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Legislator > Grace Diaz
State Representative
Grace Diaz
(D) - Rhode Island
Rhode Island House District 11
In Office - Started: 01/04/2005
contact info
Providence Office
43 Adelaide Ave.
Providence, RI 02907
Providence, RI 02907
Phone: 401-575-3641
General Capitol Building Address
82 Smith St.
Providence, RI 02903
Providence, RI 02903
Phone: 401-222-3580
| Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | This act would allow 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. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| 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.) | 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.) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| 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. | 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 |
| 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. | This act would make numerous technical corrections related to insurance, provides a definition for "cybersecurity insurance". This act would take effect on January 1, 2026. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H6071 | This pilot program would create a $3,000 trust for each Rhode Island child ages zero to one year born to a family enrolled in the Rhode Island Works Program (“RI Works”) during the preceding calendar year. | This act would create a pilot program that would create, contingent upon funding, a $3,000 trust for each Rhode Island child ages zero to one year born to a family enrolled in the Rhode Island works program (“RI Works”) during the preceding calendar year. The office of the general treasurer would hold the funds in trust and invest the funds until the child reaches the age of maturity. Upon reaching the age of maturity, any individual who received a grant at birth and has been a Rhode Island citizen for the last two (2) years would be eligible to withdraw the funds and investment proceeds, and use funds to either: (1) Attend a higher education or vocational school in Rhode Island; (2) Purchase a home in Rhode Island; (3) Start a business with its principal place of business in Rhode Island; or (4) Another investment in financial assets or personal capital that provides long- term gains to wages or wealth, as defined in regulation promulgated by the general treasurer. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H5565 | Authorizes and regulates the distribution of the product known as "kratom." | This act would authorize and regulate the distribution of the product known as "kratom", and would ban the adulteration of kratom with a dangerous non-kratom substance as to render the product injurious to a consumer. The act would require that any kratom product contain adequate labeling directions necessary for safe and effective use by consumers. This act would take effect on April 1, 2026. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H5247 | Provides that advertising goods that don't include a price referencing all mandatory fees and charges shall be a deceptive trade practice. | This act would provide that advertising for live-event tickets or short-term lodging in violation of 16 C.F.R. Part 464 would be a deceptive trade practice. This act would take effect on January 1, 2026. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H5042 | Repeals the provisions of the general laws allowing deferred deposit providers, also known as "payday lenders." | This act would repeal the provisions of the general laws allowing deferred deposit providers, also known as "payday lenders." This act would take effect on January 1, 2027. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H6244 | Prohibits any personnel, in any healthcare facility, from asking the legal immigration status of any patient. | This act would prohibit any healthcare facility, from asking the legal immigration status of any patient. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H6394 | Adopts a new tax classification system for the city of Providence. | This act would adopt a new tax classification system for the city of Providence. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H6118 | Requires coverage for acute mental health crisis mobile response and stabilization services to eligible individuals enrolled as plan beneficiaries. | This act would require coverage for acute mental health crisis mobile response and stabilization services to eligible individuals enrolled as plan beneficiaries. This act would take effect on January 1, 2026. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| 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. | This act would establish a rare disease advisory council within the department of health. The council would provide guidance and recommendations to educate health care providers and the citizens of the state. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| 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. | This act would provide that original power wheelchair equipment manufacturers would be required to provide to independent service providers repair information and tools to maintain and repair original power wheelchair equipment. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H5158 | Repeals the examination requirement in order to qualify for a clinical social workers license. | This act would provide that applicants for a license as a licensed clinical social worker shall not be required to take or pass a standardized written examination prior to August 15, 2027. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H5322 | Extends the sunset provision allowing retired teachers to substitute teach for up to 180 days from June 20, 2025 until July 1, 2026. | This act would allow retired teachers to substitute in excess of ninety (90) days and up to one hundred eighty (180) days in a single school year, in certain instances. A teacher retired under the provisions of title 16 (“education”) on and after July 1, 2025, would be subject to a ninety-day (90) cap on post-retirement employment during the period of one year after the date of that teacher’s retirement. Thereafter, that teacher would be eligible to exceed the ninety-day (90) day cap on post- retirement. The act also provides the LEA must provide the state retirement board with certain information about their total number of teacher positions when asking to be able to employ retired teachers. This act would take effect upon passage and would be retroactive to June 20, 2025. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| 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. | This act would eliminate 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 and the increase in the amount of earnings disregarded when calculating a weekly benefit rate. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H5306 | 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 |
| H5029 | Sets the minimum wage for 2026 at sixteen dollars ($16) per hour, 2027 at seventeen dollars ($17) per hour. | This act would set the minimum wage for 2026 at sixteen dollars ($16) per hour and for 2027 at seventeen dollars ($17) per hour. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H5740 | Permits the division of unclaimed property within the office of the general treasurer to accept miscellaneous intangible property belonging to Rhode Island residents. | This act would permit the division of unclaimed property within the office of the general treasurer to accept miscellaneous intangible property belonging to Rhode Island residents. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| 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. | This act would require the department of administration to provide a list of certified minority and women-owned business enterprises to each prospective contractor of a construction project and would prohibit the issuance of a waiver from this requirement until the contractor received assistance from the department. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H5699 | Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of Codac, Inc., a Rhode Island nonprofit domestic corporation, located at 45 Royal Little Drive in Providence, Rhode Island. | This act would exempt from taxation the real and tangible personal property of Codac, Inc., a Rhode Island nonprofit domestic corporation, located at 45 Royal Little Drive in Providence, Rhode Island. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H5723 | Requires any state agency that prints more than fifty (50) copies of a contract, publication, brochure, notice, or promotional material to use state-owned or operated print shop capable of processing the material. | This act would require, that any state agency, state institution of higher education, and quasi-public agency that engages in printing more than fifty (50) copies of a contract, publication, brochure, notice, or promotional material to use a state-owned or operated print shop capable of processing the material whenever such use is practicable. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H5698 | Establishes the assessed value of owner-occupied low- and moderate-income housing as the most recent sales price of the property. | This act would establish the assessed value of owner-occupied low- and moderate-income housing as the most recent sales price of the property. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H5686 | Requires municipalities to maintain and update a list of CRMC designated rights-of-way to tidal areas in their municipality. | This act would require municipalities to maintain and update a list of CRMC designated rights-of-way to tidal areas in their municipality. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H5293 | Creates a public education program on methods to recycle textiles. | This act would create a public education outreach program to educate residential households and commercial businesses on the value of, and proper methods to, recycle textiles in the state. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H5369 | Exempts from property taxation, the real and tangible personal property of the Providence Preservation Society. | This act would exempt from property taxation, the real and tangible personal property of the Providence Preservation Society. This act would take effect on September 1, 2025. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H5534 | Exempts certain urban and small farmers from sales taxes, real, tangible and personal property taxes and income taxes. This act would also define urban and small farmers and urban farmland. | This act would exempt certain urban and small farmers from sales taxes, real, tangible and personal property taxes and income taxes. This act would also define urban and small farmers and urban farmland. This act would take effect on July 1, 2026. | Dead |
