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, prevent
misuse of the food assistance program (SNAP), and 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.
He has sponsored laws enacted as part of the housing packages backed by House
Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi allowing flexibility on the tax
levy cap for communities when qualified new housing is
built, creating an
online database to help Rhode Islanders find available
affordable housing, and updating
public notice laws for land development. A law he sponsored
in 2024 requires all health care facilities to have an automatic
external defibrillator on hand.
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.