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State Representative
Scott Slater
(D) - Rhode Island
Rhode Island House District 10
In Office - Started: 11/01/2009
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Providence Office
74 Sawyer St.
Providence, RI 02907
Providence, RI 02907
Phone: 401-741-7641
General Capitol Building Address
82 Smith St.
Providence, RI 02903
Providence, RI 02903
Phone: 401-222-3580
| Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | In Committee |
| 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. | In Committee |
| H6272 | Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of Amos House, provided it remains a qualified tax-exempt corporation pursuant to §501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. | This act would exempt from taxation the real and tangible personal property of Amos House, provided it remains a qualified tax-exempt corporation pursuant to §501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. This act would take effect upon passage. | Crossed Over |
| H6162 | Permit the City of Providence a one-year levy cap for fiscal year 2026 not to exceed eight percent (8%). | This act would permit the City of Providence a one-year levy cap for fiscal year 2026 not to exceed eight percent (8%). This act is enabling legislation in furtherance of a unanimously passed Providence City Council resolution dated March 20, 2025, and approvingly signed by Mayor Brett Smiley on March 24, 2025. This act would take effect upon passage. | Crossed Over |
| H5838 | Would provide additional procedural safeguards for English as a second language learners and English language learners during the IEP process. | This act would provide additional procedural safeguards for English as a second language learners and English language learners during the IEP process. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5299 | Directs RIHousing to work with stakeholders to investigate and determine ways to assist an incorporated homeowners' association to exercise rights to purchase leased land. | This act would direct RIHousing to work with the department of housing, the infrastructure bank, and other appropriate private and public entities to investigate and determine ways to further assist an incorporated homeowners' association to exercise rights to purchase leased land pursuant to the right of first refusal. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5799 | Provides that minor subdivisions would include oversized lot subdivisions under certain circumstances and relative to zoning ordinances, permit a modification to allow "neighborhood character-based modifications" under certain circumstances. | This act would provide that, relative to subdivision of land, minor subdivisions would include oversized lot subdivisions under certain circumstances and would also, relative to zoning ordinances, permit a modification to allow "neighborhood character-based modifications" under certain circumstances. This act would take effect on January 1, 2026. | Crossed Over |
| 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. | In Committee |
| H6015 | JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $250,000 TO THE REFUGEE DREAM CENTER (RDC), $250,000 TO HIGHER GROUND INTERNATIONAL, AND $250,000 TO DORCAS INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RHODE ISLAND (Authorizes $250,000 to REFUGEE DREAM CENTER (RDC), $250,000 to HIGHER GROUND INTERNATIONAL, and $250,000 to DORCAS INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RHODE ISLAND) | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $250,000 To The Refugee Dream Center (rdc), $250,000 To Higher Ground International, And $250,000 To Dorcas International Institute Of Rhode Island (authorizes $250,000 To Refugee Dream Center (rdc), $250,000 To Higher Ground International, And $250,000 To Dorcas International Institute Of Rhode Island) | In Committee |
| H6017 | JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $450,000 TO THE RHODE ISLAND FOOD BANK (This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of $450,000 to the Rhode Island Food Bank.) | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $450,000 To The Rhode Island Food Bank (this Resolution Would Authorize The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $450,000 To The Rhode Island Food Bank.) | In Committee |
| 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. | In Committee |
| 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. | Passed |
| 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. | In Committee |
| 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. | In Committee |
| 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. | In Committee |
| H6274 | Allows the collection of solid waste and recycling between the hours of seven o’clock (7:00) am and three o’clock (3:00) am seven days a week. It would also ban the use of mobile waste compaction technology for recycling. | This act would allow the commercial collection of solid waste and recycling materials between the hours of seven o’clock (7:00) am and three o’clock (3:00) am seven days a week provided the hours of operation are not in conflict with local ordinances. It would also ban the use of mobile waste compaction technology for recycling. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5144 | Allows executive office of EOHHS to review current methodology for Medical payments to nursing facilities. | This act would direct the executive office of health and human services (EOHHS) to revert the principles of reimbursement from the current price-based methodology back to a cost-based methodology for providing Medicaid payment to Nursing facilities. It would also allow for the office to establish an incentive-based mechanism to reward facilities that meet certain benchmarks. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| 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. | In Committee |
| H5759 | Allows a deduction from federal adjusted gross income for interest payments on outstanding student loans. | This act would allow a deduction from federal adjusted gross income for interest payments on outstanding student loans. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5285 | Authorizes a host city or town to impose a two percent (2%) tax on the endowment of a private institution of higher education that is in excess of one billion dollars ($1,000,000,000), to be used only for the host public school district. | This act would authorize a host city or town to impose a two percent (2%) tax on the endowment of a private institution of higher education that is in excess of one billion dollars ($1,000,000,000), to be used only for the host public school district. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H6270 | Prohibits the sale of beverages and drink mix powders containing hemp-derived delta-9 THC in RI, unless such products are authorized and regulated under the state’s cannabis laws, and maintains regulatory consistency within the state’s cannabis framework. | This act would prohibit the sale of beverages and drink mix powders containing hemp- derived delta-9 THC in Rhode Island, unless such products are authorized and regulated under the state’s cannabis laws, and would maintain regulatory consistency within the state’s cannabis framework. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| 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 |
| H6304 | Ensures public access to lead service lines to determine the existence of lead within the water connection. This act also ensures mitigation measures and replacement lines are consistent with the current version of 40 C.C.R. 141 Subpart I. | This act would require that the department ensures there is public access to lead service lines and determine the existence or absence of lead within each water connection in its service. This act would also ensure that all mitigation measures and replacement of entire lead lines are consistent with the current version of the Lead and Copper Rule including from 40 C.F.R.141, Subpart I. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H6003 | Provides for increases or decreases in the amount of foundation level school support that a community would receive, based upon a community's ability to meet and surpass its minimum low- and moderate-income housing requirements. | This act would provide for increases or decreases in the amount of foundation level school support that a community would receive, based upon a community's ability to meet and surpass its minimum low- and moderate-income housing requirements. This act would take effect on January 1, 2026. | In Committee |
