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 S0497

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of the Center for Southeast Asians.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0498

Introduced
2/26/25  
Exempts from taxation the non-commercial real and tangible personal property of Southside Community Land Trust, a Rhode Island domestic nonprofit corporation, located in Providence, Rhode Island.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0501

Introduced
2/26/25  
Authorizes municipalities to make an emergency declaration under limited circumstances to allow for the construction and use of SAVE Units on a temporary basis which have specialized requirements and exemptions from the state fire and building codes.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0504

Introduced
2/26/25  
Requires cities and towns to permit attached single-family dwellings in any residential zoning districts and each such dwelling would be entitled to its own parcel thorough subdivision regardless lot size or base zone standards.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0511

Introduced
2/26/25  
Removes the five (5) year waiting period for filing a motion to seal an eviction court file. It also deletes the numerical limitation on filing seal requests.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0512

Introduced
2/26/25  
Creates the division of civil representation within the department of housing and require civil representation by a Designated Legal Organization to provide legal representation to all tenants who qualify in eviction proceedings.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0531

Introduced
2/26/25  
Makes several amendments to the cannabis act relating to applications for licensure, the social equity assistance program and the application of cannabis tax revenue.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0533

Introduced
2/26/25  
Establishes the restrictive housing oversight committee ("committee") for the purpose of monitoring the use of restrictive housing ("solitary confinement"), as well as disciplinary and administrative confinement at the department of corrections.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0534

Introduced
2/26/25  
Comprehensively regulates the practices of third-party litigation financiers in Rhode Island.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0535

Introduced
2/26/25  
Increases number of members of the state crime laboratory commission 9, changes makeup of commission to include individuals with expertise in law enforcement, criminal defense, scientific research, makes chair of department of physics executive secretary.