| S0470 | Pass | Creates a forest conservation commission, to be coordinated with the department of environmental management, to seek new funding and identify incentives for landowners to maintain their land as forest.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-07
Signed by Governor |
| S0945 | Pass | To Vacate The Forfeiture Or Revocation Of The Charter Of Shuster Realty, Inc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-07
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S0946 | Pass | Allows Daniel R. Baker to join Sarah Brousseau and Joshua Hayes in marriage on or about September 18, 2021, within the Town of Middletown, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-07
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S0944 | Pass | To Vacate The Forfeiture Or Revocation Of The Charter Of Bay Spring Realty Company
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-07
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S0684 | Pass | Penalty of $10,000 for violating Deceptive Trade Practices Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-07
Signed by Governor |
| H6420 | Pass | To Vacate The Forfeiture Or Revocation Of The Charter Of Diversified Roofing Systems, Inc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-07
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S0062 | Pass | Requires health insurers to accommodate the request for communication in the form and format requested by the insured.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-07
Signed by Governor |
| H6426 | Pass | To Vacate The Forfeiture Or Revocation Of The Charter Of Taylor & Sons, Inc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-07
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H5131 | Pass | Prohibits a food service establishment from providing a consumer with a single-use plastic straw, unless the consumer requests such a straw.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-07
Signed by Governor |
| H6032 | Pass | Amends the provisions of the telemedicine coverage act and provide coverage for telemedicine under Rhode Island Medicaid.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-06
Signed by Governor |
| H6122 | Pass | Making Appropriations For The Support Of The State For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2022
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-06
Signed by Governor |
| S0686 | Pass | Allows 288 hours of trade school training to qualify for the journeyperson "B" electrical exam. Increases the period of indentured apprenticeship with the department of labor and training and a licensed electrician master to 4 years.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-06
Signed by Governor |
| S0497 | Pass | Pharmacists may discuss reimbursement criteria with individuals presenting prescriptions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-06
Signed by Governor |
| S0364 | Pass | Entitles dairy farms to the exemptions from taxation granted to farmland, forestland, or open space.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-06
Signed by Governor |
| S0206 | Pass | Permits the dockside sale of allowable live lobsters, crabs and live whelk upon issuance of a direct sale dealer license by the department of environmental management to a commercial fishing license holder.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-06
Signed by Governor |
| S0314 | Pass | Grants a judge or magistrate the discretion to impose the requirement of blood and/or urine testing or the use of the ignition interlock system.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-06
Signed by Governor |
| S0273 | Pass | Repeals § 25-3-7 of the general laws which gives the director of the department of labor and training the authority to exempt certain classes of employees from receiving overtime pay for Sunday and holiday work.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-06
Signed by Governor |
| H6477 | Pass | Bars health insurance plans from prohibiting pharmacists discussing reimbursement criteria with individuals presenting prescriptions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-06
Signed by Governor |
| S0004 | Pass | Amends the provisions of the telemedicine coverage act and provide coverage for telemedicine under Rhode Island Medicaid.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-06
Signed by Governor |
| S0600 | Pass | Raises the juror's fees for each day's attendance on the superior court from $15.00 per day to $25.00 per day commencing July 1, 2022, and increases to $35.00 per day commencing July 1, 2023, and thereafter.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-06
Signed by Governor |
| S0688 | Pass | Increases temporary caregiver benefits to six (6) weeks in a benefit year starting January 1, 2022 and would increase temporary caregiver benefits to eight (8) weeks in a benefit year beginning January 1, 2023.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-06
Signed by Governor |
| S0270 | Pass | Comprehensively addresses wage discrimination, based on sex by expanding employee protections and the scope of the remedies available to employees who have experienced wage discrimination.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-06
Signed by Governor |
| S0852 | Pass | Creates an eighteen (18) member special commission on reapportionment whose purpose is to draft and to report to the general assembly to reapportion the districts of the general assembly and the state's United States Congressional districts.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-06
Signed by Governor |
| H6090 | Pass | Increases temporary caregiver benefits to six (6) weeks in a benefit year starting January 1, 2022 and would increase temporary caregiver benefits to eight (8) weeks in a benefit year beginning January 1, 2023.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-06
Signed by Governor |
| S0903 | Pass | Provides for minimum qualifications for court constable to include education, military, or law enforcement experience and drug and psychological screening.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-06
Signed by Governor |
| H6432 | Pass | Permits the dockside sale of allowable live lobsters, crabs and live whelk upon issuance of a direct sale dealer license by the department of environmental management to a commercial fishing license holder.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-06
