| H5784 | Engross
Sine Die | Creates a new motor vehicle registration for "forestry vehicles"/provides that forest product operations are permitted uses within all zoning districts of a municipality except where prohibited.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-15
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| H6049 | Engross
Sine Die | Changes the term "assumed name" to "trade name". This act would also centralize the filing, administration and regulation process to the secretary of state. This act would also require trade an annual renewal of the trade name.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-15
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| H5348 | 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] | 2023-06-15
To Senate Labor Committee |
| H5089 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires that when a person causes an injury requiring medical assistance to a human by firearm, archery, or crossbow while hunting or trapping, the initial responding entity must immediately make a report to DEM.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-15
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H5490 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires public meetings related to utility rates increases be conducted Monday-Thursday after 5:30 pm.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-15
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| H6204 | Engross
Sine Die | Makes it easier for candidates for the presidential preference primaries to obtain a place on the ballot.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-15
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H5075 | Engross
Sine Die | Exempts used vehicles sold "for parts only" or purchased at end of their lease term by the current lessee that have a valid certificate of inspection affixed to the windshield, from the requirement that dealers of used vehicles conduct a new inspecti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-15
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H5713 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows the waiver of interest on overdue taxes for commercial properties.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-15
To Senate Finance Committee |
| H5176 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires group health plans and health insurance issuers that provide prescription benefits to cover at least one type of prescribed epinephrine auto-injectors and cartridges without copay or deductible.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-15
Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence |
| H5328 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires food service establishments to add an additional warning to their menus relative to food allergens and impose a civil penalty on those establishments that fail to include the required warnings on its menus.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-15
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| H6400 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the law revision director to report to the general assembly, sections of law that are amended by multiple bills and which amendments are unable to be conflated.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-15
To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| H5667 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the council on elementary and secondary education to adopt standards which take into consideration the time and cost of transporting students across municipal boundaries and promotes maximum efficiency in other programs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-15
To Senate Education Committee |
| H5617 | Engross
Sine Die | Changes the service requirement for admissions to RI Veterans' Home from 90 days to 2 years, and gives priority to veterans defined as war veterans.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-15
To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| H5333 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the provisions for prompt payment of monies owed by the department of administration to their contractors or subcontractors.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-15
To Senate Finance Committee |
| H5538 | Engross
Sine Die | Repeals requirement that at least one of the insurer's semiannual reviews be an on-site audit of the operations of the administrator of benefits.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-15
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H5423 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the composition of the Urban Collaborative and provide that the collaborative be governed by a board of trustees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-15
To Senate Education Committee |
| H5033 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibits utility companies from limiting eligibility of net metering site based on prior consumption and requires excess energy not consumed to be credited to consumer. Also amends definition of excess renewable net-metering credit.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-15
House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) |
| H5496 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides that any insurer refusing to honor a "direction to pay" executed by an insured for payment on a property damage benefit would constitute an unfair claims practice.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-15
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H5350 | Engross
Sine Die | Limits the copayment or coinsurance requirement on specialty drugs to one hundred fifty dollars ($150) for a thirty (30) day supply.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-15
House passed Sub A |
| H5741 | Engross
Sine Die | Incorporates the department of elementary and secondary education’s SurveyWorks school climate indicators for evaluating the performance of LEAs and individual public schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-15
To Senate Education Committee |
| H6028 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides for a single, increased range of penalties for all driving offenses which result in serious bodily injury or death.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-15
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H5167 | Engross
Sine Die | Extends the date to June 30, 2027 for local education agencies to select identified high quality curricula and materials for science and technology.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-15
To Senate Education Committee |
| H5955 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a three (3) day transmittal period after the deadline for local boards to accept mail ballot applications, if delivered via the postal service.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence |
| H5495 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires a workgroup of health care providers and health insurers convened by the office of the health commissioner, to make recommendations regarding prior authorization policies.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
House passed Sub A |
| H5831 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides that liability insurance coverage would be provided for loss of the use of a rental motor vehicle, with limitations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
House read and passed |
