Rhode Island State Senator

Louis Dipalma Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0532

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Engrossed
5/22/25  
Refer
5/23/25  
Report Pass
5/29/25  
Engrossed
6/3/25  
Allows boats and marine assets to utilize the overweight oversize annual blanket permit that was in effect until 2022, and for the resumption of the prior practice of permitting for boats and marine asset transportation.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0546

Introduced
2/26/25  
Requires DCYF to implement recommendations made by the child advocate and child fatality review panel within 6 months and provide a report of the measures taken to address the recommendations.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0591

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Report Pass
3/19/25  
Engrossed
3/25/25  
Refer
3/26/25  
Report Pass
4/3/25  
Engrossed
4/10/25  
Engrossed
5/1/25  
Names the new Sakonnet River Bridge as the “Staff Sergeant Christopher Potts Sakonnet River Bridge.”
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0601

Introduced
3/6/25  
Refer
3/6/25  
Increases the penalties for public utilities for violations of the general law governing the duties of utilities and carriers.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0603

Introduced
3/6/25  
Provides standards for developing, implementing, and maintaining reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect the security, confidentiality, and integrity of customer information.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0608

Introduced
3/6/25  
Refer
3/6/25  
Standardizes successor appointment language for various boards and adds language providing that a quorum be a majority of appointed members and the language applies across several healthcare professional boards that currently lack this language.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0614

Introduced
3/6/25  
Refer
3/6/25  
Provides technical and other corrections to various general laws relating to taxation.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0543

Introduced
2/26/25  
Defines a vape shop and exempt it from the prohibition of selling electronic nicotine-delivery system products.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0552

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Makes it a felony for any person to remove or attempt to remove any firearm or other weapon or any communication device from any peace officer or investigator of the department of attorney general.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0586

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Report Pass
6/2/25  
Requires employers to protect employees from extreme temperatures through rest breaks, PPE, training, and equipment, and mandates quarterly supervisor training, to recognize and mitigate heat- and cold-related risks.