Rhode Island House
Terri Cortvriend
Democratic. House, district 72.
Emailrep-cortvriend@rilegislature.gov
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officialOfficial record 5https://www.rilin.state.ri.us/representatives/carson/
officialBills they sponsored
81 bills sponsored this session
HOUSE RESOLUTION CELEBRATING THE 160TH ANNIVERSARY OF CHILD & FAMILY AND RECOGNIZING ITS IMPACT ACROSS RHODE ISLANDH 8538 · this session · introduced May 12, 2026
House read and passedHOUSE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING MAY 3-9, 2026, TO BE COMPOSTING AWARENESS WEEK IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLANDH 8515 · this session · introduced May 5, 2026
House read and passedAUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF PORTSMOUTH TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $41,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, ADDITIONS, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIH 8488 · this session · introduced Apr 29, 2026
Effective without Governor's signatureEDUCATION -- CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIESH 8462 · this session · introduced Apr 17, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyHOUSE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS RELATING TO SHARED SERVICES BETWEEN RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICTSH 8430 · this session · introduced Apr 10, 2026
House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment)EDUCATION -- ESTABLISHMENT OF REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICTSH 8428 · this session · introduced Apr 10, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyTAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES--LIABILITY AND COMPUTATIONH 8390 · this session · introduced Apr 1, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyHEALTH AND SAFETY -- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTHH 8346 · this session · introduced Mar 25, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studySTATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENTH 8301 · this session · introduced Mar 13, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyJOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS ($20,000,000) TO SUPPORT GREEN ECONOMY AND CLEAN ENERGY BOND INITIATIVESH 8299 · this session · introduced Mar 13, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyTOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSINGH 8249 · this session · introduced Mar 6, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyTAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATIONH 8198 · this session · introduced Feb 27, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studySTATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICESH 8184 · this session · introduced Feb 27, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studySTATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- 2021 ACT ON CLIMATEH 8179 · this session · introduced Feb 27, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyPUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENT AND DEBT REDUCTION ACT OF 2011H 8178 · this session · introduced Feb 27, 2026
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WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTY ACQUISITION PROGRAM ACTH 8169 · this session · introduced Feb 27, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyLIBRARIES -- STATE AID TO LIBRARIESH 8168 · this session · introduced Feb 27, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyEDUCATION -- SCHOOL FUNDS AND PROPERTYH 8167 · this session · introduced Feb 27, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyEDUCATION -- HIGHER EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES ACTH 8161 · this session · introduced Feb 27, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studySTATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DECARBONIZATION DEMONSTRATION INITIATIVE ACT OF 2026H 8132 · this session · introduced Feb 27, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyPROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACTH 8110 · this session · introduced Feb 27, 2026
Chapter 165, Jun 18, 2026PROPERTY -- BY POSSESSION AND PRESCRIPTIONH 8107 · this session · introduced Feb 27, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyPUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASESH 7999 · this session · introduced Feb 27, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyWATERS AND NAVIGATION -- COASTAL RESILIENCE -- NATURE- BASED SOLUTIONS FOR EROSION CONTROL, WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, AND EXPEDITED PERMITTINGH 7991 · this session · introduced Feb 27, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyGENERAL ASSEMBLY -- GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACTH 7982 · this session · introduced Feb 27, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyHEALTH AND SAFETY -- RHODE ISLAND CLEAN HEAT STANDARD ACTH 7912 · this session · introduced Feb 27, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyHOUSE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION TO TERMINATE GAS LINE EXTENSION ALLOWANCES AS PART OF DOCKET 25-45-GEH 7891 · this session · introduced Feb 27, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyPUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- THERMAL ENERGY NETWORK AND JOB ACTH 7879 · this session · introduced Feb 27, 2026
