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Legislator > Frank Ciccone
State Senator
Frank Ciccone
(D) - Rhode Island
Rhode Island Senate District 07
In Office - Started: 01/01/2005
contact info
Providence Office
15 Mercy St.
Providence, RI 02909
Providence, RI 02909
Phone: 401-276-5579
General Capitol Building Address
82 Smith St.
Providence, RI 02903
Providence, RI 02903
Phone: 401-222-3580
| Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| S0213 | Amends notice requirements for self-storage facility before perfecting lien, to wit; 7 consecutive days of publication on a publicly accessible website or subsequent written notice to lessee, or publication once time in newspaper of general circulation. | This act would require that a self-storage facility could not sell the property in a leased unit sooner than sixty (60) days after the occupant’s default, and fifteen (15) days after the final required publication. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0984 | JOINT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THAT THE CANNABIS CONTROL COMMISSION PROVIDE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WITH RECOMMENDATIONS ON LEGISLATION TO REGULATE AND LICENSE CANNABINOIDS AND HEMP-DERIVED BEVERAGES (Authorizes the sale of THC-infused beverages to be regulated by the DBR division of commercial licensing. It also establishes licensing and an endorsement process for wholesale and retail THC-infused beverages.) | Joint Resolution Requesting That The Cannabis Control Commission Provide The General Assembly With Recommendations On Legislation To Regulate And License Cannabinoids And Hemp-derived Beverages (authorizes The Sale Of Thc-infused Beverages To Be Regulated By The Dbr Division Of Commercial Licensing. It Also Establishes Licensing And An Endorsement Process For Wholesale And Retail Thc-infused Beverages.) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S1018 | Allows for the issuance of a Class B liquor license for the property located at 1039 Douglas Avenue in the city of Providence. | This act would allow for the issuance of a Class B liquor license for the property located at 1039 Douglas Avenue in the city of Providence. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| 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. | This act would extend 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. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| 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. | This act would add police officers to fire fighters who are unable to perform their duties as a result of heart disease, stroke or hypertension, to be presumed to have suffered an in-the-line-of- duty disability, unless the police officer was hired after July 1, 2025, and there is clear and convincing evidence that the police officer suffered the condition at the time of hire or regularly used tobacco products for the five (5) years prior to a diagnosis. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0458 | Makes the provisions of §§ 45-19.1-3 and 45-19.1-4, benefits for firefighters with cancer, effective regardless of any general, special or specific law, or any charter and/or municipal ordinance to the contrary. | This act would make the provisions of §§ 45-19.1-3 and 45-19.1-4, benefits for fire fighters with cancer, effective regardless of any general, special or specific law, or any charter and/or municipal ordinance to the contrary. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0513 | Increases the maximum number of voters that a polling place can accommodate 3,000 to 3,500 and provide for existing polling places that exceed the maximum number of voters, not be required to be changed until the next decennial redistricting. | This act would increase the maximum number of voters that a polling place can accommodate, from three thousand (3,000) to three thousand five hundred (3,500), and would provide for existing polling places that exceed the maximum number of voters, not to be changed until the next decennial redistricting, if approved by a unanimous vote of the local board and certified by the state board of elections. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0166 | Amends the definition of the practice of pharmacy to include the administration of all forms of influenza immunizations including COVID-19 to individuals over the age of 3 years pursuant to a valid prescription or prescriber approved protocol. | This act would include the COVID-19 immunization under the consent and reporting provisions required for pharmacy administered immunizations to individuals between three (3) and eighteen (18) years of age. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| 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. | This act would protect 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. Employees so aggrieved by discipline or discharge by the employer would have the right to bring a civil action against the employer seeking equitable relief and/or compensatory damages including attorneys' fees and costs. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0124 | Expands the definition of "employee," and clarifies that the board may defer a pending unfair labor practice charge to allow for the grievance and arbitration process to move forward pursuant to the charging parties collective bargaining agreement. | This act would expand the definition of "employee," and would clarify that the board has the right to defer a pending unfair labor practice charge to allow for the grievance and arbitration process to move forward pursuant to the charging parties collective bargaining agreement. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0749 | Requires that, beginning January 1, 2028, all contractors structurally remodeling or building new residential structures with 1 to 4 family dwelling units be licensed by the contractors’ registration and licensing board. | This act would require that beginning January 1, 2028, all contractors structurally remodeling or building new residential structures with one to four family dwelling units be licensed by the contractors’ registration and licensing board. It would also amend the membership of the contractors registration and licensing board by increasing from one to two the members of the public, reducing from two to one the number of licensed home inspectors, and providing the option for an engineer to serve in place of an architect. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0940 | Amends sections of law relative to historic tax credits including increasing the maximum project credit and implementing requirements relative to following prevailing wage requirements.. | This act would amend sections of law relative to historic tax credits including increasing the maximum project credit and implementing requirements relative to following prevailing wage requirements. This act would take effect as of January 1, 2025. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0932 | Repeals a provision of the minimum prepaid special motor vehicle registration plate orders law that was set to expire on December 31, 2025. | This act would repeal a provision of the minimum prepaid special motor vehicle registration plate orders law that was set to expire on December 31, 2025. The result would be to continue the ability of applicable sponsoring nonprofit entities to reduce the minimum number of initially authorized prepaid special plates beyond December 31, 2025. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0922 | Requires the board of regents to adopt support and intervention strategies consistent with Comprehensive Education Strategy and SALT in one district at a time. | This act would require the board of regents to adopt progressive support and intervention strategies consistent with the Comprehensive Education Strategy and the principles of the “School Accountability for Learning and Teaching” (SALT) within one school district at a time. This act would take effect on July 1, 2025. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0829 | Provides temporary caregivers benefits to any eligible bone marrow transplant donor or living organ donor and would provide definitions for both | This act would provide temporary caregivers benefits to any eligible bone marrow transplant donor or living organ donor and would provide definitions for both. This act would take effect on January 1, 2026. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S1147 | Names the Senate Chamber after the former Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio. | This act would name the Senate Chamber after the former Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0120 | Increases insurance coverage for hearing aids from one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) to one thousand seven hundred fifty dollars ($1,750), per ear, for all people regardless of age effective January 1, 2026. | This act would increase insurance coverage for hearing aids from one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) to one thousand seven hundred fifty dollars ($1,750), per ear, for all people regardless of age effective January 1, 2026. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0070 | Requires employer, at the start of employment, furnish to their employees a written notice containing employment information relative to wages, rates of pay, allowances, benefits, deductions from pay, and identifying information relative to the employer. | This act would require the employer, at the start of employment, to furnish to their employees a written notice containing employment information relative to wages, rates of pay, allowances, benefits, deductions from pay, and identifying information relative to the employer. This act would take effect on January 1, 2026. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0071 | Provides protection and prevents 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. | This act would provide protection and prevent 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, and impose penalties under the deceptive trade practices provisions. This act would take effect on March 31, 2026. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S1011 | Amends the definition of affordable housing to create separate categories for housing using private or state financing as opposed to financing from the federal government. | This act would amend the definition of affordable housing to include a provision requiring the secretary of housing to develop a four (4) year pilot program to explore alternative under writing criteria to aid in the development of affordable dwelling units. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0790 | Changes the name of "applied behavior assistant analyst" to "assistant applied behavior analyst" and makes several changes to provide consistency in the certification language for behavioral analysts. | This act would change the name of "applied behavior assistant analyst" to "assistant applied behavior analyst" and makes several changes to provide consistency in the certification language for behavioral analysts. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S1017 | Allows the two (2) gaming facilities in the state to livestream images of gaming-related activities to one or more external jurisdictions for the purpose of facilitating external game play activities in external jurisdictions where gaming is permitted. | This act would allow the two (2) gaming facilities in the state to livestream images of gaming-related activities to one or more external jurisdictions for the purpose of facilitating external game play activities in external jurisdictions where gaming is permitted. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0976 | Mandates cosmetic medical procedures be performed by a physician, PA, APRN, or delegated to a qualified non-physician, non-PA or non-APRN under the supervision of a physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse. | This act would define the performance of cosmetic medical services, and would provide that a cosmetic medical service would be performed by a qualified licensed or certified non- physician only if the services have been delegated by a medical director, supervising physician, supervising physician assistant in collaboration with a physician, or supervising APRN who is responsible for on-site supervision of the services performed. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S1089 | 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. | This act would amend 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. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0559 | Increases imprisonment penalties and adds mandatory community service for violations of § 4-1-9. | This act would increase the imprisonment penalty for animal fighting from two (2) to five (5) years for a subsequent conviction under § 4-1-9 and would also require mandatory community service. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0568 | Requires all school buses be equipped with video monitoring system. | This act would require 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, would be required to have the monitoring systems installed by July 1, 2032. This act would also provide that jurisdiction over all prosecutions based on evidence produced by a live digital video school bus violation detection monitoring system would be shared between the municipal courts and the traffic tribunal. This act would also amend the distribution of revenues from fines imposed for violations of chapter 31 of title 51 ("School Bus Safety Enforcement"). This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0127 | Requires the employers of unionized public school teachers, municipal employees and state employees, to provide the union, at least once every 120 days, a list of all their employees in their union, as well as their personal and demographic information. | This act would require the employers of unionized public school teachers, municipal employees and state employees, to provide the union, at least once every one hundred twenty (120) days, a list of all their employees in their union, as well as their personal and demographic information, which shall be kept confidential by the employer and the employee organization. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S1050 | Requires payments by the corporation increase from a $3.00 tipping fee per vehicle to a $6.00 tipping fee per vehicle, unless exempt. This act would also require fees be paid to Johnston on an annual rather than a biannual basis. | This act would require that the resource recovery corporation modify the payment obligation from a three dollar ($3.00) tipping fee per vehicle to a six dollar ($6.00) tipping fee per vehicle. Any vehicle carrying municipal solid waste would remain exempt from the tipping fee. This act would also require that all fees collected shall be paid to the town of Johnston on an annual basis instead of a biannual basis. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0987 | Provide protection for the rights of professional, administrative and secretarial employees of the department of education to collectively bargain over all terms and conditions of employment. | This act would provide protection for the rights of professional, administrative and secretarial employees of the department of education to collectively bargain over all terms and conditions of employment. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0937 | Requires that the basic education program data collection information for students that attend career and technical education schools be charged to the receiving school district and not the sending school district. | This act would require that the basic education program data collection information for students that attend career and technical education schools be charged to the receiving school district and not the sending school district. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0721 | Repeals legislation establishing the Capital Center Commission, which is a special development district commission for downtown Providence. | This act would repeal legislation establishing the Capital Center Commission, which is a special development district commission for downtown Providence. This act would take effect upon passage and enactment of an ordinance by the city of Providence similarly repealing local legislation that established the Capital Center Commission; provided, however, if that already has occurred, this act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0950 | Establishes the crime of attempted kidnapping of a minor. | This act would establish the crime of attempted kidnapping of a minor. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S1039 | Makes technical amendments to the RI life science hub regarding the terms of the directors, advisory committees, powers, disposition of hub assets upon termination, and tax status as a governmental unit which is a separate legal entity from the state. | This act would make technical amendments to the Rhode Island life science hub regarding the terms of the directors, advisory committees, powers, disposition of hub assets upon termination, and tax status as a governmental unit which is a separate legal entity from the state. The amendments would make the hub, its property, and its bonds exempt from federal, state and local taxes and would authorize the hub to form venture capital funds and nonprofits to accept donations for the hub's purposes. The amendments would make the president and CEO an ex officio member of the board of directors. This act would take effect upon passage and would apply retroactively to September 1, 2023. