Lauren Carson

Lauren Carson (D) was first elected to the House of Representatives in November 2014 to represent District 75 in Newport. A Deputy Majority Leader, Representative Carson is the second vice chair of the House Innovation and Technology Committee and also the second vice chair of the House Environment and Natural Resources Committee. She serves on the House Oversight Committee while chairing that committee's Tourism, Arts and Recreation Subcommittee. She is also a member of the House Municipal Government and Housing Committee and House Small Business Committee. Representative Carson has been particularly active on issues related to the environment, small business, tourism, and government transparency. In 2021, Representative Carson was the sponsor of the Act on Climate , which updates Rhode Island's climate-emission reduction goals, makes them enforceable, and prepares Rhode Island for a global economy that will be shifting to adapt to clean technology. The act has been heralded as one of the most important steps toward addressing climate change the state has taken in decades. For the last two years, Representative Carson has been leading two legislative study commissions. One is…