Rhode Island State Senator

Frank Ciccone Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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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.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0493

Introduced
2/26/25  
Allows a landlord that did not obtain a lead certificate pursuant to the lead mitigation laws of chapter 128.1 of title 42 due to the fact that the state lacks the adequate resources to conduct inspections.
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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.
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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.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0503

Introduced
2/26/25  
Create a process to establish a low- or moderate-income housing that exceeds sixty (60) units.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0513

Introduced
2/26/25  
Increases the maximum number of voters that a polling place can accommodate 3,000 to 3,500 and provide for existing polling places that exceed the maximum number of voters, not be required to be changed until the next decennial redistricting.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0514

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Engrossed
5/22/25  
Refer
5/23/25  
Requires the state retirement board to publish online all archived video or audio recordings and all future recordings of meetings of the board.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0515

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Report Pass
6/10/25  
Makes it a felony for any person required to register as a sex offender to live within three hundred feet (300’) of a school as defined in § 11-37.1-2.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0516

Introduced
2/26/25  
Permits non-sworn public safety officers/security guards at private colleges/universities to detain individuals for no longer than 30 minutes within the campus’s jurisdiction if the officer or guard believes the person committed a criminal offense.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0546

Introduced
2/26/25  
Requires DCYF to implement recommendations made by the child advocate and child fatality review panel within 6 months and provide a report of the measures taken to address the recommendations.