Rhode Island State Senator

John Burke Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0013

Introduced
1/23/25  
Would promote transparency and accountability in the use of artificial intelligence by health insurers to manage coverage and claims.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0014

Introduced
1/23/25  
Requires commercial property owners to install vehicle barriers at their retail establishment locations when new construction are being done and permits insurers to consider the installation to provide a discount on the owner's insurance policy.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0016

Introduced
1/23/25  
Establishes regulation by DBR over the practices and procedures of virtual currency kiosk operators to prevent fraud related to the use of virtual currency kiosks, by establishing daily transaction limits and the regulating of fees.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0022

Introduced
1/23/25  
Reduces the time, from three (3) years to six (6) months, required for a nonimmigrant foreign national student, who has resided in Rhode Island, to be eligible to pay the same in-state tuition as any other Rhode Island student.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0029

Introduced
1/23/25  
Raises the amount of life insurance the state provides at no charge to Rhode Island National Guard members called up for federal duty to five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000).
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0043

Introduced
1/23/25  
Increases the number of days a retired municipal employee could work in a calendar year without interruption of pension benefits to ninety (90) days.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0052

Introduced
1/23/25  
Prohibits certain claim practices of health insurers and medical providers. The act would further require fulfillment of medical record requests within fourteen (14) days.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0057

Introduced
1/23/25  
Refer
1/23/25  
Report Pass
3/4/25  
Engrossed
3/11/25  
Requires that all maintenance of sidewalks along state highways, with the exception of snow and ice removal, be the responsibility of the state.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0058

Introduced
1/23/25  
Permits a tenant, at the tenant’s expense, to implement energy conservation measures to any dwelling or dwelling unit such as removable weather-stripping around doors and windows.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0059

Introduced
1/23/25  
Defines "crime gun" and requires law enforcement to submit crime gun or 2 fired cartridge cases or shell casings seized to state crime laboratory or the BATF for testing and tracing, also would require 2 test-fired cartridge cases to be entered into NIBIN