Deborah Fellela
State Representative · Rhode Island House District 43
Bills introduced (18)
JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY SAFE STAFFING RATIOS IN HOSPITALS (Creates a 15-member joint commission to study and provide recommendations regarding safe staffing ratios in hospitals, and who would report back to the General Assembly by September 1, 2027, and expire on January 30, 2028.)
Effective without Governor's signature · June 24, 2026
Creates a new class of retirement status license for retirees that had possessed a professional license issued by the department of labor and training.
Signed by Governor · June 10, 2026
HOUSE RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING RHODE ISLAND NATIVE JOSEPH MAZZULLA, HEAD COACH OF THE BOSTON CELTICS, ON BEING NAMED THE 2025-2026 NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION COACH OF THE YEAR
House read and passed · May 28, 2026
No recorded vote yet.
See Bill & VotesAmends the heading of § 11-47-60.1 to include the words "Dillon's Law."
Referred to Senate Judiciary · May 5, 2026
Provides motor vehicles under 8,500 pounds would not require a further inspection after the first inspection, until the vehicle reached twenty (20) years of age.
Committee recommended measure be held for further study · April 29, 2026
No recorded vote yet.
See Bill & VotesAllows teachers, state and municipal employees to retire upon the earlier of reaching age sixty (60) with thirty (30) years of service or the employee's retirement eligibility date under present state statutes.
Committee recommended measure be held for further study · April 16, 2026
No recorded vote yet.
See Bill & VotesPermits Johnston to require 2 parking spaces for each studio, one-bedroom, or two-bedroom low- or moderate-income housing unit upon the determination that limited or no local public transportation or off-street parking is available near these units.
Committee recommended measure be held for further study · April 15, 2026
No recorded vote yet.
See Bill & VotesAllows the town of Johnston to receive a one-half (1/2) credit for affordable housing units for manufactured homes in age restricted communities in conformance with all zoning laws and/or ordinances of the town.
Committee recommended measure be held for further study · April 15, 2026
No recorded vote yet.
See Bill & VotesAllows the town of Johnston to determine its density bonuses based upon its underlying zoning.
Withdrawn at sponsor's request · April 15, 2026
No recorded vote yet.
See Bill & VotesAuthorizes the town of Johnston, if an aggregate of two hundred fifty (250) or more units should be proposed in comprehensive permit project(s), to enact an emergency moratorium until the permit requirement of § 45-53-4 are amended.
Committee recommended measure be held for further study · April 15, 2026
No recorded vote yet.
See Bill & VotesChanges the residential limit for any substantial multi-family housing project not to exceed forty thousand (40,000) residents according to the United States Census Bureau.
Committee recommended measure be held for further study · April 7, 2026
No recorded vote yet.
See Bill & VotesAuthorizes the Johnston town council to set tax exemption limit to an amount determined by the city council via ordinance or resolution for qualified individuals defined in the act.
Committee recommended measure be held for further study · April 7, 2026
No recorded vote yet.
See Bill & VotesShowing the 12 most recently active.
Recent votes
| Bill | Vote on | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| H8123 Creates three (3) new awards for Rhode Island National Guard members and would provide eligibility for the Rhode Island star for certain civilian government employees and military and civilian leaders of foreign governments. | House · House Committee on Veterans` Affairs: Passage April 14, 2026 | Yes |
| S2177 Establishes the Rhode Island orange heart medal to formally recognize Rhode Island veterans whose service exposed them to toxic herbicides, burn pits, or other hazardous agents. | House · House Committee on Veterans` Affairs: Passage in concurrence June 4, 2026 | Yes |
| H7962 Eliminates the "until June 30, 2026" sunset on the increase in the total amount of earnings a partial-unemployment insurance claimant can receive before being entirely disqualified for unemployment insurance benefits. | House · House Committee on Labor: Passage of Sub A June 5, 2026 | Yes |
| S2996 Creates three (3) new awards for Rhode Island National Guard members and would provide eligibility for the Rhode Island star for certain civilian government employees and military and civilian leaders of foreign governments. | House · House Committee on Veterans` Affairs: Passage in concurrence June 4, 2026 | Yes |
| H8251 HOUSE RESOLUTION URGING CONGRESS TO AUTHORIZE THE AWARD OF THE ARMED FORCES EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL, OR SIMILAR RECOGNITION, TO UNITED STATES SERVICE MEMBERS WHO SERVED IN HONDURAS FROM 1981 TO 1992 | House · House Committee on Veterans` Affairs: Passage April 14, 2026 | Yes |
| S2929 Eliminates the "until June 30, 2026" sunset on the increase in the total amount of earnings a partial-unemployment insurance claimant can receive before being entirely disqualified for unemployment insurance benefits. | House · House Committee on Labor: Passage of Sub A June 9, 2026 | Yes |
