Senator • Democrat

Pamela Lauria

Rhode Island • District SD-032

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Activity Summary

Bills Sponsored

Aggregate Impact (Sponsored Bills):

100% Positive

Voting Pattern

Nay: 17

Not Voting: 15

Other: 4

Yea: 1042

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Sponsored Bills

RI S0988•Introduced

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

Co-Sponsor

RI S0932•Introduced

Repeals a provision of the minimum prepaid special motor vehicle registration plate orders law that was set to expire on December 31, 2025.

Co-Sponsor

RI S0914•Introduced

Removes the fee for registration and plate transfer for a Distinguished Service Cross registration plate.

Co-Sponsor

RI S0625•Introduced

Adds “space force” to the branches of the military included in various sections of general law regarding the veterans home, veterans cemetery and the power of armed forces officers to take acknowledgements.

Co-Sponsor

RI S0238•Introduced

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

Co-Sponsor

RI S0071•Introduced

Provides protection and prevents the unethical, improper conduct and the collection of fees, by anyone advising or assisting a veteran filing a claim for disability benefits with the Department of Veterans Affairs, except as authorized by federal law.

Co-Sponsor

RI S0075•Introduced

Waives the fees for vehicle identification number inspections for veterans, including active duty military personnel and members of the National Guard and military reserves.

Co-Sponsor

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.

Co-Sponsor

RI S0687•Introduced

Makes several changes to the licensing and disciplinary process of the board of nursing.

Co-Sponsor

RI S0703•Introduced

Alters a PA’s continuing education requirements, ability to provide charitable care, and authority to clear students to return to sports after health-concern related removal and protect PA’s from certain restrictive covenants.

Co-Sponsor

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.

Co-Sponsor

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.

Primary Sponsor

RI S0738•Introduced

Grants tenants that are the victim of various forms of abuse, including, but not limited to, sexual and domestic abuse and stalking, the right to terminate a lease agreement early without penalty or liability for rent.

Co-Sponsor

RI S0607•Introduced

Makes a series of amendments to several statutes regarding businesses and professions to provide clarity or align with new federal requirements.

Co-Sponsor

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.

Co-Sponsor

RI S0271•Introduced

Prohibits health benefit plans reviewing prescriptions for opioid addiction treatment.

Co-Sponsor

RI S0263•Introduced

Requires coverage for acute mental health crisis mobile response and stabilization services to eligible individuals enrolled as plan beneficiaries.

Co-Sponsor

RI S0254•Introduced

Would provide children up to age three (3) with continuous coverage eligibility for RIte Track/RIte Care so that they are not at risk of losing coverage at the yearly redetermination due solely to administrative barriers.

Primary Sponsor

RI S0209•Introduced

Limits the use of certain criminal records and credit history reports in denying housing to prospective applicants, and provides for fines for failure to comply. This act further requires notices of denials to be sent to the prospective tenants.

Co-Sponsor

RI S0113•Introduced

Relieves East Providence from providing any educational/financial resources to children in the CRAFT program or other Bradley Hospital programs. Requires the school district of origin where the student was last registered to bear this responsibility.

Co-Sponsor

RI S0129•Introduced

Amends the Rhode Island Fair Housing Practices Act.

Co-Sponsor

RI S0036•Introduced

Amends the Education Equity and Property Tax Relief Act to set the regionalization bonus at 2% of the state's share of foundation education aid for the fiscal year starting July 1, 2025, and for each year thereafter.

Co-Sponsor

RI S0697•Introduced

Mandates that EOHHS assemble a network of equity zones where local multisector groups of nonprofits, service providers, advocates, community members, state agencies, and municipalities can address social factors of health at a local level.

Co-Sponsor

RI S0199•Passed

VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF BARRINGTON

Primary Sponsor

RI S0591•Engrossed

Names the new Sakonnet River Bridge as the “Staff Sergeant Christopher Potts Sakonnet River Bridge.”

Co-Sponsor

RI S0974•Introduced

Increases the taxable wage base for TDI claims from $38,000 to $100,000 or the annual earnings needed by an individual to qualify for the maximum weekly benefit amount and the maximum duration under chapters 39 through 41 of this title.

Co-Sponsor

RI S0969•Introduced

Changes utility company billing practices so that when a gas electric utility changes their customer billing, they are required to file a copy of the new bill with the PUC for approval, with a complete explanation of the changes.

Co-Sponsor

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