Rhode Island Senate
Lou Raptakis
Democratic. Senate, district 33.
Emailsen-raptakis@rilegislature.gov
contactOfficial record 1https://www.rilegislature.gov/senators/algiere/default.aspx
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officialOfficial record 3https://www.rilegislature.gov/senators/raptakis/Pages/Biography.aspx
officialOfficial record 4https://www.rilin.state.ri.us/senators/Algiere/
officialBills they sponsored
75 bills sponsored this session
TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXESS 3315 · this session · introduced May 22, 2026
Chapter 276, Jun 26, 2026TOWNS AND CITIES -- SUBDIVISION OF LANDS 3292 · this session · introduced May 15, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studySENATE RESOLUTION HONORING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JULIE LEDDY UPON HER RETIREMENT AFTER TWENTY-NINE YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE COVENTRY HOUSING AUTHORITYS 3283 · this session · introduced May 12, 2026
Senate read and passedSENATE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF MARY LOU DI PADUAS 3273 · this session · introduced May 8, 2026
Senate read and passedSENATE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING MAY 19TH OF 2026 AS GREEK AND PONTIC GENOCIDE REMEMBRANCE DAY IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLANDS 3267 · this session · introduced May 6, 2026
Senate read and passedSENATE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING MARCH 25, 2026, AS THE 205TH ANNIVERSARY OF GREEK INDEPENDENCE DAY AND CELEBRATING DEMOCRACY IN GREECE AND THE UNITED STATESS 3175 · this session · introduced Mar 31, 2026
Senate read and passedMOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MISCELLANEOUS RULESS 3135 · this session · introduced Mar 20, 2026
Chapter 405, Jun 23, 2026CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- SEXUAL OFFENDER REGISTRATION AND COMMUNITY NOTIFICATIONS 3134 · this session · introduced Mar 20, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyTOWNS AND CITIES -- AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS AND INSTALLATION OF SYSTEMSS 3127 · this session · introduced Mar 20, 2026
Meeting postponed (06/02/2026)SENATE RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING MIRANDA MARIE MUSUMECI ON BEING NAMED MISS IRELAND IN THE WEST WARWICK ST. PATRICK S DAY PARADE 2026S 3067 · this session · introduced Mar 12, 2026
Senate read and passedSENATE RESOLUTION JOYOUSLY CELEBRATING WORLD GREEK LANGUAGE DAY IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AS PROCLAIMED BY UNESCOS 3055 · this session · introduced Mar 11, 2026
Senate read and passedELECTIONS -- NOMINATION OF PARTY AND INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES -- DECLARATION OF CANDIDACY AND PRIMARY VOTESS 3043 · this session · introduced Mar 5, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyTOWNS AND CITIES -- SUBDIVISION OF LANDS 3030 · this session · introduced Mar 5, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyJOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AND PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION -- OF THE LEGISLATIVE POWERS 3021 · this session · introduced Mar 5, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyMOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- USE OF CROSSWALKS, INTERSECTIONS AND SAFETY ZONESS 2969 · this session · introduced Mar 4, 2026
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MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLESS 2746 · this session · introduced Feb 27, 2026
Committee recommends passage of Sub AGENERAL ASSEMBLY -- COMMITTEES AND STAFFS 2709 · this session · introduced Feb 27, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyTOWNS AND CITIES -- PROPERTY TAX/RENT FREEZE BILLS 2703 · this session · introduced Feb 27, 2026
Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal GovernmentLABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- E-VERIFY COMPLIANCES 2500 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2026
Introduced, referred to Senate Labor and GamingMOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSESS 2493 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyMOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF LICENSES--VIOLATIONSS 2482 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyMOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF LICENSESS 2403 · this session · introduced Jan 30, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyMOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSESS 2402 · this session · introduced Jan 30, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studySTATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- INSPECTOR GENERALS 2375 · this session · introduced Jan 30, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studySTATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENTS 2356 · this session · introduced Jan 30, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyJOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AND PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE -- REFERENDUM ON LINE ITEM VETOS 2317 · this session · introduced Jan 23, 2026
Introduced, referred to Senate JudiciaryBEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALSS 2315 · this session · introduced Jan 23, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyCRIMINAL OFFENSES -- LARGE CAPACITY FEEDING DEVICE BAN OF 2022S 2314 · this session · introduced Jan 23, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyCRIMINAL OFFENSES -- DISORDERLY CONDUCTS 2296 · this session · introduced Jan 23, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studySTATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENTS 2288 · this session · introduced Jan 23, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyCRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONSS 2285 · this session · introduced Jan 23, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyPROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACTS 2262 · this session · introduced Jan 23, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studySENATE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING THE 83RD ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUR CHAPLAINS , THE FOUR MEN OF GOD WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES DURING WORLD WAR II SO THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVES 2190 · this session · introduced Jan 21, 2026
