Rhode Island State Senator

Jacob Bissaillon 2025 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 7)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0446

Introduced
2/26/25  
Submits 2026 capital development program requesting the issuance of $100,000,000 in general obligation bonds to the voters for approval at the November, 2026, general election.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0461

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Report Pass
5/27/25  
Caps the total amount that a covered person is required to pay for a covered prescription inhaler, prescription device, or prescription equipment to twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per thirty (30) day supply.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0462

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Report Pass
5/6/25  
Engrossed
5/13/25  
Refer
5/14/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Engrossed
5/29/25  
Removes the sunset provision of the four (4) year pilot program to prevent drug overdoses through the establishment of harm reduction centers and creates a permanent program for harm reduction centers.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0466

Introduced
2/26/25  
Allows executive office of EOHHS to review current methodology for Medical payments to nursing facilities.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0483

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Report Pass
5/27/25  
Authorizes pharmacists to dispense a one-time refill, for up to one hundred days under certain specified conditions.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0492

Introduced
2/26/25  
Allows municipalities to enact ordinances that would permit municipalities and water suppliers to enter properties to perform lead service line replacements and permit tenants to request and schedule private side lead service line replacements.
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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  
Refer
5/16/25  
Report Pass
6/4/25  
Engrossed
6/18/25  
Engrossed
6/20/25  
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.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0497

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Report Pass
5/22/25  
Engrossed
6/20/25  
Enrolled
6/20/25  
Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of the Center for Southeast Asians.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0498

Introduced
2/26/25  
Exempts from taxation the non-commercial real and tangible personal property of Southside Community Land Trust, a Rhode Island domestic nonprofit corporation, located in Providence, Rhode Island.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0504

Introduced
2/26/25  
Requires cities and towns to permit attached single-family dwellings in any residential zoning districts and each such dwelling would be entitled to its own parcel thorough subdivision regardless lot size or base zone standards.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0512

Introduced
2/26/25  
Creates the division of civil representation within the department of housing and require civil representation by a Designated Legal Organization to provide legal representation to all tenants who qualify in eviction proceedings.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0521

Introduced
2/26/25  
Establishes a process by which vacancies in a municipal election office and local canvassing board are filled.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0460

Introduced
2/26/25  
Expands the DCYF powers by overseeing and administer comprehensive behavioral health services for children with serious emotional disturbances and children with developmental or functional disabilities.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0501

Introduced
2/26/25  
Authorizes municipalities to make an emergency declaration under limited circumstances to allow for the construction and use of SAVE Units on a temporary basis which have specialized requirements and exemptions from the state fire and building codes.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0520

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Report Pass
6/2/25  
Engrossed
6/10/25  
Enrolled
6/18/25  
Modernizes and streamlines the existing processes for getting on the permanent mail ballot application list.