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Legislator > Val Lawson
State Senator
Val Lawson
(D) - Rhode Island
Rhode Island Senate District 14
In Office - Started: 01/01/2019
contact info
Capitol Office
82 Smith St.
Providence, RI 02903
Providence, RI 02903
Phone: 401-222-4901
| 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 |
| 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 |
| S0940 | Amends sections of law relative to historic tax credits including increasing the maximum project credit and implementing requirements relative to following prevailing wage requirements.. | This act would amend sections of law relative to historic tax credits including increasing the maximum project credit and implementing requirements relative to following prevailing wage requirements. This act would take effect as of January 1, 2025. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0830 | DMV to provide credit for portions of unused voluntarily cancelled vehicle registrations. | This act would authorize the division of motor vehicles to issue one year renewal registrations for vehicles leased for thirty-six (36) months when the vehicle is registered in two (2) year cycles and would enable the division of motor vehicles to issue a credit to a registrant of a leased or purchased vehicle, who voluntarily cancels the registration within the period of registration. This act would take effect upon passage. | Vetoed |
| S0833 | Provides that when a registrant voluntarily cancels the registrant's motor vehicle registration, that person receives a credit for the time remaining on the original registration to be applied to a future registration. | This act would provide that when a registrant voluntarily cancels the registrant's motor vehicle registration, that person would receive a credit for the time remaining on the original registration to be applied to a future registration. This act would take effect upon passage. | Vetoed |
| S0168 | Provides an insurer would not impose prior authorization requirements for any service ordered by an in-network primary care provider. | This act would provide that an insurer would not impose prior authorization requirements for any admission, item, service, treatment, or procedure ordered by an in-network primary care provider, with certain exceptions. This act would take effect on October 1, 2025. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| 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. | This act would include the COVID-19 immunization under the consent and reporting provisions required for pharmacy administered immunizations to individuals between three (3) and eighteen (18) years of age. 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 |
| S0439 | 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. | This act would establish that a renewable energy resource shall pay five dollars ($5.00) per kilowatt of alternating current nameplate capacity for tangible property and three dollars and fifty cents ($3.50) per kilowatt of alternating nameplate capacity for real property. This act would also amend the Renewable Ready Program to establish a renewable energy resource proposed on a previously contaminated property as a by-right, permitted use under the zoning code for the municipality in which the renewable energy resource is located, would be considered consistent with the municipality’s comprehensive plan as well as to have no significant negative environmental impacts pursuant to § 45-23-60. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0610 | Adds several consumer protections to existing Medicare Supplement law. | This act would add several consumer protections to existing Medicare Supplement law. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0481 | Requires the department of health to incorporate information about dementia risk factors and reduction into public education and healthcare provider education materials. | This act would require the department of health to incorporate information about dementia risk factors and reduction into public education and healthcare provider education materials. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0487 | Prohibits any healthcare facility, from asking the legal immigration status of any patient. | This act would prohibit any healthcare facility, from asking the legal immigration status of any patient. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0017 | Provide that advertising goods that don't include a price referencing all mandatory fees and charges shall be a deceptive trade practice. | This act would provide that advertising for live-event tickets or short-term lodging in violation of 16 C.F.R. Part 464 would be a deceptive trade practice. This act would take effect on January 1, 2026. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0829 | Provides temporary caregivers benefits to any eligible bone marrow transplant donor or living organ donor and would provide definitions for both | This act would provide temporary caregivers benefits to any eligible bone marrow transplant donor or living organ donor and would provide definitions for both. This act would take effect on January 1, 2026. | 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 |
| S1147 | Names the Senate Chamber after the former Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio. | This act would name the Senate Chamber after the former Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0945 | Establishes the Rhode Island Bid Rigging Act. | This act would establish the Rhode Island Anti-Bid-Rigging Act. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0996 | Provides extended producer responsibility for packaging and paper, recycling of beverage containers, and provides general provisions for oversight of single-stage producer organizations. | This act would require the department of environmental management, in collaboration with the department of administration, and the resource recovery corporation, to conduct a statewide implementation analysis for a beverage container redemption, packaging, and recycling plan. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| 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. | This act would restrict 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. The attorney general would have the authority to ensure compliance with the audits under this section. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0170 | Grants the director of the department of health the authority to approve or deny any applications for professional licensure pending before certain boards of licensure that have been unable to establish a quorum for 30 business days. | This act would grant the director of the department of health the authority to approve or deny any applications for professional licensure pending before certain boards of licensure that have been unable to establish a quorum for thirty (30) business days. 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 |
| S0263 | Requires coverage for acute mental health crisis mobile response and stabilization services to eligible individuals enrolled as plan beneficiaries. | This act would require coverage for acute mental health crisis mobile response and stabilization services to eligible individuals enrolled as plan beneficiaries. This act would take effect on January 1, 2026. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| 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. | This act would establish 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. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0473 | Extends coverage for treatment of pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections and pediatric acute onset neuropsychiatric syndrome by removing the sunset date of December 31, 2025, and mandating such coverage. | This act would extend coverage for treatment of pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections and pediatric acute onset neuropsychiatric syndrome by removing the sunset date of December 31, 2025, and mandating such coverage. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| 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. | This act would establish a program to be operated by the Rhode Island housing and mortgage finance corporation called the "housing land bank" in furtherance of the goal to create affordable housing in the State of Rhode Island. The housing land bank would have authority to buy, receive, and hold real property for the development of housing. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| 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. | This act would prohibit credit bureau reporting of a consumer’s medical debt. This act would further prohibit the filing of an execution and attachment against a consumer’s principal residence for judgments based on medical debt. This act would further define medical debt as an obligation of a consumer to pay an amount for the receipt of health care services, products, or devices owed to a healthcare facility or a health care professional. This act would take effect January 1, 2026. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0266 | Repeals the examination requirement in order to qualify for a clinical social workers license. | This act would repeal the examination requirement to qualify for a clinical social workers license. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0172 | Provides an interest rate cap on medical debt. | This act would provide an interest rate cap on medical debt. 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| S0884 | Provides that original power wheelchair equipment manufacturers would be required to provide to independent service providers repair information and tools to maintain and repair original power wheelchair equipment. | This act would provide that original power wheelchair equipment manufacturers would be required to provide to independent service providers repair information and tools to maintain and repair original power wheelchair equipment. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0695 | Recognizes the program run by the Rhode Island Medical Society or comparable program for physicians, physician assistants, dentists, and podiatrists, to address burnout, substance abuse, and mental and physical health issues. | This act would recognize the program run by the Rhode Island Medical Society for physicians, physician assistants, dentists, and podiatrists, or a comparable program to address burnout, substance abuse, and mental and physical health issues impacting the clinician’s personal and professional life. This act would further require reforms by respective licensing boards to limit inquiries regarding a clinician’s mental health diagnoses. This act would create a privilege for communications between the clinician seeking support and the personnel of the health program providing support services. Additionally, this act would protect clinicians who seek support and adhere to their treatment plan from mandatory reporting and licensing repercussions from their respective licensing board. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0867 | Permits the division of unclaimed property within the office of the general treasurer to accept miscellaneous intangible property belonging to Rhode Island residents. | This act would permit the division of unclaimed property within the office of the general treasurer to accept miscellaneous intangible property belonging to Rhode Island residents. This act would take effect upon 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 |