Senate read and passedMOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- LIGHTING EQUIPMENT AND REFLECTORSS 2055 · this session · introduced Jan 9, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyWATERS AND NAVIGATION -- WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENTS 2044 · this session · introduced Jan 9, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyMILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- NATIONAL GUARDS 2029 · this session · introduced Jan 9, 2026
Referred to House FinanceFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- LENDERS AND LOAN BROKERSS 2015 · this session · introduced Jan 9, 2026
Referred to House CorporationsTAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Allows the town council of Coventry to make exemptions from taxation on real and personal property that has undergone environmental remediation. This act is subject to conditionsS 1142 · this session · introduced Jun 6, 2025
Chapter 336, Jul 1, 2025SENATE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING MAY 19TH OF 2025 AS "GREEK AND PONTIC GENOCIDE REMEMBRANCE DAY" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLANDS 1080 · this session · introduced May 15, 2025
Senate read and passedTAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Authorizes the town council of West Greenwich to provide an exemption and/or stabilization of tax agreement on qualified property used for residential purposes inclusive of low- S 0893 · this session · introduced Mar 27, 2025
Chapter 334, Jul 1, 2025SENATE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING MARCH 25, 2025, AS THE 204TH ANNIVERSARY OF GREEK INDEPENDENCE DAY AND CELEBRATING DEMOCRACY IN GREECE AND THE UNITED STATESS 0880 · this session · introduced Mar 25, 2025
Senate read and passedHUMAN SERVICES -- RHODE ISLAND MEALS ON WHEELS INC. FUND (Provides for a tax refund deduction for contributions to the Meals on Wheels Inc. Fund commencing with tax year 2025.)S 0845 · this session · introduced Mar 19, 2025
Senate read and passedCRIMINAL OFFENSES -- THEFT, EMBEZZLEMENT, FALSE PRETENSES, AND MISAPPROPRIATION (Provides that when 2 or more individuals associate to accomplish the crime of shoplifting, that they would be deemed to be associated for tS 0822 · this session · introduced Mar 14, 2025
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyELECTIONS -- NOMINATION OF PARTY AND INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES (Amends several statutes relating to elections and the dates for primaries and dates within which to file nomination papers and object to nomination papers.)S 0741 · this session · introduced Mar 7, 2025
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyCRIMINAL OFFENSES -- LARGE CAPACITY FEEDING DEVICE BAN OF 2022 (Makes a first offense of possessing a large capacity feeding device a misdemeanor and subsequent offenses felonies.)S 0727 · this session · introduced Mar 7, 2025
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyJOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AND PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION -- OF THE LEGISLATIVE POWER (Proposes a state constitutional amendment that no department or other entity S 0725 · this session · introduced Mar 7, 2025
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyLABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- E-VERIFY COMPLIANCE (Establishes the E-Verify compliance program which would require all non-governmental employers within the state with 3 or more employees to apply to participate in the feS 0585 · this session · introduced Feb 26, 2025
Introduced, referred to Senate Labor and GamingMOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES (Provides that a hearing required before a judge or magistrate may adjudge a motorist in contempt for failure to comply with the court's orders regarding a conditional hS 0574 · this session · introduced Feb 26, 2025
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyMOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF LICENSES--VIOLATIONS (Amends the section of law relative to violations for driving after denial, revocation or suspension of a license and expands the list of offenS 0571 · this session · introduced Feb 26, 2025
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyMOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES (Increases the penalty for anyone found guilty of reckless driving while eluding police to a felony punishable by up to 5 years imprisonment and subject to a loss of licS 0544 · this session · introduced Feb 26, 2025
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyTAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Provides a full property tax exemption for a veteran’s real property used as the veteran's primary residence.)S 0438 · this session · introduced Feb 26, 2025
Committee recommended measure be held for further studySENATE RESOLUTION JOYOUSLY CELEBRATING THE 90TH BIRTHDAY OF ROBERT EDWARD KENAHAN ON FEBRUARY 8TH, 2025S 0367 · this session · introduced Feb 24, 2025
Senate read and passedSENATE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING THE 82ND ANNIVERSARY OF THE "FOUR CHAPLAINS", THE FOUR MEN OF GOD WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES DURING WORLD WAR II SO THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVES 0366 · this session · introduced Feb 24, 2025
Senate read and passedMOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES (Requires persons convicted of driving under influence or refusal to submit to chemical test, to have an ignition interlock system installed in vehicle as part of sentenS 0357 · this session · introduced Feb 21, 2025
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyTAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Provides a full property tax exemption for a veteran’s real property used as the veteran's primary residence.)S 0341 · this session · introduced Feb 21, 2025