| H5220 | Amends the comprehensive community-police relationship act of 2015 to require an annual study by an outside agency chosen by the department. | This act would amend the comprehensive community-police relationship act of 2015 to require an annual study by an outside agency chosen by the department with input from the CCPRA advisory committee on traffic stop and search data related to racial disparities and would require a monthly review and annual reporting by law enforcement agencies statewide on the traffic stop and search data. The act would also create a twelve (12) member CCPRA advisory committee to advise the office of highway safety on all matters pertaining to the committee's duties relating to stop and search data. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5549 | Provides a framework through which the department of business regulation can seek grants to fund a home hardening program. | This act would provide a framework through which the department of business regulation can seek grants to fund a home hardening program, and would increase the state guaranty fund limits on personal and commercial property to one million dollars for first-party covered claims. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H6187 | 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 |
| H5731 | Authorizes driver education schools to offer the driver training curriculum in a classroom setting or an instructor-led virtual format. | This act would authorize driver education schools to offer the driver training curriculum in a classroom setting or an instructor-led virtual format for a two (2) year period from October 1, 2025 to October 1, 2027 after which a report analyzing test results would be provided by the board of education. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5182 | Provides that the cost of maintaining and repairing or restoring an easement or right-of-way shall be shared by each owner of a benefited property and their costs shall be determined by and commensurate with the municipal appraisal of each property. | This act would provide that in the absence of a written agreement, the cost of maintaining and repairing or restoring an easement or right-of-way shall be shared by each property owner of a benefited property and their share of such costs shall be determined by and commensurate with the current municipal assessment of each property. This act would further provide that any written demand for such costs to any owner refusing to repair or restore the damaged areas shall include information and documentation relevant to the damage repaired or restored, including a detailed explanation of the factors considered in arriving at the owner’s proportional costs of such repairs or restoration. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H6405 | Increases the maximum penalty for certain violations related to the cutting, removal, damage by injurious liquids or gases to trees, plants and shrubs on any public highway or public land under the jurisdiction of state agencies from $500 to $1,000. | This act would increase the maximum penalty for certain violations related to the cutting, removal, damage by injurious liquids or gases to trees, plants and shrubs on any public highway or public land under the jurisdiction of state agencies from five hundred dollars ($500) to one thousand dollars ($1,000). It would also require that any replacement tree be equal to three (3) times the diameter of the tree that was removed. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H6402 | HOUSE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING "WORLD REFUGEE DAY" AND RECOGNIZING THE WORK OF DORCAS INTERNATIONAL OF PROVIDENCE ON JUNE 20TH OF 2025, IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | House Resolution Commemorating "world Refugee Day" And Recognizing The Work Of Dorcas International Of Providence On June 20th Of 2025, In The State Of Rhode Island | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H6404 | HOUSE RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING AND THANKING ANDREW SCHIFF ON THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOOD BANK | House Resolution Recognizing And Thanking Andrew Schiff On The Occasion Of His Retirement As Chief Executive Officer Of The Rhode Island Community Food Bank | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H6393 | Limits the facility's ability to charge rent and fees for a maximum of seven (7) days or until removal of the personal property from the room, whichever occurs first. A violation would constitute a deceptive trade practice. | This act would prohibit enforcing a thirty (30) day notice of vacancy policy when a resident of an assisted living facility or nursing home dies and limit the facility's ability to charge rent and fees for a maximum of seven (7) days or until removal of the personal property from the room, whichever occurs first. A violation would constitute a deceptive trade practice. This act would take effect on September 1, 2025. | Dead |
| H6387 | 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 |
| H6272 | Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of Amos House, provided it remains a qualified tax-exempt corporation pursuant to §501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. | This act would exempt from taxation the real and tangible personal property of Amos House, provided it remains a qualified tax-exempt corporation pursuant to §501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5710 | Would amend certain signature requirements and deadlines regarding primaries for election of delegates to national conventions for presidential preference. | This act would reduce the number of signatures needed on nomination papers for a candidate to be a delegate to a national presidential convention to 50 voters. This act would also amend and reduce the number of days before an election for which nomination papers must be submitted before a presidential preference primary to 54 days, and would reduce the number of days by which the local board of canvassers would need to certify the signatures to the secretary of state to 50 days before the presidential preference primary. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5307 | 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 |
| H6334 | Authorizes municipalities to impose a ticket tax on ticket sales for venues large enough to hold at least eight hundred (800) patrons, seated, of two dollars ($2) per ticket. The tax shall be redistributed to the locality where the venue is located. | This act would authorize municipalities to impose a ticket tax on ticket sales for venues large enough to hold at least eight hundred (800) patrons, seated, of two dollars ($2.00) per ticket. The tax shall be collected by the department of revenue, and redistributed to the locality where the venue is located. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H6375 | HOUSE RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING MAY 30, 2025, AS "WORLD MS DAY" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | House Resolution Recognizing May 30, 2025, As "world Ms Day" In The State Of Rhode Island | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H5992 | 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 |
| H5281 | Creates the Rhode Island Childcare Assistance Program that governs both family eligibility for the state’s childcare subsidy program and expands eligibility for the program to meet the federal eligibility benchmark. | This act would create the Rhode Island Childcare Assistance Program that governs both family eligibility for the state’s childcare subsidy program and the rates paid to childcare providers serving families receiving a subsidy. The act would expand eligibility for the program to meet the federal eligibility benchmark so that families with incomes at or below eighty-five percent (85%) of the state median income would be eligible. The act would allow families to continue eligibility until their income exceeds one hundred percent (100%) of the state median income and would make participation in the state’s child support enforcement program voluntary for the childcare subsidy. The act would also increase the tiered rates of paid for licensed childcare centers to meet or exceed the federal equal access benchmark, implement a new differential bonus rate for infants under age eighteen (18) months and adopt fair payment practices consistent with the federal rules for the Child Care and Development Fund. This act would take effect on July 1, 2025. | Dead |
| H5197 | Removes the requirement that families consent to, and cooperate with the department of human services in establishing paternity and enforcing child and medical support orders as a condition of eligibility for child care assistance. | This act would remove the requirement that families consent to, and cooperate with the department of human services in establishing paternity and enforcing child and medical support orders as a condition of eligibility for child care assistance. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5196 | Eliminates the sunset on the provision of finding for child care for eligible child care educators and child care staff. | This act would eliminate the sunset on the provision of funding for child care for eligible child care educators and child care staffs, remove the family income limit, and would expand the program to include staff providing early intervention services to infants and toddlers with developmental delays and disabilities and would require an annual reporting of participant data to the governor and general assembly by November 1. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5145 | Allows for trucks with a gross vehicle weight of eight thousand pounds (8,000 lbs.) or less to have passenger registration license plates. | This act would allow for trucks with a gross vehicle weight of eight thousand pounds (8,000 lbs.) or less to have passenger registration license plates. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5738 | Provides a tax credit to individual taxpayers who convert their gas-powered vehicle into a vehicle propelled by an alternative fuel source. | This act would provide a tax credit to individual taxpayers who convert their gas-powered vehicle into a vehicle propelled by an alternative fuel source. This act would take effect for the tax year beginning January 1, 2026. | Dead |
| H6350 | Allows communities to increase their local share of hotel tax collection by an additional two percent (2%). | This act would allow communities to increase their local share of hotel tax collection by an additional two percent (2%). This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5744 | Authorizes the office of postsecondary commissioner to expand bilingual and dual language teacher certificates in urban schools through two scholarship programs for students and teachers, with eligibility requirements and donations. | This act would authorize the office of the postsecondary commissioner to expand the issuance of bilingual, dual language and world teacher certificates in urban core and urban ring public schools by establishing two (2) scholarship programs, one for college students and one for eligible teachers. The act would include detailed eligibility requirements and disbursement requirements for Rhode Island college (RIC) and the university of Rhode Island (URI). In addition, the act would permit charitable donations to the scholarship program as well as require an annual appropriation of one million dollars ($1,000,000) by the general assembly. This act would take effect on November 1, 2025. | Dead |
