Rhode Island State Senator

Samuel Bell Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0536

Introduced
2/26/25  
Modifies the real estate sales disclosure form to include the disclosure of “blower door diagnostic air leakage testing” and advises that air leakage testing is recommended prior to purchasing a residential unit.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0537

Introduced
2/26/25  
Limits the ability for any federal immigration authority to investigate, detain, apprehend or arrest any individuals for potential violations of federal immigration laws without a judicial warrant within certain protected locations.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0543

Introduced
2/26/25  
Defines a vape shop and exempt it from the prohibition of selling electronic nicotine-delivery system products.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0577

Introduced
2/26/25  
Prohibits family court from detaining or committing any youth, 12 years or younger, to training school, for any offense other than murder, first degree sexual assault, or an attempt to commit such offenses there is no other reasonable placement.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0589

Introduced
2/26/25  
Requires small employers with one to fifty (1-50) employees and large employers with fifty (50) or more employees to pay overtime wages to exempt workers if their salary exceeds varying multipliers of minimum wage for a forty (40) hour workweek.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0708

Introduced
3/7/25  
Municipalities required to amend zoning ordinances, to include special listed provisions, to authorize development incentives to increase development density or dimensional flexibility, identify provisions to promote and regulate commercial developments.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0542

Introduced
2/26/25  
Reduces penalties for non-violent drug offenses and provide for terms of imprisonment of not more than 10 years for any drug offense and would repeal certain other offenses.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0545

Introduced
2/26/25  
Provides for tiered and reduced penalties for offenses of larceny, and shoplifting. Further provides that offenses of shoplifting or larceny would not be misdemeanors, repeals habitual offender provisions and other fraudulent offenses.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0548

Introduced
2/26/25  
Authorizes municipalities to license facilities being used as adult sex venues. The department of health would regulate the health safety standards.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0583

Introduced
2/26/25  
Requires a municipality to disclose on their official website the specific issues, details and costs of any legal action of which the town or city is a named defendant.