Rhode Island House of Representatives
@RIHouseofReps
The official Twitter account for the Rhode Island House of Representatives.
ID:455066615
http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/ 04-01-2012 18:03:58
20,1K Tweets
14,2K Followers
661 Following
Follow People
Thank you, Julie Casimiro, for hosting this critical summit. We were proud to partner with other community leaders and you to reimagine how our state supports children & youth.
Thanks, David A. Hansell CaseyFamilyPrograms & Amy Templeman Social Current for your insights! #LiveUnitedRI
Commentary in Boston Globe Rhode Island by Cherie Cruz, Jennifer Stewart, and June Speakman:
We often use numbers to quantify Rhode Island’s housing crisis. We know that homelessness grew in our state by nearly 50 percent from 2020 to 2022, and that over 150,000 households — more than one third…
Yesterday was #PharmacyAdvocacyDay at the State House. Organized by the Rhode Island Pharmacists Association, the day gave legislators an opportunity to speak directly to pharmacists, hear about the issues people in the industry are facing, and talk about how different…
Proud to join Patricia Serpa & Rhode Island House of Representatives in honor of National Hospital Week. Hospitals represent hope + healing, providing care + support to all who need it. We're grateful to the amazing healthcare workers + hospital staff for their tireless dedication to our communities.
In honor of #NationalHospitalWeek , Patricia Serpa had special guests at this evening's House session: 'hospital heroes.' She commented that 'we know how many challenges hospitals have had to ensure, during these past couple of years, especially. We know they have risen to the…
The House of Representatives today approved legislation sponsored by Rep. Terri Cortvriend 🟧 to help cities and towns affordably preserve public access paths and trails.
“Public access to nature has long been imperiled in Rhode Island by a lack of specific laws protecting it,” said…
During this evening's House session, Mia Ackerman introduced a resolution recognizing the 76th anniversary of Israel's establishment. As she noted to her colleagues, it is a resolution she introduces every year. Many of her fellow Reps who co-signed the resolution joined together…
The House today passed legislation introduced by Joshua Giraldo that aims to increase housing supply by requiring municipalities to allow for duplexes, mixed-use development and multifamily housing in certain areas of each municipality.
The bill is part of a 15-bill package of…
House Majority Leader Chris Blazejewski hosted a special group at the State House recently: his son Liam's class from Vartan Gregorian Elementary School!
Leader Blazejewski led a mock legislative session for the Providence Public Schools class, where they debated several bills, and the students…
Happening now: the House Finance Committee, chaired by Rep. Marvin Abney, is meeting to hear testimony on several bills.
The full agenda is online: status.rilegislature.gov/documents/agen…
The meeting is airing live on RICapitolTV and is live streaming at capitoltvri.cablecast.tv, where a…
Happening now: the House Judiciary Committee, chaired by Rep. Bob Craven, is meeting.
The agenda is online: status.rilegislature.gov/documents/agen…
The meeting will air on RICapitolTV and is live streaming at capitoltvri.cablecast.tv, where a recording will be available to view on demand.
More…
Happening now: the House Health and Human Services Committee, chaired by Susan Donovan is meeting to vote on legislation to require all health care facilities to keep a functional automatic external defibrillator (AED) on site, and have at least one person who is trained in…
Proud my bill to protect consumers passed unanimously tonight Rhode Island House of Representatives