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Legislator > Jose Batista
State Representative
Jose Batista
(D) - Rhode Island
Rhode Island House District 12
In Office - Started: 01/05/2021
contact info
Providence Office
205 Massachusetts Ave.
Providence, RI 02905
Providence, RI 02905
Phone: 401-533-2226
General Capitol Building Address
82 Smith St.
Providence, RI 02903
Providence, RI 02903
Phone: 401-222-3580
| Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| H5171 | Extends the sunset provision of the four (4) year pilot program to prevent drug overdoses through the establishment of harm reduction centers for two (2) years to March 1, 2028. | This act extends the sunset provision of the four (4) year pilot program to prevent drug overdoses through the establishment of harm reduction centers for two (2) years to March 1, 2028. This act would take effect upon passage. | Crossed Over |
| H6372 | HOUSE RESOLUTION STRONGLY REPROVING THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD'S PLAN TO REMOVE 38 BUOYS FROM RHODE ISLAND WATERS | House Resolution Strongly Reproving The United States Coast Guard's Plan To Remove 38 Buoys From Rhode Island Waters | In Committee |
| H6272 | Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of Amos House, provided it remains a qualified tax-exempt corporation pursuant to §501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. | This act would exempt from taxation the real and tangible personal property of Amos House, provided it remains a qualified tax-exempt corporation pursuant to §501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. This act would take effect upon passage. | Crossed Over |
| H5311 | Allows the board of elections to tabulate mail ballots in local special elections in the same manner as in tabulate mail ballots in statewide elections. | This act would allow the board of elections to tabulate mail ballots in local special elections in the same manner as it tabulates mail ballots in statewide elections. This act would take effect upon passage. | Crossed Over |
| H5512 | Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of PROJECT Weber/RENEW, a Rhode Island domestic nonprofit corporation. | This act would exempt from taxation the real and tangible personal property of PROJECT Weber/RENEW, a Rhode Island domestic nonprofit corporation. This act would take effect upon passage. | Crossed Over |
| H6017 | 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 |
| H6128 | Establishes a core state behavioral health crisis services system, to be administered by the director of the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals. | This act would establish the 988 lifeline as part of a core state behavioral health crisis services system, to be administered by the director of the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals. The systems would include establishing and administering a 988 lifeline for suicide prevention and behavioral health crisis response, and expanding the use of the 911 and first responder surcharges to include the 988 lifeline fee, on subscribers of commercial land line telephone, mobile telephone and/or IP-enabled voice services. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H6015 | JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $250,000 TO THE REFUGEE DREAM CENTER (RDC), $250,000 TO HIGHER GROUND INTERNATIONAL, AND $250,000 TO DORCAS INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RHODE ISLAND (Authorizes $250,000 to REFUGEE DREAM CENTER (RDC), $250,000 to HIGHER GROUND INTERNATIONAL, and $250,000 to DORCAS INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RHODE ISLAND) | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $250,000 To The Refugee Dream Center (rdc), $250,000 To Higher Ground International, And $250,000 To Dorcas International Institute Of Rhode Island (authorizes $250,000 To Refugee Dream Center (rdc), $250,000 To Higher Ground International, And $250,000 To Dorcas International Institute Of Rhode Island) | In Committee |
| H6020 | JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $32,594,799 TO THE RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY (Appropriates the sum of $32,594,799 to the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority.) | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $32,594,799 To The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (appropriates The Sum Of $32,594,799 To The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority.) | In Committee |
| H5822 | Creates a taskforce to provide recommendations, advice and guidance to help expedite and provide technical assistance with regard to the development of solar energy systems on property owned by the state. | This act would create a taskforce to provide recommendations, advice and guidance to help expedite and provide technical assistance with regard to the development of solar energy systems on property owned by the state, including the parking areas of public and municipal properties and areas of interstate rights of way. This act would take effect upon passage and would sunset on September 8, 2028. | Crossed Over |
| H5398 | Revises the calculation for the student success factor in the education-aid formula by adding an additional multiplier. | This act would revise the calculation for the student success factor in the education-aid formula by adding an additional multiplier of twenty-five percent (25%) for each resident child who is identified as a multilingual learner as well as for each resident child whose family income is below one hundred eighty-five percent (185%) of the federal poverty guidelines. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5982 | 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 |
| H5285 | Authorizes a host city or town to impose a two percent (2%) tax on the endowment of a private institution of higher education that is in excess of one billion dollars ($1,000,000,000), to be used only for the host public school district. | This act would authorize a host city or town to impose a two percent (2%) tax on the endowment of a private institution of higher education that is in excess of one billion dollars ($1,000,000,000), to be used only for the host public school district. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5316 | Establishes the Housing Flexible Spending Account Act of 2025 allowing Rhode Island employers to contribute pre-tax income into a housing flexible spending account (H-FSA), for employees to be used for qualified housing expenses. | This act would establish the Housing Flexible Spending Account Act of 2025 allowing Rhode Island employers to contribute pre-tax income into a housing flexible spending account (H- FSA), for employees to be used for qualified housing expenses. This act would take effect on January 1, 2026. | In Committee |
| H5534 | Exempts certain urban and small farmers from sales taxes, real, tangible and personal property taxes and income taxes. This act would also define urban and small farmers and urban farmland. | This act would exempt certain urban and small farmers from sales taxes, real, tangible and personal property taxes and income taxes. This act would also define urban and small farmers and urban farmland. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H6010 | Allows the city of Providence to impose an additional conveyance tax of three quarters of one percent (0.75%) on sale of any real property in excess of one million dollars ($1,000,000). | This act would authorize the city of Providence to impose an additional conveyance tax of three quarters of one percent (0.75%) on the sale of any real property in excess of one million dollars ($1,000,000). This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5473 | 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 |
| H6078 | JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $1,000,000 TO 401 TECH BRIDGE TO STUDY AND EXPLORE SEAGLIDERS IN RHODE ISLAND (This resolution would make an appropriation of $1,000,000 to 401 Tech Bridge to study and explore seagliders.) | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $1,000,000 To 401 Tech Bridge To Study And Explore Seagliders In Rhode Island (this Resolution Would Make An Appropriation Of $1,000,000 To 401 Tech Bridge To Study And Explore Seagliders.) | In Committee |
