Leonidas Peter Raptakis

Sponsored a law, signed on July 1, 2025, that raised required insurance coverage for hearing aids from $1,500 to $1,750 per ear starting in 2026.

July 1, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted against creating a state board that reviews drug prices and can set an affordable payment rate for costly drugs. It passed the Senate 29-8.

May 21, 2024Opposes Healthcare Affordability

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Voted against guaranteeing individual health coverage regardless of preexisting conditions and requiring ten basic health benefits. It passed the Senate 25-11.

June 14, 2023Opposes 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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Sponsored a law, enacted on July 1, 2025, that lets Coventry exempt cleaned-up polluted properties from property taxes.

July 1, 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 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 against a program tracking the energy and water use of large buildings, with energy performance standards. It passed the Senate 31-6.

June 12, 2024Opposes Environment and Public Health

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Sponsored a law, enacted on June 27, 2022, that requires owners of large dams to get a state environment agency permit before raising or lowering the water level.

June 27, 2022Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted against the 2021 Act on Climate, which set binding state goals to cut greenhouse gas emissions. It passed the Senate 28-9.

April 6, 2021Opposes Environment and Public Health

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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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Voted for raising job-protected parental and family medical leave from 13 to 24 weeks over two years. It passed the Senate 30-6.

March 21, 2024Supports Labor Rights

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Voted to keep a local police union contract in force until a new contract or an arbitration award is reached. It passed the Senate 28-8.

May 11, 2023Supports Labor Rights

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Voted against keeping expired police union contracts in force until a new contract or arbitration award. It passed the Senate 27-8.

May 25, 2021Opposes Labor Rights

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Voted against raising the minimum wage from $11.50 to $15 an hour over four years. It passed the Senate 29-7.

May 18, 2021Opposes Labor Rights

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Introduced a bill on January 26, 2021, to raise the minimum wage each year with inflation. It was held in committee.

January 26, 2021Supports Labor Rights

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Sponsored a bill to raise the minimum wage each year with inflation. It passed the Senate 30-0 on June 10, 2008.

June 10, 2008Supports Labor Rights

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Introduced a bill on January 30, 2026, creating an independent state inspector general to find fraud, waste and abuse. It was held in committee.

January 30, 2026Supports Anti-Corruption

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 15, 2019, that requires all candidates to file campaign finance reports within 30 days of forming a campaign.

July 15, 2019Supports Anti-Corruption

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Introduced a bill on January 30, 2026, creating an independent state inspector general to find fraud, waste and abuse. It was held in committee.

January 30, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

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Sponsored a Senate resolution, passed on March 16, 2021, asking the state auditor general to review the Kent County Water Authority.

March 16, 2021Supports 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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Introduced a bill on February 6, 2026, requiring private employers with three or more workers to use the federal E-Verify system. It was held in committee.

February 6, 2026Opposes Immigration

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Introduced a constitutional amendment on January 23, 2026, to give the governor a line-item veto over spending. It was held in committee.

January 23, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction

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Sponsored a bill raising the free state life insurance for National Guard members called to federal duty to $500,000. It passed the Senate 36-0 on June 10, 2025.

June 10, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Sponsored a law, enacted on June 23, 2026, that lets police choose between a warning and criminal charges when a child is left alone in a car.

June 23, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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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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Held a State House press conference on April 9, 2026, with eight other senators to push bills raising penalties for drunk and reckless driving.

April 9, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Introduced a bill on January 23, 2026, raising sentences for carrying or possessing a stolen gun. It was held in committee.

January 23, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Introduced a bill on January 23, 2026, setting mandatory minimum sentences for blocking traffic on highways. It was held in committee.

January 23, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 14, 2023, that moved child endangerment cases from Family Court to Superior Court.

June 14, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Sponsored a law, enacted on June 27, 2022, that set criminal penalties for caregivers whose reckless acts 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, enacted on July 15, 2015, that makes people convicted of murder serve more of their sentence before they can seek parole.

July 15, 2015Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Sponsored a bill making people convicted of murder serve longer before parole. It passed the Senate 28-3 on June 20, 2008.

June 20, 2008Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 3, 2007, that requires security cameras on RIde paratransit buses and criminal background checks for new RIde drivers.

July 3, 2007Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Sponsored a law, enacted on July 1, 2025, that lets West Greenwich give tax breaks to homes, including low- and moderate-income housing.

July 1, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

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Voted against statewide zoning rules that make it easier to build accessory dwelling units, such as backyard cottages. It passed the Senate 22-15.

June 13, 2024Opposes Housing Affordability

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Sponsored a bill raising the free state life insurance for National Guard members called to federal duty to $500,000. It passed the Senate 36-0 on June 10, 2025.

June 10, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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

June 6, 2024Opposes Gun Control

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Voted against banning loaded rifles and shotguns in public, with exceptions for police and hunting. It passed the Senate 32-5.

June 14, 2022Opposes Gun Control

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

June 14, 2022Opposes Gun Control

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Voted against banning straw purchases, where someone buys a gun for a person barred from owning one. It passed the Senate 25-12.

July 1, 2021Opposes Gun Control

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Voted against banning guns on school grounds, with limited exceptions such as police. It passed the Senate 26-11.

July 1, 2021Opposes 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 against covering abortion in Medicaid and state employee health plans. It passed the Senate 24-13.

May 18, 2023Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

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

June 19, 2019Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

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Introduced a bill on February 12, 2009, requiring voters to show proof of identity, or else vote a provisional ballot. It was held in committee.

February 12, 2009Supports Election Integrity

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Sponsored a law, enacted on November 13, 2009, that requires businesses to safely destroy records holding customers' personal information and lets harmed customers sue.