Signed by Governor |
| H5261 | Pass | Comprehensively addresses wage discrimination, based on sex by expanding employee protections and the scope of the remedies available to employees who have experienced wage discrimination.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-06
Signed by Governor |
| S0016 | Pass | Creates pilot program to establish harm reduction centers where use of pre-obtained controlled substances may occur under supervision of health care professionals.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-06
Signed by Governor |
| H6371 | Pass | Increases the annual flat fee given to Lincoln and Tiverton by their respective sports wagering facilities to two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-06
Signed by Governor |
| S0966 | Pass | Increases flat fee paid to Lincoln and Tiverton as host communities from $100,000 to $200,00 for FY 2022/2023 with rates of increase for FY 2024 and thereafter based on rate of increase in combined sports/online sports wagering revenue.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-06
Signed by Governor |
| H5094 | Pass | Grants a judge or magistrate the discretion to impose the requirement of blood and/or urine testing or the use of the ignition interlock system.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-06
Signed by Governor |
| H6222 | Pass | Creates an eighteen (18) member special commission on reapportionment whose purpose is to draft and to report to the general assembly to reapportion the districts of the general assembly and the state's United States Congressional districts.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-06
Signed by Governor |
| H5585 | Pass | Repeals § 5-3-7 of the general laws which gives the director of the department of labor and training the authority to exempt certain classes of employees from receiving overtime pay for Sunday and holiday work.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-06
Signed by Governor |
| H6126 | Pass | Entitles dairy farms to the exemptions from taxation granted to farmland, forestland, or open space.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-06
Signed by Governor |
| H6066 | Veto | Requires the electric distribution company to report interconnection studies and not charge more than actual costs for the studies.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-06
Vetoed by Governor |
| H5437 | Pass | Allows 288 hours of trade school training to qualify for the journeyperson "B" electrical exam. Increases the period of indentured apprenticeship with the department of labor and training and a licensed electrician master to 4 years.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-06
Signed by Governor |
| H5228 | Pass | Raises the juror's fees for each day's attendance on the superior court from $15.00 per day to $25.00 per day commencing July 1, 2022, and increase to $35.00 per day commencing July 1, 2023, and thereafter.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-06
Signed by Governor |
| H5084 | Pass | Allows for the sealing of records pertaining to cases for which a person is acquitted or otherwise exonerated from a charged offense and eliminates the one hundred dollar ($100) fee for the expungement of a criminal record.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-03
Signed by Governor |
| H6173 | Pass | Updates and modernizes the department of environmental management’s ability to enforce environmental laws, and more specifically modifies practices regarding a notice of violation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-03
Signed by Governor |
| S0489 | Pass | Establishes a process for the donation of unused medications for use by nonprofit, state and local facilities by owners of animals.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-03
Signed by Governor |
| H6283 | Pass | Establishes a process for the donation of unused medications for use by nonprofit, state and local facilities by owners of animals.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-03
Signed by Governor |
| S0877 | Pass | Prohibits insurance carriers from charging out-of-pocket expenses to the insured for expenses related to the COVID-19 pandemic and mandates that all COVID-19 testing or vaccination is free.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-03
Signed by Governor |
| S0321 | Pass | Updates and modernize the Department of Environmental Management’s ability to enforce environmental laws, and more specifically modifies practices regarding a Notice of Violation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-03
Signed by Governor |
| S0881 | Pass | Includes East Providence in the Northern Rhode Island regional tourism district.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-03
Signed by Governor |
| H5874 | Pass | Establishes the policies and procedures required for the recognition and enforcement of Foreign-Country Money Judgments and Registration of Canadian Judgments by the superior court.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-03
Signed by Governor |
| S0133 | Pass | Increases the maximum amount to be recovered in civil court action as a small claims from two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) to five thousand dollars ($5,000).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-03
Signed by Governor |
| H6011 | Pass | Amends the definition of paid sick leave time and paid sick and safe leave time and allow 40 hours of accrual for construction industry employees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-03
Signed by Governor |
| S0434 | Pass | Grants paid sick leave and safe leave benefits to construction employees who work under multi-employer collective bargaining agreements, provided that certain conditions are met.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-03
Signed by Governor |
| S0735 | Pass | Invests the chief justice of the supreme court with the explicit authority to address issues affecting the conduct of judicial business and order whatever response(s) he or she deems necessary.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-03
Signed by Governor |
| H5259 | Pass | Creates a voluntary mechanism for municipalities to use to dedicate a park, conservation or other land they own as public trust land in perpetuity to protect and preserve its future use.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-03
Signed by Governor |