| H5982 | Provides funding to establish a dual language program within the department of elementary and secondary education. It also describe how to implement he Support and Access to Bilingual Education “SABE Act” for all Local Education Agencies “LEA” recipients. | This act would appropriate three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) to establish a dual language program within the department of elementary and secondary education. This act would also provide for the implementation of the support and access to bilingual education (“SABE”) act for all local education agencies (“LEA”) recipients. This act would take effect on July 1, 2026. | Dead |
| H6019 | JOINT RESOLUTION APPROVING THE APPROPRIATION OF $1,100,000 OF FUNDS FOR INFANTS AND TODDLERS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION CATEGORICAL BUDGET (Requests appropriation of $1,100,000 for higher quality infant and toddler early care and education.) | Joint Resolution Approving The Appropriation Of $1,100,000 Of Funds For Infants And Toddlers In The Department Of Education's Early Childhood Education Categorical Budget (requests Appropriation Of $1,100,000 For Higher Quality Infant And Toddler Early Care And Education.) | Dead |
| H6340 | HOUSE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING LAO NEW YEAR (PI MAI LAO): A CELEBRATION OF RENEWAL, CULTURE, AND RESILIENCE ON APRIL 14 – APRIL 16, 2025 | House Resolution Commemorating Lao New Year (pi Mai Lao): A Celebration Of Renewal, Culture, And Resilience On April 14 – April 16, 2025 | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H5200 | Directs the DHS and the department of education to work collaboratively to sustain and strengthen existing workforce development and compensation programs for educators working in licensed child care and early learning programs statewide. | This act would direct the department of human services and the department of education to work collaboratively to sustain and strengthen existing workforce development and compensation programs for educators working in licensed child care and early learning programs statewide and would allocate at least $1,000,000 to continue the Child Care WAGE$ model to help strengthen and sustain the child care workforce This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5285 | Authorizes a host city or town to impose a two percent (2%) tax on the endowment of a private institution of higher education that is in excess of one billion dollars ($1,000,000,000), to be used only for the host public school district. | This act would authorize a host city or town to impose a two percent (2%) tax on the endowment of a private institution of higher education that is in excess of one billion dollars ($1,000,000,000), to be used only for the host public school district. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H6328 | HOUSE 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 | House 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 |
| H6332 | HOUSE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING MAY 11-17, 2025, AS "QUAHOG WEEK 2025" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | House Resolution Commemorating May 11-17, 2025, As "quahog Week 2025" In The State Of Rhode Island | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H6329 | HOUSE RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING THE ELEANOR SLATER HOSPITAL--ZAMBARANO CAMPUS ON THE RECOGNITION OF "ZAMBARANO DAY" ON MAY 13, 2025 | House Resolution Congratulating The Eleanor Slater Hospital--zambarano Campus On The Recognition Of "zambarano Day" On May 13, 2025 | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H6076 | Establishes the fantasy sports consumer protection act. | This act would empower the department of business regulation (DBR) to license and regulate fantasy contest operators conducting fantasy sports contests limited to participants located within the state. This act would also levy a ten percent (10%) tax on their adjusted gross receipts. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H6310 | HOUSE RESOLUTION HONORING AND THANKING DONNA POLICASTRO ON THE OCCASION OF HER RETIREMENT | House Resolution Honoring And Thanking Donna Policastro On The Occasion Of Her Retirement | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H6313 | HOUSE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING MAY 10TH, 2025, TO BE "LUPUS DAY" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | House Resolution Proclaiming May 10th, 2025, To Be "lupus Day" In The State Of Rhode Island | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H6271 | Requires public middle schools, to allow students from a recognized non-public, charter, or alternative education institution, to participate in a non-sponsored sport in the school district where the student resides. | This act requires all Rhode Island public middle schools, grades six (6) through eight (8), to allow any student from a recognized non-public, charter, or alternative education institution that does not sponsor or participate in a particular interscholastic sport, to participate in that sport in the school district where the student resides. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H6127 | Requires the state investment commission to create a capital access initiative to expand potential investment opportunities for the state’s pension fund and engage qualified but traditionally underrepresented investment managers. | This act would require the state investment commission to create a capital access initiative to expand potential investment opportunities for the state’s pension fund and engage qualified but traditionally underrepresented investment managers. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| 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. | Dead |
| H5479 | JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $750,000 TO WATERFIRE PROVIDENCE (Authorizes the appropriation of the sum of §750,000 to WaterFire Providence.) | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $750,000 To Waterfire Providence (authorizes The Appropriation Of The Sum Of §750,000 To Waterfire Providence.) | Dead |
| H5476 | Removes the exemption from the state hotel tax for residences rented in their entirety. | This act would remove the exemption from the state hotel tax for residences rented in their entirety. This act would take effect on January 1, 2026 | Dead |
| H6139 | 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 |
| H6293 | HOUSE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING AND CELEBRATING MAY 1, 2025, AS "CHILD CARE AWARENESS DAY" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | House Resolution Proclaiming And Celebrating May 1, 2025, As "child Care Awareness Day" In The State Of Rhode Island | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H6107 | Establishes a pilot program for a virtual reality learning platform to improve math skills for grades 6 through 12 STEM education. | This act would establish a pilot program for a virtual reality learning platform to improve mathematic skills for grades six (6) through twelve (12) STEM education and would appropriate the sum of two million dollars ($2,000,000) for the program. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5745 | Reduces the time, from three (3) years to six (6) months, required for a nonimmigrant foreign national student, who has resided in Rhode Island, to be eligible to pay the same in-state tuition as any other Rhode Island student. | This act would reduce the time, from three (3) years to six (6) months, required for a nonimmigrant foreign national student, who has resided in Rhode Island, to be eligible to pay the same in-state tuition as any other Rhode Island student. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5771 | Mandates Medicaid coverage for fertility diagnostic care, standard fertility preservation services, and fertility treatment. | This act would mandate medicaid coverage for fertility diagnostic care, standard fertility preservation services, and fertility treatment and would require coverage for any medically necessary ovulation-enhancing drugs and medical services related to prescribing and monitoring the use of ovulation-enhancing drugs that is intended to treat infertility and establish a pregnancy that results in a live birth. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H6095 | 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 |
| H5976 | Provides $4,000,000 to support comprehensive and effective afterschool, school vacation, summer learning and workforce development programs for students in grades kindergarten through twelve (K-12). | This act would provide four million dollars ($4,000,000) to support comprehensive and effective afterschool, school vacation, summer learning and workforce development programs for students in grades kindergarten through twelve (K-12), provide professional development to employees of out-of-school time programs, and require an annual report to the general assembly and the governor on the status and progress of the programs. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5742 | Establishes a statewide “Healthy School Meals for all” universal school breakfast and lunch program in Rhode Island public schools phased in over 3 years. | This act would establish a statewide “Healthy School Meals for all” universal school breakfast and lunch program in Rhode Island public schools phased in over 3 years. The program would begin with all elementary school students, then add all middle school students in year two (2), and then provide universal meals for all students by the 2027-2028 school year. The act would also direct that in operating its school breakfast and lunch program, each public educational entity would seek to maximize access to federal funds for the cost of the school breakfast and lunch program by participating in one of several identified federal programs in order to obtain federal funds to offset the costs to districts of providing free breakfasts and lunches and minimize the costs to the state. This act would take effect on July 1, 2026. | Dead |
| H6072 | Establishes a child tax credit of one thousand dollars ($1,000) per dependent. | This act would establish a child tax credit of one thousand dollars ($1,000) per dependent. No credit would be allowed unless the taxpayer claiming said child tax credit has a total income for the taxable year that does not exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for a single-filer household and one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) for a dual-filer household. If the amount of the credit allowed under this section exceeds the taxpayer’s tax liability, the division of taxation shall treat the excess as an overpayment and shall pay the taxpayer the entire amount of the excess. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5205 | Would provide children up to age three (3) with continuous coverage eligibility for RIte Track/RIte Care so that they are not at risk of losing coverage at the yearly redetermination due solely to administrative barriers. | This act would provide children up to age three (3) with continuous coverage eligibility for RIte Track/RIte Care so that they are not at risk of losing coverage at the yearly redetermination due solely to administrative barriers. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5234 | JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $500,000 TO THE UNITED WAY OF RHODE ISLAND FOR THE 2-1-1 HUMAN SERVICES HOTLINE (Authorizes the appropriation of the sum of $500,000 to the United Way of Rhode Island to provide operational support for the 2-1-1 system.) | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $500,000 To The United Way Of Rhode Island For The 2-1-1 Human Services Hotline (authorizes The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $500,000 To The United Way Of Rhode Island To Provide Operational Support For The 2-1-1 System.) | Dead |
