Tina Spears

Rep. Tina Spears was elected in 2022 to represent District 36 in Charlestown, South Kingstown, Westerly, and New Shoreham. She was chosen as a Deputy Majority Leader in January 2025. She is a member of the House Corporations Committee, the House Environment and Natural Resources Committee, the House Municipal Government and Housing Committee, and the House Innovation and Technology Committee. During her time in the legislature, Representative Spears has advocated for legislation to make housing more affordable, support public schools and protect the environment. She successfully sponsored the Act on Coasts to prepare for sea level rise and climate change, a law to allow homebuyers to rely on the zoning information they receive from local officials and a law to study the creation of a statewide Geographic Information System to better inform development and conservation in Rhode Island. Many of her efforts to improve health care services were included in the state budget, including more than doubling the Medicaid reimbursement rate for ambulance services. She also sponsored a law establishing a “PURPLE Alert" system to help quickly find missing adults with serious disabilities…