Stephen Casey

Sponsored a law, signed on June 25, 2024, letting nursing graduates begin working as nurses before they take and get results from the national licensing exam.

June 25, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 30, 2022, requiring hospitals to accept no more than the Medicare rate as payment for patients in the state's all-inclusive care program for the elderly.

June 30, 2022Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 27, 2022, changing how the state health insurance commissioner reviews rates proposed by nonprofit health insurers, including public hearings on individual-market rates.

June 27, 2022Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 6, 2021, requiring Rhode Island Medicaid to cover telemedicine visits and updating the state's telemedicine coverage rules for health insurers.

July 6, 2021Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Introduced a bill in 2020 to set minimum staffing levels for nursing homes. It did not pass.

February 26, 2020Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 24, 2016, letting the state behavioral health agency certify recovery homes for people treating addiction, and limiting state funding to certified homes.

June 24, 2016Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted against 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, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health

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Voted against 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, 2025Opposes 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 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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Introduced a bill in 2022 to ban the sale of flavored electronic cigarettes and vaping products. It did not pass.

March 4, 2022Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted against the 2021 Act on Climate, which made the state's greenhouse gas reduction targets mandatory. It passed the House 53-22.

March 23, 2021Opposes Environment and Public Health

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 12, 2016, setting a state goal of keeping at least half of all solid waste out of landfills by 2025 through recycling, reuse and composting.

July 12, 2016Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted for banning the sale of 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 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 raising the state minimum wage to $9.60 an hour starting in 2016. It passed the House 59-13.

June 2, 2015Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

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

June 18, 2014Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

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Introduced a bill in 2026 to let workers without a union form a group to bargain with their employer, if a majority sign cards supporting it. It did not pass.

January 23, 2026Supports Labor Rights

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 24, 2025, barring locked gates or fences that block the way in and out of a construction site while work is going on.

June 24, 2025Supports Labor Rights

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 20, 2023, letting cities and towns offer their workers the state's deferred compensation retirement savings plans.

June 20, 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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Voted for requiring employers with 18 or more workers to give paid sick days. It passed the House 56-14.

June 29, 2017Supports Labor Rights

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Sponsored a law, which took effect on June 29, 2017 without the governor's signature, letting barbers, hairdressers, manicurists and estheticians get licensed based on work experience or a license from another state.

June 29, 2017Supports Labor Rights

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Voted for raising the state 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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Voted for raising 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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Voted for paid caregiver leave through the state's temporary disability insurance, for workers caring for a seriously ill relative or a new child. It passed the House 49-18.

July 2, 2013Supports Labor Rights

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Sponsored a law, which took effect on June 20, 2024 without the governor's signature, removing the attorney general's review of joint agreements between cities, towns and other public agencies.

June 20, 2024Supports Government Efficiency

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 15, 2013, requiring every school district to use the state's uniform accounting system and to include at least three years of data in its budget.

July 15, 2013Supports 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 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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Introduced a bill in 2026 to make blocking traffic on state and federal highways a crime with mandatory minimum sentences. It did not pass.

February 6, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 24, 2025, barring locked gates or fences that block the way in and out of a construction site while work is going on.

June 24, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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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 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, 2024Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 14, 2021, requiring police to send car crash reports to the state transportation department within 14 days.

July 14, 2021Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Sponsored a law, which took effect on July 14, 2021 without the governor's signature, requiring the attorney general to report each year on all gun charges filed in state courts and how they ended.

July 14, 2021Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Sponsored a law, which took effect on July 10, 2018 without the governor's signature, requiring the attorney general to report each year to the legislature on gun crimes and how they were resolved.

July 10, 2018Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted for creating 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 July 13, 2016, updating the state fire code and how it adopts parts of the national fire codes.

July 13, 2016Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted for letting 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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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 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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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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Sponsored a law, signed on June 24, 2023, requiring each town's comprehensive land use plan to include a five-year strategy for carrying out its goals.

June 24, 2023Supports 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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Introduced a bill in 2015 to require children in families getting state cash and medical aid to attend school at least 80 percent of the time for the family to stay eligible. A House committee held it for further study.

February 5, 2015Opposes Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted for paid caregiver leave through the state's temporary disability insurance, for workers caring for a seriously ill relative or 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

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Sponsored a bill requiring public schools to give congressionally chartered youth groups limited access to recruit and speak to students, with notice to parents. It passed the House in June 2026 and was sent to a Senate committee.