| H5335 | Nullifies the department of elementary and secondary education recommendation that the turnaround plan for Providence public schools be continued. | This act would nullify the department of elementary and secondary education's recommendation that the turnaround plan for Providence public schools be continued. This act would take effect on July 1, 2025. | Dead |
| H5407 | Reduces the current varying percentages for early retirement penalty for teachers, municipal and state employees to a cumulative annual reduction of 3% and monthly reduction of .25%. | This act would reduce the current varying percentages for early retirement penalty for teachers, municipal and state employees to a cumulative annual reduction of three percent (3%) and monthly reduction of twenty-five hundredths percent (.25%). This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5021 | Adds administrator of community confinement and the home confinement coordinator to the state retirement system. | This act would add administrator of community confinement and the home confinement coordinator to the state retirement system. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5888 | Provides that a defendant's third and subsequent violation of domestic violence offenses, including both prior felony and misdemeanor convictions, would be punishable as a felony. | This act would provide that a defendant's third and subsequent violation of domestic violence offenses, including both prior felony and misdemeanor convictions, would be punishable as a felony. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5895 | Requires submission of a domestic violence/sexual assault reporting form when the domestic violence response or investigation involves a verbal argument or dispute. | This act would require submission of a domestic violence/sexual assault reporting form when the domestic violence response or investigation involves a verbal argument or dispute and allows for the electronic filing of domestic violence/sexual assault reporting forms by law enforcement agencies, enhances the information to be included on the reporting forms, and clarifies that the reporting forms should be submitted monthly, or as soon as practicable upon receipt of all relevant information regarding an incident subject to reporting. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5762 | 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 |
| H5724 | Prohibits state or municipality from contracts to detain individuals for civil immigration violations, and if such contract exists, it must end by July 1, 2026 and prohibits using public resources to detain those individuals. | This act would prohibit any state or municipal government official or agency from entering into any contract to detain individuals for civil immigration violations, and if any such contract is in existence, the contract must be terminated by July 1, 2026. It would further prohibit the use of any public resources to detain individuals for federal civil immigration violations. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H6058 | Amends references in the dual enrollment act by using the phrase “public higher education institution”. | This act would amend references in the dual enrollment equal opportunity act by using the phrase “public higher education institution” to clarify the act’s applicability to a state community college, college, or university. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H6158 | Mandates insurance coverage for scalp cooling treatments for breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy to prevent hair loss during chemotherapy treatments. | This act would mandate insurance coverage for scalp cooling treatments for breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy to prevent hair loss during chemotherapy treatments. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H6117 | Requires insurance coverage for all community health workers' services to include health and promotion coaching, health education and training, health system navigation and resource coordination services, care planning and follow-up care recommendations. | This act would require insurance coverage for all community health workers’ services to include, but not be limited to, health and promotion coaching, health education and training, health system navigation and resource coordination services, care planning and follow-up care recommendations. Coverage would not be provided for insurance coverage providing benefits for hospital confinement indemnity, disability income, accident only, long-term care, Medicare supplement, limited benefit health, specified disease indemnity, sickness or bodily injury or death by accident, or both, and other limited benefit policies. This act would take effect on January 1, 2026. | Dead |
| H6219 | HOUSE RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE CELEBRATION OF THE CAMBODIAN NEW YEAR AND "THE YEAR OF THE SNAKE" ON APRIL 14-16, 2025 | House Resolution Recognizing The Celebration Of The Cambodian New Year And "the Year Of The Snake" On April 14-16, 2025 | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H6225 | HOUSE RESOLUTION EXTENDING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO THOSE FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS WHO LOST LOVED ONES IN THE JET SET CLUB TRAGEDY | House Resolution Extending Deepest Condolences To Those Friends And Family Members Who Lost Loved Ones In The Jet Set Club Tragedy | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H5033 | Removes nuclear plant projects from seeking the approval from the general assembly for the construction of said nuclear plant. | This act would remove nuclear plant projects from seeking the approval from the general assembly for the construction of said nuclear plant. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5296 | Provides duties/obligations of medical personnel to born-alive infants resulting from an abortion punishable as a felony along with a civil action for compensatory/punitive damages/automatic one year license suspension. | This act would provide for the duties and obligations of medical personnel in certain circumstances to infants born alive as the result of the performance of an abortion with violations punishable as a felony with imprisonment up to ten (10) years, or a fine of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), or both. This act would also create a civil action for compensatory and punitive damages and provide a basis for professional disciplinary action with an automatic one year suspension for any convictions based on the provisions of this act. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5295 | Criminalizes the knowing and intentional failure of a physician, nurse, or other licensed medical person to provide reasonable medical care and treatment to an infant born alive as a felony. | This act would criminalize the knowing and intentional failure of a physician, nurse, or other licensed medical person to provide reasonable medical care and treatment to an infant born alive as a felony. If the infant dies as a result of that failure to provide reasonable care, the medical person would be guilty of manslaughter. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5314 | Grants municipalities the authority to impose a parking services sales tax on parking lots and parking structures that charge for parking services through an ordinance. | This act would grant municipalities the authority to impose a parking services sales tax on parking lots and parking structures that charge for parking services through an ordinance. The taxes would be collected by the state and redistributed to the municipalities. Furthermore, this act would make such revenues exempt from the total tax levy limit imposed by § 44-5-2. This act would take effect on January 1, 2026. | Dead |
| H5297 | Sets standards and procedures to allow and implement conjugal visitation at state correctional facilities. | This act would set standards and procedures to allow and implement conjugal visitation at state correctional facilities. This act also directs the department of corrections to establish and enforce rules and regulations governing conjugal visits. This act would take effect on January 1, 2026. | Dead |
| H5389 | RELATING EDUCATION -- THE PAUL W. CROWLEY RHODE ISLAND STUDENT INVESTMENT INITIATIVE. | This act would remove the authority of the commissioner of elementary and secondary education to withhold funds from a debtor community through the general treasurer. It also limits the increase of contributions by the school or school district to twenty percent (20%) of the legislative increase in any levy by the city or town where the school or school district is located. Further, it requires the appointment by an auditor by the general assembly to review and report on expenditures performed by the Rhode Island department of education for the school district which is the subject of any intervention. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5180 | Requires one elector of the parole board to be a person directly impacted by the criminal justice system who has completed the probation/parole process three (3) or more years prior to selection with a professional background in certain enumerated areas. | This act would require one elector of the parole board to be a person directly impacted by the criminal justice system who has completed the probation/parole process three (3) or more years prior to selection with a professional background in certain enumerated areas. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5733 | JOINT RESOLUTION CONFERRING LIMITED PURPOSE RECOGNITION TO THE NATIVE AMERICAN SEACONKE WAMPANOAG TRIBE | Joint Resolution Conferring Limited Purpose Recognition To The Native American Seaconke Wampanoag Tribe | Dead |
