Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session All Bills (Page 37)
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0297
Introduced
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
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 bias to use in defining hate crimes.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0235
Introduced
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
Report Pass
6/17/25
Engrossed
6/18/25
Engrossed
6/20/25
Passed
7/2/25
EDUCATION -- THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT TEAMS - 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.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0299
Introduced
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
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 sexual penetration would face imprisonment for not more than 3 years.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0263
Introduced
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
Report Pass
5/6/25
Engrossed
5/13/25
Refer
5/14/25
Report Pass
6/16/25
Engrossed
6/18/25
Engrossed
6/20/25
Passed
6/27/25
INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Requires coverage for acute mental health crisis mobile response and stabilization services to eligible individuals enrolled as plan beneficiaries.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0260
Introduced
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES - Amends the definition of a "houseboat" to include motorized or non-motorized vessels.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H5493
Introduced
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
Report Pass
6/18/25
Engrossed
6/20/25
Refer
6/20/25
HEALTH AND SAFETY -- BUILDING DECARBONIZATION ACT OF 2025 - Establishes a program for the energy and water benchmarking of large buildings in Rhode Island and a standard for their energy performance.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H5501
Introduced
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- BAIL AND RECOGNIZANCE - Prohibits the courts from setting cash or surety bail on any misdemeanor offense but permits the court to set reasonable non-monetary conditions of bail to assure the defendant's presence in court as required and to protect the community.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H5515
Introduced
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
Joint Resolution To Approve And Publish And Submit To The Electors A Proposition Of Amendment To The Constitution -- Of Suffrage (would Propose To The Voters Of The State A Constitutional Amendment Regarding Eligibility To Vote And To Be A Candidate.)
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0280
Introduced
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
Report Pass
3/25/25
Engrossed
4/1/25
Refer
4/2/25
Report Pass
6/12/25
Enrolled
6/18/25
Passed
6/26/25
CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS - Replaces state marshals with capitol police as to those law enforcement officers being exempt from certain firearm restrictions.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0279
Introduced
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
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 enforced by the traffic tribunal.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0271
Introduced
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
Report Pass
5/6/25
Engrossed
5/13/25
Refer
5/14/25
INSURANCE -- BENEFIT DETERMINATION AND UTILIZATION REVIEW ACT - Prohibits health benefit plans reviewing prescriptions for opioid addiction treatment.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0241
Introduced
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
Report Pass
4/2/25
Engrossed
4/10/25
Refer
4/11/25
Report Pass
5/29/25
Enrolled
6/3/25
Passed
6/10/25
HEALTH AND SAFETY -- CONSUMER PFAS BAN ACT OF 2024 - Prohibits a manufacturer from manufacturing, knowingly selling, offering for sale, distributing for sale or distributing for use in the state any firefighting personal protective equipment containing intentionally-added PFAS as of January 1, 2027.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0301
Introduced
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
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 should prisoner be eligible for parole earlier than 15 yrs.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0314
Introduced
2/14/25
Refer
2/14/25
Report Pass
6/18/25
Engrossed
6/20/25
Engrossed
6/21/25
Passed
6/30/25
BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACIES - 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.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H5538
Introduced
2/18/25
Refer
2/18/25
ELECTIONS -- RESIDENCE OF INDIVIDUALS IN GOVERNMENT CUSTODY ACT - 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 division of statewide planning, to be utilized for redistricting.