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Joseph M. McNamara

Joseph M. McNamara

Rhode Island

Democrat House District 19
Record ID: RI-House-19-MCNAMARA-J
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Sponsored Bills
Bill Title Status Session
HB 7064 AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS -- MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS AND MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS introduced 2026
HB 8107 AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- BY POSSESSION AND PRESCRIPTION introduced 2026
HB 8326 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS in_committee 2026
HB 7894 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- ACCESS FOR CONGRESSIONALLY CHARTERED YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS introduced 2026
HB 8336 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND HOPE SCHOLARSHIP PILOT PROGRAM ACT in_committee 2026
HR 8339 JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $500,000 TO THE RHODE ISLAND PARENT INFORMATION NETWORK in_committee 2026
HB 7443 AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- OPTIONAL RETIREMENT FOR MEMBERS OF POLICE FORCE AND FIREFIGHTERS (Authorizes an annual two and one-half percent (2.5%) escalation for all active and retired police and firefighter's retirement pension allowance, compounded each year on January 1 following the year of retirement and continuing yearly, on that date.) introduced 2026
HB 7444 AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- OPTIONAL RETIREMENT FOR MEMBERS OF POLICE FORCE AND FIREFIGHTERS introduced 2026
HB 7267 AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- PEER-TO-PEER CAR SHARING PROGRAM ACT introduced 2026
HB 8273 AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION LAW introduced 2026
HR 8319 HOUSE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING MARCH 20, 2026, TO BE "ALZHEIMER'S AWARENESS DAY"" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND" passed_lower 2026
HB 7929 AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ASSISTED LIVING RESIDENCE LICENSING ACT (Limits the facility's ability to charge rent and fees for a maximum of seven (7) days or until removal of the personal property from the room, whichever occurs first. A violation would constitute a deceptive trade practice.) in_committee 2026
HB 7542 AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- RHODE ISLAND PROGRAM TO ADDRESS ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE in_committee 2026
HB 8310 AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES -- HEALTHCARE PROVIDER CREDENTIALING in_committee 2026
HB 7961 AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES in_committee 2026
HB 7770 AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Increases the minimum hourly wage commencing January 1, 2029, by an amount equal to the total percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the Northeast Region for the calendar year 2027.) in_committee 2026
HB 7083 AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS in_committee 2026
HB 7614 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CERTIFICATION OF TEACHERS in_committee 2026
HB 7728 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CERTIFICATION OF TEACHERS (Allows emergency preliminary certificates for teaching to be issued for up to a total of five (5) school years.) in_committee 2026
HB 7731 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS in_committee 2026
HB 8019 AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE (Increases the additional permit fee cap on residential construction that supports electronic permitting and residential construction workforce training from one hundred dollars ($100) to one hundred fifty dollars ($150).) in_committee 2026
HB 7777 AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS--WARWICK MUNICIPAL COURT in_committee 2026
HB 7042 AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- LABOR RELATIONS ACT in_committee 2026
HB 8086 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- INDICTMENTS, INFORMATIONS AND COMPLAINTS in_committee 2026
HB 7656 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PENSION REVOCATION AND REDUCTION ACT in_committee 2026
HR 8288 HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF THE HONORABLE JAMES M. DONELAN, ESQ. passed_lower 2026
HB 8063 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- SEXUAL ASSAULT in_committee 2026
HB 7572 AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPLIES in_committee 2026
HB 7341 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- REGIONAL VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS in_committee 2026
HB 7091 AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Allows citizens of a city or town who are at least sixteen (16) years of age to register to vote and to vote in school committee elections in municipalities where school committees are elected entities.) in_committee 2026
HR 8131 JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY RHODE ISLAND'S METHOD OF FUNDING CHARTER SCHOOLS in_committee 2026
HB 7114 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS in_committee 2026
HB 7115 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS in_committee 2026
HB 7903 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SCHOOL AND YOUTH PROGRAMS CONCUSSION ACT in_committee 2026
HB 7906 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- ESTABLISHMENT OF CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS introduced 2026
HB 7417 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE SAVE RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL LIBRARIES ACT in_committee 2026
HR 8257 HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF MICHAEL D. ZARUM passed_lower 2026
HR 8260 HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF CATHERINE “KITTY” PETRARCA passed_lower 2026
HB 7527 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- EDUCATION MENTORSHIP PROGRAM ACT in_committee 2026
HR 8244 HOUSE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE DISPARATE IMPACT OF DISCIPLINARY POLICIES ON STUDENTS in_committee 2026