| H5994 | Requires the department of environmental management to develop, identify, maintain and update a list of projects that qualify for forest and open space land conservation funding pursuant to federal laws. | This act would require the department of environmental management to develop, identify, maintain and update a list of projects that qualify for forest and open space land conservation funding pursuant to federal laws. The act would also require the establishment of a restricted receipt account for the revenue generated for the agricultural programs administered by the department. The fund would be used to achieve compliance with federal law for environmental law enforcement on federal property and for boating accidents. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| 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. | In Committee |
| 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. | In Committee |
| H5802 | Provides amendments to enable the development of state-owned vacant, abandoned or underutilized land for housing and the process therefore. | This act would provide amendments to enable the development of state-owned vacant, abandoned or underutilized land for housing and the process therefor. This act would take effect January 1, 2026. | Crossed Over |
| H5760 | Raises the earned-income tax credit from twenty percent (20%) to thirty percent (30%) for the tax years 2026 and beyond. | This act would raise the earned-income tax credit to twenty percent (20%) for the tax years 2026 and beyond. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5950 | Establishes a reimbursement system for a municipalities cost of training public safety personnel when they are hired by a different municipality or public safety agency within Rhode Island within 3 years of receiving the public safety training. | This act would establish a reimbursement system for a municipalities cost of training public safety personnel when they are hired by a different municipality or public safety agency within Rhode Island within three (3) years of receiving the public safety training. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5155 | Provides that architects and other authorized disaster response workers, in the course of performing their duties, be entitled to all rights in like manner as state employees. | This act would provide 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. This act would take effect upon passage. | Crossed Over |
| H5157 | 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. | This act would provide 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 under the provisions of chapters 29 through 38 of title 28 ("workers compensation") and under § 9-31-8 ("defense of state employees by attorney general"). This act would take effect upon passage. | Crossed Over |
| H5695 | Permits municipalities to enact ordinances that provide them the authority to organize local tax amnesty events once every three (3) years. | This act would permit municipalities to enact ordinances that would provide them the authority to organize local tax amnesty events once every three (3) years. This act would take effect upon passage. | Crossed Over |
| H5640 | Adds a provision in the statute relating to one way highways, providing an increased penalty when a motorist travels the wrong way on an interstate highway or an entrance or exit ramp connected to an interstate highway. | This act would add a provision in the statute relating to one way highways, providing an increased penalty when a motorist travels the wrong way on an interstate highway or an entrance or exit ramp connected to an interstate highway. This act would take effect upon passage. | Crossed Over |
| H5438 | Dictates the length a search warrant involving a tracking device would be valid and provide a process to extend the time frame of the tracking device for good cause. | This act would dictate the length a search warrant involving a tracking device would be valid and provide a process to extend the time frame of the tracking device usage for good cause. This act would take effect upon passage. | Crossed Over |
| 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. | Crossed Over |
| 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.) | In Committee |
| H5745 | Reduces the time, from three (3) years to six (6) months, required for a nonimmigrant foreign national student, who has resided in Rhode Island, to be eligible to pay the same in-state tuition as any other Rhode Island student. | This act would reduce the time, from three (3) years to six (6) months, required for a nonimmigrant foreign national student, who has resided in Rhode Island, to be eligible to pay the same in-state tuition as any other Rhode Island student. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| 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 | In Committee |
| H6048 | Effective 7/1/2026, the state lottery division of gaming stops renewing any existing sports wagering vendor contract. Prior to the expiration of any existing contracts the division shall issue an open invitation for applicants for sports wagering vendors. | This act would stop the state lottery division of gaming from renewing any existing sports- wagering vendor contracts after July 1, 2026. Prior to the expiration of any existing contracts the division would issue an open invitation for applicants for sports-wagering vendors. At least five (5) vendors would then be awarded contracts. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| 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. | In Committee |
| H5775 | Requires EOHHS to establish a 1-year pilot program for nutritional assistance and medically tailored meals, groceries and produce for peoples with diet-related diseases or food insecurity, and other interventions where there is a clinical need. | This act would require the general assembly to include one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) in FY 26 appropriations to the EOHHS to establish a one-year pilot program for evidenced-based nutritional assistance and medically tailored meals, groceries and produce for people with diet-related diseases or food insecurity, clinical nutrition education, and other interventions where there is a clinical need. The services would be available to individuals with three (3) or more chronic, diet-related health conditions, for up to six (6) months. This act would take effect upon passage and would sunset and expire on July 1, 2027. | In Committee |
| H5204 | Allows an individual school district that can utilize its own buses or vendors at a lower cost than the statewide system, to obtain reimbursement for these costs from state funds. | This act would provide that an individual school district that utilizes its own buses or vendors to transport students outside the district, at a lower cost than the statewide school transportation system, could submit these costs to the department of elementary and secondary education and receive reimbursement from state funds This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5979 | Requires a review by the department of elementary and secondary education of the formula components used to compute the aid needed to support high need students. | This act would require a review by the department of elementary and secondary education of the formula components used to compute the aid needed to support high need students. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5993 | Commences July 1, 2025, this act would eliminate the provision of this section that requires new applicants for employment under this section to pay the expense for their criminal background checks. | Commencing July 1, 2025, this act would eliminate the provision of this section that requires new applicants for employment under this section to pay the expense for their criminal background checks. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5556 | Includes licensed school psychologists under the provisions of the general laws governing the regulations of psychologists and expands the licensing of school psychologists for independent practice. | This act would include licensed school psychologists under the provisions of the general laws governing the regulations of psychologists and would expand the licensing of school psychologists for independent practice. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H6055 | Allows RI to opt out of the provisions of DIDMCA exempting out of state lenders from interest rate limits which apply to RI lenders. Prevents evasion of statutory interest rate limits and lending rules for loans made in RI. | This act would allow Rhode Island to opt out of the provisions of the “Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act of 1980” (DIDMCA), for loans made within the State of Rhode Island, which allow financial institutions chartered in other states to be exempt from interest rate limits which apply to financial institutions chartered in Rhode Island. This act would also prevent evasion of Rhode Island’s interest rate limits and lending rules by making clear that lenders, whether they identify themselves as such or not, remain bound by Rhode Island’s lending laws for both small loans and loans in general. This act would take effect on October 1, 2025. | In Committee |