June 9, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 2, 2018, adding home-schooled students to the state program that gives the PSAT and SAT tests for free.

July 2, 2018Supports Public Education Quality

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 15, 2013, requiring every school district to use the state's uniform accounting system and to include at least three years of data in its budget.

July 15, 2013Supports Public Education Quality

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Voted against requiring gun owners to store firearms safely, with penalties for violations. It passed the House 46-24.

May 28, 2024Opposes Gun Control

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Voted against making it a crime to own gun magazines that hold more than 10 rounds. It passed the House 43-27.

June 10, 2022Opposes Gun Control

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Voted against raising the minimum age to buy guns or ammunition from 18 to 21. It passed the House 53-15.

June 10, 2022Opposes Gun Control

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Voted against 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, 2021Opposes 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 against taking guns away from people under certain domestic violence restraining orders. It passed the House 56-13.

June 26, 2017Opposes Gun Control

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Voted for 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 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 against covering abortion in Medicaid and state employee health plans. It passed the House 49-24.

April 27, 2023Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

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Voted against final House passage of the Reproductive Privacy Act, which wrote the abortion rights of Roe v. Wade into state law. It passed the House 45-29.

June 19, 2019Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

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Introduced a bill in 2023, one of several he filed over the years, to exempt residents from state income tax on pensions earned and taxed in another state, up to the amount they paid in. It did not pass.

February 22, 2023Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction

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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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Sponsored a law, signed on June 21, 2023, requiring motorcycle safety courses to provide accommodations for people with disabilities.

June 21, 2023Supports Civil Rights

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

June 16, 2021Supports Civil Rights

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

May 2, 2013Opposes Civil Rights

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 18, 2026, that voids deed restrictions barring land from being used as a grocery store, with narrow exceptions.

June 18, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 29, 2022, barring public adjusters and others from entering a fire-damaged property to solicit business without the owner's permission until the property is released to the owner.

June 29, 2022Supports 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

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Voted for tolls on large commercial trucks 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 June 23, 2026, updating the state's rules for licensing certified public accountants to match the national model law.

June 23, 2026

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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 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 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 in 2026 to let adults 18 and older buy and carry stun guns, ban sales to anyone younger, and add penalties for using one in a crime. It did not pass.

February 27, 2026

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Introduced a bill in 2026 to repeal the state's minimum tax on corporations. It did not pass.

January 28, 2026

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 26, 2025, letting Woonsocket raise its property tax levy for the 2026 fiscal year by 5.5 percent, above the usual state cap.

June 26, 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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Sponsored a 2024 law letting the Woonsocket city council exempt liquor licenses on part of downtown Main Street from the state limit on distance from schools and churches. It took effect on June 28, 2024 without the governor's signature.

June 28, 2024

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 26, 2024, exempting the Rhode Island Disaster Medical Assistance Team from certain vehicle registration fees.

June 26, 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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Voted for legalizing online casino gambling in Rhode Island. It passed the House 59-11.

June 15, 2023

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Voted for 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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Asked the state Ethics Commission whether he could take part in his committee's votes on firefighter bills while working as a Woonsocket firefighter. On March 7, 2023, the Commission advised that he could, because the bills affect all firefighters alike.

March 7, 2023

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Was named chair of the House Municipal Government and Housing Committee by Speaker Joe Shekarchi on January 31, 2023. He had earlier chaired the House Special Legislation Committee (2019-2020) and the House Health and Human Services Committee (2021-2022).

January 31, 2023

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Voted against legalizing recreational marijuana for adults 21 and older. 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

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Voted for the state budget for the 2021 fiscal year. It passed the House 60-6. Voted the same way on June 13, 2014.

December 16, 2020

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Sponsored a bill letting doctors order a 72-hour emergency hold for people with severe drug intoxication, which a judge could extend. It passed the House 51-17 on June 22, 2018, but did not become law.

June 22, 2018

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Sponsored a law, which took effect on July 1, 2016 without the governor's signature, exempting Mount Saint Charles Academy's property in Woonsocket from city taxes starting in July 2018.

July 1, 2016

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 2, 2014, requiring police to report cars kept by Rhode Island residents but registered in another state to the local tax assessor, and to notify the owners.

July 2, 2014

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 1, 2014, letting Woonsocket give a homestead property tax exemption to elderly residents.

July 1, 2014

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 16, 2014, letting a city or town council member serve on a state-appointed budget commission that runs a financially troubled city.

June 16, 2014

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