Rhode Island State Representative

Megan Cotter Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5746

Introduced
2/26/25  
Relieves East Providence from providing any educational/financial resources to children in the CRAFT program or other Bradley Hospital programs. Requires the school district of origin where the student was last registered to bear this responsibility.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5752

Introduced
2/26/25  
Imposes a property tax on non-owner occupied residential properties assessed worth at one million dollars ($1,000,000) and less than two million dollars ($2,000,000) and a higher tax on properties assessed at two million dollars ($2,000,000) or more.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5756

Introduced
2/26/25  
Allows a municipality to set its own conveyance tax rate for residential properties sold in excess of $900,000.00 at $10 per $500. Provides collected taxes to be in a restricted account and distributed within 2 years for affordable housing.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5772

Introduced
2/26/25  
Increases individual, group, and Medicaid insurance rates of reimbursement for ambulance and wheelchair van services to be equal to reimbursement rates provided by Medicare for the same medical services.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5795

Introduced
2/27/25  
Refer
2/27/25  
Report Pass
4/8/25  
Amends the administration requirements a zoning ordinance must provide and/or designate and would require that zoning certificates be issued within 20 days of the written request.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5796

Introduced
2/27/25  
Refer
2/27/25  
Adds an additional purpose to the standard provisions list that a zoning ordinance is required to address.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5799

Introduced
2/27/25  
Refer
2/27/25  
Report Pass
3/20/25  
Report Pass
5/6/25  
Engrossed
5/15/25  
Provides that minor subdivisions would include oversized lot subdivisions under certain circumstances and relative to zoning ordinances, permit a modification to allow "neighborhood character-based modifications" under certain circumstances.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5802

Introduced
2/27/25  
Refer
2/27/25  
Report Pass
4/10/25  
Provides amendments to enable the development of state-owned vacant, abandoned or underutilized land for housing and the process therefore.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5803

Introduced
2/27/25  
Refer
2/27/25  
Report Pass
4/10/25  
Provides for the establishment and operation of an electronic permitting platform for all state and local permitting.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5781

Introduced
2/26/25  
Directs the general assembly to fund ten full time equivalent positions in FY 2026 to support DEM's efforts in the areas of forestry and forestry projects.