| RI | S0016 | Pass | FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- CURRENCY TRANSMISSIONS - Creates a process for licensure/oversight by DBR over the practices/procedures of virtual currency kiosk operators to prevent fraud related to the use of virtual currency kiosks, by establishing dail...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-23
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S0084 | Engross
50% | INSURANCE -- CASUALTY INSURANCE RATING - Prohibits casualty insurers from assessing any premium surcharge or penalty against an insured solely for inquiring about the terms of the insured's policy.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-23
Transmitted to Governor |
| RI | S0191 | Pass | TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION - Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of PROJECT Weber/RENEW, a Rhode Island domestic nonprofit corporation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-23
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S0324 | Pass | HEALTH AND SAFETY - Creates a public education program on methods to recycle textiles.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-23
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S0602 | Engross
50% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY COUNCIL - Eliminates one of two (2) conflicting versions of the science and technology advisory council authorizing statute, clarifying the structure of the council.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-23
Transmitted to Governor |
| RI | S0636 | Pass | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- PUPIL TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES - Amends the definitions of a “pupil transportation vehicle” to a vehicle contrasted to seat not more than ten (10) passengers plus the operator, rather than the existing limit of eight (8...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-23
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S1041 | Enroll
75% | TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES - Permit the City of Providence a one-year levy cap for fiscal year 2026 not to exceed eight percent (8%).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-23
Transmitted to Governor |
| RI | S0174 | Intro
25% | 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”.)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-21
House passed as amended in concurrence |
| RI | S0028 | Pass | TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION - Exempts from property taxation, the real and tangible personal property of the Providence Preservation Society.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective without Governor's signature |
| RI | S0206 | Engross
50% | 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] | 2025-06-20
Senate passed Sub A |
| RI | S0476 | Enroll
75% | BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACIES - Amends current law so that initial contraceptive prescriptions would no longer be limited to a 3-month supply.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
House passed in concurrence |
| RI | S0497 | Enroll
75% | TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION - Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of the Center for Southeast Asians.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
House passed in concurrence |
| RI | S0606 | Enroll
75% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- VITAL RECORDS - Provides that public historical vital records maintained by the state archives shall not be amended.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
House passed in concurrence |
| RI | S0654 | Engross
50% | EDUCATION -- PILOT PROGRAM FOR VIRTUAL REALITY LEARNING PLATFORM - Establishes a pilot program for a virtual reality learning platform to improve math skills for grades 6 through 12 STEM education.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Senate passed Sub A |
| RI | S0809 | Engross
50% | DELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN -- PROCEEDINGS IN FAMILY COURT - Grants Rhode Island's family court jurisdiction to make findings for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status petitions, including determinations about dependency, parental reunification, an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
House passed Sub A in concurrence |
| RI | S0887 | Enroll
75% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- CIVIL RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES - Protects against discrimination based on disability in federally funded programs and activities, even if there is a change in the federal law.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
House passed in concurrence |
| RI | S0618 | Enroll
75% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- VITAL RECORDS - Provides an exemption for certain incarcerated persons from the payment of fees for a first request for vital statistics from the department of health.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-18
Transmitted to Governor |
| RI | S0963 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES - Provides an 8% tax rate for those properties that are encumbered by a deed restriction for low-income housing set at 80% or 60% of adjusted median income established by HUD.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-18
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S0981 | Engross
50% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- ENERGY FACILITY SITING ACT - Allows for measures to advance the undergrounding of certain utility cables and to have the same funded through utility rate increases to the cities of Providence and East Providence.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-18
Transmitted to Governor |
| RI | S1158 | Pass | Senate Resolution Recognizing "juneteenth National Freedom Day" On June 19, 2025
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-18
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S0155 | Enroll
75% | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES - Empowers the division of motor vehicles to make available special motor vehicle registration plates for the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-17
Transmitted to Governor |
| RI | S0397 | Pass | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES - Reduces the course time required to become a school bus driver for applicants who have a valid commercial driver’s license.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-13
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S0066 | Engross
50% | COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- EVIDENCE - Provides that statements by a health care provider regarding the unanticipated outcome of a patient's medical care and treatment shall be inadmissible as evidence of an admission of liab...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-12
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S0637 | Engross
50% | EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS - Requires the department of elementary and secondary education and DOH to adopt policies, rules and regulations for the administration of seizure rescue medications for children who have been medically identi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-12
Senate passed Sub A |
| RI | S1151 | Pass | Senate Resolution Joyously Celebrating And Honoring The 240th Bristol Fourth Of July Celebration
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-12
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S1150 | Pass | Senate Resolution Congratulating Warwick Police Department Chief Colonel Bradford Connor On His Forthcoming Retirement On June 29, 2025, After More Than 27 Years Of Exemplary Service To The City Of Warwick
