Mary Messier

Mary Duffy Messier (D), a lifelong resident of Pawtucket, was first elected to the House in December 2009. She represents District 62 in Pawtucket. Representative Messier was named a Deputy Majority Leader in January 2021. She is the first vice chair of both the House Labor Committee and the House State Government and Elections Committee, and she is a member of the House Innovation and Technology Committee and the House Oversight Committee. During the most recent legislative session, she co-sponsored a new law that requires Medicare supplement policies in the state to be offered to all patients who are eligible for Medicare by reason of disability, including end-stage renal disease (ESRD), regardless of age. She also co-sponsored the repealing of a law that allows employers to pay workers with disabilities below the minimum wage. In 2017, she introduced an education-quality law that requires accreditation by a Regional Accrediting Agency recognized by the United States Department of Education for distance learning institutions to transact business or grant degrees in Rhode Island. In 2016, Representative Messier sponsored legislation that requires a public hearing for all…