Mia A. Ackerman

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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Introduced a bill on May 9, 2025 to bar insurers from requiring prior approval for most care ordered by primary care doctors. It did not pass.

May 9, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 27, 2022, that requires health insurers to cover biomarker testing starting in 2023.

June 27, 2022Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Sponsored a law, signed on April 29, 2021, that requires health insurers to fully cover prostate and colon cancer screening.

April 29, 2021Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Introduced a bill on February 13, 2020 to require drug makers, pharmacy benefit managers and insurers to report prescription drug costs to the state. It did not pass.

February 13, 2020Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Sponsored a law, which took effect on July 21, 2017 without the governor's signature, that requires health plans to notify patients when a drug they take is dropped or moved to a costlier tier.

July 21, 2017Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 1, 2025, that requires the Department of Health to include dementia risk factors and prevention in its public and medical education materials.

July 1, 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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Sponsored a law, signed on June 20, 2023, that requires landlords to register on a statewide list and to show lead safety certificates for homes built before 1978.

June 20, 2023Supports 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 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, 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 House 53-22.

March 23, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 2, 2018, that requires hospitals to offer flu shots to patients 65 and older.

July 2, 2018Supports Environment and Public Health

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 28, 2018, that bans people under 18 from using tanning beds.

June 28, 2018Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted to ban selling electronic cigarettes and other vapor products to people under 18. It passed the House 40-29.

July 1, 2013Supports 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 cover domestic workers in private homes under the state minimum wage law. It passed the House 56-12.

May 4, 2023Supports 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 require employers with 18 or more workers to give paid sick days, rising to five days a year. It passed the House 56-14.

June 29, 2017Supports 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 raise Rhode Island's minimum wage to $9.60 an hour starting in 2016. It passed the House 59-13.

June 2, 2015Supports Labor Rights

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 3, 2014, that opened the state work immersion job program to recent college graduates.

July 3, 2014Supports Labor Rights

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Voted to raise the state minimum wage to $9.00 an hour on January 1, 2015. It passed the House 63-10.

June 18, 2014Supports Labor Rights

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 24, 2013, that allows manufacturing pre-apprenticeship and internship programs for students 16 and older.

June 24, 2013Supports Labor Rights

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 15, 2013, that requires independent fire districts to post draft minutes of their meetings online.

July 15, 2013Supports Anti-Corruption

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 21, 2022, that defines which state records must be kept for good and lets the state go to court to stop violations of public records laws.

June 21, 2022Supports Government Efficiency

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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 the act, signed on June 20, 2023, that let Lincoln borrow up to $25 million to build and renovate its elementary schools.

June 20, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Sponsored the act, signed on June 19, 2023, that let Lincoln borrow up to $14 million to build a new central rescue station.

June 19, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Sponsored the act, which took effect on July 5, 2018 without the governor's signature, that let Cumberland borrow $2.5 million for street paving.

July 5, 2018Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 1, 2014, that let Cumberland borrow up to $2.5 million to repair its roads.

July 1, 2014Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 1, 2014, that let Cumberland borrow up to $12.5 million to build a new public safety complex.

July 1, 2014Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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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 23, 2021, that requires at least one 911 operator trained to coach callers through CPR to be on duty at all times.

June 23, 2021Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted to create a new crime for selling drugs that cause a death. It passed the House 54-15.

June 20, 2018Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 18, 2018, that moved child cruelty and neglect cases from Family Court to Superior Court.

June 18, 2018Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Sponsored a law, which took effect on October 6, 2017 without the governor's signature, that made animal hoarding a form of animal cruelty and requires a mental health evaluation after a conviction.

October 6, 2017Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 12, 2016, that requires colleges to give amnesty from drug and alcohol rules to students who report sexual assault, dating violence or stalking.

July 12, 2016Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 17, 2016, that makes internet providers give the attorney general subscriber information in online impersonation cases and cases of sending indecent material to minors.

June 17, 2016Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted to let the state and towns use cameras to ticket speeding drivers in school zones. It passed the House 54-16.

June 14, 2016Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Sponsored the House resolution, passed on June 11, 2015, that created a commission to study how to stop sexual assaults on Rhode Island college campuses.

June 11, 2015Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Introduced a bill on January 8, 2015 to require colleges to report sexual assault allegations to police. It stayed in the House Judiciary Committee.

January 8, 2015Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 9, 2014, that bars sex offenders whose victims were children from working at or running businesses in child safe zones such as schools and day cares.

July 9, 2014Supports 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 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, 2024Supports 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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Voted to bar town zoning rules from capping unrelated people sharing a home at fewer than one per bedroom. It passed the House 49-22.

June 15, 2023Supports Housing Affordability

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 30, 2022, that clarified the rules for accessory dwelling units and let some of them count toward towns' affordable housing goals.

June 30, 2022Supports Housing Affordability

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Introduced a bill on February 19, 2021 to require towns to allow tiny homes as accessory dwelling units and count them as affordable housing. It was held in committee.

February 19, 2021Supports Housing Affordability

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 2, 2018, that set up the Rhode Island chapter of the children's advocacy center, where teams respond to child abuse cases in a child-friendly place.

July 2, 2018Supports 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 the act, signed on June 20, 2023, that let Lincoln borrow up to $25 million to build and renovate its elementary schools.

