| RI | S0314 | Intro
25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACIES - Restricts audits of pharmacists conducted by insurers and their intermediaries, limiting audits to one per year unless fraud or misrepresentation is reasonably suspected. The RI attorney general has the auth...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-14
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S0238 | Intro
25% | LIBRARIES -- THE FREEDOM TO READ ACT - Promotes free expression and access of information by prohibiting the censorship of library materials.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-13
To Senate Education Committee |
| RI | S0266 | 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] | 2025-02-13
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S0272 | Intro
25% | FOOD AND DRUGS -- HEALTHY KIDS ACT - Mandates that all restaurants offering children's meals offer at least two (2) children's meals that complies with certain detailed nutritional standards set forth in the act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-13
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S0254 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- HEALTH CARE FOR CHILDREN AND PREGNANT WOMEN - Would provide children up to age three (3) with continuous coverage eligibility for RIte Track/RIte Care so that they are not at risk of losing coverage at the yearly redet...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-13
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0259 | Intro
25% | EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT - Provides that a student's enrollment in Medicaid would be included in calculating and determining the student success factor for use in the foundation education-aid formula.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-13
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0247 | Intro
25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH SERVICES FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTHCARE NEEDS-EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAM FOR DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED INFANTS - Provides that the early intervention program for developmentally disabled infants be ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-13
To Senate Education Committee |
| RI | S0288 | Intro
25% | ELECTIONS -- GENERAL STATE OFFICERS - Provides that, for the general officers of the state, no person could be elected to the same general office more than twice.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-13
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S0244 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX - Increases the Rhode Island earned-income credit to twenty percent (20%) on January 1, 2026. Such credit would not exceed the amount of state income tax.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-13
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0258 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY -- VICTIMS OF CRIME TRAUMA INFORMED MOBILIZATION ACT - Establishes VICTIM Fund grant program to support nonprofit organizations providing victim services in Rhode Island with the state alloc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-13
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0268 | Intro
25% | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Requires every individual or group health insurance contract effective on or after January 1, 2026, to provide coverage to the insured and the insured's spouse and dependents for all FDA-approve...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-13
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S0240 | 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] | 2025-02-13
To Senate Education Committee |
| RI | S0313 | Intro
25% | PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- PUBLIC BUILDINGS - Authorizes and funds the painting of a portrait of the president of the senate and former presidents of the senate who may be living to be hung in the state house.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-13
To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| RI | S0263 | Intro
25% | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Requires coverage for acute mental health crisis mobile response and stabilization services to eligible individuals enrolled as plan beneficiaries.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-13
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S0060 | Intro
25% | COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- DIGITAL ELECTRONICS RIGHT TO REPAIR ACT - Establishes a digital electronics right to repair, which allows for digital electronic equipment and parts that are sold in this state on or after January 1,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S0059 | Intro
25% | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS - Defines "crime gun" and requires law enforcement to submit crime gun or 2 fired cartridge cases or shell casings seized to state crime laboratory or the BATF for testing and tracing, also would require 2 test-fired cart...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S0133 | 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] | 2025-02-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S0224 | Pass | Senate Resolution Proclaiming February 11, 2025, As "the 2nd Rhode Island Regiment/black Regiment Recognition Day" To Commemorate The Contributions Of Black Soldiers During The American Revolutionary War
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-11
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S0225 | Pass | Senate Resolution Proclaiming February 7th Through The 14th Of 2025, To Be "congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week" In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-11
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S0221 | Intro
25% | INSURANCE -- THIRD-PARTY HEALTH INSURANCE ADMINISTRATORS -- PRESCRIPTION DRUG COST CONTROL AND TRANSPARENCY - Provides certain controls over prescription drug costs by imposing transparency, oversight and accountability requirements on commercial ins...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-10
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S0220 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE HEALTHCARE SERVICES FUNDING PLAN ACT - Amends Rhode Island’s existing healthcare services funding plan act by adding an account relating to a new psychiatry resource network to fund Rhode Island’s present PediP...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-10
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S0052 | Intro
25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- BOARD OF MEDICAL LICENSURE AND DISCIPLINE -- PROMPT PROCESSING OF INSURANCE CLAIMS - Prohibits certain claim practices of health insurers and medical providers. The act would further require fulfillment of medical record...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-07
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| RI | S0178 | Intro
25% | EDUCATION -- THE SCHOOL LIBRARIES ACT - Requires every public school in Rhode Island to have a school library or library media center in a permanent and dedicated space available to students in grades K-12 with a librarian available.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-07
To Senate Education Committee |
| RI | S0176 | Intro
25% | EDUCATION -- HIGHER EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES ACT - Establishes the Higher Education Opportunities for Students with Disabilities Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-07
To Senate Education Committee |
| RI | S0198 | Intro
25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHYSICAL THERAPISTS - Permits physical therapists to continue to order diagnostic imaging as an authorized practice of physical therapy beyond December 31, 2025.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-07