| S0520 | Modernizes and streamlines the existing processes for getting on the permanent mail ballot application list. | This act would modernize and streamline the existing processes for getting on the permanent mail ballot application list. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0541 | Increases from 7 days to 9 days the period of time in which a request for a recount of the votes cast can be made to the board of elections and no certificates of election may be issued until the recount, if any, is completed. | This act would increase from seven (7) days to nine (9) days the period of time in which a request for a recount of the votes cast can be made to the board of elections. No certificates of election may be issued, until the recount if any is completed. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0499 | Establishes the assessed value of owner-occupied low- and moderate-income housing as the most recent sales price of the property. | This act would establish the assessed value of owner-occupied low- and moderate-income housing as the most recent sales price of the property. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0608 | Standardizes successor appointment language for various boards and adds language providing that a quorum be a majority of appointed members and the language applies across several healthcare professional boards that currently lack this language. | This act would standardize successor appointment language for various boards and adds language providing that a quorum would be a majority of board seats filled and the language would apply across several healthcare professional boards that currently lack this language. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0318 | Allows for the procurement of nuclear power. | This act would allow a public utility company that provides electric and gas distribution to participate in projects that would allow for the reliable transmission of nuclear power. It would allow the utility to procure nuclear power and enter into long-term contracts for nuclear power. 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 |
| S0795 | Increases the maximum fill for non-opioid, non-narcotic controlled substances found in schedule II, so that a ninety-day (90) supply may be dispensed at any one time. | This act would increase the maximum fill for non-opioid, non-narcotic controlled substances found in schedule II, so that a ninety-day (90) supply may be dispensed at any one time. This act would take effect upon passage. | 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 |
| 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 |
| S1160 | SENATE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF ROGER A. SAVINI | Senate Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of Roger A. Savini | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0868 | JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $250,000 TO 401 TECH BRIDGE TO STUDY AND EXPLORE SEAGLIDERS IN RHODE ISLAND (Makes an appropriation of $250,000 to 401 Tech Bridge to study and explore seagliders.) | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $250,000 To 401 Tech Bridge To Study And Explore Seagliders In Rhode Island (makes An Appropriation Of $250,000 To 401 Tech Bridge To Study And Explore Seagliders.) | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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. | This act would appropriate 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. This act would take effect on July 1, 2025. | Crossed Over |
| S1158 | SENATE RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING "JUNETEENTH NATIONAL FREEDOM DAY" ON JUNE 19, 2025 | Senate Resolution Recognizing "juneteenth National Freedom Day" On June 19, 2025 | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| 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 |
| S0417 | Reduces the cigarette tax imposed by 75% for any modified risk tobacco product as defined in § 21 U.S.C. 387 k as a tobacco product sold/distributed to reduce the harm/risk of tobacco-related disease associated with commercially marketed tobacco products. | This act would reduce the cigarette tax imposed by fifty percent (50%) for any modified risk tobacco product as defined in § 21 U.S.C. 387K as a tobacco product sold or distributed to reduce the harm or risk of tobacco-related disease associated with commercially marketed tobacco products. This act would take effect upon passage. | Crossed Over |
| S0171 | Allows the executive office of health and human services to use appropriated funds to support graduate medical education programs and research. | This act would allow the executive office of health and human services to use appropriated funds to support graduate medical education programs and research. This act would also direct the secretary of the executive office of health and human services to determine the appropriate Medicaid payment mechanism in order to make the payments annually. This act would take effect upon passage. | Crossed Over |
| S0133 | Prohibits the use of service agreements that are unfair to an owner of residential real estate who enters into such an agreement or to persons who may become owners of that real estate in the future. | This act would prohibit the use of service agreements that are unfair to an owner of residential real estate who enters into such an agreement or to persons who may become owners of that real estate in the future. The act would also prohibit the recording of such agreements so that the public records will not be clouded by them, and future owners will not be put to the burden of bringing suits to remove them from their chains of title and provides remedies for owners who are inconvenienced or damaged by the recording of such agreements. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0650 | Effective September 1, 2025, requires quarterly testing of biosolids for PFAS contaminants by those seeking to apply biosolids to lands, with subsequent reports to the department of environmental management. | This act would, effective September 1, 2025, require persons seeking to apply biosolids to lands to test the biosolids for PFAS contaminants on a quarterly basis and report those findings to the department of environmental management. This act would authorize the director to reject applications seeking distribution of biosolids to lands for environmental threat or risk to public health, safety, or welfare. This act would take effect on September 1, 2025. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0983 | Creates the PURPLE alert state system to aid in the search for a missing adult with a serious physical, behavioral health, neurological disabilities or medical condition. | This act would create the PURPLE alert state system to aid in the search for a missing adult with a serious physical, behavioral health, neurological disabilities or medical condition. This act would take effect upon passage. | 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 |
| S0796 | Provides a duty upon midwives, physician assistants and nurse practitioners to obtain a blood specimen of pregnant women within thirty (30) days after the first professional visit. | This act would provide a duty upon midwives, physician assistants and nurse practitioners to obtain a blood specimen of pregnant women within thirty (30) days after the first professional visit and during the third trimester. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0865 | Requires the state investment commission to create a capital access initiative to expand potential investment opportunities for the state’s pension fund and engage qualified but traditionally underrepresented investment managers. | This act would require the state investment commission to create a capital access initiative to expand potential investment opportunities for the state’s pension fund and engage qualified but traditionally underrepresented investment managers. This act would take effect upon passage. | Crossed Over |
| S0786 | Prohibits prior authorization or a step therapy protocol for the prescription of a nonpreferred medication on their drug formulary used to assess or treat an enrollee's bipolar disorder, schizophrenia or schizotypal. | This act would define step therapy protocol and prohibit the Rhode Island medical assistance program, and any contract between the Rhode Island medical assistance program and a managed care organization from requiring prior authorization or a step therapy protocol for the coverage of a nonpreferred medication classified as an anticonvulsant or antipsychotic. This act would take effect upon passage and would apply to all policies, contracts, and plans executed, delivered, issued for delivery, continued or renewed in this state on or after January 1, 2026 and shall sunset and be repealed effective December 31, 2028. | Crossed Over |
| S0732 | Permits retired superior court magistrates to be assigned to perform service pursuant to §§ 8-2-11.1, 8-2-39, 8-2-39.1 or 8-2-39.2 and be reemployed by the superior court without any forfeiture or reduction of any retirement benefits. | This act would permit retired superior court magistrates to request, at the direction of the chief justice of the supreme court, that they be assigned to perform service pursuant to §§ 8-2-11.1, 8-2-39, 8-2-39.1 or 8-2-39.2 and be reemployed by the superior court without any forfeiture or reduction of any retirement benefits. This act would take effect upon passage. | Crossed Over |
| 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 |
| S0268 | Requires every individual or group health insurance contract effective on or after January 1, 2026, to provide coverage to the insured and the insured's spouse and dependents for all FDA-approved contraceptive drugs, devices and other products. | This act would require every individual or group health insurance contract effective on or after January 1, 2026, to provide coverage to the insured and the insured's spouse and dependents for all FDA-approved contraceptive drugs, devices and other products, voluntary sterilization procedures, patient education and counseling on contraception and follow-up services as well as Medicaid coverage for a twelve (12) month supply for Medicaid recipients. This act would take effect upon passage. | Crossed Over |
| S1148 | Authorizes municipalities to enforce noise violations statewide, along with the impoundment of radio or other sound-producing equipment. | This act would authorize municipalities to enforce noise violations and provide for the impoundment of radio or other sound-producing equipment until resolution of the noise violation hearing. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| 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 |
