Representative • Democrat

Robert Phillips

Rhode Island • District HD-051

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Activity Summary

Bills Sponsored

Aggregate Impact (Sponsored Bills):

100% Positive

Voting Pattern

Nay: 111

Not Voting: 216

Other: 1

Yea: 1945

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Sponsored Bills

RI H5156•Introduced

Provides that the “meetings” requirements from § 34-36.1-3.08 be applicable to condominiums created before July 1, 1982, and would permit remote participation in condominium meetings.

Co-Sponsor

RI H5513•Enrolled

Implements a thirty (30) day waiting period following the issuance of a learners permit and the waiting period must expire before the person is permitted to take the road test in order to obtain a full license.

Primary Sponsor

RI H5231•Engrossed

Provides that commercial driver instruction would include industry-specific training on the recognition, prevention, and reporting of human trafficking.

Primary Sponsor

RI H5188•Introduced

Gives authority to the department of labor and training to enforce violations of the laws relating to corrosion prevention and mitigation work requirements. It also adds civil monetary penalties for violations of those laws.

Co-Sponsor

RI H5050•Engrossed

Creates a special license plate for the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council, Inc. that would support the Blackstone River Valley Environmental Clean-up and Education Fund.

Primary Sponsor

RI H5393•Introduced

Requires that all maintenance of sidewalks along state highways, with the exception of snow and ice removal, be the responsibility of the state.

Co-Sponsor

RI H5405•Introduced

Establishes a restricted receipt account for the benefit of the Rhode Island public transit authority, funded by sales taxes collected from ride-share companies, which said sales taxes would be exempt from indirect cost recovery provisions.

Co-Sponsor

RI H5822•Engrossed

Creates a taskforce to provide recommendations, advice and guidance to help expedite and provide technical assistance with regard to the development of solar energy systems on property owned by the state.

Primary Sponsor

RI H6255•Introduced

Authorizes the city of Central Falls, via home rule charter or city ordinance, to create a school board with all powers and duties thereto, to govern the Central Falls school district.

Co-Sponsor

RI H6305•Introduced

Allows a clinical laboratory, that is incorporated in the State of Rhode Island, to analyze blood samples, from children under the age of six (6) years, for blood lead levels.

Primary Sponsor

RI H6003•Introduced

Provides for increases or decreases in the amount of foundation level school support that a community would receive, based upon a community's ability to meet and surpass its minimum low- and moderate-income housing requirements.

Co-Sponsor

RI H6005•Introduced

Removes the requirement that the public utilities commission allocate five million dollars ($5,000,000) annually to the Rhode Island infrastructure bank for use with energy efficient programs.

Co-Sponsor

RI H5758•Introduced

Includes payment of social security benefits to the modification reducing federal adjusted gross income on personal income taxes.

Co-Sponsor

RI H5316•Introduced

Establishes the Housing Flexible Spending Account Act of 2025 allowing Rhode Island employers to contribute pre-tax income into a housing flexible spending account (H-FSA), for employees to be used for qualified housing expenses.

Co-Sponsor

RI H5769•Introduced

Provides that when a registrant voluntarily cancels the registrant's motor vehicle registration, that person receives a credit for the time remaining on the original registration to be applied to a future registration.

Co-Sponsor

RI H5768•Introduced

DMV to provide credit for portions of unused voluntarily cancelled vehicle registrations.

Co-Sponsor

RI H5403•Introduced

Repeals the corporation minimum tax.

Co-Sponsor

RI H5901•Engrossed

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.

Co-Sponsor

RI H5420•Engrossed

Amends the definitions of a “pupil transportation vehicle” to a vehicle contrasted to seat not more than ten (10) passengers plus the operator, rather than the existing limit of eight (8) passengers.

Co-Sponsor

RI H5292•Engrossed

Requires that the basic education program data collection information for students that attend career and technical education schools be charged to the receiving school district and not the sending school district.

Co-Sponsor

RI H5978•Introduced

Provides that in local educational agencies when over 45% of the children have a family income that is at or below 185% of federal poverty guidelines then the student success factor will be 50% by the core instruction per-pupil amount.

Co-Sponsor

RI H5979•Introduced

Requires a review by the department of elementary and secondary education of the formula components used to compute the aid needed to support high need students.

Co-Sponsor

RI H5977•Introduced

Removes language that requires the department of elementary and secondary education to prorate funds to school districts in certain situations and eliminate funding for certain programs.

Co-Sponsor

RI H5174•Introduced

Allows for the licensing of certified surgical first assistants to assist in surgeries through the department of health and a seven (7) member board of licensure.

Co-Sponsor

RI H6238•Introduced

Effective January 1, 2025, an annual cost-of-living increase, based upon the yearly Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U), to the retirement allowance for all state employees and all beneficiaries to be reinstated.

Co-Sponsor

RI H5877•Introduced

Allows that public records stored in a computer system, upon request, be provided at no charge.

Co-Sponsor

RI H6239•Introduced

Authorizes the tax administrator to waive interest and penalties on delinquent taxes paid in full during a one week amnesty period. Also reinstates a suspended driver’s license upon payment in full.

Co-Sponsor

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