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Legislator > Hanna Gallo
State Senator
Hanna Gallo
(D) - Rhode Island
Rhode Island Senate District 27
In Office - Started: 01/01/1999
contact info
Cranston Office
285 Meshanticut Valley Parkway
Cranston, RI 02920
Cranston, RI 02920
Phone: 401-276-5563
General Capitol Building Address
82 Smith St.
Providence, RI 02903
Providence, RI 02903
Phone: 401-222-3580
| Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| S0902 | Makes it an unfair claims practice for insurer to designate a motor vehicle a total loss if the cost to repair motor vehicle to its pre-accident condition is less than 85% of the fair market value. | This act would make it an unfair claims practice for an insurer to designate a motor vehicle a total loss if the cost to rebuild or reconstruct the motor vehicle to its pre-accident condition is less than seventy-five percent (75%) to eighty percent (80%) of the fair market value of the motor vehicle immediately preceding the time it was damaged. This act would also require an insurer to compensate an auto body repairer for procedures recommended by the OEM's program or collision repair industry programs such as Alldata, Repairlogic or CCC Repair Methods. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0792 | Authorizes and regulates the distribution of the product known as "kratom." | This act would authorize and regulate the distribution of the product known as "kratom", and would ban the adulteration of kratom with a dangerous non-kratom substance as to render the product injurious to a consumer. The act would require that any kratom product contain adequate labeling directions necessary for safe and effective use by consumers. This act would take effect on April 1, 2026. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0816 | Creates the deceptive and fraudulent synthetic media in election communications chapter to regulate the use of synthetic media in elections. | This act would create the deceptive and fraudulent synthetic media in election communications chapter to regulate the use of synthetic media in elections. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0901 | Changes the process by which a dispute between the insured and their insurance company, concerning property damages and requires that the umpire appraisers shall be disinterested and the cost shared equally. | This act would change the process by which a dispute between the insured or claimant and the insurance company responsible for property damage is resolved. It would require that the umpire appraisers would be utilized where a dispute cannot be resolved and the umpire shall be disinterested and chosen by agreement. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0238 | Promotes free expression and access of information by prohibiting the censorship of library materials. | This act would promote the free expression and free access of information by prohibiting the censorship of library materials. This act would require the creation of a model policy relative to library material within a public library and school library. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0235 | Requires the school board or committees of cities and towns to establish a safety and behavioral health committee and also lays out the representation requirements committee responsibilities to ensure a stable learning environment for all students. | This act would require the school board or committees of cities and towns to establish a safety and behavioral health committee (SSBHC). This act would also lay out the representation requirements and committee responsibilities to ensure a stable learning environment for all students. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0513 | 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. | This act would increase the maximum number of voters that a polling place can accommodate, from three thousand (3,000) to three thousand five hundred (3,500), and would provide for existing polling places that exceed the maximum number of voters, not to be changed until the next decennial redistricting, if approved by a unanimous vote of the local board and certified by the state board of elections. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0887 | Protects against discrimination based on disability in federally funded programs and activities, even if there is a change in the federal law. | This act would provide that in the event any provision of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, prohibiting discrimination based on disability in federally funded programs or activities, codified at 29 U.S.C. § 794, is repealed or nullified by a federal judicial or executive branch action, the law applied in Rhode Island would be the law in effect on the date immediately prior to the date of the repeal or revocation. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0790 | Changes the name of "applied behavior assistant analyst" to "assistant applied behavior analyst" and makes several changes to provide consistency in the certification language for behavioral analysts. | This act would change the name of "applied behavior assistant analyst" to "assistant applied behavior analyst" and makes several changes to provide consistency in the certification language for behavioral analysts. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0471 | Establishes prevailing standards and procedures for licensing speech-language pathologists and audiologists in Rhode Island. | This act would establish prevailing standards and procedures for licensing speech-language pathologists and audiologists in Rhode Island. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0345 | Allows for the enactment of the dietitian licensure compact permitting a licensed dietitian from another state to become licensed within the state, and also permitting a dietitian licensed by the state to become licensed in another compact state. | This act would allow for the enactment of the dietitian licensure compact permitting a licensed dietitian from another state to become licensed within the State of Rhode Island, and also permitting a dietitian licensed by the State of Rhode Island to become licensed in another compact state. The purpose of the compact is to increase public access to dietetics services, eliminate the necessity of licenses in multiple states, and enhance the state's ability to protect the public's health and safety. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0359 | Establishes the Rhode Island Assault Weapons Ban Act of 2025. | This act would define various prohibited firearms and would restrict the manufacture, sale, and purchase thereof. This act would take effect on July 1, 2026. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0464 | Requires every college in RI to train staff members in the student residential department, including RAs, to administer of opioid antagonists with protection from liability and prosecution. | This act would mandate every college or university in Rhode Island to provide training in the administration of opioid antagonists to every resident assistant as designated by the institution, and would also authorize those colleges and universities to include trained employee volunteers to act in accordance with this act. This act would also provide that the college or university and any person authorized by the college or university to administer an opioid antagonist be exempt from administrative liability, civil liability or criminal prosecution as a result of administering opioid antagonists. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0729 | Considers election officials and poll workers "public officials" for purposes of the prohibition on making threats to public officials. | This act would make threats to election officials, to include election workers, poll workers, wardens, moderators and the board of canvassers, a misdemeanor. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0987 | Provide protection for the rights of professional, administrative and secretarial employees of the department of education to collectively bargain over all terms and conditions of employment. | This act would provide protection for the rights of professional, administrative and secretarial employees of the department of education to collectively bargain over all terms and conditions of employment. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0974 | Increases the taxable wage base for TDI claims from $38,000 to $100,000 or the annual earnings needed by an individual to qualify for the maximum weekly benefit amount and the maximum duration under chapters 39 through 41 of this title. | This act would increase the taxable wage base for temporary disability insurance claims from thirty-eight thousand dollars ($38,000) to one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) or the annual earnings needed by an individual to qualify for the maximum weekly benefit amount and the maximum duration under chapters 39 through 41 of this title. This act would also increase the percent of wages used in the base period to determine an individual's weekly benefit amount and would amend the duration period of caregiver benefits for the years 2027, 2028 and beyond. This act would take effect January 1, 2026. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0155 | Empowers the division of motor vehicles to make available special motor vehicle registration plates for the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association. | This act would empower the division of motor vehicles to make available special motor vehicle registration plates for the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association. This act would take effect six (6) months after passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0361 | Updates and expands the current law to include menopause and menopause related conditions in the law on fair employment practices pertaining to pregnancy and pregnancy related conditions. | This act would update and expand the current law to include menopause and menopause related conditions in the law on fair employment practices pertaining to pregnancy and pregnancy related conditions. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0950 | Establishes the crime of attempted kidnapping of a minor. | This act would establish the crime of attempted kidnapping of a minor. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S1039 | Makes technical amendments to the RI life science hub regarding the terms of the directors, advisory committees, powers, disposition of hub assets upon termination, and tax status as a governmental unit which is a separate legal entity from the state. | This act would make technical amendments to the Rhode Island life science hub regarding the terms of the directors, advisory committees, powers, disposition of hub assets upon termination, and tax status as a governmental unit which is a separate legal entity from the state. The amendments would make the hub, its property, and its bonds exempt from federal, state and local taxes and would authorize the hub to form venture capital funds and nonprofits to accept donations for the hub's purposes. The amendments would make the president and CEO an ex officio member of the board of directors. This act would take effect upon passage and would apply retroactively to September 1, 2023. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0686 | Authorizes a midwife, nurse practitioner or physicians assistant attending a newborn to cause that child to be subject to newborn screening tests for conditions for which there is a medical benefit to the early detection and treatment of the disorder. | This act would authorize a midwife, nurse practitioner or physician assistant attending a newborn child to cause that child to be subject to newborn screening tests for metabolic, endocrine, and hemoglobinopathy disorders, and other conditions for which there is a medical benefit to the early detection and treatment of the disorder, and an assessment for developmental risk. It would also authorize the department of health to promulgate rules and regulations requirements for the storage, access, and use of residual newborn screening specimens and classify data as protected health information. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0636 | Amends the definitions of a “pupil transportation vehicle” to a vehicle contrasted to seat not more than ten (10) passengers plus the operator, rather than the existing limit of eight (8) passengers. | This act would amend the definitions of a “pupil transportation vehicle” to a vehicle constructed to seat not more than ten (10) passengers plus the operator, rather than the existing limit of eight (8) passengers. