| RI | H5382 | Intro
25% | 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] | 2025-02-07
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H5350 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT - Repeals 42-56-38.1 and requires the department of corrections to provide free communication services to inmates and juveniles held in residential placement or detention centers and requires tha...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-07
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H5050 | Intro
25% | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES - Creates a special license plate for the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council, Inc. that would support the Blackstone River Valley Environmental Clean-up and Education Fund.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-06
To House Special Legislation Committee |
| RI | H5327 | Pass | House Resolution Proclaiming February 6th, 2025, To Be "new England Freedmen's Aid Society Day" In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-06
House read and passed |
| RI | H5298 | Intro
25% | DELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN -- PROCEEDINGS IN FAMILY COURT - Prohibits any questioning of a juvenile who is suspected of delinquent or criminal behavior, unless the parent of guardian of the juvenile is present, or unless an attorney is present...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-05
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H5323 | Intro
25% | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $500,000 To Sojourner House In Rhode Island (authorizes The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $500,000 To Sojourner House To Support Its Permanent Housing Development Program That Provides Safe, Secure Housing To...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-05
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5313 | Intro
25% | House Resolution Proclaiming February 4, 2025, As "transit Equity Day" In The State Of Rhode Island In Honor Of Rosa Parks And Her Historic Fight For Equitable Public Transit
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-05
To House Special Legislation Committee |
| RI | H5299 | Intro
25% | PROPERTY -- LEASED LAND DWELLINGS - Directs RIHousing to work with stakeholders to investigate and determine ways to assist an incorporated homeowners' association to exercise rights to purchase leased land.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-05
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H5321 | Intro
25% | HUMAN SERVICES -- RHODE ISLAND CHILD CARE FOR ALL ACT - Establishes the Rhode Island Child Care for All Act which would provide high quality and affordable child care to families throughout the state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-05
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5130 | Intro
25% | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS - Defines "crime gun" and requires law enforcement to submit crime gun or 2 fired cartridge cases or shell casings seized to state crime laboratory or the BATF for testing and tracing, also would require 2 test-fired cart...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H5250 | Intro
25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- HOLIDAY BUSINESS - Adds Juneteenth National Freedom Day to the definition of "holidays" to the chapter governing retail business.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H5276 | Intro
25% | ELECTIONS -- PRIMARIES FOR ELECTION OF DELEGATES TO NATIONAL CONVENTIONS AND FOR PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE - Establishes the Ranked Choice Voting for Rhode Island Presidential Primaries and provides for new sections on ranked choice voting tabulation a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H5264 | Intro
25% | PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT - Limits rent increases to no more than 4% annually unless the landlord is granted an exemption by the secretary of housing and provides tenants with a civil action to recover damages, including an awar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H5245 | Intro
25% | PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION - Creates an income-sensitive tiered subsidy program to ensure that home energy utility costs are affordable for eligible low-income households.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H5267 | Intro
25% | TOWNS AND CITIES -- HOUSING MAINTENANCE AND OCCUPANCY CODE -- NOTICE OF VIOLATIONS - Requires a housing code enforcement officer to give a copy of any housing code violation notice to all tenants of the building affected by a housing code violation a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| RI | H5257 | Intro
25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- NURSING HOME WORKFORCE STANDARDS BOARD ACT - Creates the nursing home workforce standards board act to establish and enforce industry-wide quality of care standards in nursing homes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H5207 | Pass | House Resolution Congratulating Resident Physicians And Fellows Affiliated With Brown University On Their Successful Campaigns To Organize Unions At Rhode Island Hospital-brown University Health And Care New England Hospitals
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28
House read and passed |
| RI | H5169 | Intro
25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ASSISTED LIVING RESIDENCE LICENSING ACT - Establishes, encourages and supports the establishment of family councils and resident councils in managed residential communities providing assisted living services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-24
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H5205 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- HEALTH CARE FOR CHILDREN AND PREGNANT WOMEN - Would provide children up to age three (3) with continuous coverage eligibility for RIte Track/RIte Care so that they are not at risk of losing coverage at the yearly redet...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-24
