Rhode Island State Senator

Joseph McNamara Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5155

Introduced
1/24/25  
Refer
1/24/25  
Report Pass
3/4/25  
Report Pass
4/1/25  
Provides that architects and other authorized disaster response workers, in the course of performing their duties, be entitled to all rights in like manner as state employees.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5157

Introduced
1/24/25  
Refer
1/24/25  
Report Pass
3/4/25  
Report Pass
4/1/25  
Provides that any disaster response worker shall, in the course of their duties, be considered a state employee and be entitled to all rights in like manner as state employees.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5164

Introduced
1/24/25  
Establishes a task force managed by the children’s cabinet to develop recommendations to improve access to early intervention and early childhood special education services.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5165

Introduced
1/24/25  
Refer
1/24/25  
Report Pass
3/25/25  
Requires the school board or committees of cities and towns to establish a safety and behavioral health committee and also lays out the representation requirements committee responsibilities to ensure a stable learning environment for all students.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5169

Introduced
1/24/25  
Establishes, encourages and supports the establishment of family councils and resident councils in managed residential communities providing assisted living services.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5170

Introduced
1/24/25  
Supports the role of independent family council and makes the waiting list transparent by requiring nursing facilities with more than thirty percent (30%) self-pay residents to admit applicants on a first-come-first-served basis for non-private rooms.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5186

Introduced
1/24/25  
Amends current law on controlled substances to permit psilocybin to be cultivated within a person's residence for personal use and contingent on the US FDA's program, mandate that RI department of health establish rules regulations.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5162

Introduced
1/24/25  
Refer
1/24/25  
Report Pass
2/12/25  
Engrossed
2/25/25  
Incorporates the department of elementary and secondary education's SurveyWorks school climate indicators for evaluating the performance of LEAs and individual public schools.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5163

Introduced
1/24/25  
Refer
1/24/25  
Report Pass
2/12/25  
Engrossed
2/25/25  
Directs all local education agencies to select one of the identified high-quality curricula and materials for science and technology no later than June 30, 2026.