Committee
Rhode Island House State Government and Elections Committee
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committee members
Chair
Karen Alzate (D)
Samuel Azzinaro (D)
Stephen Casey (D)
Cherie Cruz (D)
Matthew Dawson (D)
Anthony DeSimone (D)
First Vice Chair
Grace Diaz (D)
Joshua Giraldo (D)
Katie Kazarian (D)
Second Vice Chair
John Lombardi (D)
Christopher Paplauskas (R)
Ramon Perez (D)
Bob Quattrocchi (R)
Enrique Sanchez (D)
Scott Slater (D)
| Bill | Bill Name | Progress | Referral Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| H5033 | Removes nuclear plant projects from seeking the approval from the general assembly for the construction of said nuclear plant. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| H5034 | Allows school committees to add item(s) not appearing in published notice to their agendas for purposes of discussion only if the revised agenda is filed with the secretary of state and posted on district website at least 48 hrs in advance of the meeting. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| H5084 | Adds early voting to the fifty (50) feet buffer prohibitions against politicking on election day voting. | Dead | 01/16/2025 |
| H5085 | Requires that all agencies' final rules, promulgated pursuant to the administrative procedures act, be approved by general assembly action, but in no case later than December 31 of the year it is promulgated before it can become effective. | Dead | 01/16/2025 |
| H5086 | JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE, PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE -- FOUR YEAR TERMS FOR REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATORS (Proposes an amendment to the State Constitution, Article IV, Section 1, that would allow four (4) year terms for general assembly members, commencing with the 2028 election.) | Dead | 01/16/2025 |
| H5137 | Provides that the state board of elections shall verify the citizenship status of all persons on the voter registration list. | Dead | 01/22/2025 |
| H5138 | Prohibits lobbyists from making any political contributions to any member of the general assembly from January 1 through July 1 in any year, unless the general assembly adjourns for the year prior to July 1. | Dead | 01/22/2025 |
| H5139 | JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE, PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE -- FOUR YEAR TERMS AND TERM LIMITS FOR REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATORS (Proposes an amendment to the State Constitution, Article IV, Section 1, that would create four (4) year terms for general assembly members and impose term limits of three (3) full four (4) year terms on said members commencing with the 2028 election.) | Dead | 01/22/2025 |
| H5140 | JOINT RESOLUTION RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING A CONVENTION OF THE STATES UNDER ARTICLE V OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION (Petitions congress to call a convention for the purpose of proposing amendments to the U.S. Constitution to impose restraints on the federal government.) | Dead | 01/22/2025 |
| H5192 | Requires anyone using a bicycle trail or path to stay to the right on the path and would always pass on the left when safe to do so. | Dead | 01/24/2025 |
| H5193 | Creates a voluntary program through which registrants of electric and hybrid motor vehicles can request stickers to affix to enclosures housing such vehicles to promote first responders' safety in responding to electrical fires. | Dead | 01/24/2025 |
| H5231 | Provides that commercial driver instruction would include industry-specific training on the recognition, prevention, and reporting of human trafficking. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/29/2025 |
| H5232 | Authorizes early voting for the ten (10) calendar days except the second weekend prior immediately preceding election day, while requiring, as is practicable, that all the election day protections and procedures be afforded to early voters. | Dead | 01/29/2025 |
| H5272 | Allows the owner of a rented or leased motor vehicle to establish non-liability for traffic violations. | Dead | 01/31/2025 |
| H5273 | Requires all lifeguards, and park and forest rangers, who work on a full time basis at any public beach or facility to be trained in administering opioid antagonists. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/31/2025 |
| H5274 | Requires state use actual residences of persons in government custody for redistricting purposes. Information would be collected by the department of corrections and forwarded to the secretary of state to be utilized for redistricting. | Dead | 01/31/2025 |
| H5275 | Establishes an instant runoff form of ranked choice voting limited, to general assembly primary elections, with three (3) or more candidates. | Dead | 01/31/2025 |
| H5276 | Establishes the Ranked Choice Voting for Rhode Island Presidential Primaries and provides for new sections on ranked choice voting tabulation and results reporting. | Dead | 01/31/2025 |
| H5277 | Changes the process of nominating candidates for the general election, by replacing the political party primary with a primary general election. | Dead | 01/31/2025 |