HB 7366 AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- SANITATION IN FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS in_committee 2026
HB 7954 AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- DIGITAL PLATFORM TRANSPARENCY AND DEMOCRATIC INTEGRITY ACT in_committee 2026
HR 8239 HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF MANUEL PEDROSO passed_lower 2026
HB 7561 AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- TEMPORARY DISABILITY INSURANCE -- BENEFITS in_committee 2026
HB 7573 AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS -- CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF STATE ROADS in_committee 2026
HB 7990 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- TIRE EFFICIENCY STANDARDS in_committee 2026
HB 7003 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS in_committee 2026
HB 7877 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- APPLIANCE AND EQUIPMENT ENERGY AND WATER EFFICIENCY STANDARDS ACT OF 2021 in_committee 2026
HB 7881 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- DUTIES OF UTILITIES AND CARRIERS in_committee 2026
HB 8163 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND PREKINDERGARTEN EDUCATION ACT in_committee 2026
HB 7910 AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY FOR PACKAGING AND PAPER ACT in_committee 2026
HB 7925 AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (Amends current law on controlled substances to permit psilocybin to be cultivated within a person's residence for personal use and contingent on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) program, mandates that RI DOH establishes rules regulations.) in_committee 2026
HB 8183 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT --THE RHODE ISLAND HEALTH CARE REFORM ACT OF 2004 -- HEALTH INSURANCE OVERSIGHT in_committee 2026
HB 7935 AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS in_committee 2026
HB 8197 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION in_committee 2026
HB 7953 AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- RHODE ISLAND SOCIAL MEDIA REGULATION ACT in_committee 2026
HR 7826 HOUSE RESOLUTION HONORING THE LIVES OF RHONDA DORGAN, AIDAN DORGAN AND GERALD DORGAN, COMMENDING THE HEROISM OF FIRST RESPONDERS AND CITIZENS, AND EXPRESSING THE DEEPEST SYMPATHY OF THE RHODE ISLAND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOLLOWING THE TRAGIC EVENTS AT THE DENNIS M. LYNCH ARENA IN THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET passed_lower 2026
HR 7828 HOUSE RESOLUTION EXTENDING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF THE HONORABLE HELEN STASIA TAYLOR passed_lower 2026
HR 7829 HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF THE HONORABLE CARLO SPIRITO, JR. passed_lower 2026
HR 7830 HOUSE RESOLUTION EXTENDING DEEPEST SYMPATHY ON THE PASSING OF CAROL LEE CONNELL passed_lower 2026
HR 7831 HOUSE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING FEBRUARY 23 THROUGH FEBRUARY 27, 2026, TO BE "PUBLIC SCHOOLS WEEK"" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND" passed_lower 2026
HB 7776 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- ACQUISITION OF LAND in_committee 2026
HB 7054 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE RHODE ISLAND PREKINDERGARTEN EDUCATION ACT introduced 2026
HB 7722 AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES-DENTAL INSURANCE COVERAGE in_committee 2026
HB 7740 AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- NURSES in_committee 2026
HB 7741 AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- NURSES in_committee 2026
HB 7756 AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT in_committee 2026
HB 7802 AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RELIEF OF INJURED AND DECEASED FIRE FIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS in_committee 2026
HR 7811 JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $500,000 TO ONWARD WE LEARN IN SUPPORT OF RHODE ISLAND GEAR UP in_committee 2026
HR 7812 JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $3,500,000 FOR THE MESHANTICUT LAKE PAVED WALKING PATH IN CRANSTON in_committee 2026
HB 7371 AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES (Sets the zoning statewide for “family child care homes” to no fewer than twelve (12) children maximum.) in_committee 2026
HB 7632 AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- AGE-APPROPRIATE DESIGN CODE in_committee 2026
HB 7691 AN ACT RELATING TO LIBRARIES -- STATE AID TO LIBRARIES (Requires that the state's share to public libraries be fixed at twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount appropriated by the city or town in their budgets for fiscal year 2027.) in_committee 2026
HR 7715 HOUSE RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING SMITHFIELD POLICE DETECTIVE LIEUTENANT DOUGLAS CERCE ON BEING NAMED THE 2025 RHODE ISLAND POLICE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION DETECTIVE OF THE YEAR passed_lower 2026
HB 7507 AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- JUDGMENTS, ORDERS, AND DECREES (Requires that notice of a judgment lien be sent within ten (10) business days of the recording of the lien.) in_committee 2026
HB 7549 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- ASSAULTS in_committee 2026
HB 7552 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- THREATS AND EXTORTION in_committee 2026
HR 7600 HOUSE RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING JAMES PARISI ON HIS RETIREMENT AFTER THREE DECADES OF EXEMPLARY SERVICE AS A LOBBYIST FOR THE RHODE ISLAND FEDERATION OF TEACHERS AND HEALTH PROFESSIONALS passed_lower 2026
HB 7094 AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- DECORATIONS in_committee 2026
HB 7428 AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- CERTIFICATION OF CHILDCARE AND YOUTH-SERVING WORKERS AND OPERATORS in_committee 2026
HB 7429 AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES -- PHYSICAL THERAPY COPAY in_committee 2026
HB 7336 AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- LIABILITY INSURANCE -- UNINSURED MOTORIST COVERAGE introduced 2026
HB 7581 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT in_committee 2026
