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Legislator > Richard Fascia
State Representative
Richard Fascia
(R) - Rhode Island
Rhode Island House District 42
In Office - Started: 01/07/2025
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Johnston Office
20 Jasmine Lane
Johnston, RI 02919
Johnston, RI 02919
Phone: 401-903-0314
General Capitol Building Address
82 Smith St.
Providence, RI 02903
Providence, RI 02903
Phone: 401-222-3580
| Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| H5514 | Exempts emergency mail ballots from the requirement to have certain wording regarding "mail voters" on the ballot. | This act would exempt emergency mail ballots from the requirement to have certain wording regarding "mail voters" on the ballot. This act would take effect upon passage. | Crossed Over |
| H6201 | Adds nuclear energy sources to the list of renewable energy resources. | This act would add nuclear energy sources to the list of renewable energy resources. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H6203 | Repeals the Renewable Energy Growth Program. | This act would repeal the Renewable Energy Growth Program. This act would take effect on January 1, 2026. | In Committee |
| H6202 | Places a moratorium on net metering contracts, subsidies for heat pumps and long-term contracts for the purchasing of solar or wind energy. | This act would place a moratorium on net metering contracts, subsidies for heat pumps and long-term contracts for the purchasing of solar or wind energy. This act would take effect on January 1, 2026. | In Committee |
| H6204 | Repeals the energy efficiency charge. | This act would repeal the energy efficiency charge. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H6315 | Repeals § 27-11.1-3 to eliminate the ten percent (10%) limitation on Schedule BA assets. | This act would repeal § 27-11.1-3 to eliminate the ten percent (10%) limitation on Schedule BA assets. This act would take effect upon passage. | Crossed Over |
| H5251 | Allows the school building administration or teachers in all grades to provide the opportunity for students to observe a brief moment of silence on every September 11. | This act would allow the school building administration or teachers in all grades to provide the opportunity for students to observe a brief moment of silence on every September 11. This act would take effect upon passage. | Crossed Over |
| H5777 | Repeals the act authorizing toll facilities on state roads. | This act would repeal the act authorizing toll facilities on state roads. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5393 | 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. | In Committee |
| H6351 | 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. | In Committee |
| H6307 | 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. | In Committee |
| H6330 | HOUSE 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 | House 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 |
| H5789 | JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $1,000,000 FOR THE MESHANTICUT LAKE PAVED WALKING PATH IN CRANSTON (Authorizes the appropriation of the sum of $1,000,000 for the Meshanticut Lake paved walking path in Cranston.) | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $1,000,000 For The Meshanticut Lake Paved Walking Path In Cranston (authorizes The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $1,000,000 For The Meshanticut Lake Paved Walking Path In Cranston.) | In Committee |
| H5778 | Establishes the first time home buyer savings program act. Allows modifications to federal adjusted gross income for $50,000 in contributions and $150,000 of interest and dividends included in federal adjusted gross income. | This act would establish the first time home buyer savings program fund for first time home buyers. This act would allow modifications to federal adjusted gross income for fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) in contributions and one hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) of interest and dividends. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5994 | Requires the department of environmental management to develop, identify, maintain and update a list of projects that qualify for forest and open space land conservation funding pursuant to federal laws. | This act would require the department of environmental management to develop, identify, maintain and update a list of projects that qualify for forest and open space land conservation funding pursuant to federal laws. The act would also require the establishment of a restricted receipt account for the revenue generated for the agricultural programs administered by the department. The fund would be used to achieve compliance with federal law for environmental law enforcement on federal property and for boating accidents. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H6008 | Allows an income tax credit for employer contributions to an eligible employee's ABLE account, for a maximum credit of two thousand dollars ($2,000) per employee, per year. | This act would allow an income tax credit for employer contributions to an eligible employee's ABLE account, for a maximum credit of two thousand dollars ($2,000) per employee, per year. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5438 | Dictates the length a search warrant involving a tracking device would be valid and provide a process to extend the time frame of the tracking device for good cause. | This act would dictate the length a search warrant involving a tracking device would be valid and provide a process to extend the time frame of the tracking device usage for good cause. This act would take effect upon passage. | Crossed Over |
| 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. | This act would add 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. This act would take effect upon passage. | Crossed Over |
| H6296 | HOUSE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING MAY AS "NATIONAL MILITARY APPRECIATION MONTH" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | House Resolution Commemorating May As "national Military Appreciation Month" In The State Of Rhode Island | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H5399 | 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. | In Committee |
| H6106 | 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. | In Committee |
| H6188 | Establishes a system to publicly disseminate emergency alerts regarding a missing adult with an intellectual disability. | This act would establish the "Linda DaLomba Purple Alert Act" for missing adults with intellectual disabilities to publicly disseminate emergency alerts regarding a missing adult with an intellectual disability, whose disappearance indicates a credible threat of danger or serious bodily harm to the missing adult. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5319 | 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. | In Committee |
