Gordon E. Rogers

Sponsored a bill requiring health insurers to cover buprenorphine, an opioid addiction medicine, with no copay or deductible. It passed the Senate 38-0 on June 9, 2026.

June 9, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Introduced a bill on January 16, 2026, repealing the 2021 Act on Climate, the state law requiring cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. It was held in committee, as was his 2025 version.

January 16, 2026Opposes 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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Introduced a bill on February 16, 2023, letting utility regulators suspend the fees on electric bills that pay for energy efficiency and renewable energy. It was held in committee.

February 16, 2023Opposes Environment and Public Health

Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov

Voted against requiring that all of Rhode Island's electricity come from renewable sources by 2033. It passed the Senate 34-4.

May 31, 2022Opposes Environment and Public Health

Source: votes.rilegislature.gov

Voted against the 2021 Act on Climate, which set binding state targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions. It passed the Senate 33-4.

March 16, 2021Opposes Environment and Public Health

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Voted against raising the state minimum wage from $11.50 to $15 an hour over four years. It passed the Senate 30-6.

February 10, 2021Opposes Reduce Wealth Gap

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Voted against raising the state minimum wage to $11.50 an hour. It passed the Senate 30-6.

February 5, 2020Opposes Reduce Wealth Gap

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

June 13, 2024Opposes Labor Rights

Source: votes.rilegislature.gov

Voted against raising job-protected parental and family medical leave from 13 to 24 weeks. It passed the Senate 30-6.

March 21, 2024Opposes Labor Rights

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Voted against extending a local police union contract until a new contract or arbitration award is reached. It passed the Senate 28-8.

May 11, 2023Opposes Labor Rights

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Introduced a bill on February 16, 2023, requiring employers' workers' compensation insurers to pay medical costs from harm caused by a COVID-19 vaccine the employer required. It was held in committee.

February 16, 2023Supports Labor Rights

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Voted against raising the state minimum wage from $11.50 to $15 an hour over four years. It passed the Senate 30-6.

February 10, 2021Opposes Labor Rights

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Voted against raising the state minimum wage to $11.50 an hour. It passed the Senate 30-6.

February 5, 2020Opposes Labor Rights

Source: votes.rilegislature.gov

Voted against lowering the campaign donation amount that must be reported to the state from over $100 to $25. It passed the Senate 27-11.

June 27, 2019Opposes Anti-Corruption

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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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Introduced a resolution on January 9, 2026, to give each public school $100,000, about $30 million in all, for safety and security upgrades. It was held in committee.

January 9, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted against requiring one full-time school social worker for every 250 students, with $2 million in state aid. It passed the Senate 31-5.

June 14, 2023Supports Government Spending Reduction

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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 a bill on January 23, 2026, setting a 10-year time limit for charging second-degree sexual assault. It was held in committee.

January 23, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov

Introduced a bill on January 10, 2024, letting towns without public transit lower their affordable housing goal from 10 percent to 6 percent of homes. It was held in committee.

January 10, 2024Opposes Housing Affordability

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Introduced a resolution on January 9, 2026, to give each public school $100,000, about $30 million in all, for safety and security upgrades. It was held in committee.

January 9, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

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Introduced a bill on January 9, 2026, barring the state from cutting any school district's education aid by more than 1 percent in a year. It was held in committee.

January 9, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov

Voted against requiring one full-time school social worker for every 250 students, with $2 million in state aid. It passed the Senate 31-5.

June 14, 2023Opposes Public Education Quality

Source: votes.rilegislature.gov

Introduced a bill on February 27, 2019, requiring public schools to screen students for dyslexia and set up plans to teach them. It was held in committee.

February 27, 2019Supports Public Education Quality

Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov

Introduced a bill on January 23, 2026, allowing gun silencers on long guns and their use by licensed hunters, and barring local rules against them. It was held in committee.