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S1070 | Authorizes the Rhode Island infrastructure bank to establish a fund to provide financial assistance to local government units for resiliency and stormwater abatement projects. | This act would authorize the Rhode Island infrastructure bank to establish a fund to provide financial assistance to local government units for resiliency and stormwater abatement projects. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0549 | Requires hotel employees and short-term rental property operators to annually receive human trafficking awareness training. The operator of the premises shall maintain records of the completed training. | This act would require hotel employees and short-term rental property operators to annually receive human trafficking awareness training. The operator of the premises shall maintain records of the completed training. This act would take effect on January 1, 2026. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| 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. | This act would add "space force" to many sections of the general laws, listing of military branches. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0722 | Prohibits the restriction of access in and out of a construction site by using locked gates or fences while work is ongoing. | This act would prohibit the restriction of access in and out of a construction site by using locked gates or fences while work is ongoing. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0608 | Standardizes successor appointment language for various boards and adds language providing that a quorum be a majority of appointed members and the language applies across several healthcare professional boards that currently lack this language. | This act would standardize successor appointment language for various boards and adds language providing that a quorum would be a majority of board seats filled and the language would apply across several healthcare professional boards that currently lack this language. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0744 | Gives authority to the department of labor and training to enforce violations of the laws relating to corrosion prevention and mitigation work requirements. It also adds civil monetary penalties for violations of those laws. | This act would give authority to the department of labor and training to enforce violations of the laws relating to corrosion prevention and mitigation work requirements. This act would also add civil monetary penalties for violations of those laws. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0191 | 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. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S1060 | Clarifies several workers' compensation court authority for injuries to sworn employees (police/fire). | This act would clarify the workers' compensation court's authority to determine the status of an injured-on-duty officer's disability, the description of their injury, whether maximum medical improvement (MMI) has been achieved and determine issues of suitable alternative employment, and to award attorneys' fees and costs after a hearing when applicable to a prevailing injured employee. Additionally, this act would amend inconsistent language to establish conformity concerning the correct applicable deadline for filing an applicable accidental disability pension claim. This act would take effect on July 1, 2025. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S1062 | Renames the East Bay Bike Path Bridge, located in the Town of Warren, the Cpl. Richard C. Brule Bridge. | This act would rename the East Bay Bike Path Bridge, located in the Town of Warren, as the Cpl. Richard C. Brule Bridge. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S1165 | SENATE RESOLUTION JOYOUSLY CELEBRATING THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ORDINATION OF FATHER BERNARD A. HEALEY TO THE PRIESTHOOD ON JUNE 24, 2025 | Senate Resolution Joyously Celebrating The 30th Anniversary Of The Ordination Of Father Bernard A. Healey To The Priesthood On June 24, 2025 | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0925 | Requires at fault insurance companies to provide to any claimant whose vehicle is damaged in an accident, to provide a vehicle that is comparable to the claimant’s vehicle and that rental charges shall be based on local retail prices. | This act would require at fault insurance companies to provide to any claimant whose vehicle is damaged in an accident, to provide a vehicle that is reasonably comparable to the claimant’s vehicle and that rental charges shall be based on local retail prices. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0628 | Extends certain protocols applicable to vehicle manufacturers to their distributors and factory branches, updates definitions relative to common entities and sales. | This act would extend certain protocols applicable to motor vehicle manufacturers to their distributors and factory branches, amend definitions relative to common entities and sales, as well as prohibit any motor vehicle manufacturers, common entities, affiliates or joint ventures licensed after January 1, 2020 from directly selling to the public. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0694 | Details each of those limited emergency circumstances where a registered nurse and advanced practice registered nurses, may safely administer sedation, such as critical life-saving or emergency situations where there is an imminent threat to life or limb. | This act would establish that the elective and/or independent administration of propofol, Etomidate, sodium thiopental, methohexital, and volatile anesthetics for any surgery or procedure is not, generally, within the “scope of practice” of registered nurses and non-CRNA advance practice registered nurses as defined in chapter 34.3 of title 5 and would restrict the administration of these medications to licensed certified registered nurse anesthetists. It would also detail each of those limited emergency circumstances where a registered nurse and advanced practice registered nurses, may safely administer sedation, such as critical life-saving or emergency situations where there is an imminent threat to life or limb. This act would detail each of those limited emergency circumstances where registered nurses and advanced practice registered nurses, may safely administer sedation, such as critical life-saving or emergency situations where there is an imminent threat to life or limb. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| 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. | This act would provide a rebuttable defense if any person shall die or sustain a personal injury while committing any violent criminal offense of a person if that individual is lawfully in a place they have a right to be, and acted in self-defense and in the reasonable belief that the person engaged in the criminal offense was about to inflict great bodily harm or death upon that person or any other individual. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0502 | Specifies that low and moderate income housing exists when a city or town has adopted an inclusionary zoning ordinance requiring that all housing developments include at least fifty percent (50%) low or moderate income housing units. | This act would redefine the term “consistent with local needs” relative to low- and moderate-income housing and specify that low- and moderate-income housing exists when a city or town has adopted an inclusionary zoning ordinance requiring that all housing developments include at least fifty percent (50%) low- or moderate-income housing units. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0900 | Includes manufactured homes on leased land under a long-term lease in excess of thirty (30) years at the time of enrollment within the classification of affordable housing. | This act would include manufactured homes on leased land under a long-term lease in excess of thirty (30) years at the time of enrollment within the classification of affordable housing as well as manufactured homes in an age fifty-five (55) or older community and approved as such pursuant to specific zoning requirements and/or land development and subdivision ordinances. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S1113 | Prohibits payments in lieu of pension benefits to person employed more than ninety (90) days. | This act would prohibit a contractor or subcontractor from making a payment of the cash equivalent of any retirement or pension benefit directly to an employee in lieu of actually purchasing the retirement or pension benefit if the employee has been employed in excess of ninety (90) days. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S1157 | SENATE RESOLUTION CONDEMNING POLITICAL VIOLENCE AND EXPRESSING SYMPATHY TO THE FAMILIES OF THE HONORABLE SPEAKER EMERITA MELISSA HORTMAN AND THE HONORABLE STATE SENATOR JOHN HOFFMAN | Senate Resolution Condemning Political Violence And Expressing Sympathy To The Families Of The Honorable Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman And The Honorable State Senator John Hoffman | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0417 | Reduces the cigarette tax imposed by 75% for any modified risk tobacco product as defined in § 21 U.S.C. 387 k as a tobacco product sold/distributed to reduce the harm/risk of tobacco-related disease associated with commercially marketed tobacco products. | This act would reduce the cigarette tax imposed by fifty percent (50%) for any modified risk tobacco product as defined in § 21 U.S.C. 387K as a tobacco product sold or distributed to reduce the harm or risk of tobacco-related disease associated with commercially marketed tobacco products. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| 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. | This act would waive the fees for vehicle identification number inspections for veterans, including active duty military personnel and members of the National Guard and military reserves. This act would take effect on January 1, 2025 2026. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0718 | Limits the mandatory rental registry to properties constructed prior to 1978, and further push out the effective date of registration to September 1, 2025, with the penalty clause becoming effective as of October 1, 2025. | This act would limit the mandatory rental registry to properties constructed prior to 1978, and further push out the effective date of registration to September 1, 2025, with the penalty clause becoming effective as of October 1, 2025. This act would further eliminate the prohibition on landlords from evicting a tenant for nonpayment of rent unless they have registered the property with all of the personal information and provided the department of health a certificate of conformance. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0849 | Establishes a reimbursement system for a municipalities cost of training public safety personnel when they are hired by a different municipality or public safety agency within Rhode Island within 3 years of receiving the public safety training. | This act would establish a reimbursement system for a municipalities cost of training public safety personnel when they are hired by a different municipality or public safety agency within Rhode Island within three (3) years of receiving the public safety training. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0983 | Creates the PURPLE alert state system to aid in the search for a missing adult with a serious physical, behavioral health, neurological disabilities or medical condition. | This act would create the PURPLE alert state system to aid in the search for a missing adult with a serious physical, behavioral health, neurological disabilities or medical condition. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S1154 | Provides that a person over 18 yrs can purchase/possess a stun gun or electronic dart gun, prohibits sale of a stun gun or electronic dart gun to anyone under18 yrs, and criminalizes the use of a stun gun or electronic dart gun in any criminal offense. | This act would provide that a person over the age of eighteen (18) years can purchase and possess a stun gun or electronic dart gun and also prohibits the sale of a stun gun or electronic dart gun to any person under the age of eighteen (18) years. It would also criminalize the use of a stun gun or electronic dart gun in any criminal offense or the use of a stun gun or electronic dart gun against any police officer engaged in the execution of their duty. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0068 | Reduces the number of times the director of the lottery has to confer with the permanent joint committee on state lottery from nine (9) times per year to four (4) times per year or at the call of the chair and vice chair of the committee. | This act would reduce the number of times the director of the lottery has to confer with the permanent joint committee on state lottery from nine (9) times per year to four (4) times per year or at the call of the chair and vice chair of the committee. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0579 | Requires nonprofit that receives grants or funding from the general assembly over $50,000 to provide certain information relating to employee compensation of the previous year's 5 highest compensated employees with reportable income over $100,000. | This act would require any nonprofit that receives grants or other funding from the general assembly in excess of fifty thousand ($50,000) dollars to provide certain information relating to employee compensation of the previous year's five (5) highest compensated employees with reportable compensation of at least $100,000 to the general assembly, as a condition for requesting state funds from the general assembly. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| 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. | This act would allow 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. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0514 | Requires the state retirement board to publish online all archived video or audio recordings and all future recordings of meetings of the board. | This act would require the state retirement board to publish online all archived video or audio recordings and all future recordings of meetings of the board. This act would take effect on January 1, 2026. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0515 | Makes it a felony for any person required to register as a sex offender to live within three hundred feet (300’) of a school as defined in § 11-37.1-2. | This act would make it a felony for any person required to register as a sex offender to live within three hundred feet (300’) of a school as defined in § 11-37.1-2. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0022 | Reduces the time, from three (3) years to one year, 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 one year, 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. | Dead |
| S0414 | Permits paid members on the state labor relations board to continue to receive their retirement benefits. | This act would permit paid members on the state labor relations board to continue to receive their retirement benefits. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0623 | Amends the law relating to casino crimes to be consistent with the advent of iGaming and the relevant age restrictions to participate in iGaming. | This act would amend the law relating to casino crimes to be consistent with the advent of iGaming and the relevant age restrictions to participate in iGaming. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| 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. | Dead |
| S1037 | Amends the Identity Theft Protection Act by eliminating current definitions and establishing new definitions. This act also raises the penalty provisions for violations. | This act would amend the Identity Theft Protection Act of 2015. The act would eliminate the definitions for "classified data" and "personal information" and establish a definition for "personally identifiable information". This act would also add division of enterprise technology strategy and services (ETSS) or successor state agency, or successor to the chief digital officer to notification requirement provisions of the chapter. This act would raise the penalty provisions for violations. This act would take effect on July 1, 2025. | Dead |
