| RI | H5588 | Intro
Sine Die | Raises minimum wage on January 1, 2026 and each January 1 thereafter, by the percentage increase in the CPI-U, as published by the US Dept. of Labor Statistics, as of August of the previous year over the level as of August of the year preceding that ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-28
Withdrawn at sponsor's request (03/29/2023) |
| RI | H6190 | Pass | House Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of Betty Jane Percival
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-23
House read and passed |
| RI | H5040 | Pass | 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] | 2023-03-22
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H5777 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates a new chapter for the support and access to bilingual education. It creates a dual language program fund to be administered by the department of education. Local education agencies would be eligible to apply to the department for funding.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-22
To House Education Committee |
| RI | H6140 | Intro
Sine Die | Under certain circumstances, provides immunity from arrest and prosecution for prostitution, procurement of sexual conduct for a fee, loitering for prostitution and soliciting from motor vehicles for indecent purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-22
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H5281 | Intro
Sine Die | Caps amount payable for 30 day supply of equipment/supplies for insulin administration/glucose monitoring at $25 or equipment designed to last more than 30 days with no deductible commencing January 1, 2024.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H5351 | Intro
Sine Die | Mandates insurance policies, provides coverage to diagnose & treat infertility for women between 25 & 42 years, including pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) in conjunction with in vitro fertilization (IVF).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H5543 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides amendments to the Uniform Commercial Code for emerging technologies. Effective 1/1/2024.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-17
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H5533 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends outdated provisions of the banking statutes and the home loan protection act, adds consumer protections, including minimum capital requirements and limits on investments, for currency transmitters, including crypto currency..
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-17
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H5964 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides preference to businesses which possess a stated child care policy for its employees who contract with a governmental body for state purchases.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-17
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H5965 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires preparation of an annual summary report of all findings documenting all reports of suspected and/or verified violations of this chapter.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-17
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H5510 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes all sexual abuse or exploitation of a child causes of action not subject to statute of limitations whether lapsed or time-barred.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H5570 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides for a ten (10) year statute of limitations for the violation of second degree sexual assault.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H5947 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts from taxation the real, tangible and personal property of micro-businesses. This act also defines a micro-business as having ten (10) or fewer employees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-16
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| RI | H5895 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the criminal offense of menacing as a misdemeanor and punishable by a year in person or fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H6154 | Pass | House Resolution Honoring Dr. Anthony A. Caldamone On The Occasion Of His Retirement
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-16
House read and passed |
| RI | H5556 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows an out-of-state health care practitioner to provide telehealth services to a patient located in this state if the services are consistent with the practitioner's scope of practice and state and federal professional standards.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-15
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H5931 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates hazard pay for essential services during a public health crisis as issued by the governor.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-15
To House Labor Committee |
| RI | H6077 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that persons with disabilities be afforded participation opportunities in state funded and state directed public construction projects.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-15
To House Labor Committee |
| RI | H6073 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a cap on the rates that nursing service agencies can charge; protects clients from having their staff recruited/hired by a nursing service agency while providing services to them; updates training, report and other administrative details.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-15
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H5344 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits forestry operations on state and any municipality owned land relating to old growth forests enforced by DEM with violation punishable by fines.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-09
To House Environment and Natural Resources Committee |
| RI | H5360 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits sheriffs from charging/accepting fees from any Rhode Island law enforcement agency for service of any temporary or 1-yr extreme risk protection order. Requires sheriffs to accept petitions/summons, by email, facsimile or other electronic me...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-09
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H5702 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides the office of attorney general with the authority to prosecute any violation of a protective order.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-09
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H6056 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a chief resilience officer (CRO) charged with creation/maintenance/updating of the state's resiliency/recovery program along with climate change resiliency plan with ocean/riverine coasts resilience advisory board.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-09
To House Environment and Natural Resources Committee |
| RI | H5234 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that candidates seeking offices of governor/lieutenant governor/secretary of state/attorney general/treasurer be five (5) year residents of the state as of declaration of candidacy filing date.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-08
