Rhode Island Legislature | 2024 | Regular Session

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Active Rhode Island Bills (Introduced, Engrossed, Enrolled, Passed)

BillSummaryAction
H7989TOWNS 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
H7812PUBLIC 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Withdrawn at sponsor's request (03/21/2024)
H7891PROPERTY -- RENT CONTROL IN THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE - Authorizes the city of Providence to adopt rent control ordinances subject to certain exemptions.2024-03-18
H7069STATE 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
S2345STATE 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
S2417PROPERTY -- 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
S2714HEALTH 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
S2709COMMERCIAL 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
H7148EDUCATION -- 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)
H7356HEALTH 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# BillsRSS
Rep. David Morales [D]204Syndicate content
Rep. Teresa Tanzi [D]183Syndicate content
Rep. Brandon Potter [D]178Syndicate content
Rep. Michael Chippendale [R]177Syndicate content
Rep. Cherie Cruz [D]165Syndicate content
Senate Sponsors# BillsRSS
Sen. Bridget Valverde [D]214Syndicate content
Sen. Alana DiMario [D]211Syndicate content
Sen. Pamela Lauria [D]181Syndicate content
Sen. Frank Lombardi [D]181Syndicate content
Sen. Dawn Euer [D]178Syndicate content

Top Rhode Island Committees

House Committees# BillsRSS
Finance229Syndicate content
Judiciary191Syndicate content
Corporations116Syndicate content
Health & Human Services86Syndicate content
State Government & Elections85Syndicate content
Senate Committees# BillsRSS
Finance189Syndicate content
Judiciary179Syndicate content
Health and Human Services103Syndicate content
Housing and Municipal Government54Syndicate content
Education50Syndicate content

Most Viewed Rhode Island Bills

BillSummaryText
H7225Making Appropriations For The Support Of The State For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2025Bill Text
S2152HEALTH 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
H7062TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES - Amends several sections of law relating to zoning ordinances to provide uniform zoning standards for accessory dwelling units.Bill Text
H7217CRIMINAL 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
H7356HEALTH 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
H7295HEALTH 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
S2262HEALTH 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
H7049PROPERTY -- 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
H7619HEALTH 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
H7382TOWNS 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

BillSummaryText
S2500COMMERCIAL 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
H7225Making Appropriations For The Support Of The State For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2025Bill Text
H7787COMMERCIAL 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
S2041EDUCATION -- 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
H7171LABOR 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
S2262HEALTH 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
H7049PROPERTY -- 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
S2438PROPERTY - 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
H7062TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES - Amends several sections of law relating to zoning ordinances to provide uniform zoning standards for accessory dwelling units.Bill Text
S2417PROPERTY -- 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

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2024Regular Session1872163BrowseSearchDownload
2023Regular Session2671913BrowseSearchDownload
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2021Regular Session2501890BrowseSearchDownload
2020Regular Session2134484BrowseSearchDownload
2019Regular Session2308862BrowseSearchDownload
2018Regular Session2382858BrowseSearchDownload
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2015Regular Session2399845BrowseSearchDownload
2014Regular Session25261139BrowseSearchDownload
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2012Regular Session1386585BrowseSearchDownload
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