Rhode Island State Senator

Mark McKenney 2025 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 10)

Legislative Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0642

Introduced
3/7/25  
Establishes a uniform wastewater disposal fee in the amount of fifteen cents ($.15) per every ten thousand gallons of wastewater effluent.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0643

Introduced
3/7/25  
Creates a shellfish hatchery program established by the department of environmental management to foster sustainable development and resiliency of the state's shellfish industry.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0662

Introduced
3/7/25  
Provides for better communication between sending and receiving districts regarding students receiving CTE or pathways education.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0664

Introduced
3/7/25  
JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $1,000,000 FOR THE PURCHASE, CANCELLATION AND FORGIVENESS OF MEDICAL DEBT (Authorizes the appropriation of the sum of $1,000,000 for the continued purchase, cancellation and forgiveness of medical debt consistent with section 35-4-21.1 of the General Laws.)
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0726

Introduced
3/7/25  
Creates a cause of action for partition of heirs property held in tenancy in common.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0658

Introduced
3/7/25  
Amends the Rhode Island works program to allow lawful permanent residents to receive benefits without a waiting period.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0660

Introduced
3/7/25  
Adds probation officers and parole officers to the definition of "police officer" for purposes of salary payments during line of duty illness or injury.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0677

Introduced
3/7/25  
Changes annual reporting requirements for the state’s family home-visiting program and also impacts appropriation and spending of funds in order to access maximum federal funding for these programs.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0704

Introduced
3/7/25  
Mandates transparency in nursing home finances and would establish procedures for compliance.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0716

Introduced
3/7/25  
Refer
3/7/25  
Report Pass
6/2/25  
Provides a procedure for parking modifications near shoreline rights of way.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0718

Introduced
3/7/25  
Limits the mandatory rental registry to properties constructed prior to 1978, and further push out the effective date of registration to September 1, 2025, with the penalty clause becoming effective as of October 1, 2025.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0722

Introduced
3/7/25  
Refer
3/7/25  
Report Pass
6/5/25  
Engrossed
6/10/25  
Engrossed
6/18/25  
Prohibits the restriction of access in and out of a construction site by using locked gates or fences while work is ongoing.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0725

Introduced
3/7/25  
JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AND PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION -- OF THE LEGISLATIVE POWER (Proposes a state constitutional amendment that no department or other entity created by the state would have poser to incur debt in excess of $ 50,000, without express approval from the legislature and voters.)
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0727

Introduced
3/7/25  
Makes a first offense of possessing a large capacity feeding device a misdemeanor and subsequent offenses felonies.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0728

Introduced
3/7/25  
Establishes the rights of adoptive/foster children or those in guardianship, to have post-separation visitation with their siblings.