| S0513 | Intro
Sine Die | For purposes of overtime pay on Sundays and holidays, removes health care and maintenance workers from the definition of employees not entitled to overtime pay, thereby enabling them to collect overtime pay.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-06
To Senate Labor Committee |
| H5321 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes Alzheimer's disease awareness campaign to be administered by the director of the department of health.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-06
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| H5087 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution To Approve And Publish And Submit To The Electors A Proposition Of Amendment To The Constitution -- Reapportionment
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-06
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H5067 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the sale and/or delivery of hearing aids directly to the consumer through the Internet or direct mail unless the consumer has a valid certificate of need, and would provide for criminal penalties for violations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-06
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| H5811 | Pass | House Resolution Joyously Celebrating The 77th Anniversary Of The Seabees
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-06
House read and passed |
| H5812 | Pass | House Resolution Expressing Sincere Condolences On The Passing Of Gail B. Cook
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-06
House read and passed |
| S0079 | Pass | Allows Lucille Mary King to join Sara Elizabeth Rodgers and Benjamin Patrick King in marriage on or about June 15, 2019, within the Town of Bristol, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-06
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H5338 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the state to pay to employees of employers that hire persons with developmental disabilities, no less than $13.77 per hour commencing July 1, 2019 and $15.00 per hour commencing on July 1, 2020.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-06
To House Labor Committee |
| S0088 | Pass | Allows Dina Spaziano to join Elizabeth Rose Colagiovanni and Michael Augustine D'Amore in marriage on or about July 26, 2019, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-06
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H5097 | Intro
Sine Die | Raises the existing minimum wage of ten dollars and fifty cents ($10.50) to eleven dollars and fifty cents ($11.50) on January 1, 2020, and then increase to twelve dollars and fifty cents ($12.50) on January 1, 2021.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-06
To House Labor Committee |
| H5660 | Intro
Sine Die | Raises the minimum wage for tipped workers by fifty cents ($.50) per year commencing on January 1, 2020 until the tipped minimum wage is not less than two-thirds (2/3) of the regular minimum wage.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-06
To House Labor Committee |
| H5722 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution To Approve And Publish And Submit To The Electors A Proposition Of Amendment To The Constitution Of The State (governor, And Lieutenant Governor To Appear Jointly On The Ballot (amends The State Constitution To Require That The Gover...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-06
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S0380 | Engross
Sine Die | Adds prepackaged cheeses to the items allowed for sale at Class A license holders premises in towns or cities of ten thousand (10,000) or more inhabitants.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-06
To House Corporations Committee |
| H5247 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes hospital medical staff to elect whether or not to participate in a maintenance of certification program, to elect medical specialty board to implement the program and prohibits insurers from denying reimbursement based solely on this elect...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-06
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| S0033 | Pass | To Vacate The Forfeiture Or Revocation Of The Charter Of Washington County Builders, Inc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-06
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S0506 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires all non-supervisory classified employees to electronically record their daily work hours.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-06
To Senate Labor Committee |
| H5339 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts newspaper deliverers from the minimum wage laws.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-06
To House Labor Committee |
| H5121 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases insurance coverage for hearing aids from one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) to two thousand dollars ($2,000), per ear, every three years. In addition, the amount of insurance coverage would no longer be based on the age of the recip...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-06
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| S0514 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates a seasonal employment designation for purposes of unemployment benefits, which would allow employers hiring employees for less than twenty (20) weeks to apply for a seasonal determination by the director of the department of labor and trainin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-06
To Senate Labor Committee |
| S0523 | Pass | Senate Resolution Congratulating And Honoring Olivia Barboza And Connor Enestvedt, For Being Named Distinguished Finalists For The 2019 Prudential Spirit Of Community Awards
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-06
Senate read and passed |
| H5658 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the city of Providence to pay its employees no less than fifteen dollars ($15.00) per hour commencing January 1, 2020.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-06
To House Labor Committee |
| H5418 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a task force to assess the need, desirability, feasibility and cost of establishing a brain bank for Alzheimer's disease research.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-06
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| H5201 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution To Approve And Publish And Submit To The Electors A Proposition Of Amendment To The Constitution Of The State-of Elections And Campaign Finance (proposes A Constitutional Amendment Authorizing Four (4) Year Terms For Members Of The G...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-06
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H5367 | Intro
Sine Die | Restores provisions of chapter 16.2 of title 23 as well as all of chapter 16.3 of title 23, which were repealed or deleted in the 2015 Budget Act, relating to definitions, licensing, and the operation of medical laboratories.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-06
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| S0063 | Intro
