Rhode Island State Representative

Matthew Dawson 2025 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 2)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5204

Introduced
1/24/25  
Allows an individual school district that can utilize its own buses or vendors at a lower cost than the statewide system, to obtain reimbursement for these costs from state funds.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5222

Introduced
1/29/25  
Refer
1/29/25  
Report Pass
5/27/25  
Engrossed
6/3/25  
Establishes concurrent jurisdiction between the Rhode Island Family Court and the Federal Government for the purposes of adjudicating minors who have allegedly committed a crime while residing on a military installation located in Rhode Island.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5223

Introduced
1/29/25  
Provides a remedy for any harm caused due to deprivation or violation of rights secured by the Rhode Island Constitution due to acts of the State of Rhode Island.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5230

Introduced
1/29/25  
Affords an option for police and firefighters to receive retirement allowances, without reduction, who seek retirement after twenty (20) years of service upon reaching age fifty-seven (57).
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5259

Introduced
1/31/25  
Prohibits the suspension of any person’s operators’ or chauffeurs’ license or their vehicle registration unless upon conviction of driving offenses.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5266

Introduced
1/31/25  
Refer
1/31/25  
Report Pass
6/5/25  
Engrossed
6/12/25  
Enrolled
6/18/25  
Requires the employers of unionized public school teachers, municipal employees and state employees, to provide the union, at least once every 120 days, a list of all their employees in their union, as well as their personal and demographic information.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5271

Introduced
1/31/25  
Authorizes retired police officers and firefighters to earn income in addition to their earnable compensation; provided that, the amount would not exceed 5 times the rate of earnable compensation currently in force.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5280

Introduced
1/31/25  
Establishes the Higher Education Opportunities for Students with Disabilities Act.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5283

Introduced
1/31/25  
Adds department of corrections' correctional officers to the list of public safety employees that are entitled to their full salary if they are injured and become disabled as a result of performance of their job duties.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5316

Introduced
2/5/25  
Establishes the Housing Flexible Spending Account Act of 2025 allowing Rhode Island employers to contribute pre-tax income into a housing flexible spending account (H-FSA), for employees to be used for qualified housing expenses.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5320

Introduced
2/5/25  
Prohibits the Rhode Island medical assistance program and managed care organizations that it contracts with from requiring prior authorization or step therapy protocol for a prescription of a nonpreferred anticonvulsant or antipsychotic.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5322

Introduced
2/5/25  
Refer
2/5/25  
Report Pass
6/17/25  
Engrossed
6/18/25  
Engrossed
6/21/25  
Extends the sunset provision allowing retired teachers to substitute teach for up to 180 days from June 20, 2025 until July 1, 2026.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5349

Introduced
2/7/25  
Refer
2/7/25  
Report Pass
4/22/25  
Engrossed
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.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5265

Introduced
1/31/25  
Refer
1/31/25  
Report Pass
5/27/25  
Engrossed
6/12/25  
Defines the apportionment of financial responsibilities for expenses and improvements to the real property of the life estate between the life tenant and remainder man.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5300

Introduced
2/5/25  
Refer
2/5/25  
Report Pass
3/25/25  
Engrossed
4/1/25  
Refer
5/2/25  
Report Pass
6/18/25  
Engrossed
6/20/25  
Engrossed
6/20/25  
Considers election officials and poll workers "public officials" for purposes of the prohibition on making threats to public officials.