| H5746 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides an exception to the requirements of competitive sealed bidding for local, minority and woman-owned business enterprises.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-01
House passed Sub A |
| S0984 | Engross
Sine Die | Imposes funding contribution per health insurer enrollee to program to use health care claims data to help reduce health care costs. The program provides annual reports to the public and recommendations to governor and general assembly. Sunsets 7/1/2...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-01
Senate read and passed |
| H5496 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires notification of the name and address of the deceased on a death certificate with the office of secretary of state and the chairperson of the board of canvassers for the purpose of removal from the rolls of registered voters.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-01
House passed Sub A |
| H6313 | Engross
Sine Die | Grants an exemption from the personal income tax to writers, composers and artists residing within the East Providence arts zone.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-01
House read and passed |
| S0373 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the local share of education funding to be paid to charter public schools based on a comparison of performance data between the specific school from which the student is coming and the specific charter school that will be receiving the student...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-01
Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) |
| H5612 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides for consumer protection in eye care services by developing standards and enforcement protocols related to the utilization of assessment mechanisms in the provision of eye care services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-01
House passed Sub A |
| H5844 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires medical spas to employ or contract for the services of a licensed physician, physician assistant, or registered nurse.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-01
House passed Sub A |
| H5602 | Engross
Sine Die | Established player self-exclusion program with winnings collected from self-excluded players going to RICPG for research/education/prevention of teenage gambling addiction.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-01
House passed Sub A |
| H5781 | Engross
Sine Die | Creates Elected/Appointed Minority Officials Commission to create record of minority officials from 1636 to present.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-01
House passed Sub A |
| S0360 | Engross
Sine Die | Repeals the sunset provision which ends historic preservation tax credits by June 30, 2021 or upon the exhaustion of the maximum aggregate credits, whichever comes first.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-30
Senate passed Sub A |
| H5038 | Engross
Sine Die | Exempts from attachment five hundred dollars ($500) in savings or deposits in financial or banking institutions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-30
House read and passed |
| S0378 | Engross
Sine Die | Increases the reimbursement rates to be paid by the department of human services and the department for children, youth, and families, for licensed child care centers and family child care homes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-30
Senate passed Sub A |
| S0781 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires electric and gas distribution companies, with exceptions, to remit fifteen percent (15%) of the amount of demand-side charge collections to the Rhode Island infrastructure bank for any energy-related financing programs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-30
Senate passed Sub A |
| S0094 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires conservation and preservation restrictions to be liberally interpreted in favor of the grants awarded.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-30
Senate read and passed |
| S0088 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows teachers in all grades to provide the opportunity for students to observe a brief moment of silence on every September 11.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-30
Senate read and passed |
| S0603 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides that public bodies not be required to hold open-forum sessions on any topic not on the meeting notice and limits comment on any topic not previously posted.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-30
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| H5325 | Engross
Sine Die | Permits Dyslexia Advocacy Rhode Island plates to be issued for passenger or commercial vehicles. A minimum of six hundred (600) preordered plates would be required.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-30
House passed Sub A |
| S0439 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires Class B licensees to offer to the public the opportunity to purchase and consume food in conjunction with the sale of alcoholic beverages, at all times while alcohol is consumed on the premises.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-30
Senate passed Sub A |
| S0205 | Engross
Sine Die | Joint Resolution To Approve And Publish And Submit To The Electors A Proposition Of Amendment To The Constitution -- Right To An Adequate Education (amends The Constitution To Guarantee Rhode Island Residents With Equal Opportunity To Receive An Educ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-30
Senate read and passed |
| H5318 | Engross
Sine Die | Permits certain volunteer firefighters to purchase motor vehicles by utilizing state purchasing provisions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-30
House read and passed |
| H5919 | Engross
Sine Die | Repeals the expiration provisions that major facility projects or other public improvements comply with green building standards, thereby requiring major facility projects of state agencies to be construed to LEED standards.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-30
House read and passed |
| H5641 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibits the use of neonicotinoids which are a class of insecticides.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-30
House passed Sub A |
| H5204 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires every electric distribution company and natural gas distribution company to submit to the division of public utilities and carriers an emergency response plan for review and approval.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-29
House read and passed |
| S0673 | Engross
Sine Die | Enacts the Uniform Partnership Act of 1997, last amended in 2013, to govern the law of partnerships in this state and would repeal chapter 12 of title 7 entitled "Partnerships".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-29
Senate passed Sub A |
| H5962 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides that a lessee of a motor vehicle who purchases the vehicle within one year of the lease inception or any renewal thereof shall be exempt from certain registration transfer provisions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-29
House passed Sub A |
