Rhode Island State Representative

Brandon Potter Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5165

Introduced
1/24/25  
Refer
1/24/25  
Report Pass
3/25/25  
Engrossed
4/22/25  
Requires the school board or committees of cities and towns to establish a safety and behavioral health committee and also lays out the representation requirements committee responsibilities to ensure a stable learning environment for all students.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5169

Introduced
1/24/25  
Establishes, encourages and supports the establishment of family councils and resident councils in managed residential communities providing assisted living services.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5170

Introduced
1/24/25  
Supports the role of independent family council and makes the waiting list transparent by requiring nursing facilities with more than thirty percent (30%) self-pay residents to admit applicants on a first-come-first-served basis for non-private rooms.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5171

Introduced
1/24/25  
Refer
1/24/25  
Report Pass
3/18/25  
Engrossed
4/1/25  
Refer
5/2/25  
Report Pass
5/22/25  
Engrossed
5/29/25  
Extends the sunset provision of the four (4) year pilot program to prevent drug overdoses through the establishment of harm reduction centers for two (2) years to March 1, 2028.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5172

Introduced
1/24/25  
Would promote transparency and accountability in the use of artificial intelligence by health insurers to manage coverage and claims.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5176

Introduced
1/24/25  
Refer
1/24/25  
Report Pass
3/6/25  
Engrossed
3/11/25  
Prohibits an educational institution or school district from accessing or using location data for tracking a student's institutional device or personal device, except in limited circumstances.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5178

Introduced
1/24/25  
Allows expungement of multiple felony convictions for non-violent felonies10 years after sentence completed.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5185

Introduced
1/24/25  
Refer
1/24/25  
Report Pass
2/25/25  
Report Pass
3/11/25  
Engrossed
3/18/25  
Refer
3/21/25  
Prohibits the use of service agreements that are unfair to an owner of residential real estate who enters into such an agreement or to persons who may become owners of that real estate in the future.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5187

Introduced
1/24/25  
Expands the definition of "employee". Also modifies how the state's labor relations board operates and aids in enforcement of the board's orders.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5186

Introduced
1/24/25  
Amends current law on controlled substances to permit psilocybin to be cultivated within a person's residence for personal use and contingent on the US FDA's program, mandate that RI department of health establish rules regulations.