| S1037 | Amends the Identity Theft Protection Act by eliminating current definitions and establishing new definitions. This act also raises the penalty provisions for violations. | This act would amend the Identity Theft Protection Act of 2015. The act would eliminate the definitions for "classified data" and "personal information" and establish a definition for "personally identifiable information". This act would also add division of enterprise technology strategy and services (ETSS) or successor state agency, or successor to the chief digital officer to notification requirement provisions of the chapter. This act would raise the penalty provisions for violations. This act would take effect on July 1, 2025. | Crossed Over |
| S0113 | Relieves East Providence from providing any educational/financial resources to children in the CRAFT program. Requires the school district of origin where the student was last registered to bear this responsibility. | This act would relieve the East Providence public schools and the city of East Providence from providing any educational or financial resources to children placed in the CRAFT program. The school district of origin where the student was last registered would bear this responsibility. This act would take effect upon passage. | Crossed Over |
| S0013 | Promotes transparency and accountability in the use of artificial intelligence by health insurers to manage coverage and claims. | This act would promote transparency and accountability in the use of artificial intelligence by health insurers to manage coverage and claims. This act would take effect June 30, 2026. | 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 |
| S0730 | Exempts qualified tuition savings programs of any state authorized under 26 U.S.C. § 529 from judicial attachment. | This act would exempt qualified tuition savings programs of any state authorized under 26 U.S.C. § 529 from judicial attachment. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| 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 |
| S0462 | Removes the sunset provision of the four (4) year pilot program to prevent drug overdoses through the establishment of harm reduction centers and creates a permanent program for harm reduction centers. | This act extends the sunset provision of the four (4) year pilot program to prevent drug overdoses through the establishment of harm reduction centers for two (2) years to March 1, 2028. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S1138 | SENATE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF YOLANDA CACERES DE LEONARDO | Senate Resolution Expressing Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of Yolanda Caceres De Leonardo | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| 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 |
| S0800 | Allows retired state employees who worked for the unified judicial system as certified or qualified court interpreters to be employed or reemployed for a limited period in a given year. | This act would allow retired state employees who worked for the unified judicial system as certified or qualified court interpreters to be employed or reemployed for a limited period in a given year to provide court interpretation services within the Rhode Island unified judicial system without forfeiture or reduction of their retirement benefits. This act would take effect upon passage. | Crossed Over |
| S0757 | Allows the dependents of a National Guard member, who is in good standing, to be eligible for tuition assistance. | This would allow the dependents of a National Guard member, who is in good standing, to be eligible for tuition assistance. This act would take effect upon passage. | Crossed Over |
| S0791 | Prohibits insurance companies from paying a rate that is less than the approved Medicaid rate set by the executive office of health and human services. | This act would prohibit insurance companies from paying a rate that is less than the approved Medicaid rate set by the executive office of health and human services. This act would take effect on January 1, 2026. | Crossed Over |
| S0982 | Ensures public access to lead service lines to determine the existence of lead within the water connection. This act also ensures mitigation measures and replacement lines are consistent with the current version of 40 C.C.R. 141 Subpart I. | This act would require that the department ensures there is public access to lead service lines and determine the existence or absence of lead within each water connection in its service. This act would also ensure that all mitigation measures and replacement of entire lead lines are consistent with the current version of the Lead and Copper Rule including from 40 C.F.R.141, Subpart I. This act would take effect upon passage. | 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 |
| S0586 | Requires employers to protect employees from extreme temperatures through rest breaks, PPE, training, and equipment, and mandates quarterly supervisor training, to recognize and mitigate heat- and cold-related risks. | This act would require employers to protect employees from extreme temperatures through rest breaks, PPE, training, and equipment, and mandate training, to recognize and mitigate heat- and cold-related risks. The act would require the department of health to establish and implement the training program. This act would take effect on January 1, 2026. | Crossed Over |
| S0429 | Establishes a statewide standalone children's mobile response and stabilization services to address the behavioral health needs of children and youth ages 2 to 21. DCYF to oversee implementation of the program. | This act would appropriate six million dollars ($6,000,000) to establish a statewide standalone children's mobile response and stabilization services to address the behavioral health needs of children and youth ages two (2) to twenty-one (21). This act would also provide that the state allocate general revenue funds to provide services not funded by Medicaid. The department of children, youth and families would oversee implementation of the program and promulgate rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this chapter. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0461 | Caps the total amount that a covered person is required to pay for a covered prescription inhaler, prescription device, or prescription equipment to twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per thirty (30) day supply. | This act would cap the total amount that a covered person is required to pay for a covered prescription inhaler, prescription device, or prescription equipment to twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per thirty (30) day supply. This act would take effect on January 1, 2026. | Crossed Over |
| S0050 | Establishes Children's Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund to provide finance assistance to families for medical expenses not covered by state or federal programs or insurance contract. | This act would establish the Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund to provide financial assistance to families with children age twenty-one (21) years and younger stricken by a catastrophic illness for medical expenses not covered by any other state or federal program or any insurance contract. A nine (9) member commission would establish and administer a program to achieve the purposes of the fund. This act would take effect upon passage. | Crossed Over |
| S0329 | Creates an additional tax rate of 3% on taxable income over $625,000 in 2025 dollars. Applies to tax years 2026 and thereafter and not retroactively. | This act would add create an additional Rhode Island personal income tax of three percent (3.00%) on taxable income over approximately six-hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars ($625,000) in 2025 dollars, impacting only the top one percent (1%) in income of personal income tax filers. The existing three-bracket personal income tax structure will remain in place. In order for the new bracket to apply to income over approximately six-hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars ($625,000) in 2025 dollars, the statute (which is written in 2011 dollars) uses the pre-inflation amount of four-hundred and thirty thousand ($430,000) in 2011 dollars. Each year, Rhode Island’s Division of Taxation applies inflation rates to calculate the cut- offs for all income tax brackets in current year dollars. This act would not apply retroactively to prior tax years or to taxable income from prior tax years. This act would take effect on January 1, 2026. | 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 |
| S0457 | Provides funding to establish a dual language program within the department of elementary and secondary education. It also describe how to implement he Support and Access to Bilingual Education “SABE Act” for all Local Education Agencies “LEA” recipients. | This act would appropriate three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) to establish a dual language program within the department of elementary and secondary education. This act would also provide for the implementation of the support and access to bilingual education (“SABE”) act for all local education agencies (“LEA”) recipients. This act would take effect on July 1, 2026. | In Committee |
| S0430 | Establishes a statewide “Healthy School Meals for all” universal school breakfast and lunch program in Rhode Island public schools phased in over 3 years | This act would establish a statewide “Healthy School Meals for all” universal school breakfast and lunch program in Rhode Island public schools phased in over 3 years. The program would begin with all elementary school students, then add all middle school students in year two (2), and then provide universal meals for all students by the 2027-2028 school year. The act would also direct that in operating its school breakfast and lunch program, each public educational entity would seek to maximize access to federal funds for the cost of the school breakfast and lunch program by participating in one of several identified federal programs in order to obtain federal funds to offset the costs to districts of providing free breakfasts and lunches and minimize the costs to the state. This act would take effect on July 1, 2026. | In Committee |
| S0452 | Establishes a statewide “Healthy School Meals for all” universal school breakfast and lunch program in Rhode Island public schools phased in over 3 years. | This act would establish a statewide “healthy school meals for all” universal school breakfast and lunch program in Rhode Island public schools phased in over three (3) years. The program would begin with all elementary school students, then add all middle school students in year two (2), and then provide universal meals for all students by the 2027-2028 school year. The act would also direct that in operating its school breakfast and lunch program, each public educational entity would seek to maximize access to federal funds for the cost of the school breakfast and lunch program by participating in one of several identified federal programs in order to obtain federal funds to offset the costs to districts of providing free breakfasts and lunches and minimize the costs to the state. The general assembly would be required to make an appropriation by separate line items in the budget to provide breakfast and lunch at no charge for children in state subsidized early childhood education programs. This act would take effect on July 1, 2026. | In Committee |
