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Rep. Marvin Abney
Rep. Mia Ackerman
Rep. Edith Ajello
Rep. Joseph Almeida
Rep. Karen Alzate
Rep. Joseph Amaral
Rep. Gregg Amore
Rep. Fausto Anguilla
Rep. Samuel Azzinaro
Rep. Jacquelyn M. Baginski
Rep. Lisa Baldelli-Hunt
Rep. Jean Philippe Barros
Rep. Jose F. Batista
Rep. David Bennett
Rep. Nathan W. Biah
Rep. Christopher Blazejewski
Rep. Jennifer Smith Boylan
Rep. Todd Brien
Rep. Jon D. Brien
Rep. Justine A. Caldwell
Rep. Dennis Canario
Rep. David Caprio
Rep. Edward T. Cardillo, Jr.
Rep. John Carnevale
Rep. Lauren H. Carson
Rep. Kenneth Carter
Rep. Stephen Casey
Rep. Julie A. Casimiro
Rep. Liana M. Cassar
Rep. Michael Chippendale
Rep. Raymond Church
Rep. Maria Cimini
Rep. Steven Coaty
Rep. Elaine Coderre
Rep. Terri Cortvriend
Rep. Arthur Corvese
Rep. Doreen Costa
Rep. Steven Costantino
Rep. Gregory Costantino
Rep. Megan L. Cotter
Rep. David A. Coughlin, Jr.
Rep. Robert Craven
Rep. Paul Crowley
Rep. Cherie L. Cruz
Rep. Helder J. Cunha
Rep. Roberto DaSilva
Rep. James Davey
Rep. Matthew S. Dawson
Rep. Elizabeth Dennigan
Rep. John DeSimone
Rep. Anthony J. DeSimone
Rep. Grace Diaz
Rep. Spencer Dickinson
Rep. Susan R. Donovan
Rep. Rodney Driver
Rep. John Edwards
Rep. Laurence Ehrhardt
Rep. Joseph Faria
Rep. Richard R. Fascia
Rep. Leonela Felix
Rep. Deborah Fellela
Rep. Barbara Ann Fenton-Fung
Rep. Frank Ferri
Rep. Christopher Fierro
Rep. Blake Anthony Filippi
Rep. Alex S. Finkelman
Rep. Linda Finn
Rep. Robert Flaherty
Rep. Kathleen A. Fogarty
Rep. Gordon Fox
Rep. Jenni Azanero Furtado
Rep. Douglas Gablinske
Rep. Raymond Gallison
Rep. Al Gemma
Rep. Joanne Giannini
Rep. Antonio Giarrusso
Rep. Peter Ginaitt
Rep. Joshua J. Giraldo
Rep. Daniel Gordon, Jr.
Rep. Nicholas Gorham
Rep. Scott Guthrie
Rep. Arthur Handy
Rep. Bernard A. Hawkins
Rep. Joy Hearn
Rep. Brianna E. Henries
Rep. Marie A. Hopkins
Rep. Raymond Hull
Rep. J. Russell Jackson
Rep. James B. Jackson
Rep. Robert Jacquard
Rep. Raymond Johnston, Jr.
Rep. Katherine Kazarian
Rep. Cale Keable
Rep. Brian Kennedy
Rep. Peter Kilmartin
Rep. Rebecca M. Kislak
Rep. Jason Knight
Rep. Donald Lally
Rep. Robert B. Lancia
Rep. Peter Lewiss
Rep. Charlene Lima
Rep. Steven J. Lima
Rep. John Lombardi
Rep. Bruce Long
Rep. John Loughlin
Rep. John W. Lyle, Jr.