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H5501 | 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] | 2023-03-08
To House Education Committee |
| RI | H5721 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the period for declarations of candidacy and changes the date of primary election.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-08
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H5839 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes numerous technical amendments to the statutes on taxes and corporations, associations and partnerships.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-08
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H6044 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires private insurers to reimburse child care service providers for therapy services offered through EOHHS certified Kids Connect/Therapeutic Childcare Services. This coverage would be effective January 1, 2024.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-08
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H5205 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifies the definition of the term "disabled" for purposes of obtaining property tax relief.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-07
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| RI | H5232 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows manufacturer-wineries to sell up to three (3) drinks of wine for on-site consumption or three (3) bottles of wine for off-site consumption or three (3) bottles of wine for off-site consumption.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-07
To House Small Business Committee |
| RI | H6012 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates the Rhode Island Women’s Equity Incentive Act of 2023 offering tax credits up to $3,500 per employee per year to eligible businesses.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-07
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| RI | H6063 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits arrest of any person engaged in commercial sexual activity or massage without a license if they report to law enforcement, enumerated criminal offenses to include assault, sexual assault, homicide, robbery, larceny and the like.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-07
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| RI | H6133 | Pass | House Resolution Celebrating The 2nd Annual “ri Craft Beer Week’ In The State Of Rhode Island On March 3rd Through March 12th Of 2023
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-07
House read and passed |
| RI | H5178 | Intro
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] | 2023-03-06
Withdrawn at sponsor's request (03/07/2023) |
| RI | H5298 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that pre- and post-judgment interest on civil actions begin on the date of the filing of the civil action and be calculated based upon a rate equal to the coupon issue yield equivalent.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-06
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H6122 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates the Office of Early Childhood Development and Learning to provide access to affordable, quality child care and to create a child care system that supports families, workers and the Rhode Island economy.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-03
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5106 | Intro
Sine Die | State websites to comply with WCAG 2.1 standards by July 1, 2028.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-02
To House Innovation, Internet, & Technology Committee |
| RI | H5357 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits a medical training program from using live animals if another accredited training program in the same medical discipline does not use animals or if an alternative teaching method exists.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-02
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H5581 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates house committee of the repealer to compile suggestions for repeal of statutes, regulations, and executive orders received from citizens, businesses, and government agencies, including, but not limited to, those that are archaic and out of dat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-02
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H6036 | Pass | House Resolution Joyously Celebrating The 81st Anniversary Of The Seabees On March 5, 2023
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-02
House read and passed |
| RI | H6038 | Pass | House Resolution Proclaiming March Of 2023, To Be "women's History Month" In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-02
House read and passed |
| RI | H5445 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits an employer, employment agency, labor organization, or employee from directly or indirectly committing any act declared to be an unlawful employment practice or the employee or employer may be held personally liable.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-01
To House Labor Committee |
| RI | H5781 | Intro
Sine Die | Includes siblings/grandchildren/care recipient for temporary caregiver benefits of 12 weeks/Increases weekly dependent's allowances from $10 to $20 or 7% of benefit rate whichever is greater. Effective January 1, 2024.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-01
To House Labor Committee |
| RI | H5255 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits health benefit plans reviewing prescriptions for opioid addiction treatment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-28
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H5542 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that casualty insurance policies provide coverage for property damage on the insured's property caused by or in response to a release of heating oil from a residential liquid fuel tank.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-28
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H5808 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates the Rhode Island Women’s Equity Incentive Act of 2023 to address the inequalities experienced by women in the workforce by offering tax credits up to $2,500 per year to eligible businesses which create full-time jobs for women.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-22
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5141 | Intro
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] | 2023-02-16
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| RI | H5261 | Intro
Sine Die | Changes zoning distance notice requirements and requires website and social media hearing notice postings.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-16
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| RI | H5334 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows happy hour drink specials served in conjunction with meals prepared on the premises sufficient to constitute breakfast, lunch or dinner, excluding snacks.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-15
To House Corporations Committee |
