Representative Arthur J. Corvese
Deputy Majority Leader
Chair, House Labor Committee
Second Vice Chair, House State Government and Elections Committee
Member, House Judiciary Committee
Member, House Rules Committee
Arthur J. Corvese is a Democrat who has represented District 55 in North
Providence since first being elected in November 1998. Representative
Corvese is a Deputy Majority Leader and chairs the House Labor
Committee. He is the second vice chair of the House State Government and
Elections Committee and is a member of the House Judiciary Committee and
the House Rules Committee.
During his tenure, Representative Corvese has sponsored bills to create
laws that help address the opioid crisis by stiffening
the penalties for fentanyl possession, to prevent misuse of
the food assistance program (SNAP), and
to enable police to seize
pimps’ proceeds from prostitution as well as proceeds from
conspiracy to violate controlled substances laws. He has been a voice
for responsible stewardship of taxpayers’ dollars throughout his time in
the House. In 2022 and 2023, he sponsored laws enacted as part of the
legislative package backed by House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi to help
address Rhode Island’s housing crisis;
the first created an
online database to help Rhode Islanders find available
affordable housing, and the other
updated public notice laws for land development.
Representative Corvese served on the North Providence School Committee
from 1987 to 1998. He is a member of the North Providence Democratic
Town Committee and is the secretary of the Rhode Island Democratic State
Committee.
An optometrist, he is a member of both the American Optometric
Association and the Rhode Island Optometric Association.
A graduate of North Providence High School, Representative Corvese
earned a bachelor of science degree in biology from Providence College
in 1977 and he received his doctor of optometry degree from the New
England College of Optometry in 1981.
Representative Corvese was born on January 14, 1956. He lives in North
Providence with his wife, Terry. They have two children and two
grandchildren.