| RI | H5027 | Intro
25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PUBLIC HEALTH AND WORKPLACE SAFETY ACT - Provides that any law or regulation which prohibits or protects a person from exposure to second-hand smoke would include second-hand marijuana smoke or vapor.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
[Hearing: Feb 6]
To House Health & Human Services 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
[Hearing: Feb 4]
To House Corporations 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
[Hearing: Feb 4]
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H5164 | Intro
25% | EDUCATION -- CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES - Establishes a task force managed by the children’s cabinet to develop recommendations to improve access to early intervention and early childhood special education services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
[Hearing: Feb 6]
To House Education Committee |
| RI | H5182 | Intro
25% | PROPERTY -- MAINTENANCE OF PRIVATE EASEMENTS AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY - Provides that the cost of maintaining and repairing or restoring an easement or right-of-way shall be shared by each owner of a benefited property and their costs shall be determined by...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
[Hearing: Feb 4]
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H5158 | Intro
25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- LICENSE PROCEDURE FOR SOCIAL WORKERS - Repeals the examination requirement in order to qualify for a clinical social workers license.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
[Hearing: Feb 4]
To House Corporations 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
[Hearing: Feb 4]
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| RI | H5281 | Intro
25% | HUMAN SERVICES -- RHODE ISLAND CHILDCARE IS ESSENTIAL ACT - Creates the Rhode Island Childcare Assistance Program that governs both family eligibility for the state’s childcare subsidy program and expands eligibility for the program to meet the fed...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5261 | Intro
25% | DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- DIVORCE AND SEPARATION - Permits, effective 7/1/25, the family court to make appropriate orders of support and education of any child who has attained 18 years of age, but not 21, who is domiciled in the home of a parent, and is...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H5263 | Intro
25% | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS - Amends the heading of § 11-47-60.1 to include the words “Dillon’s Law.”
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H5278 | Intro
25% | MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- MILITARY CHILD ACT - Defines "military-connected student", "advance enrollment" and "open enrollment" to give them flexibility in choosing a school district.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
To House Veterans Affairs Committee |
| RI | H5255 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE RHODE ISLAND HEALTH CARE REFORM ACT OF 2004 -- HEALTH INSURANCE OVERSIGHT - Includes the definition of "primary care services" and requires that all biennial reports shall include a review and recommendation of rat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
To House Health & Human Services 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
[Hearing: Feb 4]
To House Judiciary 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 | 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 | H5218 | Intro
25% | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Increases insurance coverage for hearing aids from one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) to one thousand seven hundred fifty dollars ($1,750), per ear, for all people regardless of age effe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-29
To House Health & Human Services 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 | 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 | H5210 | Pass | House Resolution Celebrating The 11th Annual "physician Anesthesiologists Week" From January 29th Through February 4th, 2025, In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28
House read and passed |
| RI | H5211 | Pass | House Resolution Recognizing The Celebration Of The Lunar New Year "the Year Of The Snake" On January 29th Of 2025
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28
House read and passed |
| RI | H5184 | Intro
25% | COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES - Prohibits credit reporting, executions, attachments against a principal residence for judgments based on medical debt. Defines medical debt as an amount for the receipt of...
[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 | 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 | H5198 | Intro
25% | EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT - Allows teachers, state and municipal employees to retire upon the earlier of reaching age sixty (60) with thirty (30) years of service or the employee's retirement eligibility date under present state statutes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-24
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5177 | Intro
25% | COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- CAUSES OF ACTION - Creates "Harter's Law" to extend the civil statute of limitations, for injuries resulting from first degree child abuse, to thirty-five (35) years.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-24
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H5159 | Intro
25% | COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT RIGHT TO REPAIR ACT - Provides that original equipment manufacturers, implemented by/with surrogate distributors, of agricultural equipment, provide to independent service prov...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-24
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H5150 | Pass | House Resolution Extending Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of Alan Shawn Feinstein, A Legendary Philanthropist And Entrepreneur
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-23
House read and passed |
| RI | H5147 | Pass | House Resolution Welcoming The Honourable Bernadette Jordan, Consul General Of Canada In Boston To The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-23
House read and passed |
| RI | H5151 | Pass | House Resolution Expressing Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of Warren D. Cole
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-23
House read and passed |
| RI | H5017 | Intro
25% | COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- CONSUMER ENFORCEMENT OF ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY DEVICE WARRANTIES - Requires manufacturers of assisting technology devices to make available to independent repair providers/the owner of the device, any ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-10
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H5004 | Pass | House Resolution Expressing Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of The Most Reverend Louis E. Gelineau, D.d., J.c.l., S.t.l., Bishop Emeritus Of Providence
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-09
House read and passed |
| RI | H5002 | Pass | House Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of Mary Ann Edwards
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-09
House read and passed |
