Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session All Bills
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0499
Introduced
2/26/25
Refer
2/26/25
Report Pass
6/2/25
Engrossed
6/4/25
TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES - Establishes the assessed value of owner-occupied low- and moderate-income housing as the most recent sales price of the property.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0500
Introduced
2/26/25
Refer
2/26/25
PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- WATER SUPPLY - Provides that water utility companies be responsible for all costs associated with maintenance, operation and delivery of water pumping stations to individual parcels of land and schools with no pumping stations on the property.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0501
Introduced
2/26/25
Refer
2/26/25
HEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE -- ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT - Authorizes municipalities to make an emergency declaration under limited circumstances to allow for the construction and use of SAVE Units on a temporary basis which have specialized requirements and exemptions from the state fire and building codes.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0502
Introduced
2/26/25
Refer
2/26/25
TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING - Specifies that low and moderate income housing exists when a city or town has adopted an inclusionary zoning ordinance requiring that all housing developments include at least fifty percent (50%) low or moderate income housing units.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0503
Introduced
2/26/25
Refer
2/26/25
TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING - Create a process to establish a low- or moderate-income housing that exceeds sixty (60) units.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0504
Introduced
2/26/25
Refer
2/26/25
TOWNS AND CITIES -- SUBDIVISION OF LAND -- ZONING ORDINANCES - Requires cities and towns to permit attached single-family dwellings in any residential zoning districts and each such dwelling would be entitled to its own parcel thorough subdivision regardless lot size or base zone standards.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0505
Introduced
2/26/25
Refer
2/26/25
TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES - Permit but not mandate, a municipality to allow certain requirements as exceptions to statewide treatment of ADUs to max of 800 sq. ft., owner, family member and caretaker occupation.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0506
Introduced
2/26/25
Refer
2/26/25
HEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE -- ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT - Eliminates provisions establishing a legislative regulation committee, and would also repeal the provision that codes and standards adopted by the state building code standards committee subject to approval by the legislative regulation committee.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0507
Introduced
2/26/25
Refer
2/26/25
Report Pass
6/2/25
Engrossed
6/12/25
PROPERTY -- CONDOMINIUM LAW - Requires associations to provide unit owners within thirty (30) days notice of any increase in the deductible application to the association’s policy.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0508
Introduced
2/26/25
Refer
2/26/25
Report Pass
6/2/25
Engrossed
6/12/25
PROPERTY -- CONDOMINIUM LAW - Creates process for condominium associations to give notice to and obtain approval from unit mortgage holders for certain association actions by mailing a written request for approval to the unit mortgagees via regular and certified mail.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0509
Introduced
2/26/25
Refer
2/26/25
Report Pass
6/2/25
Engrossed
6/12/25
PROPERTY -- CONDOMINIUM LAW - Provides that the “meetings” requirements from § 34-36.1-3.08 be applicable to condominiums created before July 1, 1982, and would permit remote participation in condominium meetings.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0510
Introduced
2/26/25
Refer
2/26/25
Report Pass
6/2/25
HIGHWAYS -- CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF STATE ROADS - Authorizes and empower the department of transportation to plant pollinator friendly native species of trees, shrubs, grasses and plants within limits of a roadway, including state highways.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0511
Introduced
2/26/25
Refer
2/26/25
PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT - Removes the five (5) year waiting period for filing a motion to seal an eviction court file. It also deletes the numerical limitation on filing seal requests.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0512
Introduced
2/26/25
Refer
2/26/25
PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL TENANT'S RIGHT TO LEGAL REPRESENTATION ACT - Creates the division of civil representation within the department of housing and require civil representation by a Designated Legal Organization to provide legal representation to all tenants who qualify in eviction proceedings.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island Senate Bill S0513
Introduced
2/26/25
Refer
2/26/25
ELECTION -- VOTING DISTRICTS AND OFFICIALS - Increases the maximum number of voters that a polling place can accommodate 3,000 to 3,500 and provide for existing polling places that exceed the maximum number of voters, not be required to be changed until the next decennial redistricting.