| H5741 | Amends provisions related to the maximum project credit allowed under the rebuild Rhode Island tax credit for certain qualified development projects. | This act would amend provisions related to the maximum project credit allowed under the Rebuild Rhode Island tax credit for certain qualified development projects. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5228 | Ensures that more developmentally disabled adults can self-direct the care they need and want, by incorporating collective bargaining rights into the self-directed supports program. | This act would ensure that more developmentally disabled adults can self-direct the care they need and want, by incorporating collective bargaining rights into the self-directed supports program to enhance service access, increase the availability of education and training options and improve the recruitment and retention of the individuals selected by participants as direct support professionals. This act does not alter or limit the authority of the director of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals to administrator the self-directed supports program, enforce existing rules, regulations and procedures, or adopt amended rules, regulations and procedures for operating the program. This act further does not alter or limit the rights of participants and their representatives to select, direct and terminate the services of self-directed direct support professionals or to determine the wages of self-directed direct support professionals within the range set by the director. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5178 | Allows expungement of multiple felony convictions for non-violent felonies10 years after sentence completed. | This act would allow those persons with multiple felony convictions to file a motion for expungement of all records and records of convictions; provided that, no person who has been convicted of any felony which is considered a crime of violence shall have their records of conviction expunged and convictions for offenses under chapter 29 of title 12 shall not be eligible for and may not be expunged. Motions may be brought after ten (10) years from the date of the completion of their last sentence. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5119 | Limits the use by insurers of step therapy, a protocol that establishes a specific sequence in which prescription drugs for a specified medical condition are covered by an insurer, by allowing medical providers to request step therapy exceptions. | This act would limit the use by insurers of step therapy utilization management, a protocol or program that establishes a specific sequence in which prescription drugs for a specified medical condition are covered by an insurer by allowing medical providers to request step therapy exceptions. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5621 | Prohibits insurance companies from paying a rate that is less than the approved Medicaid rate set by the executive office of health and human services. | This act would prohibit insurance companies from paying a rate that is less than the approved Medicaid rate set by the executive office of health and human services. This act would take effect on January 1, 2026. | Dead |
| H5082 | Limits copays, coinsurance or office deductibles for services of a physical therapist to the amount authorized for the services of a primary care physician or osteopath on or after January 1, 2026. | This act would limit copays, coinsurance or office deductibles for services of a physical therapist to the amount authorized for the services of a primary care physician or osteopath on or after January 1, 2026. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5257 | Creates the nursing home workforce standards board act to establish and enforce industry-wide quality of care standards in nursing homes. | This act would establish the Rhode Island nursing home workforce standards advisory board for the purpose of advising the general assembly and the department of labor and training on market conditions, wages, benefits, working conditions in the nursing home industry, minimum statewide compensation and working standards for nursing home workers. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5662 | Established crime of real estate title fraud and creates private cause of action. | This act would establish the criminal offense of real estate title fraud. Additionally, this act would require that individuals making unsolicited offers to purchase real estate provide warnings that the offer may not be for fair market values and/or for less than the assessed value. This act would also require that municipalities that allow remote filing of electronic instruments shall receive sufficient documentation to positively identify the filer. The act would also create a private cause of action for victims of real estate title fraud. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5267 | Requires a housing code enforcement officer to give a copy of any housing code violation notice to all tenants of the building affected by a housing code violation along with any hearing dates scheduled for the violation. | This act would require a housing code enforcement officer to give a copy of any housing code violation notice to all tenants of the building affected by a housing code violation along with any hearing dates scheduled for the violation. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5245 | 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. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5373 | 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 |
| H5068 | Extends the forbearance of utility terminations for customers with serious illness certifications and would amend various provisions related to the termination of utility services for persons who are disabled, seriously ill, or in arrears. | This act would extend the forbearance of utility terminations for customers with serious illness certifications and would amend various provisions related to the termination of utility services for persons who are disabled, seriously ill, or in arrears. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5683 | Increases the minimum required awarded to minority business enterprises from 15% to 20% and of that, requires a minimum of 10% be awarded to minority owned businesses and a minimum of 10% be awarded to women owned businesses. | This act would increase the minimum required awarded to minority business enterprises from fifteen (15%) percent to twenty (20%) percent and of that, require a minimum of ten (10%) percent be awarded to minority owned businesses and a minimum of ten (10%) percent be awarded to women owned businesses. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5675 | Prohibits a landlord from inquiring about the immigration status of a tenant subject to any federal laws or regulations, but may request financial information. | This act would prohibit a landlord from asking about the immigration status of a tenant, prospective tenant, occupant, or prospective occupant of residential rental property, subject to any federal laws or regulations, but would allow a landlord, in accordance with applicable law, to request information or documentation necessary to determine or verify the financial qualifications of a prospective tenant. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5597 | Establishes program to provide recommended air quality levels in schools. | This act would provide that the department of health provide recommended air quality standards for schools. This act would further provide that the department of education establish a program to test the air quality in schools and deficiencies in air quality would be addressed in the responsibilities of the school building authority pursuant to § 16-105-3. This act would also provide that HVAC systems in schools achieve a MERV level of 13 where practical. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5676 | Limits residential rent increases to ten percent (10%) plus the increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) annually. | This act would limit residential rent increases to ten percent (10%) plus the increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) annually. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H6061 | Amends the provisions for insurance coverage of mental health, mental illness, and substance use disorders. | This act would provide that for insurance coverage for treatment of mental health and substance use disorders, payors would rely upon criteria which reflect generally accepted standards of care when developing coverage for levels of care for mental health treatment. This act would also provide that payors would not modify clinical criteria to reduce coverage for mental health treatment below the level established by the generally accepted standards of care upon which their clinical criteria are based. This act would also provide a definition for the term “generally accepted standards of care.” This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H6104 | HOUSE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING MARCH 18, 2025, TO BE "TRANSIT EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION DAY" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | House Resolution Proclaiming March 18, 2025, To Be "transit Employee Appreciation Day" In The State Of Rhode Island | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H5382 | Allows citizens of a city or town who are at least sixteen (16) years of age to register to vote and to vote in school committee elections in municipalities where school committees are elected entities. | This act would allow citizens of a city or town who are at least sixteen (16) years of age to register to vote and to vote in school committee elections in municipalities where school committees are elected entities. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5264 | Limits rent increases to no more than 4% annually unless the landlord is granted an exemption by the secretary of housing and provides tenants with a civil action to recover damages, including an award of attorneys' fees/punitive damages, for violations. | This act would limit rent increases to no more than four percent (4%) annually unless the landlord is granted an exemption by the secretary of housing, and would provide tenants with a civil action to recover damages, including an award of attorneys' fees and punitive damages, for any violations. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5617 | Sets a clear and enforceable standard for reducing the presence of harmful metals in personal care products, prioritizing public health through testing, labeling, and the development of safer alternatives. | This act would set a clear and enforceable standard for reducing the presence of harmful metals in personal care products, prioritizing public health through testing, labeling, and the development of safer alternatives commencing on January 1, 2028 with enforcement one hundred eighty (180) days thereafter. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5552 | Creates a new chapter to protect Rhode Island consumers from coercive tactics at grocery stores. | This act would create a new chapter to protect Rhode Island consumers from coercive tactics at grocery stores. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5553 | 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 |
| H5629 | Amends the current law on health insurance coverage for fertility diagnostic care, standard fertility preservation services, and fertility treatment and requires coverage for any medically necessary ovulation-enhancing drugs and medical services. | This act would amend the current law on health insurance coverage for fertility diagnostic care, standard fertility preservation services, and fertility treatment and would require coverage for any medically necessary ovulation-enhancing drugs and medical services related to prescribing and monitoring the use of ovulation-enhancing drugs that is intended to treat infertility and establish a pregnancy that results in a live birth. This act would take effect on January 1, 2026. | Dead |