| H5427 | Includes the COVID-19 immunization under the consent and reporting provisions required for pharmacy administered immunizations to individuals between nine (9) and eighteen (18) years of age. | This act would include the COVID-19 immunization under the consent and reporting provisions required for pharmacy administered immunizations to individuals between three (3) and eighteen (18) years of age. This act would take effect upon passage. | Crossed Over |
| H5649 | Gives statewide juvenile hearing boards the authority to refer a juvenile offender to a rehabilitative driving course, as part of a disposition of an offense before the board. The order may be enforced by the traffic tribunal. | This act would give statewide juvenile hearing boards the authority to refer a juvenile offender to a rehabilitative driving course, as part of a disposition of an offense before the board. The order may be enforced by the traffic tribunal. This act would take effect upon passage. | Crossed Over |
| H5550 | Standardizes successor appointment language for various boards and adds language providing that a quorum be a majority of appointed members and the language applies across several healthcare professional boards that currently lack this language. | This act would standardize successor appointment language for various boards and adds language providing that a quorum would be a majority of board seats filled and the language would apply across several healthcare professional boards that currently lack this language. This act would take effect upon passage. | Crossed Over |
| H5745 | 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 |
| H6294 | HOUSE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING THE MONTH OF MAY OF 2025 TO BE “MYOSITIS AWARENESS MONTH IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND” | House Resolution Proclaiming The Month Of May Of 2025 To Be “myositis Awareness Month In The State Of Rhode Island” | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H6287 | Requires statements as to whether a bill is likely to increase equity, decrease equity or have no impact on equity to be included on up to 20 pieces of legislation. | This act would require statements as to whether a bill is likely to increase equity, decrease equity or have no impact on equity to be included on up to twenty (20) pieces of legislation. Five (5) pieces requested by the speaker, five (5) pieces requested by senate president and five (5) pieces in each chamber to be requested by the Rhode Island Black, Latino, Indigenous, Asian-American and Pacific Islander Caucus. The act would also require such equity impact statements in the state budget. This act would take effect on July 1, 2025. | In Committee |
| H5361 | Requires law enforcement agencies to obtain search warrants for electronic information, data, location information and other identifying information of subscribers and customers, except in specified circumstances. | This act would require law enforcement agencies to obtain search warrants for electronic information, data, location information and other identifying information of subscribers and customers, except in specified circumstances. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5462 | 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 |
| H5904 | Provides that evidence of life or work expectancy shall be based on statistical data using blended statistics and shall not be based on race, ethnicity or sex. | This act would provide that evidence of life or work expectancy shall be based on statistical data using blended statistics and shall not be based on race, ethnicity or sex. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5836 | Would require every high school to offer a yearlong “ethnic studies” course. | This act would require every high school to offer a yearlong “ethnic studies” course studying Rhode Island and American history and the experiences of racialized communities in Rhode Island and the United States. This act would also direct the establishment of an ethnic studies leadership council to oversee implementation of the requirements of this section. This act would take effect on July 1, 2025. | In Committee |
| H5835 | Enables the Providence School Board to authorize local school-based councils to enhance communication between the board and the individual schools. | This act would enable local school-based councils to be organized so as to enhance and promote more school-based management and control, and to enhance communication between the Providence school board and the individual schools. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5878 | Exempts law enforcement records from public disclosure if releasing them could reveal the identity of a human trafficking victim or someone eligible for an affirmative defense under certain prostitution-related laws. | This act would exempt law enforcement records from public disclosure if releasing them could reveal the identity of a human trafficking victim or someone eligible for an affirmative defense under certain prostitution-related laws. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5737 | Amend a provision in the general laws relative to additional benefits payable to retired judges and their surviving spouses. | This act would amend a provision in the general laws relative to additional benefits payable to retired judges and their surviving spouses to add judges of the Rhode Island workers’ compensation court to the current list of judicial officers in the supreme, superior, family and district courts, who will receive a cost-of-living allowance when the funded ratio of the employees' retirement system, the judicial retirement benefits trust, and the state police retirement benefits trust reaches seventy-five percent (75%). This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5966 | Allows city of Providence to levy a tax in fiscal year 2026, in an amount not to exceed seven percent (7%) in excess of the total amount levied and certified by that city for its previous fiscal year. | This act would allow the city of Providence to levy a tax in fiscal year 2026, in an amount not to exceed seven percent (7%) in excess of the total amount levied and certified by that city for its previous fiscal year. This act would also allow any residential properties located in the city of Providence, except residential properties registered as short-term rentals, to be exempt from any increase in property taxes. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5523 | Requires public bodies to offer translation services for all open meetings of said bodies. | This act would require public bodies to offer translation services for all open meetings of said bodies. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5349 | 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. | In Committee |
| H6240 | Allows for the expansion of limited registrations of dentists and dental hygienists. | This act would allow for the expansion of limited registrations of dentists and dental hygienists. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H6220 | HOUSE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CAMBODIAN GENOCIDE ON APRIL 17TH OF 2025 | House Resolution Commemorating The 50th Anniversary Of The Cambodian Genocide On April 17th Of 2025 | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H6225 | HOUSE RESOLUTION EXTENDING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO THOSE FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS WHO LOST LOVED ONES IN THE JET SET CLUB TRAGEDY | House Resolution Extending Deepest Condolences To Those Friends And Family Members Who Lost Loved Ones In The Jet Set Club Tragedy | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H6120 | 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 |
| H6121 | 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 |