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-12
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S1149 | Pass | Senate Resolution Proclaiming June 12th Of 2025, To Be "cox Impact Day" In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-12
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S0013 | Engross
50% | INSURANCE -- THE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE USE BY HEALTH INSURERS TO MANAGE COVERAGE AND CLAIMS ACT - Promotes transparency and accountability in the use of artificial intelligence by health insurers to manage coverag...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-10
Senate passed Sub A |
| RI | S0246 | Engross
50% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- 2021 ACT ON CLIMATE - Raises the minimum fee per barrel of petroleum products or crude oil from five cents ($0.05) to ten cents ($0.10) per barrel as part of the uniform oil spill response and prevention fee.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-10
Senate passed Sub A |
| RI | S0336 | Engross
50% | EDUCATION -- TRANSPORTATION OF SCHOOL PUPILS BEYOND CITY AND TOWN LIMITS - 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 fu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-10
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S1042 | Engross
50% | EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND PROMISE SCHOLARSHIP - Makes students in workforce-ready certificate programs at the Community College of Rhode Island eligible to receive the Rhode Island Promise Scholarship.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-10
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S1037 | Engross
50% | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- IDENTITY THEFT PROTECTION ACT OF 2015 - Amends the Identity Theft Protection Act by eliminating current definitions and establishing new definitions. This act also raises the penalty provisions for violations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-10
Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) |
| RI | S1131 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION - Authorizes municipalities to impose a ticket tax on ticket sales for venues large enough to hold at least eight hundred (800) patrons, seated, of seven percent (7%) per ticket. The tax sh...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-04
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S0255 | Intro
25% | HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE -- LONG-TERM CARE SERVICE AND FINANCE REFORM - Establishes Medicaid fee-for-service reimbursement rates set by the general assembly as the rate floor for Medicaid managed care by home care, home nursing care and h...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-03
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0334 | Intro
25% | EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT - 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.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-03
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0616 | Intro
25% | PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES - Defines public-private partnerships and provide the framework to encourage the use of public-private partnerships for proposals for state purchases.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-03
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0189 | Intro
25% | HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE - Provides that services provided by graduate student interns who work under a supervisory protocol would be eligible to be paid from Medicaid reimbursement.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-27
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0190 | Intro
25% | EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT - 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-27
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0666 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX - Provides a tax credit to individual taxpayers who convert their gas-powered vehicle into a vehicle propelled by an alternative fuel source.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-27
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0667 | Intro
25% | Joint Resolution Approving The Appropriation Of $1,100,000 Of Funds For Infants And Toddlers In The Department Of Education's Early Childhood Education Categorical Budget (requests Appropriation Of $1,100,000 For Higher Quality Infant And Toddler Ear...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-27
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0785 | Intro
25% | EDUCATION -- BILINGUAL, DUAL LANGUAGE AND WORLD LANGUAGE TEACHERS INVESTMENT ACT - Authorizes the office of postsecondary commissioner to expand bilingual and dual language teacher certificates in urban schools through two scholarship programs for st...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-27
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0870 | Intro
25% | EDUCATION -- BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES IN OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME - 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-27
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S1082 | Pass | Senate Resolution Commemorating May Of 2025, As "national Speech - Language - Hearing Month" In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-22
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S0151 | Intro
25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LILA MANFIELD SAPINSLEY COMPASSIONATE CARE ACT - Establishes the process to provide a legal mechanism whereby a terminally ill patient may choose to end their life using medications prescribed by a physician.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-20
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S0185 | Intro
25% | PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- DUTIES OF UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - Creates an income-sensitive tiered subsidy program to ensure that home energy utility costs are affordable for eligible low-income households.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-20
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0256 | Intro
25% | EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT - 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 s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-20
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0547 | Intro
25% | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES - Allows school bus drivers in Massachusetts and Connecticut who have a valid CDL license in good standing be exempt from the licensing requirements in Rhode Island to transport school c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-20
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S0677 | Intro
25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- THE RHODE ISLAND FAMILY HOME -- VISITING ACT - Changes annual reporting requirements for the state’s family home-visiting program and also impacts appropriation and spending of funds in order to access maximum federal funding f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-20
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S1046 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION - Allows communities to increase their local share of hotel tax collection by an additional two percent (2%).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-20
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S1081 | Pass | Senate Resolution Extending Condolences On The Passing Of The Honorable Robert G. Salisbury
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-20
Senate read and passed |