| H5311 | Allows the board of elections to tabulate mail ballots in local special elections in the same manner as in tabulate mail ballots in statewide elections. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/05/2025 |
| H5312 | Establishes a process by which vacancies in a municipal election office and local canvassing board are filled. | Dead | 02/05/2025 |
| H5377 | Requires DCYF to implement recommendations made by the child advocate and child fatality review panel within 6 months and provide a report of the measures taken to address the recommendations. | Dead | 02/07/2025 |
| H5378 | Requires an official declaration of war or an action to call forth the state militia by the United States Congress before members of the National Guard may be released from state control to participate in active duty combat. | Dead | 02/07/2025 |
| H5379 | Establishes a commission to promulgate rules, regulations and make recommendations to the governor as to petitions for pardons under Article IX, Section 13 of the Constitution of Rhode Island. | Dead | 02/07/2025 |
| H5380 | Establishes a compact agreement among at least two (2) states to prohibit the use of subsidies to selectively retain industry or company entice relocation from one state to another state or to open a new facility. | Dead | 02/07/2025 |
| H5381 | Amends several statutes relating to elections and the dates for primaries and dates within which to file nomination papers and object to nomination papers. | Dead | 02/07/2025 |
| H5382 | Allows citizens of a city or town who are at least sixteen (16) years of age to register to vote and to vote in school committee elections in municipalities where school committees are elected entities. | Dead | 02/07/2025 |
| H5383 | Changes primary election to Wednesday if after Labor Day and does not mandate local boards of election to have voter registration drive at high school. | Dead | 02/07/2025 |
| H5384 | Increases from 7 days to 9 days the period of time in which a request for a recount of the votes cast can be made to the board of elections and no certificates of election may be issued until the recount, if any, is completed. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/07/2025 |
| H5385 | JOINT RESOLUTION RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING A CONVENTION OF THE STATES UNDER ARTICLE V OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION (Petitions congress to call a convention for the purpose of proposing amendments to the U.S. Constitution to impose restraints on the federal government.) | Dead | 02/07/2025 |
| H5386 | JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AND PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION -- JURY NULLIFICATION AS PROPER TRIAL DEFENSE ARGUMENT (This joint resolution would propose to the voters a constitutional amendment which would allow a criminal defendant to argue jury nullification as a defense.) | Dead | 02/07/2025 |
| H5451 | Updates public records administration act, modifies records control schedule, designates records officer, establishes procedures for retention of records. Provides administrator submit yearly reports, establishes public reporting compliance. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/12/2025 |
| H5452 | Provides that it is the public policy of the state that DCYF be the chief agency responsible for all matters related to children's behavioral health. | Dead | 02/12/2025 |
| H5453 | Replaces CRMC with a newly created division of coastal resources management, a state entity within the DEM and would transfer all authority to the DEM with duties and responsibilities to be carried out by the division of coastal resources management. | Dead | 02/12/2025 |
| H5454 | Requires nonprofit, as a condition for requesting state funds from the general assembly, to submit & post on their website, a list of10 of their highest paid director, officer & employee salaries & any forms of compensation provided to those individuals. | Dead | 02/12/2025 |
| H5455 | Defines "anti-Semitism" for the state human affairs commission to use while investigating and working to resolve complaints of discrimination and for the commission against prejudice and bias to use in defining hate crimes. | Dead | 02/12/2025 |
| H5456 | Requires a seventy-five percent (75%) supermajority vote by the board of directors to establish a quorum and to approve any action taken by the commerce corporation. | Dead | 02/12/2025 |
| H5457 | Requires a member of the public to pay any outstanding balances due and owing for previous requests before being provided copies of records and documents on a new request from law enforcement agencies. | Dead | 02/12/2025 |
| H5458 | Establishes a system of electronic registration and titling of motor vehicles. Rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this chapter would be promulgated by the administrator of the division of motor vehicles. | Dead | 02/12/2025 |
| H5459 | JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE, PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION -- RIGHT TO AN ADEQUATE EDUCATION (Amends the constitution to guarantee Rhode Island residents with equal opportunity to receive an education that is adequate, equitable and meaningful and provides judicial enforcement of this provision.) | Dead | 02/12/2025 |
