Rhode Island State Senator

Mark McKenney 2025 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 5)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0332

Introduced
2/21/25  
Exempts individual retirement accounts as a countable resource for public assistance. This act also prohibits the state as a creditor against an ABLE account in the event of death of a beneficiary.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0334

Introduced
2/21/25  
Provides that a school district could elect and choose to not spend money on any mandate that is not fully funded through the state education aid formula.
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Rhode Island Senate Bill S0335

Introduced
2/21/25  
Removes the exemption from the state hotel tax for residences rented in their entirety. Effective 1/1/2026.
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Rhode Island Senate Bill S0338

Introduced
2/21/25  
Establishes a fee on companies that sell fossil fuels in Rhode Island and establishes a fund to disburse the collected funds.
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Rhode Island Senate Bill S0341

Introduced
2/21/25  
Provides a full property tax exemption for a veteran’s real property used as the veteran's primary residence.
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Rhode Island Senate Bill S0349

Introduced
2/21/25  
Allows for a qualified abandonment of public town roads which grants a public easement over said road allowing it to be converted to walking, biking, and hiking trails and access to parks, nature preserves and other recreational facilities.
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Rhode Island Senate Bill S0356

Introduced
2/21/25  
Refer
2/21/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Engrossed
5/22/25  
Refer
5/23/25  
Report Pass
6/5/25  
Enrolled
6/10/25  
Provides that a communication between an attorney and client acting as a trustee or other fiduciary, is privileged and protected from disclosure to the same extent as if the client was acting in his, her, or its individual capacity.
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Rhode Island Senate Bill S0357

Introduced
2/21/25  
Requires persons convicted of driving under influence or refusal to submit to chemical test, to have an ignition interlock system installed in vehicle as part of sentence and to pay an assessment to pay for the systems for indigent defendants.
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Rhode Island Senate Bill S0359

Introduced
2/21/25  
Refer
2/21/25  
Report Pass
6/18/25  
Engrossed
6/20/25  
Engrossed
6/20/25  
Establishes the Rhode Island Assault Weapons Ban Act of 2025.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0362

Introduced
2/21/25  
Exempts foster care individuals from drivers education fee at community college of Rhode Island.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0367

Introduced
2/24/25  
SENATE RESOLUTION JOYOUSLY CELEBRATING THE 90TH BIRTHDAY OF ROBERT EDWARD KENAHAN ON FEBRUARY 8TH, 2025

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0342

Introduced
2/21/25  
JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $32,594,799 TO THE RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY (Authorizes the appropriation of the sum of $32,594,799 to the RI Public Transit Authority to continue services, hire and train more bus operators, and implement the State's Act on Climate goals.)
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0345

Introduced
2/21/25  
Refer
2/21/25  
Report Pass
6/2/25  
Engrossed
6/4/25  
Enrolled
6/18/25  
Allows for the enactment of the dietitian licensure compact permitting a licensed dietitian from another state to become licensed within the state, and also permitting a dietitian licensed by the state to become licensed in another compact state.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0353

Introduced
2/21/25  
Extends time for a party to apply for stay of arbitration to180 days; invalidates any provision that penalizes a party for seeking legal representation; requires arbitrator to provide notice of default to a party for failure to pay fees.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0374

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Report Pass
6/5/25  
2022) (Implements technical corrections to the transition rules for transactions governed by 2024 Public Laws Chapters 65 and 66 regarding security interests in emerging technologies.