Rhode Island State Senator

Peter Appollonio 2025 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 8)

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Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0571

Introduced
2/26/25  
Amends the section of law relative to violations for driving after denial, revocation or suspension of a license and expands the list of offenses for which an unlicensed motorist would be in violation.
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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 S0581

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Report Pass
6/18/25  
Engrossed
6/20/25  
Engrossed
6/20/25  
Protect the personal information of judicial officers and their immediate family members who serve or have served the RI unified judicial system, as well as judicial officers who reside in RI and who serve or have served in the federal courts.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0587

Introduced
2/26/25  
Allows unemployment benefits for workers who are on strike or are locked out of their workplaces by their employer due to a labor dispute.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0592

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Report Pass
4/30/25  
Engrossed
5/6/25  
Creates a special license plate for the charity Real Access Motivates Progress, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.
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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 S0608

Introduced
3/6/25  
Refer
3/6/25  
Report Pass
6/3/25  
Engrossed
6/10/25  
Enrolled
6/18/25  
Standardizes successor appointment language for various boards and adds language providing that a quorum be a majority of appointed members and the language applies across several healthcare professional boards that currently lack this language.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0619

Introduced
3/6/25  
Prohibits individuals from conveying items to or from the training school for youth without prior consent by the executive director of the division of youth development at the department of children, youth and families.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0621

Introduced
3/6/25  
Provides that advanced practice registered nurses have the same immunity from liability as physicians and surgeons.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0622

Introduced
3/6/25  
Refer
3/6/25  
Report Pass
6/2/25  
Eliminates the "until June 30, 2025" sunset on the increase in the total amount of earnings a partial-unemployment insurance claimant can receive before being entirely disqualified for unemployment insurance benefits.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0623

Introduced
3/6/25  
Refer
3/6/25  
Report Pass
6/2/25  
Amends the law relating to casino crimes to be consistent with the advent of iGaming and the relevant age restrictions to participate in iGaming.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0635

Introduced
3/7/25  
Requires immediate notification to the person in charge of the educational program when a child has a cardiac emergency and the head of the educational program must notify the department of education within 24 hours.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0638

Introduced
3/7/25  
Develops standards of civics education in grades K-12 teaching history in the state of Rhode Island, representative government, the rights and duties of actively engaged citizenship, principals of democracy, and media literacy.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0640

Introduced
3/7/25  
Refer
3/7/25  
Report Pass
4/30/25  
Engrossed
5/6/25  
Refer
5/7/25  
Report Pass
6/5/25  
Engrossed
6/12/25  
Updates the statutory terminology by replacing the phrase "institutions of higher learning" with that of "educational institutions" and redefines child daycare centers as educational institutions.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0659

Introduced
3/7/25  
Recalculates the retirement allowance related to early retirement and pension benefits for teachers, state employees and municipal employees.