| RI | S2142 | Pass | EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION WORKFORCE DATA ACT - Codifies the previously funded Rhode Island early care and education workforce registry data system.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-26
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S2156 | Pass | PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- CONTRIBUTION AND BENEFITS - Increases the maximum post retirement employment earnings from eighteen thousand dollars ($18,000) to twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) a year for certain retired ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-26
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S2322 | Pass | TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION -- LIFE ESTATE - Entitles holders of a life estate to real property to use any veteran's tax exemptions available to them.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-26
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S2523 | Pass | Joint Resolution Creating A Special Joint Legislative Commission To Study Student Transportation Needs And System Costs (creates A 13-member Joint Commission To Study The Transportation Needs Of Students And Recommend What Changes Are Necessary, And ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-26
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S2499 | Pass | PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS ACT - Creates the financial framework for incentivizing energy storage systems.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-26
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S2867 | Pass | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE LADDERS TO LICENSURE PROGRAM - Implements a grant program to fund public or private partnerships that provide opportunities for healthcare paraprofessionals to pursue higher education degrees and health professiona...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-26
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S2767 | Pass | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION - Allows victims of sexual assault to submit a medical forensic exam performed by a licensed health care provider in lieu of a police report in order to establish eligibility for funds under the St...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-25
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S2739 | Pass | COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- FILING OF ASSUMED NAME - Changes the term "assumed name" to "trade name" and centralizes the filing, administration and regulation process of trade names to the secretary of state and also requires a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-25
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S2993 | Pass | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HOUSING RESOURCES ACT OF 1998 - Provides that mobile and manufactured homes be included as affordable housing under certain conditions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-25
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S2990 | Pass | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE - Amends various provisions relative to the duties of the state building commissioner and would establish a building code education and training unit to educate building officials and inspectors statewide.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-25
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S2394 | Pass | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTHCARE FACILITIES - Allows the healthcare facility to conduct human-subject research on patients subject to 21 C.F.R. Pt 50 and/or 45 C.F.R. Pt 46 (relating to the informed consent of human subjects).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-24
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S2902 | Pass | PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- CONTRACTORS BONDS - Provides that upon application, and good cause, the state may waive the bonding requirement for certified minority business enterprises or women owned businesses.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-24
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S2112 | Pass | PROBATE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE -- LIMITED GUARDIANSHIP AND GUARDIANSHIP OF ADULTS - 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 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-20
Effective without Governor's signature |
| RI | S3069 | Pass | ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES - Allows for the issuance of a Class B or BV liquor license for the property located at 79 Ives Street in the city of Providence.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-20
Effective without Governor's signature |
| RI | S2263 | Pass | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ELECTRONIC MONITORING IN NURSING AND ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES - Allows electronic monitoring of residents or private living unit in nursing or assisted living facility with certain restrictions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-17
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S2663 | Pass | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES GENERALLY - Authorizes Providence canteen vehicles to be equipped with sirens, whistles or bells and would require operators of any canteen vehicle to receive 5 hours of training in the operation ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-17
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S2858 | Pass | Authorizes Providence to issue not more than $400,000,000 general obligation bonds & notes to finance the construction, related demolition, renovation, improvement, alteration, repair, landscaping, furnishing and equipping of schools throughout the c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-17
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S2857 | Pass | TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES - Amends provisions relative to the levy and assessment of local taxes and would provide that the city of Providence may adopt a tax classification with unrestricted tax rates for certain classes of prop...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-15
Effective without Governor's signature |
| RI | S3166 | Pass | Senate Resolution Condemning Antisemitism In The State Of Rhode Island And Beyond
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-13
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S3155 | Pass | Senate Resolution Congratulating Jim Hoyt On Being Honored With The 2024 Boys & Girls Club Of America's "masters And Mentors Award"
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-11