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyJOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AND PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE -- REFERENDUM ON LINE ITEM VETO (This proposed amendment to the Constitution would provide thS 0308 · this session · introduced Feb 13, 2025
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyMOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES (Increases penalties for a variety of motor vehicle offenses.)S 0298 · this session · introduced Feb 13, 2025
Committee recommended measure be held for further studySENATE RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE REPORTING AND EXPIRATION DATES OF THE SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND REVIEW RHODE ISLAND'S MINIMUM WAGE (This resolution would extend the reporting and expiration dates of theS 0216 · this session · introduced Feb 7, 2025
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyMOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF LICENSES (Requires that the license plates of a vehicle be confiscated by a police officer if the owner was arrested for driving while their license was suspended, S 0214 · this session · introduced Feb 7, 2025
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyEDUCATION -- RIGHTS AND DUTIES TEACHERS GENERALLY -- SEPTEMBER 11 CLASSROOM MOMENT OF SILENCE (Allows teachers in all grades to provide the opportunity for students to observe a brief moment of silence on every SeptemberS 0179 · this session · introduced Feb 7, 2025
Chapter 411, Jul 2, 2025MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Empowers the division of motor vehicles to make available special motor vehicle registration plates for the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association.)S 0155 · this session · introduced Jan 31, 2025
Chapter 150, Jun 25, 2025BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS (Expands the deinstitutionalization subsidy aid program in the department oS 0147 · this session · introduced Jan 31, 2025
Committee recommended measure be held for further studySTATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT (Prohibits defendants who are serving probation for driving under the influence death resulting from earning good time off their probationary period.)S 0140 · this session · introduced Jan 31, 2025
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyCRIMINAL OFFENSES -- TRESPASS AND VANDALISM (Changes the community service requirements of a sentence related to the violation of § 11-44-21.1 relating to defacing private residences, offices, businesses or commercial prS 0139 · this session · introduced Jan 31, 2025
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyCRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (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 oS 0138 · this session · introduced Jan 31, 2025
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyPUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- LITTER CONTROL AND RECYCLING (Changes the fine for any person convicted of a first violation of this chapter from $85 to $200, and increases the period of time that the violator may be ordereS 0130 · this session · introduced Jan 31, 2025
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyINSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Increases insurance coverage for hearing aids from one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) to one thousand seven hundred fifty dollars ($1,750), per ear, for all S 0120 · this session · introduced Jan 31, 2025
Chapter 389, Jul 1, 2025TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION (Exempts the trade-in value of pickup trucks under eight thousand one hundred pounds (8,100 lbs.) gross weight, used exclusively for personal use, from sales tS 0099 · this session · introduced Jan 31, 2025
Committee recommended measure be held for further studySTATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL (Establishes office of inspector general which would be charged with preventing fraud and mismanagement of public funds, regardless of their source and would ovS 0097 · this session · introduced Jan 31, 2025
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyTAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION (Exempts the trade-in value of pickup trucks under six thousand pounds (6,000 lbs.) gross weight, used exclusively for personal use, from sales tax.)S 0095 · this session · introduced Jan 31, 2025
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyINSURANCE -- CASUALTY INSURANCE RATING (Prohibits casualty insurers from assessing any premium surcharge or penalty against an insured solely for inquiring about the terms of the insured's policy.)S 0084 · this session · introduced Jan 31, 2025
Chapter 298, Jun 26, 2025FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- LENDERS AND LOAN BROKERS (Removes the licensing exemption for a lender that originates less than six (6) loans in twelve (12) consecutive months.)S 0083 · this session · introduced Jan 31, 2025
Referred to House CorporationsMILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- NATIONAL GUARD (Raises the amount of life insurance the state provides at no charge to Rhode Island National Guard members called up for federal duty to five hundred thousand dollars ($500S 0029 · this session · introduced Jan 23, 2025
Senate read and passedWATERS AND NAVIGATION -- WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (Requires 10% of all rental fees collected by the water resources board pursuant to a lease with the Coventry Pines Golf Club be paid to the town of Coventry and 10% toS 0026 · this session · introduced Jan 23, 2025
Committee recommended measure be held for further studySENATE RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING THE AMERICAN HELLENIC EDUCATIONAL PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION (AHEPA) CHAPTER 106 SOPHOCLES OF PROVIDENCE ON THE JOYOUS OCCASION OF ITS 100TH ANNIVERSARYS 3054 · this session · introduced Invalid Date
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