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S1062 | Renames the East Bay Bike Path Bridge, located in the Town of Warren, the Cpl. Richard C. Brule Bridge. | This act would rename the East Bay Bike Path Bridge, located in the Town of Warren, as the Cpl. Richard C. Brule Bridge. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0016 | Creates a process for licensure/oversight by DBR over the practices/procedures of virtual currency kiosk operators to prevent fraud related to the use of virtual currency kiosks, by establishing daily transaction limits and regulation of fees. | This act would create a process for the licensure and oversight by the department of business regulation over the practices and procedures of virtual currency kiosk operators to prevent fraud related to the use of virtual currency kiosks, by establishing daily transaction limits and the regulating of fees. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0198 | Permits physical therapists to continue to order diagnostic imaging as an authorized practice of physical therapy beyond December 31, 2025. | This act would permit physical therapists to continue to order diagnostic imaging as an authorized practice of physical therapy beyond December 31, 2025. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S1164 | SENATE RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING DR. ROSEMARY A. COSTIGAN, PH.D., RN, ON HER SELECTION AS PRESIDENT OF THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF RHODE ISLAND | Senate Resolution Congratulating Dr. Rosemary A. Costigan, Ph.d., Rn, On Her Selection As President Of The Community College Of Rhode Island | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S1165 | SENATE RESOLUTION JOYOUSLY CELEBRATING THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ORDINATION OF FATHER BERNARD A. HEALEY TO THE PRIESTHOOD ON JUNE 24, 2025 | Senate Resolution Joyously Celebrating The 30th Anniversary Of The Ordination Of Father Bernard A. Healey To The Priesthood On June 24, 2025 | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0892 | Establishes a restricted receipt account, known as the “988 Call Center Fund,” to be held and administered by the state to support the 988 call center budget. | This act would establish a restricted receipt account, known as the "988 Call Center Fund," to be held and administered by the state to support the 988 call center budget. The funds would support operations and maintenance of the 988 call center, acquisition and maintenance of technology, training for staff, and outreach efforts. This act would take effect on July 1, 2026. | Crossed Over |
| S0654 | Establishes a pilot program for a virtual reality learning platform to improve math skills for grades 6 through 12 STEM education. | This act would establish a pilot program for a virtual reality learning platform to improve mathematic skills for grades six (6) through twelve (12) STEM education and would appropriate the sum of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for the program. This act would take effect upon passage. | Crossed Over |
| S0059 | Defines "crime gun" and requires law enforcement to submit crime gun or 2 fired cartridge cases or shell casings seized to state crime laboratory or the BATF for testing and tracing, also would require 2 test-fired cartridge cases to be entered into NIBIN | This act would define “crime gun” and require law enforcement to submit any crime gun or test fired cartridges or casings to the state crime laboratory or the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (BATF) for ballistic testing and tracing. The results would be required to be entered into the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN). This act would also prohibit the ballistic testing of any firearm seized that is not a "crime gun" as defined in § 11-47-2. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S1157 | SENATE RESOLUTION CONDEMNING POLITICAL VIOLENCE AND EXPRESSING SYMPATHY TO THE FAMILIES OF THE HONORABLE SPEAKER EMERITA MELISSA HORTMAN AND THE HONORABLE STATE SENATOR JOHN HOFFMAN | Senate Resolution Condemning Political Violence And Expressing Sympathy To The Families Of The Honorable Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman And The Honorable State Senator John Hoffman | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0849 | Establishes a reimbursement system for a municipalities cost of training public safety personnel when they are hired by a different municipality or public safety agency within Rhode Island within 3 years of receiving the public safety training. | This act would establish a reimbursement system for a municipalities cost of training public safety personnel when they are hired by a different municipality or public safety agency within Rhode Island within three (3) years of receiving the public safety training. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0182 | Allows a resident taxpayer to elect to have state taxes withheld from distributions from a mutual fund individual retirement account. | This act would allow a resident taxpayer to elect to have state taxes withheld from distributions from a mutual fund individual retirement account. This act would take effect on January 1, 2026. | Crossed Over |
| S0515 | Makes it a felony for any person required to register as a sex offender to live within three hundred feet (300’) of a school as defined in § 11-37.1-2. | This act would make it a felony for any person required to register as a sex offender to live within three hundred feet (300’) of a school as defined in § 11-37.1-2. This act would take effect upon passage. | Crossed Over |
| S1149 | SENATE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING JUNE 12TH OF 2025, TO BE "COX IMPACT DAY" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | Senate Resolution Proclaiming June 12th Of 2025, To Be "cox Impact Day" In The State Of Rhode Island | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0336 | Allows an individual school district that can utilize its own buses or vendors at a lower cost than the statewide system, to obtain reimbursement for these costs from state funds. | This act would provide that an individual school district that utilizes its own buses or vendors to transport students outside the district, at a lower cost than the statewide school transportation system, could submit these costs to the department of elementary and secondary education and receive reimbursement from state funds This act would take effect upon passage. | Crossed Over |
| S0845 | Provides for a tax refund deduction for contributions to the Meals on Wheels Inc. Fund commencing with tax year 2025. | This act would provide for a tax refund deduction for contributions to the Meals on Wheels Inc. Fund commencing with tax year 2025. This act would take effect upon passage. | Crossed Over |
| S0653 | Requires any remaining funds in the enacted budget from the Rhode Island Promise Scholarship program or the Rhode Island Hope Scholarship program to be reimbursed to the onward we learn for any scholarships paid on behalf of Rhode Island College students. | This act would require any remaining funds in the enacted budget from the Rhode Island promise scholarship program or the Rhode Island hope scholarship program, after Rhode Island college has satisfied all eligible scholarships pursuant to those programs, to be reimbursed to onward we learn for any scholarships that onward we learn has paid on behalf of its students who have attended Rhode Island college in that fiscal year. This act would take effect upon passage. | Crossed Over |
| S1144 | SENATE RESOLUTION HONORING AND THANKING KAREN MCGRATH FOR THIRTY-NINE YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CRANSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY | Senate Resolution Honoring And Thanking Karen Mcgrath For Thirty-nine Years Of Dedicated Service To The Cranston Public Library | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S1042 | Makes students in workforce-ready certificate programs at the Community College of Rhode Island eligible to receive the Rhode Island Promise Scholarship. | This act would make students in workforce-ready certificate programs at the community college of Rhode Island eligible to receive the Rhode Island Promise Scholarship. This act would take effect upon passage. | Crossed Over |
| S0879 | Includes veterans 75 years or older with a combined service connected disability rating of 70% as eligible for disabled veterans license plates. | This act would include a veteran who is seventy-five (75) years of age or older with a combined service connected disability rating of seventy percent (70%), as eligible for disabled veterans license plates. This act would take effect upon passage. | Crossed Over |
| S0118 | Creates the nursing home workforce standards board act to establish and enforce industry-wide quality of care standards in nursing homes. | This act would establish the Rhode Island nursing home workforce standards advisory board for the purpose of advising the general assembly and the department of labor and training on market conditions, wages, benefits, working conditions in the nursing home industry, minimum statewide compensation and working standards for nursing home workers. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| 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. | This act would require 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. The act would also require all state and municipal public beaches or facilities, that employ lifeguards, and park and forest rangers to keep available a minimum of four doses of opioid antagonist. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S1135 | SENATE RESOLUTION JOYOUSLY CELEBRATING AUGUST 15, 2025 AS THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE KOREAN DAY OF INDEPENDENCE AND 2025 AS THE 50TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE KOREAN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF RHODE ISLAND | Senate Resolution Joyously Celebrating August 15, 2025 As The 80th Anniversary Of The Korean Day Of Independence And 2025 As The 50th Year Anniversary Of The Founding Of The Korean American Association Of Rhode Island | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0584 | Establishes a restricted receipt account at the DLT for hospitality industry workforce training grants, funded by an annual $50 dollar fee to be charged by RIDOH to food service establishments. | This act would establish a restricted receipt account at the department of labor and training (“DLT”) to be used for hospitality industry workforce training grants, including certified food and alcohol safety training programs offered in multiple languages, funded by an annual fee of fifty ($50.00) dollars charged by the department of health (“DOH”) to food service establishments. This act would take effect on January 1, 2026. | Crossed Over |
| S0706 | Requires EOHHS to provide self-measured blood pressure monitoring for eligible pregnant and postpartum individuals, covering home monitors, training, data transmission, and co-interventions, with state funds if federal aid is unavailable. | This bill would require the executive office of health and human services to provide self- measured blood pressure monitoring for eligible pregnant and postpartum individuals, covering home monitors, training, data transmission, and co-interventions, with state funds if federal aid is unavailable. This act would take effect upon passage. | Crossed Over |
| S0850 | Prohibits any city, town, quasi-municipal corporation or public corporation from assessing any existing agricultural operation or agricultural land for the extension of any water utilities past the property and from imposing any connection fee. | This act would prohibit any city, town, quasi-municipal corporation or public corporation from assessing any existing agricultural operation or agricultural land for the extension of any water utilities past the property and from imposing any connection fee. This act would take effect upon passage. | Crossed Over |
| S0848 | Imposes a hospital licensing fee for fiscal year 2026 against net patient-services revenue of every non-government owned hospital for the hospital’s first fiscal year ending on or after January 1, 2024. | This act would impose a hospital licensing fee for state fiscal year 2026 against net patient- services revenue of every non-government owned hospital for the hospital’s first fiscal year ending on or after January 1, 2024. The hospital licensing fee would have three (3) tiers with differing fees based on inpatient and outpatient net patient-services revenue. The executive office of health and human services, in consultation with the tax administrator, would identify the hospitals in each tier, by July 15, 2025, and would notify each hospital of its assigned tier by August 1, 2025. This act would take effect upon passage. | Crossed Over |