| S0412 | JOINT RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE MEDICAID SECTION 1115 DEMONSTRATION WAIVER REQUESTS AND RENEWALS -- RHODE ISLAND MEDICAID REFORM ACT OF 2008 (Joint resolution to approve an amendment to the Medicaid section 1115 demonstration waiver requests and renewals.) | Joint Resolution To Amend The Medicaid Section 1115 Demonstration Waiver Requests And Renewals -- Rhode Island Medicaid Reform Act Of 2008 (joint Resolution To Approve An Amendment To The Medicaid Section 1115 Demonstration Waiver Requests And Renewals.) | In Committee |
| S0333 | Requires EOHHS to establish a 1-year pilot program for nutritional assistance and medically tailored meals, groceries and produce for peoples with diet-related diseases or food insecurity, and other interventions where there is a clinical need. | This act would require the general assembly to include one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) in FY 26 appropriations to the EOHHS to establish a one-year pilot program for evidenced-based nutritional assistance and medically tailored meals, groceries and produce for people with diet-related diseases or food insecurity, clinical nutrition education, and other interventions where there is a clinical need. The services would be available to individuals with three (3) or more chronic, diet-related health conditions, for up to six (6) months. This act would take effect upon passage and would sunset and expire on July 1, 2027. | In Committee |
| S0332 | Exempts individual retirement accounts as a countable resource for public assistance. This act also prohibits the state as a creditor against an ABLE account in the event of death of a beneficiary. | This act would exempt individual retirement accounts as a countable resource for public assistance. This act would prohibit the state as a creditor against an ABLE account in the event of death of a beneficiary. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0873 | JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $90,000,000 TO THE RHODE ISLAND EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO SUPPORT PHYSICIAN REIMBURSEMENT RATE INCREASES IN THE RHODE ISLAND MEDICAID PROGRAM (Authorizes the appropriation of the sum of $90,000,000 to the Rhode Island executive office of health and human services to be invested in increasing reimbursement rates for all physicians and advanced practice providers.) | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $90,000,000 To The Rhode Island Executive Office Of Health And Human Services To Support Physician Reimbursement Rate Increases In The Rhode Island Medicaid Program (authorizes The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $90,000,000 To The Rhode Island Executive Office Of Health And Human Services To Be Invested In Increasing Reimbursement Rates For All Physicians And Advanced Practice Providers.) | 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 |
| S0802 | Requires the department of human services to provide childcare assistance to families, including those served through DCYF, who meet the requirements of a protective services category as defined in CFR 98.20 (a)(3)(ii). | This act would require the department of human services to provide childcare assistance to families, including those served through DCYF, who meet the requirements of a protective services category as defined in CFR 45 §98.20 (a)(3)(ii). This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0785 | Authorizes the office of postsecondary commissioner to expand bilingual and dual language teacher certificates in urban schools through two scholarship programs for students and teachers, with eligibility requirements and donations. | This act would authorize the office of the postsecondary commissioner to expand the issuance of bilingual, dual language and world teacher certificates in urban core and urban ring public schools by establishing two (2) scholarship programs, one for college students and one for eligible teachers. The act would include detailed eligibility requirements and disbursement requirements for Rhode Island college (RIC) and the university of Rhode Island (URI). In addition, the act would permit charitable donations to the scholarship program as well as require an annual appropriation of one million dollars ($1,000,000) by the general assembly. This act would take effect on November 1, 2025. | In Committee |
| S0870 | Provides $4,000,000 to support comprehensive and effective afterschool, school vacation, summer learning and workforce development programs for students in grades kindergarten through twelve (K-12). | This act would provide four million dollars ($4,000,000) to support comprehensive and effective afterschool, school vacation, summer learning and workforce development programs for students in grades kindergarten through twelve (K-12), provide professional development to employees of out-of-school time programs, and require an annual report to the general assembly and the governor on the status and progress of the programs. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0731 | Prohibits the state from seeking reimbursement for expenditures made on behalf of disabled Rhode Islanders from an ABLE account after death of the designated beneficiary. | This act would prohibit the state from seeking reimbursement for expenditures made on behalf of disabled Rhode Islanders from an ABLE account after death of the designated beneficiary. This act would take effect upon passage. | Crossed Over |
| S0537 | Limits the ability for any federal immigration authority to investigate, detain, apprehend or arrest any individuals for potential violations of federal immigration laws without a judicial warrant within certain protected locations. | This act would limit the ability for any federal immigration authority to investigate, detain, apprehend or arrest any individuals for potential violations of federal immigration laws without a judicial warrant within certain protected locations. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0909 | Makes changes to the access to public records act, including clarifying various provisions, increasing the sanctions for knowing and willful violations of the law, and making certain traffic accident data and preferred license plate information public. | This act would make numerous changes to the access to public records act, including clarifying various provisions, increasing the sanctions for knowing and willful violations of the law, and making certain traffic accident data and preferred license plate information public. Additionally, this act would include a police report of an incident that does not lead to an arrest as accessible to public records request. Any final reports of investigations conducted by internal affairs would be accessible to public records request. All police worn body camera footage would be accessible to public records request and would be made available within thirty (30) days. Arrest logs made within thirty (30) days of arrest, changed from five (5) days previously, would be accessible to public records request. A civil fine for public officials who knowingly violate this chapter would increase from two thousand dollars ($2,000) to four thousand dollars ($4,000), and if a public official recklessly violates this chapter a fine of two thousand dollars ($2,000) this is a change from one thousand dollars ($1,000) previously. There would also be relief in the case of a person filing frivolous request with the intent to disrupt government operations. This act would take effect upon passage. | 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 |
| S0705 | Requires insurance coverage for all community health workers' services to include health and promotion coaching, health education and training, health system navigation and resource coordination services, care planning and follow-up care recommendations. | This act would require insurance coverage for all community health workers’ services to include, but not be limited to, health and promotion coaching, health education and training, health system navigation and resource coordination services, care planning and follow-up care recommendations. Coverage would not be provided for insurance coverage providing benefits for hospital confinement indemnity, disability income, accident only, long-term care, Medicare supplement, limited benefit health, specified disease indemnity, sickness or bodily injury or death by accident, or both, and other limited benefit policies. This act would take effect on January 1, 2026. | Crossed Over |
| S0103 | Mandates all insurance contracts, plans or policies provide insurance coverage for the expense of diagnosing and treating infertility, for women between the ages of 25 and 42 years including preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) in conjunction with IVF. | This act would mandate all insurance contracts, plans or policies provide insurance coverage for the expense of diagnosing and treating infertility, for women between the ages of twenty-five (25) and forty-two (42) years including preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) in conjunction with in vitro fertilization (IVF). This act would take effect on January 1, 2026. | Crossed Over |
| S0027 | Increases the income range up to fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) and tax credit up to eight hundred fifty dollars ($850), for elderly and disabled persons who own or rent their homes. | This act would increase the income range up to fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) and tax credit up to eight hundred fifty dollars ($850), for elderly and disabled persons who own or rent their homes. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0110 | Establishes a tax credit against income tax based on eligible expenses incurred for care and support of an eligible family member. | This act would establish a tax credit against income tax based upon eligible expenditures incurred by a family caregiver for the care and support of an eligible family member. The maximum amount of the credit would be one thousand dollars ($1,000) and would apply to all tax years beginning after December 31, 2025. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0676 | Creates the Rhode Island Student Loan repayment program which would allow eligible individuals who have unpaid student loans, provided said individuals meet specified criteria. | This act would create the Rhode Island Student Loan repayment program which would allow eligible individuals who have unpaid student loans to receive relief if the individual is employed as a licensed clinical social worker or social caseworker or child protective investigator in any public elementary or secondary school in this state, has been full-time in this state in such employment for two (2) years and is enrolled in the Federal Student Aid, Saving on a Valuable Education program. The act would also appropriate the sum of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) to fund this program. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S1081 | SENATE RESOLUTION EXTENDING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF THE HONORABLE ROBERT G. SALISBURY | Senate Resolution Extending Condolences On The Passing Of The Honorable Robert G. Salisbury | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| 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 |
