| RI | H5019 | Intro
25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- CONSUMER PFAS BAN ACT OF 2024 - Prohibits a manufacturer from manufacturing, knowingly selling, offering for sale, distributing for sale or distributing for use in the state any firefighting personal protective equipment containi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
[Hearing: Feb 6]
To House Environment and Natural Resources Committee |
| RI | H5046 | Intro
25% | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- ELECTRONIC IMAGING DEVICES - Criminalizes the unauthorized dissemination of sexually explicit images of another person that are created by digital devices or created without the consent of the person depicted.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H5110 | Intro
25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- FUNERAL DIRECTOR/EMBALMER AND FUNERAL SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS - Provides for the operation and duties of natural organic reduction for the contained, accelerated conversion of human remains to soil. Disposition facilities...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H5098 | Intro
25% | AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY -- FORESTRY AND FOREST PARITY ACT - Creates a new motor vehicle registration for "forestry vehicles" also provides that forest product operations are permitted uses within all zoning districts of a municipality except where p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
[Hearing: Feb 6]
To House Environment and Natural Resources Committee |
| RI | H5099 | Intro
25% | HIGHWAYS -- CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF STATE ROADS - Authorizes and empower the department of transportation to plant pollinator friendly native species of trees, shrubs, grasses and plants within limits of a roadway, including state highways.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
[Hearing: Feb 6]
To House Environment and Natural Resources Committee |
| RI | H5167 | Intro
25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- THE RHODE ISLAND CLEAN HEAT STANDARD ACT - Creates the Rhode Island clean heat standards act to implement a system of tradeable clean heat credits earned from the delivery of clean heat measures that reduce greenhouse gas emissio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
[Hearing: Feb 6]
To House Environment and Natural Resources Committee |
| RI | H5185 | Intro
25% | PROPERTY -- PROHIBITION OF UNFAIR SERVICE AGREEMENTS - Prohibits the use of service agreements that are unfair to an owner of residential real estate who enters into such an agreement or to persons who may become owners of that real estate in the fut...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H5155 | Intro
25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- ARCHITECTS - Provides that architects and other authorized disaster response workers be considered, in the course of performing their duties, state workers and be entitled to all rights in like manner as state employees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H5275 | Intro
25% | ELECTIONS -- PRIMARY ELECTIONS -- GENERAL ASSEMBLY OFFICES -- RANKED CHOICE VOTING - Establishes an instant runoff form of ranked choice voting limited, to general assembly primary elections, with three (3) or more candidates.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H5268 | Intro
25% | TOWNS AND CITIES -- HOME-FIT DWELLING UNITS - Creates the home-fit dwelling units act to apply to all new construction of covered dwelling units to incorporate design features that provide safe and convenient use of to the greatest extent feasible, r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| RI | H5282 | Intro
25% | EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT - Amend the calculation of state funding provided to local education agencies for special education services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5269 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES - Allows the waiver of interest on overdue taxes for commercial properties.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| RI | H5274 | Intro
25% | 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] | 2025-01-31
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H5262 | Intro
25% | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- THREATS AND EXTORTION - Adds school superintendents, central office officials, school principals, and all other school employees, to the definition of a “public official” for purposes of the criminal prohibition against makin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H5280 | Intro
25% | EDUCATION -- HIGHER EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES ACT - Establishes the Higher Education Opportunities for Students with Disabilities Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5246 | Intro
25% | COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- DIGITAL ELECTRONICS RIGHT TO REPAIR ACT - Establishes a digital electronics right to repair, which would allow for digital electronic equipment and parts that are sold in this state on or after Janua...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H5253 | Intro
25% | INSURANCE -- AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS - Removes the age restriction for benefits coverage and requires, for health insurance policies issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2026, that coverage must include reimbursement for applied behavior analys...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H5279 | Intro
25% | EDUCATION -- TEACHERS RETIREMENT - Gives teachers who takes an unpaid parental or medical leave during the year credit for a year of service for that school year if they served a minimum of 135 days.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5242 | Pass | House Resolution Expressing Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of Friedrich St. Florian
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-30
House read and passed |
| RI | H5235 | Intro
25% | COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- INTEREST AND USURY - Provides an interest rate cap on medical debt.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-29
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H5234 | Intro
25% | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $500,000 To The United Way Of Rhode Island For The 2-1-1 Human Services Hotline (this Resolution Would Authorize The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $500,000 To The United Way Of Rhode Island To Provide Operati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-29
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5226 | Intro
25% | House Resolution Condemning President Donald Trump's Executive Order To Withdraw Citizenship From Children Born In The United States To Undocumented Parents
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-29
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H5229 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND COMMERCE CORPORATION -- HOUSING DEVELOPMENT - Authorizes the establishment of a RI housing champion designation program. This program would make qualified municipalities eligible to receive preferential ac...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-29
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| RI | H5233 | Intro