| S0609 | Permits reimbursement for dental hygienist's from "other insurance" or a third-party payor such as Medicare. | This act would permit reimbursement for dental hygienists from "other insurance" or a third-party payor such as Medicare. This act would take effect upon passage. | Crossed Over |
| S0895 | Repeals the gross earnings tax on electric and gas companies. | This act would suspend the gross earnings tax on electric and gas companies until January 1, 2035. This act would take effect on January 1, 2026. | In Committee |
| S1045 | Exempts subchapter S corporations in the first year of existence from paying the minimum tax. | This act would exempt subchapter S corporations in the first year of existence from paying the minimum tax. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S1112 | Restates the UTGR Master Contract and the Twin River-Tiverton Master Contract and would consolidate the marketing program of each into the Consolidated Marketing Program. | This act would restate the UTGR Master Contract and the Twin River-Tiverton Master Contract and would consolidate the marketing program of each into the Consolidated Marketing Program. This act would take effect upon passage. | Crossed Over |
| S1118 | SENATE RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE 2025 LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY'S "LIGHT THE NIGHT WALK" EVENT ON SEPTEMBER 27, 2025 | Senate Resolution Supporting The 2025 Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's "light The Night Walk" Event On September 27, 2025 | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0455 | Increases the net taxable estate exemption to $3,600,000 on January 1, 2026 and increases the exemption by $1,000,000 on January 1, 2027, and every year thereafter. | This act would increase the net taxable estate exemption to three million six hundred thousand dollars ($3,600,000) on January 1, 2026. This act would also increase the exemption by one million dollars ($1,000,000) on January 1, 2027, and every year thereafter. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0409 | Includes payment of social security benefits to the modification reducing federal adjusted gross income on personal income taxes. | This act would include payment of social security benefits to the modification reducing federal adjusted gross income on personal income taxes. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0427 | Requires the EOHHS to amend the state Medicaid plan and secure sufficient state general revenue to increase Medicaid payment rates to an amount equal to one hundred thirty percent (130%) of Medicare rates for outpatient clinical pediatric services. | This act would require the executive office of health and human services to amend the state Medicaid plan and secure sufficient state general revenue to increase Medicaid payment rates to an amount equal to one hundred thirty percent (130%) of Medicare rates for outpatient clinical pediatric services. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0250 | Mandates public schools (K-12) have one full-time certified social worker for every 250 students and allocates $2 million in the Fiscal Year 2025 budget for school districts and municipalities to hire additional social workers. | This act would require all public schools, in grades kindergarten through twelve (K-12), to have at least one full-time certified school social worker for every two hundred fifty (250) students and provide for an appropriation by the general assembly in the amount of two million dollars ($2,000,000) in the budget for Fiscal Year 2026 to the various school districts and municipalities to employ additional social workers. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0189 | Provides that services provided by graduate student interns who work under a supervisory protocol would be eligible to be paid from Medicaid reimbursement. | This act would provide that services provided by graduate student interns who work under a supervisory protocol would be eligible to be paid from Medicaid reimbursement. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0739 | Makes all causes of action based on sexual abuse or exploitation of a child not subject to any statute of limitations whether the claim has lapsed or was previously time-barred. | This act would make all causes of action based on sexual abuse or exploitation of a child not subject to any statute of limitations whether the claim has lapsed or was previously time-barred. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0851 | Allows the owner of a residential unit to rent it for tourist or transient use. Prohibits a municipality any means to deny the owner from offering and renting the unit for tourist or transient use. | This act would allow an owner of a residential unit to rent the unit for tourist or transient use. This act would prohibit any municipality from enacting any licensing, permitting, zoning, ordinance, rule or regulation that would deny the owner from offering and renting the unit for tourist or transient use. This act would take effect upon passage and would apply retroactively and prospectively to all municipal actions denying the owner from offering and renting the unit for tourist or transient use. | In Committee |
| S1082 | SENATE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING MAY OF 2025, AS "NATIONAL SPEECH - LANGUAGE - HEARING MONTH" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | Senate Resolution Commemorating May Of 2025, As "national Speech - Language - Hearing Month" In The State Of Rhode Island | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S1052 | Provides that minor subdivisions would include oversized lot subdivisions under certain circumstances and relative to zoning ordinances, permit a modification to allow "neighborhood character-based modifications" under certain circumstances. | This act would provide that, relative to subdivision of land, minor subdivisions would include oversized lot subdivisions under certain circumstances and would also, relative to zoning ordinances, permit a modification to allow "neighborhood character-based modifications" under certain circumstances. This act would take effect on January 1, 2026. | In Committee |
| S1056 | Requires every school district to render assistance and cooperation within its jurisdictional power to further the objects of this chapter, to wit, providing the courts with any information concerning a child as the court may require. | This act would require every school district to render assistance and cooperation within its jurisdictional power to further the objects of this chapter, to wit, providing the courts with any information concerning a child as the court may require. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0905 | Prohibits dental insurers from refusing to honor directions to pay from insured, modifying benefits to be paid. Requires providers to accept payment by virtual credit card as unfair claims practices. | This act would make it an unfair claim practice whenever a dental insurer refuses to honor a “direction to pay” after a request by the claimant or the insured. This act would allow the insurer to review the records of the service provider to verify that the services were received, but prohibits the insurer from modifying the amount of benefits to be paid. This act would not allow a contract between the insurer and a dental service provider requiring the provider to accept payment for services only by virtual credit card. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0313 | Authorizes and funds the painting of a portrait of the president of the senate and former presidents of the senate who may be living to be hung in the state house. | This act would authorize and fund the painting of a portrait of the president of the senate and former presidents of the senate to be hung in the senate lounge or thereabouts. This act would take effect upon passage. | Crossed Over |
| S0424 | Provides that the department of elementary and secondary education, in consultation with a workgroup composed of various stakeholders, develop a funding formula for school districts sending students to career and technical programs outside their district. | This act would provide that the department of elementary and secondary education, in consultation with a workgroup composed of various stakeholders, would develop a funding formula for school districts sending students to career and technical programs outside their district. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0435 | Exempts from the sales tax eligible school supplies, costing less than $30.00, purchased within one week prior to the commencement of the academic year. | This act would exempt from the sales tax eligible school supplies, costing less than thirty dollars ($30.00), purchased within one week prior to the commencement of the academic year for public and private schools. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S1080 | SENATE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING MAY 19TH OF 2025 AS "GREEK AND PONTIC GENOCIDE REMEMBRANCE DAY" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | Senate Resolution Proclaiming May 19th Of 2025 As "greek And Pontic Genocide Remembrance Day" In The State Of Rhode Island | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0899 | Prohibit rate charges in excess of rates applied if tenant of residential complexes with electrical master-meters receives electricity directly from a public utility. | This act would prohibit charging any rate in excess of the rate that would apply if a tenant of any residential complex with electrical master-meters received electricity directly from a public utility. This act would further amend the law in that its application would be for all residential tenants, regardless of the size of the complex or the age or disability of its residents. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S1079 | SENATE RESOLUTION SUPPORTING "PERIOD POVERTY AWARENESS WEEK" ON MAY 12-18, 2025, IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | Senate Resolution Supporting "period Poverty Awareness Week" On May 12-18, 2025, In The State Of Rhode Island | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0888 | Provides that only a mayor or town administrator could be a voting member of the board of directors or trustees for a mayoral academy. | This act would provide that only a mayor or town administrator could be a voting member of the board of directors or trustees for a mayoral academy. The act would also authorize other nonvoting members on the board of directors and trustees, from each included city or town that the mayoral academy serves. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S1069 | SENATE RESOLUTION REAFFIRMING THE FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND TAIWAN WHILE SUPPORTING ENHANCED BILATERAL RELATIONS WITH TAIWAN AND TAIWAN'S PARTICIPATION IN THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY | Senate Resolution Reaffirming The Friendship Between The State Of Rhode Island And Taiwan While Supporting Enhanced Bilateral Relations With Taiwan And Taiwan's Participation In The International Community | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S1066 | SENATE RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING THE ELEANOR SLATER HOSPITAL--ZAMBARANO CAMPUS ON THE RECOGNITION OF "ZAMBARANO DAY" ON MAY 13, 2025 | Senate Resolution Congratulating The Eleanor Slater Hospital--zambarano Campus On The Recognition Of "zambarano Day" On May 13, 2025 | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0846 | Prohibits healthcare providers and health plans from denying the payment of a medical bill, solely because the bill may have arisen from a third-party claim. | This act would prohibit healthcare providers and health plans from denying the payment of a medical bill, solely because the bill may have arisen from a third-party claim. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0259 | Provides that a student's enrollment in Medicaid would be included in calculating and determining the student success factor for use in the foundation education-aid formula. | This act would provide that a student's enrollment in Medicaid would be included in calculating and determining the student success factor utilized to support high-need students beyond the core instructional amount, for purposes of the foundation education-aid formula. This would begin and be applied starting with the FY 2026 calculation. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0249 | Increases monthly minimum benefit for a spouse, domestic partner, former spouse. Grant a 2.89% COLA for eligible retirees. Provided a modification reducing federal AGI for public pension benefits from the RI employees retirement system. | This act would increase the monthly minimum benefit for a spouse, domestic partner or former spouse and grant, to eligible retirees who retired after July 1, 2012, and provide a one-time full COLA of two and eighty-nine one hundredths percent (2.89%). This act would further provide a modification reducing federal adjusted gross income for the amount received of public pension benefits administered by the Employees Retirement System of Rhode Island. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0257 | Changes the teacher and state employees' retirement benefit calculations' cutoff date from July 1, 2024, to July 1, 2012, for all retirement members eligible to and who retire on or after the new July 1, 2012, cutoff date. | This act would, change the teacher and state employees' retirement benefit calculations' cutoff date from July 1, 2024, to July 1, 2012, for all retirement members eligible to and who retire on or after the new July 1, 2012, cutoff date. The average compensation means the average of the highest three (3) consecutive years, of compensation, within the total service, when the average compensation was its highest. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0454 | Gives teachers who takes an unpaid parental or medical leave during the year credit for a year of service for that school year if they served a minimum of 135 days. | This act would amend the current law on teacher’s creditable service so that a teacher who takes an unpaid parental or medical leave during the year would be given credit for a year of service for that school year if they served a minimum of one-hundred thirty-five school days. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S1036 | SENATE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING MAY 8, 2025, TO BE "ARTS DAY IN RHODE ISLAND" | Senate Resolution Proclaiming May 8, 2025, To Be "arts Day In Rhode Island" | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0477 | Includes any costs paid by an enrollee or on behalf of the enrollee by a third party when calculating an enrollee’s overall contribution to any out-of-pocket maximum or cost sharing requirement under a health plan as of January 1, 2026. | This act would include any costs paid by an enrollee or on behalf of the enrollee by a third party when calculating an enrollee’s overall contribution to any out-of-pocket maximum or cost sharing requirement under a health plan as of January 1, 2026. This act would take effect upon passage. | Crossed Over |
| S0220 | Amends Rhode Island’s existing healthcare services funding plan act by adding an account relating to a new psychiatry resource network to fund Rhode Island’s present PediPRN and MomsPRN. | This act would amend Rhode Island’s existing healthcare services funding plan act by adding an account relating to a new psychiatry resource network to fund Rhode Island’s present PediPRN and MomsPRN, as well as similar programs which may be added by regulation in the future. It would also add an assessment to those previously authorized by the healthcare services funding plan act for purposes of funding this new account. This act would take effect on July 1, 2025. | Crossed Over |
| S0020 | Directs the commissioner of postsecondary education to prepare a strategic plan for public higher education which is aligned with the goals of the board of education's strategic plan. | This act would assign additional duties to the commissioner of postsecondary education, including, but not limited to, preparing a strategic plan for public higher education which is aligned with the goals of the board of education's strategic plan and which would provide for equitable distribution of public funds. This act would also provide that any policies and goals adopted would have an outcomes-based model emphasizing outcomes across a range of variables. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0021 | Extends teacher certifications without fee or penalty for three (3) or five (5) years for teachers who hold certifications as of July 1, 2025. | This act would extend teacher certifications without fee or penalty for three (3) or five (5) years for teachers who hold certifications as of July 1, 2025. This act would permit a teacher who has three (3) years of certified teaching experience, to acquire an additional certification through examination or content coursework. This act would also direct the department of elementary and secondary education to revise its regulations pertaining to certification to create multiple pathways to obtain teacher and administrator certification. This act would take effect upon passage. | Crossed Over |
| S0774 | RELATING EDUCATION -- COUNCIL ON ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION | This act would expand the council on elementary and secondary education to ten (10) members; make six (6) members a quorum; would make the teacher of the year a voting member; would require the student advisory council to meet at least quarterly; would make the chair of the student advisory council a voting member of the council; would expand the board of education from seventeen (17) to nineteen (19) members and would include the Rhode Island teacher of the year and the chairperson of the student advisory council and would also be voting members to the board. This act would take effect upon passage. | Crossed Over |
| S0754 | Extends provisions of an existing collective bargaining agreement for municipal police arbitration purposes until a successor agreement is reached or an interest arbitration award is rendered. | This act would extend provisions of an existing collective bargaining agreement for municipal police arbitration purposes until a successor agreement is reached or an interest arbitration award is rendered. This act would take effect upon passage. | Crossed Over |
| S0889 | Amends the definition of “dual enrollment” to encompass all Rhode Island public higher education institutions and amends all statutory references regarding the same. | This act would amend the definition of “dual enrollment” to encompass all Rhode Island public higher education institutions and amend all statutory references regarding the same. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0971 | Establishes a prekindergarten seat finder to support families in accessing high quality early childhood education programs for three (3) and four (4) year old children. | This act would establish a prekindergarten seat finder to support families in accessing high quality early childhood education programs for three (3) and four (4) year old children. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0972 | Amends the composition of school bus districts within the state to provide transportation to students in grades kindergarten through 12. | This act would amend the composition of school bus districts within the state to provide transportation to students in grades kindergarten through 12. This act would change the total number of districts from five (5) to nine (9) districts, to promote greater efficiency, cost savings, and for many students, reducing the amount of time spent on a school bus. Students receiving transportation prior to December 30, 2025, under regions established in 1977, would be grandfathered into their old districts until July 1, 2029. This act would also provide that the categorical aid for excess costs associated with transporting students to out-of-district non-public schools would not be less than the higher of what was provided in fiscal years 2026 or 2027, and that any unused portions of this expense would be used to create a student transportation subsidy for students who are homeless, in foster care, or high special needs students. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S1028 | SENATE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING MAY 5TH THROUGH MAY 9TH OF 2025, TO BE "TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | Senate Resolution Proclaiming May 5th Through May 9th Of 2025, To Be "teacher Appreciation Week" In The State Of Rhode Island | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S1033 | SENATE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING MAY 10TH, 2025, TO BE "LUPUS DAY" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | Senate Resolution Proclaiming May 10th, 2025, To Be "lupus Day" In The State Of Rhode Island | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S1025 | SENATE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING APRIL 24, 2025, AS "ARMENIAN GENOCIDE REMEMBRANCE DAY" TO COMMEMORATE THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE OF 1915 TO 1923, AND IN HONOR OF ARMENIAN-AMERICANS | Senate Resolution Proclaiming April 24, 2025, As "armenian Genocide Remembrance Day" To Commemorate The Armenian Genocide Of 1915 To 1923, And In Honor Of Armenian-americans | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0886 | Amends the obligation of entities to sell at retail to Rhode Island and use customers. | This act would amend the renewable energy standard obligations of entities to sell at retail to Rhode Island customers. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0788 | Removes the age restriction for benefits coverage/requires, after 1/1/26, for policies issued or renewed include coverage for reimbursement for provider services at a rate equal to, or greater than, Medicaid establishments of EOHHS. | This act would remove the age restriction for benefits coverage and would require, for health insurance policies issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2026, that coverage shall include reimbursement for applied behavior analysis provider services. This act would also set a minimum reimbursement rate for applied behavior analysis services at equal to, or greater than, the prevailing integrated state Medicaid rate as established by the executive office of health and human services. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0209 | Limits the use of certain criminal records and credit history reports in denying housing to prospective applicants, and provides for fines for failure to comply. This act further requires notices of denials to be sent to the prospective tenants. | This act would limit the use of certain criminal records and credit history reports in denying housing to prospective applicants, and provides for fines for failure to comply. This act would further require notices of denials to be sent to the prospective tenants. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0423 | Establishes a new categorical funding category for civics education. | This act would establish a new categorical funding category for civics education and create new fund dedicated to civics education. This fund would also require that the allocation of funding be approved and implemented by the commissioner of elementary and secondary education pursuant to a request for proposal process. This act would take effect on July 1, 2025. | In Committee |