| S0613 | Provides that businesses awarded tax credits, under the qualified jobs incentive act, within a specified time period are able to submit certain required documentation by December 31, 2025. | This act would provide that a full-time employee is one that works an average of thirty- five (35) hours per week and would provide that businesses awarded tax credits within a specified time period are able to submit documentation by December 31, 2025. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| 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. | This act would implement 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. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0475 | Requires public or private golf courses to have an automated external defibrillator on the premises. | This act would require public or private golf courses to have an automated external defibrillator on the premises. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0999 | Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of Blackstone Valley Advocacy Center located in the city of Pawtucket. | This act would exempt from taxation the real and tangible personal property of Blackstone Valley Advocacy Center located in the city of Pawtucket. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S1135 | SENATE RESOLUTION JOYOUSLY CELEBRATING AUGUST 15, 2025 AS THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE KOREAN DAY OF INDEPENDENCE AND 2025 AS THE 50TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE KOREAN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF RHODE ISLAND | Senate Resolution Joyously Celebrating August 15, 2025 As The 80th Anniversary Of The Korean Day Of Independence And 2025 As The 50th Year Anniversary Of The Founding Of The Korean American Association Of Rhode Island | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S1138 | SENATE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF YOLANDA CACERES DE LEONARDO | Senate Resolution Expressing Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of Yolanda Caceres De Leonardo | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S1005 | Allows a clinical laboratory, that is incorporated in the State of Rhode Island, to analyze blood samples, from children under the age of six (6) years, for blood lead levels. | This act would allow a clinical laboratory, that is incorporated in the State of Rhode Island, to analyze blood samples, from children under the age of six (6) years, for blood lead levels. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0748 | On 7/1/2026, renewal of any existing sports wagering vendor contract by state lottery ceases. Prior to expiration, the lottery shall invite vendors to submit applications for sports wagering awarding not less than 2 but not more than 5 contracts. | This act would stop the state lottery division of gaming from renewing any existing sports- wagering vendor contracts after July 1, 2026. Prior to the expiration of any existing contracts the division would issue an open invitation for applicants for sports-wagering vendors. Not less than two (2) but not more than five (5) vendors would then be awarded contracts. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0757 | Allows the dependents of a National Guard member, who is in good standing, to be eligible for tuition assistance. | This would allow the dependents of a National Guard member, who is in good standing, to be eligible for tuition assistance. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0848 | Imposes a hospital licensing fee for fiscal year 2026 against net patient-services revenue of every non-government owned hospital for the hospital’s first fiscal year ending on or after January 1, 2024. | This act would impose a hospital licensing fee for state fiscal year 2026 against net patient- services revenue of every non-government owned hospital for the hospital’s first fiscal year ending on or after January 1, 2024. The hospital licensing fee would have three (3) tiers with differing fees based on inpatient and outpatient net patient-services revenue. The executive office of health and human services, in consultation with the tax administrator, would identify the hospitals in each tier, by July 15, 2025, and would notify each hospital of its assigned tier by August 1, 2025. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0800 | Allows retired state employees who worked for the unified judicial system as certified or qualified court interpreters to be employed or reemployed for a limited period in a given year. | This act would allow retired state employees who worked for the unified judicial system as certified or qualified court interpreters to be employed or reemployed for a limited period in a given year to provide court interpretation services within the Rhode Island unified judicial system without forfeiture or reduction of their retirement benefits. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0550 | Allows animal control officers in the cities and towns to lawfully take charge of and provide adequate care to any animal found abandoned or neglected or hazardously accumulated and would increase penalties for malicious injury to or killing of animals. | This act would allow animal control officers in the cities and towns to lawfully take charge of and provide adequate care to any animal found abandoned or neglected or hazardously accumulated and would increase penalties from one thousand dollars ($1,000) to five thousand dollars ($5,000) for malicious injury to or killing of animals. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0743 | Beginning on July 1, 2025, allows state union employees to negotiate longevity payments in their collective bargaining agreements. | This act, beginning on July 1, 2025, would allow state union employees to negotiate longevity payments in their collective bargaining agreements. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0586 | Requires employers to protect employees from extreme temperatures through rest breaks, PPE, training, and equipment, and mandates quarterly supervisor training, to recognize and mitigate heat- and cold-related risks. | This act would require employers to protect employees from extreme temperatures through rest breaks, PPE, training, and equipment, and mandate training, to recognize and mitigate heat- and cold-related risks. The act would require the department of health to establish and implement the training program. This act would take effect on January 1, 2026. | Dead |
| 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. | Dead |
| S0033 | Allows a modification to federal adjusted gross income of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) of social security income for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2025. | This act would allow a modification to federal adjusted gross income of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) of social security income for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2025. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0334 | Provides that a school district could elect and choose to not spend money on any mandate that is not fully funded through the state education aid formula. | This act would provide on and after July 1, 2026, a school district could elect and choose to not spend money on any mandate that is not fully funded through the state education aid formula or of any other state funding received through the department of elementary and secondary education. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S1045 | Exempts subchapter S corporations in the first year of existence from paying the minimum tax. | This act would exempt subchapter S corporations in the first year of existence from paying the minimum tax. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0973 | Entitles correctional officers with twenty-five (25) years of service and who are at least fifty-five (55) years of age to a non-Medicare-eligible retiree health care insurance benefit. | This act would entitle correctional officers with twenty-five (25) years of service and who are at least fifty-five (55) years of age to a non-Medicare-eligible retiree health care insurance benefit. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0895 | Repeals the gross earnings tax on electric and gas companies. | This act would suspend the gross earnings tax on electric and gas companies until January 1, 2035. This act would take effect on January 1, 2026. | Dead |
| S1058 | Requires employers to provide each employee of a warehouse distribution center, upon hire, with written description of quotas applicable to the employee within defined time periods and adverse employment action for failure to meet the quota. | This act would require employers to provide each employee, defined as a nonexempt employee who works at a warehouse distribution center, upon hire, with a written description of each quota to which the employee is subject, including the quantified number of tasks to be performed or materials to be produced or handled, within the defined time period and any potential adverse employment action that could result from failure to meet the quota. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S1112 | Restates the UTGR Master Contract and the Twin River-Tiverton Master Contract and would consolidate the marketing program of each into the Consolidated Marketing Program. | This act would restate the UTGR Master Contract and the Twin River-Tiverton Master Contract and would consolidate the marketing program of each into the Consolidated Marketing Program. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| 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. | This act would authorize the Providence city council to set the veterans tax exemption limit to an amount determined by the city council via ordinance or resolution. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0434 | Exempts the trade-in value of pickup trucks under eight thousand eight hundred pounds (8,800 lbs.) gross weight, used exclusively for personal use, from sales tax. | This act would exempt the trade-in value of pickup trucks under eight thousand eight hundred pounds (8,800 lbs.) gross weight, used exclusively for personal use, from sales tax. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| 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. | Dead |
| S0825 | Funds the state crime victim compensation program through an additional one dollar ($1.00) fine on traffic violations, exclusive of violations related to the parking of vehicles. | This act would fund the state crime victim compensation program through an additional one dollar ($1.00) fine on traffic violations, exclusive of violations related to the parking of vehicles. This act would take effect one year after passage. | Dead |
| S1114 | Allows the city of Providence to adopt higher rates for the marginal value of residential property in excess of $1,000,000 per dwelling. Taxpayers below a certain income level may be exempt and additional revenue would be exempt. | This act would allow the city of Providence to adopt higher rates for the marginal value of residential property in excess of one million dollars ($1,000,000) per dwelling unit. This act would allow the higher rates to be separated into progressive brackets. This act would also exempt additional revenue received from the four percent (4%) levy growth cap established pursuant to § 44-5-2. This act would also provide that properties occupied by taxpayers below a certain income level may be exempt. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S1115 | Bills nonprofit colleges and universities in the city of Providence for municipal services if they do not reach a memorandum of agreement with the city for increased payments. | This act would bill nonprofit colleges and universities in the city of Providence for municipal services if they do not reach a memorandum of agreement with the city for increased payments. This act would further define the actual costs and municipal services provided to the colleges and universities where at least one student resides. This act would further establish the collegiate memorandum payments baseline and allow a ten percent (10%) tax on revenue where the college or university fails to make its baseline memorandum payments. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S1073 | Makes it unlawful for a person in the custody of the department of corrections to use any force or weapon to resist a lawful request or directive. | This act would make it unlawful for a person in the custody of the department of corrections to use any force or weapon to resist a lawful request or directive. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0412 | JOINT RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE MEDICAID SECTION 1115 DEMONSTRATION WAIVER REQUESTS AND RENEWALS -- RHODE ISLAND MEDICAID REFORM ACT OF 2008 (Joint resolution to approve an amendment to the Medicaid section 1115 demonstration waiver requests and renewals.) | Joint Resolution To Amend The Medicaid Section 1115 Demonstration Waiver Requests And Renewals -- Rhode Island Medicaid Reform Act Of 2008 (joint Resolution To Approve An Amendment To The Medicaid Section 1115 Demonstration Waiver Requests And Renewals.) | Dead |
| S0620 | Prohibits the holding of multiple drivers licenses or identification cards and would change the term "re-constructed salvage" to "rebuilt salvage" for purposes of the Rhode Island salvage law. | This act would prohibit the holding of multiple drivers licenses or identification cards and would change the term "re-constructed salvage" to "rebuilt salvage" for purposes of the Rhode Island salvage law. Sections 1 and 2 of this act would take effect upon passage and section 3 would take effect six (6) months after passage. | Dead |
| S1052 | Provides that minor subdivisions would include oversized lot subdivisions under certain circumstances and relative to zoning ordinances, permit a modification to allow "neighborhood character-based modifications" under certain circumstances. | This act would provide that, relative to subdivision of land, minor subdivisions would include oversized lot subdivisions under certain circumstances and would also, relative to zoning ordinances, permit a modification to allow "neighborhood character-based modifications" under certain circumstances. This act would take effect on January 1, 2026. | Dead |
| S0909 | Makes changes to the access to public records act, including clarifying various provisions, increasing the sanctions for knowing and willful violations of the law, and making certain traffic accident data and preferred license plate information public. | This act would make numerous changes to the access to public records act, including clarifying various provisions, increasing the sanctions for knowing and willful violations of the law, and making certain traffic accident data and preferred license plate information public. Additionally, this act would include a police report of an incident that does not lead to an arrest as accessible to public records request. Any final reports of investigations conducted by internal affairs would be accessible to public records request. All police worn body camera footage would be accessible to public records request and would be made available within thirty (30) days. Arrest logs made within thirty (30) days of arrest, changed from five (5) days previously, would be accessible to public records request. A civil fine for public officials who knowingly violate this chapter would increase from two thousand dollars ($2,000) to four thousand dollars ($4,000), and if a public official recklessly violates this chapter a fine of two thousand dollars ($2,000) this is a change from one thousand dollars ($1,000) previously. There would also be relief in the case of a person filing frivolous request with the intent to disrupt government operations. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0693 | Expands eligibility for the qualified Medicare beneficiary program by increasing the income limit from 100% to 138% of the federal poverty line. | This act would expand eligibility for the qualified Medicare beneficiary program by increasing the income limit for qualified Medicare beneficiaries to one hundred twenty-five percent (125%) of the federal poverty line and expand eligibility for the qualified individual program by establishing an income limit of one hundred twenty-five percent (125%) to one hundred sixty-eight percent (168%) of the federal poverty line. There would be no asset limit applied to eligibility for these programs. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0185 | Creates an income-sensitive tiered subsidy program to ensure that home energy utility costs are affordable for eligible low-income households. | This act would create an income-sensitive tiered subsidy program to ensure that home energy utility costs are affordable for eligible low-income households. The cost of the discount, including administrative costs not funded through other sources, would be collected in rates from all other customers of the electric and gas distribution companies in a manner determined just and reasonable by the public utilities commission. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| 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. | Dead |
| S0110 | Establishes a tax credit against income tax based on eligible expenses incurred for care and support of an eligible family member. | This act would establish a tax credit against income tax based upon eligible expenditures incurred by a family caregiver for the care and support of an eligible family member. The maximum amount of the credit would be one thousand dollars ($1,000) and would apply to all tax years beginning after December 31, 2025. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| 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. | This act would establish the workplace psychological safety act to provide protection for employees from workplace psychological abuse (bullying) by requiring employers and representative employees to take all reasonable steps to prevent workplace bullying and respond appropriately to thereto. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0943 | Requires certain landlords to obtain insurance to cover alternate living accommodations for displaced tenants due to fire or disaster. | This act would require owners of large multi-family dwellings to secure insurance coverage that provides for the temporary housing of tenants for a period of at least thirty (30) days in the event the large multi-family dwelling loses its certificate of occupancy or becomes uninhabitable due to a fire, act of God, flood, or other sudden occurrence that renders the property uninhabitable. This act would take effect on July 1, 2025. | Dead |
