Teresa A. Tanzi

Sponsored a law, signed on June 22, 2026, requiring doctors and health facilities to tell patients when artificial intelligence is used to record their visits.

June 22, 2026Supports AI Regulation

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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 AI Regulation

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 22, 2026, requiring payment rates for licensed mobile mental health crisis services to be at least the state Medicaid rate.

June 22, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 27, 2025, requiring health plans to cover mobile crisis teams that respond to acute mental health emergencies.

June 27, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 26, 2024, creating a grant program to help health care aides and other paraprofessionals earn college degrees and professional licenses.

June 26, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability

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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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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

Source: votes.rilegislature.gov

Sponsored a law, enacted on October 13, 2017, changing the rules for clean energy loans repaid through property tax bills (the PACE program) and the state infrastructure bank.

October 13, 2017Supports Environment and Public Health

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Sponsored a law, enacted on October 5, 2017, requiring child-resistant packaging for vaping liquid and banning e-cigarette use in schools.

October 5, 2017Supports Environment and Public Health

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 9, 2015, phasing out cesspools by requiring them to be removed or replaced when a property is sold, in certain cases.

July 9, 2015Supports Environment and Public Health

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Sponsored a bill to ban pair trawl fishing boats from state waters. It passed the House on March 28, 2012, and went to the Senate, which did not pass it.

March 28, 2012Supports 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 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 Reduce Wealth Gap

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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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Introduced a bill on June 1, 2018, to stop employers from requiring workers to sign nondisclosure or non-disparagement agreements about civil rights violations or crimes. A House committee held it for further study.

June 1, 2018Supports 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 create paid caregiver leave through the state's temporary disability insurance, for workers caring for a seriously ill family member or bonding with a new child. It passed the House 49-18.

July 2, 2013Supports Labor Rights

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Introduced a bill to post every legislator's floor and committee votes on the General Assembly website within 24 hours. A House committee held it for further study.

February 16, 2011Supports Anti-Corruption

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Sponsored the Economic Development Tax Incentives Evaluation Act, signed on July 11, 2013, which set up regular state reviews of whether business tax breaks deliver results.

July 11, 2013Supports 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 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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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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Voted to make selling or delivering drugs that cause a death a new crime. It passed the House 54-15.

June 20, 2018Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Sponsored Jason's Law, signed on June 5, 2012, which barred people convicted of murder, first-degree sexual assault, child molestation or kidnapping a minor from earning time off their sentences for good behavior.

June 5, 2012Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 12, 2011, that dropped the word "serious" from the definition of second-degree child abuse.

July 12, 2011Supports 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 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 create paid caregiver leave through the state's temporary disability insurance, for workers caring for a seriously ill family member or bonding with a new child. It passed the House 49-18.

July 2, 2013Supports 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

Source: legiscan.com

Sponsored a law, signed on June 17, 2016, creating a state seal of biliteracy on high school diplomas for graduates fluent in English and another language.

June 17, 2016Supports 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 require gun owners to store firearms safely, with penalties for violations. It passed the House 46-24.

May 28, 2024Supports Gun Control

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Sponsored the law, signed on June 21, 2022, that raised the minimum age to buy guns or ammunition from 18 to 21, with exceptions for police and the military. It passed the House 53-15. She had filed versions each year since 2018.

June 21, 2022Supports Gun Control

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Voted to make owning gun magazines that hold more than 10 rounds a felony. It passed the House 43-27.

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 to ban guns on school grounds, except for police and school security. It passed the House 44-28.

June 30, 2021Supports Gun Control

Source: votes.rilegislature.gov

Sponsored the 2017 law, signed on October 4, 2017, that requires people under certain domestic abuse protective orders to give up their guns. She first filed a bill to disarm domestic abusers in 2015.

October 4, 2017Supports 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 the final version of the Reproductive Privacy Act, which wrote the right to an abortion into state law. It passed the House 45-29.

June 19, 2019Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

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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

Source: legiscan.com

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

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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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Sponsored a law, signed on June 17, 2015, letting voters cast a provisional ballot without first getting a temporary registration certificate.

June 17, 2015Supports Civil Rights

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Voted to legalize same-sex marriage in Rhode Island. It passed the House 56-15.

May 2, 2013Supports Civil Rights

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Voted against requiring voters to show identification at the polls. It passed the House 54-21.

June 30, 2011Supports Civil Rights

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Sponsored a law, enacted on October 5, 2017, letting older people cancel a home contractor deal within three days when it was sold to them at their door, except in emergencies.

October 5, 2017Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted for the RhodeWorks plan to toll large commercial trucks, and only trucks, to pay for bridge repairs. It passed the House 52-21.

February 10, 2016Supports Public Infrastructure

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Received the endorsement of Planned Parenthood Votes! Rhode Island PAC for her 2026 House District 34 race. Also received this endorsement in 2022.

July 23, 2026

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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

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 House 52-18.

June 10, 2025

Source: legiscan.com

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

Source: legiscan.com

Received the endorsement of the National Education Association Rhode Island for her 2024 House District 34 race.

October 14, 2024

Source: neari.org

Received Clean Water Action Rhode Island's endorsement for her 2024 House District 34 race.

August 9, 2024

Source: cleanwater.org

Voted against letting 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, 2024

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Voted against 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

Source: votes.rilegislature.gov

Voted against legalizing 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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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, 2021

Source: votes.rilegislature.gov

Said publicly on October 17, 2017, that a higher-ranking legislator had told her sexual favors would help her bills move forward. She did not name the person.

October 17, 2017

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Sponsored a law, which took effect on July 2, 2016, allowing Narragansett to give property and car tax exemptions to veterans, their spouses and Gold Star parents.

July 2, 2016

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 17, 2013, allowing companies to form as benefit corporations, which must pursue a public benefit as well as profit.

July 17, 2013

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Voted for the 2011 overhaul of the state and municipal pension systems, which changed what workers pay in and the benefits they receive. It passed the House 57-15.

November 17, 2011

Source: votes.rilegislature.gov