| S0553 | Tenants with disabilities may request to keep an emotional support animals. | This act would allow a tenant with a disability that needs an emotional support animal to request and be approved by a landlord to keep that emotional support animal as a reasonable accommodation in housing. The landlord would have the option to request supportive information to support the tenant's need for the emotional support animal. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S1022 | SENATE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING APRIL 29TH OF 2025, TO BE "COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF RHODE ISLAND DAY" AND HONORING THE COLLEGE'S 60TH ANNIVERSARY | Senate Resolution Proclaiming April 29th Of 2025, To Be "community College Of Rhode Island Day" And Honoring The College's 60th Anniversary | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0030 | Creates a postsecondary tuition assistance for shortage teaching fields. | This act would create postsecondary tuition assistance for shortage teaching fields which are defined as subject areas or teacher certifications that are experiencing a critical lack of educators in the state such as any sciences grades seven (7) through twelve (12) and any mathematics grades seven (7) through twelve (12). Recipients of tuition assistance would have to be enrolled, or accepted for enrollment at a Rhode Island postsecondary institution in a program to become a teacher in a shortage field and complete at least three (3) years of full-time teaching in a shortage teaching field in this state. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0031 | Exempts the trade-in value of pickup trucks weighing fourteen thousand pounds (14,000 lbs.) or less from sales and use tax. | This act would exempt the trade-in value of pickup trucks weighing fourteen thousand pounds (14,000 lbs.) or less from sales and use tax. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0041 | Exempts from sales tax the trade-in values of motorcycles as well the proceeds received as a result of an unrecovered stolen or total loss of a motorcycle. | This act would exempt from sales tax the trade-in values of motorcycles as well the proceeds received as a result of an unrecovered stolen or total loss of a motorcycle. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0049 | JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $250,000 TO THE SUBSTANCE USE AND MENTAL HEALTH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL OF RI (SUMHLC) (This resolution would authorize an appropriation of the sum of $250,000 to the Substance Use and Mental Health Leadership Council of RI.) | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $250,000 To The Substance Use And Mental Health Leadership Council Of Ri (sumhlc) (this Resolution Would Authorize An Appropriation Of The Sum Of $250,000 To The Substance Use And Mental Health Leadership Council Of Ri.) | In Committee |
| S0176 | Establishes the Higher Education Opportunities for Students with Disabilities Act. | This act would establish the Higher Education Opportunities for Students with Disabilities Act. This act would enable students with disabilities who are ages eighteen (18) through twenty- one (21) years, and in some cases to age twenty-two (22) years, to audit and otherwise attend state colleges and universities using the student’s foundation education aid. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0826 | Establishes a seven (7) member public-private partnership infrastructure oversight commission to approve all requests for proposals submitted for public-private partnership construction of qualified facilities. | This act would establish a seven (7) member public-private partnership infrastructure oversight commission to approve all requests for proposals submitted for public-private partnership construction of qualified facilities. This act would also establish a new scheme outlining the request for proposal process for the construction of public-private qualified facilities and would further provide for the state to exercise the power of eminent domain relating to the construction of such qualified facilities. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0995 | SENATE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF THE HONORABLE DOMINICK J. RUGGERIO, PRESIDENT AND DEAN OF THE RHODE ISLAND SENATE | Senate Resolution Expressing Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of The Honorable Dominick J. Ruggerio, President And Dean Of The Rhode Island Senate | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0890 | Changes the excess renewable net-metering credit to a wholesale rate. | This act would change the excess renewable net-metering credit to be billed at the whole sale rate from the electric distribution company’s avoided cost rate, which is hereby declared to be the electric distribution company’s last resort service kilowatt hour. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0639 | Creates the School Libraries Act. | This act would direct the commissioner of elementary and secondary education to ensure that every public school has a school library in a permanent and dedicated space. This act would also direct the commissioner to ensure that every public school has a certified school librarian to manage and maintain the library. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0964 | SENATE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING APRIL OF 2025, TO BE "FINANCIAL LITERACY MONTH" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | Senate Resolution Proclaiming April Of 2025, To Be "financial Literacy Month" In The State Of Rhode Island | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0540 | Allows lane filtering, the act of passing stopped or slow-moving vehicles proceeding in the same direction, for motorcycles at low speeds. | This act would allow lane filtering, the act of passing stopped or slow-moving vehicles proceeding in the same direction, for motorcycles at low speeds. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0394 | Establishes guidelines for the expansion of high-quality public prekindergarten education programs for children ages three (3) and four (4) to increase children’s school readiness. | This act would establish guidelines, rules and regulations for the expansion of high-quality public prekindergarten education programs for children ages three (3) and four (4) to increase children’s school readiness and to ensure high quality prekindergarten services by the department of elementary and secondary education. This act would take effect upon passage. | Crossed Over |
| S0589 | Requires small employers with one to fifty (1-50) employees and large employers with fifty (50) or more employees to pay overtime wages to exempt workers if their salary exceeds varying multipliers of minimum wage for a forty (40) hour workweek. | Under current law, employers are not obligated to pay overtime to their executive, administrative, and professional employees who are compensated through salary rather than hourly wages, unless the salary of such employees would, if calculated according to a 40-hour work week, fall below the state’s current minimum wage. This act would raise that cut-off and make additional salaried employees non-exempt and therefore eligible for overtime pay, by requiring small employers with one to fifty (1-50) employees and large employers with fifty (50) or more employees, to pay overtime wages to currently exempt workers, if their salary falls below a threshold based upon multipliers of minimum hourly wage, for a forty (40) hour workweek. For example, for the year 2026, the multiplier would be one and one-half (1½) times the minimum hourly wage for a forty (40) hour workweek for small employers with less than fifty (50) employees and two (2) times the minimum hourly wage for a forty (40) hour workweek for large employers with more than fifty (50) employees, resulting in overtime entitlement for more employees. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0091 | Establishes the environmental justice advisory board (EJAB) to implement standards for buildings that emit greenhouse gases. | This act would establish the environmental justice advisory board (EJAB) which would provide advice to the climate change coordinating council ("council") The act establishes an energy use benchmarking program to determine whether each building subject to the program uses more or less energy and emits more or less greenhouse gases than other comparable size building. The council shall promulgate rules and regulation to implement the program. The act also phases in building performance standards. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| 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.) | 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.) | Crossed Over |
| S0593 | Prohibits public utilities, serving greater 100,000 customers from recovering through rates any direct or indirect cost associated with, amongst other costs, advertising, marketing, communications. | This act would prohibit public utilities, serving greater than one hundred thousand (100,000) customers from recovering through rates any direct or indirect cost associated with, amongst other costs, advertising, marketing, communications, or public education that seek to influence public opinion, including any costs associated with activities such as research, analysis, preparation or planning undertaken in support of advertising, marketing, communications, or public education, or any other related costs identified by the commission. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0961 | SENATE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING APRIL 6-12, 2025, TO BE "NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | Senate Resolution Proclaiming April 6-12, 2025, To Be "national Library Week" In The State Of Rhode Island | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0927 | Increases, for persons subject to the Code of Ethics, the maximum value of an acceptable gift to $50.00 from a single interested person, but in no case can the gift have an aggregate value of more than $250 in any calendar year. | This act would increase for persons subject to the Code of Ethics the maximum value of an acceptable gift to fifty dollars ($50.00) from a single interested person, but in no case can the gift have an aggregate value of more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) in any calendar year. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0202 | Grants a right of first offer to qualified nonprofits for the purchase of certain multi-family residential properties at market prices, within a reasonable period of time to promote the creation and preservation of affordable rental housing. | This act would grant a right of first offer to qualified nonprofits for the purchase of certain multi-family residential properties at market prices, within a reasonable period of time to promote the creation and preservation of affordable rental housing. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0167 | Provides that individuals enrolled in Medicare Parts A and B guaranteed right to enroll in standardized plans. | This act would provide that individuals under age sixty-five (65) enrolled in Medicare Parts A and B would have a guaranteed right to enrollment in any standardized plan that provides supplement coverage to Plan A, if enrolled during the month-long period designated by the office of the health insurance commissioner (OHIC). This act would also provide that individuals over age sixty-five (65) would have a guaranteed right to enroll in any Medicare supplement plan during the month-long period designated by the office of the health insurance commissioner (OHIC). This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0197 | Prohibits an insurance company from imposing any cost-sharing requirements for any diagnostic or supplemental breast examinations. | This act would prohibit an insurance company from imposing any cost-sharing requirements for any diagnostic or supplemental breast examinations. This act would take effect on January 1, 2026. | In Committee |
| S0903 | Requires that any covered entity that develops/provides online services, products, or features that children are reasonably likely to access shall consider the best interest of children when designing/developing such online service, product, or feature. | This act would require that any covered entity that develops and provides online services, products, or features that children are reasonably likely to access shall consider the best interest of children when designing and developing such online service, product, or feature. The provisions of this chapter may be enforced by the attorney general and violators are subject to civil penalties. This act would take effect on January 1, 2026. | In Committee |
