Rhode Island State Representative

David Morales Authored & Sponsored Legislation

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Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5630

Introduced
2/26/25  
Requires certain health care facilities to allow a terminally ill patient’s use of medicinal cannabis within the health care facility, subject to certain restrictions.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5648

Introduced
2/26/25  
Requires sentencing court to consider whether defendant is parent of child, or caregiver of elderly, disabled or terminally ill person whose well-being would be adversely affected by the person's incarceration and if so, shall impose a non-jail sentence.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5649

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Report Pass
4/22/25  
Engrossed
4/29/25  
Gives statewide juvenile hearing boards the authority to refer a juvenile offender to a rehabilitative driving course, as part of a disposition of an offense before the board. The order may be enforced by the traffic tribunal.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5665

Introduced
2/26/25  
Updates the Homeless Bill of Rights to add rules governing the interaction with encampments and include the right to access clean and sanitary conditions.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5674

Introduced
2/26/25  
Prohibits a landlord from inquiring about the immigration status of a tenant subject to any federal laws or regulations, but may request financial information or proof of identity.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5678

Introduced
2/26/25  
Requires small employers with one to fifty (1-50) employees and large employers with fifty (50) or more employees to pay overtime wages to exempt workers if their salary exceeds varying multipliers of minimum wage for a forty (40) hour workweek.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5679

Introduced
2/26/25  
Requires employer to furnish items and conditions of employment and a pay stub explaining how wages were calculated/reasons for deductions.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5680

Introduced
2/26/25  
Allows unemployment benefits for workers who are on strike or are locked out of their workplaces by their employer due to a labor dispute.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5683

Introduced
2/26/25  
Increases the minimum required awarded to minority business enterprises from 15% to 20% and of that, requires a minimum of 10% be awarded to minority owned businesses and a minimum of 10% be awarded to women owned businesses.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5684

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Report Pass
5/6/25  
Engrossed
5/29/25  
Refer
5/30/25  
Requires the department of administration to provide a list of certified minority and women-owned business enterprises to each prospective contractor of a construction project.