Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session All Bills
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0289
Introduced
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS -- JUDICIAL SELECTION - Sets a mandatory retirement age of 75 for all justices and magistrates of the superior, district, workers’ compensation, family and traffic tribunal courts and provide that no pension or retirement benefits be affected thereby.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0290
Introduced
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- CAUSES OF ACTION - Grants an affirmative defense for certain privileged communications, including communications made by an individual, without malice, regarding an incident of sexual assault, harassment, or discrimination.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0291
Introduced
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- ARREST - Prohibits the civil arrest of any person who is attending court either on behalf of themselves or a family or household member. Any person who violates this act shall be subject to civil suit, and for contempt of court.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0292
Introduced
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
CRIMINALS -- CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS -- PAROLE - Requires one elector of the parole board to be a person directly impacted by the criminal justice system who has completed the probation/parole process three (3) or more years prior to selection with a professional background in certain enumerated areas.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0293
Introduced
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- BAIL AND RECOGNIZANCE - Provides for release of misdemeanor arrestees without financial conditions, except for domestic violence or flight risk or obstruct of justice risk.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0294
Introduced
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- COMPUTER CRIME - Makes it unnecessary to prove that a person’s transmission of electronic communications be for the sole purpose of harassment before being found guilty of cyberstalking or cyberharassment.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0295
Introduced
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DETENTION FOR FEDERAL CIVIL IMMIGRATION VIOLATIONS - Prohibits state and municipal officials or body from entering into and renewing any agreements that will be used to detain individuals for federal civil immigration violations.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0296
Introduced
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
Report Pass
3/25/25
Engrossed
4/1/25
Refer
4/2/25
Report Pass
6/5/25
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT - Repeals provisions that assess costs for women in the community corrections program for women offenders.
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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 S0298
Introduced
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES - Increases penalties for a variety of motor vehicle offenses.
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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 S0300
Introduced
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY -- FOREST CONSERVATION ACT -- COMPOSITION OF STATE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, PUBLIC AUTHORITIES, AND QUASI-PUBLIC CORPORATIONS - Removes appointees of state boards, commissions, public authorities and quasi-public who have a corporate/business interest in the subject matter of the board or commission.
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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 S0302
Introduced
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
Report Pass
6/12/25
LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- RHODE ISLAND NONCOMPETITION AGREEMENT ACT - Prohibits noncompete agreements except for noncompete agreements between a seller and buyer of a business; creates civil action for an employer for the violation of an agreement by employee regarding disclosure or wrongful utilization of trade secrets.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0303
Introduced
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
Report Pass
3/25/25
Engrossed
4/1/25
Refer
4/2/25
COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- FEES - Increases fees paid to jurors to fifty dollars ($50.00) per day.