Rhode Island Senate
Sam Zurier
Democratic. Senate, district 3.
Emailsen-zurier@rilegislature.gov
contactOfficial recordhttps://www.rilegislature.gov/senators/zurier/Pages/Biography.aspx
officialBills they sponsored
48 bills sponsored this session
SENATE RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE REPORTING AND EXPIRATION DATES OF THE SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POTENTIAL CHANGES IN LEGISLATION/OVERSIGHT OF THE ACT ON CLIMATES 3343 · this session · introduced Jun 2, 2026
Senate read and passedSENATE RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE REPORTING AND EXPIRATION DATES OF THE SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POTENTIAL CHANGES IN LEGISLATION/OVERSIGHT OF THE ACT ON CLIMATES 3317 · this session · introduced May 22, 2026
Senate read and passedHIGHWAYS -- CROOK POINT BRIDGE AUTHORITY ACTS 3176 · this session · introduced Mar 31, 2026
Chapter 035, Jun 5, 2026EDUCATION -- FOUNDATION LEVEL SCHOOL SUPPORTS 2934 · this session · introduced Mar 4, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSESS 2755 · this session · introduced Feb 27, 2026
Chapter 031, May 22, 2026MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR FUEL TAXS 2668 · this session · introduced Feb 27, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyPUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- OFFSHORE WIND PROCUREMENT POLICY COMMISSIONS 2661 · this session · introduced Feb 27, 2026
Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and AgricultureHEALTH AND SAFETY -- RHODE ISLAND CLEAN HEAT STANDARD ACTS 2654 · this session · introduced Feb 27, 2026
Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and AgricultureEDUCATION -- STUDENT CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS 2651 · this session · introduced Feb 27, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyPUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- DUTIES OF UTILITIES AND CARRIERSS 2641 · this session · introduced Feb 27, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studySTATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OPEN MEETINGSS 2612 · this session · introduced Feb 13, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyELECTIONS -- PRIMARIES FOR ELECTION OF DELEGATES TO NATIONAL CONVENTIONS AND FOR PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCES 2590 · this session · introduced Feb 13, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyCOMMERCIAL LAW--GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- GENETIC INFORMATION PRIVACY ACTS 2203 · this session · introduced Jan 23, 2026
Chapter 222, Jun 19, 2026COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- FEESS 2141 · this session · introduced Jan 16, 2026
Referred to House FinanceELECTIONS -- CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPLIESS 2131 · this session · introduced Jan 16, 2026
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COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS -- JUDICIAL SELECTIONS 2128 · this session · introduced Jan 16, 2026
Referred to House JudiciarySTATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION EFFICIENCY AND PERFORMANCE AUDIT ACTS 2124 · this session · introduced Jan 16, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyTAXATION -- CIGARETTE, OTHER TOBACCO PRODUCTS, AND ELECTRONIC NICOTINE-DELIVERY SYSTEM PRODUCTSS 2098 · this session · introduced Jan 16, 2026
Committee heardPUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENT AND DEBT REDUCTION ACT OF 2011S 2095 · this session · introduced Jan 16, 2026
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyINSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIESS 2032 · this session · introduced Jan 9, 2026
Senate read and passedTAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES--LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION (Authorizes municipalities to impose a ticket tax on ticket sales for venues large enough to hold at least eight hundred (800) patrons, seated, of seven percent S 1131 · this session · introduced Jun 4, 2025
Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal GovernmentSENATE RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE 77TH ANNIVERSARY OF ISRAEL'S DAY OF INDEPENDENCE ON APRIL 30TH THROUGH MAY 1ST, 2025, AND REAFFIRMING THE BONDS OF FRIENDSHIP AND COOPERATION BETWEEN RHODE ISLAND, THE UNITED STATES, ANDS 1065 · this session · introduced May 9, 2025
Senate held on deskTAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Permit the City of Providence a one-year levy cap for fiscal year 2026 not to exceed eight percent (8%).)S 1041 · this session · introduced May 9, 2025
Chapter 148, Jun 24, 2025STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- ENERGY FACILITY SITING ACT (Allows for measures to advance the undergrounding of certain utility cables and to have the same funded through utility rate increases to the cities of ProvidenS 0981 · this session · introduced Apr 16, 2025
Chapter 191, Jun 26, 2025EDUCATION -- THE PAUL W. CROWLEY RHODE ISLAND STUDENT INVESTMENT INITIATIVE (Allows when authorized by the board of regents, the commissioner to designate a receiver for the district with all the powers of the superintenS 0861 · this session · introduced Mar 21, 2025
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyEDUCATION -- THE PAUL W. CROWLEY RHODE ISLAND STUDENT INVESTMENT INITIATIVE (Allows the board of regents to appoint a receiver to manage a school district with the authority described in § 16-7.1-5.2 relating to state inS 0860 · this session · introduced Mar 21, 2025
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyPUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- AFFORDABLE CLEAN ENERGY SECURITY ACT (Mandates state and electric distribution companies develop proposals and encourage off shore wind power development and give priority in those projecS 0769 · this session · introduced Mar 14, 2025
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyCOMMERCIAL LAW--GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- GENETIC INFORMATION PRIVACY ACT (Establishes the Genetic Information Privacy Act, which would require a direct-to-consumer genetic testing company, as defined, to provide S 0767 · this session · introduced Mar 14, 2025