| S0262 | JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $500,000 TO SOJOURNER HOUSE IN RHODE ISLAND (Authorizes the appropriation of the sum of $500,000 to Sojourner House to support its permanent housing development program that provides safe, secure housing to individuals and families fleeing from dangerous situations.) | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $500,000 To Sojourner House In Rhode Island (authorizes The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $500,000 To Sojourner House To Support Its Permanent Housing Development Program That Provides Safe, Secure Housing To Individuals And Families Fleeing From Dangerous Situations.) | Dead |
| S0043 | Increases the number of days a retired municipal employee could work in a calendar year without interruption of pension benefits to ninety (90) days. | This act would increase the number of days a retired municipal employee could work in a calendar year without interruption of pension benefits to ninety (90) days. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0566 | Provides for a cause of action against an individual or entity that prohibits the possession of firearms on real property, except residences, by an individual that is authorized and licensed to carry a firearm. | This act would provide for a cause of action against an individual or entity that prohibits the possession of firearms on real property, except residences, by an individual that is authorized and licensed to carry a firearm. The cause of action would allow the injured individual to recover for injury to his or her person, death, physical, emotional and/or mental distress, economic loss or expense, property damage or any other compensable loss as a result of conduct occurring on the real property that prohibits the possession of firearms. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0853 | Prohibits any city or town from requiring an applicant for license to carry concealed firearm to provide a reason for their request other than those outlined in § 11-47-1. | This act would prohibit any licensing authority of any city or town from requiring an applicant for a license or permit to carry a concealed firearm to provide a reason for their request other than those outlined in § 11-47-11 and would prohibit the licensing authority from imposing additional or stricter requirements than the department of attorney general and would also prohibit said licensing authorities from imposing any fees other than the fee required in § 11-47-12. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0734 | Prohibits sale and possession of assault weapons, as defined and would provide certain exemptions to include law enforcement officers and those individuals legally in possession of any such firearm at the time of passage of this act. | This act would prohibit the sale and possession of assault weapons, as defined and would provide certain exemptions to include law enforcement officers and those individuals legally in possession of any such firearm at the time of passage of this act. This act would take effect on July 2, 2025. | Dead |
| S0869 | Creates the position of dementia services coordinator within the department of health to coordinate the departments approach to Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia. | This act would create the position of dementia services coordinator within the department of health to coordinate the departments' approach to Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0770 | Provides that stores offering food product discounts must provide the same discounts to in store customers that are offered to customers using electronic digital coupons. | This act would provide that stores offering food product discounts must provide the same discounts to in store customers that are offered to customers using electronic digital coupons. This act would take effect on January 1, 2026. | Dead |
| S0656 | Authorizes the tax administrator to waive interest and penalties on delinquent taxes paid in full during a one week amnesty period. Also reinstates a suspended driver’s license upon payment in full. | This act would authorize the tax administrator to waive interest and penalties on delinquent taxes paid in full during a one week amnesty period. This act would reinstate a suspended driver’s license upon payment in full. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0782 | Removes the definition of "totally and permanently disabled" from the general law affording college tuition paid by the state to the spouse and children of active members of the police force who are killed or disabled during duty. | This act would remove the definition of "totally and permanently disabled" from the general law affording college tuition paid by the state to the spouse and children of active members of the police force who are killed or disabled during duty. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0776 | Increases the federal adjusted gross income threshold for modification for taxable social security income. Amends references to federal adjusted gross income as pertains to modification of taxable retirement income from certain pension plans or annuities. | This act would increase the federal adjusted gross income threshold for modification for taxable social security income. This act would also amend references to the federal adjusted gross income as it pertains to modification of taxable retirement income from certain pension plans or annuities. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S1069 | SENATE RESOLUTION REAFFIRMING THE FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND TAIWAN WHILE SUPPORTING ENHANCED BILATERAL RELATIONS WITH TAIWAN AND TAIWAN'S PARTICIPATION IN THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY | Senate Resolution Reaffirming The Friendship Between The State Of Rhode Island And Taiwan While Supporting Enhanced Bilateral Relations With Taiwan And Taiwan's Participation In The International Community | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S1068 | SENATE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING MAY 11 THROUGH MAY 17, 2025, TO BE "NATIONAL POLICE WEEK" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND, IN REMEMBRANCE OF ALL THE POLICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE LINE OF DUTY | Senate Resolution Commemorating May 11 Through May 17, 2025, To Be "national Police Week" In The State Of Rhode Island, In Remembrance Of All The Police And Law Enforcement Officers Who Have Lost Their Lives In The Line Of Duty | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0657 | Authorizes the tax administrator to waive interest and penalties on delinquent taxes paid in full during a one week amnesty period. | This act would authorizes the tax administrator to waive interest and penalties on delinquent taxes paid in full during a one week amnesty period. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0413 | Increases the LLC organization fee to $500. Exempts the LLC from filing an annual tax return, paying the minimum tax and obtaining a letter of good standing from the division of taxation in order to dissolve. | This act would increase the filing fee to organize a limited liability company to five hundred dollars ($500). This act would further eliminate the annual tax return filing requirement and the minimum tax. This act would further eliminate the requirement to obtain a letter of good standing from the division of taxation in order to dissolve. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| 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. | Dead |
| S0083 | Removes the licensing exemption for a lender that originates less than six (6) loans in twelve (12) consecutive months. | This act would remove the licensing exemption for a lender that originates less than six (6) loans in twelve (12) consecutive months. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0914 | Removes the fee for registration and plate transfer for a Distinguished Service Cross registration plate. | This act would remove the fee for registration and plate transfer for a Distinguished Service Cross registration plate. This act would take effect on January 1, 2026. | Dead |
| S0978 | Requires the state building commissioner to implement electronic permitting for any category of state or local permit authorized under state law to significantly impact the expediency of construction and development. | This act would require the state building commissioner to implement electronic permitting for any category of state or local permit authorized under state law to significantly impact the expediency of construction and development. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0947 | Provides for a single, increased range of penalties for all driving offenses which result in serious bodily injury or death. | This act would provide for a single, increased range of penalties for all driving offenses which result in serious bodily injury or death. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0777 | Requires that present and former employees, active and retired members, and beneficiaries receiving any retirement, disability or death allowance receive a $2,000 increase per year. | This act would require effective July 1, 2026, that all present and former employees, active and retired members, and beneficiaries receiving any retirement, disability or death allowance or benefit of any kind, shall receive an annual benefit adjustment of two thousand dollars ($2,000) each calendar year. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0449 | Requires a reamortization of the state pension fund for 2026. | This act would require a reamortization of the state pension fund for 2026. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S1000 | Ends difference between teachers retired before or after June 30, 2012 for pension adjustments and difference between COLA adjustments between state and municipal pensions. | This act would eliminate the distinction between teachers who retired on or before June 30, 2012 and those teachers who retired after June 30, 2012 with respect to retirement benefit adjustments. Additionally, this act would require that teachers who retired and who were covered under a municipal pension would receive the same COLA adjustment as teachers covered by the state retirement system. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0257 | Changes the teacher and state employees' retirement benefit calculations' cutoff date from July 1, 2024, to July 1, 2012, for all retirement members eligible to and who retire on or after the new July 1, 2012, cutoff date. | This act would, change the teacher and state employees' retirement benefit calculations' cutoff date from July 1, 2024, to July 1, 2012, for all retirement members eligible to and who retire on or after the new July 1, 2012, cutoff date. The average compensation means the average of the highest three (3) consecutive years, of compensation, within the total service, when the average compensation was its highest. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0249 | Increases monthly minimum benefit for a spouse, domestic partner, former spouse. Grant a 2.89% COLA for eligible retirees. Provided a modification reducing federal AGI for public pension benefits from the RI employees retirement system. | This act would increase the monthly minimum benefit for a spouse, domestic partner or former spouse and grant, to eligible retirees who retired after July 1, 2012, and provide a one-time full COLA of two and eighty-nine one hundredths percent (2.89%). This act would further provide a modification reducing federal adjusted gross income for the amount received of public pension benefits administered by the Employees Retirement System of Rhode Island. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0184 | Expands the positions that a person in the state retirement system could have at a state college or university post-retirement. | This act would expand the post-retirement positions that any retired member in the state retirement system could have at a state college or university, to include positions outside of teaching, but would maintain the same cap on the amount of money that person could be paid for part-time work. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0214 | Requires that the license plates of a vehicle be confiscated by a police officer if the owner was arrested for driving while their license was suspended, revoked or cancelled for refusing to submit to a chemical test or for operating under the influence. | This act would require that the license plates of a vehicle be impounded by a law enforcement officer if the owner was arrested for driving while their license was suspended, revoked or cancelled for refusing to submit to a chemical test or for operating a motor vehicle under the influence of a narcotic drug or intoxicating liquor and would allow temporary substitute plates if the court determines such impoundment of license plates would cause undue hardship to dependents of offender. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0140 | Prohibits defendants who are serving probation for driving under the influence death resulting from earning good time off their probationary period. | This act would prohibit defendants who are serving probation for driving under the influence death resulting from earning good time off their probationary period. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0093 | Allows police and firefighters to retire with 20 years of service and attained 57 years of age based on their highest 3 years consecutive compensation. | This act, effective July 1, 2025, would require that "final compensation" for purposes of calculating police and firefighter's retirement benefits, be based on the employee's highest three (3) consecutive years compensation, rather than the current five (5) years and would permit police and firefighters to retire, if they have attained the age of at least fifty-seven (57) years and have completed at least twenty (20) years of total service. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0450 | Allows teachers, state and municipal employees to retire upon the earlier of reaching age sixty (60) with thirty (30) years of service or the employee's retirement eligibility date under present state statutes. | This act would allow teachers, state and municipal employees to retire upon the earlier of reaching age sixty (60) with thirty (30) years of service or the employee's retirement eligibility date under present state statutes. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0659 | Recalculates the retirement allowance related to early retirement and pension benefits for teachers, state employees and municipal employees. | This act would recalculate the retirement allowance related to early retirement and pension benefits for teachers, state employees and municipal employees. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0661 | Adds probation and parole officers to the list of state law enforcement professionals, for purpose of retirement on service allowance. | This act would add probation and parole officers to the list of state law enforcement professionals, for purpose of retirement on service allowance. This act would take effect on January 1, 2026. | Dead |
| S0426 | Allows any peace officer working in a Rhode Island school as a full or part-time resource officer to work in excess of the seventy-five (75) working days in a calendar year, and not have an interruption in their benefits. | This act would allow any peace officer working in a Rhode Island school as a full or part- time resource officer to work in excess of the seventy-five (75) working days in a calendar year, and not have an interruption in their benefits. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0592 | Creates a special license plate for the charity Real Access Motivates Progress, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. | This act would create a special license plate for the charity Real Access Motivates Progress, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. This act would take effect six (6) months after passage. | Dead |
| 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. | This act would provide that all contractual provisions in a firefighters collective bargaining agreement would continue until a successor agreement has been reached or an interest arbitration award has been rendered. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0803 | Adds a provision that allows a tenant to pay the last month's rent or any other prepaid rent. It also increases the amount that a security deposit can be requested from one to two (2) months of rent. | This act would add a provision that allows a tenant to pay the last month's rent or any other prepaid rent. It would also increase the amount that a security deposit can be requested from one to two (2) months of rent. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0886 | Amends the obligation of entities to sell at retail to Rhode Island and use customers. | This act would amend the renewable energy standard obligations of entities to sell at retail to Rhode Island customers. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S1025 | SENATE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING APRIL 24, 2025, AS "ARMENIAN GENOCIDE REMEMBRANCE DAY" TO COMMEMORATE THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE OF 1915 TO 1923, AND IN HONOR OF ARMENIAN-AMERICANS | Senate Resolution Proclaiming April 24, 2025, As "armenian Genocide Remembrance Day" To Commemorate The Armenian Genocide Of 1915 To 1923, And In Honor Of Armenian-americans | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| 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. | Dead |