| S0935 | SENATE RESOLUTION JOYOUSLY CELEBRATING "URI DAY" AT THE RHODE ISLAND STATE HOUSE ON APRIL 1, 2025 | Senate Resolution Joyously Celebrating "uri Day" At The Rhode Island State House On April 1, 2025 | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0933 | SENATE RESOLUTION JOYOUSLY CELEBRATING THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CREATION OF THE RHODE ISLAND STATE POLICE DEPARTMENT | Senate Resolution Joyously Celebrating The 100th Anniversary Of The Creation Of The Rhode Island State Police Department | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0894 | Removes the requirement that the public utilities commission allocate five million dollars ($5,000,000) annually to the Rhode Island infrastructure bank for use with energy efficient programs. | This act would remove the requirement that the public utilities commission allocate five million dollars ($5,000,000) annually to the Rhode Island infrastructure bank for use with energy efficient programs. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0288 | Provides that, for the general officers of the state, no person could be elected to the same general office more than twice. | This act would provide that for the general officers of the state, no person could be elected to the same general office more than twice, and no person who has held a general office for more than two (2) years of a term to which some other person was elected could be elected to the same general office more than once. This act would further provide that a person who was ineligible to be elected governor could not be elected lieutenant governor. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0506 | Eliminates provisions establishing a legislative regulation committee, and would also repeal the provision that codes and standards adopted by the state building code standards committee subject to approval by the legislative regulation committee. | This act would eliminate provisions establishing a legislative regulation committee, and would also repeal the provision that codes and standards adopted by the state building code standards committee would be subject to approval by the legislative regulation committee. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0240 | Creates the Rhode Island Childcare Assistance Program that governs both family eligibility for the state’s childcare subsidy program and expands eligibility for the program to meet the federal eligibility benchmark. | This act would create the Rhode Island Childcare Assistance Program that governs both family eligibility for the state’s childcare subsidy program and the rates paid to childcare providers serving families receiving a subsidy. The act would expand eligibility for the program to meet the federal eligibility benchmark so that families with incomes at or below eighty-five percent (85%) of the state median income would be eligible. The act would allow families to continue eligibility until their income exceeds one hundred percent (100%) of the state median income and would make participation in the state’s child support enforcement program voluntary for the childcare subsidy. The act would also increase the tiered rates of paid for licensed childcare centers to meet or exceed the federal equal access benchmark, implement a new differential bonus rate for infants under age eighteen (18) months and adopt fair payment practices consistent with the federal rules for the Child Care and Development Fund. This act would take effect on July 1, 2025. | In Committee |
| S0773 | Provides that the school year for all public schools, including traditional public and public charter schools, independent charter schools, and mayoral academies, would start on the same date of each calendar year. | This act would provide that the school year for all public schools, including traditional public and public charter schools, independent charter schools, and mayoral academies, would start on the same date of each calendar year. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0880 | SENATE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING MARCH 25, 2025, AS THE 204TH ANNIVERSARY OF GREEK INDEPENDENCE DAY AND CELEBRATING DEMOCRACY IN GREECE AND THE UNITED STATES | Senate Resolution Commemorating March 25, 2025, As The 204th Anniversary Of Greek Independence Day And Celebrating Democracy In Greece And The United States | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0841 | SENATE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS COUNCIL (SGAC) | Senate Resolution Commemorating The 50th Anniversary Of The State Government Affairs Council (sgac) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0486 | Establishes a process whereby large drug manufacturers, may be penalized for prescription drug price increases where there is no, or inadequate, new evidence to support the price increase. | This act would establish a process whereby large drug manufacturers (those earning at least two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) in total annual sales within the state) may be penalized for increasing prices for an identified prescription drug where there is no, or inadequate, evidence to support the price increase. The act would create a procedure where the commissioner would notify the manufacturer by way of a form that would contain the total amount of sales of the identified drug within the state, the total number of units sold of the identified drug within the state, the wholesale acquisition cost of the identified drug and any changes to that cost during the year and the previous year, a calculation of the penalty owed, and any other information that the commissioner deems necessary. The act would also provide an opportunity for the manufacturer to have a hearing and to appeal the decision rendered at that hearing. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0208 | APPROVE AND PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION -- OF QUALIFICATION FOR OFFICE | This Joint Resolution would propose to the voters of the state a constitutional amendment which would provide that no person would hold office as governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, or general treasurer, unless that person had been a resident and a registered voter in the State of Rhode Island for at least two years, continuously, prior to taking office. | In Committee |
| S0398 | Bans the sale of parrots at pet stores from a breeder or broker. The pet store may sell parrots obtained from animal care facilities or animal rescue organizations. The sale would also be prohibited at any outdoor markets or retail parking lots. | This act would ban the sale of parrots at pet stores from a breeder or broker; provided, however, that pet stores would be allowed to sell parrots obtained from animal care facilities or animal rescue organizations. Sale of parrots would be prohibited at any outdoor markets or public areas. Violators would be subject to a civil fine with enforcement by the Rhode Island society for the prevention of cruelty to animals (RISPCA). This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0633 | Requires the names of any noncredentialled school employee who is terminated for good and just cause, to be furnished to the department of education. | This act would require that the names of any noncredentialled school employees who are terminated for good and just cause, be furnished to the Rhode Island department of elementary and secondary education. The department would maintain a list of the names and the good cause for the termination. This list would not be a public document, but would be available to hiring authorities of schools and school districts. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0232 | Prohibits an educational institution or school district from accessing or using location data for tracking a student's institutional device or personal device, except in limited circumstances. | This act would prohibit an educational institution or school district from accessing any audio or video recording, transmitting or recording function on a student's institutional or personal device or using location data for tracking a student's institutional device or personal device, or allow a third party to do so, except in limited circumstances. This act would take effect on August 1, 2025. | In Committee |
| S0638 | Develops standards of civics education in grades K-12 teaching history in the state of Rhode Island, representative government, the rights and duties of actively engaged citizenship, principals of democracy, and media literacy. | This act would develop and adopt a set of grade level standards in civics education for kindergarten through grade twelve (grades K-12) that teaches the history of the State of Rhode Island, representative government, the rights and duties of actively engaged citizenship, principals of democracy, and media literacy. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0837 | SENATE RESOLUTION CELEBRATING MARCH OF 2025 AS “ARTS IN THE SCHOOLS MONTH” IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | Senate Resolution Celebrating March Of 2025 As “arts In The Schools Month” In The State Of Rhode Island | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0015 | Requires homeowner’s insurance providers to provide two months’ notice before increasing any policy more that 20%. Also caps rate increases for policy holders that are 65 years of age or older and meet certain income limits. | This act would require homeowner’s insurance providers to provide two months’ notice before increasing any policy renewal premium more that 20%. The act would also cap rate increases for policy holders that are 65 years of age or older and meet certain low- or moderate-income limits. A violation would constitute a deceptive trade practice punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000). This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0055 | Includes the definition of "primary care services" and requires that all biennial reports shall include a review and recommendation of rates for primary care services on and after September 1, 2025. | This act would include the definition of "primary care services" and requires that all biennial reports shall include a review and recommendation of rates for primary care services on and after September 1, 2025. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0539 | Provides amendments to the assessment of filing fees required to appeal from certain matters adjudicated by the district court. | This act would provide amendments to the assessment of filing fees required to appeal from certain matters adjudicated by the district court. This act would take effect on January 1, 2026. | In Committee |
| S0463 | Requires each healthcare entity/network plan to compile/report to health insurance commissioner a summary of how the healthcare entity/network plan requires its contracted providers to submit claims for in-network outpatient behavioral health services. | This act would require each healthcare entity or network plan to compile and report to the health insurance commissioner a summary of how the healthcare entity or network plan requires its contracted providers to submit claims for in-network outpatient behavioral health services, before January 1, 2026, and at least annually thereafter and require rates paid under those contracts for services be increased by the rate of inflation as of October 1, 2025, plus five percent (5%). This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0014 | Requires commercial property owners to install vehicle barriers at their retail establishment locations when new construction are being done and permits insurers to consider the installation to provide a discount on the owner's insurance policy. | This act would require commercial property owners to install vehicle barriers at their retail establishment locations as part of any new construction. This act would also require insurers to consider the installation of such vehicle barriers as a safety measure and eligible for a discount on the owner's insurance policy premium as approved by the insurance commissioner. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0247 | Provides that the early intervention program for developmentally disabled infants be under the jurisdiction of the executive office of health and human services (EOHHS). | This act would provide that the early intervention program for developmentally disabled infants be under the jurisdiction of the executive office of health and human services (EOHHS). The act would also extend eligibility for early intervention services. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0437 | Imposes a non-owner occupied property tax on residential properties assessed in excess of eight hundred thousand dollars ($800,000) at variable rates dependent on values assessed by local tax assessors. | This act would impose a non-owner occupied property tax on residential properties assessed in excess of eight hundred thousand dollars ($800,000) at variable rates dependent on values assessed by local tax assessors. This act would take effect on January 1 2026. | In Committee |
