Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session All Bills (Page 76)
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H5352
Introduced
2/7/25
Refer
2/7/25
HEALTH AND SAFETY -- RHODE ISLAND PROGRAM TO ADDRESS ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE - Creates the position of dementia services coordinator within the department of health to coordinate the departments approach to Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0209
Introduced
2/7/25
Refer
2/7/25
PROPERTY -- FAIR CHANCE IN HOUSING ACT - Limits the use of certain criminal records and credit history reports in denying housing to prospective applicants, and provides for fines for failure to comply. This act further requires notices of denials to be sent to the prospective tenants.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H5394
Introduced
2/7/25
Refer
2/7/25
MOTOR AND MOTOR VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION FEES - Provides that when a registrant voluntarily cancels the registrant's motor vehicle registration, that person would receive a partial refund of the fee that had been paid.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H5388
Introduced
2/7/25
Refer
2/7/25
Report Pass
5/27/25
Engrossed
6/5/25
Enrolled
6/10/25
Passed
6/13/25
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION - Makes a technical amendment to correctly reference a section of general law that allows for a tax refund deduction for contributions to the Rhode Island organ transplant fund.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H5341
Introduced
2/7/25
Refer
2/7/25
WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- REGULATION OF BOATS -- FRESHWATER LAKE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - Authorizes the collection of a small additional fee, in addition to the registration fee paid by motorboat owners, to be deposited in a restricted account, in order to fund the newly established freshwater lake management program.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0215
Introduced
2/7/25
Refer
2/7/25
LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES - Commencing January 1, 2026, this act would increase the minimum wage for employees receiving gratuities from the current $3.89 to $6.75 per hour.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H5383
Introduced
2/7/25
Refer
2/7/25
ELECTIONS -- PRIMARY ELECTION DATES - Changes primary election to Wednesday if after Labor Day and does not mandate local boards of election to have voter registration drive at high school.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H5403
Introduced
2/7/25
Refer
2/7/25
TAXATION -- BUSINESS CORPORATION TAX - Repeals the corporation minimum tax.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H5398
Introduced
2/7/25
Refer
2/7/25
EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT - Revises the calculation for the student success factor in the education-aid formula by adding an additional multiplier.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H5405
Introduced
2/7/25
Refer
2/7/25
TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION - Establishes a restricted receipt account for the benefit of the Rhode Island public transit authority, funded by sales taxes collected from ride-share companies, which said sales taxes would be exempt from indirect cost recovery provisions.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0201
Introduced
2/7/25
Refer
2/7/25
Report Pass
3/4/25
Engrossed
3/11/25
Refer
3/12/25
Report Pass
5/15/25
Enrolled
5/22/25
Passed
5/30/25
VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF TIVERTON - Validates and ratifies the amendments to the Tiverton Home Rule Charter which were approved by the electors of the town of Tiverton on November 5, 2024.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0175
Introduced
2/7/25
Refer
2/7/25
COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES - Prohibits disclosure terms "down payment", "money down", or any similar language to describe lump sum payments in order to reduce monthly lease payments. Provides that lump sum payments are non-refundable in the event of a total loss of the vehicle.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H5339
Introduced
2/7/25
Refer
2/7/25
EDUCATION -- CERTIFICATION OF TEACHERS - Provides that for the period up until July 1, 2027, an applicant for a teaching certificate in Rhode Island would not be required to complete a standardized teacher's examination as a prerequisite to obtaining a teaching certificate.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0195
Introduced
2/7/25
Refer
2/7/25
BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- FUNERAL DIRECTOR/EMBALMER AND FUNERAL SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS - Provides for the operation and duties of natural organic reduction for the contained, accelerated conversion of human remains to soil. A disposition facility would be used for either cremation or natural organic reduction.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H5365
Introduced
2/7/25
Refer
2/7/25
Report Pass
5/22/25
Engrossed
5/27/25
Refer
5/30/25
Report Pass
6/2/25
Enrolled
6/10/25
Passed
6/13/25
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, or its individual capacity.