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Legislator > Jonathon Acosta
State Senator
Jonathon Acosta
(D) - Rhode Island
Rhode Island Senate District 16
In Office - Started: 01/05/2021
contact info
Central Falls Office
100 Illinois St.
Central Falls, RI 02863
Central Falls, RI 02863
Phone: 401-305-0545
General Capitol Building Address
82 Smith St.
Providence, RI 02903
Providence, RI 02903
Phone: 401-222-3580
| Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| S0421 | JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $450,000 TO THE RHODE ISLAND FOOD BANK (This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of $450,000 to the Rhode Island Food Bank.) | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $450,000 To The Rhode Island Food Bank (this Resolution Would Authorize The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $450,000 To The Rhode Island Food Bank.) | In Committee |
| S0779 | Imposes a wealth tax on Rhode Island individuals and entities at a rate of one percent (1%) of worldwide wealth. | This act would impose a wealth tax on Rhode Island individuals and entities at a rate of one percent (1%) of worldwide wealth. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0650 | 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. | In Committee |
| S0324 | Creates a public education program on methods to recycle textiles. | This act would create a public education outreach program to educate residential households and commercial businesses on the value of, and proper methods to, recycle textiles in the state. 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. | 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 |
| S0483 | Authorizes pharmacists to dispense a one-time refill, for up to one hundred days under certain specified conditions. | This act would authorize pharmacists to dispense a one-time refill, for up to one hundred days under the following conditions: 1. The pharmacist is unable to readily obtain a refill authorization from the prescriber, or the patient does not have a prescriber; 2. The prescription is not for a drug in Schedule II-V 3. Medication is essential to maintain life or for a chronic condition; 4. The pharmacist has judged that stopping medication might produce undesirable health risks or physical or mental discomfort; and 5. The pharmacist notifies the prescriber of the refill within seven business days, or if no current prescriber exists, the pharmacist will maintain detailed records of the transaction. This act would take effect on July 1, 2026. | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| S0464 | Requires every college in RI to train staff members in the student residential department, including RAs, to administer of opioid antagonists with protection from liability and prosecution. | This act would mandate every college or university in Rhode Island to provide training in the administration of opioid antagonists to every resident assistant as designated by the institution, and would also authorize those colleges and universities to include trained employee volunteers to act in accordance with this act. This act would also provide that the college or university and any person authorized by the college or university to administer an opioid antagonist be exempt from administrative liability, civil liability or criminal prosecution as a result of administering opioid antagonists. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0190 | Provides that in local educational agencies when over 45% of the children have a family income that is at or below 185% of federal poverty guidelines then the student success factor will be 50% by the core instruction per-pupil amount. | This act would provide that in local educational agencies when over forty-five percent (45%) of the children have a family income that is at or below one hundred eighty-five percent (185%) of federal poverty guidelines then the student success factor will be fifty percent (50%) by the core instruction per-pupil amount. This act would take effect upon passage. | 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 |
| 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 |
| S1042 | Makes students in workforce-ready certificate programs at the Community College of Rhode Island eligible to receive the Rhode Island Promise Scholarship. | This act would make students in workforce-ready certificate programs at the community college of Rhode Island eligible to receive the Rhode Island Promise Scholarship. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0524 | Requires state use actual residences of persons in government custody for redistricting purposes. Information would be collected by the department of corrections and forwarded to the division of statewide planning, to be utilized for redistricting. | This act would require that the state use the actual residences of persons in government custody for redistricting purposes. Such information would be collected by the department of corrections and forwarded to the division of statewide planning, to be utilized for redistricting. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0519 | Prohibits discrimination on the basis of race by expanding the definition of race to include traits historically associated with race, including, but not limited to, hair texture and protected hairstyles. | This act would prohibit discrimination on the basis of race by expanding the definition of race to include traits historically associated with race, including, but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| S0151 | Establishes the process to provide a legal mechanism whereby a terminally ill patient may choose to end their life using medications prescribed by a physician. | This act would establish the process to provide a legal mechanism whereby a terminally ill patient may choose to end their life using medications prescribed by a physician. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| 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 |
| S0256 | Mandates additional state education funding for the mental and behavioral health of students equal to 2% of the district’s total expenditures, and require those funds be used to hire staff such as school social workers, and behavioral specialists. | This act would amend the current law to mandate additional state education categorical funding for the mental and behavioral health of students equal to two percent (2%) of the district’s total expenditures, and would further mandate that those funds be used to hire and retain staff such as school social workers, school counselors, school psychologists, paraprofessionals, behavioral specialists, and registered behavior techs (RBTs). This act would also require that in order to be eligible for such funding, districts must: (1) be below the industry-recommended ratios of student population to school social worker, school counselor or school psychologist and/or have elementary classrooms without a full-time behavior specialist; (2) comply with all provisions of the school improvement team law; and (3) maintain policies to ensure students removed from the classroom with escalated behavior receive de-escalation support before returning to the classroom. The act would further require the department of elementary and secondary education to collect performance reports from districts, approve the use of funds before expending, and ensure the funds are not utilized for activities the district is currently funding. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0677 | Changes annual reporting requirements for the state’s family home-visiting program and also impacts appropriation and spending of funds in order to access maximum federal funding for these programs. | This act would change the department of health’s annual reporting requirements regarding the family home-visiting program. This act would also appropriate the minimum amount of general revenue to access the maximum amount of federal MIECHV funds and the department to spend all federally available funds. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0336 | Allows an individual school district that can utilize its own buses or vendors at a lower cost than the statewide system, to obtain reimbursement for these costs from state funds. | This act would provide that an individual school district that utilizes its own buses or vendors to transport students outside the district, at a lower cost than the statewide school transportation system, could submit these costs to the department of elementary and secondary education and receive reimbursement from state funds This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0246 | Requires oil spill responsible fee from 5 cents to 10 cents. Funds to support climate change initiatives. | This act would raise the minimum fee per barrel of petroleum products or crude oil from five cents ($0.05) to ten cents ($0.10) per barrel as part of the uniform oil spill response and prevention fee. Use of the fund would be expanded to support projects and initiatives to reduce emissions and meet the act on climate goals as directed by the executive climate change coordinating council (EC4). This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0531 | Makes several amendments to the cannabis act relating to applications for licensure, the social equity assistance program and the application of cannabis tax revenue. | This act would make several amendments to the cannabis act relating to applications for licensure, the social equity assistance program and the application of cannabis tax revenue. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0386 | Allows RI to opt out of the provisions of DIDMCA exempting out of state lenders from interest rate limits which apply to RI lenders. Prevents evasion of statutory interest rate limits and lending rules for loans made in RI. | This act would allow Rhode Island to opt out of the provisions of the “Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act of 1980” (DIDMCA), for loans made within the State of Rhode Island, which allow financial institutions chartered in other states to be exempt from interest rate limits which apply to financial institutions chartered in Rhode Island. This act would also prevent evasion of Rhode Island’s interest rate limits and lending rules by making clear that lenders, whether they identify themselves as such or not, remain bound by Rhode Island’s lending laws for both small loans and loans in general. This act would take effect on October 1, 2025. | In Committee |
