Carol Hagan McEntee

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 law, signed on July 1, 2025, raising required insurance coverage for hearing aids from $1,500 to $1,750 per ear for people of all ages.

July 1, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 30, 2025, ordering state agencies to study how to set up a bottle deposit, packaging and recycling plan. The bill began as a full packaging recycling mandate and was cut back to a study.

June 30, 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 the Plastic Waste Reduction Act, signed on June 27, 2022, which bars stores from handing out single-use plastic checkout bags and sets penalties for violations. She first filed a plastic bag ban in 2018.

June 27, 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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Introduced a bill to create a 10-cent refundable deposit on beverage bottles and cans. She filed deposit bills again in 2022 and 2024, and a House committee held each one.

January 29, 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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Sponsored a law, signed on May 21, 2021, letting people on partial unemployment earn more before losing benefits. She later sponsored laws extending it through June 2029.

May 21, 2021Supports Labor Rights

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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 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 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 law, signed on March 14, 2024, letting South Kingstown borrow up to $150 million in bonds to build a new high school and athletic facility.

March 14, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Sponsored a law, which took effect on June 30, 2022, letting Narragansett borrow up to $20 million in bonds to repair roads, sidewalks, storm drains and public buildings.

June 30, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Sponsored a law, signed on March 24, 2021, letting South Kingstown borrow up to $85 million in bonds to build and repair school buildings.

March 24, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Sponsored a law, enacted on June 23, 2026, creating a separate court calendar in superior court for felony domestic violence cases.

June 23, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Sponsored a bill to extend the time limit for charging second-degree sexual assault from three to 10 years. It passed the House 65-7 on April 7, 2026, and was sent to the Senate Judiciary Committee.

April 7, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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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 law, signed on June 27, 2022, letting recorded forensic interviews be used in grand jury cases for child abuse victims up to age 16 instead of 14.

June 27, 2022Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 27, 2022, making it a crime for a parent or caretaker to recklessly put a child at serious risk of injury or sexual abuse.

June 27, 2022Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 7, 2022, letting police seek wiretaps to investigate felony human trafficking.

June 7, 2022Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 2, 2021, requiring the child welfare agency to report every suspected case of child sexual abuse to the children's advocacy center.

July 2, 2021Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted to make selling or delivering drugs that cause a death a new crime. It passed the House 54-15.

June 20, 2018Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 5, 2017, requiring court-appointed child advocate volunteers to pass a child welfare check and a national criminal background check.

July 5, 2017Supports 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 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 law, signed on June 30, 2025, adding co-living housing, with private bedrooms and shared kitchens, to state zoning law so towns can allow it.

June 30, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 25, 2024, letting mobile and manufactured homes count as affordable housing under certain conditions.

June 25, 2024Supports Housing Affordability

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 25, 2024, letting sexual assault victims qualify for state crime victim compensation with a medical forensic exam instead of a police report.

June 25, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 2, 2021, requiring all public schools to provide free menstrual products.

July 2, 2021Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Sponsored a law, signed on May 21, 2021, letting people on partial unemployment earn more before losing benefits. She later sponsored laws extending it through June 2029.

May 21, 2021Supports 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 law, signed on March 14, 2024, letting South Kingstown borrow up to $150 million in bonds to build a new high school and athletic facility.

March 14, 2024Supports Public Education Quality

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Sponsored a law, signed on March 24, 2021, letting South Kingstown borrow up to $85 million in bonds to build and repair school buildings.

March 24, 2021Supports 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 owning gun magazines that hold more than 10 rounds a felony. 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 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 the final version of the Reproductive Privacy Act, which wrote the right to an abortion into state law. It passed the House 45-29.

June 19, 2019Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

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Introduced a bill to exempt all Social Security income from state income tax. A House committee held it for further study.

January 18, 2023Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction

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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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Sponsored a law, signed on June 27, 2025, protecting the home addresses and other personal information of judges and their families from public release.

June 27, 2025Supports 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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Introduced a bill letting people sue the state and local governments for violating their constitutional rights. A House committee held it for further study.

January 28, 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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Voted to allow electronic ballots for voters with disabilities and military voters. It passed the House 48-17.

June 16, 2021Supports Civil Rights

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Sponsored the Uniform Parentage Act, enacted on July 21, 2020. It replaced the old paternity law with rules for genetic testing, surrogacy and assisted reproduction.

July 21, 2020Supports Civil Rights

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 11, 2026, that opened a window until June 30, 2028 for childhood sexual abuse victims to sue institutions over expired claims of covering up or enabling abuse. It passed the House 66-7.

June 11, 2026Supports 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 law, which took effect on June 30, 2022, letting Narragansett borrow up to $20 million in bonds to repair roads, sidewalks, storm drains and public buildings.

June 30, 2022Supports Public Infrastructure

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Voted for the RhodeWorks plan to toll large commercial trucks, and only trucks, 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 33 race. Also received this endorsement in 2022.

July 23, 2026

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Sponsored a law, enacted on June 23, 2026, letting the state retirement board cut or revoke the pension of a public worker convicted of a felony sex crime tied to their public job.

June 23, 2026

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Was named chair of the House Judiciary Committee by Speaker Joseph Shekarchi on November 7, 2025, after serving as the committee's first vice chair.

November 7, 2025

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Received the endorsement of the National Education Association Rhode Island for her 2024 House District 33 race.

October 14, 2024

Source: neari.org

Received Clean Water Action Rhode Island's endorsement for her 2024 House District 33 race.

August 9, 2024

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 26, 2024, letting people clear old felony convictions from their records when those crimes have since been reduced to misdemeanors.

June 26, 2024

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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, 2024

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Voted for the House overhaul of the Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights, which set a new hearing panel for police discipline. It passed the House 58-14.

May 9, 2024

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Voted to legalize online casino gambling (iGaming) in Rhode Island. It passed the House 59-11.

June 15, 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 House 55-16.

May 24, 2022

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Introduced a bill to remove the time limit for lawsuits over childhood sexual abuse and revive expired claims. She filed similar bills in 2023, 2024 and 2025, and none became law until her 2026 revival window law.

February 9, 2022

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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

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 8, 2019, exempting from property tax the homes of surviving spouses of police officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty.

July 8, 2019

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 1, 2019, extending the time victims of childhood sexual abuse have to sue from seven years to 35 years, including suits over conduct that enabled the abuse.

July 1, 2019

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 2, 2018, freeing police and firefighter unions from representing workers in grievances if they were not union members in the 90 days before the dispute.

July 2, 2018

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Sponsored a law, which took effect on October 5, 2017, that ended criminal charges for repeat refusals of a blood test in drunk driving stops and set civil penalties instead, after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

October 5, 2017

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Sponsored a law, which took effect on June 17, 2016, letting the Narragansett town council adopt a homestead property tax exemption.

June 17, 2016

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