| H6242 | Replaces state marshals with capitol police as to those law enforcement officers being exempt from certain firearm restrictions. | This act would replace state marshals with capitol police as to those law enforcement officers being exempt from certain firearm restrictions. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H6266 | HOUSE RESOLUTION CELEBRATING "ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS' DAY" ON APRIL 23, 2025, AND THANKING ALL THE DEDICATED STAFF WHO WORK TIRELESSLY IN SUPPORT OF THE RHODE ISLAND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | House Resolution Celebrating "administrative Professionals' Day" On April 23, 2025, And Thanking All The Dedicated Staff Who Work Tirelessly In Support Of The Rhode Island House Of Representatives | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| 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. | In Committee |
| 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. | This act would provide 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. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| 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. | Crossed Over |
| 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. | In Committee |
| 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. | In Committee |
| H5375 | Allows municipalities to enact ordinances that would permit municipalities and water suppliers to enter properties to perform lead service line replacements and permit tenants to request and schedule private side lead service line replacements. | This act would allow municipalities to enact ordinances that would permit municipalities and water suppliers to enter properties to perform lead service line replacements and permit tenants to request and schedule private side lead service line replacements with the local water supplier when the property owner is unresponsive to a request for service line replacement; provided that, the property owner is eligible for a free service line replacement. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| 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 extends the sunset provision allowing retired teachers to substitute teach in excess of 90 days. The sunset provision is extended from June 20, 2025 until July 1, 2026. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| 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. | In Committee |
| H5766 | Reinstates the cost of living adjustments for retirees, when the annual investment return of the retirement system, exceeds ten percent (10%). | This act would reinstate the cost of living adjustments for retirees, when the annual investment return of the retirement system, exceeds ten percent (10%). This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| 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. | This act would require the board of regents to adopt progressive support and intervention strategies consistent with the Comprehensive Education Strategy and the principles of the “School Accountability for Learning and Teaching” (SALT) within one school district at a time. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| 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. | In Committee |
| H5368 | Permits the city of Providence to tax in excess of the levy cap for fiscal year 2026. | This act would permit the city of Providence to tax in excess of the levy cap for fiscal year 2026. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H6239 | Authorizes the tax administrator to waive interest and penalties on delinquent taxes paid in full during a one week amnesty period. Also reinstates a suspended driver’s license upon payment in full. | This act would authorize the tax administrator to waive interest and penalties on delinquent taxes paid in full during a one week amnesty period. This act would reinstate a suspended driver’s license upon payment in full. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| 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. | In Committee |
| H6220 | HOUSE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CAMBODIAN GENOCIDE ON APRIL 17TH OF 2025 | House Resolution Commemorating The 50th Anniversary Of The Cambodian Genocide On April 17th Of 2025 | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H6225 | HOUSE RESOLUTION EXTENDING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO THOSE FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS WHO LOST LOVED ONES IN THE JET SET CLUB TRAGEDY | House Resolution Extending Deepest Condolences To Those Friends And Family Members Who Lost Loved Ones In The Jet Set Club Tragedy | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| 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 |
| 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. | In Committee |
| H5678 | Requires small employers with one to fifty (1-50) employees and large employers with fifty (50) or more employees to pay overtime wages to exempt workers if their salary exceeds varying multipliers of minimum wage for a forty (40) hour workweek. | Under current law, employers are not obligated to pay overtime to their executive, administrative, and professional employees who are compensated through salary rather than hourly wages, unless the salary of such employees would, if calculated according to a 40-hour work week, fall below the state’s current minimum wage. This act would raise that cut-off and make additional salaried employees non-exempt and therefore eligible for overtime pay, by requiring small employers with one to fifty (1-50) employees and large employers with fifty (50) or more employees, to pay overtime wages to currently exempt workers, if their salary falls below a threshold based upon multipliers of minimum hourly wage, for a forty (40) hour workweek. For example, for the year 2026, the multiplier would be one and one-half (1½) times the minimum hourly wage for a forty (40) hour workweek for small employers with less than fifty (50) employees and two (2) times the minimum hourly wage for a forty (40) hour workweek for large employers with more than fifty (50) employees, resulting in overtime entitlement for more employees. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| 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 | In Committee |
| H5314 | Grants municipalities the authority to impose a parking services sales tax on parking lots and parking structures that charge for parking services through an ordinance. | This act would grant municipalities the authority to impose a parking services sales tax on parking lots and parking structures that charge for parking services through an ordinance. The taxes would be collected by the state and redistributed to the municipalities. Furthermore, this act would make such revenues exempt from the total tax levy limit imposed by § 44-5-2. This act would take effect on January 1, 2026. | In Committee |
| 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. | In Committee |
| H5131 | HOUSE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO ADDRESS CONCERNS IN THE DELIVERY OF HEALTHCARE TO INMATES AND INDIVIDUALS AWAITING TRIAL IN THE CUSTODY OF THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS (RIDOC) (Creates a 9 member commission to study and make recommendations on the delivery of healthcare services at RIDOC, and who reports back to the House no later than January 5, 2026, and whose life would expire on March 5, 2026.) | House Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study And Provide Recommendations To Address Concerns In The Delivery Of Healthcare To Inmates And Individuals Awaiting Trial In The Custody Of The Rhode Island Department Of Corrections (ridoc) (creates A 9 Member Commission To Study And Make Recommendations On The Delivery Of Healthcare Services At Ridoc, And Who Reports Back To The House No Later Than January 5, 2026, And Whose Life Would Expire On March 5, 2026.) | In Committee |