| S0269 | Repeals the required HIV testing for an individual convicted under chapter 34.1 of title 11 and allows the option for HIV testing for any person convicted under this chapter. | This act would repeal the required HIV testing for an individual convicted under chapter 34.1 of title 11 ("commercial sexual activity"). It would also allow the option for HIV testing for any person convicted under this chapter. This act would take effect upon passage. | Crossed Over |
| S0331 | Requires the department of elementary and secondary education to propose, by October 1, 2025, funding alternatives to increase state aid for districts with high poverty, with recommendations on funding levels and their impacts. | This act would require the department of elementary and secondary education to propose, by October 1, 2025, funding alternatives to increase state aid for districts with high poverty, with recommendations on funding levels and their impacts. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0435 | Exempts from the sales tax eligible school supplies, costing less than $30.00, purchased within one week prior to the commencement of the academic year. | This act would exempt from the sales tax eligible school supplies, costing less than thirty dollars ($30.00), purchased within one week prior to the commencement of the academic year for public and private schools. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0719 | Increases the notification time about rent increases and termination of tenancy for month-to-month tenants. | This act would increase the notification time about rent increases and termination of tenancy for month-to-month tenants. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S1063 | 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. | This act would authorize 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. The act would also amend the provisions for the calculation of the total allocation to the Central Falls stabilization fund and of Central Falls’ share of the stabilization fund to support the Central Falls school district. Section 1 of this act shall take effect January 1, 2026. The remaining sections of this act shall take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0771 | Requires every public school to have a policy regarding the use of personal electronic devices on school grounds. | This act would require every public school district to have a policy regarding the use of personal electronic devices on school grounds and during school-sponsored activities to reduce distractions and maintain environments focused on learning. The act would also enable school districts to make exceptions to the policy. This act would take effect on August 1, 2026. | Crossed Over |
| S0809 | Grants Rhode Island's family court jurisdiction to make findings for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status petitions, including determinations about dependency, parental reunification, and the child’s best interest, for minors under twenty-one (21) years. | This act would grant Rhode Island's family court jurisdiction to make findings for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status petitions, including determinations about dependency, parental reunification, and the child’s best interest, for minors under twenty-one (21) years. 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 |
| 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 |
| S0145 | Requires the courts to consider the parental status of the defendant at the time of sentencing and allows the defendant to present a family impact statement, including testimony, videos and documents relative to their parental status. | This act would require the courts to consider the parental status of the defendant at the time of sentencing and would allow the defendant to present a family impact statement, including testimony, videos and documents relative to their parental status. Unless the court finds that the parent poses a significant risk to the community that outweighs the harm of the parent’s absence from the child’s life, it shall impose a sentence that does not include imprisonment. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0192 | Requires a review by the department of elementary and secondary education of the formula components used to compute the aid needed to support high need students. | This act would require a review by the department of elementary and secondary education of the formula components used to compute the aid needed to support high need students. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0979 | Amends Pawtucket property tax classification system. | This act would amend the property tax classification system for the city of Pawtucket. Class 1 property would be increased from five (5) dwelling units to six (6) dwelling units in which at least one unit is owner-occupied. This act would also establish class 5 which would include all residential real estate of not more than five (5) units if no units are owner-occupied. This act would provide that class 5 property tax rates shall not be more than one hundred seventy-five percent (175%) of class 1 property tax rates. This act would take effect upon passage. | Crossed Over |
| S0276 | Amends several sections of chapter 24 of title 45, entitled "zoning ordinances," also known as the "Rhode Island zoning enabling act of 1991," with the intent of preserving neighborhood character and promoting smart growth. | This act would amend several sections of chapter 24 of title 45, entitled "zoning ordinances," also known as the "Rhode Island zoning enabling act of 1991," with the intent of preserving neighborhood character and promoting smart growth. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0220 | Amends Rhode Island’s existing healthcare services funding plan act by adding an account relating to a new psychiatry resource network to fund Rhode Island’s present PediPRN and MomsPRN. | This act would amend Rhode Island’s existing healthcare services funding plan act by adding an account relating to a new psychiatry resource network to fund Rhode Island’s present PediPRN and MomsPRN, as well as similar programs which may be added by regulation in the future. It would also add an assessment to those previously authorized by the healthcare services funding plan act for purposes of funding this new account. This act would take effect on July 1, 2025. | Crossed Over |
| S0020 | Directs the commissioner of postsecondary education to prepare a strategic plan for public higher education which is aligned with the goals of the board of education's strategic plan. | This act would assign additional duties to the commissioner of postsecondary education, including, but not limited to, preparing a strategic plan for public higher education which is aligned with the goals of the board of education's strategic plan and which would provide for equitable distribution of public funds. This act would also provide that any policies and goals adopted would have an outcomes-based model emphasizing outcomes across a range of variables. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0022 | Reduces the time, from three (3) years to six (6) months, required for a nonimmigrant foreign national student, who has resided in Rhode Island, to be eligible to pay the same in-state tuition as any other Rhode Island student. | This act would reduce the time, from three (3) years to six (6) months, required for a nonimmigrant foreign national student, who has resided in Rhode Island, to be eligible to pay the same in-state tuition as any other Rhode Island student. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0021 | Extends teacher certifications without fee or penalty for three (3) or five (5) years for teachers who hold certifications as of July 1, 2025. | This act would extend teacher certifications without fee or penalty for three (3) or five (5) years for teachers who hold certifications as of July 1, 2025. This act would permit a teacher who has three (3) years of certified teaching experience, to acquire an additional certification through examination or content coursework. This act would also direct the department of elementary and secondary education to revise its regulations pertaining to certification to create multiple pathways to obtain teacher and administrator certification. This act would take effect upon passage. | Crossed Over |
| S0074 | Creates a special license plate for the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council, Inc. that would support the Blackstone River Valley Environmental Clean-up and Education Fund. | This act would create a special license plate for the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council, Inc. that would support the Blackstone River Valley Environmental Clean-up and Education Fund. This act would take effect six (6) months after passage. | Crossed Over |
| S0129 | Amends the Rhode Island Fair Housing Practices Act. | This act would amend the Rhode Island Fair Housing Practices Act to define "assistance animal" and clarify existing protections for persons with such animals consistent with the federal Fair Housing Act, clarify the ability of the Rhode Island Commission for Human Rights to accept, investigate, and decide cases alleging discrimination on the basis of "housing status," make unlawful the issuance of discriminatory notices or statements related to the sale, rental or leasing of housing, and delete a provision in current law prohibiting parties from discussing their fair housing cases publicly. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0111 | This act would sunset/discontinue the Jobs Development Act rate reduction as of July 1, 2025. | This act would sunset/discontinue the Jobs Development Act rate reduction as of July 1, 2025. 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 |
| 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 |
| S0512 | Creates the division of civil representation within the department of housing and require civil representation by a Designated Legal Organization to provide legal representation to all tenants who qualify in eviction proceedings. | This act would create the division of civil representation within the department of housing and require a designated legal organization to provide legal representation to all tenants who qualify in eviction proceedings. The act would also provide that notice of a tenant’s right to legal representation be included in all residential landlord/tenant complaint forms and that any attempt to waive that right in a lease would be void. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0580 | Limits rent increases to no more than 4% annually unless the landlord is granted exemption by the secretary of housing. Provides tenants with a civil action to recover damages, including award of attorneys' fees and punitive damages, for any violations. | This act would limit rent increases to no more than four percent (4%) annually unless the landlord is granted an exemption by the secretary of housing, and would provide tenants with a civil action to recover damages, including an award of attorneys' fees and punitive damages, for any violations. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0618 | Provides an exemption for certain incarcerated persons from the payment of fees for a first request for vital statistics from the department of health. | This act would provide an exemption for certain incarcerated persons from the payment of fees for a first request for vital statistics from the department of health. This act would take effect upon passage. | Crossed Over |
