| S0735 | Intro
Sine Die | Extends the time for payment of toll violations from fourteen (14) days to thirty (30) days from the issuance of the violation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-18
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H5643 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits retired state employees to receive mileage and wages equal to that of full-time members of the board or commission but in no event shall it be greater than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-18
To House Finance Committee |
| H6314 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $125,000 To The Rhode Island Department Of Environmental Management (this Resolution Would Authorize The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $125,000 To The Dem To Fund Engineering And Architectural Analyses For In...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
To House Finance Committee |
| H6414 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $300,000 To Roger Williams University For The Roger Williams University Law School Business Start-up Clinic (this Resolution Would Authorize The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $300,000 To Roger Williams Univer...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
To House Finance Committee |
| S0013 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows schools to maintain on-site an undesignated supply of glucagon for emergency purposes. Provides for training of all school employees in the basics of diabetes care and allows for further training of delegated care aides for students with diabe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
To Senate Education Committee |
| H5978 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates funding for affordable housing programs within the housing department and land bank development programs as well as residential development programs for the construction of low-income units by the department, cities and towns.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
To House Finance Committee |
| H6413 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends sections of law relating to retirement of various public employees and the calculation of their final average salary and service accruals.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
To House Finance Committee |
| S0421 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the employer's workers’ compensation insurance carrier to cover all of an employee’s associated medical expenses from any adverse medical event resulting from the employer mandating that the employee receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
To Senate Labor Committee |
| S0202 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits force-feeding to create a force-fed poultry product nor hire another to engage in force feeding of a poultry product. Violations would be subject to a civil penalty.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| H6018 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $5,000,000 To The Rhode Island Department Of Environmental Management For The Preservation, Protection, And Conservation Of Farmlands (this Resolution Would Authorize The Appropriation Of The Sum Of Five Mi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
To House Finance Committee |
| S0485 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires transition planning for high school students with disabilities, who have a "504" plan, like the transition planning required for high school students with disabilities, who have an individualized education program (IEP).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
To Senate Education Committee |
| H6172 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $3,000,000 To Sojourner House In Rhode Island (authorizes The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $3,000,000 To Sojourner House To Support Its Permanent Housing Development Program That Provides Safe, Secure Housin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
To House Finance Committee |
| H6410 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows for the wholesale sale of cannabis seeds and clones by licensees to licensed cultivators or compassion centers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
To House Corporations Committee |
| S0257 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows municipalities to establish a program providing property tax exemption to active duty individuals who volunteer services as a firefighter or emergency medical technician.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| H5394 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the executive office of health and human services (EOHHS) to conduct a study to assess the impact of using Medicaid funds to provide coverage for the treatment of the chronically homeless.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
To House Finance Committee |
| S0662 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires employers in the state with more than 50 employees to display a poster containing basic information on veterans' benefits and services which would be created and distributed by the DLT in consultation with the office of veterans services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
To Senate Labor Committee |
| S0665 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the wage amount for working prisoners, committed to the adult correctional institution, from three dollars ($3.00) a day to six dollars ($6.00) a day.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
To Senate Labor Committee |
| H5196 | Intro
Sine Die | Adds a section which allows substitute teachers and post-retirement employees to exceed the ninety (90) day cap on post-retirement employment if certain conditions are met.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
Withdrawn at sponsor's request (05/18/2023) |
| S0441 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the composition of the joint committee on legislative services (JCLS) by adding the senate majority leader to the committee and removing the house majority leader.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| H5647 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation For Funding To Justice Assistance Habitat For Justice (allocates $212,500 From The General Fund To Justice Assistance Habitat For Justice To Fund The Position Of Psychiatric--mental Health Nurse And The Positi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
To House Finance Committee |
| H6168 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates the Housing Production Revolving Fund through the issuance of $50,000,000 in housing bonds by the department of housing to provide affordable housing for low income households and provide a $500,000 annual appropriation from the general assem...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
To House Finance Committee |
| S0069 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides local education agencies (LEAs) hiring site-based specialists for reading and math to receive state reimbursement based on enrollment and specific guidelines.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
To Senate Education Committee |
| S0624 | Intro
Sine Die | Adds additional species to the prohibition of hunting, shooting or trapping except in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the department of environmental management governing hunting seasons and limits.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| S0702 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits an educational institution or school district from accessing or using location data for tracking a student's institutional device or personal device, except in limited circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
