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 S0492

Introduced
2/26/25  
Allows municipalities to enact ordinances that would permit municipalities and water suppliers to enter properties to perform lead service line replacements and permit tenants to request and schedule private side lead service line replacements.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0510

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Authorizes and empower the department of transportation to plant pollinator friendly native species of trees, shrubs, grasses and plants within limits of a roadway, including state highways.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0646

Introduced
3/7/25  
Restricts application of pesticides and rodenticides at schools and child care centers and requires schools to provide copies of notice to parents and guardians.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0524

Introduced
2/26/25  
Requires state use actual residences of persons in government custody for redistricting purposes. Information would be collected by the department of corrections and forwarded to the division of statewide planning, to be utilized for redistricting.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0526

Introduced
2/26/25  
Requires the electronic filing of domestic violence/sexual assault forms by law enforcement agencies, and enhances the information to be included on the reporting forms.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0527

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Denies the right of footway, except within one hundred (100) yards of the Pawtuxet River in the cities of Warwick and Cranston and excepts in connection with a right to pass with carriages, to be acquired by prescription or adverse use.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0536

Introduced
2/26/25  
Modifies the real estate sales disclosure form to include the disclosure of “blower door diagnostic air leakage testing” and advises that air leakage testing is recommended prior to purchasing a residential unit.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0541

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Increases from 7 days to 9 days the period of time in which a request for a recount of the votes cast can be made to the board of elections and no certificates of election may be issued until the recount, if any, is completed.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0559

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Increases imprisonment penalties and adds mandatory community service for violations of § 4-1-9.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0655

Introduced
3/7/25  
Caps delinquent tax interest rate at 12%. Prohibits audits beyond 3 years from date of tax filing, 7 years for fraudulent filings, and in no event beyond 10 years from date of filing or required filing date, whichever is later.