Paul M. Santucci

Introduced a bill to require the state health insurance commissioner to review every five years what required insurance benefits add to premium costs. A House committee held it for further study.

February 12, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Introduced a bill to require health insurance plans that cover prescriptions to cover at least one form of buprenorphine, an opioid addiction medicine, for each way it is taken. It was sent to committee and did not advance.

June 17, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted against a law requiring buildings of 25,000 square feet or more to report their energy use, with the state publishing the results. It passed the House 52-16.

June 11, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health

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Introduced a bill to extend the state lobbying law to people who lobby city and town officials and local fire districts. A House committee held it for further study.

February 28, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption

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Introduced a bill to require lawmakers' review and approval of any state rule costing $1 million or more to carry out over two years. A House committee held it for further study.

January 23, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

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Introduced a bill to make towns and public agencies report to the state when they skip payments into their retiree health benefit funds or those funds are less than 35 percent funded. A House committee held it for further study.

February 28, 2025Supports Government Efficiency

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Introduced a bill to require the state auditor general to run performance audits of every state agency. A House committee held it for further study. He filed it again in 2026.

February 28, 2025Supports Government Efficiency

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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 House 56-17.

May 27, 2025Supports Cost of Living Reduction

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Introduced a bill to require state agencies with more than $5 million in outside contracts to cut that spending by 2 percent over five years. It was sent to the House Finance Committee and did not advance.

January 23, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction

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Co-sponsored a law, signed on June 22, 2026, that made it a crime for a state prisoner to use force or a weapon to resist a lawful order.

June 22, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Co-sponsored a law, signed on June 19, 2026, that strengthened school security, created a state school emergency response committee, and required yearly school safety checks.

June 19, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Co-sponsored a law, signed on June 18, 2026, that made it a felony to take or try to take a gun, weapon or radio from a police officer.

June 18, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Introduced a bill to raise prison sentences and fines for reckless driving that kills or injures someone. A House committee held it for further study.

April 29, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted for a bill adding five driving violations to the state's definition of aggressive driving. It passed the House 41-21.

April 24, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted against requiring yearly outside studies and statewide reports on racial differences in police traffic stops and searches. It passed the House 50-17.

June 20, 2025Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Introduced a bill to create a revolving loan fund for low- and moderate-income housing in rural areas, using $10 million from the state housing bond. It was sent to the House Finance Committee and did not advance.

January 23, 2026Supports Housing Affordability

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 26, 2025, that lets Smithfield give a property tax credit to residents with paraplegia who need specially adapted homes.

June 26, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Introduced a bill to give employers a state income tax credit of up to $2,000 a year per worker for money they put into a disabled worker's ABLE savings account. A House committee held it for further study.

February 28, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Co-sponsored a law, signed on June 23, 2025, that lets the state join regional bids for power lines bringing nuclear and hydroelectric power to New England.

June 23, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure

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Voted against requiring doctors and hospitals to tell patients when artificial intelligence is used to write up their visit. It passed the House 51-14.

June 11, 2026

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Voted against stopping towns from using zoning to treat certified addiction recovery homes worse than other houses. It passed the House 53-15.

June 11, 2026

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Voted against letting candidates spend campaign money on home or office security systems and monitoring. It passed the House 50-20.

June 10, 2026

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Voted against barring civil arrests at Rhode Island courthouses without a judge's warrant. It passed the House 56-16.

June 10, 2026

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Voted against requiring legislative and gubernatorial approval before Rhode Island joins the federal private-school voucher tax credit. It passed the House 55-14.

June 10, 2026

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Voted against letting 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, 2026

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Voted against a bill creating an online portal for candidates to file nomination papers, starting in 2027. It passed the House 47-20.

April 30, 2026

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Introduced a bill to bar any city or town that adopts rent control from raising property taxes while rent control is in effect. A House committee held it for further study.

February 27, 2026

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Sponsored a law, which took effect without the governor's signature on July 1, 2025, that lets Smithfield set up a juvenile hearing board to handle minor offenses by young people.

July 1, 2025

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Sponsored a law, which took effect without the governor's signature on July 1, 2025, that changed how Smithfield splits its property tax bill between homes and businesses so each class pays a fairer share.

July 1, 2025

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Voted against replacing the 10-member coastal council with a 7-member board of environmental experts. It passed the House 52-19.

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 House 44-28.

June 20, 2025

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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 House 52-18.

June 10, 2025

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Voted against requiring 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, 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 House 51-16.

May 29, 2025

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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 House 40-24.

May 29, 2025

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Asked the state Ethics Commission for advice. On March 25, 2025, it told him not to speak or vote on any bill about his business landlord's planned 300-acre industrial park in his district.

March 25, 2025

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Introduced a bill to require a two-thirds vote of the board of the state's economic development agency, the Rhode Island Commerce Corporation, to approve any action. A House committee held it for further study.

February 12, 2025

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Won the House District 53 seat on November 5, 2024, defeating Democratic incumbent Bernard Hawkins 3,575 votes to 2,898.

November 5, 2024

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As Smithfield Town Council president, presented a report on March 7, 2017, showing the town's police and fire pension plans were short about $27.5 million, and called it an urgent issue.

March 7, 2017

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