Rhode Island State Senator

Melissa Murray 2025 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 5)

Legislative Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0196

Introduced
2/7/25  
Refer
2/7/25  
Report Pass
3/13/25  
Engrossed
3/20/25  
Caps amount payable for 30 day supply of equipment/supplies for insulin administration/glucose monitoring at $25 or equipment designed to last more than 30 days with no deductible commencing January 1, 2026.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0218

Introduced
2/10/25  
SENATE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF GEORGE MARTELL EGAN
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0219

Introduced
2/10/25  
SENATE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO THE OZANIAN FAMILY ON THE PASSING OF JAMES W. OZANIAN

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0198

Introduced
2/7/25  
Refer
2/7/25  
Report Pass
5/27/25  
Engrossed
6/3/25  
Enrolled
6/17/25  
Permits physical therapists to continue to order diagnostic imaging as an authorized practice of physical therapy beyond December 31, 2025.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0205

Introduced
2/7/25  
Prohibit the family court from detaining any juvenile or committing any juvenile, under the age of 12 years, to the training school, for any offense other than murder, first degree sexual assault, or an attempt to commit such offenses.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0210

Introduced
2/7/25  
Allows on and after September 1, 2025, an owner of motor vehicle(s) to transfer ownership and registration of said vehicle on their death, by a certificate of title designation and requires DMV to amend title forms, to include transfer-on-death language.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0215

Introduced
2/7/25  
Commencing January 1, 2026, this act would increase the minimum wage for employees receiving gratuities from the current $3.89 to $6.75 per hour.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0220

Introduced
2/10/25  
Refer
2/10/25  
Report Pass
5/1/25  
Engrossed
5/6/25  
Amends Rhode Island’s existing healthcare services funding plan act by adding an account relating to a new psychiatry resource network to fund Rhode Island’s present PediPRN and MomsPRN.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0221

Introduced
2/10/25  
Provides certain controls over prescription drug costs by imposing transparency, oversight and accountability requirements on commercial insurers and their pharmacy benefit managers.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0222

Introduced
2/10/25  
Requires pharmacy benefit managers to reimburse pharmacist no less than national drug acquisition costs plus fee.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0231

Introduced
2/13/25  
Establishes a task force managed by the children’s cabinet to develop recommendations to improve access to early intervention and early childhood special education services.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0232

Introduced
2/13/25  
Prohibits an educational institution or school district from accessing or using location data for tracking a student's institutional device or personal device, except in limited circumstances.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0235

Introduced
2/13/25  
Refer
2/13/25  
Report Pass
6/17/25  
Engrossed
6/18/25  
Engrossed
6/20/25  
Requires the school board or committees of cities and towns to establish a safety and behavioral health committee and also lays out the representation requirements committee responsibilities to ensure a stable learning environment for all students.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0240

Introduced
2/13/25  
Creates the Rhode Island Childcare Assistance Program that governs both family eligibility for the state’s childcare subsidy program and expands eligibility for the program to meet the federal eligibility benchmark.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0244

Introduced
2/13/25  
Increases the Rhode Island earned-income credit to twenty percent (20%) on January 1, 2026. Such credit would not exceed the amount of state income tax.