| H5152 | Intro
Sine Die | Defines what constitutes a multi-use food and beverage storage container and provides for sanitary use of said containers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-01
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| H5368 | Intro
Sine Die | Adds the application or removal of eyelash extensions and the use of chemicals in the area of the eyelids to the definition of the "practice of hairdressing and cosmetic therapy".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-01
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| H5597 | Intro
Sine Die | Gives an "unsworn" declaration given under the penalty of perjury the same effect as "a sworn" declaration, and subject to the criminal penalties for perjury.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-01
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| H5757 | Intro
Sine Die | Increase the fines for the late filing of campaign finance reports to one hundred dollars ($100) for a second offense, five hundred dollars ($500) for a third offense, and one thousand dollars ($1,000) for all subsequent offenses.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-01
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| H5313 | Intro
Sine Die | Adds pickles and relish to those foods which are permitted to be manufactured and sold as a farm home food product.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-01
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| H5466 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates a comprehensive system to promote and regulate the effective and competent administration of medical laboratories by focusing on the training, qualifications and licensure of their practitioners.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-01
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| H5155 | Intro
Sine Die | Includes licensed advanced practice registered nurses (APRN), certified in psychiatric/mental health, as qualified to certify the need for mental health treatment in certain patients.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-01
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| H5244 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that pharmacists shall disclose lesser price drug substitutions unless directed otherwise by the doctor. Exempts pharmacists automatically charging the lowest available price.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-01
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| H5421 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution To Approve And Submit To The Electors A Proposition Of Amendment To The Constitution Of The State -- Right To Adequate Education (adds Two Sections To The Constitution/guarantees Residents Adequate Education Permitting Learning At Hi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-01
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| H5486 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires all applicants for employment with the department of BHDDH or any of its licensed facilities or programs to have the attorney general's office conduct their mandated nationwide criminal records check.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-01
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| H5719 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires employer to furnish items and conditions of employment and a pay stub explaining how wages were calculated/reasons for deductions/allows the employee to file a court action against employer for violation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-01
To House Labor Committee |
| H5774 | Intro
Sine Die | Limits the amount of fees charged by a third-party food delivery service to fifteen percent (15%).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-01
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| H5195 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides the office of the health insurance commissioner with oversight of risk-bearing provider organizations and health care risk contracts.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-01
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| H5160 | Intro
Sine Die | Redefines the term "covered services" as used to describe applicable subscriber agreements between a health care entity and a dentist.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-01
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| H5249 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a program for the importation of wholesale prescription drugs from Canada to provide cost savings to Rhode Island consumers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-01
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| H5717 | Intro
Sine Die | Eliminates women from qualification for MBEs. Creates 25% preference for MBE contract awards.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-01
To House Labor Committee |
| H5243 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires a health plan to cover clinically appropriate and medically necessary residential or inpatient services, including detoxification and stabilization services, for the treatment of mental health and substance use disorders.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-01
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| H5372 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates a prescription drug affordability board composed of representatives of affected stakeholders designated to investigate and comprehensively evaluate drug prices for Rhode Islanders and possible ways to reduce them to make them more affordable.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-01
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| H5285 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that the state use the actual residences of persons in government custody for census and redistricting purposes. Such information would be determined by the DOC and the secretary of state, and forwarded to the United States census bureau.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-01
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| S0135 | Intro
Sine Die | Prevents the director of the department of corrections from restricting in-person visitation of inmates in the event that the department implemented electronic visitation or contact, such as skype, between inmates and visitors.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-01
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H5406 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes new factors for the interest contract arbitration board for municipal employee unions as well as granting the board power to render an award over all negotiated matters, including the expenditure of money.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-01
To House Labor Committee |
| H5598 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits any entity/individual from advertising sale/purchase/receipt/transport/salvage of junks/discarded vehicle unless done by licensed auto wrecking/salvage yard subject to civil fines.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-01
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| H5620 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the authorized holdings of Jewish Seniors Agency of Rhode Island to two million dollars ($2,000,000) and exempt the same from taxation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-01
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| H5474 | Intro
Sine Die | Grants public safety officials/other named employees/essential state workers with COVID-19 job-related presumption related to workers' compensation benefits and other benefits/privileges.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-01
To House Labor Committee |
| H5720 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the amount of parental or family leave available to an employee from thirteen (13) weeks to twenty-six (26) weeks in any two (2) calendar years.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-01
To House Labor Committee |
