Jonathon Acosta

Voted to guarantee individual health coverage without exclusions for preexisting conditions and to require 10 essential health benefits. It passed the Senate 27-10.

May 9, 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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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 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 two-year pilot of supervised sites where people can use drugs under medical watch to prevent overdose deaths. It passed the Senate 30-7.

July 1, 2021Supports 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 Senate 28-9.

April 6, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted to raise the minimum wage from $11.50 to $15 an hour over four years. It passed the Senate 29-7.

May 18, 2021Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

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Sponsored a law, which took effect on July 1, 2025, that requires employers to give new workers a written notice of their pay and benefits and to explain pay and deductions on each pay stub.

July 1, 2025Supports Labor Rights

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Voted to widen who counts as an employee under the state labor relations law. It passed the Senate 29-5.

June 4, 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 requiring employers to give workers written pay terms and detailed pay stubs, with a right to sue. It passed the Senate 27-10 on June 8, 2023, but the House did not pass it that year.

June 8, 2023Supports Labor Rights

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Voted to keep all terms of a city police union contract in force until a new contract or arbitration award is reached. It passed the Senate 27-8.

May 25, 2021Supports Labor Rights

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Voted to raise the minimum wage from $11.50 to $15 an hour over four years. It passed the Senate 29-7.

May 18, 2021Supports Labor Rights

Source: votes.rilegislature.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Sponsored a law, signed on June 20, 2023, that requires the state prison system to collect data on the sex, race, country of origin and education of people it takes in and publish a yearly summary.

June 20, 2023Supports 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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Voted to bar state and local agencies from voluntarily helping with federal civil immigration enforcement, except under a court warrant or order. It passed the Senate 30-8.

June 3, 2026Supports Immigration

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Introduced a bill on January 23, 2026, to bar state and local officials from signing or renewing agreements to detain people for federal civil immigration violations. A Senate committee held it.

January 23, 2026Supports Immigration

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Voted to let residents who cannot prove legal immigration status get a Rhode Island state ID card. It passed the Senate 27-9.

June 15, 2023Supports Immigration

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Introduced a bill on February 26, 2025, for free breakfast and lunch for all public school students, phased in over three years. A Senate committee held it.

February 26, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Sponsored a bill to give free breakfast and lunch to all public school students. It passed the Senate on May 16, 2023, but did not become law.

May 16, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Sponsored a law, signed on July 8, 2021, that created a statewide program to equip police departments with body-worn cameras.

July 8, 2021Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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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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Voted to make turning commercial buildings into homes an allowed use under local zoning. It passed the Senate 27-9.

June 15, 2023Supports Housing Affordability

Source: votes.rilegislature.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Introduced a bill on February 26, 2025, for free breakfast and lunch for all public school students, phased in over three years. A Senate committee held it.

February 26, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Sponsored a bill to give free breakfast and lunch to all public school students. It passed the Senate on May 16, 2023, but did not become law.

May 16, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Sponsored a bill to let towns in the state pre-kindergarten program take children from other towns and fill seats by lottery. It passed the Senate on June 4, 2026, but did not become law.

June 4, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Sponsored a bill to give free breakfast and lunch to all public school students. It passed the Senate on May 16, 2023, but did not become law.

May 16, 2023Supports Public Education Quality

Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Sponsored the College and Career Success for All Students Act, signed on June 29, 2022, which requires high schools to tell students and parents about the federal student aid form and the state's alternative form.

June 29, 2022Supports Public Education Quality

Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Voted to let students who cannot legally file the federal student aid form use a state form to get Rhode Island Promise free college tuition. It passed the Senate 28-9.

July 1, 2021Supports Public Education Quality

Source: votes.rilegislature.gov · researched September 21, 2026

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 to require gun owners to store firearms safely, with civil and criminal penalties. It passed the Senate 30-7.

June 6, 2024Supports Gun Control

Source: votes.rilegislature.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Voted to ban guns on school grounds, except for police, retired officers and school security. It passed the Senate 28-10.

June 30, 2021Supports Gun Control

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Voted to ban buying a gun for someone who may not legally have one and to raise penalties for lying on gun purchase forms. It passed the Senate 26-12.

June 30, 2021Supports Gun Control

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Voted to shield Rhode Island providers of abortion and gender-affirming care from legal action by other states. It passed the Senate 30-7.

May 2, 2024Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: votes.rilegislature.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Voted to cover abortion in Medicaid and state employee health plans. It passed the Senate 24-13.