| 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. | In Committee |
| H5975 | JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $1,000,000 FOR THE PURCHASE, CANCELLATION AND FORGIVENESS OF MEDICAL DEBT (Authorizes the appropriation of the sum of $1,000,000 for the continued purchase, cancellation and forgiveness of medical debt consistent with section 35-4-21.1 of the General Laws.) | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $1,000,000 For The Purchase, Cancellation And Forgiveness Of Medical Debt (authorizes The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $1,000,000 For The Continued Purchase, Cancellation And Forgiveness Of Medical Debt Consistent With Section 35-4-21.1 Of The General Laws.) | In Committee |
| H6018 | JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $500,000 TO THE GLORIA GEMMA FOUNDATION (This resolution would appropriate the sum of $500,000 to the Gloria Gemma Fountain and the organization’s cancer survivorship and wellbeing center.) | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $500,000 To The Gloria Gemma Foundation (this Resolution Would Appropriate The Sum Of $500,000 To The Gloria Gemma Fountain And The Organization’s Cancer Survivorship And Wellbeing Center.) | In Committee |
| H5135 | Recognizes that municipal employees have the opportunity to utilize interest arbitration and would establish new factors for the arbitrators to consider. These factors include comparisons of wages/hourly conditions of employment in similarly skilled jobs. | This act would recognize that municipal employees have the opportunity to utilize interest arbitration and would establish new factors for the arbitrators to consider. These factors would include comparisons of wages and hourly conditions of employment in similarly skilled jobs. This act would also grant the arbitrators power to render an award over all negotiated matters, including the expenditure of money. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| 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. | In Committee |
| H5441 | Reduces the time for expungements to three (3) years for a single misdemeanor and five (5) years for felonies and multiple misdemeanors. | This act would reduce the time for expungements to three (3) years for a single misdemeanor and five (5) years for felonies and multiple misdemeanors. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5647 | Permits those individuals convicted of multiple felonies and misdemeanors to have their records expunged and provide criteria for the court to consider in determining whether the person is of good moral character. | This act would permit those individuals convicted of multiple felonies and misdemeanors to have their records expunged and provide criteria for the court to consider in determining whether the person is of good moral character. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5648 | Requires sentencing court to consider whether defendant is parent of child, or caregiver of elderly, disabled or terminally ill person whose well-being would be adversely affected by the person's incarceration and if so, shall impose a non-jail sentence. | This act would require a sentencing court to consider whether the defendant is the parent of a child, or infant or caregiver of an elderly disabled or terminally ill family member whose wellbeing would be adversely affected by the person’s incarceration and if so, shall impose a sentence of probation, a suspended sentence or home confinement unless that defendant poses a significant risk of danger to the community that outweighs the effects on the child or parent for whom they care. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| 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. | In Committee |
| H5951 | Enables cities and towns to expand the use of automated speed enforcement systems in Rhode Island to designated safety zones, excluding school zones. | This act would enable cities and towns to expand the use of automated speed enforcement systems in Rhode Island to designated safety zones, excluding school zones. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| 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. | In Committee |
| 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. | In Committee |
| 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. | This act would forbid a motor vehicle liability insurance carrier from considering the zip code of where an insured lives for purposes of calculating their policy premium. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5277 | Changes the process of nominating candidates for the general election, by replacing the political party primary with a primary general election. | This act would change the process of nominating candidates for the general election, by replacing the political party primary with a primary general election. This new election would allow candidates for all recognized political parties and independents to run against each other on the same ballot, with the top two (2) vote-getters for each available office, qualifying for the general election. This act would take effect on January 1, 2027. | In Committee |
| H6089 | Increases imprisonment penalties and adds mandatory community service for violations of § 4-1-9. | This act would increase the imprisonment penalty for conviction under § 4-1-2 from eleven (11) months to twelve (12) months. It would also increase the imprisonment penalty from two (2) to five (5) years for a subsequent conviction under § 4-1-9. In addition to the previous penalties there shall be mandatory community service. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H6053 | Makes it an unfair claims practice for insurer to designate a motor vehicle a total loss if the cost to repair motor vehicle to its pre-accident condition is less than 85% of the fair market value. | This act would make it an unfair claims practice for an insurer to designate a motor vehicle a total loss if the cost to rebuild or reconstruct the motor vehicle to its pre-accident condition is less than eighty-five percent (85%) of the fair market value of the motor vehicle immediately preceding the time it was damaged. This act would also require an insurer to compensate an autobody repairer for procedures recommended by the OEM's program or collision repair industry programs such as Alldata, Repairlogic or CCC Repair Methods. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| 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. | Crossed Over |
| 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. | In Committee |
| H5161 | JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY PUBLIC OWNERSHIP OF PUBLIC UTILITIES (Creates a special joint legislative study commission to study public ownership of certain public utilities, including electricity and natural gas.) | Joint Resolution Creating A Special Joint Legislative Commission To Study Public Ownership Of Public Utilities (creates A Special Joint Legislative Study Commission To Study Public Ownership Of Certain Public Utilities, Including Electricity And Natural Gas.) | In Committee |
| 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. | In Committee |
| 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. | In Committee |
| 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. | This act would mandate 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. The act would also provide that the maximum durations of leave for each type of donation - up to thirty (30) days for organ donation, and five (5) days for bone marrow donation. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5850 | Requires every individual or group health insurance plan on or after January 1, 2026, that provides benefits to reimburse child service providers for therapy services offered through EOHHS certified Kids Connect/Therapeutic Services. | This act would require every individual or group health insurance plan on or after January 1, 2026, that provides benefits to reimburse child service providers for therapy services offered through EOHHS certified Kids Connect/Therapeutic Services. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| 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. | In Committee |
