Christopher Richard Blazejewski
Democratic · RI · Rhode Island State Representative, District 2
Speaker of the Rhode Island House, representing Providence since 2010 and formerly House Majority Leader. He has focused on housing affordability and environmental protection, including the Act on Climate.
Where Christopher Richard Blazejewski stands, based on their records
Supports
AI Regulation (1 record), Healthcare Affordability (1 record), Environment and Public Health (7 records),
Opposes
Cost of Living Reduction (2 records), Government Spending Reduction (1 record)
Track record
Track record — AI Regulation
AI Regulation · 1 support
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
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Healthcare Affordability
Healthcare Affordability · 1 support
Sponsored a law making health plans allow short medicine refills for chronic conditions. Patients pay a prorated daily share of the cost.
June 28, 2016Supports 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
Issued a joint statement with the Speaker that the House would not take up an 'advanced recycling' bill. The statement said members had serious unanswered questions about it.
June 21, 2022Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: rilegislature.gov
Voted yes on the 2021 Act on Climate (2021-H 5445). It passed the House 53-22.
March 23, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: votes.rilegislature.gov
Sponsored a law expanding the Green Buildings Act to public projects. It set green building standards to save energy and cut pollution.
October 5, 2017Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov
Sponsored a law to speed up the approval process for small renewable energy projects that connect to the power grid.
June 29, 2011Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov
Track record — Labor Rights
Labor Rights · 4 support
Voted yes on a minimum wage bill (2021-H 5130). It passed the House 58-16.
May 6, 2021Supports Labor Rights
Source: votes.rilegislature.gov
Sponsored the Rhode Island Noncompetition Agreement Act, which became law. Noncompete agreements cannot be enforced against low-wage workers, hourly workers, student interns, or workers 18 and under.
July 15, 2019Supports Labor Rights
Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov
Sponsored the Local Ownership Opportunity Act, which became law. Workers facing a plant closing or mass layoff get notice of their right to bid to buy the business.
June 28, 2019Supports Labor Rights
Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov
Sponsored a law letting home care aides who serve Medicaid clients bargain as a group with the state. It also set up a public registry of these aides.
June 29, 2018Supports Labor Rights
Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov
Track record — Anti-Corruption
Anti-Corruption · 2 support
Sponsored the law creating an independent state Office of Inspector General. The office looks for fraud, waste, and abuse in state spending. It became law as part of the 2027 state budget.
June 12, 2026Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: rilegislature.gov
Sponsored a campaign finance law on outside political spending. Groups paying for some election ads must list their top five donors.
June 26, 2012Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov
Track record — Government Efficiency
Government Efficiency · 1 support
Sponsored the law creating an independent state Office of Inspector General. The office looks for fraud, waste, and abuse in state spending. It became law as part of the 2027 state budget.
June 12, 2026Supports Government Efficiency
Source: 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 · 1 oppose
Voted yes on the state budget for the 2021 fiscal year (2020-H 7171). It passed the House 60-6.
December 16, 2020Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: votes.rilegislature.gov
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 3 support
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 letting a parent seeking a domestic abuse order in family court also protect their minor children.
June 28, 2019Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov
Sponsored a law creating a state fund for programs that prevent domestic violence.
June 24, 2016Supports 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 · 1 support
Sponsored the Aging in Community Act of 2014, which became law. It set up a group to plan better support so older people can keep living at home.
July 2, 2014Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 1 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
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 House 44-28.
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-H 5006). It passed the House 49-24.
April 27, 2023Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: votes.rilegislature.gov
Voted yes on final House passage of the Reproductive Privacy Act (2019-H 5125). It passed 45-29.
June 19, 2019Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: votes.rilegislature.gov
Track record — Election Integrity
Election Integrity · 2 support
Sponsored a law setting that mail ballots count only if they reach the Board of Elections by the time polls close.
June 7, 2013Supports Election Integrity
Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov
Sponsored a campaign finance law on outside political spending. Groups paying for some election ads must list their top five donors.
June 26, 2012Supports Election Integrity
Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov
Track record — Data Privacy
Data Privacy · 1 support
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
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 5 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 yes on the Homeless Bill of Rights bill (2026-H 8000). It passed the House 56-13.
May 5, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: votes.rilegislature.gov
Sponsored a law barring insurers from treating people in a domestic partnership differently than married people on premiums and rates.
July 18, 2017Supports Civil Rights
Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov
Voted yes on a bill about who is eligible to marry (2013-H 5015). It passed the House 56-15.
May 2, 2013Supports Civil Rights
Source: votes.rilegislature.gov
Sponsored the Homeless Bill of Rights, which became law. It bars unfair treatment of people based on their housing status, including by state and city agencies.
June 20, 2012Supports Civil Rights
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 · 3 records
Won election as Speaker of the Rhode Island House. Members voted 65-10 for him. He had served as the House Majority Leader.
May 7, 2026
Source: rilegislature.gov
Voted yes on a state retirement system bill (2011-H 6319). It passed the House 57-15.
November 17, 2011
Source: votes.rilegislature.gov
Voted no on a voter ID bill (2011-H 5680). It passed the House 54-21.
June 30, 2011
Source: votes.rilegislature.gov
Past race Christopher Richard Blazejewski ran in:
- Representative in General Assembly · November 3, 2026 · State House District 2; Rhode Island · incumbent