| H5725 | Provides that fees for costs charged for search, retrieval or copying of public records shall be waived for members of the general assembly who certify that they are acting in their official capacity. | This act would provide that fees for costs charged for search, retrieval or copying of public records shall be waived for members of the general assembly who certify that they are acting in their official capacity. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H6014 | Exempts from the sales tax firearm safety equipment, storage devices, gun safes, gun cabinets, gun vaults, gun cases, strong boxes, cable locks, trigger locks and biometric locks. | This act would exempt from the sales tax firearm safety equipment, storage devices, gun safes, gun cabinets, gun vaults, gun cases, strong boxes, cable locks, trigger locks and biometric locks. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5406 | 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. | In Committee |
| H5401 | Repeals pet care services from the service subject to sales tax as defined by §§ 44-18-7(19) and 44-18-7.3(b)(3). | This act would repeal pet care services from the services subject to sales tax as defined by §§ 44-18-7(19) and 44-18-7.3(b)(3). This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5663 | Requires state law enforcement agencies to honor all detainer request from DHS and ICE. | This act would require state law enforcement agencies including the division of sheriffs and the department of corrections, to honor all detainer requests from the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Custom Enforcement until the federal agencies take custody of the detained person. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H6124 | Allows the division of motor vehicles to make special motor vehicle registration plates for the not-for-profit entity Cranston Cares provided they meet the minimum order requirements. | This act would allow the division of motor vehicles to make special motor vehicle registration plates for the not-for-profit entity Cranston Cares provided they meet the minimum order requirements. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H6059 | Exempts certain products that have PFAS if deemed safe by FDA. | This act would exempt certain cookware that contains perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS that are authorized by the FDA as safe for consumer contact from the provision of the consumer PFAS ban act of 2024. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5997 | 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 merge the Auditor General into the Office of Inspector General. This act would also mandate that the subpoena and investigative powers of the Office of the Internal Audit at the Department of Administration are to be conducted at the direction or through the Office of the Inspector General This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5589 | Prohibits a person under the age of sixteen (16) from being in a rideshare vehicle such as Uber or Lyft alone. | This act would prohibit a person under the age of sixteen (16) from being in a rideshare vehicle such as Uber or Lyft alone. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H6200 | HOUSE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING APRIL OF 2025 TO BE "NATIONAL CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | House Resolution Proclaiming April Of 2025 To Be "national Child Abuse Prevention Month" In The State Of Rhode Island | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H6199 | HOUSE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING APRIL OF 2025, AS "CHILD SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | House Resolution Commemorating April Of 2025, As "child Sexual Assault Awareness Month" In The State Of Rhode Island | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H5886 | Expands the duties of the small business ombudsman, by also having the ombudsman serve as the Rhode Island commerce corporation's small business advocate. | This act would expand the duties of the small business ombudsman, by also having the ombudsman serve as the Rhode Island commerce corporation's small business advocate. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5739 | 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. | In Committee |
| H5925 | 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. | In Committee |
| H5689 | Defines multi-family housing project as over 60 units in municipality with less than 35k residents, also provides for pre-approval conference with local board for review of plan. | This act would define a substantial multi-family housing project as any application proposing to build low- or moderate-income housing that exceeds sixty (60) units, in any municipality with a population less than thirty-five thousand (35,000) residents. Additionally, this act would require a majority vote of all board members for substantial multi-family housing project. Also, for any application for a substantial multi-family housing project, a municipality would require an applicant proposing to seek a pre-approval conference with the local review board, the technical review committee established pursuant to § 45-23-56, or with the administrative officer for the local review board as appropriate. In advance of a pre-application conference, the applicant would be required to submit a description of the project in writing including the number of units, type of housing, density analysis, preliminary list of adjustments needed, as well as location map, and conceptual site plan, the municipality shall have thirty (30) days to schedule and hold the pre- application conference. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5133 | 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. | In Committee |
| H5134 | Extends provisions of an existing collective bargaining agreement for municipal police arbitration purposes until a successor agreement is reached or an interest arbitration award is rendered. | This act would extend provisions of an existing collective bargaining agreement for municipal police arbitration purposes until a successor agreement is reached or an interest arbitration award is rendered. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H6068 | Requires municipalities to report to the RI department of housing regarding single-family low- or moderate-income housing available to rent/own. Information to be made available to the public on the department's website and emailed to interested parties. | This act would require municipalities to report to the Rhode Island department of housing regarding single-family low- or moderate-income housing available to rent or own which information would then be made available to the public on the department's website and emailed to interested parties who have provide their address or phone number to the department. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5957 | 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. | In Committee |
