Rhode Island State Senator

Melissa Murray 2025 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 16)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0739

Introduced
3/7/25  
Makes all causes of action based on sexual abuse or exploitation of a child not subject to any statute of limitations whether the claim has lapsed or was previously time-barred.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0740

Introduced
3/7/25  
Creates process for individual to voluntarily be either temporarily or indefinitely added to a list restricting their rights to purchase or possess firearms.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0744

Introduced
3/7/25  
Refer
3/7/25  
Report Pass
6/2/25  
Engrossed
6/10/25  
Engrossed
6/17/25  
Gives authority to the department of labor and training to enforce violations of the laws relating to corrosion prevention and mitigation work requirements. It also adds civil monetary penalties for violations of those laws.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0770

Introduced
3/14/25  
Provides that stores offering food product discounts must provide the same discounts to in store customers that are offered to customers using electronic digital coupons.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0773

Introduced
3/14/25  
Provides that the school year for all public schools, including traditional public and public charter schools, independent charter schools, and mayoral academies, would start on the same date of each calendar year.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0774

Introduced
3/14/25  
Refer
3/14/25  
Report Pass
4/30/25  
Engrossed
5/6/25  
RELATING EDUCATION -- COUNCIL ON ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0776

Introduced
3/14/25  
Increases the federal adjusted gross income threshold for modification for taxable social security income. Amends references to federal adjusted gross income as pertains to modification of taxable retirement income from certain pension plans or annuities.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0783

Introduced
3/14/25  
Refer
3/14/25  
Report Pass
6/18/25  
Engrossed
6/20/25  
Enrolled
6/20/25  
Increases the threshold limit for charitable organizations with an annual gross income of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) to one million dollars ($1,000,000) or more.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0786

Introduced
3/14/25  
Refer
3/14/25  
Report Pass
6/10/25  
Prohibits prior authorization or a step therapy protocol for the prescription of a nonpreferred medication on their drug formulary used to assess or treat an enrollee's bipolar disorder, schizophrenia or schizotypal.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0787

Introduced
3/14/25  
Supports the role of independent family council and makes the waiting list transparent by requiring nursing facilities with more than thirty percent (30%) self-pay residents to admit applicants on a first-come-first-served basis for non-private rooms.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0742

Introduced
3/7/25  
Refer
3/7/25  
Report Pass
6/2/25  
Engrossed
6/10/25  
Enrolled
6/18/25  
Updates public records administration act, modifies records control schedule, designates records officer, establishes procedures for retention of records. Provides administrator submit yearly reports, establishes public reporting compliance.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0759

Introduced
3/11/25  
SENATE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING MARCH OF 2025, AS "COLORECTAL CANCER AWARENESS MONTH" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0760

Introduced
3/11/25  
SENATE RESOLUTION CELEBRATING THE 4TH ANNUAL "RI CRAFT BEER WEEK" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND ON MARCH 7TH THROUGH MARCH 16TH OF 2025
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0761

Introduced
3/11/25  
Refer
3/11/25  
Report Pass
6/18/25  
Engrossed
6/20/25  
Engrossed
6/20/25  
This pilot program would create a $3,000 trust for each Rhode Island child ages zero to one year born to a family enrolled in the Rhode Island Works Program (“RI Works”) during the preceding calendar year.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0771

Introduced
3/14/25  
Refer
3/14/25  
Report Pass
5/7/25  
Engrossed
5/13/25  
Refer
5/14/25  
Report Pass
6/10/25  
Engrossed
6/18/25  
Requires every public school to have a policy regarding the use of personal electronic devices on school grounds.