| H5513 | Implements a thirty (30) day waiting period following the issuance of a learners permit and the waiting period must expire before the person is permitted to take the road test in order to obtain a full license. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/13/2025 |
| H5514 | Exempts emergency mail ballots from the requirement to have certain wording regarding "mail voters" on the ballot. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/13/2025 |
| H5515 | JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AND PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION -- OF SUFFRAGE (Would propose to the voters of the state a constitutional amendment regarding eligibility to vote and to be a candidate.) | Dead | 02/13/2025 |
| H5516 | Requires all write-in votes, regardless of qualification, to be reported and published by the state board of elections, on its website. | Dead | 02/13/2025 |
| H5517 | Increases the maximum number of voters that a polling place can accommodate 3,000 to 3,500 and provide for existing polling places that exceed the maximum number of voters, not be required to be changed until the next decennial redistricting. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/13/2025 |
| H5518 | Requires the local board of canvassers to publish early voting dates, hours, and location, at least twice in a newspaper of general circulation and to publish the same on the municipality's website for the duration of in-person early voting period. | Dead | 02/13/2025 |
| H5519 | Repeals authorizing Rhode Island to join an interstate compact, which would allow Presidents and Vice Presidents to be elected by a national popular vote rather than the electoral college. | Dead | 02/13/2025 |
| H5520 | Changes the manner by which presidential electoral college electors are elected and create a system of grouping of municipalities of equal populations, one of each of Rhode Island's electoral votes. | Dead | 02/13/2025 |
| H5521 | Creates a redistricting commission to act every ten (10) years to adopt a redistricting plan for all general assembly and congressional districts. It also provides for a possible right of appeal of the plan, to the state supreme court. | Dead | 02/13/2025 |
| H5522 | Requires the rule adopting agency to send a copy of the certified rule to all members of the general assembly, within twenty (20) days of filing a final rule. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/13/2025 |
| H5523 | Requires public bodies to offer translation services for all open meetings of said bodies. | Dead | 02/13/2025 |
| H5538 | Requires state use actual residences of persons in government custody for redistricting purposes. Information would be collected by the department of corrections and forwarded to the division of statewide planning, to be utilized for redistricting. | Dead | 02/18/2025 |
| H5611 | Requires the installation of universal changing stations in all newly constructed, reconstructed, or remodeled public buildings and places of public accommodation. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/03/2025 |
| H5618 | RELATED TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- THE MANDATORY CARRYING OF EPINEPHRINE AUTOINJECTORS BY POLICE OFFICERS ACT | Dead | 02/27/2025 |
| H5705 | Provides that the legislature would be the body that negotiates on behalf of the state for all activities occurring in, on and over state submerged land extending beyond twenty-five (25) acres. | Dead | 02/26/2025 |
| H5706 | Replaces the coastal resources management council with a state department of coastal resources and transfer all of the powers and duties between the two (2) authorities. | Dead | 02/26/2025 |
| H5707 | Amends the definition of public record to exempt from public disclosure the city or town of residence of the justices, judges, and magistrates of the unified judicial system. | Dead | 02/26/2025 |
| H5708 | Allows automatic voter registration for Rhode Islanders applying for hunting and fishing licenses. | Dead | 02/26/2025 |
| H5709 | Modernizes and streamlines the existing processes for getting on the permanent mail ballot application list. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/26/2025 |
| H5710 | Would amend certain signature requirements and deadlines regarding primaries for election of delegates to national conventions for presidential preference. | Dead | 02/26/2025 |
| H5711 | Requires verification of an applicant's date of birth and either a Rhode Island driver's license number or state identification number on all applications seeking mail ballots and emergency mail ballots. | Dead | 02/26/2025 |
| H5712 | Establishes fusion voting in Rhode Island, allowing candidates to appear on ballots as nominees of multiple political parties, for the same office. | Dead | 02/26/2025 |
| H5713 | Prohibits members of elected city/town political party committees as well as representative/senate district committees from serving on local canvassing authorities. | Dead | 02/26/2025 |
| H5714 | Provides that a person eighteen (18) years or older could request that his or her race be modified or amended on their birth certificate. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/26/2025 |
| H5715 | Requires the state retirement board to publish online all archived video or audio recordings and all future recordings of meetings of the board. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/26/2025 |
