| RI | H5337 | Intro
25% | EDUCATION -- COOPERATIVE SERVICE AMONG SCHOOL DISTRICTS -- CHARTER SCHOOL REFORM - Allows charter schools to engage in nontraditional approaches to learning, permits local communities to adopt all-charter school public school model for public educati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-21
[Hearing: Feb 25]
To House Education Committee |
| RI | H5354 | Intro
25% | FOOD AND DRUGS -- MILK SANITATION CODE -- SANITATION IN FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS - Adds pickles and relish to foods not requiring refrigeration, the sale of raw milk and the taking of mushrooms for personal use.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-21
[Hearing: Feb 25]
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H5359 | Intro
25% | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- SEARCH WARRANTS -- INDICTMENTS, INFORMATION AND COMPLAINTS -- BILL OF RIGHTS ENHANCEMENT - Requires law enforcement to obtain consent before placing audio or video recorders on the private property of another.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-21
[Hearing: Feb 25]
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H5360 | Intro
25% | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- ELECTRONIC INFORMATION AND DATA PRIVACY ACT - Requires search warrant for electronic information, prohibits stingray cell-site simulators.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-21
[Hearing: Feb 25]
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H5380 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- AGREEMENT TO PHASE OUT CORPORATE INCENTIVES COMPACT ACT - Establishes a compact agreement among at least two (2) states to prohibit the use of subsidies to selectively retain industry or company entice relocation from one state to another...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-21
[Hearing: Feb 27]
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H5418 | Intro
25% | INSURANCE -- SMALL EMPLOYER HEALTH INSURANCE AVAILABILITY ACT - Amends the definition of "small employer" for purposes of the small employer health insurance availability act to mean a business employing less than one hundred (100) employees rather t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-21
[Hearing: Feb 25]
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H5417 | Intro
25% | PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- WATER SUPPLY - Provides that water utility companies be responsible for all costs associated with maintenance, operation and delivery of water pumping stations to individual parcels of land and schools with no pumping...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-12
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H5469 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM - Appropriates two million dollars ($2,000,000) to the micro-loan program for FY 25-26.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-12
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5444 | Intro
25% | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SPEED RESTRICTIONS - Defines slowing a vehicle for purposes of the “move over law” (§ 31-14-3) to mean twenty miles per hour (20 mph) under the posted speed limit.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-12
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H5356 | Intro
25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- DETERMINATION OF NEED FOR NEW HEALTHCARE EQUIPMENT AND NEW INSTITUTIONAL HEALTH SERVICES - Limits the application fees paid under the certificate of need program within the department of health to twenty-five thousand dollars ($2...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-07
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H5402 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- BUSINESS CORPORATION TAX -- AFFORDABLE HOUSING TAX CREDIT ACT - Creates business tax credit for, eliminates sale tax on, eliminates income tax on the sale of, and creates a 10 year tax valuation freeze on newly renovated affordable housin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-07
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5355 | Intro
25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- DETERMINATION OF NEED FOR NEW HEALTHCARE EQUIPMENT AND NEW INSTITUTIONAL HEALTH SERVICES - Repeals the certificate of need process statutes which are used by the department of health to determine the need for new health care equi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-07
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H5401 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION - Repeals pet care services from the service subject to sales tax as defined by §§ 44-18-7(19) and 44-18-7.3(b)(3).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-07
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5393 | Intro
25% | HIGHWAYS -- SIDEWALKS - Requires that all maintenance of sidewalks along state highways, with the exception of snow and ice removal, be the responsibility of the state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-07
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5392 | Intro
25% | HUMAN SERVICES -- THE RHODE ISLAND WORKS PROGRAM - Provides that a family eligible for cash assistance pursuant to § 40-5.2-11, shall if qualified, be provided SNAP benefits.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-07
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5183 | Intro
25% | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- PASSING, USE OF LANES AND RULES OF THE ROAD - Allows lane filtering, the act of passing stopped or slow-moving vehicles proceeding in the same direction, for motorcycles at low speeds.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H5240 | Pass | House Resolution Commemorating The 82nd Anniversary Of The "four Chaplains", The Four Men Of God Who Sacrificed Their Lives During World War Ii So That Others Might Live
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-30
House read and passed |
| RI | H5213 | Pass | House Resolution Congratulating President Donald J. Trump And Vice President James David Vance On Their Election, And Recognizing The 2024 Election As An Historic Election
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28
House read and passed |
| RI | H5060 | Pass | House Resolution Commemorating January Of 2025, As "rhode Island Slavery And Human Trafficking Prevention Month" In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-15
House read and passed |
| RI | H7753 | Pass | TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION - Exempts the tangible personal property of Northwest Community Health Care d/b/a WellOne Primary Medical and Dental Care from taxation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-29
Effective without Governor's signature |
| RI | H8355 | Pass | SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES - Allows the Halona Woodson to join the Honorable Brianna E. Henries and Jarod Radigan in marriage on August 8, 2024, within the Town of Jamestown, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-26
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H7946 | Pass | ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- UNLAWFUL CONFINEMENT OF A COVERED ANIMAL - Exempts egg laying hens kept for commercial egg production purposes from the provisions of chapter 4-1.1 until January 1, 2030.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-24
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H8284 | Pass | Approving the issuance of $3,500,000 bonds by the town of Scituate to finance capital projects at the Scituate schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-17
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H8363 | Pass | House Resolution Honoring Representative Barbara Ann Fenton-fung For Her Service To The People Of The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-13
House read and passed |
| RI | H8364 | Pass | House Resolution Honoring And Thanking Representative Patricia Morgan For Her Dedicated Service To The People Of The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-13
