Rhode Island State Representative

Susan Donovan Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5164

Introduced
1/24/25  
Establishes a task force managed by the children’s cabinet to develop recommendations to improve access to early intervention and early childhood special education services.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5173

Introduced
1/24/25  
Requires health plans that provide prescription benefits to cover at least one type of glucagon auto-injector, nasal spray, or formulation that does not require reconstitution to treat hypoglycemia. No copayment or deductible would be required.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5176

Introduced
1/24/25  
Refer
1/24/25  
Report Pass
3/6/25  
Engrossed
3/11/25  
Prohibits an educational institution or school district from accessing or using location data for tracking a student's institutional device or personal device, except in limited circumstances.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5186

Introduced
1/24/25  
Amends current law on controlled substances to permit psilocybin to be cultivated within a person's residence for personal use and contingent on the US FDA's program, mandate that RI department of health establish rules regulations.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5194

Introduced
1/24/25  
Increases the income range up to $50,000 and tax credit up to $850, for elderly and disabled persons who own or rent their homes.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5196

Introduced
1/24/25  
Eliminates the sunset on the provision of finding for child care for eligible child care educators and child care staff.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5169

Introduced
1/24/25  
Establishes, encourages and supports the establishment of family councils and resident councils in managed residential communities providing assisted living services.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5170

Introduced
1/24/25  
Supports the role of independent family council and makes the waiting list transparent by requiring nursing facilities with more than thirty percent (30%) self-pay residents to admit applicants on a first-come-first-served basis for non-private rooms.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5172

Introduced
1/24/25  
Would promote transparency and accountability in the use of artificial intelligence by health insurers to manage coverage and claims.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5185

Introduced
1/24/25  
Refer
1/24/25  
Report Pass
2/25/25  
Report Pass
3/11/25  
Engrossed
3/18/25  
Refer
3/21/25  
Report Pass
6/2/25  
Prohibits the use of service agreements that are unfair to an owner of residential real estate who enters into such an agreement or to persons who may become owners of that real estate in the future.