Rhode Island Legislature | 2024 | Regular Session
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Active Rhode Island Bills (Introduced, Engrossed, Enrolled, Passed)
Bill | Summary | Action |
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H7989 | TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS -- TENANT PROTECTION ACT - Authorizes cities and towns to establish a housing authority to adopt tenant protection measures, including rent control, annual rent increase ordinances and no-fault evictions, subject to... | 2024-03-18 |
H7812 | PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- AFFORDABLE CLEAN ENERGY SECURITY ACT - Requires a New England transmission project to determine if long-term transmission service agreements appear commercially reasonable for Rhode Island. | 2024-03-18 Withdrawn at sponsor's request (03/21/2024) |
H7891 | PROPERTY -- RENT CONTROL IN THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE - Authorizes the city of Providence to adopt rent control ordinances subject to certain exemptions. | 2024-03-18 |
H7069 | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND COMMERCE CORPORATION - Requires one of the seven (7) directors of the Rhode Island airport corporation be appointed by the mayor of the city of Warwick. | 2024-03-18 |
S2345 | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND INDIVIDUAL MARKET AFFORDABILITY ACT OF 2024 - Creates the Rhode Island Individual Market Affordability Act of 2024 to help reduce out-of-pocket costs for low- and moderate-income consumers enrolled in the ... | 2024-03-18 |
S2417 | PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT - Creates a tenant bill of rights to the right to counsel, the right to habitability, the right to organize free, the right to be free from discrimination, the right to first refusal if the landlord dec... | 2024-03-16 |
S2714 | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTHCARE FACILITIES - Requires all hospitals to screen uninsured patients for eligibility for public health programs and financial assistance under Medicare and Medicaid. | 2024-03-15 |
S2709 | COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- MEDICAL DEBT REPORTING - Prohibits hospitals and other medical providers from reporting medical debt to consumer reporting agencies. A violation of this chapter may be pursued on behalf of the consum... | 2024-03-15 |
H7148 | EDUCATION -- COOPERATIVE SERVICE AMONG SCHOOL DISTRICTS - Amends the composition of the Urban Collaborative and provide that the collaborative be governed by a board of trustees. | 2024-03-15 Placed on House Calendar (03/19/2024) |
H7356 | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- COMPREHENSIVE PFAS BAN ACT OF 2024 - Enacts the Comprehensive PFAS Ban Act of 2024, prohibiting the intentional addition of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances of PFAS in products offered for sale or manufactured in the... | 2024-03-15 |
Top Rhode Island Sponsors
House Sponsors | # Bills | RSS |
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Rep. David Morales [D] | 204 | |
Rep. Teresa Tanzi [D] | 183 | |
Rep. Brandon Potter [D] | 178 | |
Rep. Michael Chippendale [R] | 177 | |
Rep. Cherie Cruz [D] | 165 |
Senate Sponsors | # Bills | RSS |
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Sen. Bridget Valverde [D] | 214 | |
Sen. Alana DiMario [D] | 211 | |
Sen. Pamela Lauria [D] | 181 | |
Sen. Frank Lombardi [D] | 181 | |
Sen. Dawn Euer [D] | 178 |
Top Rhode Island Committees
House Committees | # Bills | RSS |
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Finance | 229 | |
Judiciary | 191 | |
Corporations | 116 | |
Health & Human Services | 86 | |
State Government & Elections | 85 |
Senate Committees | # Bills | RSS |
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Finance | 189 | |
Judiciary | 179 | |
Health and Human Services | 103 | |
Housing and Municipal Government | 54 | |
Education | 50 |
Most Viewed Rhode Island Bills
Bill | Summary | Text |
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H7225 | Making Appropriations For The Support Of The State For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2025 | Bill Text |
S2152 | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- COMPREHENSIVE PFAS BAN ACT OF 2024 - Enacts the Comprehensive PFAS Ban Act of 2024, prohibiting the intentional addition of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances of PFAS in products offered for sale or manufactured in the... | Bill Text |
H7062 | TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES - Amends several sections of law relating to zoning ordinances to provide uniform zoning standards for accessory dwelling units. | Bill Text |
H7217 | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- ASSAULT WEAPONS - Bans the possession, sale, and transfer of assault weapons. Possession of assault weapons owned on the effective date of this act to be "grandfathered". Violations are punishable by a fine or imprisonment. | Bill Text |
H7356 | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- COMPREHENSIVE PFAS BAN ACT OF 2024 - Enacts the Comprehensive PFAS Ban Act of 2024, prohibiting the intentional addition of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances of PFAS in products offered for sale or manufactured in the... | Bill Text |
