Representative • Democrat

William O'Brien

Rhode Island • District HD-054

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Activity Summary

Bills Sponsored

Aggregate Impact (Sponsored Bills):

95% Positive

Voting Pattern

Nay: 48

Not Voting: 238

Other: 11

Yea: 1967

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Sponsored Bills

RI H6242•Introduced

Replaces state marshals with capitol police as to those law enforcement officers being exempt from certain firearm restrictions.

Co-Sponsor

RI H6231•Introduced

Allows for the issuance of a Class B liquor license for the property located at 1441 Mineral Spring Avenue in the town of North Providence.

Co-Sponsor

RI H6187•Introduced

Reduces the number of times the director of the lottery has to confer with the permanent joint committee on state lottery from nine (9) times per year to four (4) times per year or at the call of the chair and vice chair of the committee.

Primary Sponsor

RI H5811•Engrossed

Prohibits an individual who is licensed as both a Rhode Island real estate agent and mortgage loan originator to be compensated for both the sale of the property and the origination or referral of the loan in securing the property.

Co-Sponsor

RI H5575•Engrossed

Allows for the procurement of nuclear power.

Co-Sponsor

RI H5585•Introduced

Requires associations to provide unit owners within thirty (30) days notice of any increase in the deductible application to the association’s policy.

Co-Sponsor

RI H5586•Introduced

Creates process for condominium associations to give notice to and obtain approval from unit mortgage holders for certain association actions by mailing a written request for approval to the unit mortgagees via regular and certified mail.

Co-Sponsor

RI H5524•Introduced

Includes the deputy chief of inspection and inspector within the provision of law related to retirement on service allowance relating to correctional officers.

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 H5070•Introduced

Increases the maximum fees payable to sheriffs, sergeants, and constables for the service of writs, citations, or subpoenas, from $45.00 to $70.00.

Co-Sponsor

RI H5946•Engrossed

Prohibits the restriction of access in and out of a construction site by using locked gates or fences while work is ongoing.

Co-Sponsor

RI H5603•Engrossed

Allows emergency preliminary certificates for teaching to be issued for up to a total of five (5) school years.

Primary Sponsor

RI H5273•Engrossed

Requires all lifeguards, and park and forest rangers, who work on a full time basis at any public beach or facility to be trained in administering opioid antagonists.

Primary Sponsor

RI H5293•Engrossed

Creates a public education program on methods to recycle textiles.

Co-Sponsor

RI H6318•Introduced

Requires every school bus, including buses used exclusively for to transport students receiving special education, to be equipped with a live digital video school bus violation detection monitoring system and retractable stop sign.

Co-Sponsor

RI H5447•Engrossed

Prohibits a person to sell, offer for sale, display for sale or otherwise distribute a farmed animal fur product within the state and provides graduated civil penalties for violations.

Co-Sponsor

RI H5528•Introduced

Requires the school district of a child in the custody of the department of children, youth and families (DCYF) to pay all the educational cost of the child if the child is place in another school district.

Co-Sponsor

RI H5759•Introduced

Allows a deduction from federal adjusted gross income for interest payments on outstanding student loans.

Co-Sponsor

RI H5744•Introduced

Authorizes the office of postsecondary commissioner to expand bilingual and dual language teacher certificates in urban schools through two scholarship programs for students and teachers, with eligibility requirements and donations.

Co-Sponsor

RI H5283•Introduced

Adds department of corrections' correctional officers to the list of public safety employees that are entitled to their full salary if they are injured and become disabled as a result of performance of their job duties.

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 H6304•Introduced

Ensures public access to lead service lines to determine the existence of lead within the water connection. This act also ensures mitigation measures and replacement lines are consistent with the current version of 40 C.C.R. 141 Subpart I.

Primary Sponsor

RI H5761•Introduced

Allows a modification for all taxable pension and/or annuity income includible in federal adjusted gross income for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2026.

Primary Sponsor

RI H5760•Introduced

Raises the earned-income tax credit from twenty percent (20%) to thirty percent (30%) for the tax years 2026 and beyond.

Primary Sponsor

RI H5899•Engrossed

Adds five (5) driving violations to the statute that defines aggressive driving.

Co-Sponsor

RI H6139•Introduced

Makes students in workforce-ready certificate programs at the Community College of Rhode Island eligible to receive the Rhode Island Promise Scholarship.

Co-Sponsor

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