| S0101 | Repeals the corporation minimum tax. | This act would repeal the corporation minimum tax. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0285 | Prohibits employers from seeking/using credit reports in making hiring decisions concerning prospective employees, asking questions about the applicant's financial past during interviews or including credit history questions in their job applications. | This act would prohibit employers from seeking or using credit reports in making hiring decisions concerning prospective employees, asking questions about the applicant's financial past during its interviews, or including credit history questions within the applicant's job applications. It would authorize the department of labor and training to impose administrative fines against the offending employer. Finally, it would also allow the aggrieved employee to seek civil financial damages and attorneys' fees. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0038 | Establishes the office of inspector general as an independent administrative agency charged with the responsibility to investigate, detect, and prevent fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement in the expenditure of public funds. | This act would establish the office of inspector general as an independent administrative agency charged with the responsibility to investigate, detect, and prevent fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement in the expenditure of public funds. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0036 | Amends the Education Equity and Property Tax Relief Act to set the regionalization bonus at 2% of the state's share of foundation education aid for the fiscal year starting July 1, 2025, and for each year thereafter. | This act would amend the existing provisions of the Education Equity and Property Tax Relief Act by providing that the annual amount of the regionalization bonus would be two percent (2%) of the state's share of the foundation education aid formula for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025 and for each fiscal year thereafter. This act would take effect on July 1, 2025. | Dead |
| 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. | Dead |
| S0041 | Exempts from sales tax the trade-in values of motorcycles as well the proceeds received as a result of an unrecovered stolen or total loss of a motorcycle. | This act would exempt from sales tax the trade-in values of motorcycles as well the proceeds received as a result of an unrecovered stolen or total loss of a motorcycle. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0048 | JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $15,200,000 TO BE USED TO PURCHASE PFAS-FREE FIREFIGHTING GEAR (Authorizes the appropriation of the sum of $15,200,000 to cities and towns to purchase firefighter and rescue personnel protective gear which is PFAS free.) | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $15,200,000 To Be Used To Purchase Pfas-free Firefighting Gear (authorizes The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $15,200,000 To Cities And Towns To Purchase Firefighter And Rescue Personnel Protective Gear Which Is Pfas Free.) | Dead |
| S0049 | JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $250,000 TO THE SUBSTANCE USE AND MENTAL HEALTH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL OF RI (SUMHLC) (This resolution would authorize an appropriation of the sum of $250,000 to the Substance Use and Mental Health Leadership Council of RI.) | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $250,000 To The Substance Use And Mental Health Leadership Council Of Ri (sumhlc) (this Resolution Would Authorize An Appropriation Of The Sum Of $250,000 To The Substance Use And Mental Health Leadership Council Of Ri.) | Dead |
| S0039 | Exempts from the sales tax scalp hair prosthesis or wigs that are necessary due to hair loss from a medical condition. | This act would exempt from the sales tax scalp hair prosthesis or wig that are necessary due to hair loss from a medical condition. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0031 | Exempts the trade-in value of pickup trucks weighing fourteen thousand pounds (14,000 lbs.) or less from sales and use tax. | This act would exempt the trade-in value of pickup trucks weighing fourteen thousand pounds (14,000 lbs.) or less from sales and use tax. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0099 | Exempts the trade-in value of pickup trucks under eight thousand one hundred pounds (8,100 lbs.) gross weight, used exclusively for personal use, from sales tax. | This act would exempt the trade-in value of pickup trucks under eight thousand one hundred pounds (8,100 lbs.) gross weight, used exclusively for personal use, from sales tax. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0503 | Create a process to establish a low- or moderate-income housing that exceeds sixty (60) units. | This act would create a process for applications proposing to build low- or moderate- income housing that exceeds sixty (60) units. This act would require an applicant proposing such project to seek a pre-application conference with the local review board. The applicant would also be required to provide documentation that the project is consistent with local needs. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0034 | Eliminates the sales tax on taxi services and pet care services. | This act would eliminate the sales tax on taxi services and pet care services. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0891 | Requires the PUC to produce report on comprehensive study by April 30, 2026. | This act would require the public utility commission (PUC) in conjunction with the division of public utilities and carriers (DPUC) to produce a comprehensive study for the general assembly by April 30, 2026 to be transmitted to the governor, speaker of the house and the senate president. The study would require the PUC and the DPUC to review all energy programs, compare them with other states and formulate a plan to lower energy costs for consumers in this state. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0890 | Changes the excess renewable net-metering credit to a wholesale rate. | This act would change the excess renewable net-metering credit to be billed at the whole sale rate from the electric distribution company’s avoided cost rate, which is hereby declared to be the electric distribution company’s last resort service kilowatt hour. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0995 | SENATE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF THE HONORABLE DOMINICK J. RUGGERIO, PRESIDENT AND DEAN OF THE RHODE ISLAND SENATE | Senate Resolution Expressing Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of The Honorable Dominick J. Ruggerio, President And Dean Of The Rhode Island Senate | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0826 | Establishes a seven (7) member public-private partnership infrastructure oversight commission to approve all requests for proposals submitted for public-private partnership construction of qualified facilities. | This act would establish a seven (7) member public-private partnership infrastructure oversight commission to approve all requests for proposals submitted for public-private partnership construction of qualified facilities. This act would also establish a new scheme outlining the request for proposal process for the construction of public-private qualified facilities and would further provide for the state to exercise the power of eminent domain relating to the construction of such qualified facilities. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0855 | Establishes a maximum hourly workday for all peace officers as defined in § 12-7-21 and a violation rate of pay of double time and a half. | This act would establish a maximum hourly workday for all peace officers as defined in § 12-7-21 and would establish a violation rate of pay of double time and a half. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0040 | Increases the state earned-income credit as of January 1, 2026 to seventeen percent (17%) of the federal earned-income credit, not to exceed the amount of state income tax. | This act would increase the Rhode Island earned-income credit to seventeen percent (17%) on January 1, 2026 and then to eighteen percent (18%) on January 1, 2027. Such credit would not exceed the amount of state income tax. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0551 | Allows seizure and rehoming of animals prior to criminal charges being heard. | This act would allow an animal control officer to immediately take possession of an animal for violation of this section. An animal owner would be given a forty-eight (48) hour notice of a hearing to be held in municipal or district court to rehome the animal prior to the disposition of any criminal charges. The animal owner would be responsible for all reasonable expenses for the care of the animal while in the custody of the shelter. Penalties for malicious injury or the killing of animals would be increased. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| 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. | Dead |
| S0658 | Amends the Rhode Island works program to allow lawful permanent residents to receive benefits without a waiting period. | This act would amend the Rhode Island works program to allow lawful permanent residents to receive benefits without a waiting period. This act would also increase the monthly cash benefit to fifty percent (50%) of the federal poverty level effective July 1, 2025, and would increase the cash support pass-through to one hundred dollars ($100) for one child and two hundred dollars ($200) for more than one child. This act would take effect on July 1, 2025. | Dead |
| S0928 | Changes term vicious to dangerous dogs, expands on requirements relative to leashes, enclosures, addresses fines, requires signage, mandates dangerous dogs be kept in enclosure and provides other requirements. | This act would change the term vicious dogs to dangerous dogs, would expand on requirements relative to leashes, enclosures, address fines and penalties, require signage, prevent dangerous dogs from being left outside unless in an enclosure and provide other requirements upon owners or keepers of dangerous dogs and set out notice and hearing requirements. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0931 | Establishes a system of electronic registration and titling of motor vehicles. Rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this chapter to be promulgated by the administrator of the division of motor vehicles. | This act would establish a system of electronic registration and titling of motor vehicles. Rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this chapter would be promulgated by the administrator of the division of motor vehicles. This act would take effect on July 1, 2026. | Dead |
| S0392 | Requires that one third of all Rhode Island teachers, each year for the next 3 years, be trained in the basic emergency and response skills curriculum ("BEARS"), specifically in hand-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation/Heimlich maneuver/bleeding control. | This act would require that one third (1/3) of all Rhode Island teachers, each year, for the next three (3) years, be trained in the basic emergency and response skills curriculum ("BEARS"), specifically in hand-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Heimlich maneuver, and bleeding control. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| 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. | Dead |
| S0073 | Allows for the holder of a manufacturer's license to be able to sell one one-sixth (1/6) barrel key of malt beverage, produced on the premises, per day. | This act would allow for the holder of a manufacturer’s license to be able to sell one one- sixth (1/6) barrel keg of malt beverage, produced on the premises, per day. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0069 | Provides employees with civil administrative remedies against contractors, subcontractors involved in the contract with joint/severable liability imposed on contractors or subcontractors. Effective 9/1/2025. | This act would make contractors civilly liable and/or jointly civilly liable for any claims of wage theft or nonpayment from an employee against the contractor, its subcontractors and any subcontractor involved in the performance of the contract; provided that, written notice of the alleged violation be given to the contractor not more than forty-five (45) days from the last occurrence of the alleged wage theft. This act would also authorize only administrative and/or civil actions to recover the claimed wages. This act would further provide that these provisions could be waived by a collective bargaining agreement with a bona fide building and construction trade labor organization which has established itself as the collective bargaining representative for persons performing work on a project. This act would take effect on September 1, 2025, and would apply to construction contracts entered into, renewed, modified or amended on or after the effective date of this act. | Dead |
| S0217 | Allows holders of a Class P license to purchase alcoholic beverages from either a retail or wholesale establishment in the State of Rhode Island. | This act would allow holders of a Class P license to purchase alcoholic beverages from either a retail or wholesale establishment in the State of Rhode Island and allow wholesalers to refuse to fulfill orders permitted under this section, or set minimum quantities or dollar values per order. It would also permit caterers to serve and leave an event host's alcoholic beverages at their residence so long as it is under the caterer's control for the entirety of the event. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| 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. | Dead |
| S0056 | SENATE RESOLUTION RESPECTFULLY URGING THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO PROTECT PATIENTS AND TRADITIONAL MEDICARE FROM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | Senate Resolution Respectfully Urging The United States Congress To Protect Patients And Traditional Medicare From Medicare Advantage | Dead |
| S0385 | Impose requirements and actions that certain electric distribution and gas distribution companies must meet prior to implementing rate changes. | This act would impose requirements and actions that electric distribution companies and gas distribution companies having over one hundred thousand (100,000) customers would need to take prior to implementing rate changes. The act would also add additional requirements of providing explanations and annual reports with information on costs contributing to rate adjustments, for the purpose of providing greater transparency to customers and consumers of electricity and gas. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| 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. | Dead |
| 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. | Dead |