| H5135 | Recognizes that municipal employees have the opportunity to utilize interest arbitration and would establish new factors for the arbitrators to consider. These factors include comparisons of wages/hourly conditions of employment in similarly skilled jobs. | This act would recognize that municipal employees have the opportunity to utilize interest arbitration and would establish new factors for the arbitrators to consider. These factors would include comparisons of wages and hourly conditions of employment in similarly skilled jobs. This act would also grant the arbitrators power to render an award over all negotiated matters, including the expenditure of money. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5690 | This act would repeal the chapter entitled "Low and Moderate Income Housing". | TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING - This act would repeal the chapter entitled "Low and Moderate Income Housing". | In Committee |
| H5579 | Requires the public utilities commission to produce a report each January containing an analysis of the electric grid and its ability to supply the electricity needs to power cars, buildings and heat homes within the state. | This act would require the public utilities commission to produce a report each January containing an analysis of the electric grid and its ability to supply the electricity needs to power cars, buildings and heat homes within the state. This act would also change the requirement of quarterly meetings of the ratepayers advisory board to monthly meetings. The chairperson of the board would be the commissioner or acting commissioner of the office of energy resources. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5583 | Limits the development of utility scale solar energy projects. | This act would limit where utility scale solar projects can be developed to projects where the free-standing solar energy structure is on property where the structure is providing energy to an urban area of residential properties, a commercial property or otherwise occupying other developed accessory portions of a residential or commercial property. Development in forested and other rural areas of land would be prohibited. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5702 | 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. | In Committee |
| H5962 | Requires a municipality or quasi-public agency to file a report with the department of municipal finance if it has not made its payment to its other post-employment benefits trust fund or if it is less than thirty-five percent (35%) funded. | This act would require a municipality or quasi-public agency to file a report with the department of municipal finance if it has not made its payment to its other post-employment benefits trust fund or if it is less than thirty-five percent (35%) funded. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5935 | Expands firearm rights to recognize out of state carry permits, authorizes weapons carried during emergency evacuation and establishes an appeal process for permit denied. | This act would allow the attorney general to enter in agreements with other states to recognize a concealed handgun permit as valid. This act would authorize the State of Rhode Island to recognize and honor a concealed weapon permit from out of state provided the license holder is twenty-one (21) years of age or older, the reciprocal state or county provides a means of twenty- four (24) hours instantaneous verification. Further, any active duty law enforcement officers having a government issued identification card would have the right to carry a concealed firearm within the State of Rhode Island. Additionally, this act would define "suitable person" for purposes of possessing and having a concealed carry pistol permit and would establish reasons for applying for a carry permit for both in-state and out-of-state residents. This act would also set forth what information is required on applications for carry permits, establish an appeal process when an application is denied and provide that records relating to carry permits and appeals would not be a public record. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5708 | Allows automatic voter registration for Rhode Islanders applying for hunting and fishing licenses. | This act would allow automatic voter registration for Rhode Islanders applying for hunting and fishing licenses, like the procedures in effect for applicants to the division of motor vehicles. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5673 | Establishes an equivalent training certification program at the municipal police academy. | This act would establish an equivalent training certification program at the municipal police academy which allows certification of any candidate who has worked at least one year, full- time as a sworn law enforcement officer, and has met certain other requirements. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5519 | Repeals authorizing Rhode Island to join an interstate compact, which would allow Presidents and Vice Presidents to be elected by a national popular vote rather than the electoral college. | This act would repeal authorizing Rhode Island to join an interstate compact, which would allow Presidents and Vice Presidents to be elected by a national popular vote rather than the electoral college. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5734 | JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AND PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE -- LINE ITEM VETO (This proposed amendment to our state Constitution grants the governor a line-item veto on the budget and other appropriation bills.) | Joint Resolution To Approve And Publish And Submit To The Electors A Proposition Of Amendment To The Constitution Of The State -- Line Item Veto (this Proposed Amendment To Our State Constitution Grants The Governor A Line-item Veto On The Budget And Other Appropriation Bills.) | In Committee |
| H5608 | Eliminates any limits restricting the harvesting of blue crabs in the state. | This act would eliminate any limits restricting the harvesting of blue crabs in the state. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5681 | Allows for waiver from testing for temporary or emergency positions. | This act would authorize the personnel administrator to waive the need for competitive tests to fill temporary and emergency positions. It would also require the State to make exams studying and preparation material available to all test takers and that the competitive examination would be printed in Spanish and Portuguese. This act would also require the streamlining of the process of personnel action requests (PAR). This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H6102 | HOUSE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING THE CELEBRATION OF ST. JOSEPH'S DAY | House Resolution Commemorating The Celebration Of St. Joseph's Day | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H5721 | 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. | In Committee |