| S0518 | CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE IMPACT AND POTENTIAL ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF BAIL REFORMS ON BLACK RHODE ISLANDERS AND THE STATE | This resolution would create an eleven (11) member special legislative study commission whose purpose it would be to analyze the impact and potential economic benefits of bail reforms on Black Rhode Islanders, and who would report back to the Senate no later than February 5, 2026, and whose life would expire on April 5, 2026. | In Committee |
| S0030 | Creates a postsecondary tuition assistance for shortage teaching fields. | This act would create postsecondary tuition assistance for shortage teaching fields which are defined as subject areas or teacher certifications that are experiencing a critical lack of educators in the state such as any sciences grades seven (7) through twelve (12) and any mathematics grades seven (7) through twelve (12). Recipients of tuition assistance would have to be enrolled, or accepted for enrollment at a Rhode Island postsecondary institution in a program to become a teacher in a shortage field and complete at least three (3) years of full-time teaching in a shortage teaching field in this state. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0032 | Includes municipal detention facility corporations as exempt from taxation, and requires that an amount equal to 27% of all tax that would have been collected if the property was taxable be paid to the municipality annually. | This act would include municipal detention facility corporations as exempt from taxation under state law, and require the general assembly to appropriate, annually, for payment to the city or town where the property is located a sum equal to twenty-seven percent (27%) of all tax that would have been collected if the property was taxable. 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 |
| S0988 | Includes Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday as a holiday. | This act would include Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday as a holiday. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0100 | Eliminates the sunset on the provision of finding for child care for eligible child care educators and child care staff. | This act would eliminate the sunset on the provision of funding for child care for eligible child care educators and child care staffs, remove the family income limit, and would expand the program to include staff providing early intervention services to infants and toddlers with developmental delays and disabilities and would require an annual reporting of participant data to the governor and general assembly by November 1. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| 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 |
| S0673 | Directs the DHS and the department of education to work collaboratively to sustain and strengthen existing workforce development and compensation programs for educators working in licensed child care and early learning programs statewide. | This act would direct the department of human services and the department of education to work collaboratively to sustain and strengthen existing workforce development and compensation programs for educators working in licensed child care and early learning programs statewide and would allocate at least $1,000,000 to continue the Child Care WAGE$ model to help strengthen and sustain the child care workforce This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0797 | Updates the Homeless Bill of Rights to add rules governing encampments, including the right to clean and sanitary conditions and impose penalties for violations of the rights set forth in this chapter in the amount of $500 per violation. | This act would update the Homeless Bill of Rights to add rules governing encampments, including the right to clean and sanitary conditions and impose penalties for violations of the rights set forth in this chapter in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500) per violation. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0478 | Establishes the scope of a certified professional midwife’s authority relating to prescribing medication to patients. | This act would establish the scope of a certified professional midwife’s authority relating to prescribing medication to patients. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0479 | Requires health insurance plans to cover services provided by licensed certified professional midwives. Insurers must report utilization and cost data annually. Certain limited benefit policies are exempt. | This bill would require health insurance plans to cover services provided by licensed certified professional midwives. Insurers would be required to report utilization and cost data annually and certain limited benefit policies would be exempt. This act would take effect on January 1, 2026. | In Committee |
| S0589 | Requires small employers with one to fifty (1-50) employees and large employers with fifty (50) or more employees to pay overtime wages to exempt workers if their salary exceeds varying multipliers of minimum wage for a forty (40) hour workweek. | Under current law, employers are not obligated to pay overtime to their executive, administrative, and professional employees who are compensated through salary rather than hourly wages, unless the salary of such employees would, if calculated according to a 40-hour work week, fall below the state’s current minimum wage. This act would raise that cut-off and make additional salaried employees non-exempt and therefore eligible for overtime pay, by requiring small employers with one to fifty (1-50) employees and large employers with fifty (50) or more employees, to pay overtime wages to currently exempt workers, if their salary falls below a threshold based upon multipliers of minimum hourly wage, for a forty (40) hour workweek. For example, for the year 2026, the multiplier would be one and one-half (1½) times the minimum hourly wage for a forty (40) hour workweek for small employers with less than fifty (50) employees and two (2) times the minimum hourly wage for a forty (40) hour workweek for large employers with more than fifty (50) employees, resulting in overtime entitlement for more employees. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0322 | Establishes "The Children's Cardiac Safety Act", and provide for childhood cardiac screening based on modules that incorporate current best practices. | This act would establish "The Children's Cardiac Safety Act", and provide for childhood cardiac screening based on modules that incorporate current best practices. This act would take effect on January 1, 2026. | In Committee |
| S0177 | JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE, PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION -- RIGHT TO AN ADEQUATE EDUCATION (Amends the constitution to guarantee Rhode Island residents with equal opportunity to receive an education that is adequate, equitable and meaningful and provides judicial enforcement of this provision.) | Joint Resolution To Approve, Publish And Submit To The Electors A Proposition Of Amendment To The Constitution -- Right To An Adequate Education (amends The Constitution To Guarantee Rhode Island Residents With Equal Opportunity To Receive An Education That Is Adequate, Equitable And Meaningful And Provides Judicial Enforcement Of This Provision.) | Crossed Over |
| S0092 | Imposes a seventy-five cent (0.75) surcharge on fares charged by rideshare companies as well as an account to benefit RIPTA from the payment of sales taxes collected from rideshares. | This act would impose a seventy-five cent ($0.75) surcharge on fares charged by rideshare or transportation network companies. This act would also require that fifty percent (50%) of the surcharge be deposited in a restricted account to be used for street improvements in the municipality where the fare originated, and fifty percent (50%) of the surcharge be deposited in a restricted account to fund Transit Forward RI. The tax administrator would promulgate rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this chapter. The act would also establish a restricted receipt account for the benefit of RIPTA funded by sales tax collected from ride-share companies such as Uber and Lyft. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0046 | Extends allocation of motor fuel tax to the Intermodal Surface Transportation Fund through 2025. Changes the allocation to 30% total proceeds, including 30% from the one cent per gallon environmental protection fee through 2026 and thereafter. | This act would extend through 2025 the allocation of motor fuel tax to the Intermodal Surface Transportation Fund. This act would change the allocation to thirty percent (30%) of the total proceeds, including thirty percent (30%) derived from the one cent ($0.01) per gallon environmental protection fee pursuant to § 46-12.9-11 through 2026 and thereafter. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0487 | Prohibits any personnel, in any healthcare facility, from asking the legal immigration status of any patient. | This act would prohibit any personnel, in any healthcare facility, from asking the legal immigration status of any patient. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0378 | Establishes an intervenor support program to provide compensation for an intervenor who makes a substantial contribution to a proceeding resulting in a decision favorable to the interest of utility consumers. | This act would establish an intervenor support program to provide compensation for reasonable advocate's fees, reasonable expert witness fees, and other reasonable costs to an intervenor who makes a substantial contribution to a proceeding resulting in a decision favorable to the interest of utility consumers. The act would also establish an intervenor compensation special fund within the public utilities commission, forwarding grants to intervenors. This act would take effect on September 1, 2025. | 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 |
