Rhode Island House of Representatives

Rhode Island
House of Representatives
Rhode Island; House of Representatives
Rhode Island General Assembly
Type
Type	Lower House
Term limits	None
History
New session started	January 1, 2019
Leadership
Speaker of the House	Nicholas Mattiello (D) ; since March 25, 2014
Speaker pro Tempore	Brian Patrick Kennedy (D) ; since January 12, 2017
Majority Leader	K. Joseph Shekarchi (D) ; since November 10, 2016
Minority Leader	Blake Filippi (R) ; since November 7, 2018
Structure
Seats	75
Political groups	Majority Democratic (65); Minority Republican (9);
Length of term	2 years
Authority	Article VI, Constitution of Rhode Island
Salary	Representative: $15,414 per year; Speaker of the House: $30,158 per year
Elections
Last election	November 6, 2018; (75 seats)
Next election	November 3, 2020; (75 seats)
Meeting place
	House of Representatives Chamber; Rhode Island State Capitol; Providence, Rhode Island
Website
	Rhode Island House of Representatives

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The Rhode Island House of Representatives is the lower house of the Rhode Island General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Rhode Island, the upper house being the Rhode Island Senate. It is composed of 75 members, elected to two year terms from 75 districts of equal population. The Rhode Island General Assembly does not have term limits. The House meets at the Rhode Island State Capitol in Providence.^[1]

Leadership of the House

The Speaker of the House presides over the House of Representatives. The Speaker is elected by the majority party caucus followed by confirmation of the full House through the passage of a House Resolution. As well as presiding over the body, the Speaker is also the chief leadership position, and controls the flow of legislation. Other House leaders, such as the majority and minority leaders, are elected by their respective party caucuses relative to their party's strength in the chamber.

The current Speaker of the House is Democrat Nicholas A. Mattiello. He was elected as Speaker of the House by his House colleagues on March 25, 2014. First elected in November 2006 to Represent District 15 in Cranston & he served as the House Majority Leader from February 2010 until becoming Speaker. He replaced former Speaker Gordon D. Fox of District 4 (Providence), who was found to have stolen $108,000 in campaign contributions and accepted $52,000 in bribes.^[2]^[3] The Speaker pro Tempore is Rep. Brian Patrick Kennedy (D-Dist. 38, Westerly, Hopkinton). K. Joseph Shekarchi (D) was elected by his fellow Democrats as the House Majority Leader on November 10, 2016. It is the second ranking position in the House Leadership after the Speaker. He has served the residents of District 23 in Warwick since being elected in November 2012. The Republican Minority Leader is Blake A. Filippi of District 36 which includes all of Block Island and Charlestown, and portions of Westerly and South Kingstown. He was elected House Minority Leader, the highest ranking Republican in the House, in November 2018.

Composition

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)			Total
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	Democratic	Republican	Independent		Vacant
End of 2014 session	69	6	0	75	0

Beginning of 2015 session	63	11	1	75	0
March 28, 2016^[4]	62	12		75	0
End of 2016 session	62	12		75	0

Beginning of 2017 session^[5]	64	11	0	75	0
End of 2018 session	64	11	0	75	0

Beginning of 2019 session	66	9	0	75	0
Latest voting share	88%	12%	0%

Officers

Position	Representative	Party	District
Speaker of the House	Nicholas Mattiello	Dem	15
Speaker pro Tempore	Brian Patrick Kennedy	Dem	38
Majority Leader	K. Joseph Shekarchi	Dem	23
Majority Whip	John Edwards	Dem	70
Minority Leader	Blake Filippi	Rep	36
Minority Whip	Michael Chippendale	Rep	40
Senior Deputy Minority Leader	Justin K. Price	Rep	39

Members of the Rhode Island House of Representatives

This list is of members elected in November 2018, to serve in the 2019–20 biennium.^[6]