| H5856 | Prohibits any person mandating a COVID-19 vaccination without providing individual exemptions that allow a person to opt out of such mandate. | This act would prohibit any person or entity exercising control, power, supervision or responsibility for another person to mandate a vaccination without providing individual exemptions that allow a person to opt out of such mandate on the basis of personal or medical reasons, religious reasons, immunity, periodic testing, or the use of provided personal protective equipment. Any person or entity that violates this requirement, following an investigation by the attorney general’s office, may be subject to fines of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per violation and in specified circumstances up to fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) per violation. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5873 | Requires verification of an applicant's date of birth and either a Rhode Island driver's license number or state identification number on all applications seeking mail ballots and emergency mail ballots. | This act would require verification of an applicant's date of birth and either a Rhode Island driver's license number or state identification number on all applications seeking mail ballots and emergency mail ballots. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5456 | Requires a seventy-five percent (75%) supermajority vote by the board of directors to establish a quorum and to approve any action taken by the commerce corporation. | This act would require a two-thirds (2/3) majority vote by the board of directors to approve any action taken by the commerce corporation. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5727 | Requires the director of the Rhode Island emergency management agency and the Rhode Island commerce commission to develop and implement a plan to assist businesses in obtaining flood insurance through the National Flood Insurance program. | This act would require the director of the Rhode Island emergency management agency and the Rhode Island commerce commission to develop and implement a plan to assist businesses in obtaining flood insurance through the National Flood Insurance program. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5880 | Requires the auditor general to conduct performance audits of all state agencies. | This act would require the auditor general to conduct performance audits of all state agencies. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5875 | Expands the lobbying reform act to apply to persons who lobby municipal government executives and legislative bodies, as well as local fire districts. | This act would expand the lobbying reform act to apply to persons who lobby municipal government executives and legislative bodies, as well as local fire districts. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5612 | Repeals the Promotion of Biofuels Act of 2011, which established a study commission to investigate the use and promotion of such fuels within the state, in its entirety. | This act would repeal the Promotion of Biofuels Act of 2011, which established a study commission to investigate the use and promotion of such fuels within the state, in its entirety. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5610 | Requires the executive climate change coordinating council to evaluate and make recommendations for the use of carbon emissions removal technology as an alternative to reducing carbon emissions and meeting climate goals. | This act would require the executive climate change coordinating council to evaluate and make recommendations for the use of carbon emissions removal technology as an alternative approach to reducing carbon emissions and meeting the climate goals set forth in the act on climate change. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5896 | Provides that a hearing required before a judge or magistrate may adjudge a motorist in contempt for failure to comply with the court's orders regarding a conditional hardship license, and defines penalties for violation of a hardship/interlock order. | This act would provide that a hearing be required before a judge or magistrate may adjudge a motorist in contempt for failure to comply with the court's orders regarding a conditional hardship license, and would define the penalties for violation of a hardship/interlock order. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5380 | Establishes a compact agreement among at least two (2) states to prohibit the use of subsidies to selectively retain industry or company entice relocation from one state to another state or to open a new facility. | This act would establish a compact agreement among at least two (2) states to prohibit the selective use of subsidies to an existing specific industry or company, entice relocation from one state to another state or to open a new facility. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5386 | JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AND PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION -- JURY NULLIFICATION AS PROPER TRIAL DEFENSE ARGUMENT (This joint resolution would propose to the voters a constitutional amendment which would allow a criminal defendant to argue jury nullification as a defense.) | Joint Resolution To Approve And Publish And Submit To The Electors A Proposition Of Amendment To The Constitution -- Jury Nullification As Proper Trial Defense Argument (this Joint Resolution Would Propose To The Voters A Constitutional Amendment Which Would Allow A Criminal Defendant To Argue Jury Nullification As A Defense.) | In Committee |
| H5359 | Requires law enforcement to obtain consent before placing audio or video recorders on the private property of another. | This act would require law enforcement to obtain consent or a warrant before placing audio or video recorders on the private property of another. A violation of this act would make any evidence inadmissible in any court proceedings. Additionally, this act would prohibit prosecutions for violations of criminal laws in this state if the violation arises from the same set of facts or acts for which a defendant has been acquitted in federal court or another jurisdiction, unless there exists newly discovered evidence substantially warranting prosecution in this state. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5354 | Adds pickles and relish to foods not requiring refrigeration, the sale of raw milk and the taking of mushrooms for personal use. | This act would add pickles and relish to those foods not requiring refrigeration which are permitted to be manufactured and sold as a farm home food product, and would permit and legalize the sale of raw milk. This act would also provide for the authorized taking of mushrooms from lands under control of the DEM for personal use. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5337 | Allows charter schools to engage in nontraditional approaches to learning, permits local communities to adopt all-charter school public school model for public education. | This act would allow charter schools to engage in nontraditional approaches to learning, which must be reviewed by the department of education, and would also require that seats allocated to a charter school, whose charter has not been renewed, be reallocated to a school which offers nontraditional approaches and methods to learning. Additionally, this act would permit local communities to adopt an all-charter school public school model for public education. This act would provide that adoption of this model would require an affirmative vote of the local municipality’s council and school committee, followed by an affirmative vote on a referendum on the adoption, at a special or general election in the municipality. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5367 | HOUSE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE MANNER IN WHICH HEALTH INSURANCE, DISABILITY INSURANCE, UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, RETIREMENT PLANS AND OTHER TRADITIONAL EMPLOYER PROVIDED BENEFITS ARE ACCORDED TO UBER AND LYFT DRIVERS, SELF EMPLOYED INDIVIDUALS, AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS ENGAGED IN PROVIDING SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC (Creates a 5 member commission to study the way insurance plans and traditional employer provided benefits are given to Uber and Lyft drivers, and oth | House Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study The Manner In Which Health Insurance, Disability Insurance, Unemployment Insurance, Retirement Plans And Other Traditional Employer Provided Benefits Are Accorded To Uber And Lyft Drivers, Self Employed Individuals, And Other Individuals Engaged In Providing Services To The Public (creates A 5 Member Commission To Study The Way Insurance Plans And Traditional Employer Provided Benefits Are Given To Uber And Lyft Drivers, And Others Providing Services To The Public, And Would Report By January 5, 2026, And Expire March 5, 20206.) | In Committee |
| H5412 | HOUSE RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING CRANSTON POLICE CHIEF COLONEL MICHAEL J. WINQUIST ON HIS INDUCTION INTO THE RHODE ISLAND CRIMINAL JUSTICE HALL OF FAME, CLASS OF 2024 | House Resolution Congratulating Cranston Police Chief Colonel Michael J. Winquist On His Induction Into The Rhode Island Criminal Justice Hall Of Fame, Class Of 2024 | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H5413 | HOUSE RESOLUTION EXTENDING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF ROBIN ANN MONTECALVO | House Resolution Extending Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of Robin Ann Montecalvo | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H5414 | HOUSE RESOLUTION JOYOUSLY CELEBRATING THE 90TH BIRTHDAY OF ROBERT EDWARD KENAHAN ON FEBRUARY 8TH, 2025 | House Resolution Joyously Celebrating The 90th Birthday Of Robert Edward Kenahan On February 8th, 2025 | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H5240 | HOUSE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING THE 82ND ANNIVERSARY OF THE "FOUR CHAPLAINS", THE FOUR MEN OF GOD WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES DURING WORLD WAR II SO THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE | House Resolution Commemorating The 82nd Anniversary Of The "four Chaplains", The Four Men Of God Who Sacrificed Their Lives During World War Ii So That Others Might Live | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H5213 | HOUSE RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP AND VICE PRESIDENT JAMES DAVID VANCE ON THEIR ELECTION, AND RECOGNIZING THE 2024 ELECTION AS AN HISTORIC ELECTION | House Resolution Congratulating President Donald J. Trump And Vice President James David Vance On Their Election, And Recognizing The 2024 Election As An Historic Election | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H5153 | HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION TO THE MARZILLI FAMILY FOR MORE THAN SIX DECADES OF WONDERFUL MEMORIES AND DELIZIOSO FINE DINING AT MARZILLI'S OLD CANTEEN | House Resolution Expressing Gratitude And Appreciation To The Marzilli Family For More Than Six Decades Of Wonderful Memories And Delizioso Fine Dining At Marzilli's Old Canteen | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H5011 | HOUSE RESOLUTION AMENDING THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE YEARS 2023 AND 2024 (Prohibits flags or banners of any size from being displayed on any member's desk within the House chamber.) | House Resolution Amending The Rules Of The House Of Representatives For The Years 2023 And 2024 (prohibits Flags Or Banners Of Any Size From Being Displayed On Any Member's Desk Within The House Chamber.) | In Committee |
| H5001 | HOUSE RESOLUTION CELEBRATING "NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT APPRECIATION DAY" ON JANUARY 9, 2025 | House Resolution Celebrating "national Law Enforcement Appreciation Day" On January 9, 2025 | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| Bill | Bill Name | Motion | Vote Date | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H5110 | Provides for the operation and duties of natural organic reduction for the contained, accelerated conversion of human remains to soil. Disposition facilities would be used for either cremation or natural organic reduction. | Passage | 05/29/2025 | Nay |
| S0343 | Requires all lifeguards, and park rangers, to be trained in administering opioid antagonists, and would require all public beaches to keep available a minimum of four doses of opioid antagonist. | Passage In Concurrence | 05/29/2025 | Yea |
| H5565 | Authorizes and regulates the distribution of the product known as "kratom." | Passage | 05/29/2025 | Nay |
| H5603 | Allows emergency preliminary certificates for teaching to be issued for up to a total of five (5) school years. | Passage | 05/29/2025 | Yea |
| H5715 | Requires the state retirement board to publish online all archived video or audio recordings and all future recordings of meetings of the board. | Passage | 05/29/2025 | Yea |
| H5684 | Requires the department of administration to provide a list of certified minority and women-owned business enterprises to each prospective contractor of a construction project. | Passage | 05/29/2025 | Yea |
| S0462 | Removes the sunset provision of the four (4) year pilot program to prevent drug overdoses through the establishment of harm reduction centers and creates a permanent program for harm reduction centers. | Passage In Concurrence | 05/29/2025 | Nay |
| S0475 | Requires public or private golf courses to have an automated external defibrillator on the premises. | Passage In Concurrence | 05/29/2025 | Yea |
| H5882 | Reduces the course time required to become a school bus driver for applicants who have a valid commercial driver’s license. | Passage | 05/29/2025 | Yea |
| H5961 | Updates the statutory terminology by replacing the phrase "institutions of higher learning" with that of "educational institutions", and would redefine child daycare centers as educational institutions. | Passage | 05/29/2025 | Yea |
| H5946 | Prohibits the restriction of access in and out of a construction site by using locked gates or fences while work is ongoing. | Passage | 05/29/2025 | Yea |
