Rhode Island State Representative

Sherry Roberts 2025 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Legislative Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5060

Introduced
1/15/25  
HOUSE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING JANUARY OF 2025, AS "RHODE ISLAND SLAVERY AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION MONTH" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5077

Introduced
1/16/25  
Requires DCYF to establish segregated savings account for foster care child receiving SS, SSI, veterans benefits or railroad retirement benefits to manage the accounts and keep child eligible for future benefits.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5153

Introduced
1/23/25  
HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION TO THE MARZILLI FAMILY FOR MORE THAN SIX DECADES OF WONDERFUL MEMORIES AND DELIZIOSO FINE DINING AT MARZILLI'S OLD CANTEEN
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5177

Introduced
1/24/25  
Creates "Harter's Law" to extend the civil statute of limitations, for injuries resulting from first degree child abuse, to thirty-five (35) years.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5183

Introduced
1/24/25  
Allows lane filtering, the act of passing stopped or slow-moving vehicles proceeding in the same direction, for motorcycles at low speeds.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5213

Introduced
1/28/25  
HOUSE RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP AND VICE PRESIDENT JAMES DAVID VANCE ON THEIR ELECTION, AND RECOGNIZING THE 2024 ELECTION AS AN HISTORIC ELECTION
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5295

Introduced
2/5/25  
Criminalizes the knowing and intentional failure of a physician, nurse, or other licensed medical person to provide reasonable medical care and treatment to an infant born alive as a felony.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5296

Introduced
2/5/25  
Provides duties/obligations of medical personnel to born-alive infants resulting from an abortion punishable as a felony along with a civil action for compensatory/punitive damages/automatic one year license suspension.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5337

Introduced
2/7/25  
Allows charter schools to engage in nontraditional approaches to learning, permits local communities to adopt all-charter school public school model for public education.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5347

Introduced
2/7/25  
Provides that all extended benefits offered by DCYF to foster children shall be extended to children placed in guardianship.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5367

Introduced
2/7/25  
HOUSE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE MANNER IN WHICH HEALTH INSURANCE, DISABILITY INSURANCE, UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, RETIREMENT PLANS AND OTHER TRADITIONAL EMPLOYER PROVIDED BENEFITS ARE ACCORDED TO UBER AND LYFT DRIVERS, SELF EMPLOYED INDIVIDUALS, AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS ENGAGED IN PROVIDING SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC (Creates a 5 member commission to study the way insurance plans and traditional employer provided benefits are given to Uber and Lyft drivers, and others providing services to the public, and would report by January 5, 2026, and expire March 5, 20206.)
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5377

Introduced
2/7/25  
Requires DCYF to implement recommendations made by the child advocate and child fatality review panel within 6 months and provide a report of the measures taken to address the recommendations.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5383

Introduced
2/7/25  
Changes primary election to Wednesday if after Labor Day and does not mandate local boards of election to have voter registration drive at high school.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5386

Introduced
2/7/25  
JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AND PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION -- JURY NULLIFICATION AS PROPER TRIAL DEFENSE ARGUMENT (This joint resolution would propose to the voters a constitutional amendment which would allow a criminal defendant to argue jury nullification as a defense.)
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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.