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Legislator > Mary Messier
State Representative
Mary Messier
(D) - Rhode Island
Rhode Island House District 62
In Office - Started: 12/01/2009
contact info
Pawtucket Office
25 Olympia Ave.
Pawtucket, RI 02861
Pawtucket, RI 02861
Phone: 401-743-3002
General Capitol Building Address
82 Smith St.
Providence, RI 02903
Providence, RI 02903
Phone: 401-222-3580
| Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| H6173 | Establishes the Rhode Island Anti-Bid-Rigging Act. | This act would establish the Rhode Island Anti-Bid-Rigging Act. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H6383 | 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. | This act would amend 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. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| 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. | This act would create a special license plate for the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council, Inc. that would support the Blackstone River Valley Environmental Clean-up and Education Fund. This act would take effect six (6) months after passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H5227 | Provide protection for the rights of professional, administrative and secretarial employees of the department of education to collectively bargain over all terms and conditions of employment. | This act would provide protection for the rights of professional, administrative and secretarial employees of the department of education to collectively bargain over all terms and conditions of employment. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H5421 | Requires all school buses be equipped with video monitoring system. | This act would require that all new school buses be equipped with live digital video school bus violation detection monitoring systems as of July 1, 2027. All buses, new and used, would be required to have the monitoring systems installed by July 1, 2032. This act would also provide that jurisdiction over all prosecutions based on evidence produced by a live digital video school bus violation detection monitoring system would be shared between the municipal courts and the traffic tribunal. This act would also amend the distribution of revenues from fines imposed for violations of chapter 31 of title 51 ("School Bus Safety Enforcement"). This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| 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. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H5946 | Prohibits the restriction of access in and out of a construction site by using locked gates or fences while work is ongoing. | This act would prohibit the restriction of access in and out of a construction site by using locked gates or fences while work is ongoing. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H5309 | Increases the minimum veterans’ exemption from one thousand dollars ($1,000) to six thousand dollars ($6,000) with respect to municipal taxes. | This act would increase the minimum veterans’ exemption from one thousand dollars ($1,000) to six thousand dollars ($6,000) with respect to municipal taxes. This act would take effect on January 1, 2026. | Dead |
| H6423 | Increases the role of the DMV in the voter registration and address verification process, by establishing very specific obligations and responsibilities that must be followed before offering an individual an application to register to vote. | This act would increase the role of the division of motor vehicles in the voter registration and address verification process, by establishing very specific obligations and responsibilities that must be followed before offering an individual an application to register to vote. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5263 | Amends the heading of § 11-47-60.1 to include the words "Dillon's Law." | This act would amend the heading of § 11-47-60.1 to include the words “Dillon’s Law.” This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5587 | References both the declaration and bylaws of a condominium association as possible sources of association insurance regulation for the condominiums and require additional insurance to protect unit owners, when necessary. | This act would reference both the declaration and bylaws of a condominium association as possible sources of association insurance regulation for the condominiums and require additional insurance to protect unit owners, when necessary. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5514 | Exempts emergency mail ballots from the requirement to have certain wording regarding "mail voters" on the ballot. | This act would exempt emergency mail ballots from the requirement to have certain wording regarding "mail voters" on the ballot. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H5083 | Requires public or private golf courses to have an automated external defibrillator on the premises. | This act would require public or private golf courses to have an automated external defibrillator on the premises. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H6232 | Amends Pawtucket property tax classification system. | This act would amend the property tax classification system for the city of Pawtucket. Class 1 property would be increased from five (5) dwelling units to six (6) dwelling units in which at least one unit is owner-occupied. This act would also establish class 5 which would include all residential real estate of not more than five (5) units if no units are owner-occupied. This act would provide that class 5 property tax rates shall not be more than one hundred seventy-five percent (175%) of class 1 property tax rates. This act would take effect upon passage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| 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. | This act would require all public utilities to maintain a customer service facility within the state to perform services such as addressing customer inquiries and accepting bill payments. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H6348 | Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of Blackstone Valley Advocacy Center located in the city of Pawtucket. | This act would exempt from taxation the real and tangible personal property of Blackstone Valley Advocacy Center located in the city of Pawtucket. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H6044 | Requires any remaining funds in the enacted budget from the Rhode Island Promise Scholarship program or the Rhode Island Hope Scholarship program to be reimbursed to the onward we learn for any scholarships paid on behalf of Rhode Island College students. | This act would require any remaining funds in the enacted budget from the Rhode Island promise scholarship program or the Rhode Island hope scholarship program, after Rhode Island college has satisfied all eligible scholarships pursuant to those programs, to be reimbursed to onward we learn for any scholarships that onward we learn has paid on behalf of its students who have attended Rhode Island college in that fiscal year. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5528 | Requires the school district of a child in the custody of the department of children, youth and families (DCYF) to pay all the educational cost of the child if the child is place in another school district. | This act would provide that effective July 1, 2025, when a child is in the custody of DCYF, and the child is enrolled in a public school outside of that child's legal residence, then the school district of the child's legal residence would be responsible for payment of all costs relating to that child's education. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5532 | Mandates additional state education funding for the mental and behavioral health of students equal to 2% of the district’s total expenditures, and require those funds be used to hire staff such as school social workers, and behavioral specialists. | This act would amend the current law to mandate additional state education categorical funding for the mental and behavioral health of students equal to two percent (2%) of the district’s total expenditures, and would further mandate that those funds be used to hire and retain staff such as school social workers, school counselors, school psychologists, paraprofessionals, behavioral specialists, and registered behavior techs (RBTs). This act would also require that in order to be eligible for such funding, districts must: (1) be below the industry-recommended ratios of student population to school social worker, school counselor or school psychologist and/or have elementary classrooms without a full-time behavior specialist; (2) comply with all provisions of the school improvement team law; and (3) maintain policies to ensure students removed from the classroom with escalated behavior receive de-escalation support before returning to the classroom. The act would further require the department of elementary and secondary education to collect performance reports from districts, approve the use of funds before expending, and ensure the funds are not utilized for activities the district is currently funding. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5282 | Amend the calculation of state funding provided to local education agencies for special education services. | This act would amend the calculation of state funding provided to local education agencies for special education services. The act would revise the calculation of extraordinary special education costs in fiscal years 2027 and 2028, and would also provide additional funds for excess costs for special education students who move into a district after a district has approved its fiscal year budget. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5279 | Gives teachers who takes an unpaid parental or medical leave during the year credit for a year of service for that school year if they served a minimum of 135 days. | This act would amend the current law on teacher’s creditable service so that a teacher who takes an unpaid parental or medical leave during the year would be given credit for a year of service for that school year if they served a minimum of one-hundred thirty-five school days. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H6341 | HOUSE RESOLUTION HONORING AND THANKING JAMES R. HOYT ON THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT AFTER FIFTY YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE WITH THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF PAWTUCKET | House Resolution Honoring And Thanking James R. Hoyt On The Occasion Of His Retirement After Fifty Years Of Dedicated Service With The Boys & Girls Club Of Pawtucket | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| 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. | Dead |
| H6209 | Includes any costs paid by an enrollee or on behalf of the enrollee by a third party when calculating an enrollee’s overall contribution to any out-of-pocket maximum or cost sharing requirement under a health plan as of January 1, 2026. | This act would include any costs paid by an enrollee or on behalf of the enrollee by a third party when calculating an enrollee’s overall contribution to any out-of-pocket maximum or cost sharing requirement under a health plan as of January 1, 2026. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| 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 | 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 Would Expire On April 2, 2026.) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H5600 | Amends provisions related to the legislative purpose for alternatives within the public school system. | This act would amend provisions related to the legislative purpose for alternatives within the public school system. