Senator • Republican
Thomas Paolino
Rhode Island • District SD-017
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Activity Summary
Bills Sponsored
27
Aggregate Impact (Sponsored Bills):
Neutral
Voting Pattern
Nay: 221
Not Voting: 121
Other: 6
Yea: 1383
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Sponsored Bills
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.
Primary Sponsor
RI S0334•Introduced
Provides that a school district could elect and choose to not spend money on any mandate that is not fully funded through the state education aid formula.
Co-Sponsor
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.
Primary Sponsor
RI S0433•Introduced
Requires the auditor general to conduct performance audits of all state agencies.
Primary Sponsor
RI S0416•Introduced
Phases out the local meals and beverage tax by January 1, 2029.
Primary Sponsor
RI S0434•Introduced
Exempts the trade-in value of pickup trucks under eight thousand eight hundred pounds (8,800 lbs.) gross weight, used exclusively for personal use, from sales tax.
Co-Sponsor
RI S0187•Introduced
Increases the net taxable estate exemption to four million dollars ($4,000,000) for deaths that occur on or after January 1, 2026.
Co-Sponsor
RI S0107•Introduced
Mandates that any surplus state tax revenue received in any fiscal year would be refunded to the taxpayers of this state on a proportional basis in relation to the personal income tax liability incurred by the taxpayers in that fiscal year.
Co-Sponsor
RI S0102•Introduced
Prohibits total education aid paid to any local education agency from being reduced by more than one percent (1%) of the municipal education appropriation in the previous fiscal year.
Co-Sponsor
RI S1010•Introduced
IN AMENDMENT OF PASSED AT THE JANUARY SESSION A.D. 1942 ENTITLED "INCORPORATE THE WESTERN COVENTRY FIRE DISTRICT"
Co-Sponsor
RI S0582•Introduced
Provides that fees for costs charged for search, retrieval or copying of public records shall be waived for members of the general assembly who certify that they are acting in their official capacity.
Co-Sponsor
RI S1056•Introduced
Requires every school district to render assistance and cooperation within its jurisdictional power to further the objects of this chapter, to wit, providing the courts with any information concerning a child as the court may require.
Co-Sponsor
RI S0547•Introduced
Allows school bus drivers in Massachusetts and Connecticut who have a valid CDL license in good standing be exempt from the licensing requirements in Rhode Island to transport school children.
Co-Sponsor
RI S0435•Introduced
Exempts from the sales tax eligible school supplies, costing less than $30.00, purchased within one week prior to the commencement of the academic year.
Primary Sponsor
RI S0043•Introduced
Increases the number of days a retired municipal employee could work in a calendar year without interruption of pension benefits to ninety (90) days.
Co-Sponsor
RI S0727•Introduced
Makes a first offense of possessing a large capacity feeding device a misdemeanor and subsequent offenses felonies.
Co-Sponsor
RI S0142•Introduced
Permits Rhode Island residents, 21 years of age or older, to carry a concealed handgun, without a permit.
Co-Sponsor
RI S0144•Introduced
Permits possession or use of device that muffles sound on any firearm longer than 17” in length and permits the use of such a device by any person while hunting provided that they have a valid hunting license.
Co-Sponsor
RI S0084•Engrossed
Prohibits casualty insurers from assessing any premium surcharge or penalty against an insured solely for inquiring about the terms of the insured's policy.
Co-Sponsor
RI S0137•Introduced
Defines suitable person, establishes reasons for applying for concealed carry permit, establishes what information is required on applications, establishes appeal process for denials, provides that records are not public permits hunting with suppressor.
Co-Sponsor
RI S0131•Introduced
Defines suitable person and establishes reasons for applying for carry permit, establishes what information is required on applications, establishes appeal process if application denied and provides that records are not public.
Co-Sponsor
RI S0150•Introduced
Prohibits the sale or possession of firearm silencers unless the person complies with federal law in the sale, possession and use.
Co-Sponsor
RI S0146•Introduced
Allows reciprocal concealed carry permits from out of state to be valid in Rhode Island, which is either authorized by the attorney general or subject to other reciprocal restrictions.
Co-Sponsor
RI S0138•Introduced
Increases sentences for carrying a stolen firearm when committing a crime of violence and for possessing a stolen firearm. Requires that a person convicted of these offenses serve a period of time in which they would not be eligible for parole/ probation.
Co-Sponsor
RI S1037•Introduced
Amends the Identity Theft Protection Act by eliminating current definitions and establishing new definitions. This act also raises the penalty provisions for violations.
Co-Sponsor
RI S0627•Introduced
Establishes regulations to ensure the ethical development, integration, and deployment of high-risk AI systems, particularly those influencing consequential decisions.
Co-Sponsor
RI S0780•Introduced
Adds administrator of community confinement and the home confinement coordinator to the state retirement system.
Co-Sponsor
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