| RI | S2202 | Intro
25% | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS - Requires safe storage of firearms/provides civil and criminal penalties for violations/adds rifles and shotguns to the types of firearms requiring a trigger lock to be included with purchase/requires firearms dealers po...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-22
[Hearing: May 23]
Proposed Substitute |
| RI | S2400 | Intro
25% | FOOD AND DRUGS -- WHOLESALE PRESCRIPTION DRUG IMPORTATION PROGRAM - Establishes the Wholesale Prescription Drug Importation Program for the importation of wholesale prescription drugs from Canada to provide savings to Rhode Island consumers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-22
Placed on Senate Calendar (05/28/2024) |
| RI | S2705 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES - Requires the department of children, youth and families (DCYF) to conduct periodic comprehensive needs assessments to determine whether the department's programs and service...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-22
Placed on Senate Calendar (05/28/2024) |
| RI | S2588 | Enroll
75% | TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION - Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of the Little Compton Game Club.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-22
Transmitted to Governor |
| RI | S2838 | Enroll
75% | GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- PERMANENT JOINT COMMITTEE ON NAMING ALL NEW BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, EDIFICES AND OTHER STATE CONSTRUCTIONS - Renames the "Roosevelt Benton Youth Assessment Center" as the "Roosevelt Benton Center".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-22
Transmitted to Governor |
| RI | S3048 | Enroll
75% | SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES - Allows Gretchen Bell to join Amber Ilcisko and Timothy Brownell in marriage on September 13, 2024, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-22
Transmitted to Governor |
| RI | S2142 | Intro
25% | EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION WORKFORCE DATA ACT - Codifies the previously funded Rhode Island early care and education workforce registry data system.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-21
Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) |
| RI | S2389 | Intro
25% | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Authorizes emergency medical service agencies to transport individuals to alternative facilities for treatment and permits licensed providers for mental health disorders to treat patients within...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-21
Placed on Senate Calendar (05/23/2024) |
| RI | S2516 | Engross
50% | EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS - Requires RIDE to develop type 1 diabetes informational materials for the parents and guardians of students that will be posted publicly on RIDE's website.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-21
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S2663 | Intro
25% | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES GENERALLY - Authorizes Providence canteen vehicles to be equipped with sirens, whistles or bells and would require operators of any canteen vehicle to receive 5 hours of training in the operation ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-21
[Hearing: May 23]
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2529 | Intro
25% | EDUCATION -- EDUCATIONAL SERVICES TO VERY YOUNG CHILDREN - Removes private schools from the provisions of the general laws relating to educational services to very young children.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-21
[Hearing: May 23]
To Senate Education Committee |
| RI | S2618 | Engross
50% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND OLMSTEAD PLAN COMMISSION ACT - Creates an Olmstead Plan for people vulnerable to unnecessary institutionalization to update a continuum of care to receive services and supports in the least restrictive env...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-21
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S2719 | Engross
50% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- RHODE ISLAND DRUG COST REVIEW COMMISSION - Creates the Rhode Island drug cost review commission.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-21
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S2758 | Intro
25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- RYAN'S LAW - Overprescribing, death resulting, would result in three (3) year license suspension.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-21
[Hearing: May 23]
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2816 | Engross
50% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- OFFICE OF STATE MEDICAL EXAMINERS - Provides for procedures for the burial of unclaimed remains.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-21
Senate passed Sub A |
| RI | S2805 | Engross
50% | INCORPORATING THE RHODE ISLAND COMMISSION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE - Reduces the number of commissioners on the board of commissioners to no less than fifteen and would add a d/b/a Serve RI designation after commissions name.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-21
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S2872 | Engross
50% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- COMPREHENSIVE DISCHARGE PLANNING - Requires coverage for residential/inpatient mental health services for detox/stabilization/substance abuse disorders without preauthorization or be subject to concurrent review during the first ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-21
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S2013 | Intro
25% | FOOD AND DRUGS -- PRESCRIPTION DRUG COST PROTECTION - Prohibits the state, participating ERISA or any health plan from purchasing referenced drugs for a cost higher than the referenced rate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-17
Placed on Senate Calendar (05/23/2024) |
| RI | S2159 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX - Allows real property owner a one-time non-refundable tax credit for the actual costs of connecting a single family or multi-family dwelling to a municipal sewer system credited to the owner's personal or corporate in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-17
[Hearing: May 23]
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2167 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION - Exempts from the sales tax scalp hair prosthesis or wigs that are necessary due to hair loss from a medical condition.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-17
[Hearing: May 23]
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2156 | Intro
25% | PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- CONTRIBUTION AND BENEFITS - Increases the maximum post retirement employment earnings from eighteen thousand dollars ($18,000) to twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) a year for certain retired ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-17
[Hearing: May 23]
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2274 | Engross
50% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- VITAL RECORDS - Requires the division of vital records to ensure that the records are accessible to the local registrars and grant local registrars the authority to issue certified copies of certificates and records.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-17
[Hearing: May 23]
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | S2369 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES - Permits every municipality in the state to offer a homestead tax exemption of up to 20% of assessed value on residential properties, and also provides that municipalities that grant greater exemptions ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-17
[Hearing: May 23]
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2378 | Intro
25% | FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT - Requires the department of health to amend its rules and regulations that allow for DEA-registered pharmacies to transfer electronic prescriptions at a patient's request.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-17
Placed on Senate Calendar (05/23/2024) |
| RI | S2563 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX - Allows a modification to federal adjusted gross income of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) of social security income for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2024.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-17
[Hearing: May 23]
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2836 | Engross
50% | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES - Amends several provisions relative to motorcycles and motor scooter license and educational requirements including deleting the learners permit requirement for motorcycles.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-17
Placed on House Calendar (05/23/2024) |
| RI | S2901 | Engross
50% | PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- LABOR AND PAYMENT OF DEBTS BY CONTRACTORS - Prohibits contractors and subcontractors from paying employees the cash equivalent of any applicable healthcare benefit in lieu of actually purchasing the healthcare benefit. Vi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-17
Proposed Substitute |
| RI | S2929 | Intro
25% | PUBLIC FINANCE -- RHODE ISLAND BABY BOND TRUST - Creates the Rhode Island baby bond trust to provide investment funds to children born to families with public health insurance or no insurance living in Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-17
[Hearing: May 23]
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2931 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION - Provides a four (4) year expiration period on any certificate of exemption pursuant to this section for writers, composers and artists.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-17
[Hearing: May 23]
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2960 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX - Allows a modification to federal adjusted gross income of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) of taxable pension and/or annuity income for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2025.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-17
[Hearing: May 23]
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2979 | Intro
25% | EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT -- PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM - Reduces the number of years from five (5) to three (3), when calculating for retirement purposes, the average of the highest consecutive years of compensation, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-17
[Hearing: May 23]
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S3039 | Intro
25% | ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES - Allows for the issuance of Class BV liquor licenses for the properties located at 94 Carpenter Street and 1023 Broad Street, both in the city of Providence.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Placed on Senate Calendar (05/23/2024) |
| RI | S2693 | Engross
50% | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL CODE PROVISIONS - Includes "Kei cars" or "Kei trucks" as having restricted public highway use and those vehicles validly registered as of August 1, 2021, would not be denied renewal of that registra...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-15
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | S2368 | Intro
25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PUBLIC HEALTH AND WORKPLACE SAFETY ACT - Repeals the exemption granted to pari mutual facilities and casinos from the smoke free workplace requirement contained in the Public Health and Workplace Safety Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-14
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2638 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HOUSING AND CONSERVATION TRUST FUND ACT - Restructures RI Housing and Conservation Trust Fund, increase its membership to 15 members, 11 of whom are to be from the general public and reallocate the percent...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-14
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S2961 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION - Exempts battery energy storage system equipment, solar thermal collectors for commercial applications and solar storage tanks that are part of a commercial solar hot water system from the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-14
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2993 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HOUSING RESOURCES ACT OF 1998 - Provides that mobile and manufactured homes be included as affordable housing under certain conditions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-14
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S2990 | Intro
25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE - Amends various provisions relative to the duties of the state building commissioner and would establish a building code education and training unit to educate building officials and inspectors statewide.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-14
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S2480 | Intro
25% | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- INSPECTION OF MOTOR VEHICLES - Exempts used vehicles sold "for parts only" or purchased at end of their lease term by the current lessee that have a valid certificate of inspection affixed to the windshield, from the requi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-10
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | S2486 | Engross
50% | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- GAMES OF CHANCE - Repeals the statute regulating games of chance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2289 | Engross
50% | EDUCATION -- COUNCIL ON POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION - Prohibits colleges and universities from withholding a student's transcript due to the student failing to pay any expenses owed to the college or university but permits the withholding of a student's ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-10
To House Education Committee |
| RI | S2727 | Pass | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION - Directs the department of transportation to prepare a monthly "Washington Bridge snapshot report" containing information on the progress of repairs and other actions pertaining to the Was...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-10
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S2329 | Intro
25% | PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- MEMBERSHIP AND SERVICE CREDITS - Allows members of the retirement system who served in the national guard or reserves and who qualifies as veterans to purchase retirement service credits.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2963 | Intro
25% | PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS - Provides state employee public safety professionals with parity to municipal public safety employees in the state/municipal retirement systems eff. 7/1/24 with 10% contri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S3022 | Intro
25% | TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS - Enables the city of Newport to impose a nine percent (9%) amusement tax on the sale of certain amusement ticket sales.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S3021 | Intro
25% | TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS - Increases passenger landing and boarding fees for passenger cruise vessels landing at a dock in Newport from three dollars ($3.00) to ten dollars ($10.00).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Committee recommended Substitute A be held for further study |
| RI | S3033 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION - Imposes an additional local hotel tax in the city of Newport, at a rate of two and one-half percent (2.5%) to be retained and used for its public infrastructure and resiliency purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2440 | Intro
25% | INSURANCE -- MOTOR VEHICLE REPLACEMENT PARTS - Prohibits insurance companies from refusing to use after market parts that are greater than 48 months and less than 72 months from the date of manufacture, provided the repairer has written consent from ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-08
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | S2501 | Engross
50% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- LAND SURVEYORS - Grants a right of entry for professional land surveyors to enter upon or cross any lands, air space or water resources necessary to perform surveying services except public utility and/or wastewater trea...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-08
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | S2736 | Engross
50% | PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- OPERATION OF RAILROADS GENERALLY - Provides that no train or light engine would be used in connection with the movement of freight could be operated unless it had a crew consisting of at least 2 persons, would also in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-08
To House Corporations Committee |
