| S0302 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires health insurers that issue prescription drug coverage to use step therapy protocols.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-12
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| S0749 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides for amendments to statutes by the director of law revision to comply with the state name change approved by way of statewide referendum in November, 2020.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-12
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| S0057 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires a special election to fill a vacancy in the office of secretary of state, attorney general or general treasurer if more than one year is left in the term of office.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-12
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| H5106 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows the town of Johnston to adopt a tax classification plan independent of the provisions of § 44-5-11.8.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-07
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| H5943 | Engross
Sine Die | Repeal is to follow the federal Help America Vote Act (HAVA) and to account for permitting voters to cast provisional ballots at the polling place.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-07
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0305 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the dept of behavioral healthcare/developmental disabilities/hospitals to coordinate with the DOH to propose revisions to chapter 1.10 and 10.1 of title 23, including updates and revisions of statutory language and evidence-based best practi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-05
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| S0037 | Engross
Sine Die | Creates the "Plastic Waste Reduction Act" designed to reduce the use of plastic bags by retail establishments by offering recyclable bag options and providing penalties for violations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-05
To House Environment and Natural Resources Committee |
| S0457 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes and require funding for a world language and dual language immersion program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-28
To House Finance Committee |
| S0355 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the department of education to create a model policy and timeline to assist local education agencies in implementing a dual language immersion program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-28
To House Education Committee |
| S0048 | Engross
Sine Die | Expands drug awareness programs to high schools, directs funding from certain civil fines and mandates establishment of criteria for funding.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-28
To House Finance Committee |
| S0306 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires that professionals authorized to prescribe opioid drugs discuss addiction risks and when appropriate alternative treatments with patients upon the second refill and/or upon the third prescription.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-28
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| S0044 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows municipalities to establish a program providing property tax exemption to active duty individuals who volunteer services as a firefighter or emergency medical technician.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-28
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| H5073 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides that the council on elementary and secondary education be encouraged to maintain, publish and update statewide standards for instruction of personal finance in public high schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-23
To Senate Education Committee |
| S0388 | Engross
Sine Die | Joint Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study And Make Recommendations Regarding The Licensing Of Residential Builders And Contractors (creates A 13 Member Commission To Study And Provide Recommendations Regarding The Licensing ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-14
To House Corporations Committee |
| S0287 | Engross
Sine Die | 2) (Mandates public school classroom size be limited to twenty (20) students for kindergarten through grade two (2).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-14
To House Education Committee |
| S0023 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides New Shoreham has the exclusive authority to prescribe rules and regulations pertaining to the operation, licensing, and regulation of transportation network service companies and their services when TNCs are operating in the town of New Shor...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-14
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| S0443 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the transacting parties/new hospital seeking conversion to supply additional information in application for review by the DOH/DAG relating to staffing levels/pension plans/community impact.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-08
To House Corporations Committee |
| H5431 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires retail establishments with 3 or more employees on the premises without accessible public restroom to allow customers suffering from eligible conditions access to their employee restrooms.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-08
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| H5418 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires that all persons serving on boards and commissions appointed by the governor have a connection to the state through residence or licensure.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-08
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H5252 | Engross
Sine Die | Creates a special motor vehicle registration plate for The Rose Island Lighthouse Foundation, Inc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-08
To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| H5568 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides planning board approval votes require majority of members present at time of vote/quorum of zoning review board would authorize voting members including alternatives.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-08
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H5462 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides that the trapping and subsequent release of any unowned feral or free roaming cat for the purpose of spaying or neutering of the cat shall not be considered abandonment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-08
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0251 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires that as of January 1, 2022, all inmates whom menstruate shall have access to feminine hygiene products at no cost to the inmate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-08
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| S0613 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes the real jobs Rhode Island program in order to create an industry led system to advance the skills of the state's workforce, grow the state's economy and increase sustainable employment for middle class working families.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-08
To House Finance Committee |
| H5100 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibits any development of land contiguous to the State House unless approved by the general assembly.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-08
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| H5626 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires DEM to request proposals every 2 years to solicit representative organization to operate paint stewardship program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-08
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H5203 | Engross
Sine Die | Permits the division of motor vehicles to suspend the registration privileges of motor carriers upon receipt of notice from the department of labor and training that the motor carrier has not secured workers' compensation insurance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-08
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H5241 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes a pharmacist to prescribe and dispense hormonal contraceptive patches and self-administered oral hormonal contraceptives, provided that the pharmacist has completed a training program approved by the state board of pharmacy.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-08
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| S0128 | Engross
Sine Die | Repeals the requirement that law enforcement officers issue only warnings of the risks to persons leaving a child under the age of seven (7) unattended in a motor vehicle.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-01
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S0428 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires office of diversity, equity and opportunity to create material for annual government employee training.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-01
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| S0231 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows pregnant women with an annual family income above the applicable Medicaid income limit to be eligible to purchase health insurance through one of the Medicaid managed care plans.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-18
To House Finance Committee |
| S0196 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes the Dignity at Work Act, to provide workers with more protection from bullying and harassment in the workplace.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-10
To House Labor Committee |
| S0285 | Engross
Sine Die | Implements an individual career and academic plan graduation requirement for each student enrolled in public schools in the sixth through twelfth grade, starting with students entering the sixth grade in the 2023-2024 school year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-10
To House Education Committee |
| H5039 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibits the use of display fireworks/aerial consumer fireworks without a permit between 12:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. on any day and would make a violation of this permit requirement a civil violation punishable by a fine of $75.00 and court costs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-09
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H5077 | Engross
Sine Die | Creates the "Neil Fachon Terminally Ill Patients' Right To Try Act of 2021," which establishes the conditions for the use of experimental treatments for terminally ill patients.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-09
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| S0195 | Engross
Sine Die | Increases the criminal penalties for wage theft and employee misclassification.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-03
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S0013 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides that the council on elementary and secondary education would not grant approval for the creation or expansion of any new charter school until after the 2022, 2023, 2024 school year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-11
To House Finance Committee |
| S0005 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires individual health insurers, large group health insurers and small employer health insurers to provide coverage for ten (10) categories of essential health benefits listed in the act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-02
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