| H7679 Provides that certain Hmong or Lao individuals who served honorably in military operations in support of the United States as special guerrilla units be granted burial rights at the Rhode Island Veterans Memorial Cemetery. | House · House Committee on Veterans` Affairs: Passage of Sub A May 5, 2026 | Yes |
| H8487 HOUSE RESOLUTION URGING THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO ENACT TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO THE CAMP LEJEUNE JUSTICE ACT OF 2022 | House · House Committee on Veterans` Affairs: Passage May 5, 2026 | Yes |
| S2342 Places limits on the number of self-service checkout stations a grocery store can have and on the workload of employees assigned to monitor those checkout stations. | House · House Committee on Labor: Passage of Sub B June 9, 2026 | Yes |
| H7041 Provides that all contractual provisions in a firefighters collective bargaining agreement continue until a successor agreement has been reached or an interest arbitration award has been rendered. | House · House Committee on Labor: Passage May 28, 2026 | Yes |
| S2925 Provides that all contractual provisions in a firefighters collective bargaining agreement continue until a successor agreement has been reached or an interest arbitration award has been rendered. | House · House Committee on Labor: Passage in concurrence May 28, 2026 | Yes |
| H7040 Extends provisions of an existing collective bargaining agreement for municipal police arbitration purposes until a successor agreement is reached or an interest arbitration award is rendered. | House · House Committee on Labor: Passage May 28, 2026 | Yes |
| H7361 Ensures that more developmentally disabled adults can self-direct the care they need and want, by incorporating collective bargaining rights into the self-directed supports program. | House · House Committee on Labor: Passage of Sub A June 5, 2026 | Yes |
| H7960 Eliminates prescribed timelines for hearing and determination in certain enforcement actions before the department labor and training to align with reasonable practice. | House · House Committee on Labor: Passage May 28, 2026 | Yes |
| H7972 Amends the process for creating and governing project labor agreements (“PLA”). | House · House Committee on Labor: Passage of Sub A June 9, 2026 | Yes |
| H8504 Changes the definition of employee to include individuals employed in the domestic service of any person. | House · House Committee on Labor: Passage May 28, 2026 | Yes |
| S3119 Extends provisions of an existing collective bargaining agreement for municipal police arbitration purposes until a successor agreement is reached or an interest arbitration award is rendered. | House · House Committee on Labor: Passage in concurrence May 28, 2026 | Yes |
| H8524 Amends various sections of the workers' compensation statute relative to the court's jurisdiction and the court's authority. | House · House Committee on Labor: Passage June 2, 2026 | Yes |
| S2504 Requires employers to provide each employee of a warehouse distribution center, upon hire, with written description of quotas applicable to the employee within defined time periods and adverse employment action for failure to meet the quota. | House · House Committee on Labor: Passage of Sub A June 2, 2026 | Yes |
| S2414 Disabled veteran license plate may be transferred to veterans' spouse or issued to veteran or veterans spouse. | House · House Committee on Veterans` Affairs: Passage in concurrence June 9, 2026 | Absent |
| H7364 Requires employers to provide each employee of a warehouse distribution center, upon hire, with written description of quotas applicable to the employee within defined time periods and adverse employment action for failure to meet the quota. | House · House Committee on Labor: Passage of Sub A June 2, 2026 | Yes |
| H7290 Places limits on the number of self-service checkout stations a grocery store can have and on the workload of employees assigned to monitor those checkout stations. | House · House Committee on Labor: Passage of Sub A June 9, 2026 | Yes |
| H8614 Disabled veteran license plate may be transferred to veterans' spouse or issued to veteran or veterans spouse. | House · House Committee on Veterans` Affairs: Passage June 9, 2026 | Absent |
| S2756 Defines "military-connected student" and permits military-connected students to enroll by remote registration upon presentation of military orders confirming the parent or guardian be stationed in this state during the current or following school year. | House · House Committee on Veterans` Affairs: Passage in concurrence June 4, 2026 | Yes |
| H8609 HOUSE RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE REPORTING AND EXPIRATION DATES OF THE SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND REVIEW THE COST AND STATUS OF THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND OWNED, VACANT, AND ABANDONED PROPERTIES AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR METHODS TO MITIGATE THE ASSOCIATED EXPENSES (Extends the reporting/expiration dates of the special legislative commission to study/review the cost and status of the State of RI owned, vacant, and abandoned properties and provide recommendations for methods to mitigate the associated expenses.) | House · Passage June 11, 2026 | Yes |
