Senator • Democrat
Sandra Cano
Rhode Island • District SD-008
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Activity Summary
Bills Sponsored
44
Aggregate Impact (Sponsored Bills):
100% Positive
Voting Pattern
Nay: 19
Not Voting: 67
Other: 3
Yea: 1506
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Sponsored Bills
RI S3045•Passed
Directs that for a period of two years, the board of education would waive the whole grain requirements for meals served in public schools, for purposes of receiving reimbursement under federal law.
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RI S2671•Passed
Spells out additional notice provisions, fees and costs of the arbitration process, from initiation to default provisions and potential court sanctions for breach of the arbitration agreement.
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RI S2532•Passed
Permits school districts to use release days for professional development; provided that, instruction time meets the yearly requirement of one thousand eighty (1,080) school hours.
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RI S2714•Passed
Requires all hospitals to screen uninsured patients for eligibility for public health programs and financial assistance under Medicare and Medicaid.
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RI S2407•Passed
Permits those other residents of a residential dwelling unit to extend the term of the rental agreement for a period not to exceed three (3) months after the death of the lessee.
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RI S2072•Passed
Designates, for fiscal year 2025, the usage for certain funds within the immunization account.
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RI S3151•Passed
Requires that certain quarterly reports required to be filed by district charter schools, mayoral academies and independent charter schools be submitted to the commissioner of elementary and secondary education.
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RI S3131•Passed
AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET TO PROVIDE FOR THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, RECONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR OF ENVIRONMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PARKS, STREETS, STREETSCAPES, RECREATION, SIDEWALKS, SEWERS, BUILDINGS AND BRIDGES AND AUTHORIZING THE FINANCING THEREOF, INCLUDING THE ISSUE OF NOT MORE THAN $20,000,000 BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR, TO FUND THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR THE TWO FISCAL YEARS 2026 AND 2027
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RI S2874•Vetoed
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.
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RI S2867•Passed
Implements a grant program to fund public or private partnerships that provide opportunities for healthcare paraprofessionals to pursue higher education degrees and health professional licensure.
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RI S2704•Vetoed
Authorizes and regulates the distribution of the product known as "kratom."
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RI S2625•Passed
Relocates the chapter relating to licensing of massage therapists from the health and safety title to the businesses and professions title with multiple amendments.
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RI S2142•Passed
Codifies the previously funded Rhode Island early care and education workforce registry data system.
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RI S2042•Passed
Establishes the Transparency in Arts Education Access and Proficiency Act to promote arts education.
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RI S2045•Passed
Establishes Rhode Island Secure Choice Retirement Savings Program to be administered by the general treasurer.
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RI S2841•Passed
Amends the composition of the small business advisory council.
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RI S2623•Passed
Creates the occupational therapy licensure compact that would allow licensed occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants to practice in all states that join the compact.
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RI S2173•Passed
Adopts the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact and would establish a joint public agency known as the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Compact commission to administer the provisions of the compact between the states.
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RI S2121•Passed
Makes care recipients eligible for temporary caregiver benefits and increase the maximum temporary caregiver benefit weeks from six (6) to eight (8) weeks over of period of two years.
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RI S2083•Passed
Amends the conditions upon which a nurse would be exempt from certain licensing requirements to include eligibility to practice, before taking and receiving results of the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX).
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RI S2974•Passed
Expands the law on school lunch service contracts requirements that provides for payment to workers/aides for 180 days or the contract for the school year, exclusive of paid time off, including vacation days or other forms of compensatory time off.
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RI S2902•Passed
Provides that upon application, and good cause, the state may waive the bonding requirement for certified minority business enterprises or women owned businesses.
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RI S2635•Passed
Provide the maximum number of unrelated persons living together that could be constitute an individual household would not be less than one person per bedroom.
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RI S2021•Passed
Allows individuals employed in domestic service or in or about a private home to be included as an employee, for purposes of minimum wages law.
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RI S2950•Passed
Makes revisions to the number, timing, and procedures to be followed when schools grades K through 12 implement fire drills, evacuation drills, and crisis response drills, designed to protect the health and safety of students.
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RI S2817•Passed
Includes among the responsibilities of the office of state medical examiners, to provide a multidisciplinary team review of suicide deaths with a goal of reducing its prevalence by examining trends in demographic, geographic and community risk factors.
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RI S2698•Passed
Adds the month of August to the dates a Class A retail alcoholic beverage establishment can offer unlimited free samples of wine, beer and distilled spirits products.
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RI S2263•Passed
Allows electronic monitoring of residents or private living unit in nursing or assisted living facility with certain restrictions.
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RI S2220•Passed
Prohibits any agreement whereby an advanced practice registered nurse is restricted in the right to practice in a certain geographic area, assist or provide treatment or establish a professional relationship with any other employer.
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RI S2043•Passed
Adds climate change, sea-level rise and coastal resiliency to the analysis of data of the strategic plan for economic development policy. Adds director of DEM and executive director of CRMC to economic development planning council.
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RI S2202•Passed
Requires safe storage of firearms/provides civil and criminal penalties for violations/adds rifles and shotguns to the types of firearms requiring a trigger lock to be included with purchase/requires firearms dealers post signs regarding safe storage.
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RI S2125•Engrossed
Provides employees with civil administrative remedies against contractors, subcontractors involved in the contract with joint/severable liability imposed on contractors or subcontractors. Effective 9/1/2024.
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RI S2807•Passed
Provides for changes to the operating structure of the Nowell Academy establishing a cooperative agreement among school districts.
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RI S2600•Engrossed
Adds the administrator of community confinement and the home confinement coordinator to the state retirement system.
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RI S2047•Engrossed
Adds the city of Central Falls as exempt from taxation for property acquired by an agency for redevelopment purposes.
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RI S2654•Engrossed
Increases role of division of motor vehicles in voter registration and addresses verification process, by establishing very specific obligations and responsibilities that must be followed before offering an individual application to register to vote.
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RI S2559•Introduced
Changes the name of The College Crusade Scholarship to the Onward We Learn Scholarship and provide that those scholarships would not be considered federal or financial aid with regard to the Promise Scholarship or Hope Scholarship Pilot Program.
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RI S2229•Engrossed
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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RI S2096•Passed
Creates the law enforcement officer's due process accountability and transparency act.
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RI S2084•Engrossed
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 S2801•Passed
Repeals the "Residential Solar Energy Disclosure and Homeowners Bill of Rights Act." Amends title 5 "Businesses and Professions" to include a new chapter 93, an amended "Residential Solar Energy Disclosure and Homeowners Bill of Rights Act."
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RI S2172•Introduced
Increases the minimum veterans' exemption from one thousand dollars ($1,000) to six thousand dollars ($6,000) with respect to municipal taxes.
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RI S2268•Engrossed
Requires grocery stores to specifically limit the number of self-service checkout units to six (6) units per location. The consumer protection unit of the department of attorney general would have authority to enforce these restrictions.
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RI S2388•Engrossed
Provides that all home health care patients receive home health care services regardless of their permanent or temporary residence.
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