H7295 | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- THE RHODE ISLAND CLEAN AIR PRESERVATION ACT - Establishes regulations to prohibit stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI), solar radiation modification (SRM) experimentation, and other hazardous weather engineering activities. | Bill Text |
S2262 | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HEALTHCARE PROVIDER SHIELD ACT - Creates a protective legal shield for healthcare providers, precluding any civil/criminal action by other states/persons against healthcare providers involving persons seeking access to transgende... | Bill Text |
H7049 | PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT - Limits rent increases to no more than 4% annually and provides tenants with a civil action to recover damages for any violations. | Bill Text |
H7619 | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- TOXIC PACKAGING REDUCTION ACT - Updates the existing Toxic Packaging Act by delaying the ban on PFAS in processing agents, until July 1, 2027, and also expands the law by banning PVC and polystyrene in packaging. | Bill Text |
H7382 | TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES - Provide the maximum number of unrelated persons living together that could be constitute an individual household would not be less than one person per bedroom. | Bill Text |
Most Monitored Rhode Island Bills
Bill | Summary | Text |
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S2500 | COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- RHODE ISLAND DATA TRANSPARENCY AND PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT - Creates the Rhode Island Data Transparency and Privacy Protect Act for data privacy protections for the personal data of the citizens of Rh... | Bill Text |
H7225 | Making Appropriations For The Support Of The State For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2025 | Bill Text |
H7787 | COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- RHODE ISLAND DATA TRANSPARENCY AND PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT - Creates the Rhode Island Data Transparency and Privacy Protect Act for data privacy protections for the personal data of the citizens of Rh... | Bill Text |
S2041 | 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... | Bill Text |
H7171 | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- TEMPORARY DISABILITY INSURANCE -- GENERAL PROVISIONS - Includes siblings, grandchildren, care recipient for temporary caregiver benefits of 12 weeks/Increases weekly dependent's allowances from $10 to $20 or 7% of benefit... | Bill Text |
S2262 | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HEALTHCARE PROVIDER SHIELD ACT - Creates a protective legal shield for healthcare providers, precluding any civil/criminal action by other states/persons against healthcare providers involving persons seeking access to transgende... | Bill Text |
H7049 | PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT - Limits rent increases to no more than 4% annually and provides tenants with a civil action to recover damages for any violations. | Bill Text |
S2438 | PROPERTY - Limits the use of certain criminal records and credit history reports in denying housing to prospective applicants, and provides for fines for failure to comply, and requires notices of denials to be sent to the prospective tenants. | Bill Text |
H7062 | TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES - Amends several sections of law relating to zoning ordinances to provide uniform zoning standards for accessory dwelling units. | Bill Text |
S2417 | PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT - Creates a tenant bill of rights to the right to counsel, the right to habitability, the right to organize free, the right to be free from discrimination, the right to first refusal if the landlord dec... | Bill Text |
Rhode Island Sessions
Year | Session | Introduced | Completed | Legislation | Search | Dataset |
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2024 | Regular Session | 1872 | 163 | Browse | Search | Download |
2023 | Regular Session | 2671 | 913 | Browse | Search | Download |
2022 | Regular Session | 2518 | 922 | Browse | Search | Download |
2021 | Regular Session | 2501 | 890 | Browse | Search | Download |
2020 | Regular Session | 2134 | 484 | Browse | Search | Download |
2019 | Regular Session | 2308 | 862 | Browse | Search | Download |
2018 | Regular Session | 2382 | 858 | Browse | Search | Download |
2017 | Regular Session | 2418 | 1002 | Browse | Search | Download |
2016 | Regular Session | 2472 | 1013 | Browse | Search | Download |
2015 | Regular Session | 2399 | 845 | Browse | Search | Download |
2014 | Regular Session | 2526 | 1139 | Browse | Search | Download |
2013 | Regular Session | 2389 | 1105 | Browse | Search | Download |
2012 | Regular Session | 1386 | 585 | Browse | Search | Download |
2011 | Regular Session | 2420 | 974 | Browse | Search | Download |
2010 | Regular Session | 2189 | 703 | Browse | Search | Download |