| S0182 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires all public employees to furnish their name and their job title, upon request.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-01
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H5465 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits and legalize the sale of raw milk.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-01
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| H5583 | Intro
Sine Die | Grants unpaid pregnancy leave to part-time workers, would clarify their access to unpaid sick leave during their pregnancy, and would provide additional protections for pregnant workers who work in the medical field.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-01
To House Labor Committee |
| S0334 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that the state use the actual residences of persons in government custody for census and redistricting purposes. Such information would be determined by the DOC and the secretary of state, and forwarded to the United States census bureau.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-01
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0134 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires law enforcement agencies to obtain search warrants for electronic information, data, location information and other identifying information of subscribers and customers, except in specified circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-01
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H5422 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires nonprofit entities and candidates comply with reporting requirements for transportation and other amenities provided to any candidate, prohibits nonprofit owned by a candidate to provide any other candidate such amenities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-01
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| H5748 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires state and national criminal background checks person volunteering or interning at any elementary or secondary educational institution. It would also waive fees for background checks employment with salary of less than forty thousand dollars.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-01
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| H5402 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that if state employee unions are engaged in contract negotiations and/or utilizing the dispute resolution process, all terms and conditions in the collective bargaining agreement shall continue to remain in effect.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-01
To House Labor Committee |
| H5712 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires insurance coverage for at least ninety days of residential or impatient services for mental health and/or substance use disorders for American Society of Addiction medicine levels of core 3.1 and 3.3.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-28
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| H5277 | Intro
Sine Die | Adds a parking lot as a requirement to a contractor agreement to a construction indemnity agreement.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-28
To House Corporations Committee |
| H5693 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates $100,000 annually to Fuerza Laboral for a business cooperative in Central Falls to increase economic development, assist with job creation and a path to business ownership.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-28
To House Finance Committee |
| H5275 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits person/business entity from conditioning requiring offer for sale/lease of tangible personal property on purchase of ins. From any ins. producer/insurer or releasing consumer's personal identification info eff. 1/1/22.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-28
To House Corporations Committee |
| H5754 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts permanently and totally disabled applicants with income below three hundred percent (300%) of the federal poverty line, from the income and resource eligibility rules, regulations and limits.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-28
To House Finance Committee |
| H5138 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits a covered establishment from preparing, selling, processing or providing food or beverages in or on a disposable food service container that is composed in whole or in part of polystyrene foam.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-26
To House Environment and Natural Resources Committee |
| H5523 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides for the department of health to take action to establish maximum contaminate levels for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water and set interim standards.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-26
To House Environment and Natural Resources Committee |
| H5419 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution To Approve, Publish And Submit To The Electors A Proposition Of Amendment To The Constitution Of The State (majority Vote Requirement Through Instant Runoff Voting For General Officers And General Assembly Members' Election)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-26
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| H5420 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution To Approve And Publish And Submit To The Electors A Proposition Of Amendment To The Constitution -- General Assembly To Review Regulations
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-26
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| H5423 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that the secretary of EOHHS, the secretary of commerce of the commerce corporation and the commissioners of elementary and secondary education and postsecondary education be appointed subject to the approval of the senate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-26
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| H5284 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that the primary election date, typically the eighth Tuesday preceding the biennial state elections, shall be held on the Wednesday immediately following Labor Day, only if the eighth Tuesday immediately follows Labor Day.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-26
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| H5484 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides an exemption to the access to public records law for winners of lottery prizes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-26
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| S0354 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the implementation of the civic literacy act for all students between the 8th and 12th grades.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-25
To Senate Education Committee |
| S0370 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates a new income tax bracket of 6.99% on taxable income over five hundred thousand dollars. Any tax collected on this income deposited into restricted receipt account and expended on education for grades kindergarten through twelfth grade.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-25
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0177 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the imposition of civil and criminal penalties against any person(s) who purchase, furnish, procure marijuana or permit marijuana to be used by others.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-25
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H5162 | Intro
Sine Die | Expands the rights of physician assistants with regard to their practice and prohibits non-compete clauses that exceed five years with regard to the purchase and sale of a practice.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-25
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| H5945 | Pass | House Resolution Proclaims March 2, 2021 As A "day Of Empathy" In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-25
House read and passed |