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5978 | Provides that in local educational agencies when over 45% of the children have a family income that is at or below 185% of federal poverty guidelines then the student success factor will be 50% by the core instruction per-pupil amount. | This act would provide that in local educational agencies when over forty-five percent (45%) of the children have a family income that is at or below one hundred eighty-five percent (185%) of federal poverty guidelines then the student success factor will be fifty percent (50%) by the core instruction per-pupil amount. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5399 | Provides that a school district could elect and choose to not spend money on any mandate that is not fully funded through the state education aid formula. | This act would provide on and after July 1, 2026, a school district could elect and choose to not spend money on any mandate that is not fully funded through the state education aid formula or of any other state funding received through the department of elementary and secondary education. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H6279 | HOUSE RESOLUTION EXTENDING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF THE HONORABLE ROBERT G. SALISBURY | House Resolution Extending Condolences On The Passing Of The Honorable Robert G. Salisbury | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| 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. | 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 |
| H5977 | Removes language that requires the department of elementary and secondary education to prorate funds to school districts in certain situations and eliminate funding for certain programs. | This act would remove the requirement that the department of elementary and secondary education prorate funds available for distribution among school districts if the total approved costs of sought after reimbursement exceeds the amount of funding appropriated in any fiscal year. This act would also eliminate the funding of the categorical programs pursuant to the transition plan in § 16-7.2-7. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H6238 | Effective January 1, 2025, an annual cost-of-living increase, based upon the yearly Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U), to the retirement allowance for all state employees and all beneficiaries to be reinstated. | Effective January 1, 2025, this act would reinstate an annual cost-of-living increase based upon the yearly Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U) to the retirement allowance for all state employees and all beneficiaries. After January 1, 2025, retiree benefits shall be based upon their average annual base pay for the last three (3) years. The provisions of this act shall be deemed to apply prospectively only, and no retroactive payments shall be made. This act would take effect upon passage. | 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 |
| H5198 | Allows teachers, state and municipal employees to retire upon the earlier of reaching age sixty (60) with thirty (30) years of service or the employee's retirement eligibility date under present state statutes. | This act would allow teachers, state and municipal employees to retire upon the earlier of reaching age sixty (60) with thirty (30) years of service or the employee's retirement eligibility date under present state statutes. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5472 | Increases monthly minimum benefit for a spouse, domestic partner, former spouse. Grant a 2.89% COLA for eligible retirees. Provided a modification reducing federal AGI for public pension benefits from the RI employees retirement system. | This act would increase the monthly minimum benefit for a spouse, domestic partner or former spouse and grant, to eligible retirees who retired after July 1, 2012, and provide a one-time full COLA of two and eighty-nine one hundredths percent (2.89%). This act would further provide a modification reducing federal adjusted gross income for the amount received of public pension benefits administered by the Employees Retirement System of Rhode Island. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5559 | Allows mobile salons to visit the houses of individuals with special needs or sensory-related disorders or differences in order to provide haircuts or hairdressing services. | This act would allow mobile salons to visit the houses of individuals with special needs or sensory-related disorders or differences in order to provide haircuts or hairdressing services. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H6034 | Provides that no new network charter school application shall be granted. | This act would provide that no new charter school application shall be granted, if the proposed school is a network charter school or the expansion of an existing charter school would create a network charter school. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5997 | Establishes the office of inspector general as an independent administrative agency charged with the responsibility to investigate, detect, and prevent fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement in the expenditure of public funds. | This act would establish the Office of Inspector General as an independent administrative agency charged with the responsibility to investigate, detect, and prevent fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement in the expenditure of public funds. This act would merge the Auditor General into the Office of Inspector General. This act would also mandate that the subpoena and investigative powers of the Office of the Internal Audit at the Department of Administration are to be conducted at the direction or through the Office of the Inspector General This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| 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. | Dead |