| H6059 | Exempts certain products that have PFAS if deemed safe by FDA. | This act would exempt certain cookware that contains perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS that are authorized by the FDA as safe for consumer contact from the provision of the consumer PFAS ban act of 2024. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5313 | HOUSE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING FEBRUARY 4, 2025, AS "TRANSIT EQUITY DAY" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND IN HONOR OF ROSA PARKS AND HER HISTORIC FIGHT FOR EQUITABLE PUBLIC TRANSIT | House Resolution Proclaiming February 4, 2025, As "transit Equity Day" In The State Of Rhode Island In Honor Of Rosa Parks And Her Historic Fight For Equitable Public Transit | In Committee |
| H5829 | 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 |
| H6194 | HOUSE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING APRIL OF 2025 TO BE "BILINGUAL AND MULTILINGUAL LEARNER MONTH" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | House Resolution Proclaiming April Of 2025 To Be "bilingual And Multilingual Learner Month" In The State Of Rhode Island | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H5297 | Sets standards and procedures to allow and implement conjugal visitation at state correctional facilities. | This act would set standards and procedures to allow and implement conjugal visitation at state correctional facilities. This act also directs the department of corrections to establish and enforce rules and regulations governing conjugal visits. This act would take effect on January 1, 2026. | In Committee |
| H5927 | 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 |
| H5350 | Repeals 42-56-38.1 and requires the department of corrections 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 would require the department of corrections to provide free communication services to inmates and juveniles held in residential placement or detention centers. This act also would require that those facilities provide in-person contact visits. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5314 | Grants municipalities the authority to impose a parking services sales tax on parking lots and parking structures that charge for parking services through an ordinance. | This act would grant municipalities the authority to impose a parking services sales tax on parking lots and parking structures that charge for parking services through an ordinance. The taxes would be collected by the state and redistributed to the municipalities. Furthermore, this act would make such revenues exempt from the total tax levy limit imposed by § 44-5-2. This act would take effect on January 1, 2026. | In Committee |
| H5928 | 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 |
| H5502 | 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. | In Committee |
| H5439 | Mandates that the clerk of the district court, upon request of the defendant, automatically seal individual counts of criminal complaints upon dismissal pursuant to rule 48(a) of the rules of criminal procedure for district court. | This act would mandate that the clerk of the district court, upon request of the defendant, automatically seal individual counts of criminal complaints upon dismissal pursuant to rule 48(a) of the rules of criminal procedure for district court. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5650 | 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 |
| H5298 | 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 (1) the parent, legal guardian of the juvenile or the DCYF when parental rights are terminated is present, (2) unless an attorney is present, (3) the juvenile and their parent or legal guardian have waived their presence, (4) the court is satisfied that the juvenile has made a knowing voluntary waiver of their rights, or (5) the juvenile is emancipated or has misrepresented their age as being eighteen (18) years or older. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5839 | RELATING EDUCATION -- COUNCIL ON ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION | This act would expand the council on elementary and secondary education to ten (10) members; make six (6) members a quorum; would make the teacher of the year a voting member; would require the student advisory council to meet at least quarterly; would make the chair of the student advisory council a voting member of the council; would expand the board of education from seventeen (17) to nineteen (19) members and would include the Rhode Island teacher of the year and the chairperson of the student advisory council and would also be voting members to the board. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5441 | Reduces the time for expungements to three (3) years for a single misdemeanor and five (5) years for felonies and multiple misdemeanors. | This act would reduce the time for expungements to three (3) years for a single misdemeanor and five (5) years for felonies and multiple misdemeanors. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5894 | Amends §§ 14-1-3 and 14-5-8, relating to possession of marijuana and proceedings in family court ensuring that children under 17 years of age in possession of less than 2 oz of marijuana are subject to the jurisdiction of the family court. | This act would amend §§ 14-1-3 and 14-5-8, relating to possession of marijuana and proceedings in family court, to ensure that children under seventeen (17) years of age who are found to be in possession of less than two ounces (2 oz.) of marijuana are subject to the jurisdiction of the family court, and would amend the definition of waywardness to be consistent with the definition of delinquent contained within the same section. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5501 | Prohibits the courts from setting cash or surety bail on any misdemeanor offense but permits the court to set reasonable non-monetary conditions of bail to assure the defendant's presence in court as required and to protect the community. | This act would prohibit the courts from setting cash or surety bail on any misdemeanor offense but would permit the court to set reasonable non-monetary conditions of bail to assure the defendant’s presence in court as required and to protect the community. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H6041 | 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 |
| H5443 | Creates process for individual to voluntarily be either temporarily or indefinitely added to a list restricting their rights to purchase or possess firearms. | This act would create a process for an individual to voluntarily be either temporarily or indefinitely added to a list restricting their rights to purchase or possess firearms. The individual may also request removal from the restricted list and all individual records related to the person's inclusion on the list would be destroyed and not subject to the access to public records act. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5652 | Precludes a person who pled nolo contendere or convicted of a misdemeanor offense and sentenced in accordance with the hate crime sentencing enhancement act for such misdemeanor, from purchasing, owning, carrying, transporting or having possession firearm | This act would preclude an individual who has pled nolo contendere or been convicted of a misdemeanor offense, and sentenced in accordance with the hate crime sentencing enhancement act for such misdemeanor, from purchasing, owning, carrying, transporting or having in his or her possession any firearm. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5275 | Establishes an instant runoff form of ranked choice voting limited, to general assembly primary elections, with three (3) or more candidates. | This act would establish an instant runoff form of ranked choice voting limited, to general assembly primary elections, with three (3) or more candidates. This act would take effect January 1, 2026. | In Committee |
