Rhode Island State Senator

John Burke 2024 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 12)

Legislative Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2783

Introduced
3/8/24  
Allows unemployment benefits for workers who are on strike or are locked out of their workplaces by their employer due to a labor dispute.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2792

Introduced
3/19/24  
SENATE RESOLUTION CELEBRATING ST. PATRICK’S DAY AND THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND IRELAND
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2797

Introduced
3/21/24  
SENATE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF GERALDINE C. CARLIN
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2804

Introduced
3/22/24  
Refer
3/22/24  
Report Pass
4/30/24  
Engrossed
5/7/24  
Allows correctional industries to conduct business for goods or services with any 501(c)(3) and would require customers of correctional industries to pay fifty present (50%) of an order upon the placement of the order.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2813

Introduced
3/22/24  
Refer
3/22/24  
Makes numerous technical amendments to the statutes on taxes and corporations, associations and partnerships.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2821

Introduced
3/22/24  
Refer
3/22/24  
Report Pass
5/30/24  
Engrossed
6/4/24  
Enrolled
6/6/24  
Provides minor technical changes, including an update to the membership of the state planning council to include the secretary of housing or designee, and provides clarifying language relating to the role of the technical committee.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2828

Introduced
3/22/24  
Refer
3/22/24  
Report Pass
6/11/24  
Engrossed
6/13/24  
Engrossed
6/13/24  
Allows law enforcement to utilize mufflers, silencers, or other devices for deadening or muffling the sound of a firearm while acting within the scope of their official duties under the supervision of the police chief or colonel of the state police.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2830

Introduced
3/22/24  
Dictates the length a search warrant involving a tracking device would be valid and provide a process to extend the time frame of the tracking device for good cause.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2831

Introduced
3/22/24  
Includes the deputy chief of inspection and inspector within the provision of law related to retirement on service allowance relating to correctional officers.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2834

Introduced
3/22/24  
Refer
3/22/24  
Report Pass
5/28/24  
Engrossed
5/30/24  
Provides an exemption for certain incarcerated persons from the payment of fees for a first request for vital statistics from the department of health.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2835

Introduced
3/22/24  
Amends the law relating to casino crimes to be consistent with the advent of iGaming and the relevant age restrictions to participate in iGaming.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2840

Introduced
3/22/24  
Requires manufacturers of assisting technology devices to make available to independent repair providers/the owner of the device, any documentation/parts, software/other items intended for use with the equipment/parts, including updates to software.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2843

Introduced
3/22/24  
Refer
3/22/24  
Report Pass
5/8/24  
Engrossed
5/16/24  
Establishes guidelines for the continued implementation and expansion of high quality public prekindergarten education programs in the state.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2851

Introduced
3/22/24  
Provides all retired teachers and all retired state employees a one-time stipend in the amount of three percent (3%) of the lesser of either the member's retirement allowance or forty thousand dollars ($40,000) of the member's retirement allowance.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2856

Introduced
3/22/24  
Exempts from the sales and use tax the sale of beer and malt beverages at retail.