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 S0438

Introduced
2/26/25  
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 S0444

Introduced
2/26/25  
Allows members of the retirement system who served in the national guard or reserves and qualify as veterans, to purchase retirement service credits based on their years of service in the National guard or reserves.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0445

Introduced
2/26/25  
Allows an individual, who is a first-time homebuyer, to contribute funds to a first- time homebuyers saving account with Rhode Island Housing to pay for eligible costs to purchase a home.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0453

Introduced
2/26/25  
Requires that the state's share to public libraries be fixed at twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount appropriated by the city or town in their budgets for fiscal year 2026.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0454

Introduced
2/26/25  
Gives teachers who takes an unpaid parental or medical leave during the year credit for a year of service for that school year if they served a minimum of 135 days.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0461

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Report Pass
5/27/25  
Caps the total amount that a covered person is required to pay for a covered prescription inhaler, prescription device, or prescription equipment to twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per thirty (30) day supply.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0463

Introduced
2/26/25  
Requires each healthcare entity/network plan to compile/report to health insurance commissioner a summary of how the healthcare entity/network plan requires its contracted providers to submit claims for in-network outpatient behavioral health services.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0439

Introduced
2/26/25  
Establishes that a renewable energy resource shall pay $5.00 per kilowatt hour of alternating current nameplate capacity for tangible property and $3.50 per kilowatt hour of alternating nameplate capacity for real property.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0440

Introduced
2/26/25  
Enhances and further define the role of the board of trustees of the University of Rhode Island.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0443

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Report Pass
3/4/25  
Engrossed
3/13/25  
Refer
3/14/25  
Report Pass
3/27/25  
Enrolled
4/10/25  
Increases the maximum amount of the Kingston water district bonding authority from four million dollars ($4,000,000) to fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000).