| H5571 | Increases minimum amount for required damages and time to perform appraisal from three days to four. | This act would increase the amount of required motor vehicle damages for an unfair claims settlement practices act from two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) to five thousand dollars ($5,000) and require an appraisal within four business (4) days. It would also use fair market values as used by the automotive or insurance industry. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H6026 | Amends the uniform controlled substances act and reclassifies simple possession of 28 grams or less of certain controlled substances as a misdemeanor. | This act would amend the uniform controlled substances act and reclassify simple possession of twenty-eight grams (28 g.) or less of certain controlled substances as a misdemeanor. It would also create reporting requirements related to the racial demographics of parties convicted of controlled substance offenses. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5813 | Mandates any utility provider from increasing the transmission and distribution fees paid by a consumer for a period of two (2) years. | This act would mandate any utility provider from increasing the transmission and distribution fees paid by a consumer for a period of two (2) years. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5382 | Allows citizens of a city or town who are at least sixteen (16) years of age to register to vote and to vote in school committee elections in municipalities where school committees are elected entities. | 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 |
| H5264 | Limits rent increases to no more than 4% annually unless the landlord is granted an exemption by the secretary of housing and provides tenants with a civil action to recover damages, including an award of attorneys' fees/punitive damages, for 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 |
| H5503 | Provides for just cause evictions for residential landlord tenancies. | This act would allow a landlord to remove a tenant from any housing accommodation, or attempt such removal or exclusion from possession, notwithstanding that the tenant has no written lease or that the lease or other rental agreement has expired or otherwise terminated, except upon order of a court of competent jurisdiction entered in an appropriate judicial action or proceeding in which the petitioner or plaintiff has established one of the several grounds of just cause set forth for removal or eviction. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5675 | Prohibits a landlord from inquiring about the immigration status of a tenant subject to any federal laws or regulations, but may request financial information. | 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, in accordance with applicable law, to request information or documentation necessary to determine or verify the financial qualifications of a prospective tenant. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5676 | Limits residential rent increases to ten percent (10%) plus the increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) annually. | This act would limit residential rent increases to ten percent (10%) plus the increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) annually. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5515 | JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AND PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION -- OF SUFFRAGE (Would propose to the voters of the state a constitutional amendment regarding eligibility to vote and to be a candidate.) | 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 |
| H6104 | HOUSE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING MARCH 18, 2025, TO BE "TRANSIT EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION DAY" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | House Resolution Proclaiming March 18, 2025, To Be "transit Employee Appreciation Day" In The State Of Rhode Island | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H5817 | Establishes the “2025 Rhode Island Broadband Transparency and Consumer Protection Act." | This act would require the constant updating of information to accommodate changes in broadband technology. The act would also direct the Rhode Island commerce corporation to implement new data collection and mapping of broadband availability, provide protections for certain submitted data, and direct the corporation to collect fees from Internet service providers operating in Rhode Island to fund the data collection required by the act. The act would further require the corporation to submit a detailed plan to the governor and general assembly regarding the creation of a broadband regulatory authority. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5042 | Repeals the provisions of the general laws allowing deferred deposit providers, also known as "payday lenders." | This act would repeal the provisions of the general laws allowing deferred deposit providers, also known as "payday lenders." This act would take effect on January 1, 2026. | In Committee |
| H5166 | Provides for a prohibition on the licensing of any new high-heat waste facility. | This act would provide for a prohibition on the licensing of any new high-heat waste facility. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H6075 | Allows private employees at nursing homes, developmental disability and home care providers whose salaries are 90% funded with federal or state monies to be eligible to opt into the state healthcare plan. | This act would allow private employees at nursing homes, developmental disability and home care providers whose salaries are ninety percent (90%) funded with federal or state monies to be eligible to opt into the state healthcare plan. The premium payments would be the responsibility of the employee with the employer having the option to pay all or a portion of the insurance premium. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H6074 | Authorizes an increase in resource eligibility limits for persons with long-term-care needs who reside at home and requires semi-annual reports from Medicaid certified assisted living facilities and adult day service providers to the EOHHS. | This act would authorize the secretary of the executive office of health and human services (EOHHS) to increase resource eligibility limits for persons with long-term-care needs who reside at home to $12,000 for single persons and $18,000 for couples. The act would also require that Medicaid certified assisted living facilities and adult day service providers furnish semi-annual reports to the EOHHS regarding the number of persons served each month and patients’ certification categories for the prior six months. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5907 | Makes litigation loan agreements subject to state usury laws. | This act would make litigation loan agreements subject to state usury laws. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5931 | Repeals the section of law relating to suspension of operator licenses for failure to pay fines. | This act would repeal the section of law relating to suspension of operator licenses for failure to pay fines. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5915 | Exempts recovery claims for damages due to a town's neglect in maintaining highways or bridges from the provisions of chapter 31 of title 9 on governmental tort liability. | This bill would exempt recovery claims for damages due to a town's neglect in maintaining highways or bridges from the provisions of chapter 31 of title 9 on governmental tort liability. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5302 | Caps the total amount that a covered person is required to pay for a covered prescription inhaler, prescription device, or prescription equipment to twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per thirty (30) day supply. | This act would cap the total amount that a covered person is required to pay for a covered prescription inhaler, prescription device, or prescription equipment to twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per thirty (30) day supply. This act would take effect on January 1, 2026. | In Committee |
