Representative • Democrat

Robert Craven

Rhode Island • District HD-032

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Activity Summary

Bills Sponsored

Aggregate Impact (Sponsored Bills):

100% Positive

Voting Pattern

Nay: 46

Not Voting: 171

Other: 3

Yea: 1991

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Sponsored Bills

RI H6187•Introduced

Reduces the number of times the director of the lottery has to confer with the permanent joint committee on state lottery from nine (9) times per year to four (4) times per year or at the call of the chair and vice chair of the committee.

Co-Sponsor

RI H6159•Engrossed

Increases the per page transcription fees for court reporters in court proceedings.

Primary Sponsor

RI H6087•Introduced

Creates the healthcare worker platform act, requiring platforms offering healthcare shifts to register with the Rhode Island department of health by June 1, 2026, while exempting them from being classified as nursing service agencies.

Co-Sponsor

RI H5436•Introduced

Establishes the Rhode Island Assault Weapons Ban Act of 2025.

Co-Sponsor

RI H5348•Introduced

Repeals the required HIV testing for an individual convicted under chapter 34.1 of title 11 ("commercial sexual activity"). It would also allow the option for HIV testing for any person convicted under this chapter.

Co-Sponsor

RI H5365•Engrossed

Provides that a communication between an attorney and client acting as a trustee or other fiduciary, is privileged and protected from disclosure to the same extent as if the client was acting in his, her, or its individual capacity.

Primary Sponsor

RI H5222•Introduced

Establishes concurrent jurisdiction between the Rhode Island Family Court and the Federal Government for the purposes of adjudicating minors who have allegedly committed a crime while residing on a military installation located in Rhode Island.

Primary Sponsor

RI H5182•Introduced

Provides that the cost of maintaining and repairing or restoring an easement or right-of-way shall be shared by each owner of a benefited property and their costs shall be determined by and commensurate with the municipal appraisal of each property.

Co-Sponsor

RI H5130•Introduced

Crime gun ballistic evidence to be submitted to NIBIN.

Co-Sponsor

RI H5029•Introduced

Sets the minimum wage for 2026 at $16 per hour, 2027 at $17 per hour, 2028 at $18 per hour, 2029 at $19 per hour and for 2030 at $20 per hour.

Co-Sponsor

RI H5458•Introduced

Establishes a system of electronic registration and titling of motor vehicles. Rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this chapter would be promulgated by the administrator of the division of motor vehicles.

Primary Sponsor

RI H5171•Engrossed

Extends the sunset provision of the four (4) year pilot program to prevent drug overdoses through the establishment of harm reduction centers for two (2) years to March 1, 2028.

Co-Sponsor

RI H6318•Introduced

Requires every school bus, including buses used exclusively for to transport students receiving special education, to be equipped with a live digital video school bus violation detection monitoring system and retractable stop sign.

Co-Sponsor

RI H6165•Engrossed

Creates the PURPLE alert state system to aid in the search for a missing adult with a serious physical, behavioral health, neurological disabilities or medical condition.

Co-Sponsor

RI H5188•Introduced

Gives authority to the department of labor and training to enforce violations of the laws relating to corrosion prevention and mitigation work requirements. It also adds civil monetary penalties for violations of those laws.

Co-Sponsor

RI H5357•Introduced

Repeals provisions that assess costs for women in the community corrections program for women offenders.

Co-Sponsor

RI H5358•Introduced

Under certain circumstances, provides immunity from arrest and prosecution for prostitution, procurement of sexual conduct for a fee, loitering for prostitution and soliciting from motor vehicles for indecent purposes.

Co-Sponsor

RI H5197•Introduced

Removes the requirement that families consent to, and cooperate with the department of human services in establishing paternity and enforcing child and medical support orders as a condition of eligibility for child care assistance.

Co-Sponsor

RI H5196•Introduced

Eliminates the sunset on the provision of finding for child care for eligible child care educators and child care staff.

Co-Sponsor

RI H5145•Introduced

Allows for trucks with a gross vehicle weight of eight thousand pounds (8,000 lbs.) or less to have passenger registration license plates.

Co-Sponsor

RI H6274•Introduced

Allows the collection of solid waste and recycling between the hours of seven o’clock (7:00) am and three o’clock (3:00) am seven days a week. It would also ban the use of mobile waste compaction technology for recycling.

Co-Sponsor

RI H6345•Introduced

Prohibits force-feeding to create a force-fed poultry product or the hiring of another to engage in force-feeding of a poultry product. Violations would be subject to a civil penalty of $500 per violation.

Co-Sponsor

RI H5283•Introduced

Adds department of corrections' correctional officers to the list of public safety employees that are entitled to their full salary if they are injured and become disabled as a result of performance of their job duties.

Co-Sponsor

RI H5473•Introduced

Creates an additional tax rate of 3% on taxable income over $625,000 in 2025 dollars. Applies to tax years 2026 and thereafter and not retroactively.

Co-Sponsor

RI H5794•Engrossed

Provides technical amendments to the chapters on subdivision of land and zoning ordinances for towns and cities.

Primary Sponsor

RI H5736•Introduced

Permits reimbursement for dental hygienist's from "other insurance" or a third-party payor such as Medicare.

Co-Sponsor

RI H5400•Introduced

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 2026.

Co-Sponsor

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