Rep. Jenni A. Furtado was elected in November 2024 to represent District 64 in East Providence and Pawtucket. She serves on the House Labor Committee, the House Municipal Government and Housing Committee, and the House State Government and Elections Committee. In October 2026 she was elected chairwoman of the Rhode Island Democratic Party.
In her first term, Representative Furtado sponsored legislation to assist victims of stalking with relocation and home security expenses, to extend fee waivers and special license plates to more disabled veterans, and to allow the transfer of disabled veterans' plates to spouses.
She cosponsored legislation that closed a loophole that allowed deportations for minor offenses, placed a cap on medical debt interest, encouraged affordable housing development, limited fees on school meals, and allowed 90-day prescriptions for ADHD medications. She pushed for more state aid to municipalities and schools and was happy to support two budgets that included significant increases for both.
The daughter of first-generation Peruvian immigrants, Representative Furtado became Rhode Island's first Peruvian-American elected official when she was elected to the East Providence School Committee in 2020. She was reelected in 2022 and served as committee chairwoman in her second term, overseeing the completion of the new East Providence High School from her position on the School Committee and as a member of the High School Building Committee.
Representative Furtado became the first member of her family to graduate from college when she earned a bachelor's degree from St. John's University in 2015. She graduated from Roger Williams University Law School in 2019.
Her legislative priorities include increasing state aid for education, creating more opportunities for first-time homebuyers, supporting seniors struggling on fixed incomes from rising costs, and providing additional aid for businesses affected by the Washington Bridge closure.
Representative Furtado resides in East Providence with her husband, Marc.