| H5507 | Gradually increases the minimum wage for employees receiving gratuities. | Commencing January 1, 2026, this act would gradually increase the minimum wage for employees receiving gratuities, from the current three dollars and eighty-nine cents ($3.89) to fourteen dollars and ninety-five cents ($14.95) by January 1, 2030 and on January 1, 2031 the minimum wage for employees receiving gratuities shall be no less than the minimum wage established by the minimum wage law, exclusive of any consideration of gratuities. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5261 | Permits, effective 7/1/25, the family court to make appropriate orders of support and education of any child who has attained 18 years of age, but not 21, who is domiciled in the home of a parent, and is principally dependent upon said parent for support. | This act would permit, effective July 1, 2025, the family court to make appropriate orders of support and education of any child who has attained eighteen (18) years of age, but who has not attained age twenty-one (21) years of age, who is domiciled in the home of a parent, and is principally dependent upon said parent for support. This act would also permit orders for the support and education of any child up to twenty-three (23) years of age when the support is needed due to the child being enrolled in an education program. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5487 | Bans preferential treatment to a public or private university applicant because of the student's familial relationship to a previous university attendee. | This act would ban preferential treatment to a public or private university applicant because of the student's familial relationship to a previous university attendee. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5510 | Requires a municipality to disclose on their official website the specific issues, details and costs of any legal action of which the town or city is a named defendant within sixty (60) days after the close of their fiscal year. | This act would require a municipality to disclose on their official website the specific issues, details and costs of any legal action of which the town or city is a named defendant within sixty (60) days after the close of their fiscal year. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5807 | HOUSE RESOLUTION HONORING DR. JUANA PARILLON FOR HER NEARLY FORTY YEARS OF EXEMPLARY SERVICE TO OUR NATION AS BOTH A MARINE AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ADVISOR | House Resolution Honoring Dr. Juana Parillon For Her Nearly Forty Years Of Exemplary Service To Our Nation As Both A Marine And Equal Opportunity Advisor | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H5808 | HOUSE RESOLUTION THANKING VICTOR M. MENDOZA FOR HIS MORE THAN FORTY YEARS OF DISTINGUISHED PUBLIC SERVICE ON BEHALF OF THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY IN RHODE ISLAND | House Resolution Thanking Victor M. Mendoza For His More Than Forty Years Of Distinguished Public Service On Behalf Of The Hispanic Community In Rhode Island | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H5809 | HOUSE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING THE 181ST ANNIVERSARY OF DOMINICAN REPUBLIC INDEPENDENCE ON FEBRUARY 27, 2025 | House Resolution Commemorating The 181st Anniversary Of Dominican Republic Independence On February 27, 2025 | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H5465 | Establishes a single-payer health care insurance system, consolidating public and private payments into a more efficient Medicare-for-all style program, funded by progressive taxes, to reduce health care costs. | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- THE RHODE ISLAND COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM - Establishes a single-payer health care insurance system, consolidating public and private payments into a more efficient Medicare-for-all style program, funded by progressive taxes, to reduce health care costs. | In Committee |
| H5220 | Amends the comprehensive community-police relationship act of 2015 to require an annual study by an outside agency chosen by the department. | This act would amend the comprehensive community-police relationship act of 2015 to require an annual study by an outside agency chosen by the department with input from the CCPRA advisory committee on traffic stop and search data related to racial disparities and would require a monthly review and annual reporting by law enforcement agencies statewide on the traffic stop and search data. The act would also create a twelve (12) member CCPRA advisory committee to advise the office of highway safety on all matters pertaining to the committee's duties relating to stop and search data. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5259 | Prohibits the suspension of any person’s operators’ or chauffeurs’ license or their vehicle registration unless upon conviction of driving offenses. | This act would prohibit the suspension of any person’s operators’ or chauffers’ license or their vehicle registration unless upon conviction of driving offenses. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5346 | 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 |
| H5223 | Provides a remedy for any harm caused due to deprivation or violation of rights secured by the Rhode Island Constitution due to acts of the State of Rhode Island. | This act would provide a remedy for any harm caused due to a deprivation or violation of rights secured by the Constitution of the State of Rhode Island due to acts of the State of Rhode Island or any of its political or administrative subdivisions, including, but not limited to, any municipal, quasi-municipal, or quasi-state entity, and any state of the United States, the United States, and any nation state, including any political or administrative subdivision thereof. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5186 | Amends current law on controlled substances to permit psilocybin to be cultivated within a person's residence for personal use and contingent on the US FDA's program, mandate that RI department of health establish rules regulations. | This act would amend the current law on controlled substances to permit psilocybin to be securely cultivated within a person’s residence for personal use. The act would also, contingent on the US FDA’s rescheduling and expanding its access program, mandate that the RI department of health establish rules and regulations on the cultivation, distribution and medical prescription of psilocybin. This act would take effect on July 1, 2025, and would sunset on July 1, 2027. | In Committee |
| H5301 | Expands responsibilities of agencies, persons or entities that store, own, collect, process, maintain, acquire, use, or licenses data, who experiences a security breach, include providing additional information to persons affected and law enforcement | This act would expand the responsibilities of those municipal or state agencies or any other person or entity that stores, owns, collects, processes, maintains, acquires, uses, or licenses data, who experiences a security breach. Responsibilities would include providing additional information to persons affected and providing additional cooperation and information to law enforcement and the department of business regulation (DBR). This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5410 | HOUSE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING FEBRUARY 7TH THROUGH THE 14TH OF 2025, TO BE "CONGENITAL HEART DEFECT AWARENESS WEEK" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | House 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 |
