Rhode Island State Senator

Virginia Sosnowski 2025 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 7)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0471

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Report Pass
6/18/25  
Engrossed
6/20/25  
Engrossed
6/20/25  
Establishes prevailing standards and procedures for licensing speech-language pathologists and audiologists in Rhode Island.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0473

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Report Pass
3/11/25  
Engrossed
3/20/25  
Refer
3/21/25  
Report Pass
6/16/25  
Enrolled
6/20/25  
Extends coverage for treatment of pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections and pediatric acute onset neuropsychiatric syndrome by removing the sunset date of December 31, 2025, and mandating such coverage.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0474

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Report Pass
5/27/25  
Engrossed
6/3/25  
Establishes a rare disease advisory council within the department of health to provide guidance and recommendations to educate healthcare providers and the citizens of the state.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0480

Introduced
2/26/25  
Mandates health insurance coverage for FDA approved contraceptive drug, device or therapeutic equivalent.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0481

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Report Pass
6/18/25  
Engrossed
6/20/25  
Enrolled
6/20/25  
Requires the department of health to incorporate information about dementia risk factors and reduction into public education and healthcare provider education materials.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0486

Introduced
2/26/25  
Establishes a process whereby large drug manufacturers, may be penalized for prescription drug price increases where there is no, or inadequate, new evidence to support the price increase.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0505

Introduced
2/26/25  
Permit but not mandate, a municipality to allow certain requirements as exceptions to statewide treatment of ADUs to max of 800 sq. ft., owner, family member and caretaker occupation.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0530

Introduced
2/26/25  
Precludes a person who pled nolo contendere or convicted of a misdemeanor offense and sentenced in accordance with the hate crime sentencing enhancement act for such misdemeanor, from purchasing, owning, carrying, transporting or having possession firearm
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0532

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Report Pass
5/20/25  
Engrossed
5/22/25  
Refer
5/23/25  
Report Pass
5/29/25  
Engrossed
6/3/25  
Allows boats and marine assets to utilize the overweight oversize annual blanket permit that was in effect until 2022, and for the resumption of the prior practice of permitting for boats and marine asset transportation.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0550

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Report Pass
6/2/25  
Allows animal control officers in the cities and towns to lawfully take charge of and provide adequate care to any animal found abandoned or neglected or hazardously accumulated and would increase penalties for malicious injury to or killing of animals.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0551

Introduced
2/26/25  
Allows seizure and rehoming of animals prior to criminal charges being heard.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0571

Introduced
2/26/25  
Amends the section of law relative to violations for driving after denial, revocation or suspension of a license and expands the list of offenses for which an unlicensed motorist would be in violation.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0574

Introduced
2/26/25  
Provides that a hearing required before a judge or magistrate may adjudge a motorist in contempt for failure to comply with the court's orders regarding a conditional hardship license, and defines penalties for violation of a hardship/interlock order.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0555

Introduced
2/26/25  
Distinguishes, in two separate subsections, a first offense for reckless driving, which is a misdemeanor, and a second or subsequent offense for reckless driving, which is a felony.
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0576

Introduced
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Report Pass
6/12/25  
Engrossed
6/17/25  
Engrossed
6/20/25  
Provides additional exception to prohibition on usage of wireless communication device while driving and clarifies that use for purpose of navigation must be while the device is mounted or otherwise affixed to vehicle and not held in the motorist's hand.