| H5893 | Requires the electronic filing of domestic violence/sexual assault forms by law enforcement agencies, and enhances the information to be included on the reporting forms. | Passage | 05/29/2025 | Yea |
| S0624 | Implements a thirty (30) day waiting period following the issuance of a learners permit and the waiting period must expire before the person is permitted to take the road test in order to obtain a full license. | Passage In Concurrence | 05/29/2025 | Yea |
| H6156 | HOUSE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES FOR CHILDREN IN STATE CARE | Passage | 05/29/2025 | 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 | 05/29/2025 | Yea |
| H5365 | Provides that a communication between an attorney and client acting as a trustee or other fiduciary, is privileged and protected from disclosure to the same extent as if the client was acting in his, her, or its individual capacity. | Passage | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
| H6077 | AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF CENTRAL FALLS TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES IN THE CITY BY THE ISSUANCE OF NOT MORE THAN $15,000,000 BONDS, NOTES AND/OR OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS THEREFOR | Passage | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
| H6099 | IN ACCORDANCE WITH RHODE ISLAND GENERAL LAWS SECTION 16-7-44 APPROVING THE ISSUANCE OF $10,400,000 BONDS BY THE TOWN OF NEW SHOREHAM TO FINANCE ADDITIONS, RENOVATIONS, IMPROVEMENTS, ALTERATIONS AND REPAIRS TO SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES IN THE TOWN INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, BONDS AND NOTES ISSUED PURSUANT TO FINANCING AGREEMENTS WITH THE RHODE ISLAND HEALTH AND EDUCATIONAL BUILDING CORPORATION | Passage | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
| H6129 | AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF WEST WARWICK TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $71,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES TO FINANCE THE ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, RENOVATION, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE TOWN AND ALL ATTENDANT EXPENSES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DEMOLITION, ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURAL AND LANDSCAPING COSTS | Passage | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
| H6162 | Permit the City of Providence a one-year levy cap for fiscal year 2026 not to exceed eight percent (8%). | Passage | 05/27/2025 | Nay |
| H6232 | Amends Pawtucket property tax classification system. | Passage | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
| H6272 | Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of Amos House, provided it remains a qualified tax-exempt corporation pursuant to §501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. | Passage | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
| H6299 | AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF WARWICK TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $50,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, LANDSCAPING, DEMOLITION, ARCHITECTURAL COSTS, ENGINEERING, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF | Passage | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
| H6298 | Proposes amendments to the Warwick City Charter. | Passage | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
| H6320 | Provides that the tax rate for Class 1 and Class 2 property be uniform and set to the same percentage. | Passage | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
| H6315 | Repeals § 27-11.1-3 to eliminate the ten percent (10%) limitation on Schedule BA assets. | Passage | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
| H6322 | HOUSE RESOLUTION AMENDING THE MEMBERSHIP AND EXTENDING THE REPORTING AND EXPIRATION DATES OF THE SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY HOUSING AFFORDABILITY (Increases the membership from eighteen (18) to twenty-one (21), and extend the reporting and expiration dates of the Commission to Study Housing Affordability from June 7, 2025, to June 5, 2027, and would expire on June 26, 2027.) | Passage | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
| H5251 | Allows the school building administration or teachers in all grades to provide the opportunity for students to observe a brief moment of silence on every September 11. | Passage | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| H5250 | Adds Juneteenth National Freedom Day to the definition of "holidays" to the chapter governing retail business. | Passage | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| S0201 | Validates and ratifies the amendments to the Tiverton Home Rule Charter which were approved by the electors of the town of Tiverton on November 5, 2024. | Passage In Concurrence | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| H5563 | Requires hotel employees and short-term rental property operators to annually receive human trafficking awareness training. | Passage | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| H5563 | Requires hotel employees and short-term rental property operators to annually receive human trafficking awareness training. | Passage | 05/22/2025 | Nay |
| H5645 | Exempts qualified tuition savings programs of any state authorized under 26 U.S.C. § 529 from judicial attachment. | Passage | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| H5611 | Requires the installation of universal changing stations in all newly constructed, reconstructed, or remodeled public buildings and places of public accommodation. | Passage | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| H5841 | Prohibits discrimination on the basis of race by expanding the definition of race to include traits historically associated with race, including, but not limited to, hair texture and protected hairstyles. | Passage | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| S0720 | Authorizes the Providence city council to set the veterans tax exemption limit to an amount determined by the city council via ordinance or resolution. | Passage In Concurrence | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| S0844 | Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of the Friends of Little Compton Wellness Center, Inc. | Passage In Concurrence | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| H6165 | Creates the PURPLE alert state system to aid in the search for a missing adult with a serious physical, behavioral health, neurological disabilities or medical condition. | Passage | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| H6159 | Increases the per page transcription fees for court reporters in court proceedings. | Passage | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| H6306 | Allows Daniel Vaca to join Kaley Erin O’Connor and James John Pawelski in marriage on or about October 12, 2025, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island | Solemnization Of Marriage | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| H5050 | Creates a special license