May 18, 2023Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: votes.rilegislature.gov · researched September 21, 2026

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 law, signed on June 17, 2024, that ended the rule making voters who cannot sign because of blindness, disability or illiteracy sign mail ballot papers with an "X".

June 17, 2024Supports Civil Rights

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Sponsored a law, which took effect on June 27, 2023, that lets people on parole, probation or a suspended sentence serve on juries.

June 27, 2023Supports Civil Rights

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 14, 2023, that replaced outdated terms such as "mentally retarded" and "drug abuser" in state law with respectful language.

June 14, 2023Supports Civil Rights

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Introduced the Solitary Confinement Reform Act on March 7, 2023, to set up a committee to oversee the use of solitary confinement in state prisons. A Senate committee held it.

March 7, 2023Supports Civil Rights

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Voted to let voters with disabilities and military voters use ballots sent electronically. It passed the Senate 25-12.

June 22, 2022Supports Civil Rights

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Introduced a bill on March 1, 2022, to bar police from using robots, robot dogs or drones in their work. A Senate committee held it.

March 1, 2022Supports Civil Rights

Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Sponsored a law, signed on June 30, 2021, that bars refusing someone an organ transplant only because of a physical or mental disability.

June 30, 2021Supports Civil Rights

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Introduced a bill on February 25, 2021, to ban private and public-private detention facilities in Rhode Island. A Senate committee held it.

February 25, 2021Supports Civil Rights

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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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Received Clean Water Action's endorsement for his 2026 Senate race.

August 10, 2026

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 22, 2026, that caps misdemeanor jail terms at 364 days instead of one year, starting in July 2027.

June 22, 2026

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Voted against making 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, 2026

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Voted for the state budget for the fiscal year that began July 1, 2026. It passed the Senate 32-6.

June 9, 2026

Source: votes.rilegislature.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Voted against a three-year pause on approving new or expanded charter schools, starting with the 2026-2027 school year. It passed the Senate 31-6.

June 4, 2026

Source: votes.rilegislature.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Received the Rhode Island AFL-CIO's endorsement for his 2026 Senate District 16 race.

May 5, 2026

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Sponsored a Senate resolution condemning unauthorized U.S. military actions and violations of other nations' sovereignty in Latin America. It passed the Senate 28-9 on January 13, 2026.

January 13, 2026

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Voted against replacing the 10-member coastal council with a 7-member board of environmental experts. It passed the Senate 25-10.

June 20, 2025

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Voted against a 2025 plan letting state education leaders step in to support and turn around one struggling school district at a time. It passed the Senate 27-10.

June 18, 2025

Source: votes.rilegislature.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Voted against letting Rhode Island's electric utility buy nuclear power and sign long-term contracts for it. It passed the Senate 23-14.

June 18, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 21, 2026

Received Clean Water Action Rhode Island's endorsement for his 2024 Senate District 16 race.

August 9, 2024

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 20, 2023, that exempts cannabis from the state's cigarette and tobacco products tax.

June 20, 2023

Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Voted against a bill raising campaign contribution limits and the threshold for reporting donors. It passed the Senate 22-14.

June 14, 2023

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Sponsored a law, signed on June 28, 2022, that requires parking lots with more than 100 spaces to set aside spots for drivers with children under 3 or strollers.

June 28, 2022

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Voted against changing eviction papers for reasons other than unpaid rent, including letting them be posted on a tenant's door. It passed the Senate 28-10.

June 2, 2022

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Voted for the Rhode Island Cannabis Act, which legalized marijuana for adults 21 and older. It passed the Senate 32-6.

May 24, 2022

Source: votes.rilegislature.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Voted for the 2022 redistricting plan that redrew state legislative and congressional district lines. It passed the Senate 29-9.

February 15, 2022

Source: votes.rilegislature.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Voted for a 2021 bill to license and tax sales of marijuana to adults. It passed the Senate 29-9.

June 22, 2021

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Voted to let the state lottery extend its contracts with IGT and Twin River casinos. It passed the Senate 28-7.

June 1, 2021

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Voted against a Senate resolution urging Congress to pass a Medicare for All program. It passed the Senate 30-7.

March 16, 2021

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Voted against requiring every public school student from grade 6 up to have an individual career and academic plan to graduate. It passed the Senate 30-8.

March 9, 2021

Source: votes.rilegislature.gov · researched September 21, 2026