Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session All Bills (Page 68)
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H5249
Introduced
1/31/25
Refer
1/31/25
FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE RHODE ISLAND CANNABIS ACT - Mandates that a cannabis dispensary display the signage warning that the consumption of marijuana and THC products during pregnancy poses risks to infant development.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H5264
Introduced
1/31/25
Refer
1/31/25
PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT - Limits rent increases to no more than 4% annually unless the landlord is granted an exemption by the secretary of housing and provides tenants with a civil action to recover damages, including an award of attorneys' fees/punitive damages, for violations.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H5251
Introduced
1/31/25
Refer
1/31/25
Report Pass
5/6/25
Engrossed
5/22/25
Refer
5/23/25
Report Pass
6/17/25
Engrossed
6/20/25
Passed
7/2/25
EDUCATION -- RIGHTS AND DUTIES TEACHERS GENERALLY -- SEPTEMBER 11 CLASSROOM MOMENT OF SILENCE - Allows the school building administration or teachers in all grades to provide the opportunity for students to observe a brief moment of silence on every September 11.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H5252
Introduced
1/31/25
Refer
1/31/25
Report Pass
2/12/25
Engrossed
2/25/25
Refer
3/7/25
Report Pass
3/11/25
Engrossed
3/27/25
Passed
4/4/25
TOWNS AND CITIES -- WARWICK PUBLIC SCHOOLS BUDGET COMMISSION - Creates a budget commission to oversee the Warwick schools district until such time as the fiscal year 2025 - 2026 Warwick school budget is approved.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H5282
Introduced
1/31/25
Refer
1/31/25
EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT - Amend the calculation of state funding provided to local education agencies for special education services.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H5273
Introduced
1/31/25
Refer
1/31/25
Report Pass
3/13/25
Engrossed
3/25/25
Refer
5/2/25
Report Pass
5/22/25
Engrossed
5/29/25
Passed
6/6/25
FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE GOOD SAMARITAN OVERDOSE PREVENTION ACT OF 2016 - Requires all lifeguards, and park and forest rangers, who work on a full time basis at any public beach or facility to be trained in administering opioid antagonists.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H5285
Introduced
1/31/25
Refer
1/31/25
TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION - Authorizes a host city or town to impose a two percent (2%) tax on the endowment of a private institution of higher education that is in excess of one billion dollars ($1,000,000,000), to be used only for the host public school district.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H5248
Introduced
1/31/25
Refer
1/31/25
Report Pass
3/20/25
Report Pass
5/8/25
Engrossed
5/15/25
Refer
5/23/25
Report Pass
6/18/25
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 an identified problem exists or fraud or misrepresentation is suspected.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H5274
Introduced
1/31/25
Refer
1/31/25
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 secretary of state to be utilized for redistricting.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H5281
Introduced
1/31/25
Refer
1/31/25
HUMAN SERVICES -- RHODE ISLAND CHILDCARE IS ESSENTIAL ACT - Creates the Rhode Island Childcare Assistance Program that governs both family eligibility for the state’s childcare subsidy program and expands eligibility for the program to meet the federal eligibility benchmark.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H5261
Introduced
1/31/25
Refer
1/31/25
DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- DIVORCE AND SEPARATION - Permits, effective 7/1/25, the family court to make appropriate orders of support and education of any child who has attained 18 years of age, but not 21, who is domiciled in the home of a parent, and is principally dependent upon said parent for support.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H5263
Introduced
1/31/25
Refer
1/31/25
Report Pass
5/27/25
Engrossed
6/5/25
Refer
6/11/25
CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS - Amends the heading of § 11-47-60.1 to include the words "Dillon's Law."
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H5258
Introduced
1/31/25
Refer
1/31/25
DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES -- COMMON LAW MARRIAGE - Abolishes common law marriages entered into in this state on or after January 1, 2026, while recognizing the validity of any common law marriage entered into or adjudicated to exist before January 1, 2026.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H5245
Introduced
1/31/25
Refer
1/31/25
PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION - Creates an income-sensitive tiered subsidy program to ensure that home energy utility costs are affordable for eligible low-income households.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H5247
Introduced
1/31/25
Refer
1/31/25
Report Pass
5/22/25
Engrossed
6/3/25
Refer
6/13/25
Report Pass
6/17/25
Engrossed
6/21/25
COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES - Provides that advertising goods that don't include a price referencing all mandatory fees and charges shall be a deceptive trade practice.