| H5930 | Extends the range of a school zone for purposes of school-zone-speed-enforcement systems from one-quarter (1/4) mile to three-quarters (3/4) of a mile. | This act would extend the range of a school zone for purposes of school-zone-speed- enforcement systems from one-quarter (1/4) mile to three-quarters (3/4) of a mile. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5029 | Sets the minimum wage for 2026 at $16 per hour, 2027 at $17 per hour, 2028 at $18 per hour, 2029 at $19 per hour and for 2030 at $20 per hour. | This act would set the minimum wage for 2026 at sixteen dollars ($16) per hour, 2027 at seventeen dollars ($17) per hour, 2028 at eighteen dollars ($18) per hour, 2029 at nineteen dollars ($19) per hour and for 2030 at twenty dollars ($20) per hour. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5129 | Provides for a residency requirement of at least six (6) months rather than one year for the Rhode Island family court to have jurisdiction over a divorce complaint. | This act would provide for a residency requirement of at least six (6) months rather than one year for the Rhode Island family court to have jurisdiction over a divorce complaint. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| 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. | In Committee |
| H5339 | Provides that for the period up until July 1, 2027, an applicant for a teaching certificate in Rhode Island would not be required to complete a standardized teacher's examination as a prerequisite to obtaining a teaching certificate. | This act would provide that until July 1, 2027, an applicant for a teaching certificate in Rhode Island would not be required to complete a standardized teacher's examination as a prerequisite to obtaining a teaching certificate. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5379 | Establishes a commission to promulgate rules, regulations and make recommendations to the governor as to petitions for pardons under Article IX, Section 13 of the Constitution of Rhode Island. | This act would establish a commission to promulgate rules, regulations and make recommendations to the governor as to petitions for pardons under Article IX, Section 13 of the Constitution of Rhode Island. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5308 | Permits every municipality in the state to offer a homestead tax exemption of up to 20% of assessed value on residential properties, and also provides that municipalities that grant greater exemptions not be limited by this section. | This act would permit every municipality in the state to offer a homestead tax exemption of up to twenty percent (20%) of assessed value on residential properties, and would also provide that municipalities that grant greater exemptions would not be limited by this section. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5808 | HOUSE RESOLUTION THANKING VICTOR M. MENDOZA FOR HIS MORE THAN FORTY YEARS OF DISTINGUISHED PUBLIC SERVICE ON BEHALF OF THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY IN RHODE ISLAND | House Resolution Thanking Victor M. Mendoza For His More Than Forty Years Of Distinguished Public Service On Behalf Of The Hispanic Community In Rhode Island | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H5809 | HOUSE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING THE 181ST ANNIVERSARY OF DOMINICAN REPUBLIC INDEPENDENCE ON FEBRUARY 27, 2025 | House Resolution Commemorating The 181st Anniversary Of Dominican Republic Independence On February 27, 2025 | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| 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 |
| H5069 | Prohibits any city or town from requiring an applicant for license to carry concealed firearm to provide a reason for their request other than those outlined in § 11-47-1. | This act would prohibit any licensing authority of any city or town from requiring an applicant for a license or permit to carry a concealed firearm to provide a reason for their request other than those outlined in § 11-47-11 and would prohibit the licensing authority from imposing additional or stricter requirements than the department of attorney general and would also prohibit said licensing authorities from imposing any fees other than the fee required in § 11-47-12. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5073 | Establishes a maximum hourly workday for all peace officers as defined in § 12-7-21 and a violation rate of pay of double time and a half. | This act would establish a maximum hourly workday for all peace officers as defined in § 12-7-21 and would establish a violation rate of pay of double time and a half. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5272 | Allows the owner of a rented or leased motor vehicle to establish non-liability for traffic violations. | This act would allow the owner of a rented or leased motor vehicle to provide a copy of a written rental or lease agreement to establish non-liability for traffic violations. It would also require the ticketing authority to provide the owner of a rental or lease vehicle to provide a notice, in writing of each violation, which includes the license number of the vehicle and the date and time of the violation. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5336 | Amends the composition of the Urban Collaborative and provide that the collaborative be governed by a board of trustees. | This act would amend the composition of the urban collaborative in Providence and would provide that the urban collaborative would be governed by a board of trustees. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5186 | Amends current law on controlled substances to permit psilocybin to be cultivated within a person's residence for personal use and contingent on the US FDA's program, mandate that RI department of health establish rules regulations. | This act would amend the current law on controlled substances to permit psilocybin to be securely cultivated within a person’s residence for personal use. The act would also, contingent on the US FDA’s rescheduling and expanding its access program, mandate that the RI department of health establish rules and regulations on the cultivation, distribution and medical prescription of psilocybin. This act would take effect on July 1, 2025, and would sunset on July 1, 2027. | In Committee |
| 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. | In Committee |
| H5217 | Establishes the Rhode Island Clean Air Preservation Act that establishes a regulatory process to prohibit polluting atmospheric experimentation. | This act establishes the Rhode Island Clean Air Preservation Act that establishes a regulatory process to prohibit polluting atmospheric experimentation such as solar radiation modification (SRM), sunlight reflection methods (SRM), solar radiation management (SRM), geoengineering, weather modification, cloud seeding, or other atmospheric interventions involving the release of pollutants including Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) known also as "forever chemicals," within the state, providing penalties for violations. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| 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. | In Committee |
| 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 |
| H5183 | Allows lane filtering, the act of passing stopped or slow-moving vehicles proceeding in the same direction, for motorcycles at low speeds. | This act would allow lane filtering, the act of passing stopped or slow-moving vehicles proceeding in the same direction, for motorcycles at low speeds. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| H5146 | Allows the Honorable Ana B. Quezada to join Leslie Polanco and Daniel P. Nunez, in marriage on or about February 5, 2025, within the City of Providence, Rhode Island. | This act would allow the Honorable Ana B. Quezada to join Leslie Polanco and Daniel P. Nunez, in marriage on or about February 5, 2025, within the City of Providence, Rhode Island. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| 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 |
| H5066 | Prohibits certain claim practices of health insurers and medical providers. The act would further require fulfillment of medical record requests within fourteen (14) days. | This act would prohibit a health insurer from denying a claim and a medical provider from refusing to submit a claim to a health insurer based on the services arising from a motor vehicle accident or other third-party claim. This act further prohibits charges to first-party coverage without an insured’s written consent and requires medical providers to fulfill record requests within fourteen (14) days. This act would take effect upon passage. | In Committee |
| 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 |
