RI State Representative Lauren Carson

In this episode we sit down with Rhode Island State Representative Lauren Carson of Newport.

Representative Carson is the lead sponsor of a house bill that would allow cities and towns to regulate houseboats as they feel best works for their municipalities.

Central to this enabling legislation, they would be bound by one standard definition of a houseboat. The bill has a companion in the state senate which mirrors that of Representative Carson’s.

While her bill has the full support of the Newport Waterfront Commission, it has met with some resistance from the industry trade group. We get in to all that in our talk. I have reached out to the industry trade group for input, and at this time they don’t want to engage on the podcast

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