| S1023 | SENATE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING MAY OF 2025, TO BE "BRAIN TUMOR AWARENESS MONTH" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | Senate Resolution Proclaiming May Of 2025, To Be "brain Tumor Awareness Month" In The State Of Rhode Island | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0364 | Provides that exemptions to the prohibition of liquor licenses within two hundred feet (200') of schools or places of worship do not eliminate neighboring property owners’ remonstrance rights to object to the license. | This act would provide that exemptions to the prohibition of liquor licenses within two hundred feet (200') of schools or places of worship do not eliminate neighboring property owners’ remonstrance rights to object to the license. This act would take effect upon passage. | Crossed Over |
| 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 |
| S0258 | Establishes VICTIM Fund grant program to support nonprofit organizations providing victim services in Rhode Island with the state allocating $30,000,000 per year to fund the program and staffing within the department of public safety. | This act would establish a VICTIM Fund grant program to support nonprofit organizations providing victim services in Rhode Island. The act would allocate at least thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) annually for this program, along with funding for a full-time equivalent position within the department of public safety to manage and oversee the grant program. This act would take effect on July 1, 2025. | In Committee |
| S1075 | SENATE RESOLUTION WELCOMING ELIZA REID, RENOWNED WRITER AND FORMER FIRST LADY OF ICELAND, TO THE RHODE ISLAND STATE HOUSE | Senate Resolution Welcoming Eliza Reid, Renowned Writer And Former First Lady Of Iceland, To The Rhode Island State House | 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 |
| S0670 | Establishes the medical primary care scholarship program to be administered by the commissioner of postsecondary education. | This act would establish the medical primary care scholarship program to be administered by the commissioner of postsecondary education. This act would appropriate one million dollars ($1,000,000) for fiscal year 2025-2026 which would be utilized to provide scholarships for four (4) years for doctors, and for two (2) years for physician assistants and nurse practitioners to provide primary care services in Rhode Island. For every year a medical practitioner received a scholarship the recipient would be required to provide two (2) years of work in the field of primary care in the state upon graduation. This act would take effect on July 1, 2025. | In Committee |
| S0740 | Creates process for individual to voluntarily be either temporarily or indefinitely added to a list restricting their rights to purchase or possess firearms. | This act would create a process for an individual to voluntarily be either temporarily or indefinitely added to a list restricting their rights to purchase or possess firearms. The individual may also request removal from the restricted list and all individual records related to the person's inclusion on the list would be destroyed and not subject to the access to public records act. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0085 | Requires grocery stores to specifically limit the number of self-service checkout units to six (6) units per location. The consumer protection unit of the department of attorney general would have authority to enforce these restrictions. | This act would require grocery stores to specifically limit the number of self-service checkout units to six (6) units per location. The consumer protection unit of the department of attorney general would have authority to enforce these restrictions. This act would take effect upon passage. | Crossed Over |
| 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 |
| S0447 | Establishes a child tax credit of one thousand dollars ($1,000) per dependent. | This act would establish a child tax credit of one thousand dollars ($1,000) per dependent. No credit would be allowed unless the taxpayer claiming said child tax credit has a total income for the taxable year that does not exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for a single-filer household and one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) for a dual-filer household. If the amount of the credit allowed under this section exceeds the taxpayer’s tax liability, the division of taxation shall treat the excess as an overpayment and shall pay the taxpayer the entire amount of the excess. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0578 | Provides that the prescription label for medication abortion prescription drugs shall include the name of the dispensing health care practice instead of the name of the dispenser. | This act would provide that the prescription label for medication abortion prescription drugs shall include the name of the dispensing healthcare practice instead of the name of the dispenser. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0824 | Creates the reproductive freedom and gender affirming care health data privacy act. | This act would create the reproductive freedom and gender affirming care health data privacy act. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0869 | Creates the position of dementia services coordinator within the department of health to coordinate the departments approach to Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia. | This act would create the position of dementia services coordinator within the department of health to coordinate the departments' approach to Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0924 | Requires that Medicaid enrollment be maintained or provided to all inmates in the first 30 days of incarceration at the adult correctional institutions within the department of corrections and the last 30 days of incarceration when possible. | This act would require that Medicaid enrollment be maintained or provided to all inmates in the first thirty (30) days of incarceration at the adult correctional institutions within the department of corrections and the last thirty (30) days of incarceration when possible. It would also require that the executive office of health and human services, in accordance with federal law, apply for an § 1115 waiver to offer a program to provide Medicaid benefits to a qualified inmate for up to at least thirty (30) days immediately before the day on which the qualified inmate is released by the department of corrections. This act would take effect on January 1, 2026. | In Committee |
| S1016 | Requires persons convicted of driving under influence or refusal to submit to chemical test, have an ignition interlock system installed in vehicle as part of sentence and to pay an assessment to pay for the interlock systems. | This act would require any person convicted of driving under the influence or refusal to submit to a chemical test, have an ignition interlock system installed in their vehicle as part of any sentence before being eligible for a license reinstatement and would establish a fund that all offenders would contribute. 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 |
| S1068 | SENATE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING MAY 11 THROUGH MAY 17, 2025, TO BE "NATIONAL POLICE WEEK" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND, IN REMEMBRANCE OF ALL THE POLICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE LINE OF DUTY | Senate Resolution Commemorating May 11 Through May 17, 2025, To Be "national Police Week" In The State Of Rhode Island, In Remembrance Of All The Police And Law Enforcement Officers Who Have Lost Their Lives In The Line Of Duty | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S1067 | SENATE RESOLUTION CELEBRATING MAY OF 2025, AS "ASIAN AMERICAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN, AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | Senate Resolution Celebrating May Of 2025, As "asian American, Native Hawaiian, And Pacific Islander Heritage Month" In The State Of Rhode Island | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S1064 | SENATE RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING THE BROWN WOMEN'S RUGBY TEAM ON WINNING THE WOMEN'S RUGBY COLLEGE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW | Senate Resolution Congratulating The Brown Women's Rugby Team On Winning The Women's Rugby College National Championship For The Third Year In A Row | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0946 | Specifies that it is unlawful for any person under the age of eighteen (18) to possess a firearm. | This act would specify that it is unlawful for any person under the age of eighteen (18) to possess a firearm. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0411 | Affords an option for police and firefighters to receive retirement allowances, without reduction, who seek retirement after twenty (20) years of service upon reaching age fifty-seven (57). | This act would afford an option for police and firefighters to receive retirement allowances, without reduction, who seek retirement after twenty (20) years of service, upon reaching age fifty- seven (57). This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0428 | Amends the pension benefits for both current and former Rhode Island state police members, and would extend the time period a member may serve in the Rhode Island state police. | This act would amend the pension benefits for both current and former Rhode Island state police members, and would extend the time period a member may serve in the Rhode Island state police. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0410 | Changes the retirement allowance based on accrued benefits. | This act would allow all retired police officers and firefighters to receive an additional retirement allowance, equal to the members' accrued benefit, determined pursuant to this section as of June 30, 2025, plus two and one-half percent (2.5%) of the final compensation amount multiplied by the years of service after June 30, 2025. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0480 | Mandates health insurance coverage for FDA approved contraceptive drug, device or therapeutic equivalent. | This act would mandate health insurance coverage for at least one FDA-approved contraceptive drug, device or therapeutic equivalent, emergency contraception available over-the- counter, as well as voluntary female sterilization procedures; patient education and counseling on contraception; and follow-up services related to the drugs, devices, products and procedures. This act would take effect on January 1, 2026. | In Committee |
| 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 |
| S0165 | Prohibits pharmacy benefit managers from conducting or participate in spread pricing within the state. | This act would require that pharmacy benefit managers ensure that the total amount required to be paid by a health benefit plan and a covered person for a prescription drug covered under the plan does not exceed the amount paid to the pharmacy for dispensing the drug. This act would take effect upon passage. | Crossed Over |
| S0173 | Requires the secretary of the executive office of health and human services to monitor and mandate changes to the price-setting practices of pharmacy benefit managers to prohibit the spread pricing payment model. | This act would require the secretary of the executive office of health and human services (EOHHS) to monitor and mandate changes to the price-setting practices of pharmacy benefit managers to prohibit the spread pricing payment model. This act would take effect upon passage. | Crossed Over |
| 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 |
| S0997 | Establishes the Beverage Container Recycling Act | This act would establish the Beverage Container Recycling Act. This act would establish a comprehensive program providing for deposits on and recycling of beverage containers. This program would be administered and overseen by the department of environmental management. This act would also provide for the assessment of penalties on producers and recycling refund producer responsibility organizations who fail to meet certain performance targets. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| S0941 | Allows continuing care providers to provide care in an individual’s home, subject to the same disclosures and requirements as continuing care provided in a facility. | This act would allow continuing care providers to provide care in an individual’s home, subject to the same disclosures and requirements as continuing care provided in a facility. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S1027 | SENATE RESOLUTION CELEBRATING APRIL 24, 2025, AS "RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE DAY" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | Senate Resolution Celebrating April 24, 2025, As "rhode Island College Day" In The State Of Rhode Island | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0254 | Would provide children up to age three (3) with continuous coverage eligibility for RIte Track/RIte Care so that they are not at risk of losing coverage at the yearly redetermination due solely to administrative barriers. | This act would provide children up to age three (3) with continuous coverage eligibility for RIte Track/RIte Care so that they are not at risk of losing coverage at the yearly redetermination due solely to administrative barriers. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0244 | Increases the Rhode Island earned-income credit to twenty percent (20%) on January 1, 2026. Such credit would not exceed the amount of state income tax. | This act would increase the Rhode Island earned-income credit to twenty percent (20%) on January 1, 2026. Such credit would not exceed the amount of state income tax. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0701 | Allows advanced practice registered nurses, physician assistants, and physicians who are and are not licensed in Rhode Island to provide telemedicine services to patients who are in the state when those services are rendered. | This act would permit advanced practice registered nurses (APRN), physicians, and physician assistants to provide services to patients located in Rhode Island via telemedicine when those services are necessary and medically and clinically appropriate. This act would also allow APRNs, physicians, and physician assistants who are licensed in other states or U.S. territories who have appropriate professional liability insurance coverage and who are licensed and in good standing in those jurisdictions to provide telemedicine services to patients who are in Rhode Island when those services are rendered. Further, this act would bring providers who render telemedicine services to patients who are in the state when the services are rendered under the jurisdiction of the state and its courts. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0406 | Creates the Microplastics Reduction Act to prohibit the sale or distribution of products containing synthetic polymer micro particles. | This act would prohibit a manufacturer from selling, offering for sale, or distributing into commerce any product containing synthetic polymer micro particles, beginning January 1, 2029, would call for the adoption of microplastics testing plan of water, soil, and other environmental media for the presence of microplastics, and would adopt a statewide microplastics strategy plan. This act would take effect upon passage. | 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 |
| 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 |
| S0855 | Establishes a maximum hourly workday for all peace officers as defined in § 12-7-21 and a violation rate of pay of double time and a half. | This act would establish a maximum hourly workday for all peace officers as defined in § 12-7-21 and would establish a violation rate of pay of double time and a half. 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 |
| S0962 | SENATE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF EDMEE PARISI | Senate Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of Edmee Parisi | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| 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 |
| S0272 | Mandates that all restaurants offering children's meals offer at least two (2) children's meals that complies with certain detailed nutritional standards set forth in the act. | This act would mandate that all restaurants offering children's meals, offer at least two (2) children's meals that complies with certain detailed nutritional standards set forth in the act. The act would further require that a nutritious meal contain no more than five hundred fifty (550) calories, seven hundred (700) milligrams of sodium, fifteen (15) grams added of sugars, ten percent (10%) of calories from saturated fat and zero grams of trans fat. It would also require that the nutritious meal, include at least two (2) of the five (5) food groups: fruit, vegetable, low-fat dairy, protein and whole grain. This act would take effect on January 1, 2026. | In Committee |
| S0460 | Expands the DCYF powers by overseeing and administer comprehensive behavioral health services for children with serious emotional disturbances and children with developmental or functional disabilities. | This act would expand the scope and power of the department of children, youth and families (DCYF) to oversee and administer comprehensive behavioral health services for children with serious emotional disturbances and children with developmental or functional disabilities. This act would also require DCYF to create a framework for the children's behavioral health services that adheres to Medicaid requirements. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0391 | Requires every elementary and secondary school within the State of Rhode Island to provide and maintain clearly visible and easily accessible trauma kits within the school. It also provides immunity if assistance is rendered. | This act would require that every elementary and secondary school within the State of Rhode Island, whether they are public or privately run, provide and maintain clearly visible and easily accessible trauma kits. This act would also provide for immunity for trained persons that gratuitously render emergency assistance to a person who experiences a traumatic bleeding injury. This act would take effect on January 1, 2027. | 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 |
| 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 |
| S0217 | Allows holders of a Class P license to purchase alcoholic beverages from either a retail or wholesale establishment in the State of Rhode Island. | This act would allow holders of a Class P license to purchase alcoholic beverages from either a retail or wholesale establishment in the State of Rhode Island and allow wholesalers to refuse to fulfill orders permitted under this section, or set minimum quantities or dollar values per order. It would also permit caterers to serve and leave an event host's alcoholic beverages at their residence so long as it is under the caterer's control for the entirety of the event. 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 |
| S0069 | Provides employees with civil administrative remedies against contractors, subcontractors involved in the contract with joint/severable liability imposed on contractors or subcontractors. Effective 9/1/2025. | This act would make contractors civilly liable and/or jointly civilly liable for any claims of wage theft or nonpayment from an employee against the contractor, its subcontractors and any subcontractor involved in the performance of the contract; provided that, written notice of the alleged violation be given to the contractor not more than forty-five (45) days from the last occurrence of the alleged wage theft. This act would also authorize only administrative and/or civil actions to recover the claimed wages. This act would further provide that these provisions could be waived by a collective bargaining agreement with a bona fide building and construction trade labor organization which has established itself as the collective bargaining representative for persons performing work on a project. This act would take effect on September 1, 2025, and would apply to construction contracts entered into, renewed, modified or amended on or after the effective date of this act. | In Committee |
| S0056 | SENATE RESOLUTION RESPECTFULLY URGING THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO PROTECT PATIENTS AND TRADITIONAL MEDICARE FROM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | Senate Resolution Respectfully Urging The United States Congress To Protect Patients And Traditional Medicare From Medicare Advantage | In Committee |
