Rhode Island State Representative

David Morales Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5245

Introduced
1/31/25  
Creates an income-sensitive tiered subsidy program to ensure that home energy utility costs are affordable for eligible low-income households.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5250

Introduced
1/31/25  
Refer
1/31/25  
Report Pass
5/8/25  
Engrossed
5/22/25  
Adds Juneteenth National Freedom Day to the definition of "holidays" to the chapter governing retail business.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5256

Introduced
1/31/25  
Provides for equal pay for healthcare providers.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5257

Introduced
1/31/25  
Creates the nursing home workforce standards board act to establish and enforce industry-wide quality of care standards in nursing homes.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5260

Introduced
1/31/25  
Extends the voluntary extension of care (VEC) program pursuant to ยง 14-1-6 to children in the juvenile justice system and children who attain reunification prior to their eighteenth (18th) birthday, however, the reunification is not successful.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5264

Introduced
1/31/25  
Limits rent increases to no more than 4% annually unless the landlord is granted an exemption by the secretary of housing and provides tenants with a civil action to recover damages, including an award of attorneys' fees/punitive damages, for violations.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5267

Introduced
1/31/25  
Requires a housing code enforcement officer to give a copy of any housing code violation notice to all tenants of the building affected by a housing code violation along with any hearing dates scheduled for the violation.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5274

Introduced
1/31/25  
Requires state use actual residences of persons in government custody for redistricting purposes. Information would be collected by the department of corrections and forwarded to the secretary of state to be utilized for redistricting.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5282

Introduced
1/31/25  
Amend the calculation of state funding provided to local education agencies for special education services.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5284

Introduced
1/31/25  
Exempts any individual who is aging out of foster care from the payment of any fee associated with the issuance of a operator's license as well as driver's education class fees. The fee waiver is in effect until the individual reaches 27 years of age.