| RI | H7476 | Engross 50% | ELECTIONS -- STATEWIDE REFERENDA ELECTIONS - Amends certain election statutes to require ballot questions be written in plain language reasonably calculated to be understood by persons with an eighth-grade reading level. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-17 To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7517 | Engross 50% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- OFFICE OF STATE MEDICAL EXAMINERS - Provides for procedures for the burial of unclaimed remains. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-17 To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | H7560 | Engross 50% | EDUCATION -- SHEILA C. "SKIP" NOWELL ACADEMY - Provides for changes to the operating structure of the Nowell Academy establishing a cooperative agreement among school districts. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-17 [Hearing: May 23] To Senate Education Committee |
| RI | H8049 | Engross 50% | This act serves as the enabling act required by ยง 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] | 2024-05-17 To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | H7747 | Engross 50% | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION - Allows victims of violent crime receiving awards under the state's crime victim compensation program to use up to $1,000 of their total award to make reasonable modification to their residence to... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/21/2024) |
| RI | H7232 | Engross 50% | EDUCATION -- EDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY ACT - Incorporates the department of elementary and secondary education's SurveyWorks school climate indicators for evaluating the performance of LEAs and individual public schools. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-15 House read and passed |
| RI | H7603 | Engross 50% | PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- RESIDENTIAL SOLAR ENERGY DISCLOSURE AND HOMEOWNERS BILL OF RIGHTS ACT - Repeals the "Residential Solar Energy Disclosure and Homeowners Bill of Rights Act." Amends title 5 "Businesses and Professions" to include a new... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-14 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) |
| RI | H7712 | Engross 50% | AERONAUTICS -- AIRPORTS AND LANDING FIELDS - Designates the appropriate authority on air space issues as the president and CEO of the Rhode Island airport corporation and aligns certain job titles with their proper responsibilities relative to aerona... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-13 To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | H8097 | Engross 50% | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES - Creates special motor vehicle registration plates for vehicles based on the nonprofit entity Rhode Island Fire Chiefs Honor Flight Hub. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 House passed Sub A |
| RI | H7424 | Engross 50% | 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 requires an ann... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-07 Committee recommends passage in concurrence |
| RI | H7561 | Engross 50% | EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM - Enables cities and towns to enact enabling legislation authorizing a partner program to assist students with an IEP for specially designed physical education classes. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-16 To Senate Education Committee |
| RI | H7725 | Engross 50% | EDUCATION -- CERTIFICATION OF TEACHERS - Allows emergency preliminary certificates for teaching to be issued for up to a total of five (5) school years. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-16 To Senate Education Committee |
| RI | H7512 | Engross 50% | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- PUPIL TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES - "Pupil Transportation Vehicle" to be and constructed to seat not more than ten (10) passengers including the operator, rather than the existing limit of eight (8) passengers. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-03 To Senate Education Committee |
| RI | H7513 | Engross 50% | EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM - Delays the date for local education agencies to select one of the high quality curricula and material for math and English language arts from June 30, 2025, to June 30, 2026. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-03 To Senate Education Committee |
| RI | H7301 | Engross 50% | 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] | 2024-03-08 To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |