Rhode Island State Senator

Mark McKenney 2025 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 12)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0816

Introduced
3/14/25  
Refer
3/14/25  
Report Pass
6/18/25  
Engrossed
6/20/25  
Engrossed
6/20/25  
Creates the deceptive and fraudulent synthetic media in election communications chapter to regulate the use of synthetic media in elections.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0817

Introduced
3/14/25  
Defines squatter as a person occupying a dwelling unit who is not authorized by the property owner, landlord or tenant to occupy the unit and provides remedies for property owner including police assistance to remove a squatter.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0820

Introduced
3/14/25  
JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AND PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION -- OF SUFFRAGE (Would propose to the voters of the state a constitutional amendment regarding eligibility to vote and to be a candidate.)
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0822

Introduced
3/14/25  
Provides that when 2 or more individuals associate to accomplish the crime of shoplifting, that they would be deemed to be associated for the particular purpose of shoplifting and be guilty of a felony.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0824

Introduced
3/14/25  
Creates the reproductive freedom and gender affirming care health data privacy act.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0827

Introduced
3/14/25  
Allows casino workers to receive overtime pay for working Sundays and Holidays.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0832

Introduced
3/14/25  
Permits continuation of instructor-led virtual instruction for drivers’ education for two-year period. Board of education required to provide report comparing test scores of virtual versus in-person instruction to house speaker and senate president.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0846

Introduced
3/19/25  
Prohibits healthcare providers and health plans from denying the payment of a medical bill, solely because the bill may have arisen from a third-party claim.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0847

Introduced
3/19/25  
Requires certain health care facilities to allow a terminally ill patient’s use of medicinal cannabis within the health care facility, subject to certain restrictions.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0848

Introduced
3/19/25  
Refer
3/19/25  
Report Pass
6/2/25  
Imposes a hospital licensing fee for fiscal year 2026 against net patient-services revenue of every non-government owned hospital for the hospital’s first fiscal year ending on or after January 1, 2024.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0852

Introduced
3/19/25  
Requires that all agencies' final rules, promulgated pursuant to the administrative procedures act, be approved by general assembly action, but in no case later than December 31 of the year it is promulgated before it can become effective.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0862

Introduced
3/21/25  
Requires applications for energy facilities to take into consideration the 2021 Act on Climate and how the facility may advance or delay the greenhouse gas emissions reductions.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0864

Introduced
3/21/25  
Bans wildlife killing contests on both public and private lands in the state.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0866

Introduced
3/21/25  
Provides a three thousand dollar ($3,000) stipend to a qualified applicant who successfully completes the job training program of the department of human services or department of children, youth and families.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0834

Introduced
3/18/25  
SENATE RESOLUTION CELEBRATING ST. PATRICK’S DAY AND HONORS IRELAND’S ROLE IN THE UNITED STATES WAR OF INDEPENDENCE