| S0702 | Requires every individual or group health insurance plan on or after January 1, 2026, that provides benefits to reimburse child service providers for therapy services offered through EOHHS certified Kids Connect/Therapeutic Services. | This act would require every individual or group health insurance plan on or after January 1, 2026, that provides benefits to reimburse child service providers for therapy services offered through EOHHS certified Kids Connect/Therapeutic Services. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0385 | Impose requirements and actions that certain electric distribution and gas distribution companies must meet prior to implementing rate changes. | This act would impose requirements and actions that electric distribution companies and gas distribution companies having over one hundred thousand (100,000) customers would need to take prior to implementing rate changes. The act would also add additional requirements of providing explanations and annual reports with information on costs contributing to rate adjustments, for the purpose of providing greater transparency to customers and consumers of electricity and gas. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0958 | SENATE RESOLUTION JOYOUSLY CELEBRATING THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF PACE-RI | Senate Resolution Joyously Celebrating The 20th Anniversary Of Pace-ri | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0619 | Prohibits individuals from conveying items to or from the training school for youth without prior consent by the executive director of the division of youth development at the department of children, youth and families. | This act would prohibit individuals from conveying items to or from the training school for youth without prior consent by the executive director of the division of youth development at the department of children, youth and families. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0108 | Directs the general assembly to fund ten full time equivalent positions in FY 2026 to support DEM's efforts in the areas of forestry and forestry projects. | This act would direct the general assembly to appropriate in the fiscal year 2026 budget, a sum sufficient to fund ten additional full time equivalent ("FTE") positions to be assigned to the department of environmental management (the "department"), and to fund necessary equipment and supplies, with the intent to support and expand the department's efforts in the areas of forests and forestry projects. 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 |
| S0377 | Establishes the “2025 Rhode Island Broadband Transparency and Consumer Protection Act." | This act would require the constant updating of information to accommodate changes in broadband technology. The act would also direct the Rhode Island commerce corporation to implement new data collection and mapping of broadband availability, provide protections for certain submitted data, and direct the corporation to collect fees from Internet service providers operating in Rhode Island to fund the data collection required by the act. The act would further require the corporation to submit a detailed plan to the governor and general assembly regarding the creation of a broadband regulatory authority. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| S0882 | SENATE RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING THE WINNERS OF THE 13TH ANNUAL PROSTART® HIGH SCHOOL COMPETITION | Senate Resolution Congratulating The Winners Of The 13th Annual Prostart® High School Competition | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0883 | SENATE RESOLUTION HONORING THE RHODE ISLAND FOOD POLICY COUNCIL | Senate Resolution Honoring The Rhode Island Food Policy Council | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0698 | Allows the office of health insurance commissioner (OHIC) as the state agency that has the authority to designate patient-centered medical home (PCMH) care to obtain maximal health outcomes. | This act would allow the office of health insurance commissioner (OHIC) as the state agency that has the authority to designate patient-centered medical home (PCMH) care to obtain maximal health outcomes. The primary care site would have achieved and maintain NCQA, PCMH distinction or approval of the joint commission on AAAHC, as determined by the department of health. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0344 | Requires EOHHS to develop a budget and seek funding to establish an early childhood mental health hub program to improve access to infant and early childhood mental health services for children under six (6) years and their families. | This act would require the executive office of health and human services (EOHHS) to develop a budget and seek federal, philanthropic, or other funding to establish an early childhood mental health hub program focused on improving access to infant and early childhood mental health services for children under the age of six (6) years and their families. The hub would be funded as a pilot program for a minimum of three (3) years. 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 |
| S0350 | Defines a quorum of the building code standards committee be a majority of the current board members and amends the state building code to require that sections provide that dwelling units from one to four (4) units use the international residential code. | This act would define a quorum of the building code standards committee to be a majority of the current board members, provide for prompt adoption and enforcement of updated building codes, amend the state building code to require that sections provide that dwelling units from one to four (4) units use the 2024 and subsequent versions of the international residential code and that multiple dwellings with more than four (4) units, hotels and motels use the 2024 and subsequent versions of the commercial international building code, and expand the additional levy on residential permits for one and two (2) family dwellings to three (3) and four (4) unit dwellings. 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 |
| S0775 | Replaces the coastal resources management council with a state department of coastal resources and transfer all of the powers and duties between the two (2) authorities. | This act would replace the coastal resources management council with a state department of coastal resources and transfer all of the powers and duties between the two (2) authorities. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0772 | Increases the number of state child care licensing inspectors to meet the national recommended average of one inspector for every fifty (50) to sixty (60) child care providers. | This act would increase the number of state child care licensing inspectors to meet the national recommended average of one inspector for every fifty (50) to sixty (60) child care providers. 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 |
| S0376 | Amends the definition of "regulated institution", to include non-depository trust companies organized under the law of any state or the United States Government. | This act would amend the definition of "regulated institution", to include non-depository trust companies organized under the law of any state or the United States Government. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0501 | Authorizes municipalities to make an emergency declaration under limited circumstances to allow for the construction and use of SAVE Units on a temporary basis which have specialized requirements and exemptions from the state fire and building codes. | This act would authorize municipalities to make an emergency declaration under limited circumstances to allow for the construction and use of SAVE Units on a temporary basis which have specialized requirements and exemptions from the state fire and building codes. This act would also include a provision for reports to be provided to the governor, the speaker of the house and the president of the senate regarding the nature of the emergency and the number of individuals served by SAVE Units. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0221 | Provides certain controls over prescription drug costs by imposing transparency, oversight and accountability requirements on commercial insurers and their pharmacy benefit managers. | This act would provide certain controls over prescription drug costs by imposing transparency, oversight and accountability requirements on commercial insurers and their pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0152 | Spells out rules and regulations for the presidential preference primary elections, and would also establish rules for ranked choice voting tabulation and results reporting by the secretary of state. | This act would spell out rules and regulations for the presidential preference primary elections, and would also establish rules for ranked choice voting tabulation and results reporting by the secretary of state. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0117 | Sets controls on Medicaid prescription drug costs by imposing transparency and accountability requirements on managed care organizations (MCOs) and their pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). | This act would set controls on Medicaid prescription drug costs by imposing transparency and accountability requirements on managed care organizations (MCOs) and their pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| 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 |
| S0820 | JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AND PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION -- OF SUFFRAGE (Would propose to the voters of the state a constitutional amendment regarding eligibility to vote and to be a candidate.) | Joint Resolution To Approve And Publish And Submit To The Electors A Proposition Of Amendment To The Constitution -- Of Suffrage (would Propose To The Voters Of The State A Constitutional Amendment Regarding Eligibility To Vote And To Be A Candidate.) | In Committee |
| S0648 | Requires veterinarians to provide consultations to animal owners when a drug is prescribed and dispensed for that annual patient. | This act would require veterinarians to provide consultations to animal owners when a drug is prescribed and dispensed for that animal patient. This act would take effect on January 1, 2026. | 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 |
| S0121 | Requires a report to be produced that focuses on prescription drug prior authorizations by January 1, 2026. | This act would require a report to be produced that focuses on prescription drug prior authorizations by January 1, 2026. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0053 | Provides an insurer would not impose prior authorization requirements for any service ordered by an in-network primary care provider. | This act would provide that an insurer would not impose prior authorization requirements for any admission, item, service, treatment, or procedure ordered by an in-network primary care provider, with certain exceptions. This act would take effect on July 1, 2026. | In Committee |
