Michelle E. McGaw

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, that widens the right of Medigap enrollees to buy a plan outside the first sign-up period without being turned down.

June 22, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Introduced a bill on February 27, 2026 to let pharmacists order and read simple approved tests and prescribe treatment, with insurance coverage. A House committee held it.

February 27, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Introduced a bill on February 6, 2026 to limit step therapy, where insurers make patients try cheaper drugs first, by letting doctors request exceptions. A House committee held it.

February 6, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Introduced a bill on January 28, 2026 to bar prior approval for the first 12 visits of physical rehabilitation and for 90 days of chronic pain care. A House committee held it.

January 28, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Introduced a bill on January 14, 2026 to require health plans to cover at least one easy-to-use emergency glucagon product for low blood sugar with no copay or deductible. A House committee held it.

January 14, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 27, 2025, that lets pharmacists give a one-time emergency refill of certain medicines so patients do not go without them.

June 27, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 24, 2025, that lets pharmacists substitute equivalent drugs, devices and supplies when filling a prescription.

June 24, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 23, 2025, that lets pharmacies fill up to a 90-day supply of non-opioid stimulant medicines, such as ADHD drugs, at one time.

June 23, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 25, 2024, that made Rhode Island a member of the interstate physical therapist licensure compact so therapists can practice across member states.

June 25, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Sponsored a bill requiring health plans to cover at least one type of epinephrine auto-injector, such as an EpiPen, with no copay or deductible. It passed the House 69-1 on May 23, 2023.

May 23, 2023Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Introduced a House resolution on March 3, 2021 urging Congress to create a single-payer Medicare for All health program. A House committee held it.

March 3, 2021Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Introduced a bill on February 10, 2021 to make large for-profit employers pay the state part of the wages of their workers who rely on Medicaid, up to $1,500 per worker. A House committee held it.

February 10, 2021Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted for the 2026 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, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

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Introduced a bill on February 11, 2026 to ban permits for new plastic waste conversion facilities, which burn or break down plastic with high heat. A House committee held it.

February 11, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

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Introduced a bill on January 14, 2026 to remove clean coal from the fuels given priority in state energy plant siting. A House committee held it.

January 14, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

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Submitted written comments on the state's 10-year transportation plan urging more investment in transit, biking and walking to cut costs and carbon emissions (reported September 11, 2025).

September 11, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 2, 2025, that added COVID-19 shots to the consent and reporting rules for pharmacists giving vaccines to children aged 3 to 18.

July 2, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 26, 2025, that requires every college to train its campus staff to give overdose-reversal medicine such as Narcan.

June 26, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted for a 2025 bill requiring large buildings to report their energy use, with the state energy office publishing the results. It passed the House 48-20.

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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Introduced a bill on January 24, 2025 to ban licenses for any new high-heat waste processing facility, such as waste incinerators. A House committee held it.

January 24, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Sponsored a bill requiring some businesses, towns and housing developments to add parking spaces with electric vehicle chargers. It passed the House 55-13 on June 15, 2023.

June 15, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

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Introduced a bill on January 19, 2023 to require at least half of the state's new light-duty vehicles to be zero-emission by 2031. A House committee held it.

January 19, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

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Introduced a bill on January 19, 2023 to bar state approval of new power plants that would hurt Rhode Island's ability to meet its carbon-reduction goals. A House committee held it.

January 19, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted for requiring 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 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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Voted for raising the state 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 for covering 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 for raising the state 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 January 12, 2023 to require reporting of independent campaign spending on mass emails and texts sent to 2,000 or more people. A House committee held it.

January 12, 2023Supports Anti-Corruption

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Introduced a bill on February 10, 2021 to require the state auditor general to audit the Medicaid programs run by private managed care companies. A House committee held it.

February 10, 2021Supports 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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Traveled to Minnesota in late January 2026 with a group of Rhode Island lawmakers who called on federal immigration officers to leave the state (reported March 26, 2026).

March 26, 2026Supports Immigration

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Voted for letting residents who cannot prove legal immigration status get a state ID card, which cannot be used for voting. It passed the House 59-14.

June 14, 2023Supports 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 against adding five driving violations to the state's definition of aggressive driving. It passed the House 41-21.

April 24, 2025Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted for removing the time limit for prosecuting second-degree sexual assault and setting a 10-year limit for third-degree sexual assault. It passed the House 44-24.