| S3353 JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO PAY CERTAIN CLAIMS (Authorizes the appropriation to pay claims.) | House · Passage In Concurrence June 11, 2026 | Yes |
| S2436 JOINT RESOLUTION AMENDING THE JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A PERMANENT LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION ON CHILD CARE IN RHODE ISLAND (Amends the membership of the permanent legislative commission on child care with twenty-seven (27) members to ensure that the state has high quality and affordable childcare and early learning services network.) | House · Passage In Concurrence June 8, 2026 | Yes |
| H8601 HOUSE RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE REPORTING AND EXPIRATION DATES OF THE LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE ENTIRE AREA OF LAND USE, PRESERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, HOUSING, ENVIRONMENT, AND REGULATION (This resolution would extend the reporting and expiration dates of the special legislative commission to study the entire area of land use, preservation, development, housing, environment, and regulation, from June 8, 2026, to June 10, 2027) | House · Passage June 8, 2026 | Yes |
| S3264 JOINT RESOLUTION REPEALING RHODE ISLAND'S RATIFICATION OF THE CORWIN AMENDMENT (Repeals the General Assembly’s previous ratification of the Corwin Amendment.) | House · Passage In Concurrence June 8, 2026 | Yes |
| H8032 HOUSE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE WATER SUPPLY PLANNING FOR NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS IN RURAL COMMUNITIES (Creates a special legislative commission to study/provide recommendations for water supply planning for new housing developments in rural communities, whose findings/recommendations to the House of Representatives on or before 6/15/27 and expires 7/1/27.) | House · Passage As Amended June 8, 2026 | Yes |
| H8032 HOUSE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE WATER SUPPLY PLANNING FOR NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS IN RURAL COMMUNITIES (Creates a special legislative commission to study/provide recommendations for water supply planning for new housing developments in rural communities, whose findings/recommendations to the House of Representatives on or before 6/15/27 and expires 7/1/27.) | House · Passage Of Amendment June 8, 2026 | Yes |
| S2866 Expands the existing law regarding collaborative practice agreements between pharmacists and physicians to allow other healthcare providers to enter into such agreements and removes the definition of “collaborative practice committee.” | House · Passage In Concurrence June 11, 2026 | Yes |
| H8483 Allows for the issuance of a Class BV license for the property located at 1814 Broad Street in the city of Cranston. | House · Passage June 11, 2026 | Yes |
| H7923 Revises sections of the uniform controlled substances act to remove specific opioid dosage requirements and revises the uniform controlled substances act in accordance with current standards of professional practice. | House · Passage In Concurrence June 11, 2026 | Yes |
| H7377 Requires party chairpersons to submit lists of party voters to the mayor or council president within 30 days of notice of vacancy in a municipal election office and mayor/council president are required to make a replacement nomination within 30 days. | House · Passage In Concurrence June 11, 2026 | Yes |
| S3259 Revises sections of the uniform controlled substances act to remove specific opioid dosage requirements and revises the uniform controlled substances act in accordance with current standards of professional practice. | House · Passage In Concurrence June 11, 2026 | Yes |
| S3364 Repeals the Tiverton tax credit for totally disabled veterans and includes a veteran's unmarried widow or widower for a tax credit in the amount of four hundred dollars ($400) or greater. | House · Passage In Concurrence June 11, 2026 | Yes |
| S3224 Prohibits the operation of any thermal waste conversion facility such as pyrolysis within the Quonset Point/Davisville Industrial Park and expires on June 1, 2027. | House · Passage In Concurrence June 11, 2026 | Yes |
| S2958 Requires shooting ranges to post signs in any area in which shooting occurs that contain the following language: “WARNING: If you or a loved one is experiencing distress and/or depression, call the 988 Suicide and Crisis hotline or text “HOME” to 741741”. | House · Passage In Concurrence June 11, 2026 | Yes |
| H8620 AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF CRANSTON TO FINANCE THE REPAIR, CONSTRUCTION AND REHABILITATION OF STORM DRAINS AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, AND THE REMEDIATION AND MITIGATION OF DRAINAGE AND FLOODING PROBLEMS, BY THE ISSUANCE OF NOT MORE THAN $4,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR | House · Passage June 11, 2026 | Yes |
| S3149 Authorizes the department of environmental management to enter into leases of up to forty (40) years at State Pier #9 in Newport, Chase Marina in Tiverton, and all other ports and marine facilities owned and operated by the department. | House · Passage In Concurrence June 11, 2026 | Yes |