Chapter 339, Jun 24, 2026PROPERTY -- OVERSIGHT AND REGULATION OF MANAGEMENT COMMITTEESH 7874 · this session · introduced Feb 27, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyWATERS AND NAVIGATION -- RHODE ISLAND INFRASTRUCTURE BANKH 7800 · this session · introduced Feb 12, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyTOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCESH 7779 · this session · introduced Feb 12, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyPUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- ACQUISITION OF LANDH 7776 · this session · introduced Feb 12, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyCOURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR ACTIONS -- CLIMATE DISASTER ACTIONSH 7752 · this session · introduced Feb 12, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyFOOD AND DRUGS -- SANITATION IN FOOD ESTABLISHMENTSH 7742 · this session · introduced Feb 12, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyPUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- THE GREEN BUILDINGS ACTH 7739 · this session · introduced Feb 12, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyHEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODEH 7738 · this session · introduced Feb 12, 2026
Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal GovernmentHEALTH AND SAFETY -- CONSUMER PFAS BAN ACT OF 2024H 7737 · this session · introduced Feb 12, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyHEALTH AND SAFETY -- CONSUMER PFAS BAN ACT OF 2024H 7734 · this session · introduced Feb 12, 2026
Chapter 230, Jun 19, 2026STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- COMPOSTING AND ORGANIC WASTE DIVERSIONH 7675 · this session · introduced Feb 11, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyPUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- MANAGEMENT AND DISPOSAL OF PROPERTYH 7673 · this session · introduced Feb 11, 2026
Chapter 290, Jun 23, 2026TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATIONH 7662 · this session · introduced Feb 11, 2026
Chapter 029, May 6, 2026HEALTH AND SAFETY -- REFUSE DISPOSALH 7622 · this session · introduced Feb 11, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyMILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- EMERGENCY MANAGEMENTH 7589 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyJOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY SLUDGE MANAGEMENT IN RHODE ISLANDH 7532 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2026
Signed by GovernorEDUCATION -- THE PAUL W. CROWLEY RHODE ISLAND STUDENT INVESTMENT INITIATIVEH 7388 · this session · introduced Jan 28, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyMOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD LIMITSH 7381 · this session · introduced Jan 28, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyHOUSE RESOLUTION CREATING A PERMANENT COMMISSION ON CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS AND SOLUTIONSH 7344 · this session · introduced Jan 28, 2026
House passed Sub ATOWNS AND CITIES -- STATE AIDH 7249 · this session · introduced Jan 21, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyTOWNS AND CITIES -- STATE AIDH 7248 · this session · introduced Jan 21, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyHOUSE RESOLUTION CELEBRATING THE LIFE AND EXTENDING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF CARRIGAN MCCORRIE-RAINE NELSONH 7104 · this session · introduced Jan 15, 2026
House read and passedTAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION (Allows communities to increase their local share of hotel tax collection by an additional two percent (2%).)H 6350 · this session · introduced May 16, 2025
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyEDUCATION -- THE PAUL W. CROWLEY RHODE ISLAND STUDENT INVESTMENT INITIATIVE (Establishes a new high-cost special education fund to pool resources and generate income to support excess costs associated with providing servH 6325 · this session · introduced May 9, 2025
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyHOUSE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING THE FIRST FULL WEEK OF MAY, 2025, TO BE "COMPOSTING AWARENESS WEEK" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLANDH 6300 · this session · introduced May 6, 2025
House read and passedWATERS AND NAVIGATION -- RHODE ISLAND INFRASTRUCTURE BANK (Authorizes the Rhode Island infrastructure bank to establish a fund to provide financial assistance to local government units for resiliency and stormwater abateH 6252 · this session · introduced Apr 23, 2025
Chapter 164, Jun 24, 2025EDUCATION -- TRANSPORTATION OF SCHOOL PUPILS BEYOND CITY AND TOWN LIMITS (Amends the composition of school bus districts within the state to provide transportation to students in grades kindergarten through 12.)H 6236 · this session · introduced Apr 11, 2025
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyHEALTH AND SAFETY -- HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT (Strikes the words "which is naturally occurring" with regard to any promulgated rules and regulations of the department of environmental management (DEM) relating to the rH 6208 · this session · introduced Apr 9, 2025
Chapter 161, Jun 24, 2025SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Nunzio Pontillo to join Andrew Peter Carson and Christos Nelson Anastasopoulos in marriage on or about May 10, 2025, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island.)H 6113 · this session · introduced Mar 19, 2025
Signed by GovernorWATERS AND NAVIGATION -- COASTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT COUNCIL (Provides a procedure for parking modifications near shoreline rights-of-way.)H 6093 · this session · introduced Mar 14, 2025
Chapter 265, Jun 27, 2025JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $400,000 TO THE COASTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT COUNCIL (CRMC) FOR FUNDING OF URI'S COASTAL RESOURCES CENTER (CRC) STORMTOOLS, CHAMP ANALYSIS, AND MYCOAST (This resolution would aH 6016 · this session · introduced Feb 28, 2025
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyMILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT (Provides the general assembly make an annual appropriation of not less than eighty thousand dollars ($80,000) to the Rhode Island emergency management agency to assisH 6004 · this session · introduced Feb 28, 2025
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyEDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT (Amends categorical state funding to include excess costs associated with transporting homeless students to out-of-district public schools.)H 5980 · this session · introduced Feb 28, 2025
