Representative Rebecca Kislak ** represents **District 4 in Providence, Rhode Island. Elected in November 2018, she serves as second vice chair of the House Education Committee and is a member of the House Environment and Natural Resources Committee, House Health and Human Services Committee, and House Innovation and Technology Committee.

She is a lawyer, advocate, and mother married to Dr. Joanna Brown, with two children. Kislak has championed public schools, health equity, economic justice, environmental protection, and common-sense gun legislation. Notable achievements include sponsoring the Rhode Island Parentage Act for inclusive family recognition, streamlining adoption laws, a 2024 law enhancing control over individualized education plans , creating a permanent commission for genocide and Holocaust education, protecting Affordable Care Act provisions at the state level, a 2025 law preserving independent pharmacies, building decarbonization efforts, restricting neonicotinoids in pesticides, and advocating for Providence Public Schools.

Education and Political Experience

• Education: Bachelor's degree from Brown University; J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.
• Professional Experience: Attorney with Medical-Legal Partnerships in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, supporting patients on housing, school, and disability issues; adjunct professor teaching health policy at Rhode Island College and Brown School of Public Health; Policy Director and Counsel at Rhode Island Health Center Association; work at Legal Services in Worcester, MA, and Providence; Law and Policy Consultant for MLPB.
• Political Experience: Rhode Island State Representative for District 4 since 2018; outspoken advocate for healthcare access, environmental policies like e-bikes and pesticide regulation, IEP modernization, and government transparency.