January 23, 2026Opposes Gun Control

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Introduced a bill on January 16, 2026, letting residents 21 and older carry a concealed handgun without a permit if they meet training and eligibility conditions. It was held in committee, as were his versions in 2021, 2022 and 2025.

January 16, 2026Opposes Gun Control

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Introduced a bill on January 16, 2026, letting Rhode Island honor concealed carry permits issued by other states. It was held in committee; he filed similar bills every year since 2020.

January 16, 2026Opposes Gun Control

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

June 6, 2024Opposes Gun Control

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Voted against raising the minimum age to buy guns or ammunition from 18 to 21. It passed the Senate 32-5.

June 14, 2022Opposes Gun Control

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Voted against banning loaded rifles and shotguns in public, with exceptions for police and hunting. It passed the Senate 32-5.

June 14, 2022Opposes Gun Control

Source: votes.rilegislature.gov

Voted against banning straw purchases of guns for people barred from owning them and raising penalties for lying on gun purchase forms. It passed the Senate 26-12.

June 30, 2021Opposes Gun Control

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Voted against the Julie Lynn Cardinal Act, which sends gun purchase applications to the buyer's hometown police as well as the State Police. It passed the Senate 33-4.

July 13, 2020Opposes Gun Control

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Voted against banning ghost guns and 3D-printed guns that metal detectors cannot find. It passed the Senate 34-4.

June 17, 2020Opposes Gun Control

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Voted against 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, 2024Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

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

May 18, 2023Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

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Voted against the Reproductive Privacy Act, which wrote the abortion rights of Roe v. Wade into state law. It passed the Senate 21-17.

June 19, 2019Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: votes.rilegislature.gov

Introduced a bill on January 16, 2026, requiring surplus state tax revenue to be refunded to income taxpayers each year. It was held in committee.

January 16, 2026Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction

Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov

Voted against 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, 2024Opposes Civil Rights

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Voted against 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, 2024Opposes Civil Rights

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Voted against giving the attorney general power to investigate and sue over repeated illegal conduct by businesses or government bodies. It passed the Senate 30-7.

June 13, 2024Opposes Corporate Accountability

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Sponsored a bill making the state responsible for maintaining sidewalks along state highways, except snow and ice removal. It passed the Senate 36-0 on May 7, 2026, after passing 36-0 in 2024 and 2025.

May 7, 2026Supports 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

Source: legiscan.com

Sponsored a bill making water utilities pay the costs of pumping stations that deliver water to homes and schools lacking their own. It passed the Senate 31-3 on June 14, 2023.

June 14, 2023Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: votes.rilegislature.gov

Introduced a bill on February 16, 2023, putting half of state car registration fees into a fund for town road and bridge repairs. It was held in committee.

February 16, 2023Supports Public Infrastructure

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Voted against banning plants that burn or chemically break down waste and plastics into fuel at the Quonset industrial park. It passed the Senate 29-9.

June 10, 2026

Source: legiscan.com

Sponsored a bill letting retired town workers work up to 90 days a year for a town without losing their pension payments. It passed the Senate 38-0 on June 9, 2026.

June 9, 2026

Source: votes.rilegislature.gov

Voted against keeping federal immigration agents at least 200 feet from any polling place while voting is going on. It passed the Senate 29-8.

June 9, 2026

Source: legiscan.com

Introduced a bill on February 13, 2026, letting physician assistants practice without a doctor's direct supervision and get paid directly by Medicaid. It was held in committee.

February 13, 2026

Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov

Introduced a bill on January 23, 2026, giving a legal defense to a person who injures or kills someone committing a violent crime against them in a place they have a right to be. It was held in committee.

January 23, 2026

Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov

Introduced a bill on January 9, 2026, requiring electric and gas bills to list supply, delivery and state policy costs, including renewable energy costs. It was held in committee.

January 9, 2026

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Sponsored a law, enacted on June 26, 2025, that gave Capitol Police officers, in place of state marshals, the same exemption from certain gun limits that other law enforcement officers have.

