Rhode Island State Senator

Bridget Valverde 2024 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 3)

Legislative Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2143

Introduced
1/24/24  
Authorizes the school administration to issue an out-of-school suspension to students if they are a threat to the safety of others.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2144

Introduced
1/24/24  
Requires transition planning for high school students with disabilities, who have a "504" plan, like the transition planning required for high school students with disabilities, who have an individualized education program (IEP).
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2145

Introduced
1/24/24  
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.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2148

Introduced
1/24/24  
Refer
1/24/24  
Report Pass
5/8/24  
Engrossed
5/16/24  
2) MAXIMUM CLASS SIZE ACT (Mandates 20 students per classroom for kindergarten through second grade. Exceptions for emergencies and temporary situations, not to exceed 3 days and mid-year enrollments.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2152

Introduced
1/24/24  
Refer
1/24/24  
Report Pass
6/11/24  
Engrossed
6/13/24  
Engrossed
6/13/24  
Enacts the Comprehensive PFAS Ban Act of 2024, prohibiting the intentional addition of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances of PFAS in products offered for sale or manufactured in the state as of January 1, 2027.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2156

Introduced
1/24/24  
Refer
1/24/24  
Report Pass
6/6/24  
Engrossed
6/11/24  
Enrolled
6/13/24  
Increases the maximum post retirement employment earnings from eighteen thousand dollars ($18,000) to twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) a year for certain retired educators.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2158

Introduced
1/24/24  
Phases in modifications to federal adjusted gross income over a 4 year period for social security income, from 25% up to 100%, beginning on or after January 1, 2025.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2161

Introduced
1/24/24  
Provides children from birth through age five (5) with continuous coverage eligibility for RIte Track/RIte Care so that they are not at risk of losing coverage at the yearly redetermination due solely to administrative barriers.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2162

Introduced
1/24/24  
Amend the calculation of state funding provided to local education agencies for special education services.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2164

Introduced
1/24/24  
Provides for an annual appropriation of state funds to RI emergency management agency to be distributed to coastal communities who are members of the Narragansett Bay Marine Task Force for the maintenance of boats providing services to Narragansett Bay.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2173

Introduced
1/24/24  
Refer
1/24/24  
Report Pass
6/6/24  
Engrossed
6/13/24  
Enrolled
6/13/24  
Adopts the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact and would establish a joint public agency known as the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Compact commission to administer the provisions of the compact between the states.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2175

Introduced
1/24/24  
Requires carriers offering dental benefit plans to annually submit information which includes the current and projected medical loss ratio for claims for their plans. The medical loss ratio would be eighty-five percent (85%).
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2176

Introduced
1/24/24  
Mandates health insurance coverage to include transportation for emergency services by ambulance or rescue.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2177

Introduced
1/24/24  
Refer
1/24/24  
Report Pass
5/2/24  
Engrossed
5/9/24  
Prohibits health benefit plans reviewing prescriptions for opioid addiction treatment.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2178

Introduced
1/24/24  
Adopts the model compact for the physician assistant's licensure compact in Rhode Island.