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2025 Legislative Priorities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The legislation below was endorsed by the Central Providence Unidos Executive Committee and emerged from the Working Groups focused on advancing the goals & strategies of the North Stars outlined in the Central Providence Roadmap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Focus Area<\/th>Bill & Sponsor<\/th>Legislation Name<\/th>About<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Overarching<\/td>H5849 <\/a>(Tanzi)
S0697<\/a> (Murray)<\/td>		RI Equity Zone Act<\/td>Codifies the (Health) Equity Zone Network into law.<\/td><\/tr>
Overarching<\/td>H5473 <\/a>(Alzate)
S329 <\/a>(Murray)<\/td>		Top 1% Surtax<\/td>Requires that landlords establish one of several
specific grounds in court before evicting a tenant.<\/td><\/tr>
Housing<\/td>H5264<\/a> (Potter)
S0580<\/a> (Mack)<\/td>		Rent Stabilization<\/td>Limits rent increases to no more than 4% annually.<\/td><\/tr>
Housing<\/td>H5503<\/a> (Cruz)
S0212<\/a> (Mack)<\/td>		Just Cause Evictions<\/td>Requires that landlords establish one of several
specific grounds in court before evicting a tenant.<\/td><\/tr>
Health<\/td>H6066<\/a> (Giraldo)<\/td>Paid Family Leave<\/td>Increases paid time off for parental leave
from 6 to 12 weeks, expands the definition of
caregivers to include grandchildren and siblings caring for family members experiencing illness.<\/td><\/tr>
Education<\/td>H5744<\/a> (Morales)
S0785<\/a> (Vargas)<\/td>		Multilingual Teachers Act<\/td>Creates a scholarship fund for teachers seeking
bilingual, dual language or world language
certification.<\/td><\/tr>
Education<\/td>H5982<\/a> (Felix)
S0457<\/a> (McKenney)<\/td>		Access to Bilingual Education<\/td>Creates an incentive for schools to start, expand,
and improve K-12 dual language programs.<\/td><\/tr>
Education<\/td>H5225<\/a> (Alzate)
S0537<\/a> (Bissaillon)<\/td>		Protected Spaces Act<\/td>Limits ability for any federal immigration authority
to investigate, detain, apprehend or arrest any
individuals for potential violations of federal
immigration laws without a judicial warrant within
certain protected locations.<\/td><\/tr>
Quality Work<\/td>H5940 <\/a>(Stewart)
S0752<\/a> (Ciccone)<\/td>		Employee Ownership Act<\/td>Helps stabilize the state\u2019s tax base and small business landscape by incentivizing the creation
of worker-owned Businesses.<\/td><\/tr>
Quality Work<\/td>S0342<\/a>
H5405
<\/a>H5304<\/a>
H5470<\/a>
H5467<\/a>
H5468<\/a>
S0092<\/a><\/td>		Save RIPTA<\/td>$32.6 million budget allocation to RIPTA, redirecting sales tax from rideshares to RIPTA, mandating bus
pass benefits for large companies, proposing a $100 million bond for transit improvements, increasing RIPTA\u2019s share of the gas tax to 30%, introducing a rideshare surcharge to support RIPTA and
infrastructure.<\/td><\/tr>
Power<\/td>H5726<\/a> (Morales)
S238<\/a> (McKenney)<\/td>		Freedom to Read Act<\/td>Promotes free expression and access of information by prohibiting the censorship of library materials.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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