To Senate Education Committee |
| S0192 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows the taking of any wild bird by using a crossbow in addition to the weapons spelled out in this section.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| H5478 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $150,000 To The Women's Fund Of Rhode Island (this Resolution Would Authorize The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $150,000 To Women’s Fund Of Rhode Island To Implement Programs And Initiatives That Seek To Cl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
To House Finance Committee |
| S0143 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the number of days a retired municipal employee could work in a calendar year without interruption of pension benefits to ninety (90) days.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
To Senate Labor Committee |
| S0949 | Engross
Sine Die | Increases the motion picture production company tax credit to ten million dollars ($10,000,000) and cap the available total of credits to forty million dollars ($40,000,000). This act would also eliminate the sunset provision.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
To House Finance Committee |
| H5645 | Intro
Sine Die | Imposes a ten percent (10%) surcharge on rental property offered on a hosting platform, to be deposited in a restricted receipt account established pursuant to § 42-128-2(3) to provide for homelessness initiatives.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
To House Finance Committee |
| H6297 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $28,000,000 To Olneyville Housing Corporation (dba One Neighborhood Builders), In Partnership With Crossroads Ri, Foster Forward, And Family Service Of Rhode Island (authorizes The Appropriation Of The Sum ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
To House Finance Committee |
| H5098 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the executive office of health and human services (EOHHS) to utilize current Medicaid waiver funds to provide coverage for supporting housing for the homeless.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| H5816 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $2,500,000 To The Haus Of Codec (this Resolution Would Authorize The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $2,500,000 To The Haus Of Codec.)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
To House Finance Committee |
| S0746 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the sale/offer of sale/trade/distribution of fur products. Makes 3 violations of this chapter civil infractions punishable by civil penalty and the 4th violation a misdemeanor punishable by fine up to $500 or imprisonment for 30 days or bot...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| S0607 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits captive hunting for domestic or wild animals. This act does not prohibit the release of upland game birds for hunting on licensed shooting preserves.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| S0071 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires free breakfast and lunches to be provided for all elementary and secondary students attending public schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
To House Finance Committee |
| S0659 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the department of administration to provide a list of certified minority and women-owned business enterprises to each prospective contractor of a construction project.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
To Senate Labor Committee |
| S0068 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires free lunches to be provided for all elementary and secondary students attending public schools, to the extent state and federal funds are available.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
To House Finance Committee |
| S0824 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes that any public safety official/enumerated employee, including essential state workers, who contract the Coronavirus (Covid-19) shall be entitled to a presumption that the infection was caused as a result of the performance of their job d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
To Senate Labor Committee |
| H5818 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $5,000,000 To The Rhode Island Office Of Housing And Community Development To Provide For The Housing Problem Solving Fund (this Resolution Would Authorize The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $5,000,000 To The ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
To House Finance Committee |
| S0490 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the Higher Education Opportunities for Students with Disabilities Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
To Senate Education Committee |
| S0437 | Intro
Sine Die | Waives the adoption fee for a dog or cat at a public animal shelter for any person 60 years or older. The adoption of the animal is limited to those that have passed sexual maturity and the shelter may limit the number of dogs and cats that are adopt...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| S0768 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that each child under the supervision of DCYF be provided a team of educational advocates which would be required to attend meetings on a regular basis to ensure the child’s educational planning, progress and success.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
To Senate Education Committee |
| S0661 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires employer provide employee with written quota descriptions/number of task/item production along with potential adverse employment action for failure to meet quotas/ provides employee protection against quotas/ remedies for violations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
To Senate Labor Committee |
| S0167 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires all state licensed health care facilities to convert the powering of their operations from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources. DOH would promulgate rules and regulations to implement the requirements.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| H6121 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a core state behavioral health crisis services system to be administered by the director of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
To House Finance Committee |
| S0736 | Intro
Sine Die | Includes the offense of second-degree sexual assault among the offenses to which there shall be no statute of limitations and provides for a ten (10) year statute of limitations for third-degree sexual assault.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S1022 | Pass | Senate Resolution Proclaiming May Of 2023, To Be "ehlers-danlos Syndromes And Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders Awareness Month" In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
Senate read and passed |
| S0642 | Intro
Sine Die | Modifies the summons for eviction for reasons other than nonpayment of rent with the district court, to add a certificate of service section, and provides the option to post the summons/complaint conspicuously on door of the defendant/tenant's dwelli...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S1020 | Pass | Senate Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of James J. Gillis
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
Senate read and passed |
| S0096 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates the "Embryo Safety and Storage Act of 2023" and requires the department of health to regulate and license embryo storage facilities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