| S0593 | Prohibits public utilities, serving greater 100,000 customers from recovering through rates any direct or indirect cost associated with, amongst other costs, advertising, marketing, communications. | This act would prohibit public utilities, serving greater than one hundred thousand (100,000) customers from recovering through rates any direct or indirect cost associated with, amongst other costs, advertising, marketing, communications, or public education that seek to influence public opinion, including any costs associated with activities such as research, analysis, preparation or planning undertaken in support of advertising, marketing, communications, or public education, or any other related costs identified by the commission. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0927 | Increases, for persons subject to the Code of Ethics, the maximum value of an acceptable gift to $50.00 from a single interested person, but in no case can the gift have an aggregate value of more than $250 in any calendar year. | This act would increase for persons subject to the Code of Ethics the maximum value of an acceptable gift to fifty dollars ($50.00) from a single interested person, but in no case can the gift have an aggregate value of more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) in any calendar year. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0013 | Would promote 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 upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0128 | Repeals 42-56-38.1 and requires the DOC to provide free communication services to inmates and juveniles held in residential placement or detention centers and requires that those facilities provide in-person contact visits. | This act would repeal provisions which allow the department of corrections to charge inmates for phone calls and replace them with requirements that the department of corrections would provide free communication services to inmates and juveniles held in residential placement or detention centers and the requirement that those facilities provide in-person contact visits. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0202 | Grants a right of first offer to qualified nonprofits for the purchase of certain multi-family residential properties at market prices, within a reasonable period of time to promote the creation and preservation of affordable rental housing. | This act would grant a right of first offer to qualified nonprofits for the purchase of certain multi-family residential properties at market prices, within a reasonable period of time to promote the creation and preservation of affordable rental housing. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0295 | Prohibits state and municipal officials or body from entering into and renewing any agreements that will be used to detain individuals for federal civil immigration violations. | This act would prohibit state and municipal officials or body from entering into and renewing any agreements that will be used to detain individuals for federal civil immigration violations. It would also prohibit state and local leaders from leasing their public real estate for use as an immigration detention facility. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0811 | Establishes The Body Cameras for Correctional Facilities Act which mandates all department of corrections staff with direct supervision rolls to wear body cameras while on duty in their assigned facility. | This act would establish the body cameras for correctional facilities act which would mandate all department of corrections staff with direct supervision rolls to wear body cameras while on duty in their assigned facility. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0274 | 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. | This act would prohibit a landlord from asking about the immigration status of a tenant, prospective tenant, occupant, or prospective occupant of residential rental property, subject to any federal laws or regulations, but would allow a landlord to request information or documentation necessary to determine or verify the financial qualifications of a prospective tenant or to determine or verify the identity of a prospective tenant. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0533 | Establishes the restrictive housing oversight committee ("committee") for the purpose of monitoring the use of restrictive housing ("solitary confinement"), as well as disciplinary and administrative confinement at the department of corrections. | This act would establish the restrictive housing oversight committee ("committee") for the purpose of monitoring the use of restrictive housing ("solitary confinement"), as well as disciplinary and administrative confinement at the department of corrections. This act would also authorize the committee to hire an ombudsperson to assist it in its oversight duties. This act would take effect on July 25, 2025. | In Committee |
| S0750 | Increases the minimum wage amount for any person committed to the adult correctional institution from three dollars to five dollars a day for every day the person shall labor. | This act would increase the minimum wage amount for any person committed to the adult correctional institution from three dollars to five dollars a day for every day the person shall labor. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0070 | Requires employer to furnish items and conditions of employment and a pay stub explaining how wages were calculated/reasons for deductions/allows the employee to file a court action against employer for violation. | This act would require the employer, at the time of hiring, to furnish to their employees an itemized list of the terms and conditions of the employee's employment. It would mandate that the employer provide every employee, each payday, a pay stub, explaining exactly how their wages were calculated and the reason for each deduction from their gross wages. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0296 | Repeals provisions that assess costs for women in the community corrections program for women offenders. | This act would repeal provisions that assess costs for women in the community corrections program for women offenders. This act would take effect upon passage. | Crossed Over |
| S0311 | Requires the department of administration to provide a list of certified minority and women-owned business enterprises to each prospective contractor of a construction project. | This act would require the department of administration to provide a list of certified minority and women-owned business enterprises to each prospective contractor of a construction project and would prohibit the issuance of a waiver from this requirement until the contractor received assistance from the department. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0832 | Permits continuation of instructor-led virtual instruction for drivers’ education for two-year period. Board of education required to provide report comparing test scores of virtual versus in-person instruction to house speaker and senate president. | This act would permit the continuation of instructor-led virtual instruction for drivers’ education until July 1, 2027, the board of education would be required to provide a report comparing test scores of virtual versus in-person instruction to the speaker of the house and president of the senate no later than September 1, 2027. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0885 | Extends certain protocols applicable to motor vehicle manufacturers to their distributors and factory branches, as well as updates warranty reimbursement and recall obligation policies. | This act would extend certain protocols applicable to motor vehicle manufacturers to their distributors and factory branches, as well as update warranty reimbursement and recall obligation policies. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0047 | Adjusts the motor fuel tax for inflation every two (2) years based on the inflation that has occurred in the previous two (2) years. | This act would make an adjustment for inflation on the motor fuel tax. As currently written and applied, the tax administrator makes an adjustment every two (2) years, based on the inflation that occurred in the previous year. This act would adjust every two (2) years based on the inflation that has occurred in the previous two (2) years. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0492 | Allows municipalities to enact ordinances that would permit municipalities and water suppliers to enter properties to perform lead service line replacements and permit tenants to request and schedule private side lead service line replacements. | This act would allow municipalities to enact ordinances that would permit municipalities and water suppliers to enter properties to perform lead service line replacements and permit tenants to request and schedule private side lead service line replacements with the local water supplier when the property owner is unresponsive to a request for service line replacement; provided that, the property owner is eligible for a free service line replacement. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0773 | Provides that the school year for all public schools, including traditional public and public charter schools, independent charter schools, and mayoral academies, would start on the same date of each calendar year. | This act would provide that the school year for all public schools, including traditional public and public charter schools, independent charter schools, and mayoral academies, would start on the same date of each calendar year. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0733 | Requires the court to set reasonable bail for all those individuals who appear before it as probation violators and establish a presumption of personal recognizance unless the new alleged offense is a crime of violence as defined in the act. | This act would require the court to set reasonable bail for all those individuals who appear before it as probation violators and establish a presumption of personal recognizance unless the new alleged offense is a crime of violence as defined in the act. