Mia Ackerman

Rep. Mia A. Ackerman (D) has served the residents of Cumberland and Lincoln in District 45 since winning her first election in November 2012. She was named the first-ever female Deputy Majority Whip in January 2021, making her a member of the House Leadership Team. She is a member of the House Conduct Committee, the House Health and Human Services Committee, and the House Veterans' Affairs Committee. Representative Ackerman has spearheaded efforts to enact life-saving laws and received the 2023 Public Service Award from the American Cancer Society's Cancer Action Network and Brown University's Legoretta Cancer Center. She sponsored legislation to improve education and awareness of Alzheimer’s and dementia in 2025 and to allow Rhode Island patients and medical researchers access to vital national data and research . In 2022, she introduced a law that requires private health insurers to cover biomarker testing , which is a test of blood or other biological material to identify changes or abnormalities that may be associated with cancer. In 2021, she sponsored a law that improves over-the-phone CPR instructions by requiring the 911 system to certify and staff individuals trained in…