| S0453 | Requires that the state's share to public libraries be fixed at twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount appropriated by the city or town in their budgets for fiscal year 2026. | This act would require that the state’s share to support public library services in fiscal year 2026 be fixed at twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount appropriated and expended by the city or town in the second preceding fiscal year. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0365 | SENATE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING FEBRUARY 21, 2025, TO BE "NATIONAL CAREGIVERS DAY" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | Senate Resolution Proclaiming February 21, 2025, To Be "national Caregivers Day" In The State Of Rhode Island | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0153 | Establishes a statutory framework designed to protect minors who are engaging in the business of vloging on social media and the Internet. | This act would establish a statutory framework designed to protect minors who are engaging in the business of vloging on social media and the Internet. This act would also authorize that a representative of the minor to file a lawsuit on the minor's behalf, even with respect to family members, to enforce the minor's rights, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0060 | Establishes a digital electronics right to repair, which allows for digital electronic equipment and parts that are sold in this state on or after January 1, 2026, to be repaired at an independent repair provider. | This act would establish a digital electronics right to repair, which would allow for digital electronic equipment and parts that are sold in this state on or after January 1, 2026, to be repaired at an independent repair provider. Additionally, this act would require an original equipment manufacturer to make available to any independent repair facility any documentation, parts, and tools required for diagnosis, maintenance, or other repairs. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0183 | Gradually phases in modifications to federal adjusted gross income over a four (4) year period for social security income, from twenty-five percent (25%) up to one hundred percent (100%), beginning on or after January 1, 2026. | This act would gradually phase in modifications to federal adjusted gross income over a four (4) year period for social security income, from twenty-five percent (25%) up to one hundred percent (100%), beginning on or after January 1, 2026. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| Bill | Bill Name | Motion | Vote Date | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H5218 | Increases insurance coverage for hearing aids from one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) to one thousand seven hundred fifty dollars ($1,750), per ear, for all people regardless of age effective January 1, 2026. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H5248 | Restricts audits of pharmacists conducted by insurers and their intermediaries, limiting audits to one per year unless an identified problem exists or fraud or misrepresentation is suspected. | Passage In Concurrence | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H5322 | Extends the sunset provision allowing retired teachers to substitute teach for up to 180 days from June 20, 2025 until July 1, 2026. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H5353 | Authorizes a pharmacy technician or pharmacy intern to perform technology-assisted dispensing process validation for medications prepared for distribution by another pharmacy technician or intern within an institutional pharmacy. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H5415 | Provides standards for developing, implementing, and maintaining reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect the security, confidentiality, and integrity of customer information. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H5427 | Includes the COVID-19 immunization under the consent and reporting provisions required for pharmacy administered immunizations to individuals between nine (9) and eighteen (18) years of age. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H5477 | JOINT RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH A STATEWIDE MAIN STREET COORDINATING PROGRAM (Authorizes the appropriation of the sum of $500,000 for the formal establishment of “Main Street Rhode Island”.) | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| 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. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| 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. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H5565 | Authorizes and regulates the distribution of the product known as "kratom." | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H5674 | Prohibits a landlord from inquiring about the immigration status of a tenant subject to any federal laws or regulations, but may request financial information or proof of identity. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H5635 | Changes the name of "applied behavior assistant analyst" to "assistant applied behavior analyst" and makes several changes to provide consistency in the certification language for behavioral analysts. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H5562 | Provides that charitable organizations with a gross income of one million dollars ($1,000,000) or less can meet the required reporting and records requirements by providing either an IRS Form 900 or other approved financial statements. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H5557 | Establishes prevailing standards and procedures for licensing speech-language pathologists and audiologists in Rhode Island. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H5619 | Requires the department of health to incorporate information about dementia risk factors and reduction into public education and healthcare provider education materials. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H5548 | Makes numerous technical corrections related to insurance, provides a definition for "cybersecurity insurance", and would repeal the chapter relating to reciprocal exchanges and interinsurers. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| 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. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H5570 | Prohibits casualty insurers from assessing any premium surcharge or penalty against an insured solely for inquiring about the terms of the insured's policy. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H5796 | Adds an additional purpose to the standard provisions list that a zoning ordinance is required to address. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H5801 | Amends several definitions relating to low- or moderate-income housing as well as the procedure for the approval of low- or moderate-income housing. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H5800 | Adds "providing for residential development in all or some of the areas encompassing commercial districts" as a purpose a zoning ordinance must address. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H5793 | Amends the provisions under which a city or town may exceed the maximum levy for the assessment of local taxes. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H5794 | Provides technical amendments to the chapters on subdivision of land and zoning ordinances for towns and cities. | Passage As Amended | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H5794 | Provides technical amendments to the chapters on subdivision of land and zoning ordinances for towns and cities. | Approval Of Amendment | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H5804 | Amends the composition of the building code standards committee and would make several technical amendments relative to the building code office and would establish a state building code office within the office of state fire marshal. | Passage As Amended | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H5804 | Amends the composition of the building code standards committee and would make several technical amendments relative to the building code office and would establish a state building code office within the office of state fire marshal. | Approval Of Amendment | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H5795 | Amends the administration requirements a zoning ordinance must provide and/or designate and would require that zoning certificates be issued within 20 days of the written request. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H5797 | Adds a definition for "co-living housing" to the zoning ordinance provisions of the general laws and would include such housing as a special provision to be included in a zoning ordinance. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H5872 | Creates the deceptive and fraudulent synthetic media in election communications chapter to regulate the use of synthetic media in elections. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H5967 | Establishes that a renewable energy resource shall pay $5.00 per kilowatt of alternating current nameplate capacity for tangible property and $3.50 per kilowatt of alternating nameplate capacity for real property. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H6038 | Amends current law so that initial contraceptive prescriptions would no longer be limited to a 3-month supply. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H6032 | Requires at fault insurance companies to provide to any claimant whose vehicle is damaged in an accident, to provide a vehicle that is comparable to the claimant’s vehicle and that rental charges shall be based on local retail prices. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H6054 | Changes the process by which a dispute between the insured and their insurance company, concerning property damages and requires that the umpire appraisers shall be disinterested and the cost shared equally. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H6066 | Increases the taxable wage base for TDI claims from $38,000 to $100,000 or the annual earnings needed by an individual to qualify for the maximum weekly benefit amount and the maximum duration under chapters 39 through 41 of this title. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H6091 | Allows Central Falls to exempt the property located at 913-915 Dexter Street, AP 7, Lot 156 from the law that prohibits any proposed retailers’ license of any class located within two hundred feet (200') of the premises of a school or place of worship. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H6118 | Requires coverage for acute mental health crisis mobile response and stabilization services to eligible individuals enrolled as plan beneficiaries. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H6136 | Authorizes the town council of West Greenwich to provide an exemption and/or stabilization of tax agreement on qualified property used for residential purposes inclusive of low- and moderate-income housing in the town of West Greenwich. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H6173 | Establishes the Rhode Island Anti-Bid-Rigging Act. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H6233 | Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of the Center for Southeast Asians. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H6231 | Allows for the issuance of a Class B liquor license for the property located at 1441 Mineral Spring Avenue in the town of North Providence. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H6255 | JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE RETURN OF CENTRAL FALLS SCHOOLS TO LOCAL GOVERNANCE (Authorizes the city of Central Falls, via home rule charter or city ordinance, to create a school board with all powers and duties thereto, to govern the Central Falls school district.) | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H6270 | JOINT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THAT THE CANNABIS CONTROL COMMISSION PROVIDE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WITH RECOMMENDATIONS ON LEGISLATION TO REGULATE AND LICENSE CANNABINOIDS AND HEMP-DERIVED BEVERAGES (Requests that the Cannabis Control Commission conduct a study on statutory reform and rules and regulations to regulate the sale of hemp THC-infused beverages.) | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H6286 | Provides that law enforcement officers who appears before the court for prosecution of a violation of a protective order shall self-certify that the officer has successfully completed a specialized domestic violence prosecution training course. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Nay |