| H5040 | HOUSE RESOLUTION EXTENDING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF SAYSOMBOUN PHIVILAY | House Resolution Extending Condolences On The Passing Of Saysomboun Phivilay | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H5000 | HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING PROFOUND SYMPATHY ON THE PASSING OF PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER | House Resolution Expressing Profound Sympathy On The Passing Of President Jimmy Carter | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| Bill | Bill Name | Motion | Vote Date | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H5110 | Provides for the operation and duties of natural organic reduction for the contained, accelerated conversion of human remains to soil. Disposition facilities would be used for either cremation or natural organic reduction. | Passage | 05/29/2025 | Yea |
| S0343 | Requires all lifeguards, and park rangers, to be trained in administering opioid antagonists, and would require all public beaches to keep available a minimum of four doses of opioid antagonist. | Passage In Concurrence | 05/29/2025 | Yea |
| H5565 | Authorizes and regulates the distribution of the product known as "kratom." | Passage | 05/29/2025 | Yea |
| H5603 | Allows emergency preliminary certificates for teaching to be issued for up to a total of five (5) school years. | Passage | 05/29/2025 | Yea |
| H5715 | Requires the state retirement board to publish online all archived video or audio recordings and all future recordings of meetings of the board. | Passage | 05/29/2025 | Yea |
| H5684 | Requires the department of administration to provide a list of certified minority and women-owned business enterprises to each prospective contractor of a construction project. | Passage | 05/29/2025 | Yea |
| S0462 | Removes the sunset provision of the four (4) year pilot program to prevent drug overdoses through the establishment of harm reduction centers and creates a permanent program for harm reduction centers. | Passage In Concurrence | 05/29/2025 | Yea |
| S0475 | Requires public or private golf courses to have an automated external defibrillator on the premises. | Passage In Concurrence | 05/29/2025 | Yea |
| H5882 | Reduces the course time required to become a school bus driver for applicants who have a valid commercial driver’s license. | Passage | 05/29/2025 | Yea |
| H5961 | Updates the statutory terminology by replacing the phrase "institutions of higher learning" with that of "educational institutions", and would redefine child daycare centers as educational institutions. | Passage | 05/29/2025 | Yea |
| H5946 | Prohibits the restriction of access in and out of a construction site by using locked gates or fences while work is ongoing. | Passage | 05/29/2025 | Yea |
| H5893 | Requires the electronic filing of domestic violence/sexual assault forms by law enforcement agencies, and enhances the information to be included on the reporting forms. | Passage | 05/29/2025 | Yea |
| S0624 | Implements a thirty (30) day waiting period following the issuance of a learners permit and the waiting period must expire before the person is permitted to take the road test in order to obtain a full license. | Passage In Concurrence | 05/29/2025 | Yea |
| H6156 | HOUSE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES FOR CHILDREN IN STATE CARE | Passage | 05/29/2025 | Yea |
| H6286 | Provides that law enforcement officers who appears before the court for prosecution of a violation of a protective order shall self-certify that the officer has successfully completed a specialized domestic violence prosecution training course. | Passage | 05/29/2025 | Yea |
| H5365 | Provides that a communication between an attorney and client acting as a trustee or other fiduciary, is privileged and protected from disclosure to the same extent as if the client was acting in his, her, or its individual capacity. | Passage | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
| H6077 | AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF CENTRAL FALLS TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES IN THE CITY BY THE ISSUANCE OF NOT MORE THAN $15,000,000 BONDS, NOTES AND/OR OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS THEREFOR | Passage | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
| H6099 | IN ACCORDANCE WITH RHODE ISLAND GENERAL LAWS SECTION 16-7-44 APPROVING THE ISSUANCE OF $10,400,000 BONDS BY THE TOWN OF NEW SHOREHAM TO FINANCE ADDITIONS, RENOVATIONS, IMPROVEMENTS, ALTERATIONS AND REPAIRS TO SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES IN THE TOWN INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, BONDS AND NOTES ISSUED PURSUANT TO FINANCING AGREEMENTS WITH THE RHODE ISLAND HEALTH AND EDUCATIONAL BUILDING CORPORATION | Passage | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
| H6129 | AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF WEST WARWICK TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $71,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES TO FINANCE THE ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, RENOVATION, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE TOWN AND ALL ATTENDANT EXPENSES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DEMOLITION, ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURAL AND LANDSCAPING COSTS | Passage | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
| H6162 | Permit the City of Providence a one-year levy cap for fiscal year 2026 not to exceed eight percent (8%). | Passage | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
| H6232 | Amends Pawtucket property tax classification system. | Passage | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
| H6272 | Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of Amos House, provided it remains a qualified tax-exempt corporation pursuant to §501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. | Passage | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
| H6299 | AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF WARWICK TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $50,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, LANDSCAPING, DEMOLITION, ARCHITECTURAL COSTS, ENGINEERING, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF | Passage | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
| H6298 | Proposes amendments to the Warwick City Charter. | Passage | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
| H6320 | Provides that the tax rate for Class 1 and Class 2 property be uniform and set to the same percentage. | Passage | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
| H6315 | Repeals § 27-11.1-3 to eliminate the ten percent (10%) limitation on Schedule BA assets. | Passage | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
| H6322 | HOUSE RESOLUTION AMENDING THE MEMBERSHIP AND EXTENDING THE REPORTING AND EXPIRATION DATES OF THE SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY HOUSING AFFORDABILITY (Increases the membership from eighteen (18) to twenty-one (21), and extend the reporting and expiration dates of the Commission to Study Housing Affordability from June 7, 2025, to June 5, 2027, and would expire on June 26, 2027.) | Passage | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