25% | HUMAN SERVICES -- THE RHODE ISLAND FAMILY CAREGIVER TAX CREDIT ACT - Establishes a tax credit against income tax based on eligible expenses incurred for care and support of an eligible family member.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-29
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5208 | Pass | House Resolution Honoring George Nee On The Occasion Of His Retirement As President Of The Rhode Afl-cio
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28
House read and passed |
| RI | H5206 | Pass | House Resolution Expressing Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of Anthony V. Arico
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28
House read and passed |
| RI | H5166 | Intro
25% | 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] | 2025-01-24
To House Environment and Natural Resources Committee |
| RI | H5202 | Intro
25% | EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT - Increases the state’s regionalization bonus to six percent (6%) of the state’s fiscal year share of foundation education aid. This bonus would be ongoing and continuing so long as th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-24
To House Finance Committee |
| 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 | H5186 | Intro
25% | FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT - Amends current law on controlled substances to permit psilocybin to be cultivated within a person's residence for personal use and contingent on the US FDA's program, mandate that RI department of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-24
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H5192 | Intro
25% | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATION OF BICYCLES - Requires anyone using a bicycle trail or path to stay to the right on the path and would always pass on the left when safe to do so.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-24
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H5176 | Intro
25% | EDUCATION -- STUDENT COMPUTER DEVICE PRIVACY - 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] | 2025-01-24
To House Innovation, Internet, & Technology Committee |
| RI | H5195 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- COMPOSTING AND ORGANIC WASTE DIVERSION - Establishes Compost Fund to award grants related to reducing the amount of solid waste generated in the state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-24
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5157 | Intro
25% | MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT - Provides that any disaster response worker shall, in the course of their duties, be considered a state employee and be entitled to all rights in like manner as state employees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-24
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H5168 | Intro
25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTHCARE FACILITIES - Requires all state licensed healthcare facilities to convert the powering of their operations from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources. DOH promulgates rules and regulations to implement ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-24
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H5200 | Intro
25% | EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND EARLY EDUCATOR WORKFORCE ACT - Directs the DHS and the department of education to work collaboratively to sustain and strengthen existing workforce development and compensation programs for educators working in licensed chil...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-24
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5172 | Intro
25% | INSURANCE -- THE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE USE BY HEALTH INSURERS TO MANAGE COVERAGE AND CLAIMS ACT - Would promote transparency and accountability in the use of artificial intelligence by health insurers to manage co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-24
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H5204 | Intro
25% | EDUCATION -- TRANSPORTATION OF SCHOOL PUPILS BEYOND CITY AND TOWN LIMITS - Allows an individual school district that can utilize its own buses or vendors at a lower cost than the statewide system, to obtain reimbursement for these costs from state fu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-24
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5201 | Intro
25% | EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT - Ensures that transportation categorical funds between the state and regional school districts would be fully funded.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-24
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5161 | Intro
25% | Joint Resolution Creating A Special Joint Legislative Commission To Study Public Ownership Of Public Utilities (creates A Special Joint Legislative Study Commission To Study Public Ownership Of Certain Public Utilities, Including Electricity And Natu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-24
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H5194 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- PROPERTY TAX RELIEF - Increases the income range up to $50,000 and tax credit up to $850, for elderly and disabled persons who own or rent their homes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-24
To House Finance 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 | H5119 | Intro
25% | 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] | 2025-01-22
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| 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 | H5074 | Intro
25% | House Resolution Respectfully Requesting The Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation (rirrc) To Conduct A Recycling/waste Audit On The Rhode Island State House And Provide Recommendations For A Waste Reduction Strategy
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-16
To House Environment and Natural Resources Committee |
| RI | H5072 | Intro
25% | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS - Permits those persons with felony convictions to have up to six misdemeanor offenses expunged from their criminal record.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H5080 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION - Exempts from the sales tax scalp hair prosthesis or wigs that are necessary due to hair loss from a medical condition.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-16
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5087 | Intro
25% | EDUCATION -- THE CHILDREN'S CARDIAC SAFETY ACT - Establishes "The Children's Cardiac Safety Act", and provide for childhood cardiac screening based on modules that incorporate current best practices.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-16
To House Education Committee |
| RI | H5079 | Intro
25% | PARKS AND RECREATIONAL AREAS -- GENERAL PROVISIONS - Adds to those persons exempt from payment of parking fees at any recreational facility owned and operated by the state those individuals determined by the executive office of HHS, or its designee, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-16
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5010 | Intro
25% | House Resolution Amending The Rules Of The House Of Representatives For The Years 2023 And 2024 (authorizes The Speaker And The Rhode Island Black, Latino, Indigenous, Asian American And Pacific Islander (riblia) Caucus To Request Equity Impact State...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-15
To House Rules Committee |
