Rhode Island State Senator

Melissa Murray 2025 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 11)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0486

Introduced
2/26/25  
Establishes a process whereby large drug manufacturers, may be penalized for prescription drug price increases where there is no, or inadequate, new evidence to support the price increase.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0504

Introduced
2/26/25  
Requires cities and towns to permit attached single-family dwellings in any residential zoning districts and each such dwelling would be entitled to its own parcel thorough subdivision regardless lot size or base zone standards.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0511

Introduced
2/26/25  
Removes the five (5) year waiting period for filing a motion to seal an eviction court file. It also deletes the numerical limitation on filing seal requests.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0523

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Report Pass
5/27/25  
Engrossed
5/29/25  
Enrolled
6/10/25  
Provides that commercial driver instruction would include industry-specific training on the recognition, prevention, and reporting of human trafficking.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0530

Introduced
2/26/25  
Precludes a person who pled nolo contendere or convicted of a misdemeanor offense and sentenced in accordance with the hate crime sentencing enhancement act for such misdemeanor, from purchasing, owning, carrying, transporting or having possession firearm
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0543

Introduced
2/26/25  
Defines a vape shop and exempt it from the prohibition of selling electronic nicotine-delivery system products.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0549

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Report Pass
6/10/25  
Requires hotel employees and short-term rental property operators to annually receive human trafficking awareness training. The operator of the premises shall maintain records of the completed training.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0550

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Report Pass
6/2/25  
Allows animal control officers in the cities and towns to lawfully take charge of and provide adequate care to any animal found abandoned or neglected or hazardously accumulated and would increase penalties for malicious injury to or killing of animals.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0553

Introduced
2/26/25  
Tenants with disabilities may request to keep an emotional support animals.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0559

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Report Pass
5/27/25  
Refer
6/14/25  
Report Pass
6/16/25  
Engrossed
6/18/25  
Engrossed
6/20/25  
Increases imprisonment penalties and adds mandatory community service for violations of § 4-1-9.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0574

Introduced
2/26/25  
Provides that a hearing required before a judge or magistrate may adjudge a motorist in contempt for failure to comply with the court's orders regarding a conditional hardship license, and defines penalties for violation of a hardship/interlock order.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0578

Introduced
2/26/25  
Provides that the prescription label for medication abortion prescription drugs shall include the name of the dispensing health care practice instead of the name of the dispenser.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0588

Introduced
2/26/25  
Provides for paid leave for a state employee who donates an organ. The duration of the leave is dependent on the type of donation and notice should be provided to the employer at least thirty (30) days prior to the leave.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0589

Introduced
2/26/25  
Requires small employers with one to fifty (1-50) employees and large employers with fifty (50) or more employees to pay overtime wages to exempt workers if their salary exceeds varying multipliers of minimum wage for a forty (40) hour workweek.
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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.