Rhode Island State Representative

Tina Spears 2025 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 5)

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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5397

Introduced
2/7/25  
Increases the number of state child care licensing inspectors to meet the national recommended average of one inspector for every fifty (50) to sixty (60) child care providers.
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Rhode Island House Bill H5404

Introduced
2/7/25  
Provides a tax credit for food donations by qualified taxpayers to nonprofit organizations up to five thousand dollars ($5,000) per year.
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Rhode Island House Bill H5408

Introduced
2/11/25  
HOUSE RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING THE HONORABLE AARON LEY, PH.D. ON THE ACCREDITATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND'S MASTER OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM BY THE NETWORK OF SCHOOLS OF PUBLIC POLICY, AFFAIRS, AND ADMINISTRATION (NASPAA)
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Rhode Island House Bill H5424

Introduced
2/12/25  
Establishes the Rhode Island Climate Superfund Act cost recovery program.
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Rhode Island House Bill H5425

Introduced
2/12/25  
Requires that the division of planning create a checklist of environmental and energy issues that state construction projects which cost in excess of $10,000,000 would need to consider.
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Rhode Island House Bill H5430

Introduced
2/12/25  
Prohibits an insurance company from imposing any cost-sharing requirements for any diagnostic or supplemental breast examinations.
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Rhode Island House Bill H5432

Introduced
2/12/25  
Refer
2/12/25  
Report Pass
6/16/25  
Engrossed
6/18/25  
This act would prohibit health insurance providers from requiring preauthorization for in- network mental health or substance use disorder services.
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Rhode Island House Bill H5435

Introduced
2/12/25  
Prohibits state agencies from entering into software contracts that limit the agency's ability to install or run the software on their hardware.
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Rhode Island House Bill H5466

Introduced
2/12/25  
Increases the personal needs allowance of nursing facility residents from seventy-five dollars ($75.00) to one hundred dollars ($100) per month.
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Rhode Island House Bill H5475

Introduced
2/12/25  
Exempts new or used bicycles from sale and use tax.
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Rhode Island House Bill H5492

Introduced
2/13/25  
Creates the Microplastics Reduction Act to prohibit the sale or distribution of products containing synthetic polymer micro particles.
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Rhode Island House Bill H5493

Introduced
2/13/25  
Refer
2/13/25  
Report Pass
6/18/25  
Engrossed
6/20/25  
Establishes a program for the energy and water benchmarking of large buildings in Rhode Island and a standard for their energy performance.
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Rhode Island House Bill H5494

Introduced
2/13/25  
Refer
2/13/25  
Report Pass
6/18/25  
Engrossed
6/20/25  
Engrossed
6/20/25  
Adds several consumer protections to existing Medicare Supplement law.
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Rhode Island House Bill H5509

Introduced
2/13/25  
Requires the state building commissioner to implement electronic permitting for any category of state or local permit authorized under state law to significantly impact the expediency of construction and development.
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Rhode Island House Bill H5529

Introduced
2/13/25  
Expands eligibility for the qualified Medicare beneficiary program by increasing the income limit from 100% to 138% of the federal poverty line.