House read and passed |
| RI | H8288 | Pass | House Resolution Congratulating University Of Rhode Island Sophomore Sophia Elise Wood For Her Many Outstanding Achievements In Riflery Marksmanship
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-21
House read and passed |
| RI | H7498 | Intro
Sine Die | TOWNS AND CITIES -- RETIREMENT OF MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES - Allows any peace officer working in a Rhode Island school as a full or part-time resource officer to work in excess of the seventy-five (75) working days in a calendar year, and not have an inte...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-07
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H8247 | Pass | House Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of Thomas R. Gallagher
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-07
House read and passed |
| RI | H8240 | Intro
Sine Die | PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- PUBLIC BUILDINGS - Provides that public gatherings on state house grounds be regulated to protect the participants and their right to attend public gatherings.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-03
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H8229 | Pass | House Resolution Proclaiming May Of 2024, To Be "motorcycle Awareness Month" In The State Of Rhode Island, And Joyously Celebrates The 50th Anniversary Of The Rhode Island Motorcycle Association
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-02
House read and passed |
| RI | H7797 | Intro
Sine Die | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- VACCINATION, TESTING, AND MASK MANDATES PROHIBITION - Prohibits a private employer from mandating a COVID-19 vaccination upon any full-time, part-time, or contract employee without providing individual exemptions that allow an em...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
To House Labor Committee |
| RI | H7772 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of Approximately $30,000,000 To Rhode Island's Public Schools For Safety And Security Improvements (this Resolution Would Authorize The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $100,000 To Each Public School In Rhode Islan...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-30
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7914 | Intro
Sine Die | EDUCATION -- FAILING SCHOOL CHOICE ACT - Establishes the Failing School Choice Act and permits students at failing schools to enroll in any public school and also establishes the Rhode Island education revitalization fund to provide funding to the sc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-30
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7275 | Intro
Sine Die | PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS - Adds the administrator of community confinement and the home confinement coordinator to the state retirement system.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7340 | Intro
Sine Die | TAXATION -- PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATION TAX - Eliminates the gross earning tax for every corporation whose principal business is manufacturing, selling, distributing and/or transmitting current of electricity and natural gas to be used for light, heat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7548 | Intro
Sine Die | TAXATION -- SURPLUS FUNDS TAX CREDIT ACT - Mandates that any surplus state tax revenue received in any fiscal year be refunded to the taxpayers of this state on a proportional basis in relation to the personal income tax liability incurred by the tax...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7680 | Intro
Sine Die | TAXATION -- ESTATE AND TRANSFER TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION - Phases in an annual increase of the net taxable estate exemption by ten percent (10%) per year until the state exemption equals the federal exemption.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7607 | Intro
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- SMALL EMPLOYER HEALTH INSURANCE AVAILABILITY ACT - Amends the definition of "small employer" for purposes of the small employer health insurance availability act to mean a business employing less than one hundred (100) employees rather t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H7727 | Intro
Sine Die | EDUCATION -- FAIRNESS IN WOMEN'S SPORTS ACT - Categorizes women by their biological identity at birth rather than their gender identity for purpose of organized sports.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-10
To House Education Committee |
| RI | H7781 | Intro
Sine Die | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PARENTS BILL OF RIGHTS ACT - Provides for a parents' bill of rights related to the health, education and welfare of their minor children.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-10
To House Education Committee |
| RI | H7389 | Intro
Sine Die | MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- ORGANIZATION AND COMMAND OF MILITARY AND NAVAL FORCES - Requires an official declaration of war or an action to call forth the state militia by the United States Congress before members of the National Guard may be rel...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H7484 | Intro
Sine Die | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- COMPOSITION OF FIRE DISTRICT AND PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT BOARDS OF COMMISSIONERS -- VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER RECRUITMENT ACT - Allows anyone receiving a state pension to serve on fire district boards and the Pascoag utili...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7675 | Intro
Sine Die | TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION - Phases out the local meals and beverage tax by January 1, 2028.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7884 | Intro
Sine Die | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- RHODE ISLAND'S CHILDREN DESERVE HELP NOT HARM ACT -- MINOR'S GENDER TRANSITION - Prohibits gender transition procedures for all minors, uses of public funds for that purpose, discipline for health care providers for providing sam...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H8008 | Intro
Sine Die | MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT - Limits the governor to one thirty (30) day renewal of a declaration of emergency without a joint resolution of the general assembly.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H7836 | Intro
Sine Die | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- STOPPING, STANDING, AND PARKING RESTRICTIONS - Penalizes as a misdemeanor for the first two offenses and a felony for any third or subsequent offense for obstructing the free, convenient, and normal use of any municipal, s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H8139 | Pass | House Resolution Proclaiming April Of 2024 To Be "national Child Abuse Prevention Month" In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
House read and passed |
| RI | H7429 | Intro
Sine Die | PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION - Changes the requirements of quarterly meetings of the board to monthly meetings. The chairperson of the board would be the commissioner or acting commissioner of the office of energy reso...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H8123 | Pass | House Resolution Commemorating April Of 2024, As "child Sexual Assault Awareness Month" In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02
House read and passed |
| RI | H7873 | Intro
Sine Die | EDUCATION -- RIGHTS OF PARENTS AND GUARDIANS IN PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL INSTRUCTION ACT - Enables parents to review public school learning materials/object if the parent decides that the material is harmful. Also a parent may withdraw their student from t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Education Committee |