Sine Die | Changes the dates of the R.E.C. meeting to the last ten (10) of April and the first ten (10) days of November of each year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-05
To Senate Finance Committee |
| H5333 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that prisoners who committed offenses prior to age eighteen (18) and were sentenced as adults would be eligible for parole after completing fifteen (15) years of their sentence.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-05
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H5491 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the provision of the general laws declaring prisoners serving a life sentence civilly dead.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-05
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H5673 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides for service member business license reciprocity for applicant's who have recently established residence in Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-05
To House Corporations Committee |
| H5286 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides an exemption from jury service to any breastfeeding mother.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-05
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H5460 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires funeral directors to intern in RI prior to licensing. Photo IDs for funeral directors. Unlicensed practice punishable as felony. Funeral establishments shall maintain website for obituary.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-05
To House Corporations Committee |
| H5770 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides guidelines and restrictions pertaining to short-term rentals to address health and safety concerns.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-05
To House Small Business Committee |
| H5353 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that the selection pool for court appointed receivers be composed of at least ten percent (10%) of receivers who are persons of color.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-05
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H5802 | Pass | House Resolution Extending Congratulations
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-05
House read and passed |
| S0424 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifies the status of pilot payments to the town of Exeter in view of its not presently having a police department.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-05
To Senate Finance Committee |
| H5044 | Intro
Sine Die | House Resolution Extending The Reporting Date Of The Special Legislative Commission Known As "growing Tourism In The State Of Rhode Island"
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-05
To House Corporations Committee |
| S0066 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the department of business regulation to determine the status of insurers for coordination of benefits purposes when there are two or more insurers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-05
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| H5717 | Intro
Sine Die | Expands jurisdiction of family court related to custody or guardianship of immigrant children to include immigrant persons between 18 years and 21 years of age for purposes of abuse and neglect determinations in accordance with federal law.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-05
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H5803 | Pass | House Resolution Expressing Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of Bernard A. Harwood
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-05
House read and passed |
| H5492 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that only those juveniles over the age of fourteen (14) be required to register as sex offenders, and only if the offense is comparable or more severe than those defined in 18 U.S.C. § 2241(aggravated sexual abuse).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-05
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H5713 | Intro
Sine Die | Adds the administrator of the supreme court as an individual authorized to perform marriages and would clarify that the current administrators of the superior court, family court, district court, or traffic tribunal are empowered to perform marriages...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-05
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H5473 | Intro
Sine Die | Adds prepackaged cheeses to the items allowed for sale at Class A license holders premises in towns or cities of ten thousand (10,000) or more inhabitants.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-05
To House Corporations Committee |
| H5743 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that the chief justice of the supreme court may declare a disaster emergency and orders necessary action to ensure efficient operation of the judicial system.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-05
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S0258 | Intro
Sine Die | Defines educational requirements to qualify as a social worker and exempts social workers from license procedures.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-05
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| H5483 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates a legal process by which formerly cohabitating parties could seek from the district court a determination as to ownership of any pet.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-05
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H5801 | Pass | House Resolution Expressing Condolences
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-05
House read and passed |
| H5681 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires a person or persons who transact business under a trade name to register with a municipality, provide more extensive information when filing and to notify the municipality when the trade name is changed or discontinued.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-05
To House Corporations Committee |
| H5464 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that organizers of motorcycle charity rides receive a permit from the department of transportation. Motorcycle charity rides with a police escort may proceed through an intersection despite traffic control devices.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-05
To House Corporations Committee |
| S0522 | Pass | Senate Resolution Expressing Sincere Condolences On The Passing Of Martha Torrado
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-05
Senate read and passed |
| S0329 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires an insurer of life insurance to provide annual notice to the insured and also provides instructions and necessary forms to change the beneficiary.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-05
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| H5800 | Pass | House Resolution Proclaiming The Month Of March, 2019, To Be "women’s History Month" In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-05
House read and passed |