Withdrawn at sponsor's requestSTATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (Prohibits the state from seeking reimbursement for expenditures made on behalf of disabled Rhode Islanders from an ABLE account after death of the desiH 5973 · this session · introduced Feb 28, 2025
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyHIGHWAYS -- ABANDONMENT BY TOWNS (Allows for a qualified abandonment of public town roads which grants a public easement over said road allowing it to be converted to walking, biking, and hiking trails and access to parkH 5960 · this session · introduced Feb 28, 2025
Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal GovernmentPUBIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- MERIT SYSTEM (Provides for the creation of a new job classification for new or existing specialized information technology positions.)H 5945 · this session · introduced Feb 28, 2025
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyMOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES (Reduces the course time required to become a school bus driver for applicants who have a valid commercial driver’s license.)H 5882 · this session · introduced Feb 28, 2025
Chapter 048, Jun 13, 2025HEALTH AND SAFETY -- VITAL RECORDS (Provides that public historical vital records maintained by the state archives shall not be amended.)H 5871 · this session · introduced Feb 28, 2025
Chapter 393, Jul 2, 2025HOUSE RESOLUTION URGING THE RHODE ISLAND FEDERAL DELEGATION TO DEMAND REVERSAL OF ACTIONS HARMING CRITICAL HEALTH AND SAFETY PROGRAMSH 5867 · this session · introduced Feb 28, 2025
Introduced, referred to House Health & Human ServicesHEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE (Establish a moratorium on changes to the state energy conservation code from the 2024 International Energy Conservation Code until January 1, 2030, unless approved by the legislaH 5846 · this session · introduced Feb 28, 2025
Referred to Senate CommerceWATERS AND NAVIGATION -- WATER POLLUTION (Requires quarterly testing of biosolids for PFAS contaminants by those seeking to apply biosolids to lands, with subsequent reports to the department of environmental management.H 5844 · this session · introduced Feb 28, 2025
Chapter 052, Jun 13, 2025BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- REAL ESTATE SALES DISCLOSURES (Requires a person selling real property to provide disclosures as it relates to flooding on the property which occurred either through natural events or mechanH 5827 · this session · introduced Feb 28, 2025
Committee recommended measure be held for further studySTATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- 2021 ACT ON CLIMATE (Requires oil spill responsible fee from 5 cents to 10 cents. Funds to support climate change initiatives.)H 5779 · this session · introduced Feb 26, 2025
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyWATERS AND NAVIGATION -- COASTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT COUNCIL (Replaces the coastal resources management council with a state department of coastal resources and transfer all of the powers and duties between the two (2) H 5706 · this session · introduced Feb 26, 2025
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyTAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Allows the town of Middletown to adopt a tax classification plan for residential real estate which divides the class into non-owner and owner-occupied properties with separH 5694 · this session · introduced Feb 26, 2025
Chapter 007, May 9, 2025PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- UTILITY THERMAL ENERGY NETWORK AND JOBS ACT (Establishes thermal energy networks network infrastructure by any public utility company that provides electric/natural gas distribution to maH 5576 · this session · introduced Feb 26, 2025
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyTOWNS AND CITIES -- STATE AID (Reinstates general revenue sharing of state aid among the 39 cities and towns in Rhode Island. The initial amount is based upon population, and increased annually thereafter based on the inH 5533 · this session · introduced Feb 13, 2025
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyHOUSE RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE REPORTING AND EXPIRATION DATES AND AMENDING THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE LEGISLATIVE STUDY COMMISSION ON CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT AND SOLUTIONS (Increases the membership of the commission from 17 to H 5344 · this session · introduced Feb 7, 2025
House read and passedHOUSE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING "CARRIGAN NELSON DAY" ON FEBRUARY 8, 2025, IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLANDH 5324 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025
House read and passedEDUCATION -- HIGHER EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (Establishes the Higher Education Opportunities for Students with Disabilities Act.)H 5280 · this session · introduced Jan 31, 2025
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyEDUCATION -- SCHOOL FUNDS AND PROPERTY (Directs the department of education to develop and adopt regulations for energy capable school buildings.)H 5203 · this session · introduced Jan 24, 2025
Committee recommended measure be held for further studySTATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- COMPOSTING AND ORGANIC WASTE DIVERSION (Establishes Compost Fund to award grants related to reducing the amount of solid waste generated in the state.)H 5195 · this session · introduced Jan 24, 2025
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyHEALTH AND SAFETY -- THE RHODE ISLAND CLEAN HEAT STANDARD ACT (Creates the Rhode Island clean heat standards act to implement a system of tradeable clean heat credits earned from the delivery of clean heat measures that H 5167 · this session · introduced Jan 24, 2025
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