Rep. Karen MacBeth
Rep. Shelby Maldonado
Rep. Jan Malik
Rep. Michael Marcello
Rep. Kenneth Marshall
Rep. Alex Marszalkowski
Rep. Peter Martin
Rep. Nicholas Mattiello
Rep. John McCauley
Rep. Carol Hagan McEntee
Rep. Michelle E. McGaw
Rep. Matthew McHugh
Rep. Daniel P. McKiernan
Rep. James McLaughlin
Rep. William McManus
Rep. Joseph McNamara
Rep. Leo Medina
Rep. Helio Melo
Rep. Rene Menard
Rep. Mario F. Mendez
Rep. Kenneth J. Mendonca
Rep. Mary Messier
Rep. Christopher T. Millea
Rep. Victor Moffitt
Rep. David Morales
Rep. Joseph Moran
Rep. Patricia Morgan
Rep. Michael Morin
Rep. Richard Morrison
Rep. Paul Moura
Rep. Carol Mumford
Rep. William Murphy
Rep. Robert A. Nardolillo
Rep. George A. Nardone
Rep. Eileen Naughton
Rep. Brian Newberry
Rep. Thomas E. Noret
Rep. Jared Nunes
Rep. William O'Brien
Rep. Jeremiah O'Grady
Rep. J. Patrick O'Neill
Rep. Edwin Pacheco
Rep. Thomas Palangio
Rep. Peter Palumbo
Rep. Christopher G. Paplauskas
Rep. Ramon A. Perez
Rep. Peter Petrarca
Rep. Robert Phillips
Rep. David J. Place
Rep. Scott Pollard
Rep. Brandon C. Potter
Rep. Justin Price
Rep. Robert J. Quattrocchi
Rep. Marcia Ranglin-Vassell
Rep. Brian J. Rea
Rep. Earl A. Read, III
Rep. J. Aaron Regunberg
Rep. Daniel P. Reilly
Rep. Amy Rice
Rep. Michael Rice
Rep. Sherry Roberts
Rep. Henry Rose
Rep. Deborah Ruggiero
Rep. William San Bento
Rep. Enrique George Sanchez
Rep. Paul M. Santucci
Rep. John Savage
Rep. Gregory Schadone
Rep. Joseph Scott
Rep. David Segal
Rep. Joe R. Serodio
Rep. Patricia Serpa
Rep. Mary Ann Shallcross Smith
Rep. John Shanley
Rep. Evan P. Shanley
Rep. K. Joseph Shekarchi
Rep. Agostinho Silva
Rep. Richard Singleton
Rep. Thomas Slater
Rep. Scott Slater
Rep. Steven Smith
Rep. Joseph J. Solomon
Rep. June Speakman
Rep. Tina L. Spears
Rep. Jennifer A. Stewart
Rep. Susan Story
Rep. Raymond Sullivan, Jr.
Rep. Teresa Tanzi
Rep. Michael Tarro
Rep. Carlos E. Tobon
Rep. Lisa Tomasso
Rep. Joseph Trillo
Rep. Stephen Ucci
Rep. Larry Valencia
Rep. Kenneth Vaudreuil
Rep. Camille F.J. Vella-Wilkinson
Rep. Brandon T. Voas
Rep. Joseph Voccola
Rep. Donna Walsh
Rep. Moira J. Walsh
Rep. Peter Wasylyk
Rep. Robert Watson
Rep. Anastasia Williams
Rep. Timothy Williamson
Rep. Thomas Winfield
Sen. Jonathon Acosta
Sen. Dennis Algiere
Sen. Stephen Alves
Sen. Kendra Anderson
Sen. Peter A. Appollonio, Jr.
Sen. Stephen Archambault
Sen. Roger Badeau
Sen. David Bates
Sen. Samuel W. Bell
Sen. Jacob Bissaillon
Sen. Leo Blais
Sen. Kevin Breene
Sen. Robert Britto
Sen. John P. Burke
Sen. Jeanine Calkin
Sen. Sandra Cano
Sen. Frank Caprio
Sen. Frank Ciccone
Sen. William Conley
Sen. Daniel Connors
Sen. Catherine Cool Rumsey
Sen. Marc Cote
Sen. Cynthia A. Coyne
Sen. Elizabeth Crowley
Sen. Daniel Da Ponte
Sen. Michael Damiani
Sen. Jessica de la Cruz
Sen. Anthony Phillip DeLuca
Sen. Frank Devall, Jr.
Sen. Alana DiMario
Sen. Andrew R. Dimitri
Sen. Louis DiPalma
Sen. James Doyle
Sen. Dawn Euer
Sen. Stefano Famiglietti
Sen. Walter Felag
Sen. Paul Fogarty
Sen. Hanna Gallo
Sen. Mark W. Gee
Sen. June Gibbs
Sen. Gayle Goldin
Sen. Maryellen Goodwin
Sen. Victoria Gu
Sen. Dawson Hodgson
Sen. Daniel Issa
Sen. Paul Jabour
Sen. Meghan E. Kallman
Sen. Nicholas Kettle
Sen. Matthew L. LaMountain
Sen. Beatrice Lanzi
Sen. Pamela J. Lauria
Sen. Valarie J. Lawson
Sen. J. Michael Lenihan
Sen. Charles Levesque
Sen. Frank Lombardi
Sen. Frank Lombardo, III
Sen. Erin Lynch Prata
Sen. Tiara T. Mack
Sen. Francis Maher, Jr.