| S0960 | SENATE RESOLUTION THANKING AND HONORING AMERICA'S AND RHODE ISLAND'S VIETNAM WAR VETERANS FOR THEIR SERVICE AND SACRIFICE ON "VIETNAM VETERANS DAY" | Senate Resolution Thanking And Honoring America's And Rhode Island's Vietnam War Veterans For Their Service And Sacrifice On "vietnam Veterans Day" | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0852 | Requires that all agencies' final rules, promulgated pursuant to the administrative procedures act, be approved by general assembly action, but in no case later than December 31 of the year it is promulgated before it can become effective. | This act would require that all agencies' final rules, promulgated pursuant to the administrative procedures act, be approved by general assembly action, but in no case later than December 31 of the year it is promulgated before it can become effective. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0496 | Provides that the “meetings” requirements from § 34-36.1-3.08 be applicable to condominiums created before July 1, 1982, and would permit remote participation in condominium meetings. | This act would provide that the “meetings” requirements from § 34-36.1-3.08 be applicable to condominiums created before July 1, 1982, and would permit remote participation in condominium meetings. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0488 | Establishes that Medicaid eligibility in RI can only be determined using state-controlled data, prohibit private entity data in eligibility decisions, and ensure terminations are made by human employees rather than automated systems. | This bill would establish that Medicaid eligibility in Rhode Island can only be determined using state-controlled data, prohibit private entity data in eligibility decisions, and ensure terminations are made by human employees rather than automated systems. It would also mandate retroactive reinstatement for improperly terminated individuals This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0436 | Establishes an agricultural restricted receipt account within the department of environmental management. An advisory committee would be established to determine suggested uses of the funds in said account. | This act would establish an agricultural restricted receipt account within the department of environmental management. An advisory committee would be established to determine suggested uses of the funds in said account. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0108 | Directs the general assembly to fund ten full time equivalent positions in FY 2026 to support DEM's efforts in the areas of forestry and forestry projects. | This act would direct the general assembly to appropriate in the fiscal year 2026 budget, a sum sufficient to fund ten additional full time equivalent ("FTE") positions to be assigned to the department of environmental management (the "department"), and to fund necessary equipment and supplies, with the intent to support and expand the department's efforts in the areas of forests and forestry projects. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0587 | Allows unemployment benefits for workers who are on strike or are locked out of their workplaces by their employer due to a labor dispute. | This act would allow unemployment benefits for workers who are on strike or are locked out of their workplaces by their employer due to a labor dispute. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0915 | Eliminates the registration and service charge fees for National Guard plates. | This act would eliminate the registration and service charge fees for National Guard plates. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0766 | Forbids a motor vehicle liability insurance carrier from considering the zip code of where an insured lives for purposes of calculating their policy premium. | This act would forbid a motor vehicle liability insurance carrier from considering the zip code of where an insured lives for purposes of calculating their policy premium. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0822 | Provides that when 2 or more individuals associate to accomplish the crime of shoplifting, that they would be deemed to be associated for the particular purpose of shoplifting and be guilty of a felony. | This act would provide that when two (2) or more individuals associate to accomplish the crime of shoplifting, that they would be deemed to be associated for the particular purpose of shoplifting and be guilty of a felony. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0377 | Establishes the “2025 Rhode Island Broadband Transparency and Consumer Protection Act." | This act would require the constant updating of information to accommodate changes in broadband technology. The act would also direct the Rhode Island commerce corporation to implement new data collection and mapping of broadband availability, provide protections for certain submitted data, and direct the corporation to collect fees from Internet service providers operating in Rhode Island to fund the data collection required by the act. The act would further require the corporation to submit a detailed plan to the governor and general assembly regarding the creation of a broadband regulatory authority. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0493 | Allows a landlord that did not obtain a lead certificate pursuant to the lead mitigation laws of chapter 128.1 of title 42 due to the fact that the state lacks the adequate resources to conduct inspections. | This act would allow a landlord that did not obtain a lead certificate pursuant to the lead mitigation laws of chapter 128.1 of title 42 due to the fact that the state lacks the adequate resources to conduct inspections. The act also would provide that if the landlord certifies that the landlord followed all lead mitigation law requirements as of September 1, 2024, the landlord would not be fined for the lack of a lead certificate. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0350 | Defines a quorum of the building code standards committee be a majority of the current board members and amends the state building code to require that sections provide that dwelling units from one to four (4) units use the international residential code. | This act would define a quorum of the building code standards committee to be a majority of the current board members, provide for prompt adoption and enforcement of updated building codes, amend the state building code to require that sections provide that dwelling units from one to four (4) units use the 2024 and subsequent versions of the international residential code and that multiple dwellings with more than four (4) units, hotels and motels use the 2024 and subsequent versions of the commercial international building code, and expand the additional levy on residential permits for one and two (2) family dwellings to three (3) and four (4) unit dwellings. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0490 | Requires landlords of residential properties built before 1978 to register lead hazard mitigation information with the department of health and the information would be private and only accessible by specific entities. | This bill would require landlords of residential properties built before 1978 to register lead hazard mitigation information with the department of health and the information would be private and only accessible by specific entities. The act also would make revisions to prohibited retaliatory conduct and the statewide mandatory rental registry. The act further would allow landlords to register free of charge, restrict DOH from creating any additional burdens, and issue lead documentation promptly. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0491 | Substitutes "housing resources commission" with "department of health" for lead hazard mitigation purposes. It also makes it easier for a property owner to release funds put into an escrow account, if needed to make required repairs or improvements. | This act would substitute "housing resources commission" with the "department of health" for lead hazard mitigation purposes. It would also make it easier for a property owner to release funds placed into an escrow account, as long as the money is needed to make required repairs or improvements. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0288 | Provides that, for the general officers of the state, no person could be elected to the same general office more than twice. | This act would provide that for the general officers of the state, no person could be elected to the same general office more than twice, and no person who has held a general office for more than two (2) years of a term to which some other person was elected could be elected to the same general office more than once. This act would further provide that a person who was ineligible to be elected governor could not be elected lieutenant governor. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0195 | Provides for the operation and duties of natural organic reduction for the contained, accelerated conversion of human remains to soil. A disposition facility would be used for either cremation or natural organic reduction. | This act would provide for the operation and duties of natural organic reduction for the contained, accelerated conversion of human remains to soil. A disposition facility would be used for either cremation or natural organic reduction. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0894 | Removes the requirement that the public utilities commission allocate five million dollars ($5,000,000) annually to the Rhode Island infrastructure bank for use with energy efficient programs. | This act would remove the requirement that the public utilities commission allocate five million dollars ($5,000,000) annually to the Rhode Island infrastructure bank for use with energy efficient programs. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0827 | Allows casino workers to receive overtime pay for working Sundays and Holidays. | This act would allow casino workers to receive overtime pay for working Sundays and Holidays. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0751 | Amends the definition of infectious diseases to include the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). | This act amends the definition of infectious diseases to include the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0768 | Creates the interchange fee restriction act restricting interchange fees on sales and use tax or excise tax when payment is made with a credit or debit card. | This act would create the interchange fee restriction act prohibiting interchange fees on sales and use tax or excise tax when payment is made with a credit or debit card. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0565 | Provides for a 10 year statute of limitations for the violation of second degree sexual assault. | This act would provide for a 10 year statute of limitations for the violation of second degree sexual assault. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0558 | Adds a rebuttable defense if any person shall die or sustain a personal injury while committing robbery of the owner, lessor, or occupant of a motor vehicle and that the owner or occupant of the vehicle acted in self-defense. | This act would add a rebuttable defense if any person shall die or sustain a personal injury while committing robbery of the owner, lessor, or occupant of a motor vehicle and that the owner or occupant of the vehicle acted in self-defense and in the reasonable belief that the person engaged in the criminal offense was about to inflict great bodily harm or death upon that person or any other individual. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0516 | Permits non-sworn public safety officers/security guards at private colleges/universities to detain individuals for no longer than 30 minutes within the campus’s jurisdiction if the officer or guard believes the person committed a criminal offense. | This act would permit non-sworn public safety officers and security guards at private colleges and universities, to detain individuals for no longer than thirty (30) minutes, within the campus jurisdiction, when the officer or guard has reasonable grounds to believe that the person has committed a criminal offense. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0561 | Provides a rebuttable defense if a person dies or sustains a personal injury while committing any violent criminal offense of a person. | This act would provide a rebuttable defense if any person shall die or sustain a personal injury while committing any violent criminal offense of a person if that individual is lawfully in a place they have a right to be, and acted in self-defense and in the reasonable belief that the person engaged in the criminal offense was about to inflict great bodily harm or death upon that person or any other individual. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0290 | Grants an affirmative defense for certain privileged communications, including communications made by an individual, without malice, regarding an incident of sexual assault, harassment, or discrimination. | This act would grant an affirmative defense for certain privileged communications, including communications made by an individual, without malice, regarding an incident of sexual assault, harassment, or discrimination and would specify the attorneys' fees and damages available to a prevailing defendant in any defamation action brought against that defendant for making that communication. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0352 | Requires superior court clerk to automatically seal cases/individual counts of a criminal complaint/indictment that were dismissed, upon request of the defendant and serve it upon bureau of criminal identification, police department and counsel of record. | This act would require the superior court clerk to automatically seal cases or individual counts of a criminal complaint or indictment that were dismissed, upon request of the defendant and would require the clerks in the district and superior courts to serve the orders upon the bureau of criminal identification, the arresting law enforcement agency and provide two (2) certified copies to counsel of record. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0293 | Provides for release of misdemeanor arrestees without financial conditions, except for domestic violence or flight risk or obstruct of justice risk. | This act would provide that a person arrested for a misdemeanor shall be released without a financial condition unless the misdemeanor is for domestic violence or the court makes a finding on the record that there is a likely risk the arrested person will fail to appear in court or will obstruct justice or attempt to injure or intimidate a witness. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0548 | Authorizes municipalities to license facilities being used as adult sex venues. The department of health would regulate the health safety standards. | This act would prohibit adult sex venues from operating unless they obtain a license from the local licensing authority and submit to health and safety regulation by the department of health. This act would also establish a new liquor license for adult sex venues that permit patrons to bring alcoholic beverages onto the premises. This act would take effect on January 1, 2026. | Dead |
| 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 |
| S0072 | Disabled veteran license plate may be transferred to veterans' spouse or issued to veteran or veterans spouse. | This act would permit upon certification that the veteran is no longer able to operate a vehicle, the transfer of the plate to the veteran's spouse. Additionally, a disabled veteran license plate may be issued to an eligible veteran or their spouse. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0057 | Requires that all maintenance of sidewalks along state highways, with the exception of snow and ice removal, be the responsibility of the state. | This act would require that all maintenance of sidewalks along state highways, with the exception of snow and ice removal, be the responsibility of the state. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0752 | Creates RI opportunity for employee ownership, worker gets notice within seven days of sale of business. | This act would establish an opportunity for employee ownership and the process whereby, if the owner of a qualified business decides to sell said business or at least fifty-one percent (51%) of said business, the owner would notify all current full-time and part-time workers within seven (7) days of the date of the decision. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| 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 |
| S0014 | Requires commercial property owners to install vehicle barriers at their retail establishment locations when new construction are being done and permits insurers to consider the installation to provide a discount on the owner's insurance policy. | This act would require commercial property owners to install vehicle barriers at their retail establishment locations as part of any new construction. This act would also require insurers to consider the installation of such vehicle barriers as a safety measure and eligible for a discount on the owner's insurance policy premium as approved by the insurance commissioner. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0546 | Requires DCYF to implement recommendations made by the child advocate and child fatality review panel within 6 months and provide a report of the measures taken to address the recommendations. | This act would require DCYF to implement recommendations made by the child advocate and child fatality review panel within six (6) months and provide the child advocate, speaker of the house, senate president and governor with a report of the measures taken to address the recommendations. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0660 | Adds probation officers and parole officers to the definition of "police officer" for purposes of salary payments during line of duty illness or injury. | This act would add probation officers and parole officers to the definition of "police officer" for purposes of salary payments during line of duty illness or injury. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0710 | Directs the RITBA design a safety barrier or netting system on the several bridges within its authority. Any newly constructed bridges with a deck height of over one hundred feet (100 ft) would be required to have safety barriers of safety netting. | This act would direct the Rhode Island turnpike and bridge authority (RITBA) to design a safety barrier or netting system on the Mount Hope Bridge, the Claiborne Pell Bridge, and the Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge. The act would include several deadlines to ensure construction commences no later than August 1, 2026. Any newly constructed bridges with a deck height of over one hundred feet (100') would be required to have safety barriers or safety netting. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| 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. | Dead |
