Rhode Island State Representative

Matthew Dawson 2024 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Legislative Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7016

Introduced
1/5/24  
Forbids a motor vehicle liability insurance carrier from considering the zip code of where an insured lives for purposes of calculating their policy premium.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7019

Introduced
1/5/24  
Refer
1/5/24  
Report Pass
5/15/24  
Engrossed
5/23/24  
Establishes "workplace readiness week". It requires all public high schools, including charter schools, to annually observe that week by providing information to students on their rights as workers and specifies the topics that must be covered.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7022

Introduced
1/5/24  
Refer
1/5/24  
Report Pass
6/10/24  
Engrossed
6/11/24  
Engrossed
6/13/24  
Engrossed
6/13/24  
Requires the chief resilience officer (CRO) be charged with creation/maintenance/updating of the state's resiliency/recovery program along with climate change resiliency plan with ocean/riverine coasts resilience advisory board.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7029

Introduced
1/5/24  
Refer
1/5/24  
Engrossed
6/13/24  
Enrolled
6/14/24  
Increases the maximum post retirement employment earnings from eighteen thousand dollars ($18,000) to twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) a year for certain retired educators.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7031

Introduced
1/5/24  
Repeals the provision that requires new applicants for employment under this section to pay the expense for their background checks.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7033

Introduced
1/5/24  
Provides the executive office of health and human services would submit to the US Department of Health and Human Services a state plan to set rates for chiropractic services.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7035

Introduced
1/5/24  
Appropriates $1,875,000 for the creation of a 9-8-8 suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline within the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals (BHDDH).
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7037

Introduced
1/5/24  
Exempts from the sales tax scalp hair prosthesis or wigs that are necessary due to hair loss from a medical condition.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7052

Introduced
1/5/24  
Prohibits the declawing of cats by any surgical procedure to amputate or modify a portion of a cat's paw in order to remove the cat's claws. Does not apply to any procedure performed for a therapeutic purpose.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7053

Introduced
1/5/24  
Refer
1/5/24  
Report Pass
6/11/24  
Permits those persons with felony convictions to have up to six misdemeanor offenses expunged from their criminal record.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7063

Introduced
1/5/24  
Incorporates universal design principals into new construction of low- and moderate-income housing to provide greater accessibility for persons with disabilities.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7068

Introduced
1/5/24  
Refer
1/5/24  
Report Pass
1/30/24  
Engrossed
2/1/24  
Enrolled
2/1/24  
Provides that the center for Biotechnology and Life Sciences building at the University of Rhode Island be named as "Joseph '56 Ruby DeChristofaro Center for Biotechnology and Life Sciences."
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7135

Introduced
1/10/24  
HOUSE RESOLUTION EXTENDING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF ALAN SUMNER FLINK
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7188

Introduced
1/16/24  
HOUSE RESOLUTION HONORING AND JOYOUSLY CELEBRATING THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY OF RHODE ISLAND
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7197

Introduced
1/17/24  
Refer
1/17/24  
Report Pass
6/10/24  
Engrossed
6/11/24  
Increases insurance coverage for hearing aids from one thousand five hundred dollars to one thousand seven hundred fifty dollars, per ear, for all people regardless of age.