Matthew L. LaMountain

Sponsored a bill requiring insurers to cover scalp cooling for chemotherapy patients to prevent hair loss. It passed the Senate 38-0 on June 4, 2026.

June 4, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 24, 2024, that requires dental insurers to report how much of their premiums they pay out in claims, for a state study on dental coverage.

June 24, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted to create 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, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted to guarantee individual health coverage regardless of preexisting conditions and to require ten basic health benefits in insurance plans. It passed the Senate 25-11.

June 14, 2023Supports 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, signed on July 1, 2025, that extends the legal protection for people who seek emergency help for an overdose to cover bail condition violations.

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 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

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

June 12, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 4, 2024, that pushed back by one year, to June 2025, the start of required testing for PFAS chemicals in drinking water.

June 4, 2024Opposes Environment and Public Health

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Sponsored a law, enacted on June 23, 2023, that lets the state infrastructure bank give grants for clean transportation, clean heating and energy storage projects.

June 23, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

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Issued a statement on June 18, 2026, with two other Warwick senators backing T.F. Green airport food service workers seeking a fair contract after a strike vote.

June 18, 2026Supports Labor Rights

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Sponsored a bill again to ban most noncompete agreements for workers. It passed the Senate 32-4 on March 31, 2026.

March 31, 2026Supports Labor Rights

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 2, 2025, that protects workers from being punished for skipping employer meetings about politics or religion, and lets them sue if they are.

July 2, 2025Supports Labor Rights

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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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Sponsored a bill banning most noncompete agreements for workers. Both chambers passed it, but the governor vetoed it on June 26, 2024.

June 26, 2024Supports Labor Rights

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Voted to cover domestic workers in private homes under the state minimum wage law. It passed the Senate 32-5.

June 6, 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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Sponsored a law, signed on June 26, 2024, that sped up state hiring of human services social workers and extended a faster hiring program at the child welfare agency.

June 26, 2024Supports 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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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

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 23, 2026, that makes it a crime to pretend to be a business or other entity to commit fraud, including through digital forgery.

June 23, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 23, 2026, that set up a separate Superior Court calendar for felony domestic violence cases.

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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Introduced the Super Speeder Accountability Act on March 4, 2026, letting courts require repeat or reckless speeders to install devices that keep cars at the speed limit. It was held in committee.

March 4, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 26, 2025, that raised the penalty for driving the wrong way on an interstate highway or its ramps.

June 26, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 13, 2025, that made certain personal watercraft violations a misdemeanor crime.

June 13, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Sponsored a bill requiring people convicted of buying sex to take a class on prostitution and human trafficking and pay a $1,000 fee. It passed the Senate 33-3 on June 12, 2025.

June 12, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 24, 2025, that directs the state housing finance agency to help homeowners' associations buy the land their homes sit on.

June 24, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 25, 2024, that lets the state housing finance agency run the distribution of funds for low-income housing.

June 25, 2024Supports Housing Affordability

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

June 13, 2024Supports Housing Affordability

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 23, 2026, that lets stalking victims get state compensation for moving costs and home security changes.

June 23, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 18, 2026, that sends fines paid under the state human trafficking law into the fund that pays violent crime victims.

June 18, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 18, 2026, that makes hit-and-run victims with serious injuries eligible for the state crime victim compensation program.

June 18, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Sponsored a law, signed on May 28, 2024, that lets violent crime victims use up to $1,000 of their state compensation award to make their homes safer.

May 28, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 21, 2023, that set up a faster one-year hiring process for social workers and child abuse investigators at the state child welfare agency.

June 21, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Sponsored a bill doubling the monthly personal needs allowance for nursing home residents on Medicaid from $50 to $100. It passed the Senate 36-0 on June 14, 2023.

June 14, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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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 Senate 25-11.

June 20, 2025Supports Gun Control

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

June 6, 2024Supports Gun Control

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Introduced a bill on April 13, 2023, banning new gun dealers within 500 feet of a school or daycare center. It was held in committee.

April 13, 2023Supports Gun Control

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Introduced a bill on February 1, 2023, requiring people applying for a concealed carry permit to pass a firearms safety course. It was held in committee.

February 1, 2023Supports Gun Control

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Introduced a bill on March 4, 2026, requiring consent before companies collect data about a person's reproductive or gender-affirming health care. It was held in committee.

