All Bills - Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H5330
Introduced
2/7/25
Refer
2/7/25
PROPERTY -- CONDOMINIUM LAW - Provides that amendments to §§ 34-36.1-1.03 and 34-36.1-3.08 are applicable to condominiums created before July 1, 1982, provides a definition for the term “special assessment” and allows unit owners to participate in association meetings remotely.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H5331
Introduced
2/7/25
Refer
2/7/25
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- LENDERS AND LOAN BROKERS - Removes the licensing exemption for a lender that originates less than six (6) loans in twelve (12) consecutive months.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H5332
Introduced
2/7/25
Refer
2/7/25
Report Pass
3/4/25
Engrossed
3/13/25
Refer
3/21/25
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- THE RHODE ISLAND SPECIAL DEPOSITS ACT - Establishes the Rhode Island Special Deposits Act to be governed by an account agreement between the bank and the depositor or its beneficiary.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H5333
Introduced
2/7/25
Refer
2/7/25
INSURANCE-CASUALTY INSURANCE GENERALLY-LIMITATIONS ON POLICY CANCELLATIONS AND RENEWALS - Requires homeowner’s insurance providers to provide two months’ notice before increasing any policy more that 20%. Also caps rate increases for policy holders that are 65 years of age or older and meet certain income limits.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H5334
Introduced
2/7/25
Refer
2/7/25
BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- VETERINARY PRACTICE - Requires veterinarians to provide consultations to animal owners when a drug is prescribed and dispensed for that annual patient.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H5335
Introduced
2/7/25
Refer
2/7/25
EDUCATION -- THE PAUL W. CROWLEY RHODE ISLAND STUDENT INVESTMENT INITIATIVE - Nullifies the department of elementary and secondary education recommendation that the turnaround plan for Providence public schools be continued.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H5336
Introduced
2/7/25
Refer
2/7/25
EDUCATION -- COOPERATIVE SERVICE AMONG SCHOOL DISTRICTS - Amends the composition of the Urban Collaborative and provide that the collaborative be governed by a board of trustees.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H5337
Introduced
2/7/25
Refer
2/7/25
EDUCATION -- COOPERATIVE SERVICE AMONG SCHOOL DISTRICTS -- CHARTER SCHOOL REFORM - Allows charter schools to engage in nontraditional approaches to learning, permits local communities to adopt all-charter school public school model for public education.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H5338
Introduced
2/7/25
Refer
2/7/25
EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS - Requires at least one certified school psychologist per every five hundred (500) students be employed at each school system.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H5339
Introduced
2/7/25
Refer
2/7/25
EDUCATION -- CERTIFICATION OF TEACHERS - Provides that for the period up until July 1, 2027, an applicant for a teaching certificate in Rhode Island would not be required to complete a standardized teacher's examination as a prerequisite to obtaining a teaching certificate.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H5340
Introduced
2/7/25
Refer
2/7/25
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT - Requires the producer of artificial turf and turf infill sold or distributed in Rhode Island to report its chain of custody, from installation to use, repurposing, recycling and disposal.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H5341
Introduced
2/7/25
Refer
2/7/25
WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- REGULATION OF BOATS -- FRESHWATER LAKE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - Authorizes the collection of a small additional fee, in addition to the registration fee paid by motorboat owners, to be deposited in a restricted account, in order to fund the newly established freshwater lake management program.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H5342
Introduced
2/7/25
Refer
2/7/25
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT - Establishes an agricultural restricted receipt account within the department of environmental management. An advisory committee would be established to determine suggested uses of the funds in said account.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H5343
Introduced
2/7/25
Refer
2/7/25
PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES -- LEAD BY EXAMPLE ACT - Takes several measures to lead by example by banning state purchases of plastic bottles, and requires state funds to be used to lease or purchase electric vehicles and renewable energy efficient technologies for use on state property.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Rhode Island House Bill H5344
Introduced
2/7/25
Refer
2/7/25
Report Pass
3/12/25
Passed
3/18/25
House Resolution Extending The Reporting And Expiration Dates And Amending The Membership Of The Legislative Study Commission On Climate Change Impact And Solutions (increases The Membership Of The Commission From 17 To 18, And Extends The Reporting And Expiration Dates Of The Special House Commission On Climate Change From May 14, 2025, To May 14, 2026, And Expires On June 18, 2026.)