HB 7585 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION in_committee 2026
HB 7596 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION in_committee 2026
HB 7090 AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- PRIMARIES FOR ELECTION OF DELEGATES TO NATIONAL CONVENTIONS AND FOR PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE in_committee 2026
HB 7351 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- EMINENT DOMAIN in_committee 2026
HR 7511 HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF DELORES (RAVO) MELILLO passed_lower 2026
HB 7497 AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES in_committee 2026
HB 7369 AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS AND INSTALLATION OF SYSTEMS in_committee 2026
HB 7409 AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES in_committee 2026
HR 7471 HOUSE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING "NATIONAL SCHOOL COUNSELING WEEK"" FROM FEBRUARY 2ND THROUGH FEBRUARY 6TH passed_lower 2026
HB 7441 AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Effective January 1, 2028, Increases the hourly minimum wage in accordance with the Consumer Price Index for the Northeast Region for the previous four (4) fiscal years.) introduced 2026
HB 7459 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT in_committee 2026
HB 7460 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TRANSPORTATION OF SCHOOL PUPILS BEYOND CITY AND TOWN LIMITS in_committee 2026
HB 7095 AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- BURIAL OF VETERANS introduced 2026
HR 7405 HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF RAYMOND J. TURBITT passed_lower 2026
HB 7390 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT (Allows teachers, state and municipal employees to retire upon the earlier of reaching age sixty (60) with thirty (30) years of service or the employee's retirement eligibility date under present state statutes.) in_committee 2026
HR 7326 HOUSE RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING, HONORING, AND THANKING WARWICK POLICE CAPTAIN CHARLES BOISSEAU FOR SAVING THE LIVES OF A CRANSTON FAMILY AFTER THEIR HOUSE CAUGHT FIRE ON THE NIGHT OF JULY 5, 2025 passed_lower 2026
HB 7070 AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- FUNERAL DIRECTOR/EMBALMER AND FUNERAL SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS in_committee 2026
HR 7327 HOUSE RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING COLONEL MICHAEL LIMA ON BEING NAMED THE NEW WARWICK POLICE DEPARTMENT CHIEF OF POLICE passed_lower 2026
HR 7328 HOUSE RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING JANUARY 27TH OF 2026, AS "INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY"" AND COMMEMORATING THE 81ST ANNIVERSARY OF THE LIBERATION OF AUSCHWITZ" passed_lower 2026
HB 7026 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE NATHAN BRUNO AND JASON FLATT ACT in_committee 2026
HB 7278 AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- TELEMEDICINE COVERAGE ACT in_committee 2026
HB 7027 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS passed_lower 2026
HB 7086 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE EMBLEMS in_committee 2026
HB 7087 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES in_committee 2026
HB 7088 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES in_committee 2026
HR 7166 HOUSE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING JANUARY 18TH-24TH, 2026, TO BE "CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETISTS WEEK"" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND" passed_lower 2026
HB 7158 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- INSURANCE BENEFITS in_committee 2026
HR 7102 HOUSE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING SEPTEMBER 21ST THROUGH SEPTEMBER 27TH, 2025, AS "NATIONAL SURGICAL TECHNOLOGISTS WEEK"" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND" passed_lower 2026
HR 7104 HOUSE RESOLUTION CELEBRATING THE LIFE AND EXTENDING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF CARRIGAN MCCORRIE-RAINE NELSON passed_lower 2026
HR 7106 HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF THE HONORABLE BARBARA BALCH COLT passed_lower 2026
HR 7107 HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF THE HONORABLE DAVID R. CARLIN, JR. passed_lower 2026
HR 7108 HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF AMBASSADOR J. WILLIAM MIDDENDORF II passed_lower 2026
HB 7113 AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- UNFAIR CLAIMS SETTLEMENT PRACTICES ACT in_committee 2026
HB 7078 AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- NATIONAL GUARD (Raises the amount of life insurance the state provides at no charge to Rhode Island National Guard members called up for federal duty to five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000).) in_committee 2026
HB 7097 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES in_committee 2026
HB 7098 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES in_committee 2026
HB 7099 AN ACT RELATING TO PARKS AND RECREATIONAL AREAS -- GENERAL PROVISIONS -- PREFERENCE FOR RESIDENTS in_committee 2026
HB 7053 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT in_committee 2026
HB 7057 AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX (Gradually phases in modifications to federal adjusted gross income over a five (5) year period for social security income, from twenty percent (20%) up to one hundred percent (100%), beginning on or after January 1, 2027.) in_committee 2026
HB 7040 AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MUNICIPAL POLICE ARBITRATION in_committee 2026
HB 7041 AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- FIREFIGHTERS' ARBITRATION in_committee 2026
HR 7016 HOUSE RESOLUTION EXTENDING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF THE HONORABLE EDWARD L. DAMBRUCH passed_lower 2026
HR 7017 HOUSE RESOLUTION EXTENDING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF ALAN GEOFFREY HASSENFELD passed_lower 2026
HR 7011 JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE RHODE ISLAND AUDITORY ORAL PROGRAM in_committee 2026