Rhode Island State Representative

Matthew Dawson 2025 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 7)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5871

Introduced
2/28/25  
Refer
2/28/25  
Report Pass
3/18/25  
Engrossed
4/8/25  
Refer
5/2/25  
Report Pass
6/18/25  
Enrolled
6/20/25  
Provides that public historical vital records maintained by the state archives shall not be amended.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5884

Introduced
2/28/25  
Exempts members of the Rhode Island judiciary from the restrictions on nontransparent windshields and windows in their motor vehicles.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5890

Introduced
2/28/25  
Specifies that it is unlawful for any person under the age of eighteen (18) to possess a firearm.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5892

Introduced
2/28/25  
Refer
2/28/25  
Report Pass
4/1/25  
Engrossed
4/8/25  
Refer
5/2/25  
Report Pass
6/18/25  
Engrossed
6/20/25  
Engrossed
6/20/25  
Protects the personal information of judicial officers and their immediate family members who serve or have served the RI unified judicial system, as well as judicial officers who reside in RI and who serve or have served in the federal courts.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5893

Introduced
2/28/25  
Refer
2/28/25  
Report Pass
5/22/25  
Engrossed
5/29/25  
Requires the electronic filing of domestic violence/sexual assault forms by law enforcement agencies, and enhances the information to be included on the reporting forms.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5894

Introduced
2/28/25  
Amends §§ 14-1-3 and 14-5-8, relating to possession of marijuana and proceedings in family court ensuring that children under 17 years of age in possession of less than 2 oz of marijuana are subject to the jurisdiction of the family court.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5897

Introduced
2/28/25  
Amends the section of law relative to violations for driving after denial, revocation or suspension of a license and expands the list of offenses for which an unlicensed motorist would be in violation.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5899

Introduced
2/28/25  
Refer
2/28/25  
Report Pass
3/25/25  
Engrossed
4/24/25  
Adds five (5) driving violations to the statute that defines aggressive driving.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5900

Introduced
2/28/25  
Refer
2/28/25  
Report Pass
3/25/25  
Engrossed
4/3/25  
Distinguishes, in two separate subsections, a first offense for reckless driving, which is a misdemeanor, and a second or subsequent offense for reckless driving, which is a felony.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5904

Introduced
2/28/25  
Provides that evidence of life or work expectancy shall be based on statistical data using blended statistics and shall not be based on race, ethnicity or sex.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5907

Introduced
2/28/25  
Makes litigation loan agreements subject to state usury laws.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5908

Introduced
2/28/25  
Provides for punitive damages in civil actions where there is willful or wanton conduct or a reckless disregard for health, safety and welfare.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5913

Introduced
2/28/25  
Provides that an agreement resolving a patent infringement claim, in connection with the sale of a pharmaceutical product, is to be presumed to have anticompetitive effects if a nonreference drug filer receives anything of value.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5931

Introduced
2/28/25  
Repeals the section of law relating to suspension of operator licenses for failure to pay fines.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5910

Introduced
2/28/25  
Adds the doctrine of assumption of risk to the current comparative negligence statute.