Representative Raymond A. Hull
Deputy Speaker
Member, House Finance Committee
Member, House Municipal Government and Housing Committee
Member, House Veterans' Affairs Committee
Raymond A. Hull (D) has served the residents
of District 6 in Providence and North Providence since first being elected
in November 2010. He was appointed Deputy Speaker in
January 2023. Representative Hull is a member of the House Finance Committee, the House
Municipal Government and Housing Committee, and the House Veterans' Affairs
Committee.
During the 2026 legislative session, Deputy Speaker Hull introduced a new law that would require all public utilities to maintain a customer service facility within the state to perform services such as addressing customer inquiries and accepting bill payments. He also sponsored legislation to define and dictate the timeframe of a search warrant involving a tracking device and another bill to establish the Homeowner Casualty Insurance Bill of Rights, which would summarize, in simple, nontechnical terms, Rhode Island law regarding the rights of a personal residential property insurance policyholder who files a claim of loss.
Deputy Speaker Hull introduced a bill signed into law in 2025 that creates a public outreach campaign about textile recycling, which will benefit cities and towns by reducing tipping fees if textiles are recycled properly as opposed to being thrown away. He also sponsored a bill enacted into law that increases the penalty when a motorist travels the wrong way on an interstate highway or an entrance/exit ramp connected to an interstate highway.
In 2024, Deputy Speaker Hull introduced the Law Enforcement Officers' Due Process, Accountability and Transparency Act, which will bring significant and long-overdue reforms to the Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights (LEOBOR). The legislation was signed into law. He also introduced a bill that would protect employees from bullying and psychological abuse in workplace and another bill that would prohibit insurance companies from paying a rate that is less than the approved Medicaid rate set by the Executive Office of Health and Human Services.
He also sponsored a bill which provides that adjunct faculty members at any state college or university who teach at least 50% of the hours regularly worked by full-time faculty in a semester would be eligible for the same medical benefits as other state employees.
Deputy Speaker Hull graduated from La Salle Academy in 1981. He attended the University of Rhode Island and Roger Williams University, where he obtained his Bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice in 1992. He received his Master's degree in the Administration of Justice from Anna Maria College in 1999.
Deputy Speaker Hull is currently the commanding officer of the Housing Unit in the Providence Police Department, where he has served for more than 30 years. He is the father of Andres and Karina, and he resides in Providence.