Rhode Island State Senator

Lammis Vargas Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0067

Introduced
1/23/25  
Refer
1/23/25  
Clarifies the role of a corporation electing to be governed as a workers' cooperative to allow it to operate as a hiring hall under certain circumstances.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0070

Introduced
1/23/25  
Refer
1/23/25  
Requires employer to furnish items and conditions of employment and a pay stub explaining how wages were calculated/reasons for deductions/allows the employee to file a court action against employer for violation.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0086

Introduced
1/31/25  
Extends the forbearance of utility terminations for customers with serious illness certifications and would amend various provisions related to the termination of utility services for persons who are disabled, seriously ill, or in arrears.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0100

Introduced
1/31/25  
Eliminates the sunset on the provision of finding for child care for eligible child care educators and child care staff.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0103

Introduced
1/31/25  
Refer
1/31/25  
Report Pass
5/8/25  
Engrossed
5/20/25  
Mandates all insurance contracts, plans or policies provide insurance coverage for the expense of diagnosing and treating infertility, for women between the ages of 25 and 42 years including preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) in conjunction with IVF.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0104

Introduced
1/31/25  
Establishes Compost Fund to award grants related to reducing the amount of solid waste generated in the state.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0116

Introduced
1/31/25  
Limits the use by insurers of step therapy, a protocol that establishes a specific sequence in which prescription drugs for a specified medical condition are covered by an insurer, by allowing medical providers to request step therapy exceptions.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0121

Introduced
1/31/25  
Requires a report to be produced that focuses on prescription drug prior authorizations by January 1, 2026.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0122

Introduced
1/31/25  
Refer
1/31/25  
Establishes a program operated by the Rhode Island housing and mortgage finance corporation called the "housing land bank" to create affordable housing in RI with the authority to buy, receive, and hold real property for housing development.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0125

Introduced
1/31/25  
Sets the minimum wage for 2026 at $16 per hour, 2027 at $17 per hour, 2028 at $18 per hour, 2029 at $19 per hour and for 2030 at $20 per hour.