Rhode Island State Senator

John Burke 2025 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 12)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0814

Introduced
3/14/25  
Makes it a misdemeanor to knowingly file a false report of misconduct of any law enforcement official, public safety official, or hospital staff.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0817

Introduced
3/14/25  
Defines squatter as a person occupying a dwelling unit who is not authorized by the property owner, landlord or tenant to occupy the unit and provides remedies for property owner including police assistance to remove a squatter.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0820

Introduced
3/14/25  
JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AND PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION -- OF SUFFRAGE (Would propose to the voters of the state a constitutional amendment regarding eligibility to vote and to be a candidate.)
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0821

Introduced
3/14/25  
Considers state government caseworkers or investigators "public officials" for purposes of the prohibition on making threats to public officials.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0822

Introduced
3/14/25  
Provides that when 2 or more individuals associate to accomplish the crime of shoplifting, that they would be deemed to be associated for the particular purpose of shoplifting and be guilty of a felony.
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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  
Refer
3/19/25  
Report Pass
6/2/25  
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  
Refer
3/19/25  
Report Pass
6/2/25  
Prohibits any city, town, quasi-municipal corporation or public corporation from assessing any existing agricultural operation or agricultural land for the extension of any water utilities past the property and from imposing any connection fee.
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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