Referred to House JudiciaryEDUCATION -- TEACHERS' TENURE (Allows the Providence public School district by reason of a substantial decrease of pupil population within its school system, to suspend teachers in numbers necessitated by the decrease inS 0747 · this session · introduced Mar 7, 2025
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyEDUCATION -- FOUNDATION LEVEL SCHOOL SUPPORT (Changes salary minimum schedule for providence teachers.)S 0746 · this session · introduced Mar 7, 2025
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyEDUCATION -- TEACHERS' TENURE (Amends the teachers' tenure act for Providence public school teachers and provides a process for the dismissal and demotion for teachers or other persons assigned full-time to the school.)S 0745 · this session · introduced Mar 7, 2025
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyTAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX (Provides a tax credit to individual taxpayers who convert their gas-powered vehicle into a vehicle propelled by an alternative fuel source.)S 0666 · this session · introduced Mar 7, 2025
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyPUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES (Defines public-private partnerships and provide the framework to encourage the use of public-private partnerships for proposals for state purchases.)S 0616 · this session · introduced Mar 6, 2025
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyHEALTH AND SAFETY -- VITAL RECORDS (Provides that public historical vital records maintained by the state archives shall not be amended.)S 0606 · this session · introduced Mar 6, 2025
Chapter 394, Jul 2, 2025STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY COUNCIL (Eliminates one of two (2) conflicting versions of the science and technology advisory council authorizing statute, clarifying the structure of the S 0602 · this session · introduced Mar 6, 2025
Chapter 251, Jun 26, 2025ELECTIONS -- CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPLIES (Adds early voting to the fifty (50) feet buffer prohibitions against politicking on election day voting.)S 0569 · this session · introduced Feb 26, 2025
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyHEALTH AND SAFETY -- THE RHODE ISLAND CLEAN HEAT STANDARD ACT (Created the Rhode Island clean heat standards act to implement a system of tradeable clean heat credits earned from the delivery of clean heat measures that S 0407 · this session · introduced Feb 26, 2025
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyEDUCATION -- COUNCIL ON POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION (Allows Ukrainian parolees residing in Rhode Island under the federal Uniting for Ukraine program, who have been granted temporary parole, to qualify for in-state tuition aS 0337 · this session · introduced Feb 21, 2025
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyEDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT (Requires the department of elementary and secondary education to propose, by October 1, 2025, funding alternatives to increase state aid for districts with hS 0331 · this session · introduced Feb 21, 2025
Committee recommended measure be held for further studySTATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND COMMERCE CORPORATION (Requires a seventy-five percent (75%) supermajority vote by the board of directors to establish a quorum and to approve any action taken by the commerce S 0316 · this session · introduced Feb 21, 2025
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyCOURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- FEES (Increases fees paid to jurors to fifty dollars ($50.00) per day.)S 0303 · this session · introduced Feb 13, 2025
Referred to House FinanceCOURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS -- JUDICIAL SELECTION (Sets a mandatory retirement age of 75 for all justices and magistrates of the superior, district, workers’ compensation, family and traffic tribunal courts and S 0289 · this session · introduced Feb 13, 2025
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyCOURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS -- JUDICIAL SELECTION (Requires individuals seeking a judicial nomination to reapply to JNC every 3 years and make those individuals selected as finalists, eligible only for the courtS 0206 · this session · introduced Feb 7, 2025
Senate passed Sub AINSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Prohibits an insurance company from imposing any cost-sharing requirements for any diagnostic or supplemental breast examinations.)S 0197 · this session · introduced Feb 7, 2025
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyMOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR FUEL TAX (Adjusts the motor fuel tax for inflation every two (2) years based on the inflation that has occurred in the previous two (2) years.)S 0047 · this session · introduced Jan 23, 2025
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyMOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR FUEL TAX (Extends allocation of motor fuel tax to the Intermodal Surface Transportation Fund through 2025. Changes the allocation to 30% total proceeds, including 30% from the one cent pS 0046 · this session · introduced Jan 23, 2025
Committee recommended measure be held for further studyTAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Exempts from property taxation, the real and tangible personal property of the Providence Preservation Society.)S 0028 · this session · introduced Jan 23, 2025
Chapter 089, Jun 20, 2025SENATE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POTENTIAL CHANGES IN LEGISLATION/OVERSIGHT OF THE ACT ON CLIMATE (Creates a 5 member commission to provide recommendatiS 0023 · this session · introduced Jan 23, 2025
Senate read and passedRoster from Open States (the open civic-data project), archived on our side. Bill records from the Rhode Island legislature’s own site.