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Jon Brien

Jon Brien

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State Representative

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Office
State Representative
State
Rhode Island
Jurisdiction
49
Serving
Currently serving
Term
2023 - Present

Jon D. Brien (I) was elected in November 2022 and re-elected in November 2024 as the State Representative from District 49 in Woonsocket and North Smithfield. He previously represented District 50 in the House of Representatives from 2007 to 2012. He is a member of the House Labor Committee, House Oversight Committee, and House State Government and Elections Committee. In the 2025 session, Representative Brien sponsored a law that enables safety-net hospitals, clinics, and other health care agencies to provide care to the most vulnerable Rhode Islanders by prohibiting insurers, pharmacy benefits managers, and other payors from engaging in discriminatory practices in the purchase of prescriptions through the federal 340B discount program . During the 2024 session, he sponsored the Transparency in Arts Education Access and Proficiency Act , which promotes education in the arts at the middle and high school levels by requiring each middle and high school to provide annual reports on the availability of, and percentage of students enrolled in, arts education courses. A graduate of the University of Rhode Island, Representative Brien earned his juris doctor from New York Law School in…

Biography source: official page

Issue Activity

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  • Jon Brien holds the office of State Representative
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  • Voted 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
    roll-call vote· Official roll-call record· 2026-06-11source
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  • Voted yes on HB 8580: AN ACT RELATING TO THE NORTH TIVERTON FIRE DISTRICT
    roll-call vote· Official roll-call record· 2026-06-10source
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  • Voted yes on HB 8586: AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS -- RHODE ISLAND TURNPIKE AND BRIDGE AUTHORITY
    roll-call vote· Official roll-call record· 2026-06-09source
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