| S0310 | Sets the minimum wage for 2026 at $16 per hour, 2027 at $17 per hour, 2028 at $18 per hour, 2029 at $19 per hour and for 2030 at $20 per hour. | This act would set the minimum wage for 2026 at sixteen dollars ($16) per hour, 2027 at seventeen dollars ($17) per hour, 2028 at eighteen dollars ($18) per hour, 2029 at nineteen dollars ($19) per hour and for 2030 at twenty dollars ($20) per hour. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0216 | SENATE RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE REPORTING AND EXPIRATION DATES OF THE SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND REVIEW RHODE ISLAND'S MINIMUM WAGE (This resolution would extend the reporting and expiration dates of the special legislative commission to study Rhode Island’s minimum wage from May 4, 2025, to May 4, 2026, and said commission would expire on January 4, 2027.) | Senate Resolution Extending The Reporting And Expiration Dates Of The Special Legislative Commission To Study And Review Rhode Island's Minimum Wage (this Resolution Would Extend The Reporting And Expiration Dates Of The Special Legislative Commission To Study Rhode Island’s Minimum Wage From May 4, 2025, To May 4, 2026, And Said Commission Would Expire On January 4, 2027.) | Dead |
| 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. | Dead |
| S0400 | Repeals the 2021 Act on Climate which established a statewide greenhouse gas emission reduction mandate in its entirety. | This act would repeal the 2021 Act on Climate which established a statewide greenhouse gas emission reduction mandate in its entirety. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0590 | Reduces the number of times the director of the lottery has to confer with the permanent joint committee on state lottery from nine (9) times per year to four (4) times per year or at the call of the chair and vice chair of the committee. | This act would reduce the number of times the director of the lottery has to confer with the permanent joint committee on state lottery from nine (9) times per year to four (4) times per year or at the call of the chair and vice chair of the committee. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0408 | Increases the membership of the energy facility siting board from 3 to 5 members and would revise the process of energy facility siting to mandate inclusion/participation of the host community of the facility as well as of the public and cities and towns. | This act would recognize that a host community for a proposed or existing major generating facility is uniquely affected by the facility siting process. The act would also increase the membership of the siting board from three (3) to five (5) members and would mandate inclusion and participation of the host community of the facility as well as the public in the affected cities and towns. This act would spell out requirements for hearing officers and public members of the board. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0469 | Requires written consent by recipient or parent before vaccine and prohibits discrimination against those who don't vaccinate and fines up to $25,000 for violation. Also prohibits DCYF from investigating their for failure to vaccinate their child. | This act would require that healthcare professionals provide written informed consent signed by the recipient, or in the case of a minor child, by a parent or guardian prior to administration of a vaccine. It would prohibit discrimination against individuals who refuse or delay vaccines. The act would also provide for civil recovery and fines of up to twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for violations. It would further prohibit DCYF from investigating a parent/guardian for their failure to vaccinate their child This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0243 | Requires all state licensed healthcare facilities to convert the powering of their operations from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources. DOH promulgates rules and regulations to implement the requirements. | This act would require all state licensed healthcare facilities to begin to convert the powering of their operations, from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources. DBR, in consultation with the office of energy resources and DOH, would promulgate rules and regulations to implement the requirements. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0065 | Provides the review and appeal process for individuals applying for a permit or license to carry a handgun with the licensing authority or attorney general. | This act would provide the review and appeal process for individuals applying for a permit or license to carry a handgun with the licensing authority or attorney general. This act would provide that an applicant denied a concealed carry handgun permit, could request a meeting with the licensing authority to reconsider the application. If the licensing authority fails to approve the application after the meeting, then an appeal for a trial de nova may be taken to the superior court. The act would further provide that the documents, records and proceedings before the licensing authority and before the superior court shall not be open to the public unless the applicant requests in writing that that hearing be open to the public. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0060 | Establishes a digital electronics right to repair, which allows for digital electronic equipment and parts that are sold in this state on or after January 1, 2026, to be repaired at an independent repair provider. | This act would establish a digital electronics right to repair, which would allow for digital electronic equipment and parts that are sold in this state on or after January 1, 2026, to be repaired at an independent repair provider. Additionally, this act would require an original equipment manufacturer to make available to any independent repair facility any documentation, parts, and tools required for diagnosis, maintenance, or other repairs. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0052 | Prohibits certain claim practices of health insurers and medical providers. The act would further require fulfillment of medical record requests within fourteen (14) days. | This act would prohibit a health insurer from denying a claim and a medical provider from refusing to submit a claim to a health insurer based on the services arising from a motor vehicle accident or other third-party claim. This act further prohibits charges to first-party coverage without an insured’s written consent and requires medical providers to fulfill record requests within fourteen (14) days. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0089 | Incorporates ethical energy standards to the 2021 Act on Climate. | This act would require that the climate change coordinating council study and report on legislation or programs that are shifting environmental impacts of the use of carbon-free energy technologies onto impoverished and developing countries. This act would also require that wind turbine blades be disposed of within this state unless recycled. This act would further establish a program for tradable, renewable energy credits to be used in coordination with the provisions of the regional greenhouse gas initiative act, chapter 82 of title 23. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0156 | JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND EVALUATE THE POTENTIAL NECESSITY FOR CHANGES IN THE GENERAL LAWS PERTAINING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND RECREATIONAL CANNABIS (Creates a 13 member commission to evaluate and determine changes needed in Title 3 and Chapter 28.11 of Title 21 of the RIGL, and would report back by January 7, 2026, and would expire on March 7, 2026.) | Joint Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study And Evaluate The Potential Necessity For Changes In The General Laws Pertaining To Alcoholic Beverages And Recreational Cannabis (creates A 13 Member Commission To Evaluate And Determine Changes Needed In Title 3 And Chapter 28.11 Of Title 21 Of The Rigl, And Would Report Back By January 7, 2026, And Would Expire On March 7, 2026.) | Dead |
| 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. | Dead |
| S0078 | SENATE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING JANUARY 19-25, 2025, TO BE "CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETISTS WEEK" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | Senate Resolution Proclaiming January 19-25, 2025, To Be "certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists Week" In The State Of Rhode Island | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0082 | SENATE RESOLUTION EXTENDING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF CHARLENE C. CONNORS | Senate Resolution Extending Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of Charlene C. Connors | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0064 | Creates the Rhode Island Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, prohibiting the performance or induction of an abortion of an unborn child capable of feeling pain, unless necessary to prevent serious health risk to the unborn child's mother. | This act would create the Rhode Island Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, prohibiting the performance or induction of an abortion of an unborn child capable of feeling pain, unless necessary to prevent serious health risk to the unborn child’s mother. This act would take effect on January 1, 2026. | Dead |
| S0019 | Allows for the establishment of innovation schools for the purpose of improving school performance and student achievement through increased autonomy and flexibility. | This act would allow for the establishment of innovation schools for the purpose of improving school performance and student achievement through increased autonomy and flexibility. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| S0009 | SENATE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF THE HONORABLE BARBARA ANN CAPALBO | Senate Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of The Honorable Barbara Ann Capalbo | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0011 | SENATE RESOLUTION HONORING AND THANKING THE HONORABLE MARTHA BALL FOR HER 50 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE TOWN OF NEW SHOREHAM | Senate Resolution Honoring And Thanking The Honorable Martha Ball For Her 50 Years Of Service To The Town Of New Shoreham | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0010 | SENATE RESOLUTION EXTENDING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF SAYSOMBOUN PHIVILAY | Senate Resolution Extending Condolences On The Passing Of Saysomboun Phivilay | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0008 | SENATE RESOLUTION AMENDING THE RULES OF THE SENATE FOR THE YEARS 2023-2024 (This resolution would amend the rules of the Senate relative to committees and would create a new committee on artificial intelligence and emerging technologies.) | Senate Resolution Amending The Rules Of The Senate For The Years 2023-2024 (this Resolution Would Amend The Rules Of The Senate Relative To Committees And Would Create A New Committee On Artificial Intelligence And Emerging Technologies.) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0005 | SENATE RESOLUTION EXTENDING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF THE HONORABLE WALTER J. GRAY | Senate Resolution Extending Condolences On The Passing Of The Honorable Walter J. Gray | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0004 | SENATE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF MELVIN L. ZURIER | Senate Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of Melvin L. Zurier | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| Bill | Bill Name | Motion | Vote Date | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H5218 | Increases insurance coverage for hearing aids from one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) to one thousand seven hundred fifty dollars ($1,750), per ear, for all people regardless of age effective January 1, 2026. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H5248 | Restricts audits of pharmacists conducted by insurers and their intermediaries, limiting audits to one per year unless an identified problem exists or fraud or misrepresentation is suspected. | Passage In Concurrence | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H5322 | Extends the sunset provision allowing retired teachers to substitute teach for up to 180 days from June 20, 2025 until July 1, 2026. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H5353 | Authorizes a pharmacy technician or pharmacy intern to perform technology-assisted dispensing process validation for medications prepared for distribution by another pharmacy technician or intern within an institutional pharmacy. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H5415 | Provides standards for developing, implementing, and maintaining reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect the security, confidentiality, and integrity of customer information. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H5427 | Includes the COVID-19 immunization under the consent and reporting provisions required for pharmacy administered immunizations to individuals between nine (9) and eighteen (18) years of age. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H5477 | JOINT RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH A STATEWIDE MAIN STREET COORDINATING PROGRAM (Authorizes the appropriation of the sum of $500,000 for the formal establishment of “Main Street Rhode Island”.) | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H5522 | Requires the rule adopting agency to send a copy of the certified rule to all members of the general assembly, within twenty (20) days of filing a final rule. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H5517 | Increases the maximum number of voters that a polling place can accommodate 3,000 to 3,500 and provide for existing polling places that exceed the maximum number of voters, not be required to be changed until the next decennial redistricting. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H5565 | Authorizes and regulates the distribution of the product known as "kratom." | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H5674 | Prohibits a landlord from inquiring about the immigration status of a tenant subject to any federal laws or regulations, but may request financial information or proof of identity. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H5635 | Changes the name of "applied behavior assistant analyst" to "assistant applied behavior analyst" and makes several changes to provide consistency in the certification language for behavioral analysts. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H5562 | Provides that charitable organizations with a gross income of one million dollars ($1,000,000) or less can meet the required reporting and records requirements by providing either an IRS Form 900 or other approved financial statements. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H5557 | Establishes prevailing standards and procedures for licensing speech-language pathologists and audiologists in Rhode Island. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H5619 | Requires the department of health to incorporate information about dementia risk factors and reduction into public education and healthcare provider education materials. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H5548 | Makes numerous technical corrections related to insurance, provides a definition for "cybersecurity insurance", and would repeal the chapter relating to reciprocal exchanges and interinsurers. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H5714 | Provides that a person eighteen (18) years or older could request that his or her race be modified or amended on their birth certificate. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H5570 | Prohibits casualty insurers from assessing any premium surcharge or penalty against an insured solely for inquiring about the terms of the insured's policy. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H5796 | Adds an additional purpose to the standard provisions list that a zoning ordinance is required to address. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H5801 | Amends several definitions relating to low- or moderate-income housing as well as the procedure for the approval of low- or moderate-income housing. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H5800 | Adds "providing for residential development in all or some of the areas encompassing commercial districts" as a purpose a zoning ordinance must address. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H5793 | Amends the provisions under which a city or town may exceed the maximum levy for the assessment of local taxes. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H5794 | Provides technical amendments to the chapters on subdivision of land and zoning ordinances for towns and cities. | Passage As Amended | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H5794 | Provides technical amendments to the chapters on subdivision of land and zoning ordinances for towns and cities. | Approval Of Amendment | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H5804 | Amends the composition of the building code standards committee and would make several technical amendments relative to the building code office and would establish a state building code office within the office of state fire marshal. | Passage As Amended | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H5804 | Amends the composition of the building code standards committee and would make several technical amendments relative to the building code office and would establish a state building code office within the office of state fire marshal. | Approval Of Amendment | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H5795 | Amends the administration requirements a zoning ordinance must provide and/or designate and would require that zoning certificates be issued within 20 days of the written request. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H5797 | Adds a definition for "co-living housing" to the zoning ordinance provisions of the general laws and would include such housing as a special provision to be included in a zoning ordinance. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H5872 | Creates the deceptive and fraudulent synthetic media in election communications chapter to regulate the use of synthetic media in elections. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H5967 | Establishes that a renewable energy resource shall pay $5.00 per kilowatt of alternating current nameplate capacity for tangible property and $3.50 per kilowatt of alternating nameplate capacity for real property. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H6038 | Amends current law so that initial contraceptive prescriptions would no longer be limited to a 3-month supply. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H6032 | Requires at fault insurance companies to provide to any claimant whose vehicle is damaged in an accident, to provide a vehicle that is comparable to the claimant’s vehicle and that rental charges shall be based on local retail prices. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H6054 | Changes the process by which a dispute between the insured and their insurance company, concerning property damages and requires that the umpire appraisers shall be disinterested and the cost shared equally. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H6066 | Increases the taxable wage base for TDI claims from $38,000 to $100,000 or the annual earnings needed by an individual to qualify for the maximum weekly benefit amount and the maximum duration under chapters 39 through 41 of this title. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H6091 | Allows Central Falls to exempt the property located at 913-915 Dexter Street, AP 7, Lot 156 from the law that prohibits any proposed retailers’ license of any class located within two hundred feet (200') of the premises of a school or place of worship. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H6118 | Requires coverage for acute mental health crisis mobile response and stabilization services to eligible individuals enrolled as plan beneficiaries. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Nay |