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0545 | Provides for tiered and reduced penalties for offenses of larceny, and shoplifting. Further provides that offenses of shoplifting or larceny would not be misdemeanors, repeals habitual offender provisions and other fraudulent offenses. | This act would provide for tiered and reduced penalties for the offenses of larceny, and shoplifting. This act would further provide that the offense of shoplifting, under two hundred fifty dollars ($250), for a first offense, or under twenty-five dollars ($25.00), for a second or third offense, would no longer be classified as a misdemeanor. This act would also repeal the habitual offender mandatory minimum statute, certain specified larceny offenses, and would also repeal criminal offenses involving insurance fraud, health care fraud, fraud involving obtaining public assistance and fraudulent use of food stamps. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0278 | Under certain circumstances, provides immunity from arrest and prosecution for prostitution, procurement of sexual conduct for a fee, loitering for prostitution and soliciting from motor vehicles for indecent purposes. | This act would under certain circumstances, provide immunity from arrest and prosecution for prostitution, procurement of sexual conduct for a fee, loitering for prostitution and soliciting from motor vehicles for indecent purposes. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0847 | Requires certain health care facilities to allow a terminally ill patient’s use of medicinal cannabis within the health care facility, subject to certain restrictions. | This act would require certain healthcare facilities to allow a terminally ill patient’s use of medicinal cannabis within the healthcare facility, subject to the following restrictions including: requiring a patient to provide the healthcare facility with an ID and a copy of their medical marijuana card or written documentation that the use of medicinal cannabis is recommended by a physician, and requiring a healthcare facility to restrict how a patient stores and uses medicinal cannabis to ensure the safety of other patients, guests, and employees of the healthcare facility. The act would also provide that compliance with the bill would not be a condition for obtaining, retaining, or renewing a license as a healthcare facility. The act would authorize a healthcare facility to suspend compliance with these provisions if a federal agency takes specified actions. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0062 | Removes the requirement that families consent to, and cooperate with the department of human services in establishing paternity and enforcing child and medical support orders as a condition of eligibility for child care assistance. | This act would remove the requirement that families consent to, and cooperate with the department of human services in establishing paternity and enforcing child and medical support orders as a condition of eligibility for child care assistance. This act would take effect upon passage. | Crossed Over |
| S0674 | AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF CENTRAL FALLS TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES IN THE CITY BY THE ISSUANCE OF NOT MORE THAN $15,000,000 BONDS, NOTES AND/OR OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS THEREFOR | AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF CENTRAL FALLS TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES IN THE CITY BY THE ISSUANCE OF NOT MORE THAN $15,000,000 BONDS, NOTES AND/OR OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS THEREFOR | Crossed Over |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| S0517 | Allows citizens of a city or town who are at least sixteen (16) years of age to register to vote and to vote in school committee elections in municipalities where school committees are elected entities. | This act would allow citizens of a city or town who are at least sixteen (16) years of age to register to vote and to vote in school committee elections in municipalities where school committees are elected entities. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| 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. | In Committee |
| S0482 | Amends the types of less expensive generic products which pharmacists may prescribe to include "devices and supplies" and "therapeutically equivalent products" and requires the director to provide a list of therapeutically equivalent products. | This act would amend the types of less expensive generic products which pharmacists may prescribe to include "devices and supplies" and "therapeutically equivalent products" and would require the director to provide a list of therapeutically equivalent products. This act would take effect on January 1, 2026. | 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 |
| 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 |
| S0222 | Requires pharmacy benefit managers to reimburse pharmacist no less than national drug acquisition costs plus fee. | This act would require pharmacy benefit managers to reimburse a pharmacist in an amount not less than the national average drug acquisition cost plus dispensary fee, or in circumstance in which that information is unavailable then in an amount not less than the wholesale acquisition cost plus dispensary fee. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0239 | Directs the departments of human services and education to work together to sustain and strengthen existing workforce development and compensation programs for educators working in licensed child care and early learning programs statewide. | This act would direct the department of human services and the department of education to work collaboratively to sustain and strengthen existing workforce development and compensation programs for educators working in licensed child care and early learning programs statewide. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0535 | Increases number of members of the state crime laboratory commission 9, changes makeup of commission to include individuals with expertise in law enforcement, criminal defense, scientific research, makes chair of department of physics executive secretary. | This act would increase the number of members of the state crime laboratory commission from five (5) to nine (9), change the makeup of the commission to include individuals with expertise in law enforcement, expertise in criminal defense, and expertise in scientific research. It would also make the chair of the department of physics at the University of Rhode Island the executive secretary. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0312 | Changes the name of the holiday on the second Monday of August from Victory Day to Peace and Remembrance Day. | This act would change the name of the holiday on the second Monday of August from Victory Day to Peace and Remembrance Day. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0638 | Develops standards of civics education in grades K-12 teaching history in the state of Rhode Island, representative government, the rights and duties of actively engaged citizenship, principals of democracy, and media literacy. | This act would develop and adopt a set of grade level standards in civics education for kindergarten through grade twelve (grades K-12) that teaches the history of the State of Rhode Island, representative government, the rights and duties of actively engaged citizenship, principals of democracy, and media literacy. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0755 | Designates as the state music, the genre of rhythm and blues which contains elements of pop, soul, funk, hip-hop, and electronic music. | This act would designate as the state music, the genre of rhythm and blues which contains elements of pop, soul, funk, hip-hop, and electronic music. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0838 | SENATE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING MARCH 17, 2025, TO BE "PROFOUND AUTISM DAY IN RHODE ISLAND" | Senate Resolution Proclaiming March 17, 2025, To Be "profound Autism Day In Rhode Island" | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0834 | SENATE RESOLUTION CELEBRATING ST. PATRICK’S DAY AND HONORS IRELAND’S ROLE IN THE UNITED STATES WAR OF INDEPENDENCE | Senate Resolution Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day And Honors Ireland’s Role In The United States War Of Independence | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0839 | SENATE RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING THE BRYANT UNIVERSITY BULLDOGS MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM ON WINNING THE AMERICA EAST REGULAR SEASON AND CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS AND EARNING A BERTH IN THE NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT | Senate Resolution Congratulating The Bryant University Bulldogs Men's Basketball Team On Winning The America East Regular Season And Conference Tournament Championships And Earning A Berth In The Ncaa Men's Basketball Tournament | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0835 | SENATE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING THE CELEBRATION OF ST. JOSEPH'S DAY | Senate Resolution Commemorating The Celebration Of St. Joseph's Day | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| 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 |
| S0291 | Prohibits the civil arrest of any person who is attending court either on behalf of themselves or a family or household member. Any person who violates this act shall be subject to civil suit, and for contempt of court. | This act would prohibit the civil arrest of any person who is attending court either on behalf of themselves or a family or household member. Any person who violates this act would be subject to civil suit, and for contempt of court. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0836 | SENATE RESOLUTION HONORING AND RECOGNIZING EMILY SANTERRE FOR BEING NAMED MISS IRELAND IN THE ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE IN WEST WARWICK, RHODE ISLAND | Senate Resolution Honoring And Recognizing Emily Santerre For Being Named Miss Ireland In The St. Patrick's Day Parade In West Warwick, Rhode Island | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| 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 |
| S0761 | This pilot program would create a $3,000 trust for each Rhode Island child ages zero to one year born to a family enrolled in the Rhode Island Works Program (“RI Works”) during the preceding calendar year. | This act would create a pilot program that would create a $3,000 trust for each Rhode Island child ages zero to one year born to a family enrolled in the Rhode Island works program (“RI Works”) during the preceding calendar year. The office of the general treasurer would hold the funds in trust and invest the funds until the child reaches the age of maturity. Upon reaching the age of maturity, any individual who received a grant at birth and has been a Rhode Island citizen for the last two (2) years would be eligible to withdraw the funds and investment proceeds, and use funds to either: (1) Attend a higher education or vocational school in Rhode Island; (2) Purchase a home in Rhode Island; (3) Start a business with its principal place of business in Rhode Island; or (4) Another investment in financial assets or personal capital that provides long-term gains to wages or wealth, as defined in regulation promulgated by the general treasurer. This act would take effect on July 1, 2026. | In Committee |
