Rhode Island State Senator

John Burke Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0579

Introduced
2/26/25  
Requires nonprofit, as a condition for requesting state funds from the general assembly, to submit & post on their website, a list of10 of their highest paid director, officer & employee salaries & any forms of compensation provided to those individuals.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0581

Introduced
2/26/25  
Protect the personal information of judicial officers and their immediate family members who serve or have served the RI unified judicial system, as well as judicial officers who reside in RI and who serve or have served in the federal courts.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0622

Introduced
3/6/25  
Eliminates the "until June 30, 2025" sunset on the increase in the total amount of earnings a partial-unemployment insurance claimant can receive before being entirely disqualified for unemployment insurance benefits.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0640

Introduced
3/7/25  
Refer
3/7/25  
Report Pass
4/30/25  
Engrossed
5/6/25  
Updates the statutory terminology by replacing the phrase "institutions of higher learning" with that of "educational institutions" and redefines child daycare centers as educational institutions.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0587

Introduced
2/26/25  
Allows unemployment benefits for workers who are on strike or are locked out of their workplaces by their employer due to a labor dispute.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0598

Introduced
3/6/25  
Provides a criminal background check procedure for for-hire intrastate passenger transportation services.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0610

Introduced
3/6/25  
Refer
3/6/25  
Report Pass
5/13/25  
Engrossed
5/20/25  
Adds several consumer protections to existing Medicare Supplement law.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0619

Introduced
3/6/25  
Prohibits individuals from conveying items to or from the training school for youth without prior consent by the executive director of the division of youth development at the department of children, youth and families.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0623

Introduced
3/6/25  
Amends the law relating to casino crimes to be consistent with the advent of iGaming and the relevant age restrictions to participate in iGaming.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0627

Introduced
3/7/25  
Establishes regulations to ensure the ethical development, integration, and deployment of high-risk AI systems, particularly those influencing consequential decisions.