| S1006 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates federal funds awarded to Rhode Island as part of the State Fiscal Recovery Fund (SFRF) by the American Rescue Pl(ARPA).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-12-07
To Senate Finance Committee |
| H6494 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating To Making Revised Appropriations In Support Of Fiscal Year 2022
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-10-20
To House Finance Committee |
| H6429 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes and regulate peer-to-peer car sharing programs whereby existing car owners make their motor vehicles available for other individuals to use under a peer-to-peer program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-01
To House Corporations Committee |
| H6467 | Intro
Sine Die | Department of health to promulgate rules and regulations for essential caregivers at healthcare facilities during a declared emergency.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-01
House passed as amended (floor amendment) |
| H5580 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates a custody procedure for pets in divorce and separation proceedings based on the best interests of the animal. This act would not apply to assistance/service animals.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-01
House passed as amended (floor amendment) |
| S0194 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases membership from 3 to 5 members/revises siting process to mandate public/municipal participation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-30
Meeting postponed (06/30/2021) |
| S0865 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the law enforcement officers' bill of rights to provide greater accountability in the disciplinary process over law enforcement.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-30
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H6180 | Intro
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 |
| H6437 | Intro
Sine Die | Expands the definition of a redevelopment area to include all population census tracts in the state that have been or are designated as opportunity zones.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-30
Withdrawn at sponsor's request (06/30/2021) |
| S0505 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases number of committee members in law enforcement officers’ bill of rights hearing to 5 and mandates hearings be commenced within 15 days /mandates officer charged with felony or imprisoned on misdemeanor have pay suspended while case is pen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-30
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0369 | Intro
Sine Die | Changes the date on which an individual in the town of Exeter may file for an exemption for being a person over the age of sixty-five (65) or fully disabled.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-30
Committee recommends passage |
| H6484 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the general assembly to provide race, ethnicity and gender impact statements as to all legislation, addressing the disproportionate impact of the legislation on people of color and gender.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-29
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| H6482 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the sale or transfer of ammunition unless the purchaser successfully undergoes a background check.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-29
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H6483 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates a registry of veterans exposed to airborne hazards open burn pits while serving in southwest Asia theaters of operations after August 2, 1990 and September 11, 2011.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-29
To House Veterans Affairs Committee |
| S0832 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires cities and towns to assess renewable energy resources to be taxed as tangible property and the real property on which it is located shall not be reclassified, revalued or reassessed.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-29
Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) |
| H6370 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the director of the department of business regulation to license the cultivation and sale of marijuana.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-29
To House Finance Committee |
| H6464 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides for the sealing and unsealing of court files in residential eviction proceedings and provides that any eviction for nonpayment of rent, in which the rent arrearage is paid through a rent relief program, shall remain sealed permanently.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-29
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S0915 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that portions of the city of Central Falls would be included within the Pawtucket Downtown Redevelopment Project.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-29
To Senate Finance Committee |
| H6396 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the sale of certain flavored tobacco products and electronic nicotine delivery systems.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-29
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| S0920 | Intro
Sine Die | Regulates the manufacture, distribution and retail sale of vapor products in Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-29
Committee heard |
| H6209 | Intro
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 |
| H6327 | Intro
Sine Die | Raises Rhode Island Medicaid primary care payment rates to not less than federal Medicare rates for the same service.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-29
To House Finance Committee |
| S0938 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the sale or offer for sale of any flavored electronic nicotine delivery system.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-29
Committee heard |
| S0972 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the wages for direct care workers employed by home nursing care and home care providers licensed by the Rhode Island department of health.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-29
Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) |
| H6470 | Intro
Sine Die | Transfers all responsibility for oversize/overweight permitting to the department of transportation and amends and increases fines for all oversize and overweight infractions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-28
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| S0406 | Intro
Sine Die | Felony to store firearms unlocked.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-28
Meeting postponed (06/28/2021) |
| H5553 | Intro
Sine Die | Felony to store firearms unlocked.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-28
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| S0986 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes the Mill Damn Act subject to the provisions of the Freshwater Wetlands Act as it related to Johnson's Pond in the town of Coventry.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-27