| S0485 | Limits prior authorization requirements for rehabilitative and habilitative services. Also prohibits prior authorization for the first twelve (12) visits of a new episode of care and for ninety (90) days following a chronic pain diagnosis. | This act would limit prior authorization requirements for rehabilitative and habilitative services. This act would prohibit prior authorization for the first twelve (12) visits of a new episode of care and for ninety (90) days following a chronic pain diagnosis. This act would also require that insurers must respond to requests within twenty-four (24) hours, and delays result in automatic approval. This act would further allow retroactive authorization for medically necessary services and provides appeal rights for denied requests. This act would take effect on January 1, 2026. | In Committee |
| S0067 | Clarifies the role of a corporation electing to be governed as a workers' cooperative to allow it to operate as a hiring hall under certain circumstances. | This act would clarify the role of a corporation electing to be governed as a workers' cooperative to allow it to operate as a hiring hall under certain circumstances. This act would also designate that workers furnished by a workers’ cooperative corporation would be considered independent contractors, and the workers’ cooperative with the respect to those workers would be exempt from the requirements that to the extent that a workers’ cooperative has stakeholders (owners) who are employees (members), the workers’ cooperative would be subject to the provisions of title 28 related to employees including, but not limited to: department of labor and training payroll taxes, temporary disability insurance, state unemployment insurance, and workers’ compensation insurance. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0154 | Commences July 1, 2025, this act would eliminate the provision of this section that requires new applicants for employment under this section to pay the expense for their criminal background checks. | Commencing July 1, 2025, this act would eliminate the provision of this section that requires new applicants for employment under this section to pay the expense for their criminal background checks. This act would take effect upon passage. | 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 |
| S0205 | Prohibit the family court from detaining any juvenile or committing any juvenile, under the age of 12 years, to the training school, for any offense other than murder, first degree sexual assault, or an attempt to commit such offenses. | This act would prohibit the family court from detaining any juvenile or committing any juvenile, under the age of twelve (12) years, to the training school, for any offense other than murder, first degree sexual assault, or an attempt to commit such offenses, and the court determines that there is no other reasonable placement to ensure the safety of the juvenile and the general public. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0051 | Limits copays, coinsurance or office deductibles for services of a physical therapist to the amount authorized for the services of a primary care physician or osteopath on or after January 1, 2026. | This act would limit copays, coinsurance or office deductibles for services of a physical therapist to the amount authorized for the services of a primary care physician or osteopath on or after January 1, 2026. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0470 | Amends the current law in order that a health insurer would not require a physician, to participate in "capitation," or any other "alternative payment model" that creates a financial incentive for a physician to limit medically necessary care. | This act would amend the current law in order that a health insurer would not require a physician, as a condition of contracting, to participate in any financial or reimbursement incentive program, commonly referred to as "capitation," or any other "alternative payment model" that creates a financial incentive for a physician to limit medically necessary care or to choose to keep low need patients or not to keep high need patients. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0577 | Prohibits family court from detaining or committing any youth, 12 years or younger, to training school, for any offense other than murder, first degree sexual assault, or an attempt to commit such offenses there is no other reasonable placement. | This act would prohibit the family court from detaining any youth or committing any youth, twelve (12) years or younger, to the training school, for any offense other than murder, first degree sexual assault, or an attempt to commit such offenses, and the court determines that there is no other reasonable placement to ensure the safety of the youth and the general public. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0465 | Prohibits a person from being denied life insurance for preexisting conditions or previous denials. | This act would prohibit a person from being denied life insurance for preexisting conditions or previous denials. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0760 | SENATE RESOLUTION CELEBRATING THE 4TH ANNUAL "RI CRAFT BEER WEEK" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND ON MARCH 7TH THROUGH MARCH 16TH OF 2025 | Senate Resolution Celebrating The 4th Annual "ri Craft Beer Week" In The State Of Rhode Island On March 7th Through March 16th Of 2025 | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0675 | Defines Class 5 property to include the commercial portion of mixed use properties and fix the tax rate for Class 3 property at thirty-eight dollars and 33 cents ($38.33) per one thousand dollars ($1,000). | This act would define Class 5 property to include the commercial portion of mixed use properties and fix the tax rate for Class 3 property at thirty-eight dollars and thirty-three cents ($38.33) per one thousand dollars ($1,000). This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0736 | Prohibits a peace officer or a school resource officer from employing threats, physical harm, deprivation, deception, coercion, or psychologically manipulative interrogation tactics during the custodial interrogation of a juvenile. | This act would prohibit a peace officer, as defined in § 12-7-21, or a school resource officer (SRO) from employing threats, physical harm, deprivation, deception, coercion, or psychologically manipulative interrogation tactics during the custodial interrogation of a juvenile. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0484 | Establishes, encourages and supports the establishment of family councils and resident councils in managed residential communities providing assisted living services. | This act would establish, encourage and support the establishment of family councils and resident councils in managed residential communities providing assisted living services. This act would further support the transparency of rates and fees to residents in managed residential communities providing assisted living services and set a minimum notice period for rate increases of one hundred twenty (120) days. 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 |
| S0231 | Establishes a task force managed by the children’s cabinet to develop recommendations to improve access to early intervention and early childhood special education services. | This act would establish a public-private task force managed by the children’s cabinet to develop recommendations with cost estimates that, when implemented, would improve access to high-quality early intervention and early childhood special education services for children with developmental delays and disabilities from birth up to kindergarten entry. This act would further direct the Executive Office of Health and Human Services to seek $250,000 in federal funding to support the work of the task force over an eighteen (18) month period. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0215 | Commencing January 1, 2026, this act would increase the minimum wage for employees receiving gratuities from the current $3.89 to $6.75 per hour. | Commencing January 1, 2026, this act would increase the minimum wage for employees receiving gratuities from the current three dollars and eighty-nine cents ($3.89) to six dollars and seventy-five cents ($6.75) per hour. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0456 | Establishes a revolving fund to assist first-time home buyers and veterans to purchase a home in Rhode Island by issuing grants of up to forty thousand dollars ($40,000). | This act would establish a revolving fund to assist first-time homebuyers and veterans to purchase a home in Rhode Island by issuing grants of up to forty thousand dollars ($40,000). The revolving fund would be administered by the Rhode Island housing and mortgage finance corporation. This act would also authorize the Rhode Island housing and mortgage finance corporation to issue low interest loans to applicants who qualify for the grants. The act would also provide for an initial appropriation of thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) to establish the revolving fund. This act would take effect on July 1, 2025. | In Committee |
| S0437 | Imposes a non-owner occupied property tax on residential properties assessed in excess of eight hundred thousand dollars ($800,000) at variable rates dependent on values assessed by local tax assessors. | This act would impose a non-owner occupied property tax on residential properties assessed in excess of eight hundred thousand dollars ($800,000) at variable rates dependent on values assessed by local tax assessors. This act would take effect on January 1 2026. | In Committee |
| S0063 | Furthers delineate the definitions of felony, misdemeanor and petty misdemeanor. | This act would further delineate the definitions of felony, misdemeanor and petty misdemeanor. This act would take effect upon passage. | Crossed Over |
| 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 |