June 20, 2023Supports Public Education Quality

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 1, 2021, that requires statewide standards for teaching consumer education in public high schools.

June 1, 2021Supports Public Education Quality

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 2, 2014, that expanded the state Board of Education from 11 to 17 members and made it responsible for all public education from pre-K through college.

July 2, 2014Supports 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 make it a felony to own gun magazines that hold more than 10 rounds. 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 against banning guns on school grounds, except for police and school security. It passed the House 44-28.

June 30, 2021Opposes Gun Control

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Voted to take guns away from people under certain domestic violence restraining orders. It passed the House 56-13.

June 26, 2017Supports Gun Control

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Voted for a bill setting deadlines for reviewing concealed gun carry permit applications and letting applicants appeal denials in court. It passed the House 60-12.

June 17, 2016Opposes 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 final passage of the Reproductive Privacy Act, which wrote abortion rights under Roe v. Wade into state law. It passed the House 45-29.

June 19, 2019Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

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Introduced a bill on February 9, 2024 to phase in a larger state income tax exemption for Social Security income, rising to 80 percent. It did not pass.

February 9, 2024Supports 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 14, 2018, that bars credit reporting agencies from charging consumers a fee to freeze their credit.

June 14, 2018Supports Data Privacy

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 18, 2017, that expanded the drugs doctors may prescribe electronically and added privacy protections for electronic prescriptions.

July 18, 2017Supports 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

Source: legiscan.com

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

Source: votes.rilegislature.gov

Voted to let the Division of Motor Vehicles issue state ID cards to residents who cannot prove lawful presence in the country. The cards cannot be used for voting. It passed the House 60-13.

June 14, 2023Supports Civil Rights

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Introduced a bill on March 1, 2023 to let 16- and 17-year-olds register and vote in school committee elections. It did not pass.

March 1, 2023Supports 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 let voters with disabilities and military voters use ballots sent to them electronically. It passed the House 48-17.

June 16, 2021Supports Civil Rights

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 28, 2019, that requires stores to accept cash for goods and services.

June 28, 2019Supports Civil Rights

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Voted for the final bill legalizing same-sex marriage in Rhode Island. It passed the House 56-15.

May 2, 2013Supports Civil Rights

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 10, 2025, that added debit cards to the state law against fraudulent use of credit cards.

June 10, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 10, 2024, that rewrote the Residential Solar Energy Disclosure and Homeowners Bill of Rights Act to regulate companies selling home solar systems.

June 10, 2024Supports Corporate Accountability

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Introduced a bill on February 13, 2020 to require drug makers, pharmacy benefit managers and insurers to report prescription drug costs to the state. It did not pass.

February 13, 2020Supports Corporate Accountability

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 14, 2018, that bars credit reporting agencies from charging consumers a fee to freeze their credit.

June 14, 2018Supports 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

Source: legiscan.com

Sponsored the act, signed on June 19, 2023, that let Lincoln borrow up to $14 million to build a new central rescue station.

June 19, 2023Supports Public Infrastructure

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Sponsored the act, which took effect on July 5, 2018 without the governor's signature, that let Cumberland borrow $2.5 million for street paving.

July 5, 2018Supports Public Infrastructure

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Voted for tolls on large commercial trucks, with passenger cars barred from tolls, to pay for bridge repairs. It passed the House 52-21.

February 10, 2016Supports Public Infrastructure

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 1, 2014, that let Cumberland borrow up to $2.5 million to repair its roads.

July 1, 2014Supports Public Infrastructure

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 1, 2014, that let Cumberland borrow up to $12.5 million to build a new public safety complex.

July 1, 2014Supports Public Infrastructure

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Introduced a bill on February 28, 2025 to give state agencies a definition of antisemitism to use when judging discrimination claims. It did not pass.

February 28, 2025

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 24, 2024, that lets health care facilities do research on patients under federal informed consent rules.

June 24, 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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Sponsored a law, signed on June 19, 2023, that counts emergency medical workers in city, town and fire district rescue units as firefighters under state law.

June 19, 2023

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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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Was named House deputy majority whip by Speaker Joe Shekarchi in January 2021, joining the House leadership team.

January 11, 2021

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 15, 2019, that lets state and local agents take abandoned or neglected animals and give them care.

July 15, 2019

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Introduced a bill on May 10, 2017 to let the Cumberland Town Council cap how many local students may enroll in charter schools. The House passed it, but it went no further.

May 10, 2017

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Sponsored a law, signed on August 11, 2016, that lets title examiners, lawyers and genealogical society members examine death certificates filed with the Department of Health.

August 11, 2016

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Sponsored the Anti-Discrimination in State Contracts Act, signed on July 14, 2016, which bars state contracts with companies that boycott based on race, religion or nationality.

July 14, 2016

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 19, 2015, that shortened the time after which an old recorded mortgage can no longer be enforced against a property.

June 19, 2015

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Introduced a bill on April 30, 2014 to cut the corporate income tax rate from 9 percent to 7 percent. It stayed in the House Finance Committee.

April 30, 2014

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 11, 2013, that requires Rhode Island to pull state investments out of companies doing business in Iran.

July 11, 2013

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