Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session All Bills
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H5945
Introduced
2/28/25
Refer
2/28/25
PUBIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- MERIT SYSTEM - Provides for the creation of a new job classification for new or existing specialized information technology positions.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H5946
Introduced
2/28/25
Refer
2/28/25
Report Pass
5/6/25
Engrossed
5/29/25
HEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE - Prohibits the restriction of access in and out of a construction site by using locked gates or fences while work is ongoing.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H5947
Introduced
2/28/25
Refer
2/28/25
Report Pass
5/20/25
TOWNS AND CITIES -- AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS AND INSTALLATION OF SYSTEMS - Amends the audit compliance requirements for municipalities' contributions to pension plans under the budget of accounts and installation of systems chapter.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H5948
Introduced
2/28/25
Refer
2/28/25
TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING - Ensures that the Rhode Island department of housing is able to access the full calendar year worth of housing choice voucher data for the annual report by moving the report submission deadline back to align with availability of federal data.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H5949
Introduced
2/28/25
Refer
2/28/25
TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCE - Provides among the purposes of zoning ordinances, the duty to affirmatively further fair housing.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H5950
Introduced
2/28/25
Refer
2/28/25
Report Pass
4/10/25
Refer
5/2/25
Report Pass
6/5/25
TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS - Establishes a reimbursement system for a municipalities cost of training public safety personnel when they are hired by a different municipality or public safety agency within Rhode Island within 3 years of receiving the public safety training.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H5951
Introduced
2/28/25
Refer
2/28/25
MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- AUTOMATED SAFETY ZONE SPEED ENFORCEMENT ACT OF 2025 - Enables cities and towns to expand the use of automated speed enforcement systems in Rhode Island to designated safety zones, excluding school zones.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H5952
Introduced
2/28/25
Refer
2/28/25
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HOUSING AND MORTGAGE FINANCE CORPORATION - Provides for a home ownership assistance account administered by Rhode Island housing and mortgage finance corporation to expand home ownership.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H5953
Introduced
2/28/25
Refer
2/28/25
MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT - Provides for warming center and cooling center alerts to trigger certain procedures municipalities shall follow during extreme heat or cold to help at-risk individuals with resources including, but not limited to, warming and cooling centers.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H5954
Introduced
2/28/25
Refer
2/28/25
PROPERTY -- RENT CONTROL IN THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE - Authorizes the city of Providence to adopt rent control ordinances subject to certain exemptions.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H5955
Introduced
2/28/25
Refer
2/28/25
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING LAND BANK PROGRAM - Creates the department of housing land bank program to allow for the deposit of title to real estate assets for the purpose of developing residential housing.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H5956
Introduced
2/28/25
Refer
2/28/25
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HOUSING RESOURCES ACT OF 1998 - Amends the definition of affordable housing to create separate categories for housing using private or state financing as opposed to financing from the federal government.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H5957
Introduced
2/28/25
Refer
2/28/25
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 House Bill H5958
Introduced
2/28/25
Refer
2/28/25
TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES - Municipalities required to amend zoning ordinances, to include special listed provisions, to authorize development incentives to increase development density or dimensional flexibility, identify provisions to promote and regulate commercial developments.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H5959
Introduced
2/28/25
Refer
2/28/25
PROPERTY -- PUBLIC AUCTIONS BY ELECTRONIC OR REMOTE PROCEDURES - Required public auctions by any city or town of real estate or an interest therein to only be done in person and not by electronic or remote procedures unless authorized by court order.