Rhode Island State Representative

William O'Brien Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5604

Introduced
2/26/25  
Broadens the definition of "teacher" and create a comprehensive bill of rights for school teachers.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5656

Introduced
2/26/25  
Allows social gaming in private residences and in public taverns or private clubs as long as the gambling is incidental to a bona fide social relationship between the participants and no person other than the participants receive anything of value.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5666

Introduced
2/26/25  
Mandates arming campus police at public higher educational institutions and includes campus police in the definition of "law enforcement officer" for the purposes of the "Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights."
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5667

Introduced
2/26/25  
Requires that all campus police officers be equipped with ballistic body armor.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5668

Introduced
2/26/25  
Prohibits the declawing of cats by any surgical procedure to amputate or modify a portion of a cat's paw in order to remove the cat's claws. Does not apply to any procedure performed for a therapeutic purpose.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5669

Introduced
2/26/25  
Includes animal cruelty offenses to the domestic violence crimes committed by a family or household members against another.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5700

Introduced
2/26/25  
Changes the retirement allowance based on accrued benefits.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5636

Introduced
2/26/25  
Provides that operators of virtual currency kiosks must provide customers with a paper receipt, electronic receipt, or both of the transaction.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5662

Introduced
2/26/25  
Established crime of real estate title fraud and creates private cause of action.
RI

Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5678

Introduced
2/26/25  
Requires small employers with one to fifty (1-50) employees and large employers with fifty (50) or more employees to pay overtime wages to exempt workers if their salary exceeds varying multipliers of minimum wage for a forty (40) hour workweek.