| H6136 | Authorizes the town council of West Greenwich to provide an exemption and/or stabilization of tax agreement on qualified property used for residential purposes inclusive of low- and moderate-income housing in the town of West Greenwich. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Abstain |
| H6173 | Establishes the Rhode Island Anti-Bid-Rigging Act. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Abstain |
| H6233 | Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of the Center for Southeast Asians. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H6231 | Allows for the issuance of a Class B liquor license for the property located at 1441 Mineral Spring Avenue in the town of North Providence. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H6255 | JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE RETURN OF CENTRAL FALLS SCHOOLS TO LOCAL GOVERNANCE (Authorizes the city of Central Falls, via home rule charter or city ordinance, to create a school board with all powers and duties thereto, to govern the Central Falls school district.) | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H6270 | JOINT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THAT THE CANNABIS CONTROL COMMISSION PROVIDE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WITH RECOMMENDATIONS ON LEGISLATION TO REGULATE AND LICENSE CANNABINOIDS AND HEMP-DERIVED BEVERAGES (Requests that the Cannabis Control Commission conduct a study on statutory reform and rules and regulations to regulate the sale of hemp THC-infused beverages.) | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H6286 | Provides that law enforcement officers who appears before the court for prosecution of a violation of a protective order shall self-certify that the officer has successfully completed a specialized domestic violence prosecution training course. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H6321 | VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF HOPKINTON | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H6343 | Allows the town council of Coventry to make exemptions from taxation on real and personal property that has undergone environmental remediation. This act is subject to conditions as provided in this section. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H6385 | Makes technical amendments to the general laws, prepared at the recommendation of the law revision office. | Passage | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| H5023 | Establishes a rare disease advisory council within the department of health and provides guidance and recommendations to educate health care providers and the citizens of the state. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5017 | Requires manufacturers of assisting technology devices to make available to independent repair providers/the owner of the device, any documentation/parts, software/other items intended for use with the equipment/parts, including updates to software. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5031 | Allows for the issuance of Class BV liquor licenses for the properties located at 94 Carpenter Street and 1023 Broad Street, both in the city of Providence. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5043 | Provides protection from and prevent the unethical, improper conduct and the collection of fees by, anyone advising or assisting a veteran filing a claim for disability benefits with the Department of Veterans Affairs except as authorized by federal law. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5046 | Criminalizes the unauthorized dissemination of sexually explicit images of another person that are created by digital devices or created without the consent of the person depicted. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5042 | Repeals the provisions of the general laws allowing deferred deposit providers, also known as "payday lenders." | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Nay |
| H5130 | Crime gun ballistic evidence to be submitted to NIBIN. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5120 | Provides an insurer would not impose prior authorization requirements for any service ordered by an in-network primary care provider. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0017 | Provide that advertising goods that don't include a price referencing all mandatory fees and charges shall be a deceptive trade practice. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0070 | Requires employer, at the start of employment, furnish to their employees a written notice containing employment information relative to wages, rates of pay, allowances, benefits, deductions from pay, and identifying information relative to the employer. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5184 | Prohibits credit reporting, executions, attachments against a principal residence for judgments based on medical debt. Defines medical debt as an amount for the receipt of health care services, products, or devices. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5165 | Requires the school board or committees of cities and towns to establish a safety and behavioral health committee and also lays out the representation requirements committee responsibilities to ensure a stable learning environment for all students. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5235 | Provides an interest rate cap on medical debt. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0136 | Criminalizes the unauthorized dissemination of sexually explicit images of another person that are created by digital devices or created without the consent of the person depicted. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0120 | Increases insurance coverage for hearing aids from one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) to one thousand seven hundred fifty dollars ($1,750), per ear, for all people regardless of age effective January 1, 2026. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0122 | Establishes a program operated by the Rhode Island housing and mortgage finance corporation called the "housing land bank" to create affordable housing in RI with the authority to buy, receive, and hold real property for housing development. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0124 | Expands the definition of "employee," and clarifies that the board may defer a pending unfair labor practice charge to allow for the grievance and arbitration process to move forward pursuant to the charging parties collective bargaining agreement. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0114 | Prohibits any health insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, manufacturer or other third-party payor from discriminating against any 340B entity participating in a drug discount program. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0114 | Prohibits any health insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, manufacturer or other third-party payor from discriminating against any 340B entity participating in a drug discount program. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0166 | Amends the definition of the practice of pharmacy to include the administration of all forms of influenza immunizations including COVID-19 to individuals over the age of 3 years pursuant to a valid prescription or prescriber approved protocol. | Passage In Concurrence | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0169 | Prohibits credit reporting, executions, attachments against a principal residence for judgments based on medical debt. Defines medical debt as an amount for the receipt of health care services, products, or devices. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0168 | Provides an insurer would not impose prior authorization requirements for any service ordered by an in-network primary care provider. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0172 | Provides an interest rate cap on medical debt. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5300 | Considers election officials and poll workers "public officials" for purposes of the prohibition on making threats to public officials. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0174 | JOINT RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH A STATEWIDE MAIN STREET COORDINATING PROGRAM (Authorizes the appropriation of the sum of $500,000 for the formal establishment of “Main Street Rhode Island”.) | Passage As Amended | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0174 | JOINT RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH A STATEWIDE MAIN STREET COORDINATING PROGRAM (Authorizes the appropriation of the sum of $500,000 for the formal establishment of “Main Street Rhode Island”.) | Approval Of Amendment | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0206 | Requires individuals seeking a judicial nomination to reapply to JNC every 3 years and make those individuals selected as finalists, eligible only for the court in which they applied and were chosen during the five years following their selection. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5372 | Includes police officers to fire fighters who are unable to perform duties as a result of heart disease, stroke or hypertension to be presumed to have suffered an in-the-line-of-duty disability, unless contrary evidence is presented. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5448 | Eliminates the "until June 30, 2025" sunset on the increase in the total amount of earnings a partial-unemployment insurance claimant can receive before being entirely disqualified for unemployment insurance benefits. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5494 | Adds several consumer protections to existing Medicare Supplement law. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5506 | Protects the rights of employees in the workplace relating to free speech, assembly and religion, as well as attendance at employer-sponsored meetings regarding political or religious matters. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0238 | Promotes free expression and access of information by prohibiting the censorship of library materials. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0263 | Requires coverage for acute mental health crisis mobile response and stabilization services to eligible individuals enrolled as plan beneficiaries. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0229 | Repeals the provisions of the general laws allowing deferred deposit providers, also known as "payday lenders." | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Nay |
| S0314 | Restricts audits of pharmacists conducted by insurers and their intermediaries, limiting audits to one per year unless fraud or misrepresentation is reasonably suspected. The RI attorney general has the authority to impose sanctions for violations. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0339 | Appropriates the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) to fund the Thundermist family medicine residency program during fiscal year 2026 and every fiscal year thereafter. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0359 | Establishes the Rhode Island Assault Weapons Ban Act of 2025. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0359 | Establishes the Rhode Island Assault Weapons Ban Act of 2025. | Approval Of Amendment | 06/20/2025 | Nay |
| S0359 | Establishes the Rhode Island Assault Weapons Ban Act of 2025. | Approval Of Amendment | 06/20/2025 | Nay |
| S0359 | Establishes the Rhode Island Assault Weapons Ban Act of 2025. | Approval Of Amendment | 06/20/2025 | Nay |
| S0359 | Establishes the Rhode Island Assault Weapons Ban Act of 2025. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5640 | Adds a provision in the statute relating to one way highways, providing an increased penalty when a motorist travels the wrong way on an interstate highway or an entrance or exit ramp connected to an interstate highway. | Passage As Amended | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5640 | Adds a provision in the statute relating to one way highways, providing an increased penalty when a motorist travels the wrong way on an interstate highway or an entrance or exit ramp connected to an interstate highway. | Approval Of Amendment | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5634 | Prohibits any health insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, manufacturer or other third-party payor from discriminating against any 340B entity participating in a drug discount program. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5634 | Prohibits any health insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, manufacturer or other third-party payor from discriminating against any 340B entity participating in a drug discount program. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5701 | Makes the provisions of §§ 45-19.1-3 and 45-19.1-4, benefits for firefighters with cancer, effective regardless of any general, special or specific law, or any charter and/or municipal ordinance to the contrary. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5594 | Requires the board of regents to adopt support and intervention strategies consistent with Comprehensive Education Strategy and SALT in one district at a time. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5580 | Prohibits utility companies from limiting the eligibility of a net metering site based on prior consumption and requires excess energy not consumed under the net metering system to be credited to the consumer. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5726 | Promotes free expression and access of information by prohibiting the censorship of library materials. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0581 | Protect the personal information of judicial officers and their immediate family members who serve or have served the RI unified judicial system, as well as judicial officers who reside in RI and who serve or have served in the federal courts. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0474 | Establishes a rare disease advisory council within the department of health to provide guidance and recommendations to educate healthcare providers and the citizens of the state. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0529 | Adds a provision in the statute relating to one way highways, providing an increased penalty when a motorist travels the wrong way on an interstate highway or an entrance or exit ramp connected to an interstate highway. | Passage As Amended | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0529 | Adds a provision in the statute relating to one way highways, providing an increased penalty when a motorist travels the wrong way on an interstate highway or an entrance or exit ramp connected to an interstate highway. | Approval Of Amendment | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0559 | Increases imprisonment penalties and adds mandatory community service for violations of § 4-1-9. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RI | District 7 | Senate | Democrat | In Office | 01/01/2005 | |
| RI | District 3 | Senate | Democrat | Out of Office | 01/01/2003 | 08/09/2024 |