---
type: Person
title: "Lou DiPalma"
description: "RI Senate District 12 — RI State Senate District 12"
role: "RI Senate District 12"
party: "D"
level: "state"
branch: "legislative"
state: "RI"
district: "RI State Senate District 12"
represents: "us/states/ri/districts/senate/12"
tenure:
  start: "2009-01-06"
  current: true
election:
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "varies"
ids:
  person: "db4c1412-80eb-48f3-b3ba-b9b7b64e693f"
  office: "690bc4b5-3744-456e-9927-afe713bffdae"
  tenure: "50c702db-4814-4670-b9fb-5b2665a302f5"
  jurisdiction: "eadad168-fc68-43da-bf34-71dc0832358a"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "SLDU (Census 2025)"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, state, legislative, ri]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Lou DiPalma

Current RI Senate District 12 (RI State Senate District 12).

Represents [RI State Senate District 12](/us/states/ri/districts/senate/12.md).

## Sources

- tenure: OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20
- jurisdiction: SLDU (Census 2025)

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).