| H5987 | Establishes a core state behavioral health crisis services system, to be administered by the director of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals. | This act would establish a core state behavioral health crisis services system, to be administered by the director of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals. The systems would include establishing and administering a 988 Lifeline for suicide prevention, establishing mobile crisis response teams, and establishing a 988 fee, in coordination with 9-1-1, on subscribers of commercial land line telephone, mobile telephone and/or IP-enabled voice services. The act would require insurers to pay for and cover behavioral health crisis services, commencing January 1, 2026. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H6030 | HOUSE RESOLUTION CELEBRATING THE 27TH ANNUAL "WOMEN IN CONSTRUCTION WEEK" ON MARCH 2-8, 2025, IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | House Resolution Celebrating The 27th Annual "women In Construction Week" On March 2-8, 2025, In The State Of Rhode Island | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H5636 | Provides that operators of virtual currency kiosks must provide customers with a paper receipt, electronic receipt, or both of the transaction. | This act would provide that operators of virtual currency kiosks must provide customers with a paper receipt, electronic receipt, or both of the transaction. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5429 | Provides certain controls over prescription drug costs by imposing transparency, oversight and accountability requirements on commercial insurers and their pharmacy benefit managers. | This act would provide certain controls over prescription drug costs by imposing transparency, oversight and accountability requirements on commercial insurers and their pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5026 | Caps amount payable for 30 day supply of equipment/supplies for insulin administration/glucose monitoring at $25 or equipment designed to last more than 30 days with no deductible commencing January 1, 2026. | This act would cap the amount that a covered person is required to pay for insulin administration and glucose monitoring equipment and supplies at twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per thirty (30) day supply or per item when an item is intended to be used for longer than thirty (30) days and would prohibit any deductible for the equipment and supplies. The coverage would commence on January 1, 2026. This act would take effect on January 1, 2026. | Dead |
| H5173 | Requires health plans that provide prescription benefits to cover at least one type of glucagon auto-injector, nasal spray, or formulation that does not require reconstitution to treat hypoglycemia. No copayment or deductible would be required. | This act would require, commencing January 1, 2026, group health plans and health insurance issuers that provide prescription benefits to cover at least one type of glucagon auto- injector, nasal spray, or formulation which does not require reconstitution to treat hypoglycemia with two (2) glucagon auto-injectors every plan year. No copayment or deductible would be required to obtain prescribed glucagon medications. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5507 | Gradually increases the minimum wage for employees receiving gratuities. | Commencing January 1, 2026, this act would gradually increase the minimum wage for employees receiving gratuities, from the current three dollars and eighty-nine cents ($3.89) to fourteen dollars and ninety-five cents ($14.95) by January 1, 2030 and on January 1, 2031 the minimum wage for employees receiving gratuities shall be no less than the minimum wage established by the minimum wage law, exclusive of any consideration of gratuities. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5304 | Establishes the commuter transportation benefit chapter. Employers with five hundred (500) or more employees would be required to establish a pre-tax commuter transportation fringe benefit program. | This act would establish the commuter transportation benefit chapter. Employers with five hundred (500) or more employees would be required to establish a pre-tax commuter transportation fringe benefit program. This act would take effect on January 1, 2026. | Dead |
| H5685 | 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 |
| H5688 | Provides an 8% tax rate for those properties that are encumbered by a deed restriction for low-income housing set at 80% or 60% of adjusted median income established by HUD. | This act would provide an 8% tax rate for those properties that are encumbered by a deed restriction for low-income housing set at 80% or 60% of adjusted median income established by HUD, and would provide a tax stabilization schedule for those buildings which are converted to residential properties starting at 8% of rent rolls and gradually increasing over thirty (30) years. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5660 | Allows on and after September 1, 2025, an owner of motor vehicle(s) to transfer ownership and registration of said vehicle on their death, by a certificate of title designation and requires DMV to amend title forms, to include transfer-on-death language. | This act would allow on and after September 1, 2025, an owner of motor vehicle(s) to transfer ownership and registration of said vehicle on their death, by a certificate of title designation and require the department of motor vehicles to amend title forms, to include transfer-on-death language. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5657 | Prohibits the division of motor vehicles from placing on a motorist's driving record, a traffic violation which fine has been paid no longer than thirty (30) days after its issuance. This procedure would only be utilized twice per year. | This act would prohibit the division of motor vehicles from recording a moving violation on a motorist's driving record, if the moving violation is one that can be paid by mail and is paid, in full, by the motorist within thirty (30) days of its issuance; provided that, this procedure cannot be utilized more than twice in one year. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H6022 | HOUSE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING MARCH AS "COLORECTAL CANCER AWARENESS MONTH" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | House Resolution Proclaiming March As "colorectal Cancer Awareness Month" In The State Of Rhode Island | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H5807 | HOUSE RESOLUTION HONORING DR. JUANA PARILLON FOR HER NEARLY FORTY YEARS OF EXEMPLARY SERVICE TO OUR NATION AS BOTH A MARINE AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ADVISOR | House Resolution Honoring Dr. Juana Parillon For Her Nearly Forty Years Of Exemplary Service To Our Nation As Both A Marine And Equal Opportunity Advisor | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H5809 | HOUSE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING THE 181ST ANNIVERSARY OF DOMINICAN REPUBLIC INDEPENDENCE ON FEBRUARY 27, 2025 | House Resolution Commemorating The 181st Anniversary Of Dominican Republic Independence On February 27, 2025 | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H5808 | HOUSE RESOLUTION THANKING VICTOR M. MENDOZA FOR HIS MORE THAN FORTY YEARS OF DISTINGUISHED PUBLIC SERVICE ON BEHALF OF THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY IN RHODE ISLAND | House Resolution Thanking Victor M. Mendoza For His More Than Forty Years Of Distinguished Public Service On Behalf Of The Hispanic Community In Rhode Island | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H5175 | 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 |
| H5087 | Establishes "The Children's Cardiac Safety Act", and provide for childhood cardiac screening based on modules that incorporate current best practices. | This act would establish "The Children's Cardiac Safety Act", and provide for childhood cardiac screening based on modules that incorporate current best practices. This act would take effect on January 1, 2026. | Dead |
| H5274 | Requires state use actual residences of persons in government custody for redistricting purposes. Information would be collected by the department of corrections and forwarded to the secretary of state to be utilized for redistricting. | This act would require that the state use the actual residences of persons in government custody for redistricting purposes. Such information would be collected by the department of corrections and forwarded to the secretary of state, to be utilized for redistricting. The secretary of state would be required to file annual reports. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5246 | Establishes 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 | 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 |
| H5328 | HOUSE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING FEBRUARY OF 2025 AS “AMERICAN HEART MONTH” IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | House Resolution Proclaiming February Of 2025 As “american Heart Month” In The State Of Rhode Island | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H5326 | HOUSE RESOLUTION CELEBRATING “NATIONAL WOMEN PHYSICIANS DAY” ON FEBRUARY 3, 2025, IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | House Resolution Celebrating “national Women Physicians Day” On February 3, 2025, In The State Of Rhode Island | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H5141 | Establishes a motor vehicle license plate to honor Roger Williams. | This act would establish a motor vehicle license plate to honor Governor Roger Williams. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5027 | Provides that any law or regulation which prohibits or protects a person from exposure to second-hand smoke would include second-hand marijuana smoke or vapor. | This act would provide that any law or regulation which prohibits or protects a person from exposure to second hand smoke would be deemed to also be a prohibition or protection from exposure to second-hand marijuana smoke or vapor, regardless of how the smoke or vapor was generated. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5164 | Establishes a task force managed by the children’s cabinet to develop recommendations to improve access to early intervention and early childhood special education services. | This act would establish a public-private task force managed by the children’s cabinet to develop recommendations with cost estimates that, when implemented, would improve access to high-quality early intervention and early childhood special education services for children with developmental delays and disabilities from birth up to kindergarten entry. This act would further direct the Executive Office of Health and Human Services to seek $250,000 in federal funding to support the work of the task force over an eighteen (18) month period. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5321 | Establishes the Rhode Island Child Care for All Act which would provide high quality and affordable child care to families throughout the state. | This act would establish the Rhode Island Child Care for All Act which would provide high quality and affordable child care to families throughout the state. This act would establish the office for early learning which would assume certain functions of the departments of human services and education as it relates to early childcare such as the administration of child care assistance program, the quality rating and improvement system for child care and early learning programs, and child care licensing. The office for early learning would further be responsible to establish programs for annual funding to early education and care providers to cover any shortage of the costs of high quality early education and care. This act would further expand eligibility to families throughout the state for child care payment assistance. This act would take effect on January 1, 2026. | Dead |
