Rhode Island State Senator

Lammis Vargas Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0240

Introduced
2/13/25  
Creates the Rhode Island Childcare Assistance Program that governs both family eligibility for the state’s childcare subsidy program and expands eligibility for the program to meet the federal eligibility benchmark.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0311

Introduced
2/13/25  
Refer
2/13/25  
Requires the department of administration to provide a list of certified minority and women-owned business enterprises to each prospective contractor of a construction project.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0243

Introduced
2/13/25  
Requires all state licensed healthcare facilities to convert the powering of their operations from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources. DOH promulgates rules and regulations to implement the requirements.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0246

Introduced
2/13/25  
Refer
2/13/25  
Raises the minimum fee per barrel of petroleum products or crude oil from five cents ($0.05) to ten cents ($0.10) per barrel as part of the uniform oil spill response and prevention fee.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0262

Introduced
2/13/25  
JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $500,000 TO SOJOURNER HOUSE IN RHODE ISLAND (Authorizes the appropriation of the sum of $500,000 to Sojourner House to support its permanent housing development program that provides safe, secure housing to individuals and families fleeing from dangerous situations.)
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0324

Introduced
2/21/25  
Refer
2/21/25  
Report Pass
5/28/25  
Creates a public education program on methods to recycle textiles.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0352

Introduced
2/21/25  
Requires superior court clerk to automatically seal cases/individual counts of a criminal complaint/indictment that were dismissed, upon request of the defendant and serve it upon bureau of criminal identification, police department and counsel of record.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0354

Introduced
2/21/25  
Refer
2/21/25  
Report Pass
3/25/25  
Engrossed
4/1/25  
Refer
4/2/25  
Report Pass
5/27/25  
Increases the per page transcription fees for court reporters in court proceedings.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0355

Introduced
2/21/25  
Criminalizes the unauthorized dissemination of sexually explicit images of another person that are created by digital devices or created without the consent of the person depicted.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0359

Introduced
2/21/25  
Establishes the Rhode Island Assault Weapons Ban Act of 2025.