Representative • Democrat
David Bennett
Rhode Island • District HD-020
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Activity Summary
Bills Sponsored
27
Aggregate Impact (Sponsored Bills):
100% Positive
Voting Pattern
Nay: 65
Not Voting: 84
Other: 2
Yea: 2063
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Sponsored Bills
RI H6369•Introduced
Allows the health care advocate to petition the superior court for the appointment of a receiver as deemed necessary or appropriate by the court.
Co-Sponsor
RI H6242•Introduced
Replaces state marshals with capitol police as to those law enforcement officers being exempt from certain firearm restrictions.
Co-Sponsor
RI H6163•Introduced
Includes manufactured homes on leased land under a long-term lease in excess of thirty (30) years at the time of enrollment within the classification of affordable housing.
Co-Sponsor
RI H6060•Introduced
Permits physical therapists to continue to order diagnostic imaging as an authorized practice of physical therapy beyond December 31, 2025.
Primary Sponsor
RI H6036•Introduced
Mandates establishment of a support program for nurse practitioners similar to that which is offered for physicians. Additionally, it requires professional licensing and reporting reforms to protect clinicians who seek support.
Co-Sponsor
RI H5731•Introduced
Authorizes driver education schools to offer the driver training curriculum in a classroom setting or an instructor-led virtual format.
Co-Sponsor
RI H5121•Engrossed
Creates a process for licensure and oversight by DBR over the practices and procedures of virtual currency kiosk operators to prevent fraud related to the use of virtual currency kiosks, by establishing daily transaction limits and the regulating of fees.
Co-Sponsor
RI H5088•Introduced
Mandates the use of a soft-shell helmet cover that adds a padded, soft-shell layer to the outside of a traditional football helmet, for students participating in Rhode Island interscholastic league football.
Co-Sponsor
RI H5019•Engrossed
Prohibits a manufacturer from manufacturing, knowingly selling, offering for sale, distributing for sale or distributing for use in the state any firefighting personal protective equipment containing intentionally-added PFAS as of January 1, 2027.
Co-Sponsor
RI H5029•Introduced
Sets the minimum wage for 2026 at $16 per hour, 2027 at $17 per hour, 2028 at $18 per hour, 2029 at $19 per hour and for 2030 at $20 per hour.
Primary Sponsor
RI H5893•Engrossed
Requires the electronic filing of domestic violence/sexual assault forms by law enforcement agencies, and enhances the information to be included on the reporting forms.
Co-Sponsor
RI H5171•Engrossed
Extends the sunset provision of the four (4) year pilot program to prevent drug overdoses through the establishment of harm reduction centers for two (2) years to March 1, 2028.
Co-Sponsor
RI H6320•Engrossed
Provides that the tax rate for Class 1 and Class 2 property be uniform and set to the same percentage.
Co-Sponsor
RI H6299•Engrossed
AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF WARWICK TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $50,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, LANDSCAPING, DEMOLITION, ARCHITECTURAL COSTS, ENGINEERING, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF
Co-Sponsor
RI H5231•Engrossed
Provides that commercial driver instruction would include industry-specific training on the recognition, prevention, and reporting of human trafficking.
Co-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.
Primary Sponsor
RI H5738•Introduced
Provides a tax credit to individual taxpayers who convert their gas-powered vehicle into a vehicle propelled by an alternative fuel source.
Co-Sponsor
RI H5475•Introduced
Exempts new or used bicycles from sale and use tax.
Co-Sponsor
RI H5145•Introduced
Allows for trucks with a gross vehicle weight of eight thousand pounds (8,000 lbs.) or less to have passenger registration license plates.
Co-Sponsor
RI H6033•Engrossed
Requires all public utilities to maintain a customer service facility within the state to perform services such as addressing customer inquiries and accepting bill payments.
Co-Sponsor
RI H5526•Introduced
Appropriates the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) to fund the Thundermist family medicine residency program during fiscal year 2026 and every fiscal year thereafter.
Co-Sponsor
RI H5144•Introduced
Allows executive office of EOHHS to review current methodology for Medical payments to nursing facilities.
Co-Sponsor
RI H6307•Introduced
Creates a special license plate for the charity Real Access Motivates Progress, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.
Co-Sponsor
RI H6270•Introduced
Prohibits the sale of beverages and drink mix powders containing hemp-derived delta-9 THC in RI, unless such products are authorized and regulated under the state’s cannabis laws, and maintains regulatory consistency within the state’s cannabis framework.
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.
Co-Sponsor
RI H6252•Introduced
Authorizes the Rhode Island infrastructure bank to establish a fund to provide financial assistance to local government units for resiliency and stormwater abatement projects.
Co-Sponsor
RI H6205•Introduced
Creates the extended producer responsibility for packaging and paper program for the recycling of packaging and paper products.
Primary Sponsor
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