| H5485 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows school committees to add item(s) to their agendas for the purposes of discussion only without having to publish notice of the additional item(s).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-29
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0371 | Engross
Sine Die | Creates a five (5) year pilot program entitled, pay for success, an intervention program that would assist homeless individuals with the goal towards improving financial and social outcomes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-29
Senate passed Sub A |
| S0826 | Engross
Sine Die | Enacts the Rhode Island Limited Partnership Act to govern the law of limited partnerships in this state and repeal chapter 12 of title 7 entitled "Limited Partnerships". Effective 1/1/2022.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-29
Senate read and passed |
| S0162 | Engross
Sine Die | Extends eligibility of the Home Community Care Services Program to persons under the age of 65 suffering from Alzheimer's or a related dementia confirmed by a licensed physician with income not exceeding 250% of the federal poverty level.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-29
Senate read and passed |
| S0351 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires department of elementary and secondary education to include amount of state and local share of education funding calculated for each local agency receiving state aid, requires cities and towns to appropriate sufficient funds to meet their sh...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-29
Senate passed Sub A |
| H5191 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibits the board of medical licensure and discipline from requiring specialty board certification as a condition of licensure.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-29
House passed Sub A |
| S0646 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires coverage for treatment of pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections and pediatric acute onset neuropsychiatric syndrome, including, but not limited to, the use of intravenous immunoglobin therap...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-29
Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence |
| S0802 | Engross
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] | 2021-06-29
Senate read and passed |
| S0971 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes housing incentive program for municipalities to support and assist the promotion of housing to meet needs of current and future residents while preserving open space, farmland and natural beauty using housing incentive districts.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-29
Senate read and passed |
| S0173 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires parking lots to designate parking spaces for electric vehicles/installation of charging stations for new existing public/private parking lots with fines for parking violations/compliance. Effective 7/1/21.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-29
Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) |
| S0973 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a dockside program to promulgate rules and regulations necessary to ensure that surf clams and/or other marine shellfish acquired in federal waters are done so in a sanitary fashion and in accordance with national standards.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-29
Senate read and passed |
| H5806 | Engross
Sine Die | Reduces the required minimum number of special plates ordered from the DMV to 150 sets upon payment of $3,000 conditionally refundable fee.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-29
House passed Sub A |
| H5783 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes a special license plate for MASONIC GRAND LODGE CHARITIES OF RHODE ISLAND, specify the minimum order, and govern the amount and distribution of the fee surcharge.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-28
House passed Sub A |
| H5183 | Engross
Sine Die | Creates special motor vehicle registration plates for the nonprofit entity Rhode Island Fire Chiefs Honor Flight Hub.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-28
House read and passed |
| H5210 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires that Medicare supplement policies be made available to Medicare eligible disabled individuals under the age of sixty-five (65).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-28
Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence |
| H6289 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows the production of special motor vehicle registration plates for the Alzheimer's Association, Rhode Island Chapter so long as six hundred (600) have been ordered.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-28
House read and passed |
| H5782 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the issuance of veteran plates with decals affixed to the top left corner for veterans who are recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor, Distinguished Flying Cross, Silver Star and Bronze medal.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-28
House passed Sub A |
| H5147 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides a statutory framework for the licensing and regulation of genetic counselors.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-28
House passed Sub A |
| H6044 | Engross
Sine Die | Creates a special license plate for the not for profit Atlantic Shark Institute.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-28
House read and passed |
| H6449 | Engross
Sine Die | Joint Resolution Amending The Joint Resolution Creating A Permanent Legislative Commission On Child Care In Rhode Island (this Resolution Would Amend The Membership And Purpose Of Said Commission, Allow For Funding With Approval, And Require Review O...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-28
House read and passed |
| H5254 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes administrator DMV to issue special license plates to Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-28
House passed Sub A |
| H6021 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires district and independent charter schools to use a random selection process to select eligible public school students who would be invited to attend the charter school and allows a parent to decline the invitation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-25
To Senate Education Committee |
| H5779 | Engross
Sine Die | Clarifies surplus lines licensing and eliminate an unnecessary bond requirement, eliminate the need for an "in person" hearing in an appeal of a classification and add additional lines of insurance to the Commercial Special Risks statute.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-25
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| H5327 | Engross
Sine Die | Increases the maximum aggregate amount of community remote net-metering systems from 30 MW to 90 MW and requires the allocation of a minimum of twenty percent (20%) of the generated power to low- or moderate-income households commencing July 1, 2021.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-25
House passed Sub A |
| H5392 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires initial, biennial, and continuing education in land use law and planning for local planning and zoning board members.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-25
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
