Virginia Susan Sosnowski (born December 20, 1955) is an American politician who is a Democratic member of the Rhode Island Senate, representing the 37th District, which encompasses the towns of South Kingstown and New Shoreham.

Sosnowski worked in retail sales at Fleming's Department Store in the village of Wyoming, Rhode Island from 1980 to 1984.

Prior to election to the Senate, she served six years as an appointed member on the Planning Board of the Town of South Kingstown.

Sosnowski was first elected to the Rhode Island Senate as a Republican on November 5, 1996, to the 6th district, defeating first-term incumbent Democrat Edward F. Holland by a margin of 55% to 45%.

This would specifically prohibit "several offenses from being eligible for time off for good behavior, including murder, kidnapping of a minor, first-degree sexual assault and first- or second-degree child molestation."

[10] A March 2012 article by WPRO/630 mentions that the legislation is "in response to the planned early release of a man who killed a 5-year-old boy and kept his shellacked bones for years.