Representative Arthur J. Corvese
Deputy Majority Leader
Chair, House Committee on Rules
Second Vice Chair, House State Government and Elections
Member, House Judiciary Committee
Member, House Labor 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 Rules 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 Labor Committee.
During his tenure as state
representative, 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 and
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.
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.