Rhode Island State Senator

Mark McKenney 2025 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 9)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0576

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Report Pass
6/12/25  
Engrossed
6/17/25  
Engrossed
6/20/25  
Provides additional exception to prohibition on usage of wireless communication device while driving and clarifies that use for purpose of navigation must be while the device is mounted or otherwise affixed to vehicle and not held in the motorist's hand.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0587

Introduced
2/26/25  
Allows unemployment benefits for workers who are on strike or are locked out of their workplaces by their employer due to a labor dispute.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0592

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Report Pass
4/30/25  
Engrossed
5/6/25  
Creates a special license plate for the charity Real Access Motivates Progress, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0593

Introduced
2/26/25  
Prohibits public utilities, serving greater 100,000 customers from recovering through rates any direct or indirect cost associated with, amongst other costs, advertising, marketing, communications.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0601

Introduced
3/6/25  
Refer
3/6/25  
Report Pass
6/2/25  
Engrossed
6/10/25  
Engrossed
6/17/25  
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  
Refer
3/6/25  
Report Pass
6/17/25  
Engrossed
6/20/25  
Engrossed
6/20/25  
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 S0613

Introduced
3/6/25  
Refer
3/6/25  
Report Pass
6/5/25  
Provides that businesses awarded tax credits, under the qualified jobs incentive act, within a specified time period are able to submit certain required documentation by December 31, 2025.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0614

Introduced
3/6/25  
Refer
3/6/25  
Report Pass
6/5/25  
Engrossed
6/10/25  
Enrolled
6/18/25  
Provides technical and other corrections to various general laws relating to taxation.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0618

Introduced
3/6/25  
Refer
3/6/25  
Report Pass
4/3/25  
Engrossed
5/1/25  
Refer
5/2/25  
Report Pass
6/12/25  
Enrolled
6/18/25  
Provides an exemption for certain incarcerated persons from the payment of fees for a first request for vital statistics from the department of health.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0626

Introduced
3/6/25  
Refer
3/6/25  
Report Pass
6/2/25  
Engrossed
6/10/25  
Enrolled
6/17/25  
Requires municipalities to maintain and update a list of CRMC designated rights-of-way to tidal areas in their municipality.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0628

Introduced
3/7/25  
Refer
3/7/25  
Report Pass
6/18/25  
Extends certain protocols applicable to vehicle manufacturers to their distributors and factory branches, updates definitions relative to common entities and sales.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0636

Introduced
3/7/25  
Refer
3/7/25  
Report Pass
4/30/25  
Engrossed
5/6/25  
Refer
5/7/25  
Report Pass
5/27/25  
Enrolled
6/17/25  
Amends the definitions of a “pupil transportation vehicle” to a vehicle contrasted to seat not more than ten (10) passengers plus the operator, rather than the existing limit of eight (8) passengers.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0639

Introduced
3/7/25  
Creates the School Libraries Act.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0594

Introduced
2/28/25  
Refer
2/28/25  
Report Pass
3/6/25  
SENATE RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE RULES OF THE SENATE FOR YEARS 2025-2026
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0635

Introduced
3/7/25  
Requires immediate notification to the person in charge of the educational program when a child has a cardiac emergency and the head of the educational program must notify the department of education within 24 hours.