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H5588 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the percentage of area median income from one hundred twenty percent (120%) to one hundred forty percent (140%) only for New Shoreham residents to make more households eligible for affordable housing.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-26
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| H6476 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes incentives for property sales and use tax exemptions for qualified data centers located in Rhode Island upon a minimum qualified investment of $50,000,000 in a designated enterprise zone and $200,000,000 in a non-enterprise zone.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-25
To House Finance Committee |
| H5909 | Intro
Sine Die | Regulates the distribution of food products containing the drug kratom, a drug of concern for its stimulant and sedative effects, to consumers by the department of health.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-25
Committee recommended Substitute A be held for further study |
| H6254 | Intro
Sine Die | Codifies in the general laws the standards of conduct for notaries public in the state of Rhode Island by the secretary of state which came into effect on April 3, 2020. Takes effect on July 1, 2021; sunsets and expires on July 1, 2023.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-25
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| H6430 | Intro
Sine Die | Excludes sale of dealership as good cause to terminate relations with dealerships/allows 5 days to cure contract deficiency/violation/vests exclusive jurisdiction in RI courts to settle any disputes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-25
To House Corporations Committee |
| H6147 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends Hate Crimes Sentencing Act. Adds gender identity, expression to protected groups. Clarifies sentencing enhancements for hate crimes against victims in a protected group. Permits sentencing to community service or educational classes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-25
Committee recommended Substitute A be held for further study |
| H6468 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a climate action plan to eliminate the state's dependence on fossil fuel energy generation of electricity and replace the required generation of electricity from clean energy resources by calendar year 2036.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-25
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| H6465 | Intro
Sine Die | Changes the process of nominating candidates for the general election, by replacing the political party primary with a primary general election.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-24
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| S0429 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that janitors and security guards employed, pursuant to state contracts worth more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) of janitorial or security services, be paid a standard compensation rate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-24
To House Labor Committee |
| H6466 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that the tax imposed on little cigars be imposed in the same manner as the tax imposed on cigarettes, that 25% of such tax revenue would be applied to smoking cessation programs, and requires that little cigars be sold in packs of 20 or more...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-24
To House Finance Committee |
| S0955 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes and regulate peer-to-peer car sharing programs whereby existing car owners make their motor vehicles available for other individuals to use under a peer-to-peer program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-24
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0827 | Intro
Sine Die | SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 -- THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT) (Define educational disadvantaged students. This act would also require the use of a weighted lottery for charter school establishment, charter renewal and for student applications w...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-23
Meeting postponed (06/23/2021) |
| S0254 | Intro
Sine Die | License required for advanced recycling facilities. No licensing within two (2) miles residential zone, school, place of worship or waterway or wetlands, except this prohibition shall not apply to grandfathered operations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-23
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0527 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits new high-heat waste processing facilities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-23
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H6458 | Intro
Sine Die | Reduces the appoint the historian laureate from a five (5) year term to a two (2) year term, and requires the historian laureate to develop and implement programs about pertinent aspects of Rhode Island history.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-22
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| H6455 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes the hate crime sentencing enhancement applicable to petty misdemeanors.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-22
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H6456 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend the title of Chapter 12-30 of the General Laws to be "The Jennifer Rivera Witness Protection Act".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-22
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H6457 | Intro
Sine Die | To Vacate The Forfeiture Or Revocation Of The Charter Of East Passage Estates Lot Owners’ Association
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-22
To House Corporations Committee |
| H6393 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires all contractors and subcontractors who perform construction, alteration, demolition, installation, repair or maintenance work, pursuant to public works contracts, to comply with industry standards for infrastructure corrosion prevention.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-22
To House Environment and Natural Resources Committee |
| S0101 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates the "Medicaid Employer Assessment".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-22
Meeting postponed (06/22/2021) |
| S0782 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates four hundred sixty nine thousand six hundred fifty-five dollars ($469,655) to the Crime Victim Compensation Program created by the Criminal Injuries Compensation to be extended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-21
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0957 | Intro
Sine Die | Removes the requirement that a credit bureau, at a minimum, utilizes at least one additional identifier to confirm the identity of the person who is the subject of the credit inquiry.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-19
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