District	Representative	Party	Residence/other municipalities in district
1	Edith Ajello	Dem	Providence
2	Christopher Blazejewski	Dem	Providence
3	Moira Walsh	Dem	Providence
4	Rebecca Kislak	Dem	Providence
5	Marcia Ranglin-Vassell	Dem	Providence
6	Raymond Hull	Dem	Providence
7	Daniel P. McKiernan	Dem	Providence
8	John J. Lombardi	Dem	Providence
9	Anastasia P. Williams	Dem	Providence
10	Scott A. Slater	Dem	Providence
11	Grace Diaz	Dem	Providence
12	Joseph Almeida	Dem	Providence
13	Mario Mendez	Dem	Providence, Johnston
14	Charlene Lima	Dem	Cranston, Providence
15	Nicholas Mattiello	Dem	Cranston
16	Christopher Millea	Dem	Cranston
17	Robert Jacquard	Dem	Cranston
18	Arthur Handy	Dem	Cranston
19	Joseph McNamara	Dem	Warwick
20	David Bennett	Dem	Warwick
21	Camille Vella-Wilkinson	Dem	Warwick
22	Joseph J. Solomon Jr.	Dem	Warwick
23	K. Joseph Shekarchi	Dem	Warwick
24	Evan Shanley	Dem	Warwick
25	Thomas Noret	Dem	Coventry
26	James Jackson	Dem	West Warwick
27	Patricia Serpa	Dem	West Warwick
28	George Nardone	Rep	Coventry
29	Sherry Roberts	Rep	Coventry
30	Justine Caldwell	Dem	East Greenwich
31	Julie Casimiro	Dem	North Kingstown, Exeter
32	Robert Craven	Dem	North Kingstown
33	Carol McEntee	Dem	Narragansett, South Kingstown
34	Teresa Tanzi	Dem	Narragansett, South Kingstown
35	Kathleen A. Fogarty	Dem	South Kingstown
36	Blake Filippi	Rep	Charlestown, New Shoreham, South Kingstown, Westerly
37	Samuel Azzinaro	Dem	Westerly
38	Brian Patrick Kennedy	Dem	Westerly, Hopkinton
39	Justin K. Price	Rep	Richmond, Exeter, Hopkinton
40	Michael Chippendale	Rep	Coventry, Foster, Glocester
41	Robert Quattrocchi	Rep	Scituate
42	Stephen Ucci	Dem	Johnston
43	Deborah Fellela	Dem	Johnston
44	Gregory Costantino	Dem	Lincoln
45	Mia Ackerman	Dem	Lincoln
46	John Lyle Jr.	Rep	Lincoln
47	David Place	Rep	Burrillville, Glocester
48	Brian Newberry	Rep	North Smithfield
49	Michael Morin	Dem	Woonsocket
50	Stephen Casey	Dem	Woonsocket
51	Robert Phillips	Dem	Woonsocket
52	Alex Marszalkowski	Dem	Cumberland
53	Bernard Hawkins	Dem	Smithfield
54	William O'Brien	Dem	North Providence
55	Arthur Corvese	Dem	North Providence
56	Vacant^[7]		Central Falls
57	James N. McLaughlin	Dem	Central Falls
58	Carlos E. Tobon	Dem	Pawtucket
59	Jean Philippe Barros	Dem	Pawtucket
60	Karen Alzate	Dem	Pawtucket
61	Raymond Johnston	Dem	Pawtucket
62	Mary Messier	Dem	Pawtucket
63	Katherine Kazarian	Dem	East Providence
64	Jose Serodio	Dem	East Providence
65	Gregg Amore	Dem	East Providence
66	Liana Cassar	Dem	Barrington, East Providence
67	Jason Knight	Dem	Warren
68	June Speakman	Dem	Warren
69	Susan R. Donovan	Dem	Bristol
70	John Edwards	Dem	Tiverton
71	Dennis Canario	Dem	Portsmouth, Tiverton, Little Compton
72	Terri-Denise Cortvriend	Dem	Portsmouth
73	Marvin Abney	Dem	Newport
74	Deb Ruggiero	Dem	Jamestown
75	Lauren H. Carson	Dem	Newport

Past composition of the House of Representatives

References

^ "RI House of Representatives". Retrieved February 2, 2015.
^ "Former Rhode Island House Speaker and Providence Licensing Board Vice Chairman Gordon Fox to Plead Guilty in Federal Court to Wire Fraud, Bribery, and Tax Evasion". FBI. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
^ "A new speaker in the R.I. House: Mattiello voted in to replace Fox". Providence Journal. March 25, 2014. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
^ Rep. Karen MacBeth switched parties from Democrat to Republican. Cumberland State Rep. Karen MacBeth Is Becoming a Republican
^ Rep. Blake Filippi switched parties from Independent to Republican before the start of session. [1]
^ "RI House of Representatives elections, 2016". Retrieved March 8, 2017.
^ https://www.providencejournal.com/news/20191216/central-falls-rep-shelby-maldonado-resigns-house-seat

External links

Rhode Island House of Representatives official government website
Map of Rhode Island State House Districts
State House of Rhode Island at Project Vote Smart

[1] "RI House of Representatives". Retrieved February 2, 2015.