plate for the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council, Inc. that would support the Blackstone River Valley Environmental Clean-up and Education Fund. | Passage | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5376 | Allows for a special RI license plate to raise awareness for colon cancer. The plate would be designed by the partnership to reduce cancer in RI. The fees for the plate would be divided equally between the general fund and the partnership not-for-profit. | Passage | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5484 | Increases the penalties for public utilities for violations of the general law governing the duties of utilities and carriers. | Passage | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5547 | Increases the public utilities reserve fund cap and the cap on expenses relating to the public utilities commission and the division of public utilities and carriers representing the state before federal agencies. | Passage | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5575 | Allows for the procurement of nuclear power. | Passage | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5847 | HOUSE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND PROVIDE FINDINGS AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS THE FLOODING OF THE PAWTUXET RIVER (Creates an 11-member commission to study and provide recommendations and potential solutions to address the flooding of the Pawtuxet River, and who would report back by March 2, 2026, and would expire on June 2, 2026.) | Passage | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5822 | Creates a taskforce to provide recommendations, advice and guidance to help expedite and provide technical assistance with regard to the development of solar energy systems on property owned by the state. | Passage | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
| H6033 | Requires all public utilities to maintain a customer service facility within the state to perform services such as addressing customer inquiries and accepting bill payments. | Passage | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
| H6148 | Empowers the division of motor vehicles to make available special motor vehicle registration plates for the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association. | Passage | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5248 | Restricts audits of pharmacists conducted by insurers and their intermediaries, limiting audits to one per year unless an identified problem exists or fraud or misrepresentation is suspected. | Passage | 05/15/2025 | Yea |
| H5505 | Prohibits payments in lieu of pension benefits to person employed more than ninety (90) days. | Passage | 05/15/2025 | Nay |
| H5512 | Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of PROJECT Weber/RENEW, a Rhode Island domestic nonprofit corporation. | Passage | 05/15/2025 | Yea |
| H5557 | Establishes prevailing standards and procedures for licensing speech-language pathologists and audiologists in Rhode Island. | Passage | 05/15/2025 | Yea |
| H5637 | Adds "debit cards" to the section of law relating to fraudulent use of credit cards. | Passage | 05/15/2025 | Yea |
| H5804 | Amends the composition of the building code standards committee and would make several technical amendments relative to the building code office and would establish a state building code office within the office of state fire marshal. | Passage As Amended | 05/15/2025 | Yea |
| H5804 | Amends the composition of the building code standards committee and would make several technical amendments relative to the building code office and would establish a state building code office within the office of state fire marshal. | Passage Of Amendment | 05/15/2025 | Yea |
| H5799 | Provides that minor subdivisions would include oversized lot subdivisions under certain circumstances and relative to zoning ordinances, permit a modification to allow "neighborhood character-based modifications" under certain circumstances. | Passage | 05/15/2025 | Nay |
| H5312 | Establishes a process by which vacancies in a municipal election office and local canvassing board are filled. | Passage | 05/13/2025 | Nay |
| H5447 | Prohibits a person to sell, offer for sale, display for sale or otherwise distribute a farmed animal fur product within the state and provides graduated civil penalties for violations. | Passage | 05/13/2025 | Nay |
| H5730 | Includes boats and marine-related assets in the blanket permit available for overweight or over-dimensional vehicles. | Passage | 05/13/2025 | Yea |
| H5714 | Provides that a person eighteen (18) years or older could request that his or her race be modified or amended on their birth certificate. | Passage | 05/13/2025 | Yea |
| H6039 | Requires every school district to render assistance and cooperation within its jurisdictional power to further the objects of this chapter, to wit, providing the courts with any information concerning a child as the court may require. | Passage | 05/13/2025 | Yea |
| H6288 | HOUSE RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE REPORTING AND EXPIRATION DATES OF THE SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND REVIEW THE COST AND STATUS OF THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND OWNED, VACANT, AND ABANDONED PROPERTIES AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR METHODS TO MITIGATE THE ASSOCIATED EXPENSES (Extends the reporting and expiration dates of the Commission to review the cost and status of State owned, vacant, and abandoned properties and makes recommendations to mitigate expenses to May 24, 2026, and expire | Passage | 05/13/2025 | Yea |
| H6327 | JOINT RESOLUTION REJECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION'S PROPOSED SALARY INCREASES FOR ELIGIBLE UNCLASSIFIED SERVICE DIRECTORS OF STATE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS | Passage | 05/13/2025 | Yea |
| H5084 | Adds early voting to the fifty (50) feet buffer prohibitions against politicking on election day voting. | Passage | 05/08/2025 | Yea |
| H5517 | Increases the maximum number of voters that a polling place can accommodate 3,000 to 3,500 and provide for existing polling places that exceed the maximum number of voters, not be required to be changed until the next decennial redistricting. | Passage | 05/08/2025 | Yea |
| H5709 | Modernizes and streamlines the existing processes for getting on the permanent mail ballot application list. | Passage | 05/08/2025 | Nay |
| H5639 | Establishes the crime of attempted kidnapping of a minor. | Passage | 05/08/2025 | Yea |
| H5872 | Creates the deceptive and fraudulent synthetic media in election communications chapter to regulate the use of synthetic media in elections. | Passage | 05/08/2025 | Yea |
| H6063 | Makes certain personal watercraft violations a misdemeanor. | Passage | 05/08/2025 | Yea |
| S0911 | Allows Nunzio Pontillo to join Andrew Peter Carson and Christos Nelson Anastasopoulos in marriage on or about May 10, 2025, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island. | Solemnization Of Marriage | 05/08/2025 | Yea |