November 13, 2009Supports Data Privacy

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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 Civil Rights

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Voted against the Freedom to Read Act, which bars public libraries from removing books over partisan or doctrinal objections. It passed the Senate 31-6.

May 30, 2024Opposes Civil Rights

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Voted for allowing same-sex couples to marry in Rhode Island. It passed the Senate 26-12 on April 24, 2013.

April 24, 2013Supports Civil Rights

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 26, 2025, that bars car and home insurers from raising premiums just because a customer asked about their policy.

June 26, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

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Sponsored a law, enacted on July 7, 2007, that lets people who asked not to get junk faxes, or the attorney general for them, sue senders who keep faxing.

July 7, 2007Supports 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

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Sponsored a law, enacted on June 26, 2026, that lets Coventry split its property tax levy between homes and businesses.

June 26, 2026

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Voted against keeping federal immigration agents at least 200 feet from any polling place while voting is going on. It passed the Senate 29-8.

June 9, 2026

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Voted for a bill letting survivors of child sexual abuse bring expired civil claims against institutions. It passed the Senate 37-0 on June 3, 2026.

June 3, 2026

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Introduced a bill on February 27, 2026, barring towns that adopt rent control from raising property taxes while it lasts. It was held in committee.

February 27, 2026

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Was vice chair of the Senate Special Legislation and Veterans' Affairs Committee in the 2025-2026 session, per the Senate leadership list of January 6, 2026.

January 6, 2026

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 2, 2025, that lets teachers offer students a moment of silence every September 11.

July 2, 2025

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Voted against changing the deadline for a town's written zoning answer to 20 days and letting the applicant appeal it. It passed the Senate 28-7.

June 21, 2025

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Voted against requiring town zoning rules to allow attached single-family homes, such as townhouses, in designated districts. It passed the Senate 23-12.

June 20, 2025

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Voted against defining co-living housing, where residents rent a private room and share a kitchen or bath, and letting towns allow it. It passed the Senate 25-10.

June 20, 2025

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Voted against requiring town zoning rules to allow homes in commercial districts, including apartments above shops. It passed the Senate 25-10.

June 20, 2025

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Voted against requiring town zoning rules to allow housing other than detached single-family homes in sewered urban areas. It passed the Senate 23-12.

June 20, 2025

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Voted against banning the sale, manufacture and purchase of assault-style firearms in Rhode Island. It passed the Senate 25-11.

June 20, 2025

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Sponsored a bill letting taxpayers donate part of their state tax refund to Meals on Wheels. It passed the Senate 36-0 on June 10, 2025.

June 10, 2025

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Voted against keeping Rhode Island's supervised drug-use centers open two more years, to March 2028. It passed the Senate 27-7.

May 13, 2025

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Introduced a bill on January 31, 2025, removing sales tax on the trade-in value of personal pickup trucks, as already done for cars. It was held in committee.

January 31, 2025

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Won re-election to the state Senate on November 5, 2024, with about 58 percent of the vote.

November 5, 2024

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 25, 2024, that lets unaffiliated voters vote in a party primary without becoming a member of that party.

June 25, 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.

June 6, 2024

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Voted for the state budget for the fiscal year starting July 1, 2023. It passed the Senate 33-4.

June 15, 2023

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Voted for raising campaign contribution limits for people and political action committees and changing other reporting rules. It passed the Senate 22-15.

June 15, 2023

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Voted against letting disabled and military voters use ballots sent to them electronically. It passed the Senate 25-13.

June 14, 2022

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Voted against legalizing and taxing recreational marijuana for adults. It passed the Senate 32-6 on May 24, 2022.

May 24, 2022

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Sponsored a law, enacted on July 14, 2021, that lets West Greenwich regulate or ban jet skis and similar personal watercraft on its inland waters.

July 14, 2021

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Sponsored a law, enacted on July 8, 2021, that bars Coventry from charging landowners for road repaving after sewer work.

July 8, 2021

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Sponsored a law, enacted on June 25, 2021, that bans using school district email lists to send political ads or invitations.

June 25, 2021

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Sponsored a law, enacted on July 26, 2017, that added two members to the board of the Kent County Water Authority.

July 26, 2017

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Sponsored a law, enacted on July 15, 2015, that changed the rules for sewer charges and assessments in Coventry.

July 15, 2015

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Sponsored a bill exempting heating oil, propane and natural gas used by businesses from sales tax. It passed the Senate 37-0 on June 23, 2015.

June 23, 2015

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Sponsored a law, enacted in July 2013, that regulates where asphalt plants can locate and operate in Coventry, while letting existing plants continue.

July 22, 2013

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Voted against putting state-run casino gaming at Twin River and Newport Grand to statewide and local voters. It passed the Senate 21-14.

June 11, 2010

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Voted against the state budget for the fiscal year starting July 1, 2010. It passed the Senate 30-6.

June 4, 2010

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Sponsored a law, enacted on November 13, 2009, that gave public school buildings until at least January 1, 2011, to meet fire code rules.

November 13, 2009

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Sponsored a law, enacted on July 8, 2008, that requires package stores to keep and show on demand their receipts and invoices for alcohol purchases.

July 8, 2008

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 2, 2008, that let the fire safety appeals board extend sprinkler deadlines past July 1, 2008, for good cause.

July 2, 2008

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Sponsored a Senate resolution, passed on June 18, 2008, asking utility regulators to deny a 35 percent rate increase sought by the Kent County Water Authority.

June 18, 2008

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Sponsored a bill changing the dates for electing national convention delegates and shortening how long they must belong to a party. Both chambers passed it, but the governor vetoed it on November 4, 2007.

November 4, 2007

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Sponsored a law, enacted on July 7, 2007, that replaced the fine for minors caught using tobacco with more community service, raising it from 20 to 30 hours.

July 7, 2007

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