Tiara Tyshae Mack
Democratic · RI · Rhode Island State Senator, District 6
Tiara T. Mack is a Democratic state senator from Providence, elected in 2020. She has passed bills expanding abortion coverage, sealing eviction records, and improving childhood lead safety, and focuses on LGBTQ+ and tenant rights.
Where Tiara Tyshae Mack stands, based on their records
Supports
Healthcare Affordability (1 record), Environment and Public Health (4 records), Labor Rights (2 records),
Opposes
Government Spending Reduction (1 record)
Track record
Track record — Healthcare Affordability
Healthcare Affordability · 1 support
Voted yes on the Equality in Abortion Coverage bill (2023-S 32). It passed the Senate 24-13.
May 18, 2023Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: votes.rilegislature.gov
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 4 support
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
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 Senate 27-7.
May 13, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: legiscan.com
Sponsored a law letting tenants pay rent into a court escrow account when their rental home does not follow lead safety rules.
June 19, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov
Voted yes on the Transportation Emissions and Mobility (TEAM) Community Act (2021-S 872). It passed the Senate.
June 22, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: votes.rilegislature.gov
Track record — Labor Rights
Labor Rights · 2 support
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
Source: legiscan.com
Voted yes on a minimum wage bill (2021-H 5130). It passed the Senate 29-7.
May 18, 2021Supports Labor Rights
Source: votes.rilegislature.gov
Track record — Cost of Living Reduction
Cost of Living Reduction · 1 support
Voted against letting 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, 2025Supports Cost of Living Reduction
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Immigration
Immigration · 1 support
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
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 1 oppose
Voted yes on the state budget for the 2027 fiscal year (2026-H 7127). It passed the Senate 32-6.
June 9, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: votes.rilegislature.gov
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 1 support
Sponsored a law requiring anyone who stores sexual assault evidence kits to report the number of untested kits to the Department of Health each year.
July 5, 2022Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: rilegislature.gov
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 14 support
Sponsored a bill the Senate passed requiring landlords to give receipts for rent paid in cash.
June 4, 2026Supports Housing Affordability
Source: rilegislature.gov
Sponsored a new law changing the Low and Moderate Income Housing Act to encourage building homes people can afford.
July 2, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: rilegislature.gov
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
Source: legiscan.com
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
Source: legiscan.com
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
Source: legiscan.com
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
Source: legiscan.com
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
Source: legiscan.com
Sponsored a bill the Senate passed requiring housing code officers to tell tenants about code violations in their unit or building.
June 12, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: rilegislature.gov
Joined 45 other legislators in asking Governor McKee to declare homelessness a public health emergency.
January 10, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: rilegislature.gov
Sponsored a law signed by the governor that gives tenants 60 days' notice of a rent increase, or 120 days if they are over 62.
June 25, 2024Supports Housing Affordability
Source: rilegislature.gov
Sponsored a bill the Senate passed requiring landlords to keep security deposits in interest-bearing accounts and pay tenants the interest.
June 4, 2024Supports Housing Affordability
Source: rilegislature.gov
Sponsored a law letting courts seal eviction case files when a party asks.
June 27, 2023Supports Housing Affordability
Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov
Sponsored a law letting tenants pay rent into a court escrow account when their rental home does not follow lead safety rules.
June 19, 2023Supports Housing Affordability
Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov
Sponsored a bill passed by the General Assembly raising how much tenants may deduct from rent to pay for needed repairs.
June 15, 2023Supports Housing Affordability
Source: rilegislature.gov
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 2 support
Sponsored a bill the Senate passed to set up warming and cooling center alerts for extreme heat and cold.
May 7, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: rilegislature.gov
Joined 45 other legislators in asking Governor McKee to declare homelessness a public health emergency.
January 10, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: rilegislature.gov
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 1 support
Sponsored a law requiring public schools to teach a unit on African heritage and history, starting in the 2022-2023 school year.
July 9, 2021Supports Public Education Quality
Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov
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 Senate 25-11.
June 20, 2025Supports Gun Control
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Women's Reproductive Rights
Women's Reproductive Rights · 1 support
Voted yes on the Equality in Abortion Coverage bill (2023-S 32). It passed the Senate 24-13.
May 18, 2023Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: votes.rilegislature.gov
Track record — Election Integrity
Election Integrity · 1 support
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
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Personal Income Tax Reduction
Personal Income Tax Reduction · 1 support
Sponsored a new law giving farms under five acres or in urban areas breaks on sales, property, and income taxes.
July 7, 2026Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction
Source: rilegislature.gov
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 6 support
Voted yes on a bill about state and local cooperation with civil immigration enforcement (2026-S 3116). It passed the Senate 30-8.
June 3, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: votes.rilegislature.gov
Sponsored a law adding hair texture and protective hairstyles to the state ban on race discrimination (the CROWN Act).
July 2, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: rilegislature.gov
Sponsored a law giving Family Court power to make findings for immigrant children seeking Special Immigrant Juvenile Status.
July 1, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov
Sponsored a law signed by the governor that makes it simpler to change your name in probate court and uses gender-neutral language.
June 27, 2024Supports Civil Rights
Source: rilegislature.gov
Sponsored a law letting courts seal eviction case files when a party asks.
June 27, 2023Supports Civil Rights
Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov
Sponsored a law requiring public schools to teach a unit on African heritage and history, starting in the 2022-2023 school year.
July 9, 2021Supports Civil Rights
Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov
Track record — General
General · 10 records
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
Source: legiscan.com
Agreed to co-chair the State Futures Federal Response Coalition, a group of state lawmakers from 33 states responding to federal overreach.
March 17, 2026
Source: rilegislature.gov
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
Source: legiscan.com
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
Source: legiscan.com
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
Source: legiscan.com
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
Source: legiscan.com
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
Source: legiscan.com
Sponsored a law creating licensing rules for lactation counselors.
June 26, 2024
Source: rilegislature.gov
Voted no on the police officers' due process bill and issued a statement with Sen. Acosta. They said a key reform was still missing.
June 6, 2024
Source: rilegislature.gov
Sponsored the law making Juneteenth, June 19, a Rhode Island state holiday starting in 2024.
June 19, 2023
Source: rilegislature.gov
Past race Tiara Tyshae Mack ran in:
- Senator in General Assembly · November 3, 2026 · State Senate District 6; Rhode Island · incumbent