[2] "Former Rhode Island House Speaker and Providence Licensing Board Vice Chairman Gordon Fox to Plead Guilty in Federal Court to Wire Fraud, Bribery, and Tax Evasion". FBI. Retrieved March 6, 2015.

[3] "A new speaker in the R.I. House: Mattiello voted in to replace Fox". Providence Journal. March 25, 2014. Retrieved May 1, 2017.

[4] Rep. Karen MacBeth switched parties from Democrat to Republican. Cumberland State Rep. Karen MacBeth Is Becoming a Republican

[5] Rep. Blake Filippi switched parties from Independent to Republican before the start of session. [1]

[6] "RI House of Representatives elections, 2016". Retrieved March 8, 2017.

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v t e Current members of the Rhode Island House of Representatives
Speaker of the House Joe Shekarchi (D) Speaker pro tempore Brian Patrick Kennedy (D) Majority Leader Christopher Blazejewski (D) Minority Leader Michael Chippendale (R)
▌Edith Ajello (D) ▌Christopher Blazejewski (D) ▌Nathan Biah (D) ▌Rebecca Kislak (D) ▌Anthony DeSimone (D) ▌Raymond Hull (D) ▌David Morales (D) ▌John J. Lombardi (D) ▌Enrique Sanchez (D) ▌Scott A. Slater (D) ▌Grace Diaz (D) ▌Jose Batista (D) ▌Ramon Perez (D) ▌Charlene Lima (D) ▌Barbara Ann Fenton-Fung (R) ▌Brandon Potter (D) ▌Jacquelyn Baginski (D) ▌Arthur Handy (D) ▌Joseph McNamara (D) ▌David Bennett (D) ▌Camille Vella-Wilkinson (D) ▌Joseph J. Solomon Jr. (D) ▌Joe Shekarchi (D) ▌Evan Shanley (D) ▌Thomas Noret (D) ▌Patricia Morgan (R) ▌Patricia Serpa (D) ▌George Nardone (R) ▌Sherry Roberts (R) ▌Justine Caldwell (D) ▌Julie Casimiro (D) ▌Robert Craven (D) ▌Carol McEntee (D) ▌Teresa Tanzi (D) ▌Kathleen Fogarty (D) ▌Tina Spears (D) ▌Samuel Azzinaro (D) ▌Brian Patrick Kennedy (D) ▌Megan Cotter (D) ▌Michael Chippendale (R) ▌Robert Quattrocchi (R) ▌Edward Cardillo (D) ▌Deborah Fellela (D) ▌Gregory Costantino (D) ▌Mia Ackerman (D) ▌Mary Ann Shallcross Smith (D) ▌David J. Place (R) ▌Brian Newberry (R) ▌Jon D. Brien (I) ▌Stephen Casey (D) ▌Robert Phillips (D) ▌Alex Marszalkowski (D) ▌Brian Rea (R) ▌William O'Brien (D) ▌Arthur Corvese (D) ▌Joshua Giraldo (D) ▌Brandon Voas (D) ▌Cherie Cruz (D) ▌Jennifer Stewart (D) ▌Karen Alzate (D) ▌Leonela Felix (D) ▌Mary Messier (D) ▌Katherine Kazarian (D) ▌Brianna Henries (D) ▌Matthew Dawson (D) ▌Jennifer Boylan (D) ▌Jason Knight (D) ▌June Speakman (D) ▌Susan R. Donovan (D) ▌John Edwards (D) ▌Michelle McGaw (D) ▌Terri-Denise Cortvriend (D) ▌Marvin Abney (D) ▌Alex Finkelman (D) ▌Lauren H. Carson (D)
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