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S0197 | Intro
25% | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Prohibits an insurance company from imposing any cost-sharing requirements for any diagnostic or supplemental breast examinations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-07
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S0182 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX - Allows a resident taxpayer to elect to have state taxes withheld from distributions from a mutual fund individual retirement account.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-07
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0177 | Intro
25% | Joint Resolution To Approve, Publish And Submit To The Electors A Proposition Of Amendment To The Constitution -- Right To An Adequate Education (amends The Constitution To Guarantee Rhode Island Residents With Equal Opportunity To Receive An Educati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-07
To Senate Education Committee |
| RI | S0217 | Intro
25% | ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES - Allows holders of a Class P license to purchase alcoholic beverages from either a retail or wholesale establishment in the State of Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-07
To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| RI | S0189 | Intro
25% | HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE - Provides that services provided by graduate student interns who work under a supervisory protocol would be eligible to be paid from Medicaid reimbursement.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-07
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0171 | Intro
25% | HUMAN SERVICES -- GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION - Allows the executive office of health and human services to use appropriated funds to support graduate medical education programs and research.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-05
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0169 | 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] | 2025-02-05
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | S0170 | Intro
25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH - Grants the director of the department of health the authority to approve or deny any applications for professional licensure pending before a medical or dental board of licensure that has been unable to est...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-05
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S0166 | Intro
25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACIES - Amends the definition of the practice of pharmacy to include the administration of all forms of influenza immunizations to individuals of any age pursuant to a valid prescription or prescriber approved proto...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-05
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S0165 | Intro
25% | INSURANCE -- PHARMACY FREEDOM OF CHOICE -- FAIR COMPETITION AND PRACTICES - Prohibits pharmacy benefit managers from conducting or participate in spread pricing within the state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-05
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S0172 | Intro
25% | COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- INTEREST AND USURY - Provides an interest rate cap on medical debt.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-05
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | S0167 | Intro
25% | INSURANCE -- MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT INSURANCE POLICIES - Provides that individuals enrolled in Medicare Parts A and B guaranteed right to enroll in standardized plans.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-05
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S0173 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES - Requires the secretary of the executive office of health and human services to monitor and mandate changes to the price-setting practices of pharmacy benefit managers to prohibit t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-05
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S0168 | Intro
25% | INSURANCE -- BENEFIT DETERMINATION AND UTILIZATION REVIEW ACT - Prohibits an insurer from imposing a requirement of prior authorization for any admission, item, service, treatment or procedure ordered by a primary care provider.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-05
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S0162 | Pass | Senate Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of David E. Potts
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S0103 | Intro
25% | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Mandates all insurance contracts, plans or policies provide insurance coverage for the expense of diagnosing and treating infertility, for women between the ages of 25 and 42 years including pre...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0152 | Intro
25% | ELECTIONS -- PRIMARIES FOR ELECTION OF DELEGATES TO NATIONAL CONVENTIONS AND FOR PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE - Spells out rules and regulations for the presidential preference primary elections, and would also establish rules for ranked choice voting tab...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S0122 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING LAND BANK PROGRAM - Establishes a housing land bank program with the goal of creating affordable housing in the State of Rhode Island. The housing land bank would have the authority to buy, receiv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S0117 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES - Sets controls on Medicaid prescription drug costs by imposing transparency and accountability requirements on managed care organizations (MCOs) and their pharmacy benefit managers ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S0121 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE RHODE ISLAND HEALTH CARE REFORM ACT OF 2004 -- HEALTH INSURANCE OVERSIGHT - Requires a report to be produced that focuses on prescription drug prior authorizations by January 1, 2026.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S0091 | Intro
25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- BUILDING DECARBONIZATION ACT OF 2024 - Establishes the environmental justice advisory board (EJAB) to implement standards for buildings that emit greenhouse gases.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S0085 | Intro
25% | COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- GROCERY STORES - Requires grocery stores to specifically limit the number of self-service checkout units to six (6) units per location. The consumer protection unit of the department of attorney gene...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | S0148 | Intro
25% | DELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN -- PROCEEDINGS IN FAMILY COURT - Prohibits any questioning of a juvenile who is suspected of delinquent or criminal behavior, unless the parent of guardian of the juvenile is present, or unless an attorney is present...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S0116 | Intro
25% | INSURANCE -- BENEFIT DETERMINATION AND UTILIZATION REVIEW ACT - Limits the use by insurers of step therapy, a protocol that establishes a specific sequence in which prescription drugs for a specified medical condition are covered by an insurer, by al...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S0108 | Intro
25% | AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY -- STATE FORESTS AND FORESTRY PROJECTS - Directs the general assembly to fund ten full time equivalent positions in FY 2026 to support DEM's efforts in the areas of forestry and forestry projects.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
To Senate Finance Committee |
