Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session All Bills
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0199
Introduced
2/7/25
Refer
2/7/25
Report Pass
3/4/25
Engrossed
3/11/25
Refer
3/12/25
Report Pass
3/27/25
Enrolled
4/1/25
Passed
4/18/25
Validates and ratifies the amendments to the Barrington Home Rule Charter which were approved by the electors of the town of Barrington on November 5, 2024.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0200
Introduced
2/7/25
Refer
2/7/25
HEALTH AND SAFETY -- BED BUGS IN RESIDENTIAL PREMISES ACT - Spells out the responsibilities of both the landlord and tenant with respect to the inspection and treatment of bed bugs in residential premises.
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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
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 S0202
Introduced
2/7/25
Refer
2/7/25
PROPERTY -- COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE ACT - Grants a right of first offer to qualified nonprofits for the purchase of certain multi-family residential properties at market prices, within a reasonable period of time to promote the creation and preservation of affordable rental housing.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0203
Introduced
2/7/25
Refer
2/7/25
CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- HAZING - Adds definitions to prohibition of hazing, make coaches and others responsible for knowingly failing to take reasonable measures to prevent hazing and would punish serious bodily injury by up to ten (10) years in imprisonment.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0204
Introduced
2/7/25
Refer
2/7/25
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION ACT - Permits the court to determine the number of hours a person would have to complete of a batters intervention program and gives the court discretion as to whether that person would be personally financially responsible for the costs thereof.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0205
Introduced
2/7/25
Refer
2/7/25
DELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN -- PROCEEDINGS IN FAMILY COURT - Prohibit the family court from detaining any juvenile or committing any juvenile, under the age of 12 years, to the training school, for any offense other than murder, first degree sexual assault, or an attempt to commit such offenses.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0206
Introduced
2/7/25
Refer
2/7/25
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 were chosen during the five years following their selection.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0207
Introduced
2/7/25
Refer
2/7/25
CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- CHILDREN - Amends the statute punishing child pornography by replacing the term "child pornography" with the term "child sexual abuse material."
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0208
Introduced
2/7/25
Refer
2/7/25
Proposes a state constitutional amendment to provide no person could hold office as general officer unless that person was a resident and a registered voter in the State of Rhode Island for at least 2 years, continuously, prior to taking office.
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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 Senate Bill S0210
Introduced
2/7/25
Refer
2/7/25
MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- CERTIFICATES OF TITLE AND SECURITY INTERESTS - Allows on and after September 1, 2025, an owner of motor vehicle(s) to transfer ownership and registration of said vehicle on their death, by a certificate of title designation and requires DMV to amend title forms, to include transfer-on-death language.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0211
Introduced
2/7/25
Refer
2/7/25
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND COMMERCE CORPORATION - Requires that one of the seven (7) directors of the Rhode Island airport corporation be appointed by the governor after the governor gives due consideration to a list of individuals submitted by the mayor of the city of Warwick.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0212
Introduced
2/7/25
Refer
2/7/25
PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORDS AND TENANT ACT -- JUST CAUSE EVICTIONS - Provides for just cause evictions for residential landlord tenancies.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0213
Introduced
2/7/25
Refer
2/7/25
Report Pass
6/12/25
PROPERTY -- SELF-SERVICE STORAGE FACILITIES - Amends notice requirements for self-storage facility before perfecting lien, to wit; 7 consecutive days of publication on a publicly accessible website or subsequent written notice to lessee, or publication once time in newspaper of general circulation.