| S2352 Prohibits the importation, disbursement, distribution, or sale, of any species of non-native (exotic) terrestrial invasive plants. | House · Passage In Concurrence June 11, 2026 | Yes |
| H8625 AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF CRANSTON TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $25,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE THE PURCHASE AND/OR ACQUISITION OF LAND AND BUILDINGS, CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, LANDSCAPING, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY | House · Passage June 11, 2026 | Yes |
| S2480 Makes traffic accident data a public record, subject to federal law. | House · Passage In Concurrence June 11, 2026 | Yes |
| S3150 Provides a framework through which the department of business regulation can seek grants to fund a home hardening program. | House · Passage In Concurrence June 11, 2026 | Yes |
| S3337 Exempts the real and tangible personal property of the Rhode Island Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, located at 359 Broad Street within the city of Providence. | House · Passage In Concurrence June 11, 2026 | Yes |
| H8624 AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF CRANSTON TO FINANCE THE ACQUISITION, IMPROVEMENT, RENOVATION AND REPAIR OF FIRE AND PUBLIC SAFETY EQUIPMENT BY THE ISSUANCE OF NOT MORE THAN $8,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR | House · Passage June 11, 2026 | Yes |
| S3363 Allows the town of Tiverton to authorize, by ordinance, a real estate tax credit for seniors over the age of sixty-five (65) years. | House · Passage In Concurrence June 11, 2026 | Yes |
| H8623 AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF CRANSTON TO FINANCE THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, REPAIR, REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND BRIDGES IN THE CITY INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PAVING, DRAINAGE, TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES, ROAD MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT, SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AND LANDSCAPING AND ALL COSTS INCIDENTAL OR RELATED THERETO BY THE ISSUANCE OF NOT MORE THAN $8,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR | House · Passage June 11, 2026 | Yes |
| S2892 Establishes a food as medicine pilot program and task force to be administered by the executive office of health and human services. | House · Passage In Concurrence June 11, 2026 | Yes |
| S3066 Establishes a statewide mobile response and stabilization services program to provide rapid crisis response and short-term stabilization for children and youth in their natural environments. | House · Passage As Amended June 11, 2026 | Yes |
| S3066 Establishes a statewide mobile response and stabilization services program to provide rapid crisis response and short-term stabilization for children and youth in their natural environments. | House · Passage Of Amendment June 11, 2026 | Yes |
| H8622 AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF CRANSTON TO FINANCE THE ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, RENOVATION, REPAIR AND ALTERATION OF PLAYGROUNDS, ATHLETIC FIELDS AND RELATED EQUIPMENT IN THE CITY BY THE ISSUANCE OF NOT MORE THAN $4,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR | House · Passage June 11, 2026 | Yes |
| H8180 Establishes a statewide mobile response and stabilization services program to provide rapid crisis response and short-term stabilization for children and youth in their natural environments. | House · Passage As Amended June 11, 2026 | Yes |
| H8180 Establishes a statewide mobile response and stabilization services program to provide rapid crisis response and short-term stabilization for children and youth in their natural environments. | House · Passage Of Amendment June 11, 2026 | Yes |
| H7654 Allows for sending of the notice under power of sale and rights of active military servicemembers by USPS First Class Mail and/or an overnight delivery service, instead of by USPS certified mail return receipt requested. | House · Passage In Concurrence June 11, 2026 | Yes |
| S2780 Replaces the existing limited liability company act with a newer and updated model act. | House · Passage June 11, 2026 | Yes |
| S3302 Provides technical amendments relating to comprehensive planning and land use, subdivision of land, zoning ordinances and low- and moderate-income housing. | House · Passage In Concurrence June 11, 2026 | Yes |
| H8351 JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY RHODE ISLAND'S EDUCATION FUNDING FORMULA AND EDUCATION FINANCE SYSTEM (Creates a special joint legislative commission to make a comprehensive study of Rhode Island's education funding formula and education finance system.) | House · Passage As Amended June 11, 2026 | Yes |
| H8351 JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY RHODE ISLAND'S EDUCATION FUNDING FORMULA AND EDUCATION FINANCE SYSTEM (Creates a special joint legislative commission to make a comprehensive study of Rhode Island's education funding formula and education finance system.) | House · Passage Of Amendment June 11, 2026 | Yes |