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 S0827

Introduced
3/14/25  
Allows casino workers to receive overtime pay for working Sundays and Holidays.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0846

Introduced
3/19/25  
Prohibits healthcare providers and health plans from denying the payment of a medical bill, solely because the bill may have arisen from a third-party claim.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0848

Introduced
3/19/25  
Imposes a hospital licensing fee for fiscal year 2026 against net patient-services revenue of every non-government owned hospital for the hospital’s first fiscal year ending on or after January 1, 2024.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0850

Introduced
3/19/25  
Prohibits any city, town, quasi-municipal corporation or public corporation from assessing any existing agricultural operation or agricultural land any water impact fee, excepting base useable charges.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0853

Introduced
3/19/25  
Prohibits any city or town from requiring an applicant for license to carry concealed firearm to provide a reason for their request other than those outlined in § 11-47-1.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0855

Introduced
3/19/25  
Establishes a maximum hourly workday for all peace officers as defined in § 12-7-21 and a violation rate of pay of double time and a half.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0856

Introduced
3/19/25  
Refer
3/19/25  
Report Pass
4/30/25  
Engrossed
5/6/25  
Provides that all contractual provisions in a firefighters collective bargaining agreement continue until a successor agreement has been reached or an interest arbitration award has been rendered.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0873

Introduced
3/21/25  
JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $90,000,000 TO THE RHODE ISLAND EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO SUPPORT PHYSICIAN REIMBURSEMENT RATE INCREASES IN THE RHODE ISLAND MEDICAID PROGRAM (Authorizes the appropriation of the sum of $90,000,000 to the Rhode Island executive office of health and human services to be invested in increasing reimbursement rates for all physicians and advanced practice providers.)
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0880

Introduced
3/25/25  
SENATE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING MARCH 25, 2025, AS THE 204TH ANNIVERSARY OF GREEK INDEPENDENCE DAY AND CELEBRATING DEMOCRACY IN GREECE AND THE UNITED STATES

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0836

Introduced
3/18/25  
SENATE RESOLUTION HONORING AND RECOGNIZING EMILY SANTERRE FOR BEING NAMED MISS IRELAND IN THE ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE IN WEST WARWICK, RHODE ISLAND