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S3156 | Pass | Senate Resolution Extending Deepest Sympathy On The Passing Of Jason Alan Golditch
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-11
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S3141 | Pass | Senate Resolution Joyously Celebrating The 250th Anniversary Of The Pawtuxet Rangers
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-06
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S2274 | Pass | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- VITAL RECORDS - Requires the division of vital records to ensure that the records are accessible to the local registrars and grant local registrars the authority to issue certified copies of certificates and records.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-04
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S2859 | Pass | This act serves as the enabling act required by § 16-7-44 of the general laws in order for the principal and interest on bonds issued in support of school housing projects to be eligible for state housing aid reimbursement.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-04
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S3126 | Pass | Senate Resolution Congratulating Mr. Lemon On 50 Years Of Tantalizing The Taste Buds Of Rhode Islanders Across The State
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-04
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S3125 | Pass | Senate Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of The Honorable Thomas Conroy Boyle
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-04
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S3112 | Pass | Senate Resolution Extending The Reporting Date Of The Special Legislative Commission To Review And Provide Recommendations For Professional And Labor-management Standards That Provide School-based Flexibility And Accountability For Employees Of The P...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-30
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S3060 | Pass | Senate Resolution Celebrating Samuel Kesandu Chionuma's Life And Service To Rhode Island And The Nation
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S3054 | Pass | Senate Resolution Proclaiming May 6th Through May 10th Of 2024, To Be "teacher Appreciation Week" In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-07
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S3055 | Pass | Senate Resolution Congratulating Rhode Island Radio Legend Daniel "giovanni" Centofanti On His Retirement On April 29th, 2024, From 92 Pro-fm After Fifty Years Of Entertaining His Many Listeners
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-07
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S3015 | Pass | Senate Resolution Commemorating And Recognizing May 2, 2024, As "national Day Of Prayer" In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-02
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S3017 | Pass | Senate Resolution Proclaiming May 5th Through May 11th Of 2024, To Be "tardive Dyskinesia (td) Awareness Week" In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-02
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S3016 | Pass | Senate Resolution Celebrating Rhode Island Independence Day On May 4, 2024
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-02
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S2984 | Pass | Senate Resolution Proclaiming April To Be "holocaust & Genocide Awareness Month" In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-30
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S3005 | Pass | Senate Resolution Proclaiming April 24, 2024, As "armenian Genocide Remembrance Day" To Commemorate The Armenian Genocide Of 1915 To 1923, And In Honor Of Armenian-americans
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S3006 | Pass | Senate Resolution Celebrating The 50th Anniversary Of The Portuguese Carnation Revolution Which Transformed Portugal Into A Democratic Nation
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S2949 | Pass | Senate Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of George Robert Sherman, Sr.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S2948 | Pass | Senate Resolution Proclaiming April 4th Of 2024, To Be "community College Of Rhode Island Day"
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S2925 | Pass | Senate Resolution Thanking And Honoring America And Rhode Island's Vietnam War Veterans For Their Service And Sacrifice On "vietnam Veterans Day"
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S2797 | Pass | Senate Resolution Expressing Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of Geraldine C. Carlin
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S2795 | Pass | Senate Resolution Proclaiming March As "colorectal Cancer Awareness Month" In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S2796 | Pass | Senate Resolution Proclaiming March Of 2024, To Be "developmental Disabilities Awareness Month" In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S2488 | Pass | Senate Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of Thomas J. Evans
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S2034 | Pass | THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- PERMANENT JOINT COMMITTEE ON NAMING ALL NEW BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, EDIFICES AND OTHER STATE CONSTRUCTIONS-BILL REYNOLDS MEDIA WORK ROOM - Designates the media room at the Amica Mutual Pavilion as the "Bill Reynolds Media Work Roo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-16
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S2260 | Pass | Senate Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of The Honorable Grace Frances Klinger
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-08
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S2259 | Pass | Senate Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of James M. Casale
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-08
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S2249 | Pass | Senate Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of Sharon Baptista
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S2244 | Pass | Senate Resolution Extending Deepest Sympathy On The Passing Of Madeline Montanaro
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S2135 | Pass | Senate Resolution Commemorating January Of 2024, As "rhode Island Slavery And Human Trafficking Prevention Month" In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-18
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S2136 | Pass | Senate Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of Katherine E. Young
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-18
Senate read and passed |