| S0368 | SENATE RESOLUTION WELCOMING SCOUTING AMERICA, NARRAGANSETT COUNCIL, TO THE RHODE ISLAND STATE HOUSE AND JOYFULLY CELEBRATING SCOUTING MONTH IN FEBRUARY | Senate Resolution Welcoming Scouting America, Narragansett Council, To The Rhode Island State House And Joyfully Celebrating Scouting Month In February | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0299 | Prohibits members of law enforcement from engaging in sexual penetration with individuals in their custody. The act also provides that a person convicted of custodial law enforcement sexual penetration would face imprisonment for not more than 3 years. | This act would prohibit members of law enforcement from engaging in sexual penetration with individuals in their custody. The act would also provide that a person convicted of custodial law enforcement sexual penetration would face imprisonment for not more than three (3) years. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0287 | Provides for a residency requirement of at least six (6) months rather than one year for the Rhode Island family court to have jurisdiction over a divorce complaint. | This act would provide for a residency requirement of at least six (6) months rather than one year for the Rhode Island family court to have jurisdiction over a divorce complaint. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| S0371 | SENATE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING THE 181ST ANNIVERSARY OF DOMINICAN REPUBLIC INDEPENDENCE ON FEBRUARY 27, 2025 | Senate Resolution Commemorating The 181st Anniversary Of Dominican Republic Independence On February 27, 2025 | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| 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 |
| S0227 | SENATE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF RUFINA DELIZO RICE | Senate Resolution Expressing Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of Rufina Delizo Rice | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0228 | SENATE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF HILDING T. MUNSON | Senate Resolution Expressing Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of Hilding T. Munson | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0226 | SENATE RESOLUTION EXTENDING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF MARIE T. NESSELBUSH | Senate Resolution Extending Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of Marie T. Nesselbush | 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 |
| S0109 | Amends State funding calculations for special education, revising extraordinary cost calculations for FY 2027-2028, and providing additional funds for excess costs when special education students move into a district after the budget is approved. | This act would amend the calculation of state funding provided to local education agencies for special education services. The act would revise the calculation of extraordinary special education costs in fiscal years 2027 and 2028, and would also provide additional funds for excess costs for special education students who move into a district after a district has approved its fiscal year budget. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| 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 |
| Bill | Bill Name | Motion | Vote Date | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S0799 | Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of Codac, Inc., a Rhode Island nonprofit domestic corporation, located at 45 Royal Little Drive in Providence, Rhode Island. | Passage | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
| S1008 | VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE CHARTER OF THE HARRISVILLE FIRE DISTRICT | Passage | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
| S0317 | Increases the maximum fees payable to sheriffs, sergeants, and constables for the service of writs, citations, or subpoenas, from $45.00 to $70.00. | Passage | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| S0356 | Provides that a communication between an attorney and client acting as a trustee or other fiduciary, is privileged and protected from disclosure to the same extent as if the client was acting in his, her, or its individual capacity. | Passage | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| S0532 | Allows boats and marine assets to utilize the overweight oversize annual blanket permit that was in effect until 2022, and for the resumption of the prior practice of permitting for boats and marine asset transportation. | Passage | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| S0568 | Requires that all new school buses be equipped with live digital video school bus violation detection monitoring systems as of July 1, 2027. All buses, new and used, must have the monitoring systems installed by July 1, 2032. | Passage | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| S0514 | Requires the state retirement board to publish online all archived video or audio recordings and all future recordings of meetings of the board. | Passage | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| 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. | Passage | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| S0730 | Exempts qualified tuition savings programs of any state authorized under 26 U.S.C. § 529 from judicial attachment. | Passage | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| S0926 | Extends the immunity from alcohol- or drug-related offenses in cases of emergency overdose care to violations of bail conditions. | Passage | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| S0952 | Adds "debit cards" to the section of law relating to fraudulent use of credit cards. | Passage | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| 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. | Passage | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0610 | Adds several consumer protections to existing Medicare Supplement law. | Passage | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
| 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. | Passage | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0023 | SENATE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POTENTIAL CHANGES IN LEGISLATION/OVERSIGHT OF THE ACT ON CLIMATE (Creates a 5 member commission to provide recommendations for legislation changes and/or oversight for the Act on Climate, and would report back by May 1, 2026, and would expire on June 1, 2026.) | Passage | 05/15/2025 | Yea |
| S0269 | Repeals the required HIV testing for an individual convicted under chapter 34.1 of title 11 and allows the option for HIV testing for any person convicted under this chapter. | Passage | 05/15/2025 | Yea |
| 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. | Passage | 05/15/2025 | Yea |
| 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. | Passage | 05/15/2025 | Yea |
| S0495 | Authorizes the establishment of a RI housing champion designation program. This program would make qualified municipalities eligible to receive preferential access to state resources, including discretionary state infrastructure funds, as available. | Passage | 05/15/2025 | Yea |
| S0468 | Prohibits the state, participating ERISA, or any health plan from purchasing referenced drugs for a cost higher than the referenced rate. | Passage As Amended | 05/15/2025 | Yea |
| S0468 | Prohibits the state, participating ERISA, or any health plan from purchasing referenced drugs for a cost higher than the referenced rate. | Approval Of Amendment | 05/15/2025 | Yea |
| S0828 | 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 | 05/15/2025 | Yea |
| S0959 | Protects bullying/psychological abuse in workplace inflicted upon employees by employers/co-employees/provides civil remedies to affected employees/fines against employers/imprisonment/fines against co-employees. | Passage | 05/15/2025 | Yea |
| S0989 | Allows for the issuance of a Class T liquor license by the town of Jamestown. | Passage | 05/15/2025 | Yea |
| S0084 | 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 As Amended | 05/13/2025 | Yea |
| S0084 | Prohibits casualty insurers from assessing any premium surcharge or penalty against an insured solely for inquiring about the terms of the insured's policy. | Approval Of Amendment | 05/13/2025 | Yea |
| 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. | Passage | 05/13/2025 | Yea |
| S0114 | Prohibits any health insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, or other third-party payor from discriminating against any 340B entity participating in a drug discount program. | Passage | 05/13/2025 | Yea |
| S0238 | Promotes free expression and access of information by prohibiting the censorship of library materials. | Passage | 05/13/2025 | Yea |
| S0263 | Requires coverage for acute mental health crisis mobile response and stabilization services to eligible individuals enrolled as plan beneficiaries. | Passage | 05/13/2025 | Yea |
| S0271 | Prohibits health benefit plans reviewing prescriptions for opioid addiction treatment. | Passage | 05/13/2025 | Yea |
| S0343 | Requires all lifeguards, and park rangers, to be trained in administering opioid antagonists, and would require all public beaches to keep available a minimum of four doses of opioid antagonist. | Passage | 05/13/2025 | Yea |
| 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. | Passage | 05/13/2025 | Yea |
| S0475 | Requires public or private golf courses to have an automated external defibrillator on the premises. | Passage | 05/13/2025 | Yea |
| S0688 | Makes a technical amendment to correctly reference a section of general law that allows for a tax refund deduction for contributions to the Rhode Island organ transplant fund. | Passage | 05/13/2025 | Yea |
| S0771 | Requires every public school to have a policy regarding the use of personal electronic devices on school grounds. | Passage | 05/13/2025 | Yea |
| S0076 | Removes the requirement that applicants for a Bronze Star Medal license plate, pay a registration fee or transfer charge. | Passage | 05/08/2025 | Yea |
| S0075 | Waives the fees for vehicle identification number inspections for veterans, including active duty military personnel and members of the National Guard and military reserves. | Passage As Amended | 05/08/2025 | Yea |
| S0075 | Waives the fees for vehicle identification number inspections for veterans, including active duty military personnel and members of the National Guard and military reserves. | Approval Of Amendment | 05/08/2025 | Yea |
| S0083 | Removes the licensing exemption for a lender that originates less than six (6) loans in twelve (12) consecutive months. | Passage | 05/08/2025 | 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 | 05/08/2025 | Yea |
| S0172 | Provides an interest rate cap on medical debt. | Passage | 05/08/2025 | Yea |