| H5027 | Provides that any law or regulation which prohibits or protects a person from exposure to second-hand smoke would include second-hand marijuana smoke or vapor. | This act would provide that any law or regulation which prohibits or protects a person from exposure to second hand smoke would be deemed to also be a prohibition or protection from exposure to second-hand marijuana smoke or vapor, regardless of how the smoke or vapor was generated. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5287 | HOUSE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING FEBRUARY OF 2025, AS "BLACK HISTORY MONTH" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | House Resolution Proclaiming February Of 2025, As "black History Month" In The State Of Rhode Island | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H5146 | Allows the Honorable Ana B. Quezada to join Leslie Polanco and Daniel P. Nunez, in marriage on or about February 5, 2025, within the City of Providence, Rhode Island. | This act would allow the Honorable Ana B. Quezada to join Leslie Polanco and Daniel P. Nunez, in marriage on or about February 5, 2025, within the City of Providence, Rhode Island. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H5095 | HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING SINCERE CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF CEDRIC PAUL HUNTLEY | House Resolution Expressing Sincere Condolences On The Passing Of Cedric Paul Huntley | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H5059 | HOUSE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING THE CELEBRATION OF THE BIRTH OF THE REVEREND DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., ON JANUARY 15, 2025 | House Resolution Commemorating The Celebration Of The Birth Of The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., On January 15, 2025 | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H5058 | HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF THE HONORABLE SENATOR JAMES S. D'AMBRA | House Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of The Honorable Senator James S. D'ambra | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H5010 | HOUSE RESOLUTION AMENDING THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE YEARS 2023 AND 2024 (Authorizes the Speaker and the Rhode Island Black, Latino, Indigenous, Asian American and Pacific Islander (RIBLIA) Caucus to request equity impact statements on up to five (5) proposed bills.) | House Resolution Amending The Rules Of The House Of Representatives For The Years 2023 And 2024 (authorizes The Speaker And The Rhode Island Black, Latino, Indigenous, Asian American And Pacific Islander (riblia) Caucus To Request Equity Impact Statements On Up To Five (5) Proposed Bills.) | In Committee |
| H5038 | HOUSE RESOLUTION EXTENDING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF THE HONORABLE EDWARD CLARK PARKER, A HIGHLY RESPECTED JUDGE ON THE RHODE ISLAND TRAFFIC TRIBUNAL FOR THREE DECADES | House Resolution Extending Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of The Honorable Edward Clark Parker, A Highly Respected Judge On The Rhode Island Traffic Tribunal For Three Decades | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| Bill | Bill Name | Motion | Vote Date | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H5110 | Provides for the operation and duties of natural organic reduction for the contained, accelerated conversion of human remains to soil. Disposition facilities would be used for either cremation or natural organic reduction. | Passage | 05/29/2025 | Abstain |
| 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 In Concurrence | 05/29/2025 | Abstain |
| H5565 | Authorizes and regulates the distribution of the product known as "kratom." | Passage | 05/29/2025 | Abstain |
| H5603 | Allows emergency preliminary certificates for teaching to be issued for up to a total of five (5) school years. | Passage | 05/29/2025 | Abstain |
| H5715 | Requires the state retirement board to publish online all archived video or audio recordings and all future recordings of meetings of the board. | Passage | 05/29/2025 | Abstain |
| H5684 | 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. | Passage | 05/29/2025 | Abstain |
| 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 In Concurrence | 05/29/2025 | Abstain |
| S0475 | Requires public or private golf courses to have an automated external defibrillator on the premises. | Passage In Concurrence | 05/29/2025 | Abstain |
| H5882 | Reduces the course time required to become a school bus driver for applicants who have a valid commercial driver’s license. | Passage | 05/29/2025 | Abstain |
| H5961 | Updates the statutory terminology by replacing the phrase "institutions of higher learning" with that of "educational institutions", and would redefine child daycare centers as educational institutions. | Passage | 05/29/2025 | Abstain |
| H5946 | Prohibits the restriction of access in and out of a construction site by using locked gates or fences while work is ongoing. | Passage | 05/29/2025 | Abstain |
| H5893 | Requires the electronic filing of domestic violence/sexual assault forms by law enforcement agencies, and enhances the information to be included on the reporting forms. | Passage | 05/29/2025 | Abstain |
| 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 In Concurrence | 05/29/2025 | Abstain |
| H6156 | HOUSE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES FOR CHILDREN IN STATE CARE | Passage | 05/29/2025 | Abstain |
| H6286 | Provides that law enforcement officers who appears before the court for prosecution of a violation of a protective order shall self-certify that the officer has successfully completed a specialized domestic violence prosecution training course. | Passage | 05/29/2025 | Abstain |
| H5365 | 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 | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
| H6077 | 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 | Passage | 05/27/2025 | Abstain |
| H6099 | IN ACCORDANCE WITH RHODE ISLAND GENERAL LAWS SECTION 16-7-44 APPROVING THE ISSUANCE OF $10,400,000 BONDS BY THE TOWN OF NEW SHOREHAM TO FINANCE ADDITIONS, RENOVATIONS, IMPROVEMENTS, ALTERATIONS AND REPAIRS TO SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES IN THE TOWN INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, BONDS AND NOTES ISSUED PURSUANT TO FINANCING AGREEMENTS WITH THE RHODE ISLAND HEALTH AND EDUCATIONAL BUILDING CORPORATION | Passage | 05/27/2025 | Abstain |
| H6129 | AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF WEST WARWICK TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $71,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES TO FINANCE THE ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, RENOVATION, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE TOWN AND ALL ATTENDANT EXPENSES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DEMOLITION, ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURAL AND LANDSCAPING COSTS | Passage | 05/27/2025 | Abstain |
| H6162 | Permit the City of Providence a one-year levy cap for fiscal year 2026 not to exceed eight percent (8%). | Passage | 05/27/2025 | Nay |
| H6232 | Amends Pawtucket property tax classification system. | Passage | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
| H6272 | Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of Amos House, provided it remains a qualified tax-exempt corporation pursuant to §501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. | Passage | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
| H6299 | AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF WARWICK TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $50,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, LANDSCAPING, DEMOLITION, ARCHITECTURAL COSTS, ENGINEERING, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF | Passage | 05/27/2025 | Abstain |
| H6298 | Proposes amendments to the Warwick City Charter. | Passage | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
| H6320 | Provides that the tax rate for Class 1 and Class 2 property be uniform and set to the same percentage. | Passage | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
| H6315 | Repeals § 27-11.1-3 to eliminate the ten percent (10%) limitation on Schedule BA assets. | Passage | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
| H6322 | HOUSE RESOLUTION AMENDING THE MEMBERSHIP AND EXTENDING THE REPORTING AND EXPIRATION DATES OF THE SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY HOUSING AFFORDABILITY (Increases the membership from eighteen (18) to twenty-one (21), and extend the reporting and expiration dates of the Commission to Study Housing Affordability from June 7, 2025, to June 5, 2027, and would expire on June 26, 2027.) | Passage | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