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5180 | Intro
25% | CRIMINALS -- CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS -- PAROLE - Requires one elector of the parole board to be a person directly impacted by the criminal justice system who has completed the probation/parole process three (3) or more years prior to selection with...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-24
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H5196 | Intro
25% | HUMAN SERVICES -- THE RHODE ISLAND WORKS PROGRAM - Eliminates the sunset on the provision of finding for child care for eligible child care educators and child care staff.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-24
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5197 | Intro
25% | HUMAN SERVICES -- THE RHODE ISLAND WORKS PROGRAM - Removes the requirement that families consent to, and cooperate with the department of human services in establishing paternity and enforcing child and medical support orders as a condition of eligib...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-24
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5178 | Intro
25% | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS - Allows expungement of multiple felony convictions for non-violent felonies10 years after sentence completed.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-24
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H5170 | Intro
25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- RIGHTS OF NURSING HOME PATIENTS - Supports the role of independent family council and makes the waiting list transparent by requiring nursing facilities with more than thirty percent (30%) self-pay residents to admit applicants o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-24
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H5154 | Pass | House Resolution Proclaiming January 23, 2025, To Be "maternal Health Awareness Day" In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-23
House read and passed |
| RI | H5149 | Pass | House Resolution Celebrating Funda Fest 27 And The Contributions Of The Ri Black Storytellers (ribs) From January 17th-26th, 2025
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-23
House read and passed |
| RI | H5144 | Intro
25% | HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE - Allows executive office of EOHHS to review current methodology for Medical payments to nursing facilities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-22
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5104 | Intro
25% | INSURANCE -- CASUALTY INSURANCE RATING - Forbids a motor vehicle liability insurance carrier from considering the zip code of where an insured lives for purposes of calculating their policy premium.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-22
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H5090 | Pass | House Resolution Extending Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of The Honorable Raymond H. Beretta
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-21
House read and passed |
| RI | H5068 | Intro
25% | PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- TERMINATION OF SERVICE TO PERSONS WHO ARE DISABLED, SERIOUSLY ILL, OR IN ARREARS OF PAYMENT - Extends the forbearance of utility terminations for customers with serious illness certifications and would amend various p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-16
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H5077 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES - Requires DCYF to establish segregated savings account for foster care child receiving SS, SSI, veterans benefits or railroad retirement benefits to manage the accounts and k...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-16
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5036 | Intro
25% | House Resolution Amending The Rules Of The House Of Representatives For The Years 2023 And 2024 (amends The House Rules To Enable Any Member To Have Up To 3 Bills That Are Held For Further Study Either Substituted In Committee Or Allowed To Have A Co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-15
To House Rules Committee |
| RI | H5042 | Intro
25% | FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- LICENSED ACTIVITIES - Repeals the provisions of the general laws allowing deferred deposit providers, also known as "payday lenders."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-15
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H5055 | Intro
25% | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $500,000 To Amos House (would Authorize The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $500,000 To Amos House.)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-15
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5061 | Pass | House Resolution Honoring Ruth Ann Madsen For Her Service To The People Of Rhode Island On The Occasion Of Her Passing
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-15
House read and passed |
| RI | H5018 | Intro
25% | PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION - Provides that effective July 1, 2025, the profit margin of any electric distribution company gas distribution company, would not exceed four percent (4%), in any given calendar year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-10
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H5024 | Intro
25% | INSURANCE -- BENEFIT DETERMINATION AND UTILIZATION REVIEW ACT - Prohibits health benefit plans reviewing prescriptions for opioid addiction treatment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-10
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H5006 | Pass | House Resolution Extending Condolences On The Passing Of The Honorable Joseph M. Lima
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-09
House read and passed |
