Rhode Island House of Representatives

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]

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
Seats75
Political groups
Majority
  •   Democratic (65)

Minority

Length of term
2 years
AuthorityArticle VI, Constitution of Rhode Island
SalaryRepresentative: $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

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
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 75 0
Beginning of 2017 session[5] 64 11 0 75 0
End of 2018 session 0
Beginning of 2019 session 66 9 0 75 0
Latest voting share 88% 12% 0%

Officers
Position Representative Party District
Speaker of the HouseNicholas MattielloDem15
Speaker pro TemporeBrian Patrick KennedyDem38
Majority LeaderK. Joseph ShekarchiDem23
Majority WhipJohn EdwardsDem70
Minority LeaderBlake FilippiRep36
Minority WhipMichael ChippendaleRep40
Senior Deputy Minority LeaderJustin K. PriceRep39

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
1Edith AjelloDemProvidence
2Christopher BlazejewskiDemProvidence
3Moira WalshDemProvidence
4Rebecca KislakDemProvidence
5Marcia Ranglin-VassellDemProvidence
6Raymond HullDemProvidence
7Daniel P. McKiernanDemProvidence
8John J. LombardiDemProvidence
9Anastasia P. WilliamsDemProvidence
10Scott A. SlaterDemProvidence
11Grace DiazDemProvidence
12Joseph AlmeidaDemProvidence
13Mario MendezDemProvidence, Johnston
14Charlene LimaDemCranston, Providence
15Nicholas MattielloDemCranston
16Christopher MilleaDemCranston
17Robert JacquardDemCranston
18Arthur HandyDemCranston
19Joseph McNamaraDemWarwick
20David BennettDemWarwick
21Camille Vella-WilkinsonDemWarwick
22Joseph J. Solomon Jr.DemWarwick
23K. Joseph ShekarchiDemWarwick
24Evan ShanleyDemWarwick
25Thomas NoretDemCoventry
26James JacksonDemWest Warwick
27Patricia SerpaDemWest Warwick
28George NardoneRepCoventry
29Sherry RobertsRepCoventry
30Justine CaldwellDemEast Greenwich
31Julie CasimiroDemNorth Kingstown, Exeter
32Robert CravenDemNorth Kingstown
33Carol McEnteeDemNarragansett, South Kingstown
34Teresa TanziDemNarragansett, South Kingstown
35Kathleen A. FogartyDemSouth Kingstown
36Blake FilippiRepCharlestown, New Shoreham, South Kingstown, Westerly
37Samuel AzzinaroDemWesterly
38Brian Patrick KennedyDemWesterly, Hopkinton
39Justin K. PriceRepRichmond, Exeter, Hopkinton
40Michael ChippendaleRepCoventry, Foster, Glocester
41Robert QuattrocchiRepScituate
42Stephen UcciDemJohnston
43Deborah FellelaDemJohnston
44Gregory CostantinoDemLincoln
45Mia AckermanDemLincoln
46John Lyle Jr.RepLincoln
47David PlaceRepBurrillville, Glocester
48Brian NewberryRepNorth Smithfield
49Michael MorinDemWoonsocket
50Stephen CaseyDemWoonsocket
51Robert PhillipsDemWoonsocket
52Alex MarszalkowskiDemCumberland
53Bernard HawkinsDemSmithfield
54William O'BrienDemNorth Providence
55Arthur CorveseDemNorth Providence
56Vacant[7]Central Falls
57James N. McLaughlinDemCentral Falls
58Carlos E. TobonDemPawtucket
59Jean Philippe BarrosDemPawtucket
60Karen AlzateDemPawtucket
61Raymond JohnstonDemPawtucket
62Mary MessierDemPawtucket
63Katherine KazarianDemEast Providence
64Jose SerodioDemEast Providence
65Gregg AmoreDemEast Providence
66Liana CassarDemBarrington, East Providence
67Jason KnightDemWarren
68June SpeakmanDemWarren
69Susan R. DonovanDemBristol
70John EdwardsDemTiverton
71Dennis CanarioDemPortsmouth, Tiverton, Little Compton
72Terri-Denise CortvriendDemPortsmouth
73Marvin AbneyDemNewport
74Deb RuggieroDemJamestown
75Lauren H. CarsonDemNewport

Past composition of the House of Representatives
Main article: Political party strength in Rhode Island
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See also

References
  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.
  6. "RI House of Representatives elections, 2016". Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  7. https://www.providencejournal.com/news/20191216/central-falls-rep-shelby-maldonado-resigns-house-seat
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