Alex Finkelman

Rep. Alex Finkelman (D-Dist. 74, Jamestown, Middletown) was elected to the Rhode Island House of Representatives in November 2022. He is a member of the House Finance Committee and the House Corporations Committee. During the 2025 legislative session, Representative Finkelman was the author of a new law that lifts a restriction on the investments of insurance corporations to enable them to grow in Rhode Island . The bill eliminates a law that limits insurance companies headquartered in Rhode Island from investing any more than 10 percent of their assets in “Schedule BA” investments. This will level the playing field for insurers in Rhode Island because neighboring states do not have such limits. In 2024, Representative Finkelman introduced a new law that will limit the amount a third-party vendor may charge to help Rhode Islanders find and recover unclaimed property. He also introduced legislation to hold electric and gas companies accountable by increasing transparency in their billing practices . During the 2023 legislative session, he sponsored a new law that allows the town of Jamestown to give a tax break to its volunteer firefighters . He is a graduate of the Providence…