Rhode Island State Representative

Robert Phillips 2025 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 2)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5193

Introduced
1/24/25  
Refer
1/24/25  
Report Pass
6/12/25  
Engrossed
6/16/25  
Creates a voluntary program through which registrants of electric and hybrid motor vehicles can request stickers to affix to enclosures housing such vehicles to promote first responders' safety in responding to electrical fires.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5262

Introduced
1/31/25  
Adds school superintendents, central office officials, school principals, and all other school employees, to the definition of a “public official” for purposes of the criminal prohibition against making threats to public officials.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5277

Introduced
1/31/25  
Changes the process of nominating candidates for the general election, by replacing the political party primary with a primary general election.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5287

Introduced
2/4/25  
HOUSE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING FEBRUARY OF 2025, AS "BLACK HISTORY MONTH" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5292

Introduced
2/5/25  
Refer
2/5/25  
Report Pass
3/25/25  
Engrossed
4/22/25  
Refer
5/2/25  
Report Pass
6/10/25  
Enrolled
6/18/25  
Requires that the basic education program data collection information for students that attend career and technical education schools be charged to the receiving school district and not the sending school district.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5294

Introduced
2/5/25  
Creates the Old Growth Forest Protection Act to provide protection for state-owned forestland in their natural state prohibiting extractive logging and clearcutting in any forest on state-owned land.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5316

Introduced
2/5/25  
Establishes the Housing Flexible Spending Account Act of 2025 allowing Rhode Island employers to contribute pre-tax income into a housing flexible spending account (H-FSA), for employees to be used for qualified housing expenses.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5323

Introduced
2/5/25  
JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $500,000 TO SOJOURNER HOUSE IN RHODE ISLAND (Authorizes the appropriation of the sum of $500,000 to Sojourner House to support its permanent housing development program that provides safe, secure housing to individuals and families fleeing from dangerous situations.)
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5393

Introduced
2/7/25  
Requires that all maintenance of sidewalks along state highways, with the exception of snow and ice removal, be the responsibility of the state.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5403

Introduced
2/7/25  
Repeals the corporation minimum tax.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5405

Introduced
2/7/25  
Establishes a restricted receipt account for the benefit of the Rhode Island public transit authority, funded by sales taxes collected from ride-share companies, which said sales taxes would be exempt from indirect cost recovery provisions.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5215

Introduced
1/29/25  
Refer
1/29/25  
Report Pass
2/11/25  
Engrossed
2/27/25  
Provides that health clubs must discontinue automatic deductions from the consumer's account or credit card within 30 calendar days of receiving a notice to stop from the consumer.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5231

Introduced
1/29/25  
Refer
1/29/25  
Report Pass
2/27/25  
Engrossed
3/13/25  
Refer
3/21/25  
Report Pass
5/27/25  
Enrolled
6/10/25  
Provides that commercial driver instruction would include industry-specific training on the recognition, prevention, and reporting of human trafficking.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5236

Introduced
1/29/25  
Subjects residential properties which are a part of certain federal programs to a 12% tax of the prior year's rental income.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5301

Introduced
2/5/25  
Expands responsibilities of agencies, persons or entities that store, own, collect, process, maintain, acquire, use, or licenses data, who experiences a security breach, include providing additional information to persons affected and law enforcement