Rhode Island State Senator

Pamela Lauria 2025 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 8)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0484

Introduced
2/26/25  
Establishes, encourages and supports the establishment of family councils and resident councils in managed residential communities providing assisted living services.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0485

Introduced
2/26/25  
Limits prior authorization requirements for rehabilitative and habilitative services. Also prohibits prior authorization for the first twelve (12) visits of a new episode of care and for ninety (90) days following a chronic pain diagnosis.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0524

Introduced
2/26/25  
Requires state use actual residences of persons in government custody for redistricting purposes. Information would be collected by the department of corrections and forwarded to the division of statewide planning, to be utilized for redistricting.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0525

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Report Pass
6/18/25  
Requires submission of a domestic violence/sexual assault reporting form when the domestic violence response or investigation involves a verbal argument or dispute.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0526

Introduced
2/26/25  
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 Senate Bill S0532

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Engrossed
5/22/25  
Refer
5/23/25  
Report Pass
5/29/25  
Engrossed
6/3/25  
Allows boats and marine assets to utilize the overweight oversize annual blanket permit that was in effect until 2022, and for the resumption of the prior practice of permitting for boats and marine asset transportation.
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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 S0591

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Report Pass
3/19/25  
Engrossed
3/25/25  
Refer
3/26/25  
Report Pass
4/3/25  
Engrossed
4/10/25  
Engrossed
5/1/25  
Names the new Sakonnet River Bridge as the “Staff Sergeant Christopher Potts Sakonnet River Bridge.”
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0607

Introduced
3/6/25  
Makes a series of amendments to several statutes regarding businesses and professions to provide clarity or align with new federal requirements.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0610

Introduced
3/6/25  
Refer
3/6/25  
Report Pass
5/13/25  
Engrossed
5/20/25  
Refer
5/21/25  
Report Pass
6/18/25  
Engrossed
6/20/25  
Engrossed
6/20/25  
Adds several consumer protections to existing Medicare Supplement law.

Primary 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 S0487

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Report Pass
6/2/25  
Engrossed
6/4/25  
Engrossed
6/20/25  
Prohibits any healthcare facility, from asking the legal immigration status of any patient.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0541

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Report Pass
6/2/25  
Engrossed
6/10/25  
Enrolled
6/18/25  
Increases from 7 days to 9 days the period of time in which a request for a recount of the votes cast can be made to the board of elections and no certificates of election may be issued until the recount, if any, is completed.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0575

Introduced
2/26/25  
Makes persons seventy (70) years of age or older eligible for exemption from jury service.
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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.