Representative Jacquelyn Baginski
Chair, House Innovation and Technology Committee
Member, House Finance Committee
Member, State Government and Elections Committee
Rep. Jacquelyn Baginski (D-Dist. 17, Cranston) was elected to the Rhode
Island House of Representatives in November 2020. She is the chair of
the House Innovation and Technology Committee and is a member of the
House Finance Committee and the House State Government and Elections
Committee.
During the 2024 legislative session, Chairwoman Baginski introduced a new
law that
addresses local zoning ordinances relating to the number of unrelated
individuals living in the same home. She
also sponsored a new law that allows any attorney who self-certifies that
they have successfully completed a specialized domestic violence prosecution
training course to have the authority to prosecute any violation of a
protective order.
In 2023, she was named as the
Legislator of the Year by the Mental Health Association of R.I.
and was recognized by the Hospital Association of Rhode Island with the
2023 Francis R. Dietz Award for Public Service. She
was honored by both organizations for her leadership on securing funding in
the FY 2023 state budget for Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics.
The budget item was based on legislation Representative Baginski introduced
earlier in the legislative session.
During the 2023 session, Representative Baginski sponsored a
new law which allows sports wagering on in-state collegiate teams
when they are participating in tournaments that consist of four or more
teams, such as the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament.
In 2022, Representative Baginski introduced a new
law which allows the repurposing of vacant schools for affordable
housing. She
also was the main sponsor of the law
which will permanently allow restaurants and brewpubs to sell wine, beer
and mixed drinks with takeout food orders.
Born on November 10, 1985, she is a graduate of the Moses Brown School
in Providence and of George Washington University in 2008.
She is the director of sales and marketing for Professional Ambulance
and she is the director of Dardan Consulting. She also teaches CPR to
children.