| RI | H7355 | Intro
Sine Die | EDUCATION -- COUNCIL ON POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION - Prohibits colleges and universities from withholding a student's transcript due to the student failing to pay any expenses owed to the college or university but permits the withholding of a student's ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Education Committee |
| RI | H7531 | Intro
Sine Die | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES - Commencing 1/1/25, gradually increases the minimum wage for employees receiving gratuities from the current ($3.89) to ($14.95) by 1/1/29 and on 1/1/30 the minimum wage shall be no less than the minimum wa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Labor Committee |
| RI | H7967 | Intro
Sine Die | PROPERTY -- HOMELESS BILL OF RIGHTS - Updates the Homeless Bill of Rights to add rules governing the interaction with encampments and include the right to access clean and sanitary conditions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H8046 | Intro
Sine Die | ELECTIONS -- GENERAL PROVISIONS - Allows citizens of a city or town who are at least sixteen (16) years of age to register to vote and to vote in school committee elections in municipalities where school committees are elected entities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H7833 | Intro
Sine Die | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- CUSTODIAL LAW ENFORCEMENT SEXUAL PENETRATION - Establishes criteria for the criminal offense of sexual assault when the victim is in the custody of a peace officer and also provides that a person convicted of custodial sexual ass...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7463 | Intro
Sine Die | MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT - Provides for code blue and code red alerts to trigger certain procedures municipalities must follow during extreme heat or cold to help at-risk individuals with shelter.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| RI | H7518 | Intro
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFITS - Caps the total amount that a covered person is required to pay for a covered prescription asthma inhaler to twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per thirty (30) day supply.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H7655 | Intro
Sine Die | PROPERTY -- COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE ACT - Grants a right of first offer to qualified nonprofits for the purchase of certain multi-family residential properties at market prices, within a reasonable period of time to promote the creation and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| RI | H7624 | Intro
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS - Prohibits health insurance providers from requiring preauthorization for in-network mental health or substance use disorder services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H7764 | Intro
Sine Die | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OPEN MEETINGS - Requires public bodies to offer translation services for all open meetings of said bodies.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H7822 | Intro
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- BENEFIT DETERMINATION AND UTILIZATION REVIEW ACT - Limits the use by insurers of step therapy, a protocol that establishes a specific sequence in which prescription drugs for a specified medical condition are covered by an insurer, by al...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H7874 | Intro
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Requires coverage for acute mental health crisis mobile response and stabilization services to any individual enrolled as a plan beneficiary.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H7973 | Intro
Sine Die | FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT - Amends the uniform controlled substances act and reclassifies simple possession of 28 grams or less of certain controlled substances as a misdemeanor.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19
Withdrawn at sponsor's request (03/21/2024) |
| RI | H8073 | Intro
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Provides that health insurance plans would provide coverage the use of artificial intelligence technology for analysis of breast tissue diagnostic imaging.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H7761 | Intro
Sine Die | PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- NARRAGANSETT TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY ACT - Exempts all Narragansett Indian Tribe members owning real estate, whether privately, commercially, in nonprofit corporations or in land trusts, from all real estate taxes imposed by t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H7760 | Intro
Sine Die | TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION - Exempts all Narragansett Indian Tribe homeowners from real estate taxes and real estate tax liens, imposed by the state or any municipality. Also declares the Tribe as the sole sovereign federally recognized...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H7762 | Intro
Sine Die | PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- NARRAGANSETT INDIAN LAND MANAGEMENT CORPORATION - Repeals sections of the Narragansett Indian Land Management Corporation Act and acknowledges the Narragansett Indian Tribe as the sole aboriginal people sovereign to the t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H7694 | Intro
Sine Die | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND INDIVIDUAL MARKET AFFORDABILITY ACT OF 2024 - Creates the Rhode Island Individual Market Affordability Act of 2024 to help reduce out-of-pocket costs for low- and moderate-income consumers enrolled in the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-12
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H8034 | Pass | House Resolution Celebrating March Of 2024, As "arts In The Schools Month" In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07
House read and passed |
| RI | H7457 | Intro
Sine Die | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES -- FREQUENCY OF PAYMENT - Eliminate all exceptions to the provision that all employees are to be paid weekly except for employees of the state and its political subdivisions, municipal governments, and no...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-05
To House Labor Committee |
| RI | H7523 | Intro
Sine Die | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- VITAL RECORDS - Provides an exemption for certain incarcerated persons from the payment of fees for a first request for vital statistics from the department of health.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-05
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7650 | Intro
Sine Die | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES -- EXTREME TEMPERATURE EMPLOYEE PROTECTION - Directs employers to take certain actions to protect their employees who are exposed to extreme hot and cold temperatures and failure to implement or ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-05
To House Labor Committee |
| RI | H7907 | Intro
Sine Die | EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT - Adds multilingual learners into the determination of high-need students and provides a student success factor of twenty-five percent (25%) of the core instruction per-pupil amount and re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-04
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7140 | Intro
Sine Die | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACEUTICAL COST TRANSPARENCY - Directs the state board of pharmacy to annually identify up to fifteen prescription drugs with increased costs and provide the list to the attorney general to obtain reasons for the cos...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H7357 | Intro
Sine Die | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HIGH HEAT WASTE FACILITY ACT - Provides for a prohibition on the licensing of any new high-heat waste facility.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
To House Environment and Natural Resources Committee |
| RI | H7445 | Intro