| H5251 | Allows the school building administration or teachers in all grades to provide the opportunity for students to observe a brief moment of silence on every September 11. | Passage | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| H5250 | Adds Juneteenth National Freedom Day to the definition of "holidays" to the chapter governing retail business. | Passage | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| S0201 | Validates and ratifies the amendments to the Tiverton Home Rule Charter which were approved by the electors of the town of Tiverton on November 5, 2024. | Passage In Concurrence | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| H5563 | Requires hotel employees and short-term rental property operators to annually receive human trafficking awareness training. | Passage | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| H5563 | Requires hotel employees and short-term rental property operators to annually receive human trafficking awareness training. | Passage | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| H5645 | Exempts qualified tuition savings programs of any state authorized under 26 U.S.C. § 529 from judicial attachment. | Passage | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| H5611 | Requires the installation of universal changing stations in all newly constructed, reconstructed, or remodeled public buildings and places of public accommodation. | Passage | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| H5841 | 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. | Passage | 05/22/2025 | 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 In Concurrence | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| S0844 | Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of the Friends of Little Compton Wellness Center, Inc. | Passage In Concurrence | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| H6165 | Creates the PURPLE alert state system to aid in the search for a missing adult with a serious physical, behavioral health, neurological disabilities or medical condition. | Passage | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| H6159 | Increases the per page transcription fees for court reporters in court proceedings. | Passage | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| H6306 | Allows Daniel Vaca to join Kaley Erin O’Connor and James John Pawelski in marriage on or about October 12, 2025, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island | Solemnization Of Marriage | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| H5050 | 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 | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5376 | Allows for a special RI license plate to raise awareness for colon cancer. The plate would be designed by the partnership to reduce cancer in RI. The fees for the plate would be divided equally between the general fund and the partnership not-for-profit. | Passage | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5484 | Increases the penalties for public utilities for violations of the general law governing the duties of utilities and carriers. | Passage | 05/20/2025 | Abstain |
| H5547 | Increases the public utilities reserve fund cap and the cap on expenses relating to the public utilities commission and the division of public utilities and carriers representing the state before federal agencies. | Passage | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5575 | Allows for the procurement of nuclear power. | Passage | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5847 | HOUSE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND PROVIDE FINDINGS AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS THE FLOODING OF THE PAWTUXET RIVER (Creates an 11-member commission to study and provide recommendations and potential solutions to address the flooding of the Pawtuxet River, and who would report back by March 2, 2026, and would expire on June 2, 2026.) | Passage | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5822 | Creates a taskforce to provide recommendations, advice and guidance to help expedite and provide technical assistance with regard to the development of solar energy systems on property owned by the state. | Passage | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
| H6033 | Requires all public utilities to maintain a customer service facility within the state to perform services such as addressing customer inquiries and accepting bill payments. | Passage | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
| H6148 | Empowers the division of motor vehicles to make available special motor vehicle registration plates for the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association. | Passage | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5248 | Restricts audits of pharmacists conducted by insurers and their intermediaries, limiting audits to one per year unless an identified problem exists or fraud or misrepresentation is suspected. | Passage | 05/15/2025 | Yea |
| H5505 | Prohibits payments in lieu of pension benefits to person employed more than ninety (90) days. | Passage | 05/15/2025 | Yea |
| H5512 | Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of PROJECT Weber/RENEW, a Rhode Island domestic nonprofit corporation. | Passage | 05/15/2025 | Yea |
| H5557 | Establishes prevailing standards and procedures for licensing speech-language pathologists and audiologists in Rhode Island. | Passage | 05/15/2025 | Yea |
| H5637 | Adds "debit cards" to the section of law relating to fraudulent use of credit cards. | Passage | 05/15/2025 | Yea |
| H5804 | Amends the composition of the building code standards committee and would make several technical amendments relative to the building code office and would establish a state building code office within the office of state fire marshal. | Passage As Amended | 05/15/2025 | Yea |
| H5804 | Amends the composition of the building code standards committee and would make several technical amendments relative to the building code office and would establish a state building code office within the office of state fire marshal. | Passage Of Amendment | 05/15/2025 | Yea |
| H5799 | Provides that minor subdivisions would include oversized lot subdivisions under certain circumstances and relative to zoning ordinances, permit a modification to allow "neighborhood character-based modifications" under certain circumstances. | Passage | 05/15/2025 | Yea |
| H5312 | Establishes a process by which vacancies in a municipal election office and local canvassing board are filled. | Passage | 05/13/2025 | Yea |
| H5447 | Prohibits a person to sell, offer for sale, display for sale or otherwise distribute a farmed animal fur product within the state and provides graduated civil penalties for violations. | Passage | 05/13/2025 | Yea |
| H5730 | Includes boats and marine-related assets in the blanket permit available for overweight or over-dimensional vehicles. | Passage | 05/13/2025 | Yea |
| H5714 | Provides that a person eighteen (18) years or older could request that his or her race be modified or amended on their birth certificate. | Passage | 05/13/2025 | Yea |
| H6039 | Requires every school district to render assistance and cooperation within its jurisdictional power to further the objects of this chapter, to wit, providing the courts with any information concerning a child as the court may require. | Passage | 05/13/2025 | Yea |
| H6288 | HOUSE RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE REPORTING AND EXPIRATION DATES OF THE SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND REVIEW THE COST AND STATUS OF THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND OWNED, VACANT, AND ABANDONED PROPERTIES AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR METHODS TO MITIGATE THE ASSOCIATED EXPENSES (Extends the reporting and expiration dates of the Commission to review the cost and status of State owned, vacant, and abandoned properties and makes recommendations to mitigate expenses to May 24, 2026, and expire | Passage | 05/13/2025 | Yea |
| H6327 | JOINT RESOLUTION REJECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION'S PROPOSED SALARY INCREASES FOR ELIGIBLE UNCLASSIFIED SERVICE DIRECTORS OF STATE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS | Passage | 05/13/2025 | Yea |