| H5251 | Allows the school building administration or teachers in all grades to provide the opportunity for students to observe a brief moment of silence on every September 11. | Passage | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| H5250 | Adds Juneteenth National Freedom Day to the definition of "holidays" to the chapter governing retail business. | Passage | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| S0201 | Validates and ratifies the amendments to the Tiverton Home Rule Charter which were approved by the electors of the town of Tiverton on November 5, 2024. | Passage In Concurrence | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| H5563 | Requires hotel employees and short-term rental property operators to annually receive human trafficking awareness training. | Passage | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| H5563 | Requires hotel employees and short-term rental property operators to annually receive human trafficking awareness training. | Passage | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| H5645 | Exempts qualified tuition savings programs of any state authorized under 26 U.S.C. § 529 from judicial attachment. | Passage | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| H5611 | Requires the installation of universal changing stations in all newly constructed, reconstructed, or remodeled public buildings and places of public accommodation. | Passage | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| H5841 | Prohibits discrimination on the basis of race by expanding the definition of race to include traits historically associated with race, including, but not limited to, hair texture and protected hairstyles. | Passage | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| S0720 | Authorizes the Providence city council to set the veterans tax exemption limit to an amount determined by the city council via ordinance or resolution. | Passage In Concurrence | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| S0844 | Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of the Friends of Little Compton Wellness Center, Inc. | Passage In Concurrence | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| H6165 | Creates the PURPLE alert state system to aid in the search for a missing adult with a serious physical, behavioral health, neurological disabilities or medical condition. | Passage | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| H6159 | Increases the per page transcription fees for court reporters in court proceedings. | Passage | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| H6306 | Allows Daniel Vaca to join Kaley Erin O’Connor and James John Pawelski in marriage on or about October 12, 2025, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island | Solemnization Of Marriage | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| H5050 | Creates a special license plate for the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council, Inc. that would support the Blackstone River Valley Environmental Clean-up and Education Fund. | Passage | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5376 | Allows for a special RI license plate to raise awareness for colon cancer. The plate would be designed by the partnership to reduce cancer in RI. The fees for the plate would be divided equally between the general fund and the partnership not-for-profit. | Passage | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5484 | Increases the penalties for public utilities for violations of the general law governing the duties of utilities and carriers. | Passage | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5547 | Increases the public utilities reserve fund cap and the cap on expenses relating to the public utilities commission and the division of public utilities and carriers representing the state before federal agencies. | Passage | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5575 | Allows for the procurement of nuclear power. | Passage | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5847 | HOUSE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND PROVIDE FINDINGS AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS THE FLOODING OF THE PAWTUXET RIVER (Creates an 11-member commission to study and provide recommendations and potential solutions to address the flooding of the Pawtuxet River, and who would report back by March 2, 2026, and would expire on June 2, 2026.) | Passage | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5822 | Creates a taskforce to provide recommendations, advice and guidance to help expedite and provide technical assistance with regard to the development of solar energy systems on property owned by the state. | Passage | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
| H6033 | Requires all public utilities to maintain a customer service facility within the state to perform services such as addressing customer inquiries and accepting bill payments. | Passage | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
| H6077 | AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF CENTRAL FALLS TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES IN THE CITY BY THE ISSUANCE OF NOT MORE THAN $15,000,000 BONDS, NOTES AND/OR OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS THEREFOR | House Committee on Finance: Passage | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
| H6099 | IN ACCORDANCE WITH RHODE ISLAND GENERAL LAWS SECTION 16-7-44 APPROVING THE ISSUANCE OF $10,400,000 BONDS BY THE TOWN OF NEW SHOREHAM TO FINANCE ADDITIONS, RENOVATIONS, IMPROVEMENTS, ALTERATIONS AND REPAIRS TO SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES IN THE TOWN INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, BONDS AND NOTES ISSUED PURSUANT TO FINANCING AGREEMENTS WITH THE RHODE ISLAND HEALTH AND EDUCATIONAL BUILDING CORPORATION | House Committee on Finance: Passage | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
| H6129 | AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF WEST WARWICK TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $71,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES TO FINANCE THE ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, RENOVATION, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE TOWN AND ALL ATTENDANT EXPENSES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DEMOLITION, ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURAL AND LANDSCAPING COSTS | House Committee on Finance: Passage | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
| H6148 | Empowers the division of motor vehicles to make available special motor vehicle registration plates for the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association. | Passage | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
| H6299 | AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF WARWICK TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $50,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, LANDSCAPING, DEMOLITION, ARCHITECTURAL COSTS, ENGINEERING, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF | House Committee on Finance: Passage | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
| H5248 | Restricts audits of pharmacists conducted by insurers and their intermediaries, limiting audits to one per year unless an identified problem exists or fraud or misrepresentation is suspected. | Passage | 05/15/2025 | Yea |
| H5505 | Prohibits payments in lieu of pension benefits to person employed more than ninety (90) days. | Passage | 05/15/2025 | Yea |
| H5512 | Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of PROJECT Weber/RENEW, a Rhode Island domestic nonprofit corporation. | Passage | 05/15/2025 | Yea |
| H5557 | Establishes prevailing standards and procedures for licensing speech-language pathologists and audiologists in Rhode Island. | Passage | 05/15/2025 | Yea |
| H5637 | Adds "debit cards" to the section of law relating to fraudulent use of credit cards. | Passage | 05/15/2025 | Yea |
| H5804 | Amends the composition of the building code standards committee and would make several technical amendments relative to the building code office and would establish a state building code office within the office of state fire marshal. | Passage As Amended | 05/15/2025 | Yea |
| H5804 | Amends the composition of the building code standards committee and would make several technical amendments relative to the building code office and would establish a state building code office within the office of state fire marshal. | Passage Of Amendment | 05/15/2025 | Yea |
| H5799 | Provides that minor subdivisions would include oversized lot subdivisions under certain circumstances and relative to zoning ordinances, permit a modification to allow "neighborhood character-based modifications" under certain circumstances. | Passage | 05/15/2025 | Yea |
| H5312 | Establishes a process by which vacancies in a municipal election office and local canvassing board are filled. | Passage | 05/13/2025 | Yea |
| H5447 | Prohibits a person to sell, offer for sale, display for sale or otherwise distribute a farmed animal fur product within the state and provides graduated civil penalties for violations. | Passage | 05/13/2025 | Yea |
| H5730 | Includes boats and marine-related assets in the blanket permit available for overweight or over-dimensional vehicles. | Passage | 05/13/2025 | Yea |
| H5714 | Provides that a person eighteen (18) years or older could request that his or her race be modified or amended on their birth certificate. | Passage | 05/13/2025 | Yea |
| H6039 | Requires every school district to render assistance and cooperation within its jurisdictional power to further the objects of this chapter, to wit, providing the courts with any information concerning a child as the court may require. | Passage | 05/13/2025 | Yea |