| H5443 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires returns of a marriage certificate to be filed within two (2) business days after the ceremony, and validates the common practice of filing the return by mail.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
Committee recommends passage in concurrence |
| H5687 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends provisions of law relative to the disclosure of confidential healthcare information and records and the disclosure thereof occurring through electronic means.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-13
Committee recommends passage in concurrence |
| H5282 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes a pharmacist to prescribe and dispense hormonal contraceptives, provided that the pharmacist has completed a training program approved by the state board of pharmacy.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-13
House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) |
| H5043 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides that adjunct faculty members at any state college or university who teach at least 50% of the hours regularly worked by full-time faculty in a semester would be eligible for the same medical benefits as other state employees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-13
House passed Sub A |
| H5953 | Engross
Sine Die | Designate a fishing site at Black Point in Narragansett as the "Stephen J. Medeiros Fishing Area at Black Point".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-13
Committee recommends passage in concurrence |
| H5503 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires DMV to make, for persons with autism, a operator's license that is clearly marked "autism", decals that are clearly marked "autism" to be affixed to the vehicle, and blue envelopes that provide written information.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-13
To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| H5362 | Engross
Sine Die | Increases the amount of time of notice a residential landlord must give to a tenant prior to any rent increase.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-13
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H6483 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes standards governing the municipal regulation of outdoor dining at food service establishments.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-13
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| H5929 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibits an employer to require an employee to execute a nondisclosure agreement or non-disparagement agreement, regarding alleged violations of civil rights or criminal conduct, as a condition of employment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-13
Committee recommends passage of Sub A |
| H5903 | Engross
Sine Die | Expands the crime of false reporting to include shootings or other dangerous events.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-13
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H5233 | Engross
Sine Die | Renames bridges 00201, 17801 and 17601 in South Kingstown after 3 Medal of Honor recipients, to wit, Sgt. William G. Fournier, Sgt. William J. Babcock, Cpl. David B. Champagne, respectively.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-13
Committee recommends passage in concurrence |
| H5190 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires a public official or employee to disclose any and all unsatisfied default judgments of credit card debt, in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000), on their financial statement.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-13
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H6198 | Engross
Sine Die | Gives statewide juvenile hearing boards the authority to refer a juvenile offender to a rehabilitative driving course, as part of a disposition of an offense before the board. The order may be enforced by the traffic tribunal.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-13
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H5779 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the executive director of the coastal resources management council to hire a hearing officer if the position is vacant for more than sixty (60) days after the effective date of this act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-12
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| H5559 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibits the sale or offer for sale in this state of any cosmetic that was developed or manufactured using cosmetic testing on animals, if the testing was conducted or contracted by the manufacturer or any supplier on or after July 1, 2024.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H5833 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires hosting platforms offering short-term rental of residential property for tourist or transient use to disclose on listings the current, valid registration number and its expiration date.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-12
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| H5014 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows for the licensing of surgical assistants to assist doctors in performing surgeries.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-12
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| H5216 | Engross
Sine Die | Extends the "lookback" period for repeat offenses involving driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs under § 31-27-2 and for repeat offenses related to failure or refusal to submit to chemical tests under § 31-27-2.1 from 5 years to 10 years...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H5184 | 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] | 2023-06-12
House passed Sub A |
| H5493 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the definition of "covered project" having a total nameplate capacity of three megawatts (3 MW) down to one megawatt (1 MW).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-12
House read and passed |
| H5330 | Engross
Sine Die | Regulates the distribution of the product known as "Kratom". Violations are subject to administrative fines from $500 to $1,000.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H5923 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the current law on controlled substances to permit a person to be in possession of less than one ounce of psilocybin and permits psilocybin to be securely cultivated within a person’s residence for personal use.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H5612 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows non-affiliated party voters to vote in party primaries, without becoming an affiliated party voter.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H5898 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the definition of a wayward offense in the Family Court to conform to current statutory penalties for possession of marijuana offenses, promulgated in the Rhode Island cannabis act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-09
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H5907 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the filing fees and time frame for certain claims of appeal to superior court.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-09
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