| H5505 | Prohibits payments in lieu of pension benefits to person employed more than ninety (90) days. | House Committee on Labor: Passage | 05/06/2025 | Yea |
| H5635 | Changes the name of "applied behavior assistant analyst" to "assistant applied behavior analyst" and makes several changes to provide consistency in the certification language for behavioral analysts. | Passage | 05/06/2025 | Yea |
| H5801 | Amends several definitions relating to low- or moderate-income housing as well as the procedure for the approval of low- or moderate-income housing. | Passage | 05/06/2025 | Nay |
| H5802 | Provides amendments to enable the development of state-owned vacant, abandoned or underutilized land for housing and the process therefore. | Passage As Amended | 05/06/2025 | Nay |
| H5802 | Provides amendments to enable the development of state-owned vacant, abandoned or underutilized land for housing and the process therefore. | Passage Of Amendment | 05/06/2025 | Yea |
| H5803 | Provides for the establishment and operation of an electronic permitting platform for all state and local permitting. | Passage As Amended | 05/06/2025 | Yea |
| H5803 | Provides for the establishment and operation of an electronic permitting platform for all state and local permitting. | Passage Of Amendment | 05/06/2025 | Yea |
| H5852 | Expands the existing law regarding collaborative practice agreements between pharmacists and physicians to allow other healthcare providers to enter into such agreements and removes the definition of “collaborative practice committee.” | Passage | 05/06/2025 | Nay |
| H5605 | HOUSE RESOLUTION REINSTATING AND EXTENDING THE LIFE AND EXPIRATION DATES OF THE SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ANTI-LITTERING EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS (Reinstates and extends reporting and expiration of commission studying the development and implementation of an anti-littering education program for elementary students, from February 2, 2024, to February 2, 2026, and woul | Passage | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| H5593 | Amends the composition of the Urban Collaborative and provide that the collaborative be governed by a board of trustees. | Passage | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| H5793 | Amends the provisions under which a city or town may exceed the maximum levy for the assessment of local taxes. | Passage | 05/01/2025 | Nay |
| H5794 | Provides technical amendments to the chapters on subdivision of land and zoning ordinances for towns and cities. | Passage As Amended | 05/01/2025 | Nay |
| H5794 | Provides technical amendments to the chapters on subdivision of land and zoning ordinances for towns and cities. | Passage Of Amendment | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| H5795 | Amends the administration requirements a zoning ordinance must provide and/or designate and would require that zoning certificates be issued within 20 days of the written request. | Passage | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| H5844 | Requires quarterly testing of biosolids for PFAS contaminants by those seeking to apply biosolids to lands, with subsequent reports to the department of environmental management. | Passage | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| H6125 | HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE LGBTQIA+ COMMUNITY | Passage | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| H6269 | HOUSE RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE REPORTING AND EXPIRATION DATES OF THE SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A PLAN AND THE DESIGN OF A VIETNAM MEMORIAL TO BE LOCATED IN THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND (Extends the reporting and expiration dates of the commission to study a plan and the design of a Vietnam Memorial in Providence, from January 31, 2025, to January 31, 2028, and said commission would expire on April 30, 2028.) | Passage | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| H5032 | Allows for the issuance of a Class T liquor license by the town of Jamestown. | Passage | 04/29/2025 | Yea |
| H5043 | Provides protection from and prevent the unethical, improper conduct and the collection of fees by, anyone advising or assisting a veteran filing a claim for disability benefits with the Department of Veterans Affairs except as authorized by federal law. | Passage | 04/29/2025 | Yea |
| H5649 | Gives statewide juvenile hearing boards the authority to refer a juvenile offender to a rehabilitative driving course, as part of a disposition of an offense before the board. The order may be enforced by the traffic tribunal. | Passage | 04/29/2025 | Yea |
| H5570 | Prohibits casualty insurers from assessing any premium surcharge or penalty against an insured solely for inquiring about the terms of the insured's policy. | Passage | 04/29/2025 | Yea |
| H5950 | Establishes a reimbursement system for a municipalities cost of training public safety personnel when they are hired by a different municipality or public safety agency within Rhode Island within 3 years of receiving the public safety training. | Passage As Amended | 04/29/2025 | Yea |
| H5950 | Establishes a reimbursement system for a municipalities cost of training public safety personnel when they are hired by a different municipality or public safety agency within Rhode Island within 3 years of receiving the public safety training. | Passage Of Amendment | 04/29/2025 | Yea |
| H5960 | Allows for a qualified abandonment of public town roads which grants a public easement over said road allowing it to be converted to walking, biking, and hiking trails and access to parks, nature preserves and other recreational facilities. | Passage | 04/29/2025 | Yea |
| H6111 | Validates and ratifies the amendments to the Tiverton Home Rule Charter which were approved by the electors of the town of Tiverton on November 5, 2024. | Passage | 04/29/2025 | Yea |
| H5311 | Allows the board of elections to tabulate mail ballots in local special elections in the same manner as in tabulate mail ballots in statewide elections. | Passage | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| H5384 | Increases from 7 days to 9 days the period of time in which a request for a recount of the votes cast can be made to the board of elections and no certificates of election may be issued until the recount, if any, is completed. | Passage | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| H5514 | Exempts emergency mail ballots from the requirement to have certain wording regarding "mail voters" on the ballot. | Passage | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| H5518 | Requires the local board of canvassers to publish early voting dates, hours, and location, at least twice in a newspaper of general circulation and to publish the same on the municipality's website for the duration of in-person early voting period. | Passage | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RI | Rhode Island House District 42 | House | Republican | In Office | 01/07/2025 |