March 4, 2026Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

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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 for covering abortion in Medicaid and state employee health plans. It passed the Senate 24-13.

May 18, 2023Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

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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

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Sponsored a bill to keep testosterone prescriptions out of the state prescription drug monitoring database and erase past entries. It passed the Senate 36-2 on June 4, 2026.

June 4, 2026Supports Data Privacy

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Introduced a bill on March 4, 2026, requiring consent before companies collect data about a person's reproductive or gender-affirming health care. It was held in committee.

March 4, 2026Supports Data Privacy

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Sponsored a law, signed on March 31, 2026, that lets disabled and military voters keep using ballots sent to them electronically.

March 31, 2026Supports Civil Rights

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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 for 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, 2024Supports Civil Rights

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 13, 2025, that bans unfair long-term service contracts recorded against homes and bars recording them in land records.

June 13, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 12, 2024, that bars companies from charging people 65 and older a fee for a paper bill, with a $500 fine per violation.

June 12, 2024Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted to create 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, 2024Supports Corporate Accountability

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Introduced a bill on March 1, 2024, barring businesses from leaving mandatory fees out of advertised prices. It was held in committee.

March 1, 2024Supports Corporate Accountability

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 18, 2026, that makes damaging cable, broadband and wireless lines a crime and lets towns grant zoning relief to protect such equipment.

June 18, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure

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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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Received the endorsement of Clean Water Action Rhode Island for his 2026 Senate race.

August 10, 2026

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Received the endorsement of Planned Parenthood Votes! Rhode Island PAC for his 2026 Senate District 31 race.

July 23, 2026

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 23, 2026, that replaced the state's limited liability company law with an updated model act.

June 23, 2026

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 18, 2026, that directs the state education department to set an anti-hazing policy for student sports.

June 18, 2026

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 10, 2026, that gives candidates nine days instead of seven to request a recount, and blocks election certificates until any recount ends.

June 10, 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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Filed a resolution on May 8, 2026, asking the state Supreme Court whether a bill reviving expired child sex abuse claims against institutions was constitutional. It stayed in committee.

May 8, 2026

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Was chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee and deputy Senate president pro tempore in the 2025-2026 session, per the Senate leadership list of January 6, 2026.

January 6, 2026

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Sponsored a law, enacted on June 26, 2025, that lets Rhode Island Family Court share jurisdiction with the federal government over minors accused of crimes on military bases in the state.

June 26, 2025

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Sponsored a bill letting the state environment agency take established footpaths by eminent domain to give the public access to waterways. It passed the Senate 37-0 on June 17, 2025.

June 17, 2025

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 10, 2025, that protects college savings (529) accounts from being seized to pay court judgments.

June 10, 2025

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Received the endorsement of Clean Water Action Rhode Island for his 2024 Senate District 31 race.

August 9, 2024

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Sponsored a law, enacted on June 28, 2024, that requires short-term rental sites to show each listing's state registration number and its expiration date.

June 28, 2024

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 26, 2024, that lets people clear old felony records from their files when those crimes have since been reclassified as misdemeanors.

June 26, 2024

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 25, 2024, that joined Rhode Island to an interstate compact so licensed professional counselors can practice across member states.

June 25, 2024

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 25, 2024, that changed the review steps and approval rules for land subdivisions and development projects.

June 25, 2024

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 24, 2024, that bans captive hunting, where an animal is fenced in and cannot escape during the hunt.

June 24, 2024

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Sponsored a law, enacted on June 20, 2024, that removed the attorney general's review of agreements between cities and towns to share services.

June 20, 2024

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Voted for requiring mail ballot drop boxes to open 35 days before an election. It passed the Senate 32-5.

June 11, 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 against requiring landlords with six or more units to keep security deposits in interest-bearing accounts and pay tenants the interest. It passed the Senate 26-10.

June 4, 2024

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 23, 2023, that lets judges set how long a case stays on file before dismissal, up to the longest jail term allowed for the crime.

June 23, 2023

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Sponsored a law, enacted on June 22, 2023, that makes courts use bail money first for any restitution owed to victims and then refund the rest to whoever posted it.

June 22, 2023

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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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Sponsored a bill letting public bodies limit open public comment to topics listed on the meeting notice. It passed the Senate 37-0 on April 25, 2023.

April 25, 2023

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As a special assistant attorney general, prosecuted a Central Falls shooting case that ended in a guilty verdict on May 24, 2019.

May 24, 2019

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