Senator • Democrat

Ryan Pearson

Rhode Island • District SD-019

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Activity Summary

Bills Sponsored

Aggregate Impact (Sponsored Bills):

100% Positive

Voting Pattern

Nay: 19

Not Voting: 153

Other: 23

Yea: 1528

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Sponsored Bills

RI S0482•Introduced

Amends the types of less expensive generic products which pharmacists may prescribe to include "devices and supplies" and "therapeutically equivalent products" and requires the director to provide a list of therapeutically equivalent products.

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RI S0988•Introduced

Includes Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday as a holiday.

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RI S0912•Introduced

Requires all certified independent or district charter schools upon application for a renewal of said charter or an application for a new charter school to provide a union neutrality clause in the charter.

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RI S0520•Introduced

Modernizes and streamlines the existing processes for getting on the permanent mail ballot application list.

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RI S0487•Introduced

Prohibits any personnel, in any healthcare facility, from asking the legal immigration status of any patient.

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RI S0541•Introduced

Increases from 7 days to 9 days the period of time in which a request for a recount of the votes cast can be made to the board of elections and no certificates of election may be issued until the recount, if any, is completed.

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RI S0455•Introduced

Increases the net taxable estate exemption to $3,600,000 on January 1, 2026 and increases the exemption by $1,000,000 on January 1, 2027, and every year thereafter.

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RI S0514•Engrossed

Requires the state retirement board to publish online all archived video or audio recordings and all future recordings of meetings of the board.

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RI S0550•Introduced

Increases penalties for animal abuse under this chapter.

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RI S0579•Introduced

Requires nonprofit, as a condition for requesting state funds from the general assembly, to submit & post on their website, a list of10 of their highest paid director, officer & employee salaries & any forms of compensation provided to those individuals.

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RI S0122•Introduced

Establishes a housing land bank program with the goal of creating affordable housing in the State of Rhode Island. The housing land bank would have the authority to buy, receive and hold property in furtherance of this goal.

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RI S0070•Introduced

Requires employer to furnish items and conditions of employment and a pay stub explaining how wages were calculated/reasons for deductions/allows the employee to file a court action against employer for violation.

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RI S0387•Engrossed

Requires the installation of universal changing stations in all newly constructed, reconstructed, or remodeled public buildings and places of public accommodation.

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RI S0432•Introduced

Exempts from the sales tax firearm safety equipment, storage devices, gun safes, gun cabinets, gun vaults, gun cases, strong boxes, cable locks, trigger locks and biometric locks.

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RI S0433•Introduced

Requires the auditor general to conduct performance audits of all state agencies.

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RI S0523•Engrossed

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

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RI S0329•Introduced

Creates an additional tax rate of 3% on taxable income over $625,000 in 2025 dollars. Applies to tax years 2026 and thereafter and not retroactively.

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RI S0427•Introduced

Requires the EOHHS to amend the state Medicaid plan and secure sufficient state general revenue to increase Medicaid payment rates to an amount equal to one hundred thirty percent (130%) of Medicare rates for outpatient clinical pediatric services.

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RI S0339•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.

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RI S0250•Introduced

Mandates public schools (K-12) have one full-time certified social worker for every 250 students and allocates $2 million in the Fiscal Year 2025 budget for school districts and municipalities to hire additional social workers.

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RI S0050•Introduced

Establishes Children's Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund to provide finance assistance to families for medical expenses not covered by state or federal programs or insurance contract.

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RI S0103•Engrossed

Mandates all insurance contracts, plans or policies provide insurance coverage for the expense of diagnosing and treating infertility, for women between the ages of 25 and 42 years including preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) in conjunction with IVF.

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RI S0655•Introduced

Caps delinquent tax interest rate at 12%. Prohibits audits beyond 3 years from date of tax filing, 7 years for fraudulent filings, and in no event beyond 10 years from date of filing or required filing date, whichever is later.

Co-Sponsor

RI S0185•Introduced

Creates an income-sensitive tiered subsidy program to ensure that home energy utility costs are affordable for eligible low-income households.

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RI S0110•Introduced

Establishes a tax credit against income tax based on eligible expenses incurred for care and support of an eligible family member.

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RI S0027•Introduced

Increases the income range up to fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) and tax credit up to eight hundred fifty dollars ($850), for elderly and disabled persons who own or rent their homes.

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RI S0066•Introduced

Provides that statements by a health care provider regarding the unanticipated outcome of a patient's medical care and treatment shall be inadmissible as evidence of an admission of liability or as evidence of an admission.

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