| RI | S0352 | Intro
25% | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- IDENTIFICATION AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS - Requires superior court clerk to automatically seal cases/individual counts of a criminal complaint/indictment that were dismissed, upon request of the defendant and serve it upon b...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-21
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| RI | S0299 | Intro
25% | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- CUSTODIAL LAW ENFORCEMENT SEXUAL PENETRATION - Prohibits members of law enforcement from engaging in sexual penetration with individuals in their custody. The act also provides that a person convicted of custodial law enforcement...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-21
[Hearing: Feb 25]
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| RI | S0357 | Intro
25% | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES - Requires persons convicted of driving under influence or refusal to submit to chemical test, to have an ignition interlock system installed in vehicle as part of sentence and to pay an assessment t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-21
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| RI | S0287 | Intro
25% | DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- DIVORCE AND SEPARATION - 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.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-21
[Hearing: Feb 25]
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| RI | S0289 | Intro
25% | COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS -- JUDICIAL SELECTION - Sets a mandatory retirement age of 75 for all justices and magistrates of the superior, district, workers’ compensation, family and traffic tribunal courts and provide that no pension or ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-21
[Hearing: Feb 25]
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| RI | S0358 | Intro
25% | COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- CAUSES OF ACTION - Provides a civil cause of action for individuals injured by artificial intelligence.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-21
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| RI | S0354 | Intro
25% | COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS -- COURT SECRETARIES, COURT REPORTERS, AND ELECTRONIC COURT REPORTERS - Increases the per page transcription fees for court reporters in court proceedings.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-21
[Hearing: Feb 25]
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| RI | H5035 | Engross
50% | SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES - Allows Ryan Kenny and Brenna Sorkin to join Simran Bhajan Nebhnani and Louis Charles Miyara in marriage on April 26, 2025, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-21
[Hearing: Feb 25]
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| RI | S0355 | Intro
25% | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- ELECTRONIC IMAGING DEVICES - 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.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-21
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| RI | S0206 | Intro
25% | COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS -- JUDICIAL SELECTION - Requires individuals seeking a judicial nomination to reapply to JNC every 3 years and make those individuals selected as finalists, eligible only for the court in which they applied and we...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-21
[Hearing: Feb 25]
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| RI | S0360 | Intro
25% | Senate Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study And Assess Education Modules For Divorcing Parents (creates A Nine (9) Member Commission To The Study And Assess The Most Effective Module For Divorcing Parents, And Would Report Ba...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-21
[Hearing: Feb 25]
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| RI | S0353 | Intro
25% | COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR ACTIONS -- ARBITRATION - Extends time for a party to apply for stay of arbitration to180 days; invalidates any provision that penalizes a party for seeking legal representation; requires arbitrato...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-21
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| RI | S0280 | Intro
25% | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS - Replaces state marshals with capitol police as to those law enforcement officers being exempt from certain firearm restrictions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-21
[Hearing: Feb 25]
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| RI | S0356 | Intro
25% | FIDUCIARIES -- APPLICATION OF LAWS TO TRUSTS - 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-21
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| RI | S0303 | Intro
25% | COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- FEES - Increases fees paid to jurors to fifty dollars ($50.00) per day.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-21
[Hearing: Feb 25]
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| RI | S0359 | Intro
25% | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- RHODE ISLAND ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN ACT OF 2025 - Establishes the Rhode Island Assault Weapons Ban Act of 2025.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-21
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| RI | S0317 | Intro
25% | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- BURGLARY AND BREAKING AND ENTERING - Provides a rebuttable defense if any person shall die or sustain a personal injury while committing any violent criminal offense that individual is lawfully in a place they have a right to be,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-21
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| RI | S0130 | Intro
25% | PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- LITTER CONTROL AND RECYCLING - Changes the fine for any person convicted of a first violation of this chapter from $85 to $200, and increases the period of time that the violator may be ordered to pick up litter.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-21
[Hearing: Feb 25]
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| RI | S0297 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1990 - Defines "anti-Semitism" for the state human affairs commission to use while investigating and working to resolve complaints of discrimination and for the commission against prejudice and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-13
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| RI | S0290 | Intro
25% | COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- CAUSES OF ACTION - Grants an affirmative defense for certain privileged communications, including communications made by an individual, without malice, regarding an incident of sexual assault, hara...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-13
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| RI | S0295 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DETENTION FOR FEDERAL CIVIL IMMIGRATION VIOLATIONS - Prohibits state and municipal officials or body from entering into and renewing any agreements that will be used to detain individuals for federal civil immigration ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-13
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| RI | S0283 | Intro
25% | ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS - Requires that only the mail ballot voter/spouse/court appointed guardian/cohabitant/or adult person related to the voter by blood or marriage, be allowed to physically mail the voted mail ballot.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-13
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| RI | S0284 | Intro
25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PARENTS' BILL OF RIGHTS ACT - Provides for a parents' bill of rights related to the health, education and welfare of their minor children.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-13
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| RI | S0291 | Intro
25% | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- ARREST - Prohibits the civil arrest of any person who is attending court either on behalf of themselves or a family or household member. Any person who violates this act shall be subject to civil suit, and for contempt of court.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-13
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| RI | S0301 | Intro
25% | CRIMINALS -- CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS -- PAROLE - Provides that prisoners who committed offenses prior to age 18 and sentenced as adults would be eligible for parole after completing 15 yrs of their sentence/does not lengthen their eligibility shoul...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-13