| H5109 | 2022) (Implements technical corrections to the transition rules for transactions governed by 2024 Public Laws Chapters 65 and 66 regarding security interests in emerging technologies. | This act would implement technical corrections to the transition rules for transactions governed by 2024 Public Laws Chapters 65 and 66 regarding security interests in emerging technologies. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5238 | HOUSE RESOLUTION EXTENDING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF VIOLET ROSE LITTLE | House Resolution Extending Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of Violet Rose Little | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H5007 | HOUSE RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE YEARS 2025 AND 2026 | House Resolution Adopting The Rules Of The House Of Representatives For The Years 2025 And 2026 | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H5154 | HOUSE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING JANUARY 23, 2025, TO BE "MATERNAL HEALTH AWARENESS DAY" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | House Resolution Proclaiming January 23, 2025, To Be "maternal Health Awareness Day" In The State Of Rhode Island | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H5095 | HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING SINCERE CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF CEDRIC PAUL HUNTLEY | House Resolution Expressing Sincere Condolences On The Passing Of Cedric Paul Huntley | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H5097 | HOUSE RESOLUTION HONORING AND THANKING DAVE PERTUSO FOR THIRTY-ONE YEARS OF DEDICATED AND EXEMPLARY SERVICE TO THE RHODE ISLAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY AND ROGER WILLIAMS PARK ZOO | House Resolution Honoring And Thanking Dave Pertuso For Thirty-one Years Of Dedicated And Exemplary Service To The Rhode Island Zoological Society And Roger Williams Park Zoo | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H5059 | HOUSE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING THE CELEBRATION OF THE BIRTH OF THE REVEREND DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., ON JANUARY 15, 2025 | House Resolution Commemorating The Celebration Of The Birth Of The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., On January 15, 2025 | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H5065 | HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF SISTER JOAN ROKICKI, RSM | House Resolution Expressing Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of Sister Joan Rokicki, Rsm | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H5004 | HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF THE MOST REVEREND LOUIS E. GELINEAU, D.D., J.C.L., S.T.L., BISHOP EMERITUS OF PROVIDENCE | House Resolution Expressing Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of The Most Reverend Louis E. Gelineau, D.d., J.c.l., S.t.l., Bishop Emeritus Of Providence | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| Bill | Bill Name | Motion | Vote Date | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S0017 | Provide that advertising goods that don't include a price referencing all mandatory fees and charges shall be a deceptive trade practice. | Passage In Concurrence | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| S0084 | Prohibits casualty insurers from assessing any premium surcharge or penalty against an insured solely for inquiring about the terms of the insured's policy. | Passage In Concurrence | 06/21/2025 | 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 In Concurrence | 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 As Amended | 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 Of Amendment | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| S0314 | Restricts audits of pharmacists conducted by insurers and their intermediaries, limiting audits to one per year unless fraud or misrepresentation is reasonably suspected. The RI attorney general has the authority to impose sanctions for violations. | Passage In Concurrence | 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 In Concurrence | 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 In Concurrence | 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 In Concurrence | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| S0957 | Extends the incentive pay plan to all full-time court clerks, including the traffic tribunal, who meet the eligibility requirements. It would also repeal § 8-4.1-6 regarding additional credit for a master's degree. | Passage In Concurrence | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| S1006 | Allows the director of the department of health to authorize the state registrar of vital records to change a person's race designation on their birth certificate, if justified. | Passage In Concurrence | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| S1091 | Amends the provisions under which a city or town may exceed the maximum levy for the assessment of local taxes. | Passage In Concurrence | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| S1092 | Adds an additional purpose to the standard provisions list that a zoning ordinance is required to address. | Passage In Concurrence | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| S1085 | 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 In Concurrence | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| S1083 | Adds the process of permitting the construction of attached single-family dwellings in identified zoning districts as a factor that zoning ordinances must address. | Passage In Concurrence | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| S1090 | Adds "providing for residential development in all or some of the areas encompassing commercial districts" as a purpose a zoning ordinance must address. | Passage In Concurrence | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| S1088 | 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 In Concurrence | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| S1087 | Provides for the establishment and operation of an electronic permitting platform for all state and local permitting. | Passage In Concurrence | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| S1084 | 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 In Concurrence | 06/21/2025 | Yea |
| S1163 | VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF HOPKINTON | Passage In Concurrence | 06/21/2025 | 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 In Concurrence | 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 In Concurrence | 06/20/2025 | 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 In Concurrence | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5078 | Provides that licensed independent clinical social workers be able to enroll and bill Medicaid directly for covered services provided to adults with Medicaid fee-for-service coverage. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5104 | Forbids a motor vehicle liability insurance carrier from considering the zip code of where an insured lives for purposes of calculating their policy premium. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| 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. | Passage In Concurrence | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5220 | Amends the comprehensive community-police relationship act of 2015 to require an annual study by an outside agency chosen by the department. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0126 | Protects the rights of employees in the workplace relating to free speech, assembly and religion, as well as attendance at employer-sponsored meetings regarding political or religious matters. | Passage In Concurrence | 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 In Concurrence | 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 In Concurrence | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0123 | Permits municipalities to enact ordinances that provide them the authority to organize local tax amnesty events once every three (3) years. | Passage In Concurrence | 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 In Concurrence | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0170 | Grants the director of the department of health the authority to approve or deny any applications for professional licensure pending before certain boards of licensure that have been unable to establish a quorum for 30 business days. | Passage In Concurrence | 06/20/2025 | Abstain |
| H5300 | Considers election officials and poll workers "public officials" for purposes of the prohibition on making threats to public officials. | Passage In Concurrence | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5364 | 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. | Passage As Amended | 06/20/2025 | Abstain |
| H5364 | 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. | Passage Of Amendment | 06/20/2025 | Abstain |
| 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. | Passage In Concurrence | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0179 | Allows teachers in all grades to provide the opportunity for students to observe a brief moment of silence on every September 11. | Passage In Concurrence | 06/20/2025 | Abstain |
| S0188 | This act would repeal the exemption granted to pari mutual facilities and casinos from the smoke free workplace requirement contained in the Public Health and Workplace Safety Act. | Passage In Concurrence | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5422 | Amends the certain provisions relative to school waste recycling and refuse disposal and requires reports of waste audits by educational entities and reports of program participation by vendors. | Passage As Amended | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5422 | Amends the certain provisions relative to school waste recycling and refuse disposal and requires reports of waste audits by educational entities and reports of program participation by vendors. | Passage Of Amendment | 06/20/2025 | Abstain |
| 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 As Amended | 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 Of Amendment | 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 |