| H5716 | Eliminates provisions establishing a legislative regulation committee, and also repeals the provision that codes and standards adopted by the state building code standards committee would be subject to approval by the legislative regulation committee. | Dead | 02/26/2025 |
| H5717 | Establishes a Regulatory Sandbox program designed to provide a depository for ideas in a regulatory approach. | Dead | 02/26/2025 |
| H5718 | Expands the DCYF powers by overseeing and administer comprehensive behavioral health services for children with serious emotional disturbances and children with developmental or functional disabilities. | Dead | 02/26/2025 |
| H5719 | Advances the interests of older Rhode Islanders by adding a representative of an aging adult organization and a permanent committee on aging to the state planning council and creates a permanent legislative commission on aging adults. | Dead | 02/26/2025 |
| H5720 | Changes the requirement for a registered lobbyist to file with the secretary a report listing all political contributions from one hundred dollars ($100) to two hundred dollars ($200) per annual cycle. | Dead | 02/26/2025 |
| H5721 | Allows a landlord that did not obtain a lead certificate pursuant to the lead mitigation laws of chapter 128.1 of title 42 due to the fact that the state lacks the adequate resources to conduct inspections. | Dead | 02/26/2025 |
| H5722 | Amends the administrative procedures act and provides that on the review of an agency decision by a court upon appeal, the court shall decide questions of law without deference to any previous determination or interpretation of the law by the agency. | Dead | 02/26/2025 |
| H5723 | Requires any state agency that prints more than fifty (50) copies of a contract, publication, brochure, notice, or promotional material to use state-owned or operated print shop capable of processing the material. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/26/2025 |
| H5724 | Prohibits state or municipality from contracts to detain individuals for civil immigration violations, and if such contract exists, it must end by July 1, 2026 and prohibits using public resources to detain those individuals. | Dead | 02/26/2025 |
| H5725 | Provides that fees for costs charged for search, retrieval or copying of public records shall be waived for members of the general assembly who certify that they are acting in their official capacity. | Dead | 02/26/2025 |
| H5726 | Promotes free expression and access of information by prohibiting the censorship of library materials. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/26/2025 |
| H5727 | Requires the director of the Rhode Island emergency management agency and the Rhode Island commerce commission to develop and implement a plan to assist businesses in obtaining flood insurance through the National Flood Insurance program. | Dead | 02/26/2025 |
| H5728 | Adopts the provisions of Connecticut law pertaining to nontransparent windshields and windows. | Dead | 02/26/2025 |
| H5729 | Adds grass/grass clippings to the items prohibited from being deposited or blown onto a highway or roadway. | Dead | 02/26/2025 |
| H5730 | Includes boats and marine-related assets in the blanket permit available for overweight or over-dimensional vehicles. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/26/2025 |
| H5731 | Authorizes driver education schools to offer the driver training curriculum in a classroom setting or an instructor-led virtual format. | Dead | 02/26/2025 |
| H5732 | JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AND PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION – GREEN AMENDMENT (Proposes a constitutional amendment to Article 1 providing for a right to clean air, soil, climate, and the environment’s natural values.) | Dead | 02/26/2025 |
| H5733 | JOINT RESOLUTION CONFERRING LIMITED PURPOSE RECOGNITION TO THE NATIVE AMERICAN SEACONKE WAMPANOAG TRIBE | Dead | 02/26/2025 |
| H5734 | JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AND PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE -- LINE ITEM VETO (This proposed amendment to our state Constitution grants the governor a line-item veto on the budget and other appropriation bills.) | Dead | 02/26/2025 |
| H5869 | Eliminates one of two (2) conflicting versions of the science and technology advisory council authorizing statute, clarifying the structure of the council. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/28/2025 |
| H5870 | Defines public-private partnerships and provide the framework to encourage the use of public-private partnerships for proposals for state purchases. | Dead | 02/28/2025 |
| H5871 | Provides that public historical vital records maintained by the state archives shall not be amended. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/28/2025 |
| H5872 | Creates the deceptive and fraudulent synthetic media in election communications chapter to regulate the use of synthetic media in elections. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/28/2025 |
| H5873 | Requires verification of an applicant's date of birth and either a Rhode Island driver's license number or state identification number on all applications seeking mail ballots and emergency mail ballots. | Dead | 02/28/2025 |