| S0387 | Requires the installation of universal changing stations in all newly constructed, reconstructed, or remodeled public buildings and places of public accommodation. | Passage | 05/08/2025 | Yea |
| S0381 | Allows providers of services under this section to visit the houses of individuals with special needs or sensory-related disorders or differences in order to provide haircuts or hairdressing services. | Passage | 05/08/2025 | Yea |
| S0624 | Implements a thirty (30) day waiting period following the issuance of a learners permit and the waiting period must expire before the person is permitted to take the road test in order to obtain a full license. | Passage | 05/08/2025 | Yea |
| S0602 | Eliminates one of two (2) conflicting versions of the science and technology advisory council authorizing statute, clarifying the structure of the council. | Passage | 05/08/2025 | Yea |
| S0625 | Adds “space force” to the branches of the military included in various sections of general law regarding the veterans home, veterans cemetery and the power of armed forces officers to take acknowledgements. | Passage | 05/08/2025 | Yea |
| S0700 | Amends provisions relative to confidentiality of health care communications and the process for requesting records and/or confidential health care information. | Passage | 05/08/2025 | Yea |
| S0711 | Restructures the Rhode Island Housing and Conservation Trust Fund, increases its membership to 15 members, 11 of whom are to be from the general public and reallocates the percentage of the funds for housing, conservation and other goals. | Passage | 05/08/2025 | Yea |
| S0767 | Establishes the Genetic Information Privacy Act, which would require a direct-to-consumer genetic testing company, as defined, to provide a consumer with certain information regarding the company’s policies and procedures regarding use of genetic data. | Passage | 05/08/2025 | Yea |
| S0914 | Removes the fee for registration and plate transfer for a Distinguished Service Cross registration plate. | Passage | 05/08/2025 | Yea |
| S0953 | Exempts emergency mail ballots from the requirement to have certain wording regarding "mail voters" on the ballot. | Passage | 05/08/2025 | Yea |
| S0944 | VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF WOONSOCKET | Passage | 05/08/2025 | Yea |
| S0979 | Amends Pawtucket property tax classification system. | Passage | 05/08/2025 | Yea |
| S0021 | Extends teacher certifications without fee or penalty for three (3) or five (5) years for teachers who hold certifications as of July 1, 2025. | Passage | 05/06/2025 | Yea |
| S0074 | Creates a special license plate for the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council, Inc. that would support the Blackstone River Valley Environmental Clean-up and Education Fund. | Passage | 05/06/2025 | Yea |
| 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. | Passage | 05/06/2025 | 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 | 05/06/2025 | Yea |
| S0168 | Prohibits an insurer from imposing a requirement of prior authorization for any admission, item, service, treatment, test, exam, study, procedure or any generic or brand name prescription drug ordered by a primary care provider | Passage | 05/06/2025 | Yea |
| S0165 | Prohibits pharmacy benefit managers from conducting or participate in spread pricing within the state. | Passage | 05/06/2025 | Yea |
| 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. | Passage | 05/06/2025 | Yea |
| 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. | Passage | 05/06/2025 | Yea |
| S0321 | Requires certified athletic trainers to be trained in the administration of epinephrine auto-injectors (epi-pens) and would require such professionals to be equipped with the medication while performing professional activities. | Passage | 05/06/2025 | Yea |
| S0323 | Provides that the commissioner of elementary and secondary education directs all local education agencies to select one of the identified high-quality curricula and materials for science and technology no later than June 30, 2026. | Passage | 05/06/2025 | Yea |
| S0397 | Reduces the course time required to become a school bus driver for applicants who have a valid commercial driver’s license. | Passage As Amended | 05/06/2025 | Yea |
| S0397 | Reduces the course time required to become a school bus driver for applicants who have a valid commercial driver’s license. | Approval Of Amendment | 05/06/2025 | Yea |
| 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. | Passage | 05/06/2025 | Yea |
| S0592 | Creates a special license plate for the charity Real Access Motivates Progress, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. | Passage | 05/06/2025 | Yea |
| S0636 | Amends the definitions of a “pupil transportation vehicle” to a vehicle contrasted to seat not more than ten (10) passengers plus the operator, rather than the existing limit of eight (8) passengers. | Passage | 05/06/2025 | Yea |
| S0640 | Updates the statutory terminology by replacing the phrase "institutions of higher learning" with that of "educational institutions" and redefines child daycare centers as educational institutions. | Passage As Amended | 05/06/2025 | Yea |
| S0640 | Updates the statutory terminology by replacing the phrase "institutions of higher learning" with that of "educational institutions" and redefines child daycare centers as educational institutions. | Approval Of Amendment | 05/06/2025 | Yea |
| S0756 | Allows for the issuance of a Class BV liquor license for the property located at 865 Westminster Street in the city of Providence. | Passage | 05/06/2025 | Yea |
| S0754 | Extends provisions of an existing collective bargaining agreement for municipal police arbitration purposes until a successor agreement is reached or an interest arbitration award is rendered. | Passage | 05/06/2025 | Yea |
| S0830 | DMV to provide credit for portions of unused voluntarily cancelled vehicle registrations. | Passage | 05/06/2025 | Yea |
| 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. | Passage | 05/06/2025 | Yea |
| S0774 | RELATING EDUCATION -- COUNCIL ON ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION | Passage | 05/06/2025 | Yea |
| H6113 | Allows Nunzio Pontillo to join Andrew Peter Carson and Christos Nelson Anastasopoulos in marriage on or about May 10, 2025, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island. | Solemnization Of Marriage | 05/06/2025 | Yea |
| S0856 | Provides that all contractual provisions in a firefighters collective bargaining agreement continue until a successor agreement has been reached or an interest arbitration award has been rendered. | Passage | 05/06/2025 | Yea |
| S0911 | Allows Nunzio Pontillo to join Andrew Peter Carson and Christos Nelson Anastasopoulos in marriage on or about May 10, 2025, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island. | Solemnization Of Marriage | 05/06/2025 | Yea |
| S0932 | Repeals a provision of the minimum prepaid special motor vehicle registration plate orders law that was set to expire on December 31, 2025. | Passage | 05/06/2025 | Yea |
| S0957 | Extends the incentive pay plan to all full-time court clerks, including the traffic tribunal, who meet the eligibility requirements. It would also repeal § 8-4.1-6 regarding additional credit for a master's degree. | Passage | 05/06/2025 | Yea |
| H5051 | Names the new Sakonnet River Bridge as the “Staff Sergeant Christopher Potts Sakonnet River Bridge.” This act would take effect upon passage. | Passage | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| S0591 | Names the new Sakonnet River Bridge as the “Staff Sergeant Christopher Potts Sakonnet River Bridge.” | Passage | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| S0618 | Provides an exemption for certain incarcerated persons from the payment of fees for a first request for vital statistics from the department of health. | Passage | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| S0720 | Authorizes the Providence city council to set the veterans tax exemption limit to an amount determined by the city council via ordinance or resolution. | Passage | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| S0126 | 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 | 04/10/2025 | Yea |
| S0241 | Prohibits a manufacturer from manufacturing, knowingly selling, offering for sale, distributing for sale or distributing for use in the state any firefighting personal protective equipment containing intentionally-added PFAS as of January 1, 2027. | Passage | 04/10/2025 | Yea |
| S0632 | SENATE RESOLUTION RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR, THE DIRECTOR OF THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (RIDOT), AND THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO EXPLORE INCREASING THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY'S (MBTA) EVENING SERVICE TO THE WICKFORD JUNCTION/PROVIDENCE/STOUGHTON LINE ON WEEKDAYS AND INITIATING A WEEKEND SCHEDULE | Passage | 04/10/2025 | Yea |
| S0844 | Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of the Friends of Little Compton Wellness Center, Inc. | Passage | 04/10/2025 | Yea |
| 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.) | Passage | 04/08/2025 | Yea |
| 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. | Passage | 04/08/2025 | Yea |
| H5189 | VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF BARRINGTON | Passage | 04/01/2025 | Yea |
| S0296 | Repeals provisions that assess costs for women in the community corrections program for women offenders. | Passage | 04/01/2025 | Yea |
| S0303 | Increases fees paid to jurors to fifty dollars ($50.00) per day. | Passage | 04/01/2025 | Yea |
| S0280 | Replaces state marshals with capitol police as to those law enforcement officers being exempt from certain firearm restrictions. | Passage | 04/01/2025 | Abstain |
| S0354 | Increases the per page transcription fees for court reporters in court proceedings. | Passage | 04/01/2025 | Yea |
| H5252 | Creates a budget commission to oversee the Warwick schools district until such time as the fiscal year 2025 - 2026 Warwick school budget is approved. | Passage | 03/27/2025 | Yea |
| S0155 | Empowers the division of motor vehicles to make available special motor vehicle registration plates for the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association. | Passage | 03/25/2025 | Yea |
| S0591 | Names the new Sakonnet River Bridge as the “Staff Sergeant Christopher Potts Sakonnet River Bridge.” | Passage | 03/25/2025 | Yea |
| S0044 | Grants the town council of the town of South Kingstown the authority to enact a homestead exemption ordinance. | Passage | 03/20/2025 | Yea |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RI | Rhode Island Senate District 16 | Senate | Democrat | In Office | 01/05/2021 |