| H6321 | VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF HOPKINTON | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H6343 | Allows the town council of Coventry to make exemptions from taxation on real and personal property that has undergone environmental remediation. This act is subject to conditions as provided in this section. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H6385 | Makes technical amendments to the general laws, prepared at the recommendation of the law revision office. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H5023 | Establishes a rare disease advisory council within the department of health and provides guidance and recommendations to educate health care providers and the citizens of the state. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5017 | Requires manufacturers of assisting technology devices to make available to independent repair providers/the owner of the device, any documentation/parts, software/other items intended for use with the equipment/parts, including updates to software. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5031 | Allows for the issuance of Class BV liquor licenses for the properties located at 94 Carpenter Street and 1023 Broad Street, both in the city of Providence. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5043 | Provides protection from and prevent the unethical, improper conduct and the collection of fees by, anyone advising or assisting a veteran filing a claim for disability benefits with the Department of Veterans Affairs except as authorized by federal law. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5046 | Criminalizes the unauthorized dissemination of sexually explicit images of another person that are created by digital devices or created without the consent of the person depicted. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5042 | Repeals the provisions of the general laws allowing deferred deposit providers, also known as "payday lenders." | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5130 | Crime gun ballistic evidence to be submitted to NIBIN. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5120 | Provides an insurer would not impose prior authorization requirements for any service ordered by an in-network primary care provider. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0017 | Provide that advertising goods that don't include a price referencing all mandatory fees and charges shall be a deceptive trade practice. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0070 | Requires employer, at the start of employment, furnish to their employees a written notice containing employment information relative to wages, rates of pay, allowances, benefits, deductions from pay, and identifying information relative to the employer. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5184 | Prohibits credit reporting, executions, attachments against a principal residence for judgments based on medical debt. Defines medical debt as an amount for the receipt of health care services, products, or devices. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5165 | Requires the school board or committees of cities and towns to establish a safety and behavioral health committee and also lays out the representation requirements committee responsibilities to ensure a stable learning environment for all students. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5235 | Provides an interest rate cap on medical debt. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0136 | Criminalizes the unauthorized dissemination of sexually explicit images of another person that are created by digital devices or created without the consent of the person depicted. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0120 | Increases insurance coverage for hearing aids from one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) to one thousand seven hundred fifty dollars ($1,750), per ear, for all people regardless of age effective January 1, 2026. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0122 | Establishes a program operated by the Rhode Island housing and mortgage finance corporation called the "housing land bank" to create affordable housing in RI with the authority to buy, receive, and hold real property for housing development. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0124 | Expands the definition of "employee," and clarifies that the board may defer a pending unfair labor practice charge to allow for the grievance and arbitration process to move forward pursuant to the charging parties collective bargaining agreement. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0114 | Prohibits any health insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, manufacturer or other third-party payor from discriminating against any 340B entity participating in a drug discount program. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0114 | Prohibits any health insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, manufacturer or other third-party payor from discriminating against any 340B entity participating in a drug discount program. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0166 | Amends the definition of the practice of pharmacy to include the administration of all forms of influenza immunizations including COVID-19 to individuals over the age of 3 years pursuant to a valid prescription or prescriber approved protocol. | Passage In Concurrence | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0169 | Prohibits credit reporting, executions, attachments against a principal residence for judgments based on medical debt. Defines medical debt as an amount for the receipt of health care services, products, or devices. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0168 | Provides an insurer would not impose prior authorization requirements for any service ordered by an in-network primary care provider. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0172 | Provides an interest rate cap on medical debt. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5300 | Considers election officials and poll workers "public officials" for purposes of the prohibition on making threats to public officials. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0174 | JOINT RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH A STATEWIDE MAIN STREET COORDINATING PROGRAM (Authorizes the appropriation of the sum of $500,000 for the formal establishment of “Main Street Rhode Island”.) | Passage As Amended | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0174 | JOINT RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH A STATEWIDE MAIN STREET COORDINATING PROGRAM (Authorizes the appropriation of the sum of $500,000 for the formal establishment of “Main Street Rhode Island”.) | Approval Of Amendment | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0206 | Requires individuals seeking a judicial nomination to reapply to JNC every 3 years and make those individuals selected as finalists, eligible only for the court in which they applied and were chosen during the five years following their selection. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5372 | Includes police officers to fire fighters who are unable to perform duties as a result of heart disease, stroke or hypertension to be presumed to have suffered an in-the-line-of-duty disability, unless contrary evidence is presented. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5448 | Eliminates the "until June 30, 2025" sunset on the increase in the total amount of earnings a partial-unemployment insurance claimant can receive before being entirely disqualified for unemployment insurance benefits. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5494 | Adds several consumer protections to existing Medicare Supplement law. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5506 | Protects the rights of employees in the workplace relating to free speech, assembly and religion, as well as attendance at employer-sponsored meetings regarding political or religious matters. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0238 | Promotes free expression and access of information by prohibiting the censorship of library materials. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0263 | Requires coverage for acute mental health crisis mobile response and stabilization services to eligible individuals enrolled as plan beneficiaries. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0229 | Repeals the provisions of the general laws allowing deferred deposit providers, also known as "payday lenders." | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0314 | Restricts audits of pharmacists conducted by insurers and their intermediaries, limiting audits to one per year unless fraud or misrepresentation is reasonably suspected. The RI attorney general has the authority to impose sanctions for violations. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0339 | Appropriates the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) to fund the Thundermist family medicine residency program during fiscal year 2026 and every fiscal year thereafter. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0359 | Establishes the Rhode Island Assault Weapons Ban Act of 2025. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0359 | Establishes the Rhode Island Assault Weapons Ban Act of 2025. | Approval Of Amendment | 06/20/2025 | Nay |
| S0359 | Establishes the Rhode Island Assault Weapons Ban Act of 2025. | Approval Of Amendment | 06/20/2025 | Nay |
| S0359 | Establishes the Rhode Island Assault Weapons Ban Act of 2025. | Approval Of Amendment | 06/20/2025 | Nay |
| S0359 | Establishes the Rhode Island Assault Weapons Ban Act of 2025. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5640 | Adds a provision in the statute relating to one way highways, providing an increased penalty when a motorist travels the wrong way on an interstate highway or an entrance or exit ramp connected to an interstate highway. | Passage As Amended | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5640 | Adds a provision in the statute relating to one way highways, providing an increased penalty when a motorist travels the wrong way on an interstate highway or an entrance or exit ramp connected to an interstate highway. | Approval Of Amendment | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5634 | Prohibits any health insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, manufacturer or other third-party payor from discriminating against any 340B entity participating in a drug discount program. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5634 | Prohibits any health insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, manufacturer or other third-party payor from discriminating against any 340B entity participating in a drug discount program. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5701 | Makes the provisions of §§ 45-19.1-3 and 45-19.1-4, benefits for firefighters with cancer, effective regardless of any general, special or specific law, or any charter and/or municipal ordinance to the contrary. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5594 | Requires the board of regents to adopt support and intervention strategies consistent with Comprehensive Education Strategy and SALT in one district at a time. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5580 | Prohibits utility companies from limiting the eligibility of a net metering site based on prior consumption and requires excess energy not consumed under the net metering system to be credited to the consumer. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5726 | Promotes free expression and access of information by prohibiting the censorship of library materials. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0581 | Protect the personal information of judicial officers and their immediate family members who serve or have served the RI unified judicial system, as well as judicial officers who reside in RI and who serve or have served in the federal courts. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0474 | Establishes a rare disease advisory council within the department of health to provide guidance and recommendations to educate healthcare providers and the citizens of the state. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0529 | Adds a provision in the statute relating to one way highways, providing an increased penalty when a motorist travels the wrong way on an interstate highway or an entrance or exit ramp connected to an interstate highway. | Passage As Amended | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0529 | Adds a provision in the statute relating to one way highways, providing an increased penalty when a motorist travels the wrong way on an interstate highway or an entrance or exit ramp connected to an interstate highway. | Approval Of Amendment | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0559 | Increases imprisonment penalties and adds mandatory community service for violations of § 4-1-9. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RI | District 27 | Senate | Democrat | In Office | 01/01/1999 |