June 26, 2025

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Voted against changing the deadline for a town's written zoning answer to 20 days and letting the applicant appeal it. It passed the Senate 28-7.

June 21, 2025

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Voted against requiring town zoning rules to allow attached single-family homes, such as townhouses, in designated districts. It passed the Senate 23-12.

June 20, 2025

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Voted against defining co-living housing, where residents rent a private room and share a kitchen or bath, and letting towns allow it. It passed the Senate 25-10.

June 20, 2025

Source: legiscan.com

Voted against requiring town zoning rules to allow homes in commercial districts, including apartments above shops. It passed the Senate 25-10.

June 20, 2025

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Voted against requiring town zoning rules to allow housing other than detached single-family homes in sewered urban areas. It passed the Senate 23-12.

June 20, 2025

Source: legiscan.com

Voted against banning the sale, manufacture and purchase of assault-style firearms in Rhode Island. It passed the Senate 25-11.

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 Senate 28-9.

June 18, 2025

Source: legiscan.com

Voted against treating a police officer's heart disease, stroke or high blood pressure as a job-related disability. It passed the Senate 29-8.

May 15, 2025

Source: legiscan.com

Voted against keeping Rhode Island's supervised drug-use centers open two more years, to March 2028. It passed the Senate 27-7.

May 13, 2025

Source: legiscan.com

Voted for Senate Minority Leader Jessica de la Cruz for Senate president on April 29, 2025. Valarie Lawson won with 24 votes to 8 for Ryan Pearson and 4 for de la Cruz.

April 29, 2025

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Introduced a bill on January 31, 2025, limiting the governor to one 30-day renewal of an emergency declaration unless lawmakers approve more. It was held in committee; he filed it first in 2021.

January 31, 2025

Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov

Introduced a bill on January 31, 2025, legalizing and regulating the sale of raw milk. It was held in committee.

January 31, 2025

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Was re-elected Senate minority whip by the Senate Republican caucus on November 6, 2024, for the 2025-2026 session.

November 13, 2024

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Sponsored a law, enacted on June 29, 2024, that lets hunters take wild turkeys with a crossbow under state environmental agency rules.

June 29, 2024

Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov

Sponsored a law, signed on June 24, 2024, that delayed Rhode Island's cage-free housing rules for commercial egg-laying hens until January 1, 2030.

June 24, 2024

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Sponsored a law, enacted on June 20, 2024, that set up a municipal court for the town of Foster.

June 20, 2024

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

June 11, 2024

Source: votes.rilegislature.gov

Voted against letting unaffiliated voters vote in a party primary without joining the party. It passed the Senate 32-5.

June 6, 2024

Source: votes.rilegislature.gov

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

Source: votes.rilegislature.gov

Voted for raising campaign contribution limits for people and political action committees to $2,000 a year. It passed the Senate 22-15.

June 15, 2023

Source: votes.rilegislature.gov

Was elected Senate minority whip by the Senate Republican caucus on August 2, 2022.

August 2, 2022

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Voted for the Rhode Island Cannabis Act, which legalized marijuana for adults 21 and older and set up a commission to regulate sales. It passed the Senate 32-6.

May 24, 2022

Source: votes.rilegislature.gov

Voted against the Let RI Vote Act, which allowed mail voting without an excuse and dropped the witness rule for mail ballots. It passed the Senate 31-6.

April 26, 2022

Source: votes.rilegislature.gov

Voted against a two-year pilot program for supervised drug-use centers. It passed the Senate 30-7.

July 1, 2021

Source: votes.rilegislature.gov

Voted against a 2021 bill legalizing and taxing marijuana sales to adults. It passed the Senate 29-9.

June 22, 2021

Source: votes.rilegislature.gov

Was fined $250 by the Rhode Island Ethics Commission, in a decision signed October 1, 2013, for a knowing and willful ethics violation. As Foster Town Council president, he had represented his own company before the council on April 12, 2012, over a town septic system bid.

October 1, 2013

Source: ethics.ri.gov