors cannot find. It passed the Senate 34-4 on June 17, 2020.

June 17, 2020Supports 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 Senate 31-6 on June 13, 2024.

June 13, 2024Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

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Sponsored the Equality in Abortion Coverage Act, signed on May 18, 2023, which added abortion coverage to Medicaid and ended the ban on abortion coverage in state employee health plans.

May 18, 2023Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

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Voted for the Reproductive Privacy Act, which wrote abortion rights into state law. It passed the Senate 21-17 on June 19, 2019.

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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Introduced a bill on March 4, 2026, to bar schools from using cameras, microphones or location tracking on students' devices. It was held in committee.

March 4, 2026Supports Data Privacy

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 27, 2025, that bars insurers, drug benefit managers and drug makers from treating clinics and hospitals in the 340B drug discount program unfairly.

June 27, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

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Introduced a bill on February 15, 2022, to make packaging makers responsible for reducing non-recyclable and toxic packaging. It was held in committee.

February 15, 2022Supports Corporate Accountability

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Introduced a bill on March 12, 2020, to require makers of personal care products to disclose their ingredients and flag chemicals of concern. It was held in committee.

March 12, 2020Supports Corporate Accountability

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Received the endorsement of the Planned Parenthood Votes! Rhode Island PAC for the 2026 election, announced on July 23, 2026.

July 23, 2026

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 22, 2026, that lets more types of health providers, not just doctors, enter collaborative practice agreements with pharmacists.

June 22, 2026

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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

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Sponsored a law, enacted on June 26, 2025, that lets East Greenwich deny licenses or permits for properties with unpaid taxes.

June 26, 2025

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 24, 2025, that recognizes the Rhode Island Medical Society's program helping doctors and dentists with burnout, substance use and health problems.

June 24, 2025

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 24, 2025, that allows tax credits for veterans, Gold Star parents, blind residents and older residents.

June 24, 2025

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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

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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

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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 Senate 28-9.

June 18, 2025

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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

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Voted against requiring that cosmetic procedures at medical spas be done by a doctor or by supervised staff. It passed the Senate 28-9.

June 17, 2025

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Voted against treating a police officer's heart disease, stroke or high blood pressure as a job-related disability. It passed the Senate 29-8.

May 15, 2025

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 26, 2024, that replaced the state's lists of controlled substances with the current federal lists.

June 26, 2024

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 25, 2024, that kept Rhode Island in the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact by repealing its 2025 end date.

June 25, 2024

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Voted to require mail ballot drop boxes to open 35 days before an election. It passed the Senate 32-5 on June 11, 2024.

June 11, 2024

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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 on June 6, 2024.

June 6, 2024

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

June 29, 2022

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 27, 2022, that lets recent master's in social work graduates practice for a period before getting a license.

June 27, 2022

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 21, 2022, that exempts nonprofit food banks from the state's charity registration rules.

June 21, 2022

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Voted for the Rhode Island Cannabis Act, which legalized marijuana for adults 21 and older. It passed the Senate 32-6 on May 24, 2022.

May 24, 2022

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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 on May 24, 2022.

May 24, 2022

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Introduced a bill on February 15, 2022, to bar the family court from locking up children 14 or younger at the training school except for the most serious crimes. It was held in committee.

February 15, 2022

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 12, 2021, that lets pharmacists give patients medications as part of their practice.

July 12, 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 Senate 30-7 on July 1, 2021.

July 1, 2021

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 24, 2021, that lets licensed clinical labs test samples for HIV themselves instead of sending them to the state health department.

June 24, 2021

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Voted to require presidential candidates to file five years of federal tax returns with the state to be on the ballot. It passed the Senate 28-10 on April 10, 2019.

April 10, 2019

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