| H5840 | Requires all certified independent or district charter schools upon application for a renewal of said charter or an application for a new charter school to provide a union neutrality clause in the charter. | This act would require all certified independent or district charter schools upon application for a renewal of said charter or an application for a new charter school to provide a union neutrality clause in the charter. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5459 | JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE, PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION -- RIGHT TO AN ADEQUATE EDUCATION (Amends the constitution to guarantee Rhode Island residents with equal opportunity to receive an education that is adequate, equitable and meaningful and provides judicial enforcement of this provision.) | Joint Resolution To Approve, Publish And Submit To The Electors A Proposition Of Amendment To The Constitution -- Right To An Adequate Education (amends The Constitution To Guarantee Rhode Island Residents With Equal Opportunity To Receive An Education That Is Adequate, Equitable And Meaningful And Provides Judicial Enforcement Of This Provision.) | Dead |
| H5437 | Prohibits individuals from conveying items to or from the training school for youth without prior consent by the executive director of the division of youth development at the department of children, youth and families. | This act would prohibit individuals from conveying items to or from the training school for youth without prior consent by the executive director of the division of youth development at the department of children, youth and families. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5276 | Establishes the Ranked Choice Voting for Rhode Island Presidential Primaries and provides for new sections on ranked choice voting tabulation and results reporting. | This act would establish the ranked choice voting for Rhode Island Presidential primaries and provides for new sections on ranked choice voting tabulation and results reporting. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5423 | Repeals the legislative findings in this section and requires elementary, middle and high schools to provide and maintain on-site functional automated external defibrillators (AEDs). | This act would repeal the legislative findings in this section. It would also require elementary, middle and high schools to provide and maintain on-site functional automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in accordance with guidelines by the American Heart Association or an organization focused on emergency cardiovascular care. This act would take effect upon passage. | 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 |
| H6051 | HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF ARMAND M. LAMONTAGNE | House Resolution Expressing Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of Armand M. Lamontagne | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H6031 | HOUSE RESOLUTION CELEBRATING MARCH OF 2025, AS "NATIONAL SOCIAL WORK MONTH" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | House Resolution Celebrating March Of 2025, As "national Social Work Month" In The State Of Rhode Island | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| 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. | Dead |
| H5544 | HOUSE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING FEBRUARY 24 THROUGH FEBRUARY 28, 2025, TO BE "PUBLIC SCHOOLS WEEK" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | House Resolution Proclaiming February 24 Through February 28, 2025, To Be "public Schools Week" In The State Of 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 |
| H5028 | Amends the definition of public works so that it would include any public works projects performed for any city or town or quasi-municipal entity and the state and any quasi-state entity. | This act would amend the definition of public works so that it would include any public works projects performed for any city or town or quasi-municipal entity and the state and any quasi- state entity. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5413 | HOUSE RESOLUTION EXTENDING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF ROBIN ANN MONTECALVO | House Resolution Extending Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of Robin Ann Montecalvo | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| 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 |
| H5262 | Adds school superintendents, central office officials, school principals, and all other school employees, to the definition of a “public official” for purposes of the criminal prohibition against making threats to public officials. | This act would add school superintendents, central office officials, school principals, and all other school employees, to the definition of a “public official” for purposes of the criminal prohibition against making threats to public officials. This act would take effect upon passage. | Dead |
| H5212 | HOUSE RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING BOSTON CELTICS HEAD COACH AND JOHNSTON NATIVE JOE MAZZULLA ON WINNING THE 2024 NBA CHAMPIONSHIP | House Resolution Congratulating Boston Celtics Head Coach And Johnston Native Joe Mazzulla On Winning The 2024 Nba Championship | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H5090 | HOUSE RESOLUTION EXTENDING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF THE HONORABLE RAYMOND H. BERETTA | House Resolution Extending Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of The Honorable Raymond H. Beretta | 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 | Yea |
| 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 | 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 Of Amendment | 06/20/2025 | Nay |
| 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 | Yea |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 | Yea |
| 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 | Yea |
| 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 | Yea |
| 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 | Yea |
| 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 |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RI | District 62 | House | Democrat | In Office | 12/01/2009 |