| H5084 | Adds early voting to the fifty (50) feet buffer prohibitions against politicking on election day voting. | Passage | 05/08/2025 | Yea |
| H5517 | Increases the maximum number of voters that a polling place can accommodate 3,000 to 3,500 and provide for existing polling places that exceed the maximum number of voters, not be required to be changed until the next decennial redistricting. | Passage | 05/08/2025 | Yea |
| H5709 | Modernizes and streamlines the existing processes for getting on the permanent mail ballot application list. | Passage | 05/08/2025 | Yea |
| H5639 | Establishes the crime of attempted kidnapping of a minor. | Passage | 05/08/2025 | Yea |
| H5872 | Creates the deceptive and fraudulent synthetic media in election communications chapter to regulate the use of synthetic media in elections. | Passage | 05/08/2025 | Yea |
| H6063 | Makes certain personal watercraft violations a misdemeanor. | Passage | 05/08/2025 | 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 | 05/08/2025 | Yea |
| H5635 | Changes the name of "applied behavior assistant analyst" to "assistant applied behavior analyst" and makes several changes to provide consistency in the certification language for behavioral analysts. | Passage | 05/06/2025 | Yea |
| H5801 | Amends several definitions relating to low- or moderate-income housing as well as the procedure for the approval of low- or moderate-income housing. | Passage | 05/06/2025 | Yea |
| H5802 | Provides amendments to enable the development of state-owned vacant, abandoned or underutilized land for housing and the process therefore. | Passage As Amended | 05/06/2025 | Yea |
| H5802 | Provides amendments to enable the development of state-owned vacant, abandoned or underutilized land for housing and the process therefore. | Passage Of Amendment | 05/06/2025 | Yea |
| H5803 | Provides for the establishment and operation of an electronic permitting platform for all state and local permitting. | Passage As Amended | 05/06/2025 | Yea |
| H5803 | Provides for the establishment and operation of an electronic permitting platform for all state and local permitting. | Passage Of Amendment | 05/06/2025 | Yea |
| H5852 | Expands the existing law regarding collaborative practice agreements between pharmacists and physicians to allow other healthcare providers to enter into such agreements and removes the definition of “collaborative practice committee.” | Passage | 05/06/2025 | Yea |
| H5605 | HOUSE RESOLUTION REINSTATING AND EXTENDING THE LIFE AND EXPIRATION DATES OF THE SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ANTI-LITTERING EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS (Reinstates and extends reporting and expiration of commission studying the development and implementation of an anti-littering education program for elementary students, from February 2, 2024, to February 2, 2026, and woul | Passage | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| H5593 | Amends the composition of the Urban Collaborative and provide that the collaborative be governed by a board of trustees. | Passage | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| H5793 | Amends the provisions under which a city or town may exceed the maximum levy for the assessment of local taxes. | Passage | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| H5794 | Provides technical amendments to the chapters on subdivision of land and zoning ordinances for towns and cities. | Passage As Amended | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| H5794 | Provides technical amendments to the chapters on subdivision of land and zoning ordinances for towns and cities. | Passage Of Amendment | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| H5795 | Amends the administration requirements a zoning ordinance must provide and/or designate and would require that zoning certificates be issued within 20 days of the written request. | Passage | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| H5844 | 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. | Passage | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| H6125 | HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE LGBTQIA+ COMMUNITY | Passage | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| H6269 | HOUSE RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE REPORTING AND EXPIRATION DATES OF THE SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A PLAN AND THE DESIGN OF A VIETNAM MEMORIAL TO BE LOCATED IN THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND (Extends the reporting and expiration dates of the commission to study a plan and the design of a Vietnam Memorial in Providence, from January 31, 2025, to January 31, 2028, and said commission would expire on April 30, 2028.) | Passage | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| H5032 | Allows for the issuance of a Class T liquor license by the town of Jamestown. | Passage | 04/29/2025 | Yea |
| H5043 | Provides protection from and prevent the unethical, improper conduct and the collection of fees by, anyone advising or assisting a veteran filing a claim for disability benefits with the Department of Veterans Affairs except as authorized by federal law. | Passage | 04/29/2025 | Yea |
| H5649 | Gives statewide juvenile hearing boards the authority to refer a juvenile offender to a rehabilitative driving course, as part of a disposition of an offense before the board. The order may be enforced by the traffic tribunal. | Passage | 04/29/2025 | Yea |
| H5570 | Prohibits casualty insurers from assessing any premium surcharge or penalty against an insured solely for inquiring about the terms of the insured's policy. | Passage | 04/29/2025 | Yea |
| H5950 | Establishes a reimbursement system for a municipalities cost of training public safety personnel when they are hired by a different municipality or public safety agency within Rhode Island within 3 years of receiving the public safety training. | Passage As Amended | 04/29/2025 | Yea |
| H5950 | Establishes a reimbursement system for a municipalities cost of training public safety personnel when they are hired by a different municipality or public safety agency within Rhode Island within 3 years of receiving the public safety training. | Passage Of Amendment | 04/29/2025 | Yea |
| H5960 | Allows for a qualified abandonment of public town roads which grants a public easement over said road allowing it to be converted to walking, biking, and hiking trails and access to parks, nature preserves and other recreational facilities. | Passage | 04/29/2025 | Yea |
| H6111 | Validates and ratifies the amendments to the Tiverton Home Rule Charter which were approved by the electors of the town of Tiverton on November 5, 2024. | Passage | 04/29/2025 | Yea |
| H5311 | Allows the board of elections to tabulate mail ballots in local special elections in the same manner as in tabulate mail ballots in statewide elections. | Passage | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| H5384 | Increases from 7 days to 9 days the period of time in which a request for a recount of the votes cast can be made to the board of elections and no certificates of election may be issued until the recount, if any, is completed. | Passage | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| H5514 | Exempts emergency mail ballots from the requirement to have certain wording regarding "mail voters" on the ballot. | Passage | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| H5518 | Requires the local board of canvassers to publish early voting dates, hours, and location, at least twice in a newspaper of general circulation and to publish the same on the municipality's website for the duration of in-person early voting period. | Passage | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| H5518 | Requires the local board of canvassers to publish early voting dates, hours, and location, at least twice in a newspaper of general circulation and to publish the same on the municipality's website for the duration of in-person early voting period. | Passage | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RI | Rhode Island House District 12 | House | Democrat | In Office | 01/05/2021 |