Representative • Democrat

Anthony DeSimone

Rhode Island • District HD-005

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Aggregate Impact (Sponsored Bills):

100% Positive

Voting Pattern

Nay: 22

Not Voting: 18

Other: 2

Yea: 1446

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Anthony DeSimone

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Allows the collection of solid waste and recycling between the hours of seven o’clock (7:00) am and three o’clock (3:00) am seven days a week. It would also ban the use of mobile waste compaction technology for recycling.

Requires public middle schools, to allow students from a recognized non-public, charter, or alternative education institution, to participate in a non-sponsored sport in the school district where the student resides.

Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of the Center for Southeast Asians.

Establishes a pilot program for a virtual reality learning platform to improve math skills for grades 6 through 12 STEM education.

Removes language that requires the department of elementary and secondary education to prorate funds to school districts in certain situations and eliminate funding for certain programs.

Amends Rhode Island’s existing healthcare services funding plan act by adding an account relating to a new psychiatry resource network to fund Rhode Island’s present PediPRN and MomsPRN.

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

Includes licensed school psychologists under the provisions of the general laws governing the regulations of psychologists and expands the licensing of school psychologists for independent practice.

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.

Would require every high school to offer a yearlong “ethnic studies” course.

Nullifies the department of elementary and secondary education recommendation that the turnaround plan for Providence public schools be continued.

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.

Requires the board of regents to adopt support and intervention strategies consistent with Comprehensive Education Strategy and SALT in one district at a time.

Recalculates the retirement allowance related to early retirement and pension benefits for teachers, state employees and municipal employees.

Reinstates the cost of living adjustments for retirees, when the annual investment return of the retirement system, exceeds ten percent (10%).

Beginning on July 1, 2025, allows state union employees to negotiate longevity payments in their collective bargaining agreements.

Authorizes the Providence city council to set the veterans tax exemption limit to an amount determined by the city council via ordinance or resolution.

Allows for the issuance of a Class B liquor license for the property located at 1039 Douglas Avenue in the city of Providence.

Provides that exemptions to the prohibition of liquor licenses within two hundred feet (200') of schools or places of worship do not eliminate neighboring property owners’ remonstrance rights to object to the license.

Permits municipalities to enact ordinances that provide them the authority to organize local tax amnesty events once every three (3) years.

Allows a pharmacist to dispense a one-time refill for certain medications for continuation of therapy to patients under certain circumstances.

Creates a sales tax holiday on August 9 and 10, 2025.

Provides additional exception to prohibition on usage of wireless communication device while driving and clarifies that use for purpose of navigation must be while the device is mounted or otherwise affixed to vehicle and not held in the motorist's hand.

Sets standards and procedures to allow and implement conjugal visitation at state correctional facilities.

Requires all public utilities to maintain a customer service facility within the state to perform services such as addressing customer inquiries and accepting bill payments.

Adds a definition for "co-living housing" to the zoning ordinance provisions of the general laws and would include such housing as a special provision to be included in a zoning ordinance.

Prohibits health insurance plans from requiring prior authorization for a new episode of rehabilitative care for twelve visits, or from requiring prior authorization for rehabilitative care for chronic pain for ninety days.

Prohibits public utilities from raising the cost for access to the internet for senior citizens.

Repeals legislation establishing the Capital Center Commission, which is a special development district commission for downtown Providence.

Creates the nursing home workforce standards board act to establish and enforce industry-wide quality of care standards in nursing homes.

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