Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session All Bills
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0394
Introduced
2/26/25
Refer
2/26/25
Report Pass
4/2/25
Engrossed
4/8/25
Refer
4/9/25
EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND PREKINDERGARTEN EDUCATION ACT - Establishes guidelines for the expansion of high-quality public prekindergarten education programs for children ages three (3) and four (4) to increase children’s school readiness.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0395
Introduced
2/26/25
Refer
2/26/25
EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM - Provides that any school teaching sexual education to students shall provide the sexual education curriculum to every parent or guardian of a student, and the parent or legal guardian shall consent to the teaching of such sexual education curriculum.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0396
Introduced
2/26/25
Refer
2/26/25
EDUCATION -- RIGHTS OF PARENTS AND GUARDIANS IN PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL INSTRUCTION ACT - Enables parents to review public school learning materials/object if the parent decides that the material is harmful. Also a parent may withdraw their student from the activity or class where the material is used and request an alternative assignment.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0397
Introduced
2/26/25
Refer
2/26/25
Report Pass
4/30/25
Engrossed
5/6/25
Refer
5/7/25
Report Pass
6/3/25
Engrossed
6/10/25
MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES - Reduces the course time required to become a school bus driver for applicants who have a valid commercial driver’s license.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0398
Introduced
2/26/25
Refer
2/26/25
ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- PSITTACINE BIRDS - Bans the sale of parrots at pet stores from a breeder or broker. The pet store may sell parrots obtained from animal care facilities or animal rescue organizations. The sale would also be prohibited at any outdoor markets or retail parking lots.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0399
Introduced
2/26/25
Refer
2/26/25
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- 2021 ACT ON CLIMATE CHANGE - Requires the executive climate change coordinating council to evaluate and make recommendations for the use of carbon emissions removal technology as an alternative to reducing carbon emissions and meeting climate goals.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0400
Introduced
2/26/25
Refer
2/26/25
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- 2021 ACT ON CLIMATE - Repeals the 2021 Act on Climate which established a statewide greenhouse gas emission reduction mandate in its entirety.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0401
Introduced
2/26/25
Refer
2/26/25
MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY OF MOTOR VEHICLE NON-EXHAUST PARTICLE EMISSIONS - Requires the department of transportation, in consultation with the department of environmental management also to conduct an environmental impact study of motor vehicle non-exhaust particle emissions.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0402
Introduced
2/26/25
Refer
2/26/25
PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- AFFORDABLE CLEAN ENERGY SECURITY ACT - Makes several amendments relative to the affordable clean energy security act establishing the act's priority over chapter 6.2 of title 42 (2021 act on climate).
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0403
Introduced
2/26/25
Refer
2/26/25
FOOD AND DRUGS -- FORCE-FED POULTRY PRODUCTS - Prohibits force-feeding to create a force-fed poultry product or the hiring of another to engage in force-feeding of a poultry product. Violations would be subject to a civil penalty of $500 per violation.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0404
Introduced
2/26/25
Refer
2/26/25
PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- RENEWABLE ENERGY STANDARD - Requires the PUC to make public notification of any changes in eligibility or production of energy, and would direct the commission to promulgate rules and regulations to allow and facilitate the prompt public disclosure of this information.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0405
Introduced
2/26/25
Refer
2/26/25
HEALTH AND SAFETY -- THE RHODE ISLAND CLEAN AIR PRESERVATION ACT - Establishes the Rhode Island Clean Air Preservation Act that establishes a regulatory process to prohibit polluting atmospheric experimentation.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0406
Introduced
2/26/25
Refer
2/26/25
HEALTH AND SAFETY -- MICROPLASTICS REDUCTION ACT - Creates the Microplastics Reduction Act to prohibit the sale or distribution of products containing synthetic polymer micro particles.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0407
Introduced
2/26/25
Refer
2/26/25
HEALTH AND SAFETY -- THE RHODE ISLAND CLEAN HEAT STANDARD ACT - Created the Rhode Island clean heat standards act to implement a system of tradeable clean heat credits earned from the delivery of clean heat measures that reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0408
Introduced
2/26/25
Refer
2/26/25
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- ENERGY FACILITY SITING ACT - Increases the membership of the energy facility siting board from 3 to 5 members and would revise the process of energy facility siting to mandate inclusion/participation of the host community of the facility as well as of the public and cities and towns.