| S0116 | Limits the use by insurers of step therapy, a protocol that establishes a specific sequence in which prescription drugs for a specified medical condition are covered by an insurer, by allowing medical providers to request step therapy exceptions. | This act would limit the use by insurers of step therapy utilization management, a protocol or program that establishes a specific sequence in which prescription drugs for a specified medical condition are covered by an insurer by allowing medical providers to request step therapy exceptions. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0178 | Requires every public school in Rhode Island to have a school library or library media center in a permanent and dedicated space available to students in grades K-12 with a librarian available. | This act would require every public school in Rhode Island to have a school library or library media center in a permanent and dedicated space available to students in grades K-12 with a librarian available to permit access to the library for students before, during and after school hours. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0346 | Establishes a single-payer health care insurance system, consolidating public and private payments into a more efficient Medicare-for-all style program, funded by progressive taxes, to reduce health care costs. | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- THE RHODE ISLAND COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM - Establishes a single-payer health care insurance system, consolidating public and private payments into a more efficient Medicare-for-all style program, funded by progressive taxes, to reduce health care costs. | In Committee |
| S0148 | Prohibits any questioning of a juvenile who is suspected of delinquent or criminal behavior, unless the parent of guardian of the juvenile is present, or unless an attorney is present or the juvenile and their parents have waived their presence. | This act would prohibit any questioning of a juvenile who is suspected of delinquent or criminal behavior unless the parent, legal guardian of the juvenile or the DCYF when parental rights are terminated is present, or unless an attorney is present, the juvenile and their parent or legal guardian have waived their presence, the court is satisfied that the juvenile has made a knowing voluntary waiver of their rights, the juvenile is emancipated or has misrepresented their age as being 18 years or older. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0707 | Creates the Rhode Island Individual Market Affordability Act of 2024 to help reduce out-of-pocket costs for low- and moderate-income consumers enrolled in the health insurance coverage through the Rhode Island health benefits exchange. | This act would create the Rhode Island individual market affordability act of 2025 to help reduce out-of-pocket costs for low- and moderate-income consumers enrolled in health insurance coverage through the Rhode Island health benefits exchange. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0382 | Establishes the commuter transportation benefit chapter. Employers with five hundred (500) or more employees would be required to establish a pre-tax commuter transportation fringe benefit program. | This act would establish the commuter transportation benefit chapter. Employers with five hundred (500) or more employees would be required to establish a pre-tax commuter transportation fringe benefit program. This act would take effect on January 1, 2026. | In Committee |
| S0665 | Permits hit and run victims suffering serious bodily injury to recover under the crime victim compensation program. | This act would permit hit and run victims suffering serious bodily injury to recover under the crime victim compensation program 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 |
| S0054 | Prohibits health insurance providers from requiring preauthorization for in- network mental health or substance use disorder services. | This act would prohibit health insurance providers from requiring preauthorization for in- network mental health or substance use disorder services. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0418 | Includes "hosting platform" under the definition of "room-seller" and imposes a tax of 5% on the rental of a house or condominium with the tax used exclusively for infrastructure improvements, riverine and coastal resiliency and housing. | This act would include "hosting platform" under the definition of "room-seller" and would impose a tax of five percent (5%) upon the rental of a house or condominium. The funds from the tax would be used exclusively for infrastructure improvements, riverine and coastal resiliency and housing. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0445 | Allows an individual, who is a first-time homebuyer, to contribute funds to a first- time homebuyers saving account with Rhode Island Housing to pay for eligible costs to purchase a home. | This act would allow an individual, who is a first-time homebuyer, to contribute funds to a first-time homebuyer savings account with Rhode Island housing to pay for eligible costs to purchase a home. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0597 | SENATE RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING MARCH 8, 2025, AS "INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY", AND THE MONTH OF MARCH AS "WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH", IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | Senate Resolution Recognizing March 8, 2025, As "international Women’s Day", And The Month Of March As "women's History Month", In The State Of Rhode Island | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0596 | SENATE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF DR. JOSEPH J. BOX | Senate Resolution Expressing Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of Dr. Joseph J. Box | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0369 | SENATE RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING SEPTEMBER AS SUBSTANCE USE RECOVERY AWARENESS MONTH IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND CALLING FOR THE END OF STIGMA AND EMPOWERING RECOVERY THROUGH LANGUAGE IN RHODE ISLAND | Senate Resolution Recognizing September As Substance Use Recovery Awareness Month In The State Of Rhode Island And Calling For The End Of Stigma And Empowering Recovery Through Language In Rhode Island | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0372 | SENATE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES TO THE MURPHY FAMILY ON THE PASSING OF THE HONORABLE JOHN M. MURPHY | Senate Resolution Expressing Condolences To The Murphy Family On The Passing Of The Honorable John M. Murphy | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0370 | SENATE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING FEBRUARY OF 2025, AS "BLACK HISTORY MONTH" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | Senate Resolution Proclaiming February Of 2025, As "black History Month" In The State Of Rhode Island | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| 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 |
| S0224 | SENATE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING FEBRUARY 11, 2025, AS "THE 2ND RHODE ISLAND REGIMENT/BLACK REGIMENT RECOGNITION DAY" TO COMMEMORATE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF BLACK SOLDIERS DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR | Senate Resolution Proclaiming February 11, 2025, As "the 2nd Rhode Island Regiment/black Regiment Recognition Day" To Commemorate The Contributions Of Black Soldiers During The American Revolutionary War | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0225 | SENATE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING FEBRUARY 7TH THROUGH THE 14TH OF 2025, TO BE "CONGENITAL HEART DEFECT AWARENESS WEEK" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | Senate Resolution Proclaiming February 7th Through The 14th Of 2025, To Be "congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week" In The State Of Rhode Island | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0052 | Prohibits certain claim practices of health insurers and medical providers. The act would further require fulfillment of medical record requests within fourteen (14) days. | This act would prohibit a health insurer from denying a claim and a medical provider from refusing to submit a claim to a health insurer based on the services arising from a motor vehicle accident or other third-party claim. This act further prohibits charges to first-party coverage without an insured’s written consent and requires medical providers to fulfill record requests within fourteen (14) days. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0162 | SENATE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF DAVID E. POTTS | Senate Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of David E. Potts | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0081 | SENATE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF JOSEPH A. GILMARTIN | Senate Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of Joseph A. Gilmartin | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0082 | SENATE RESOLUTION EXTENDING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF CHARLENE C. CONNORS | Senate Resolution Extending Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of Charlene C. Connors | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0007 | SENATE RESOLUTION HONORING RUTH ANN MADSEN FOR HER SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF RHODE ISLAND ON THE OCCASION OF HER PASSING | Senate Resolution Honoring Ruth Ann Madsen For Her Service To The People Of Rhode Island On The Occasion Of Her Passing | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0001 | SENATE RESOLUTION EXTENDING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF CAROL A. BRIDEN | Senate Resolution Extending Condolences On The Passing Of Carol A. Briden | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0008 | SENATE RESOLUTION AMENDING THE RULES OF THE SENATE FOR THE YEARS 2023-2024 (This resolution would amend the rules of the Senate relative to committees and would create a new committee on artificial intelligence and emerging technologies.) | Senate Resolution Amending The Rules Of The Senate For The Years 2023-2024 (this Resolution Would Amend The Rules Of The Senate Relative To Committees And Would Create A New Committee On Artificial Intelligence And Emerging Technologies.) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0003 | SENATE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING SINCERE CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF CONSTANCE M. SILVEIRA | Senate Resolution Expressing Sincere Condolences On The Passing Of Constance M. Silveira | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0002 | SENATE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF DANIEL A. SPAIGHT, JR. | Senate Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of Daniel A. Spaight, Jr. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| 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 | Abstain |
| 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 | Yea |
| 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 | Absent |
| 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 |
| Committee | Position | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detail | Rhode Island Joint Legislative Services Committee | Vice Chair | 1 |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RI | Rhode Island Senate District 14 | Senate | Democrat | In Office | 01/01/2019 |