| H5874 | Makes it easier to vote for people eligible to vote who are incarcerated at the Rhode Island adult correctional institute and creates the position of "voting coordinator," within the department of corrections. | Dead | 02/28/2025 |
| H5875 | Expands the lobbying reform act to apply to persons who lobby municipal government executives and legislative bodies, as well as local fire districts. | Dead | 02/28/2025 |
| H5876 | Creates a permanent special commission to investigate and report on the threat of nuclear weapons. | Dead | 02/28/2025 |
| H5877 | Allows that public records stored in a computer system, upon request, be provided at no charge. | Dead | 02/28/2025 |
| H5878 | Exempts law enforcement records from public disclosure if releasing them could reveal the identity of a human trafficking victim or someone eligible for an affirmative defense under certain prostitution-related laws. | Dead | 02/28/2025 |
| H5879 | Provides a definition for antisemitism to be used by state agencies to evaluate whether discrimination is present. | Dead | 02/28/2025 |
| H5880 | Requires the auditor general to conduct performance audits of all state agencies. | Dead | 02/28/2025 |
| H5881 | Provides specific language for signs to be posted at certain establishments notifying people of contact information to the national human trafficking resource center. | Dead | 02/28/2025 |
| H5882 | Reduces the course time required to become a school bus driver for applicants who have a valid commercial driver’s license. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/28/2025 |
| H5883 | Mandates municipalities to participate in the parking mobility app program where individuals may submit photos on the app of vehicles that are parked in spaces designated for individuals with disabilities and the violator may be cited and fined. | Dead | 02/28/2025 |
| H5884 | Exempts members of the Rhode Island judiciary from the restrictions on nontransparent windshields and windows in their motor vehicles. | Dead | 02/28/2025 |
| H6092 | Makes several amendments to provide for an online nomination paper portal for election nomination papers. | Dead | 03/14/2025 |
| H6093 | Provides a procedure for parking modifications near shoreline rights-of-way. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/14/2025 |
| H6094 | Includes the governor's commission on disabilities in the decision making process for the disability parking enforcement enhancement program and requires an annual report be submitted to the governor's commission. | Dead | 03/14/2025 |
| H6112 | Requires all entities delegated eminent domain powers under this section to adopt a plan and approval prior to exercising such power for a public purpose. | Dead | 03/19/2025 |
| H6125 | HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE LGBTQIA+ COMMUNITY | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/21/2025 |
| H6126 | Reforms the composition of the coastal resources management council to seven (7) members. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/21/2025 |
| H6164 | Establishes a bureau of public protection within the department of attorney general. | Dead | 04/02/2025 |
| H6165 | Creates the PURPLE alert state system to aid in the search for a missing adult with a serious physical, behavioral health, neurological disabilities or medical condition. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 04/02/2025 |
| H6166 | Creates a new law to address the issue of "sexual harassment" involving those individuals that are actively involved in legislative business. | Dead | 04/02/2025 |
| H6187 | Reduces the number of times the director of the lottery has to confer with the permanent joint committee on state lottery from nine (9) times per year to four (4) times per year or at the call of the chair and vice chair of the committee. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 04/04/2025 |
| H6188 | Establishes a system to publicly disseminate emergency alerts regarding a missing adult with an intellectual disability. | Dead | 04/04/2025 |
| H6234 | Amends various sections of law relating to campaign contributions and expenditures including prohibitions on self-dealing with committee funds and prohibits donations made in fictitious names. | Dead | 04/11/2025 |
| H6235 | Requires nonprofit, as a condition for requesting state funds from the general assembly, to submit & post on their website, a list of10 of their highest paid director, officer & employee salaries & any forms of compensation provided to those individuals. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 04/11/2025 |
| H6251 | Redefines "political party" and defines and distinguishes between "major parties" and "minor parties" based on the total number of votes a party's candidate received in the previous election. | Dead | 04/23/2025 |
| H6273 | Makes changes to the access to public records act, including clarifying various provisions, increasing the sanctions for knowing and willful violations of the law, and making certain traffic accident data and preferred license plate information public. | Dead | 04/25/2025 |
| H6274 | Allows the collection of solid waste and recycling between the hours of seven o’clock (7:00) am and three o’clock (3:00) am seven days a week. It would also ban the use of mobile waste compaction technology for recycling. | Dead | 04/25/2025 |