| H6288 | HOUSE RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE REPORTING AND EXPIRATION DATES OF THE SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND REVIEW THE COST AND STATUS OF THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND OWNED, VACANT, AND ABANDONED PROPERTIES AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR METHODS TO MITIGATE THE ASSOCIATED EXPENSES (Extends the reporting and expiration dates of the Commission to review the cost and status of State owned, vacant, and abandoned properties and makes recommendations to mitigate expenses to May 24, 2026, and expire | Passage | 05/13/2025 | Yea |
| H6327 | JOINT RESOLUTION REJECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION'S PROPOSED SALARY INCREASES FOR ELIGIBLE UNCLASSIFIED SERVICE DIRECTORS OF STATE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS | Passage | 05/13/2025 | Yea |
| H5084 | Adds early voting to the fifty (50) feet buffer prohibitions against politicking on election day voting. | Passage | 05/08/2025 | Yea |
| H5517 | Increases the maximum number of voters that a polling place can accommodate 3,000 to 3,500 and provide for existing polling places that exceed the maximum number of voters, not be required to be changed until the next decennial redistricting. | Passage | 05/08/2025 | Yea |
| H5709 | Modernizes and streamlines the existing processes for getting on the permanent mail ballot application list. | Passage | 05/08/2025 | Yea |
| H5639 | Establishes the crime of attempted kidnapping of a minor. | Passage | 05/08/2025 | Yea |
| H5872 | Creates the deceptive and fraudulent synthetic media in election communications chapter to regulate the use of synthetic media in elections. | Passage | 05/08/2025 | Yea |
| H6063 | Makes certain personal watercraft violations a misdemeanor. | Passage | 05/08/2025 | Yea |
| S0911 | Allows Nunzio Pontillo to join Andrew Peter Carson and Christos Nelson Anastasopoulos in marriage on or about May 10, 2025, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island. | Solemnization Of Marriage | 05/08/2025 | Yea |
| H5635 | Changes the name of "applied behavior assistant analyst" to "assistant applied behavior analyst" and makes several changes to provide consistency in the certification language for behavioral analysts. | Passage | 05/06/2025 | Yea |
| H5801 | Amends several definitions relating to low- or moderate-income housing as well as the procedure for the approval of low- or moderate-income housing. | Passage | 05/06/2025 | Yea |
| H5802 | Provides amendments to enable the development of state-owned vacant, abandoned or underutilized land for housing and the process therefore. | Passage As Amended | 05/06/2025 | Yea |
| H5802 | Provides amendments to enable the development of state-owned vacant, abandoned or underutilized land for housing and the process therefore. | Passage Of Amendment | 05/06/2025 | Yea |
| H5803 | Provides for the establishment and operation of an electronic permitting platform for all state and local permitting. | Passage As Amended | 05/06/2025 | Yea |
| H5803 | Provides for the establishment and operation of an electronic permitting platform for all state and local permitting. | Passage Of Amendment | 05/06/2025 | Yea |
| H5852 | Expands the existing law regarding collaborative practice agreements between pharmacists and physicians to allow other healthcare providers to enter into such agreements and removes the definition of “collaborative practice committee.” | Passage | 05/06/2025 | Yea |
| H5605 | HOUSE RESOLUTION REINSTATING AND EXTENDING THE LIFE AND EXPIRATION DATES OF THE SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ANTI-LITTERING EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS (Reinstates and extends reporting and expiration of commission studying the development and implementation of an anti-littering education program for elementary students, from February 2, 2024, to February 2, 2026, and woul | Passage | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| H5593 | Amends the composition of the Urban Collaborative and provide that the collaborative be governed by a board of trustees. | Passage | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| H5793 | Amends the provisions under which a city or town may exceed the maximum levy for the assessment of local taxes. | Passage | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| H5794 | Provides technical amendments to the chapters on subdivision of land and zoning ordinances for towns and cities. | Passage As Amended | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| H5794 | Provides technical amendments to the chapters on subdivision of land and zoning ordinances for towns and cities. | Passage Of Amendment | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| H5795 | Amends the administration requirements a zoning ordinance must provide and/or designate and would require that zoning certificates be issued within 20 days of the written request. | Passage | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| H5844 | Requires quarterly testing of biosolids for PFAS contaminants by those seeking to apply biosolids to lands, with subsequent reports to the department of environmental management. | Passage | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| H6125 | HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE LGBTQIA+ COMMUNITY | Passage | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| H6269 | HOUSE RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE REPORTING AND EXPIRATION DATES OF THE SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A PLAN AND THE DESIGN OF A VIETNAM MEMORIAL TO BE LOCATED IN THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND (Extends the reporting and expiration dates of the commission to study a plan and the design of a Vietnam Memorial in Providence, from January 31, 2025, to January 31, 2028, and said commission would expire on April 30, 2028.) | Passage | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| H5032 | Allows for the issuance of a Class T liquor license by the town of Jamestown. | Passage | 04/29/2025 | Yea |
| H5043 | Provides protection from and prevent the unethical, improper conduct and the collection of fees by, anyone advising or assisting a veteran filing a claim for disability benefits with the Department of Veterans Affairs except as authorized by federal law. | Passage | 04/29/2025 | Yea |
| H5649 | Gives statewide juvenile hearing boards the authority to refer a juvenile offender to a rehabilitative driving course, as part of a disposition of an offense before the board. The order may be enforced by the traffic tribunal. | Passage | 04/29/2025 | Yea |
| H5570 | Prohibits casualty insurers from assessing any premium surcharge or penalty against an insured solely for inquiring about the terms of the insured's policy. | Passage | 04/29/2025 | Yea |
| H5950 | Establishes a reimbursement system for a municipalities cost of training public safety personnel when they are hired by a different municipality or public safety agency within Rhode Island within 3 years of receiving the public safety training. | Passage As Amended | 04/29/2025 | Yea |
| H5950 | Establishes a reimbursement system for a municipalities cost of training public safety personnel when they are hired by a different municipality or public safety agency within Rhode Island within 3 years of receiving the public safety training. | Passage Of Amendment | 04/29/2025 | Yea |
| H5960 | Allows for a qualified abandonment of public town roads which grants a public easement over said road allowing it to be converted to walking, biking, and hiking trails and access to parks, nature preserves and other recreational facilities. | Passage | 04/29/2025 | Yea |
| H6111 | Validates and ratifies the amendments to the Tiverton Home Rule Charter which were approved by the electors of the town of Tiverton on November 5, 2024. | Passage | 04/29/2025 | Yea |
| H5311 | Allows the board of elections to tabulate mail ballots in local special elections in the same manner as in tabulate mail ballots in statewide elections. | Passage | 04/24/2025 | Abstain |
| Committee | Position | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detail | Rhode Island House Finance Committee | First Vice Chair | 2 |
| Detail | Rhode Island House Rules Committee | 15 | |
| Detail | Rhode Island House Special Legislation Committee | 15 | |
| Detail | Rhode Island House State Government and Elections Committee | 15 | |
| Detail | Rhode Island Joint State Lottery Permanent Committee | 4 |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RI | District 10 | House | Democrat | In Office | 11/01/2009 |