| RI | H7617 | Engross
Sine Die | Joint Resolution Respectfully Requesting The Executive Climate Change Coordinating Council (ec4) To Prepare A Report On Benchmarking And Building Performance Standards
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-14
Senate passed Sub A in concurrence |
| RI | H8182 | Engross
Sine Die | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- TOURISM AND DEVELOPMENT - Requires hosting platforms offering short-term rental of residential property for tourist or transient use to disclose on listings the current, valid registration number and its expiration dat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-11
House passed Sub A |
| RI | H7046 | Engross
Sine Die | 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] | 2024-06-10
To Senate Education Committee |
| RI | H7728 | Engross
Sine Die | AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY -- FOREST FIRES AND PREVENTION - Requires DEM, when practicable, to coordinate with local fire departments to assess fire prevention at certain state properties managed by the department.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-07
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | H7113 | Engross
Sine Die | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE EMBLEMS - Designates as the state music, the genre of rhythm and blues which contains elements of pop, soul, funk, hip-hop, and electronic music.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-30
To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| RI | H7196 | Engross
Sine Die | EDUCATION -- THE NATHAN BRUNO AND JASON FLATT ACT - Requires public school districts to adopt a policy for responding to the death of a student or staff member. Also amends the title of chapter 16-21.7 to "The Nathan Bruno, Jason Flatt, and Alicia Bi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-24
To Senate Education Committee |
| RI | H7744 | Engross
Sine Die | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION ACT - Provides that a defendant's third and subsequent violation of domestic violence offenses, including both prior felony and misdemeanor convictions, be punishable as a felony.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-17
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7935 | Engross
Sine Die | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- NEWPORT AND BRISTOL COUNTY CONVENTION AND VISITORS' BUREAU - Makes various amendments to the chapter creating the Newport and Bristol County Convention and Visitors Bureau.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-13
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | H7321 | Engross
Sine Die | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- CITY OF NEWPORT -- ELECTRIC BICYCLES AND SCOOTERS - Enables the Newport city council to enact ordinances related to the operation of e-bikes and e-scooters.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-03
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | H5033 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibits utility companies from limiting eligibility of net metering site based on prior consumption and requires excess energy not consumed to be credited to consumer. Also amends definition of excess renewable net-metering credit.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-15
House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) |
| RI | H5328 | Engross
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] | 2023-06-15
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | H5667 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the council on elementary and secondary education to adopt standards which take into consideration the time and cost of transporting students across municipal boundaries and promotes maximum efficiency in other programs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-15
To Senate Education Committee |
| RI | H6400 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the law revision director to report to the general assembly, sections of law that are amended by multiple bills and which amendments are unable to be conflated.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-15
To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| RI | H6483 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes standards governing the municipal regulation of outdoor dining at food service establishments.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-13
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | H6104 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows mail ballot drop boxes to be opened thirty-five (35) days prior to election day.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-08
House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) |
| RI | H6067 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides that supported decision-making pursuant to chapter 66.13 of title 42 be added to the Limited Guardianship and Guardianship of Adults forms section as one of the less restrictive alternatives to guardianship that have been explored.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-05
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H5464 | Engross
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] | 2023-05-15
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7350 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows the city of Newport to regulate motorized tricycles in a similar manner as the town of New Shoreham.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-20
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | H7563 | Engross
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] | 2022-06-10
To Senate Education Committee |
| RI | H8055 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides a definition of the Recognizable High Tide Line for the Public's Rights and Privileges of the Shore.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-10
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7060 | Engross
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] | 2022-05-20
To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| RI | H7399 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires food service establishments to add an additional warning to their menus relative to food allergens and impose a penalty upon those establishments for failure to include the warnings on its menus. Failure to comply shall result in fines.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-20
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | H6659 | Engross
Sine Die | Same as 21H-5769 Sub A --A provider of a club, facility, or services to a consumer must stop automatic deductions from the consumer’s account or credit card within thirty (30) calendar days of receiving a notice to stop from the consumer.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-24
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | H5641 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibits the use of neonicotinoids which are a class of insecticides.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-30
House passed Sub A |
| RI | H5919 | Engross
Sine Die | Repeals the expiration provisions that major facility projects or other public improvements comply with green building standards, thereby requiring major facility projects of state agencies to be construed to LEED standards.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-30
House read and passed |
| RI | H5204 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires every electric distribution company and natural gas distribution company to submit to the division of public utilities and carriers an emergency response plan for review and approval.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-29
House read and passed |
| RI | H5783 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes a special license plate for MASONIC GRAND LODGE CHARITIES OF RHODE ISLAND, specify the minimum order, and govern the amount and distribution of the fee surcharge.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-28
House passed Sub A |
| RI | H5392 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires initial, biennial, and continuing education in land use law and planning for local planning and zoning board members.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-25
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H5769 | Engross
Sine Die | A provider of a club, facility, or services to a consumer must stop automatic deductions from the consumer’s account or credit card within thirty (30) calendar days of receiving a notice to stop from the consumer.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-25
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H5356 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibits PFAS, a class of fluorinated organic chemicals, from being used in food packaging.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-21
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | H5148 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes the 11 member broadband council to create a plan to increase the use of broadband service in the state. A broadband coordinator is to be designated in Commerce RI to access federal funds and coordinate with the council.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-04
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | H5888 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows URI board of trustees to make small procurements up to $50,000 for construction/$10,000 for all other purchases with annual increases in the federal CPI.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-04
To Senate Education Committee |
| RI | H5252 | Engross
Sine Die | Creates a special motor vehicle registration plate for The Rose Island Lighthouse Foundation, Inc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-08
To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| RI | H5549 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes a pharmacist to prescribe and dispense hormonal contraceptive patches and self-administered oral hormonal contraceptives, provided that the pharmacist has completed a training program approved by the state board of pharmacy.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-21
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | H5341 | Engross
Sine Die | Extends the timeframe within which to bring an action for an unlawful employment practice.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-04
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7433 | Engross
Sine Die | Creates a special motor vehicle registration plate for The Rose Island Lighthouse Foundation, Inc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-23
Committee recommends passage in concurrence |
| RI | H7793 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires, by July 1, 2019, the establishment of renewable energy siting ordinances in all cities and towns which would meet the standards set by a working group within the office of energy resources.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-22
House read and passed |
| RI | H5668 | Engross
Sine Die | Joint Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study An Early Intervention System For Deaf And Hard Of Hearing Children In Rhode Island (creates A 24 Member Commission To Study An Early Intervention System For Deaf Or Hard Of Hearing C...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-19
House passed Sub A in concurrence |
| RI | H6210 | Engross
Sine Die | Permits dogs in outdoor dining of restaurants under certain circumstances and does not affect the rights of an individual to use a service animal.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-24
House read and passed |
| RI | H5409 | Engross
Sine Die | Grants the director of the department of environmental management the authority to issue emergency temporary refuse transfer licenses to existing collection stations or recycle centers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-17
Committee heard |
| RI | H5613 | Engross
Sine Die | Removes the requirement of an affidavit of ownership or occupancy by an entity with tax exempt status by a mortgagee for an offer to purchase a mortgage or residential property.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