| H6287 | Requires statements as to whether a bill is likely to increase equity, decrease equity or have no impact on equity to be included on up to 20 pieces of legislation. | Dead | 04/30/2025 |
| H6288 | HOUSE RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE REPORTING AND EXPIRATION DATES OF THE SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND REVIEW THE COST AND STATUS OF THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND OWNED, VACANT, AND ABANDONED PROPERTIES AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR METHODS TO MITIGATE THE ASSOCIATED EXPENSES (Extends the reporting and expiration dates of the Commission to review the cost and status of State owned, vacant, and abandoned properties and makes recommendations to mitigate expenses to May 24, 2026, and expire | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 04/30/2025 |
| H6349 | HOUSE RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE RECOGNITION OF THE POKANOKET TRIBE AS THE ANCIENT AND ONGOING STEWARDS OF THEIR ANCESTRAL HOMELAND, AND ACKNOWLEDGING THEIR CENTRAL ROLE IN SHAPING THE REGION'S PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE | Dead | 05/16/2025 |
| H6372 | HOUSE RESOLUTION STRONGLY REPROVING THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD'S PLAN TO REMOVE 38 BUOYS FROM RHODE ISLAND WATERS | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 05/28/2025 |
| H6399 | Repeals a provision of the minimum prepaid special motor vehicle registration plate orders law that was set to expire on December 31, 2025. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 06/06/2025 |
| H6423 | Increases the role of the DMV in the voter registration and address verification process, by establishing very specific obligations and responsibilities that must be followed before offering an individual an application to register to vote. | Dead | 06/17/2025 |
| S0068 | Reduces the number of times the director of the lottery has to confer with the permanent joint committee on state lottery from nine (9) times per year to four (4) times per year or at the call of the chair and vice chair of the committee. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/14/2025 |
| S0177 | JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE, PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION -- RIGHT TO AN ADEQUATE EDUCATION (Amends the constitution to guarantee Rhode Island residents with equal opportunity to receive an education that is adequate, equitable and meaningful and provides judicial enforcement of this provision.) | Dead | 04/09/2025 |
| S0238 | Promotes free expression and access of information by prohibiting the censorship of library materials. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 05/14/2025 |
| S0343 | Requires all lifeguards, and park rangers, to be trained in administering opioid antagonists, and would require all public beaches to keep available a minimum of four doses of opioid antagonist. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 05/14/2025 |
| S0387 | Requires the installation of universal changing stations in all newly constructed, reconstructed, or remodeled public buildings and places of public accommodation. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 05/09/2025 |
| S0397 | Reduces the course time required to become a school bus driver for applicants who have a valid commercial driver’s license. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 05/07/2025 |
| S0514 | Requires the state retirement board to publish online all archived video or audio recordings and all future recordings of meetings of the board. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 05/23/2025 |
| S0532 | Allows boats and marine assets to utilize the overweight oversize annual blanket permit that was in effect until 2022, and for the resumption of the prior practice of permitting for boats and marine asset transportation. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 05/23/2025 |
| S0602 | Eliminates one of two (2) conflicting versions of the science and technology advisory council authorizing statute, clarifying the structure of the council. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 05/09/2025 |
| S0624 | Implements a thirty (30) day waiting period following the issuance of a learners permit and the waiting period must expire before the person is permitted to take the road test in order to obtain a full license. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 05/09/2025 |
| S0625 | Adds “space force” to the branches of the military included in various sections of general law regarding the veterans home, veterans cemetery and the power of armed forces officers to take acknowledgements. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 05/09/2025 |
| S0932 | Repeals a provision of the minimum prepaid special motor vehicle registration plate orders law that was set to expire on December 31, 2025. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 06/12/2025 |
| S0953 | Exempts emergency mail ballots from the requirement to have certain wording regarding "mail voters" on the ballot. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 05/09/2025 |