Rhode Island State Representative

Jose Batista Authored & Sponsored Legislation

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Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5473

Introduced
2/12/25  
Creates an additional tax rate of 3% on taxable income over $625,000 in 2025 dollars. Applies to tax years 2026 and thereafter and not retroactively.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5487

Introduced
2/13/25  
Bans preferential treatment to a public or private university applicant because of the student's familial relationship to a previous university attendee.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5501

Introduced
2/13/25  
Prohibits the courts from setting cash or surety bail on any misdemeanor offense but permits the court to set reasonable non-monetary conditions of bail to assure the defendant's presence in court as required and to protect the community.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5502

Introduced
2/13/25  
Furthers delineate the definitions of felony, misdemeanor and petty misdemeanor.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5503

Introduced
2/13/25  
Provides for just cause evictions for residential landlord tenancies.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5507

Introduced
2/13/25  
Gradually increases the minimum wage for employees receiving gratuities.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5510

Introduced
2/13/25  
Requires a municipality to disclose on their official website the specific issues, details and costs of any legal action of which the town or city is a named defendant within sixty (60) days after the close of their fiscal year.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5515

Introduced
2/13/25  
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 House Bill H5523

Introduced
2/13/25  
Requires public bodies to offer translation services for all open meetings of said bodies.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5512

Introduced
2/13/25  
Refer
2/13/25  
Report Pass
5/6/25  
Engrossed
5/15/25  
Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of PROJECT Weber/RENEW, a Rhode Island domestic nonprofit corporation.