Ana Quezada
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Ana B. Quezada is a Democrat representing District 2 (Providence) in the Rhode Island Senate. First elected to the Senate in November 2016, Sen. Quezada has advanced legislation on many important issues. She was the Senate sponsor of legislation, since signed into law, which will raise Rhode Island's minimum wage to $15 an hour by Jan. 1, 2025. She also sponsored a law making doula services eligible for reimbursement through private insurance plans. Other bills she has sponsored include the Human Trafficking Prevention Notice Act, which requires hotels to post signs with a number to report suspected human trafficking; a law allowing the Parole Board to end a parolee's supervision early if certain guidelines are met; legislation expanding civil anti-discrimination protections for the LGBTQ+ community; proposals to implement dual language immersion programs for Rhode Island students and create a “state seal of biliteracy" for high school graduates; a law exempting natural hair braiders from having to be licensed as hairdressers and cosmeticians; and a proposal to end the “employment-at-will" doctrine in Rhode Island. Sen. Quezada was born on April 23, 1965, in Santo Domingo,…
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- VerifiedVoted yes on SB 3357: AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF CRANSTON TO FINANCE THE ACQUISITION, DEMOLITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, RENOVATION, REPAIR, ALTERATION, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS IN THE CITY BY THE ISSUANCE OF NOT MORE THAN $2,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR
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SB 3357: AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF CRANSTON TO FINANCE THE ACQUISITION, DEMOLITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, RENOVATION, REPAIR, ALTERATION, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS IN THE CITY BY THE ISSUANCE OF NOT MORE THAN $2,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR
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