May 2, 2024Supports 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 for requiring yearly outside studies and statewide reports on racial differences in police traffic stops and searches. It passed the House 50-17.

June 20, 2025Supports 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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Introduced a bill on February 27, 2026 to let towns add a higher property transfer tax on home sales over $900,000 and use the money for affordable housing. A House committee held it.

February 27, 2026Supports Housing Affordability

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Introduced a bill on February 27, 2026 to bar any company from owning more than $25 million in single-family or multi-family homes, with a 10-year sell-down. A House committee held it.

February 27, 2026Supports Housing Affordability

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Voted against barring town zoning rules from capping unrelated people sharing a home at fewer than one per bedroom. It passed the House 49-22.

June 15, 2023Opposes Housing Affordability

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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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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 for requiring 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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Voted for making it a crime 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 for raising 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 for banning guns on school grounds, except for police and school security. It passed the House 44-28.

June 30, 2021Supports Gun Control

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Voted for banning buying a gun for someone who is not allowed to have one, and raising penalties for lying on gun purchase forms. It passed the House 46-27.

June 30, 2021Supports Gun Control

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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 House 50-15.

June 11, 2024Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

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Voted for covering 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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Sponsored a law, signed on June 19, 2026, that exempts qualifying urban and small farmers from sales, property and income taxes starting in 2027.

June 19, 2026Supports 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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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

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Voted for a Homeless Bill of Rights bill setting steps that must be followed before a homeless encampment can be removed or relocated. It passed the House 56-13.

May 5, 2026Supports Civil Rights

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Voted for the Freedom to Read Act, which bars public and school libraries from removing books over objections to their ideas. It passed the House 62-11.

June 16, 2025Supports 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 House 50-15.

June 11, 2024Supports Civil Rights

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Introduced a House resolution on January 31, 2024 asking President Biden to publish the Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th Amendment to the Constitution. A House committee held it.

January 31, 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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Introduced a bill on February 27, 2026 to bar any company from owning more than $25 million in single-family or multi-family homes, with a 10-year sell-down. A House committee held it.

February 27, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

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Introduced the Broadband Oversight and Accountability Act on January 28, 2026 to remove legal barriers to state oversight of internet service providers. A House committee held it.

January 28, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

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Introduced a bill on March 3, 2023 to require cable companies to justify and explain rate increases to customers. A House committee held it.

March 3, 2023Supports Corporate Accountability

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Introduced a bill on February 10, 2021 to make large for-profit employers pay the state part of the wages of their workers who rely on Medicaid, up to $1,500 per worker. A House committee held it.

February 10, 2021Supports Corporate Accountability

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Submitted written comments on the state's 10-year transportation plan urging more investment in transit, biking and walking to cut costs and carbon emissions (reported September 11, 2025).

September 11, 2025Supports 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 House 52-18.

June 10, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure

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Received Clean Water Action's endorsement for her 2026 House District 71 race.

August 10, 2026

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Voted for 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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Sponsored a bill to allow human composting (natural organic reduction) and water-based cremation as legal choices for handling remains. It passed the House 46-17 on May 28, 2026.

May 28, 2026

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Voted for 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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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 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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Received Clean Water Action Rhode Island's endorsement for her 2024 House District 71 race.

August 9, 2024

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Voted for 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 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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Asked the state Ethics Commission for guidance before voting on a bill lowering pharmacist license fees, since she is a licensed pharmacist; the commission issued a safe-harbor letter allowing her vote (reported June 27, 2023).

June 27, 2023

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Voted against legalizing online casino gambling in Rhode Island. It passed the House 59-11.

June 15, 2023

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Voted against raising the campaign contribution limit for individuals and political action committees to $2,000 a year. It passed the House 41-29.

June 12, 2023

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 21, 2022, that created a state commission to care for the Black Regiment Monument in Portsmouth and promote the regiment's history.

June 21, 2022

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Voted for legalizing recreational marijuana for adults 21 and older. It passed the House 55-16.

May 24, 2022

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Introduced a bill on January 28, 2022 to list candidates in primary elections in an order drawn by lot instead of a fixed order. A House committee held it.

January 28, 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

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Voted against letting voters with disabilities and military voters overseas return their ballots electronically. It passed the House 48-17.

June 16, 2021

Source: votes.rilegislature.gov