Rhode Island Bills

signed · Rhode Island · House Jul 5, 2025

HB 6032: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- LIABILITY INSURANCE

Requires at fault insurance companies to provide to any claimant whose vehicle is damaged in an accident, to provide a vehicle that is comparable to the claimant’s vehicle and that rental charges shall be based on local retail prices.

signed · Rhode Island · House Jul 5, 2025

HB 6086: AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF THE KANE-BARRENGOS FOUNDATION

HB 6086 extends the deadline for the Kane-Barrengos Foundation to file overdue annual reports (covering 1998-2025) and pay associated fees and penalties. If the foundation submits all required reports and pays the fees, plus a penalty amount determined by the attorney general, by December 31, 2025, the state will vacate the prior forfeiture of its charter. This bill directly affects only the Kane-Barrengos Foundation, restoring its legal status and privileges as if the charter never lapsed. The bill is procedural and does not create new policy, merely correcting a technical administrative issue for this specific nonprofit.

signed · Rhode Island · House Jul 5, 2025

HB 6135: AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES

HB 6135 allows a Class B liquor license for a specific property at 1039 Douglas Avenue in Providence by amending proximity restrictions. It exempts this location from standard rules that typically prohibit liquor sales within 200 feet of schools, churches, or other sensitive areas. The bill directly affects the property owner at that address by enabling them to legally sell alcoholic beverages there. This is a targeted exception for one location, not a broad policy change.

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jul 5, 2025

SB 1043: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION

Adds the property of the Pokanoket Management Group, Trustee of the Pokanoket Tribe Land Trust, to the list of property designated for appropriations in lieu of municipal property tax, would concurrently exempt such property from municipal property tax.

signed · Rhode Island · House Jul 5, 2025

HB 6291: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION

Adds the property of the Pokanoket Management Group, Trustee of the Pokanoket Tribe Land Trust, to the list of property designated for appropriations in lieu of municipal property tax, would concurrently exempt such property from municipal property tax.

Topics ✗ Budget & Taxes

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jul 5, 2025

SB 902: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- UNFAIR CLAIMS SETTLEMENT PRACTICES ACT

Makes it an unfair claims practice for insurer to designate a motor vehicle a total loss if the cost to repair motor vehicle to its pre-accident condition is less than 85% of the fair market value.

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jul 5, 2025

SR 984: JOINT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THAT THE CANNABIS CONTROL COMMISSION PROVIDE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WITH RECOMMENDATIONS ON LEGISLATION TO REGULATE AND LICENSE CANNABINOIDS AND HEMP-DERIVED BEVERAGES

Authorizes the sale of THC-infused beverages to be regulated by the DBR division of commercial licensing. It also establishes licensing and an endorsement process for wholesale and retail THC-infused beverages.

signed · Rhode Island · House Jul 5, 2025

HR 6270: JOINT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THAT THE CANNABIS CONTROL COMMISSION PROVIDE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WITH RECOMMENDATIONS ON LEGISLATION TO REGULATE AND LICENSE CANNABINOIDS AND HEMP-DERIVED BEVERAGES

Requests that the Cannabis Control Commission conduct a study on statutory reform and rules and regulations to regulate the sale of hemp THC-infused beverages.

signed · Rhode Island · House Jul 5, 2025

HB 6137: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES

Creates a special registration plate for the private passenger motor vehicle for former fire chief of the Hopkins Hill Fire District, Frank M. Brown, Jr.

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jul 5, 2025

SB 1145: AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- CRUELTY TO ANIMALS

Provides that the trapping and subsequent release of any unowned feral or free roaming cat for the purpose of spaying or neutering of the cat would not be considered abandonment.

signed · Rhode Island · Senate Jul 5, 2025

SB 213: AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- SELF-SERVICE STORAGE FACILITIES

Amends notice requirements for self-storage facility before perfecting lien, to wit; 7 consecutive days of publication on a publicly accessible website or subsequent written notice to lessee, or publication once time in newspaper of general circulation.

signed · Rhode Island · House Jul 5, 2025

HB 6079: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- LIABILITY INSURANCE -- RENTAL VEHICLE COVERAGE

Restricts private vehicle property damage insurance coverage for a rental passenger vehicle, to the named insured and drivers on that private policy, unless the designated driver is specifically excluded.

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