Senator • Democrat

Valarie Lawson

Rhode Island • District SD-014

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Activity Summary

Bills Sponsored

Aggregate Impact (Sponsored Bills):

100% Positive

Voting Pattern

Nay: 13

Not Voting: 95

Other: 1

Yea: 1489

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Sponsored Bills

RI S0887•Introduced

Protects against discrimination based on disability in federally funded programs and activities, even if there is a change in the federal law.

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RI S0855•Introduced

Establishes a maximum hourly workday for all peace officers as defined in § 12-7-21 and a violation rate of pay of double time and a half.

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RI S0774•Introduced

RELATING EDUCATION -- COUNCIL ON ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

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RI S0833•Introduced

Provides that when a registrant voluntarily cancels the registrant's motor vehicle registration, that person receives a credit for the time remaining on the original registration to be applied to a future registration.

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RI S0826•Introduced

Establishes a seven (7) member public-private partnership infrastructure oversight commission to approve all requests for proposals submitted for public-private partnership construction of qualified facilities.

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RI S0830•Introduced

DMV to provide credit for portions of unused voluntarily cancelled vehicle registrations.

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RI S0406•Introduced

Creates the Microplastics Reduction Act to prohibit the sale or distribution of products containing synthetic polymer micro particles.

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RI S0238•Introduced

Promotes free expression and access of information by prohibiting the censorship of library materials.

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RI S0176•Introduced

Establishes the Higher Education Opportunities for Students with Disabilities Act.

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RI S0983•Introduced

Creates the PURPLE alert state system to aid in the search for a missing adult with a serious physical, behavioral health, neurological disabilities or medical condition.

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RI S0982•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.

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RI S0941•Introduced

Allows continuing care providers to provide care in an individual’s home, subject to the same disclosures and requirements as continuing care provided in a facility.

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RI S0892•Introduced

Establishes a core state behavioral health crisis services system, to be administered by the director of the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals.

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RI S0867•Introduced

Permits the division of unclaimed property within the office of the general treasurer to accept miscellaneous intangible property belonging to Rhode Island residents.

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RI S0788•Introduced

Removes the age restriction for benefits coverage/requires, after 1/1/26, for policies issued or renewed include coverage for reimbursement for provider services at a rate equal to, or greater than, Medicaid establishments of EOHHS.

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RI S0800•Introduced

Allows retired state employees who worked for the unified judicial system as certified or qualified court interpreters to be employed or reemployed for a limited period in a given year.

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RI S0695•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.

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RI S0701•Introduced

Allows advanced practice registered nurses, physician assistants, and physicians who are and are not licensed in Rhode Island to provide telemedicine services to patients who are in the state when those services are rendered.

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RI S0499•Introduced

Establishes the assessed value of owner-occupied low- and moderate-income housing as the most recent sales price of the property.

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RI S0477•Introduced

Includes any costs paid by an enrollee or on behalf of the enrollee by a third party when calculating an enrollee’s overall contribution to any out-of-pocket maximum or cost sharing requirement under a health plan as of January 1, 2026.

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RI S0462•Introduced

Removes the sunset provision of the four (4) year pilot program to prevent drug overdoses through the establishment of harm reduction centers and creates a permanent program for harm reduction centers.

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RI S0471•Introduced

Establishes prevailing standards and procedures for licensing speech-language pathologists and audiologists in Rhode Island.

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