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.
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, who was found to have stolen $108,000 in campaign contributions and accepted $52,000 in bribes. The Speaker pro Tempore is Rep. Brian Patrick Kennedy. K. Joseph Shekarchi 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
Officers
Members of the Rhode Island House of Representatives
This list is of members elected in November 2018, to serve in the 2019–20 biennium.| 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 | 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 |