Sen. Christopher Maselli
Sen. John McBurney
Sen. Michael McCaffrey
Sen. Mark P. McKenney
Sen. Mark P. McKenney
Sen. Cynthia M. Mendes
Sen. Harold Metts
Sen. Joshua Miller
Sen. Joseph Montalbano
Sen. Elaine J. Morgan
Sen. Paul Moura
Sen. Bethany Moura
Sen. Melissa A. Murray
Sen. Donna Nesselbush
Sen. Edward O'Neill
Sen. Christopher Ottiano
Sen. John A. Pagliarini, Jr.
Sen. M. Teresa Paiva Weed
Sen. Thomas J. Paolino
Sen. Todd M. Patalano
Sen. Ryan Pearson
Sen. Rhoda Perry
Sen. Roger Picard
Sen. Juan Pichardo
Sen. Michael Pinga
Sen. Joseph Polisena
Sen. Ana B. Quezada
Sen. Leonidas Raptakis
Sen. John Revens
Sen. Elizabeth Roberts
Sen. Gordon E. Rogers
Sen. Dominick Ruggerio
Sen. Adam Satchell
Sen. James A. Seveney
Sen. James Sheehan
Sen. Glenford Shibley
Sen. V. Susan Sosnowski
Sen. John Tassoni
Sen. Brian J. Thompson
Sen. David P. Tikoian
Sen. Linda L. Ujifusa
Sen. Lori Urso
Sen. Bridget G. Valverde
Sen. Lammis J. Vargas
Sen. William Walaska
Sen. Samuel D. Zurier
Is Press Release Highlight
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Title
Is Highlight
Status
07/24/2026
Legislation signed to ensure constitutional rights of Rhode Island residents
Yes
Approved
07/24/2026
Sen. Kallman, Rep. Batista bill to keep ICE out of RI courthouses ceremonially signed
No
Approved
07/24/2026
Sen. Acosta, Rep. Felix legislation to close loophole that allowed deportations for minor offenses ceremonially signed into law
No
Approved
07/24/2026
New law keeps ICE agents away from the polls on Election Day, early voting
No
Approved
07/23/2026
Bill signed requiring at least two crew members aboard freight trains
No
Approved
07/22/2026
Lawmakers join governor, DEM officials in announcement of Bay Day on July 26
No
Approved
07/21/2026
Bills creating special license plates for disability access and to benefit RAMP ceremonially signed into law
Yes
Approved
07/20/2026
Bill signed to better assist crime victims with moving expenses
No
Approved
07/20/2026
Legislation that revokes pension benefits for those convicted of sex crimes ceremonially signed into law
No
Approved
07/20/2026
Legislation that helps hit-and-run victims ceremonially signed into law
No
Approved
07/20/2026
Legislation to assist victims of stalking with relocation and home security expenses ceremonially signed into law
No
Approved
07/17/2026
Legislation to allow veterinarians to use telemedicine ceremonially signed into law
No
Approved
07/16/2026
President Lawson, Rep. Tanzi join celebration of ‘Eat Well, Be Well’ program’s success, continuation
No
Approved
07/15/2026
Colombian independence celebration Friday
No
Approved
07/15/2026
Legislators join RIght from the Start to celebrate 2026 wins for Rhode Island babies, young children and families
No
Approved
07/15/2026
RIBLIA Caucus issues statement on ‘racist and derogatory’ Facebook post regarding Lt. Gov. Matos
No
Approved
07/13/2026
Leader Ciccone, Rep. Shanley warehouse employee protection bill ceremonially signed into law
Yes
Approved
07/08/2026
Legislators join ceremonial bill signing to support construction best practices
Yes
Approved
07/07/2026
New law provides tax breaks to support small or urban farms
No
Approved
07/01/2026
Woonsocket hosts signing of new law banning deed restrictions stifling grocery stores
No
Approved
07/01/2026
Sen. DiPalma, Rep. Tanzi and DEM celebrate the new Roger Wheeler State Beach boardwalk and bulkhead
Yes
Approved
06/30/2026
General Assembly rescinds state's support of pro-slavery amendment
No
Approved
06/30/2026
New law creates grant framework for home hardening programs
No
Approved
06/30/2026
Law gives legislature control over approval, fees for undersea cable projects
No
Approved
06/30/2026
Business identity theft bill signed into law
No
Approved
06/30/2026
Law strengthens the state’s laws to combat digital scams, identity fraud
No
Approved
06/30/2026
Bill to ease tax reporting for businesses by aligning state with IRS practices becomes law
No
Approved
06/30/2026
Electronic shift platforms available for healthcare workers to streamline scheduling under new state law
No
Approved
06/30/2026
New law expands collaborative pharmacy practices to include nonphysician providers
No
Approved
06/30/2026
Rep. Dawson’s bill that protects service members during foreclosure proceedings signed into law
No
Approved
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