Rhode Island State Senator

John Burke Authored & Sponsored Legislation

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Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0559

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Increases imprisonment penalties and adds mandatory community service for violations of § 4-1-9.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0563

Introduced
2/26/25  
Prohibits the distribution, transfer, or possession of any material that depicts a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct and is obscene and lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0564

Introduced
2/26/25  
Requires DCYF to submit a one-time, detailed report on the effectiveness of EBPs in keeping children out of foster care, providing valuable data on the programs' impact on high-risk families, reunification outcomes, and program availability.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0565

Introduced
2/26/25  
Provides for a 10 year statute of limitations for the violation of second degree sexual assault.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0566

Introduced
2/26/25  
Provides for a cause of action against an individual or entity that prohibits the possession of firearms on real property, except residences, by an individual that is authorized and licensed to carry a firearm.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0568

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Engrossed
5/22/25  
Requires that all new school buses be equipped with live digital video school bus violation detection monitoring systems as of July 1, 2027. All buses, new and used, must have the monitoring systems installed by July 1, 2032.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0571

Introduced
2/26/25  
Amends the section of law relative to violations for driving after denial, revocation or suspension of a license and expands the list of offenses for which an unlicensed motorist would be in violation.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0574

Introduced
2/26/25  
Provides that a hearing required before a judge or magistrate may adjudge a motorist in contempt for failure to comply with the court's orders regarding a conditional hardship license, and defines penalties for violation of a hardship/interlock order.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0576

Introduced
2/26/25  
Provides additional exception to prohibition on usage of wireless communication device while driving and clarifies that use for purpose of navigation must be while the device is mounted or otherwise affixed to vehicle and not held in the motorist's hand.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0560

Introduced
2/26/25  
Amends §§ 14-1-3 and 14-5-8, relating to possession of marijuana and proceedings in family court ensuring that children under 17 years of age in possession of less than 2 oz of marijuana are subject to the jurisdiction of the family court.