Rhode Island State Senator

Virginia Sosnowski Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0324

Introduced
2/21/25  
Refer
2/21/25  
Report Pass
5/28/25  
Creates a public education program on methods to recycle textiles.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0325

Introduced
2/21/25  
Refer
2/21/25  
Amends the definition of “hobby breeder” to limit the sale or offering for sale to no more than two (2) litters of dogs or cats, or a combination thereof, in a three hundred and sixty-five (365) day period.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0326

Introduced
2/21/25  
Establishes the Rhode Island Climate Superfund Act cost recovery program.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0329

Introduced
2/21/25  
Creates an additional tax rate of 3% on taxable income over $625,000 in 2025 dollars. Applies to tax years 2026 and thereafter and not retroactively.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0341

Introduced
2/21/25  
Provides a full property tax exemption for a veteran’s real property used as the veteran's primary residence.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0348

Introduced
2/21/25  
SENATE RESOLUTION URGING THE RHODE ISLAND FEDERAL DELEGATION TO DEMAND REVERSAL OF ACTIONS HARMING CRITICAL HEALTH AND SAFETY PROGRAMS
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0349

Introduced
2/21/25  
Allows for a qualified abandonment of public town roads which grants a public easement over said road allowing it to be converted to walking, biking, and hiking trails and access to parks, nature preserves and other recreational facilities.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0357

Introduced
2/21/25  
Requires persons convicted of driving under influence or refusal to submit to chemical test, to have an ignition interlock system installed in vehicle as part of sentence and to pay an assessment to pay for the systems for indigent defendants.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0327

Introduced
2/21/25  
Refer
2/21/25  
Report Pass
5/28/25  
JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AND PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION -- GREEN AMENDMENT (Proposes a constitutional amendment to Article 1 providing for a right to clean air, soil, climate, and the environment’s natural values.)
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0338

Introduced
2/21/25  
Establishes a fee on companies that sell fossil fuels in Rhode Island and establishes a fund to disburse the collected funds.