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D Rhode Island House · District 65

Rep. Matthew Dawson

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Total votes
2,057
all sessions
Attendance
90%
212 missed
Lower than 91% of chamber peers
With party
99%
of cast votes
Higher than 82% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
0%
crosses aisle rarely
Lower than 84% of chamber peers
Sponsored
402
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
4
assignments
402 bills and resolutions

Sponsored bills

Total
402
Primary
402
Co-sponsor
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Primary HB 7100
died · Rhode Island House · Lead sponsor
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM--CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS

Increases the yearly amount of money that retired teachers, who had been certified driver education teachers, could earn from fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) to twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), without a reduction in their retirement benefits.

died Apr 16, 2026 0 co-sponsors
Primary HB 7160
died · Rhode Island House · Lead sponsor
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT

Allows teachers, state and municipal employees to retire when they have at least twenty-eight (28) years of active service and their retirement age, when combined with the number of their years of service reaches, the number eighty-five (85).

died Apr 16, 2026 0 co-sponsors
Primary HB 7391
died Apr 16, 2026 0 co-sponsors
Primary HB 7767
died · Rhode Island House · Lead sponsor
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE USE AND FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES

Creates a comprehensive statutory framework to address and regulate the use of artificial intelligence in the workplace, considering the interests of employers and employees.

died Apr 15, 2026 0 co-sponsors
Primary HB 7082
died · Rhode Island House · Lead sponsor
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES' ARBITRATION

Recognizes that municipal employees have the opportunity to utilize binding arbitration and establishes new factors for the arbitrators to consider. These factors include comparisons of wages/hourly conditions of employment in similarly skilled jobs.

died Apr 15, 2026 0 co-sponsors
Primary HR 8441
Passed · Rhode Island House · Lead sponsor
HOUSE RESOLUTION HONORING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF BASEBALL ICON DAVEY LOPES AND EXPRESSING SYMPATHY ON HIS PASSING

Maddy summaryThis bill is a House resolution honoring the life and legacy of baseball player Davey Lopes, who passed away after complications from Parkinson's disease. It recognizes his distinguished 45-year career in professional baseball, highlighting his achievements as a second baseman, base stealer, coach, and manager. The resolution expresses the House's condolences and directs the Secretary of State to send a certified copy of the document to Lopes's family.

Passed Apr 14, 2026 0 co-sponsors
Primary HB 8267
died · Rhode Island House · Lead sponsor
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- EQUITABLE FUNDING FOR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER BAD DEBT

Establishes a procedure for a health insurer to reimburse a healthcare provider no less than sixty-five percent (65%) of each unpaid co-payment, co-insurance or deductible amount due, after reasonable collection efforts.

died Apr 14, 2026 0 co-sponsors
Primary HB 7909
Passed · Rhode Island House · Lead sponsor
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND LITERACY AND DROPOUT PREVENTION ACT

Redefines dyslexia to mean a specific learning disability characterized by difficulties in word reading and/or spelling that involve accuracy, speed, or both and vary depending on the orthography.

Passed Apr 14, 2026 0 co-sponsors
Primary HB 8093
Passed · Rhode Island House · Lead sponsor
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- ABUSED AND NEGLECTED CHILDREN

Expands the definition of "educational program" for purposes of the abused and neglected children general law to include charter schools, parochial schools, after school programs, camps and various other programs involving children.

Passed Apr 14, 2026 0 co-sponsors
Primary HB 8086
Passed · Rhode Island House · Lead sponsor
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- INDICTMENTS, INFORMATIONS AND COMPLAINTS

Provides that the statute of limitations for second-degree sexual assault shall be 10 years from the date of the offense, or, in the case of a victim who is under the age of 18, ten years from the victim’s eighteenth birthday, whichever is later.

Passed Apr 14, 2026 0 co-sponsors
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