Sine Die | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACIES - Adds a new section which sets forth conditions for pharmacists to prescribe tobacco cessation/drug therapies, programs approved by the state board of pharmacy. The cessation therapies would be covered by all...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H7623 | Intro
Sine Die | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE RHODE ISLAND HEALTH CARE REFORM ACT OF 2004 -- HEALTH INSURANCE OVERSIGHT - Requires a report to be produced that focuses on prescription drug prior authorizations by January 1, 2025.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H7807 | Pass | House Resolution Recognizing The Theta Psi Omega Chapter Of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, For Their Service, Sisterhood, And Scholarship Nationally And In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
House read and passed |
| RI | H7514 | Intro
Sine Die | EDUCATION -- SUPPORT AND ACCESS TO BILINGUAL EDUCATION ACT - Creates a new chapter for the support/access to bilingual education. It creates a dual language program fund to be administered by the department of education. Local education agencies woul...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28
To House Education Committee |
| RI | H7136 | Intro
Sine Die | PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY - Enables the Rhode Island public transit authority (RIPTA) to work with the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) to allow commuter rail passes to be used as dual passes for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-27
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H7164 | Intro
Sine Die | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS - Allows expungement of multiple felony convictions for non-violent felonies10 years after sentence completed.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-15
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7160 | Intro
Sine Die | COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- PRICE GOUGING OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS PROHIBITED - Makes it a felony to price gouge prescriptions or pharmaceuticals in time of a shortage.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-15
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7307 | Intro
Sine Die | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- COMMERCIAL SEXUAL ACTIVITY - Provides immunity to people involved in commercial sexual activity if they are victims or witnesses to various other offenses and would not grant immunity to law enforcement officers for arresting tho...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-15
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7524 | Intro
Sine Die | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- BAIL AND RECOGNIZANCE - Prohibits the courts from setting cash or surety bail on any misdemeanor offense but permits the court to set reasonable non-monetary conditions of bail to assure the defendant's presence in court as requ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-15
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7458 | Intro
Sine Die | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES - Fair employment practices to include individuals appointed, contract for hire of apprenticeships.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14
To House Labor Committee |
| RI | H7198 | Intro
Sine Die | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS' BILL OF RIGHTS - Repeals the law enforcement officers' bill of rights, chapter 42-28.6 of the general laws, in its entirety.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-08
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7549 | Intro
Sine Die | PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY - Prohibits the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) from imposing any fares and/or charges for service provided to the general public. Effective 1/1/2025.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7070 | Intro
Sine Die | ELECTIONS -- RESIDENCE OF INDIVIDUALS IN GOVERNMENT CUSTODY ACT - Requires state use actual residences of persons in government custody for redistricting purposes. Information would be collected by the department of corrections and forwarded to the s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H7296 | Intro
Sine Die | HIGHWAYS -- CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF STATE ROADS - Authorizes and empowers the department of transportation to plant pollinator-friendly species of trees, shrubs, grasses and plants.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06
To House Environment and Natural Resources Committee |
| RI | H7503 | Pass | House Resolution Expressing Deepest Condolences On The Tragic And Untimely Passing Of Jocelyn Azevedo Docouto
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06
House read and passed |
| RI | H7176 | Intro
Sine Die | PROPERTY -- HOMELESS BILL OF RIGHTS - Creates a commission to establish homeless shelter standards through regulations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| RI | H7175 | Intro
Sine Die | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- EMERGENCY SHELTERS - Establishes rules and procedures for licensing emergency shelters, including setting minimum standards and prohibiting the charging of fees to the residents.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| RI | H7416 | Pass | House Resolution Proclaiming February Of 2024, As "black History Month" In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01
House read and passed |
| RI | H7147 | Intro
Sine Die | EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM - Requires the department of education to develop and make available for use in all schools a mental health curriculum. School districts would be required to provide four (4) hours of mental health instruction to seventh grade...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-31
To House Education Committee |
| RI | H7152 | Intro
Sine Die | FOOD AND DRUGS -- RHODE ISLAND FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS ACT - Requires that all cosmetics manufactured, sold, delivered, held or offered for sale contain a label that completely and accurately lists all of their component ingredients.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-30
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H7144 | Intro
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- COVID-19 PANDEMIC INSURANCE RECOVERY ACT - Allows businesses that had an insurance policy in place for business interruption as of March 9, 2020 or thereafter to recover from their insurance companies for a COVID-19 business impact.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H7146 | Intro
Sine Die | EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM - Directs the council on elementary and secondary education to develop recommendations for a high school curriculum to prepare students for successful postsecondary education and careers in computer science.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
To House Education Committee |
| RI | H7145 | Intro
Sine Die | EDUCATION -- SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS - Requires school committees to provide transportation for any student who resides two (2) or more miles from school.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
To House Education Committee |
| RI | H7179 | Intro
Sine Die | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE RHODE ISLAND LOBBYING REFORM ACT - Prohibits lobbyists from making any political contributions to any member of the general assembly from January 1 through July 1 in any year, unless the general assembly adjourns f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-23
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H7183 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution To Approve, Publish And Submit To The Electors A Proposition Of Amendment To The Constitution Of The State -- Four Year Terms And Term Limits For Representatives And Senators (proposes An Amendment To The State Constitution, Article ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-23
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