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| RI | S0292 | Intro
25% | CRIMINALS -- CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS -- PAROLE - Requires one elector of the parole board to be a person directly impacted by the criminal justice system who has completed the probation/parole process three (3) or more years prior to selection with...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-13
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| RI | S0279 | Intro
25% | COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS -- FAMILY COURT - 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 en...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-13
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| RI | S0308 | Intro
25% | Joint Resolution To Approve And Publish And Submit To The Electors A Proposition Of Amendment To The Constitution Of The State -- Referendum On Line Item Veto (this Proposed Amendment To The Constitution Would Provide The Governor With A Line Item Ve...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-13
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| RI | S0285 | Intro
25% | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- CONSUMER CREDIT HISTORY EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION ACT -- DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES - Prohibits employers from seeking/using credit reports in making hiring decisions concerning prospective employees, asking questions about th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-13
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| RI | S0307 | Intro
25% | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY -- POLICE RELATIONSHIP ACT OF 2015 - Amends the comprehensive community-police relationship act of 2015 to require an annual study by an outside agency chosen by the department.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-13
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| RI | S0293 | Intro
25% | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- BAIL AND RECOGNIZANCE - Provides for release of misdemeanor arrestees without financial conditions, except for domestic violence or flight risk or obstruct of justice risk.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-13
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| RI | S0278 | Intro
25% | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- COMMERCIAL SEXUAL ACTIVITY - 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 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-13
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| RI | S0305 | Intro
25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- MEDICAL ETHICS DEFENSE ACT - Establishes the right of a medical practitioner, healthcare institution, or healthcare payer not to participate in or pay for any medical procedure or service this violates their conscience.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-13
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| RI | S0277 | Intro
25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- BORN-ALIVE INFANT PROTECTION ACT - Provides equal Medicare for infants born-alive as a result of abortion procedure/natural delivery with violations subject to criminal penalties for medical personnel/loss of license/civil action...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-13
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| RI | S0306 | Intro
25% | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- CHILDREN - Criminalizes the knowing and intentional failure of a physician, nurse, or other licensed medical person to provide reasonable medical care and treatment to an infant born alive as a felony.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-13
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| RI | S0286 | Intro
25% | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS - Prohibits purchases of more than one firearm in any thirty (30) day period.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-13
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| RI | S0288 | Intro
25% | ELECTIONS -- GENERAL STATE OFFICERS - Provides that, for the general officers of the state, no person could be elected to the same general office more than twice.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-13
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| RI | S0296 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT - Repeals provisions that assess costs for women in the community corrections program for women offenders.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-13
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| RI | S0281 | Intro
25% | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS - Allows expungement of multiple felony convictions for non-violent felonies10 years after sentence completed.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-13
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| RI | S0298 | Intro
25% | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES - Increases penalties for a variety of motor vehicle offenses.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-13
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| RI | S0302 | Intro
25% | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- RHODE ISLAND NONCOMPETITION AGREEMENT ACT - Prohibits noncompete agreements except for noncompete agreements between a seller and buyer of a business; creates civil action for an employer for the violation of an agreement...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-13
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| RI | S0294 | Intro
25% | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- COMPUTER CRIME - Makes it unnecessary to prove that a person’s transmission of electronic communications be for the sole purpose of harassment before being found guilty of cyberstalking or cyberharrassment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-13
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| RI | S0300 | Intro
25% | AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY -- FOREST CONSERVATION ACT -- COMPOSITION OF STATE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, PUBLIC AUTHORITIES, AND QUASI-PUBLIC CORPORATIONS - Removes appointees of state boards, commissions, public authorities and quasi-public who have a co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-13
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| RI | S0304 | Intro
25% | EDUCATION -- FAIRNESS IN WOMEN'S SPORTS ACT - Categorizes women by their biological identity at birth rather than their gender identity for purpose of organized sports.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-13
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| RI | S0282 | Intro
25% | ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS - Requires verification of an applicant's date of birth and either a Rhode Island driver's license number or state identification number on all applications seeking mail ballots and emergency mail ballots.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-13
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| RI | S0153 | Intro
25% | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN -- VLOGS - Establishes a statutory framework designed to protect minors who are engaging in the business of vloging on social media and the Internet.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-11
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| RI | S0059 | Intro
25% | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS - Defines "crime gun" and requires law enforcement to submit crime gun or 2 fired cartridge cases or shell casings seized to state crime laboratory or the BATF for testing and tracing, also would require 2 test-fired cart...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-11
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| RI | S0149 | Intro
25% | MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT - Limits the governor to one thirty (30) day renewal of a declaration of emergency without a joint resolution of the general assembly.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-11
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| RI | S0065 | Intro
25% | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS - Provides the review and appeal process for individuals applying for a permit or license to carry a handgun with the licensing authority or attorney general.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-11
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| RI | S0133 | Intro
25% | PROPERTY -- PROHIBITION OF UNFAIR SERVICE AGREEMENTS - Prohibits the use of service agreements that are unfair to an owner of residential real estate who enters into such an agreement or to persons who may become owners of that real estate in the fut...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-11
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