Rhode Island State Senator

David Tikoian Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0471

Introduced
2/26/25  
Establishes prevailing standards and procedures for licensing speech-language pathologists and audiologists in Rhode Island.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0474

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Report Pass
5/27/25  
Establishes a rare disease advisory council within the department of health to provide guidance and recommendations to educate healthcare providers and the citizens of the state.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0477

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Report Pass
5/1/25  
Engrossed
5/6/25  
Includes any costs paid by an enrollee or on behalf of the enrollee by a third party when calculating an enrollee’s overall contribution to any out-of-pocket maximum or cost sharing requirement under a health plan as of January 1, 2026.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0481

Introduced
2/26/25  
Requires the department of health to incorporate information about dementia risk factors and reduction into public education and healthcare provider education materials.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0490

Introduced
2/26/25  
Requires landlords of residential properties built before 1978 to register lead hazard mitigation information with the department of health and the information would be private and only accessible by specific entities.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0491

Introduced
2/26/25  
Substitutes "housing resources commission" with "department of health" for lead hazard mitigation purposes. It also makes it easier for a property owner to release funds put into an escrow account, if needed to make required repairs or improvements.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0494

Introduced
2/26/25  
Allows unpaid fines for violations of municipal ordinances to be recorded as alien in the land records, where the violating real property is located. The lien would be added to amount of real estate taxes owed on the property at issue.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0495

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Report Pass
5/8/25  
Engrossed
5/15/25  
Authorizes the establishment of a RI housing champion designation program. This program would make qualified municipalities eligible to receive preferential access to state resources, including discretionary state infrastructure funds, as available.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0496

Introduced
2/26/25  
Provides that the “meetings” requirements from § 34-36.1-3.08 be applicable to condominiums created before July 1, 1982, and would permit remote participation in condominium meetings.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0502

Introduced
2/26/25  
Specifies that low and moderate income housing exists when a city or town has adopted an inclusionary zoning ordinance requiring that all housing developments include at least fifty percent (50%) low or moderate income housing units.