Rhode Island State Senator

Brian Thompson 2025 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 13)

Legislative Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S1059

Introduced
5/9/25  
Refer
5/9/25  
Report Pass
6/2/25  
Recognizes that municipal employees have the opportunity to utilize interest arbitration and would establish new factors for the arbitrators to consider. These factors include comparisons of wages/hourly conditions of employment in similarly skilled jobs.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S1113

Introduced
5/23/25  
Refer
5/23/25  
Report Pass
5/28/25  
Engrossed
6/3/25  
Enrolled
6/12/25  
Prohibits payments in lieu of pension benefits to person employed more than ninety (90) days.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S1154

Introduced
6/13/25  
Provides that a person over 18 yrs can purchase/possess a stun gun or electronic dart gun, prohibits sale of a stun gun or electronic dart gun to anyone under18 yrs, and criminalizes the use of a stun gun or electronic dart gun in any criminal offense.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S1071

Introduced
5/13/25  
Provides penalties for second and subsequent violations of installing and possessing a vehicle with sun screening materials in violation of this section.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S1073

Introduced
5/13/25  
Makes it unlawful for a person in the custody of the department of corrections to use any force or weapon to resist a lawful request or directive.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S1087

Introduced
5/23/25  
Refer
5/23/25  
Report Pass
6/18/25  
Engrossed
6/20/25  
Enrolled
6/21/25  
Provides for the establishment and operation of an electronic permitting platform for all state and local permitting.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S1128

Introduced
6/3/25  
Refer
6/3/25  
Report Pass
6/5/25  
Engrossed
6/10/25  
Engrossed
6/20/25  
Authorizes the city of Woonsocket to levy a tax for the 2026 fiscal year at a rate of five and one-half percent (5.5%) in excess of the amount levied and certified by the city for the prior year.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S1141

Introduced
6/6/25  
Clarifies the tax treatment of qualifying low-income housing.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S1147

Introduced
6/10/25  
Refer
6/10/25  
Report Pass
6/17/25  
Engrossed
6/18/25  
Enrolled
6/20/25  
Names the Senate Chamber after the former Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S1152

Introduced
6/13/25  
Refer
6/13/25  
Report Pass
6/18/25  
Engrossed
6/20/25  
Enrolled
6/20/25  
Provides that law enforcement officers who appears before the court for prosecution of a violation of a protective order shall self-certify that the officer has successfully completed a specialized domestic violence prosecution training course.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S1160

Introduced
6/20/25  
SENATE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF ROGER A. SAVINI
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S1164

Introduced
6/20/25  
SENATE RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING DR. ROSEMARY A. COSTIGAN, PH.D., RN, ON HER SELECTION AS PRESIDENT OF THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF RHODE ISLAND