| 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 As Amended | 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 Of Amendment | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5464 | Repeals the exemption granted to pari-mutuel facilities and casinos from the smoke free workplace requirement and provides for a one time appropriate of $1,000,000 to inform patrons of the smoke free policy within the casino. | Passage As Amended | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5464 | Repeals the exemption granted to pari-mutuel facilities and casinos from the smoke free workplace requirement and provides for a one time appropriate of $1,000,000 to inform patrons of the smoke free policy within the casino. | Passage Of Amendment | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5534 | Exempts certain urban and small farmers from sales taxes, real, tangible and personal property taxes and income taxes. This act would also define urban and small farmers and urban farmland. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5494 | Adds several consumer protections to existing Medicare Supplement law. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0278 | Under certain circumstances, provides immunity from arrest and prosecution for prostitution, procurement of sexual conduct for a fee, loitering for prostitution and soliciting from motor vehicles for indecent purposes. | Passage In Concurrence | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5493 | Establishes a program for the energy and water benchmarking of large buildings in Rhode Island and a standard for their energy performance. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0235 | 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 In Concurrence | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0274 | Prohibits a landlord from inquiring about the immigration status of a tenant subject to any federal laws or regulations, but may request financial information or proof of identity. | Passage In Concurrence | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0229 | Repeals the provisions of the general laws allowing deferred deposit providers, also known as "payday lenders." | Passage In Concurrence | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0325 | Amends the definition of “hobby breeder” to limit the sale or offering for sale to no more than two (2) litters of dogs or cats, or a combination thereof, in a three hundred and sixty-five (365) day period. | Passage In Concurrence | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0359 | Establishes the Rhode Island Assault Weapons Ban Act of 2025. | Passage In Concurrence | 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 In Concurrence | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5555 | Authorizes veterinarians to establish a client-patient relationship through electronic means, subject to limitations and requirements such as Vet making a good faith effort to determine if care should be provided through telemedicine instead of in person. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5769 | Provides that when a registrant voluntarily cancels the registrant's motor vehicle registration, that person receives a credit for the time remaining on the original registration to be applied to a future registration. | Passage | 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 |
| H5768 | DMV to provide credit for portions of unused voluntarily cancelled vehicle registrations. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5590 | Extends certain protocols applicable to motor vehicle manufacturers to their distributors and factory branches, as well as updates warranty reimbursement and recall obligation policies. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5625 | Removes the sunset provision of all statutory law requiring coverage for the treatment of pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections and pediatric acute onset neuropsychiatric syndrome. | Passage In Concurrence | 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 In Concurrence | 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 In Concurrence | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0487 | Prohibits any healthcare facility, from asking the legal immigration status of any patient. | Passage In Concurrence | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| 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. | Passage In Concurrence | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0473 | Extends coverage for treatment of pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections and pediatric acute onset neuropsychiatric syndrome by removing the sunset date of December 31, 2025, and mandating such coverage. | Passage In Concurrence | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0519 | Prohibits discrimination on the basis of race by expanding the definition of race to include traits historically associated with race, including, but not limited to, hair texture and protected hairstyles. | Passage In Concurrence | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0497 | Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of the Center for Southeast Asians. | Passage In Concurrence | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0439 | Establishes that a renewable energy resource shall pay $5.00 per kilowatt of alternating current nameplate capacity for tangible property and $3.50 per kilowatt of alternating nameplate capacity for real property. | Passage In Concurrence | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0481 | Requires the department of health to incorporate information about dementia risk factors and reduction into public education and healthcare provider education materials. | Passage In Concurrence | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| 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. | Passage In Concurrence | 06/20/2025 | Abstain |
| S0476 | Amends current law so that initial contraceptive prescriptions would no longer be limited to a 3-month supply. | Passage In Concurrence | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0471 | Establishes prevailing standards and procedures for licensing speech-language pathologists and audiologists in Rhode Island. | Passage In Concurrence | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0576 | Provides additional exception to prohibition on usage of wireless communication device while driving and clarifies that use for purpose of navigation must be while the device is mounted or otherwise affixed to vehicle and not held in the motorist's hand. | Passage In Concurrence | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5892 | Protects 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 In Concurrence | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0622 | 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 |
| S0622 | 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 Of Amendment | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0610 | Adds several consumer protections to existing Medicare Supplement law. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0606 | Provides that public historical vital records maintained by the state archives shall not be amended. | Passage In Concurrence | 06/20/2025 | Abstain |
| S0603 | Provides standards for developing, implementing, and maintaining reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect the security, confidentiality, and integrity of customer information. | Passage In Concurrence | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0600 | 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 In Concurrence | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0649 | Provides for the sale and regulation of pet insurance policies and their contents and provisions. | Passage In Concurrence | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0675 | Defines Class 5 property to include the commercial portion of mixed use properties and fix the tax rate for Class 3 property at thirty-eight dollars and 33 cents ($38.33) per one thousand dollars ($1,000). | Passage In Concurrence | 06/20/2025 | Abstain |
| S0692 | 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 In Concurrence | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0672 | Provides that architects and other authorized disaster response workers be considered, in the course of performing their duties, state workers and be entitled to all rights in like manner as state employees. | Passage In Concurrence | 06/20/2025 | Abstain |
| S0671 | Provides that any disaster response worker shall, in the course of their duties, be considered a state employee and be entitled to all rights in like manner as state employees. | Passage In Concurrence | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0729 | Considers election officials and poll workers "public officials" for purposes of the prohibition on making threats to public officials. | Passage In Concurrence | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0716 | Provides a procedure for parking modifications near shoreline rights of way. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0716 | Provides a procedure for parking modifications near shoreline rights of way. | Passage Of Amendment | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| 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. | Passage In Concurrence | 06/20/2025 | 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 | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| S0761 | This pilot program would create a $3,000 trust for each Rhode Island child ages zero to one year born to a family enrolled in the Rhode Island Works Program (“RI Works”) during the preceding calendar year. | Passage In Concurrence | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H6065 | Mandates paid leave by allowing qualified employees to take medical leave to undergo donation procedures, medical tests, and recovery related to being a living organ donor, or bone marrow transplant donor. | Passage As Amended | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H6065 | Mandates paid leave by allowing qualified employees to take medical leave to undergo donation procedures, medical tests, and recovery related to being a living organ donor, or bone marrow transplant donor. | Passage Of Amendment | 06/20/2025 | 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 As Amended | 06/20/2025 | 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 Of Amendment | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| H6071 | This pilot program would create a $3,000 trust for each Rhode Island child ages zero to one year born to a family enrolled in the Rhode Island Works Program (“RI Works”) during the preceding calendar year. | Passage | 06/20/2025 | Yea |
| Committee | Position | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detail | Rhode Island House Conduct Committee | 6 | |
| Detail | Rhode Island House Finance Committee | 8 | |
| Detail | Rhode Island House Rules Committee | 6 | |
| Detail | Rhode Island House Small Business Committee | 8 | |
| Detail | Rhode Island House Special Legislation Committee | First Vice Chair | 2 |
| Detail | Rhode Island House State Government and Elections Committee | First Vice Chair | 2 |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RI | District 11 | House | Democrat | In Office | 01/04/2005 |