Rhode Island State Senator

Mark McKenney 2025 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 7)

Legislative Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0453

Introduced
2/26/25  
Requires that the state's share to public libraries be fixed at twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount appropriated by the city or town in their budgets for fiscal year 2026.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0457

Introduced
2/26/25  
Provides funding to establish a dual language program within the department of elementary and secondary education. It also describe how to implement he Support and Access to Bilingual Education “SABE Act” for all Local Education Agencies “LEA” recipients.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0459

Introduced
2/26/25  
Amend a provision in the general laws relative to additional benefits payable to retired judges and their surviving spouses.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0499

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Report Pass
6/2/25  
Engrossed
6/4/25  
Enrolled
6/18/25  
Establishes the assessed value of owner-occupied low- and moderate-income housing as the most recent sales price of the property.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0507

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Report Pass
6/2/25  
Engrossed
6/12/25  
Enrolled
6/18/25  
Requires associations to provide unit owners within thirty (30) days notice of any increase in the deductible application to the association’s policy.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0508

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Report Pass
6/2/25  
Engrossed
6/12/25  
Enrolled
6/18/25  
Creates process for condominium associations to give notice to and obtain approval from unit mortgage holders for certain association actions by mailing a written request for approval to the unit mortgagees via regular and certified mail.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0509

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Report Pass
6/2/25  
Engrossed
6/12/25  
Engrossed
6/18/25  
Provides that the “meetings” requirements from § 34-36.1-3.08 be applicable to condominiums created before July 1, 1982, and would permit remote participation in condominium meetings.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0460

Introduced
2/26/25  
Expands the DCYF powers by overseeing and administer comprehensive behavioral health services for children with serious emotional disturbances and children with developmental or functional disabilities.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0461

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Report Pass
5/27/25  
Caps the total amount that a covered person is required to pay for a covered prescription inhaler, prescription device, or prescription equipment to twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per thirty (30) day supply.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0462

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Report Pass
5/6/25  
Engrossed
5/13/25  
Refer
5/14/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Engrossed
5/29/25  
Removes the sunset provision of the four (4) year pilot program to prevent drug overdoses through the establishment of harm reduction centers and creates a permanent program for harm reduction centers.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0475

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Report Pass
5/6/25  
Engrossed
5/13/25  
Refer
5/14/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Engrossed
5/29/25  
Requires public or private golf courses to have an automated external defibrillator on the premises.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0477

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Report Pass
5/1/25  
Engrossed
5/6/25  
Includes any costs paid by an enrollee or on behalf of the enrollee by a third party when calculating an enrollee’s overall contribution to any out-of-pocket maximum or cost sharing requirement under a health plan as of January 1, 2026.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0494

Introduced
2/26/25  
Allows unpaid fines for violations of municipal ordinances to be recorded as alien in the land records, where the violating real property is located. The lien would be added to amount of real estate taxes owed on the property at issue.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0496

Introduced
2/26/25  
Provides that the “meetings” requirements from § 34-36.1-3.08 be applicable to condominiums created before July 1, 1982, and would permit remote participation in condominium meetings.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0514

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Engrossed
5/22/25  
Refer
5/23/25  
Report Pass
6/3/25  
Engrossed
6/10/25  
Requires the state retirement board to publish online all archived video or audio recordings and all future recordings of meetings of the board.