| S2780 | Intro
Sine Die | Seeks to advance economic development by guaranteeing students the right to enroll in approved career technical educational programs and would allow them to enroll outside the district of residence if their district does not offer a duplicate program...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-12
To Senate Education Committee |
| S2787 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the local share of education funding to be paid to charter public schools based on a comparison of performance data between the specific school from which the student is coming and the specific charter school that will be receiving the student...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-12
To Senate Education Committee |
| S2454 | Intro
Sine Die | Vests the traffic tribunal with jurisdiction over the adjudication of alleged violations of the harassment of hunters, trappers and fishers law.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2819 | Intro
Sine Die | Defines the educational requirements necessary to qualify an individual as a social worker.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2825 | Intro
Sine Die | Grants juveniles sentenced as adults parole eligibility after completing fifteen (15) years of sentence with prospective/retroactive. Effective January 1, 1991.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2828 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases penalties for animal cruelty.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2792 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires department of elementary and secondary education to include amount of state and local share of education funding calculated for each local agency receiving state aid, requires cities and towns to appropriate sufficient funds to meet their sh...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-12
To Senate Education Committee |
| S2775 | Intro
Sine Die | - Levy And Assessment Of Local Taxes
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-12
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| S2452 | Intro
Sine Die | Removes the $25.00 limit on tuition for a motorist to attend a driver education course, and would allow a judge or magistrate to delay the imposition of a suspension or revocation of a driver's license or registration for a period up to 30 days.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H8004 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes it an unlawful practice to discriminate in the sale of a product or service based on a person's lawful employment or political affiliation/position.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-12
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7010 | Enroll
Sine Die | Makes a minor technical correction to what is included in a service contract for the repair and replacement of tires.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2447 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that violations of chapter 34 of title 31 pertaining to rental vehicles are civil violations subject to the jurisdiction of the Rhode Island traffic tribunal.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H7874 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifies and assigns the regulatory jurisdiction over all marine animal species within the jurisdictional territory of the state to the marine fisheries council.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-12
To House Environment and Natural Resources Committee |
| H8000 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes Children's Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund to provide finance assistance to families for medical expenses not covered by state or federal programs or insurance contract.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-12
To House Finance Committee |
| S2455 | Intro
Sine Die | Only protective orders issued against adults are to be transmitted to A.G.'s B.C.I. for inclusion in the R.O.N.C.O. system. Protective orders against juveniles will be accessible to law enforcement.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H8006 | Pass | House Resolution Congratulating The North Kingstown/wickford Little League 11 Year-old District All Star Team On Winning The 2019 Rhode Island State Championship
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-12
House read and passed |
| S2529 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the dept of behavioral healthcare/developmental disabilities/hospitals to coordinate with the DOH to propose revisions to chapter 1.10 and 10.1 of title 23, including updates and revisions of statutory language and evidence-based best practi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-12
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| H7581 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires school districts to maintain classroom temperatures and humidity levels within targeted levels.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| S2176 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows students in public schools to possess and use sunscreen without a physician's note or prescription, if the product is regulated by the FDA for over-the-counter use.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To Senate Education Committee |
| S2278 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows business vehicles which are owned by an entity which a veteran owns, and registered and authorized to conduct business in the state of Rhode Island, to register such business vehicles with veteran plates.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| S2342 | Intro
Sine Die | Expands the classes of licensed vehicles eligible to obtain courtesy veterans' plates.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| H7995 | Pass | House Resolution Extending Condolences On The Passing Of Former Rhode Island State Senator And Parliamentarian The Honorable John M. Roney
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
House read and passed |
| H7987 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires health insurance plans, effective on or after January 1, 2021, to provide coverage for all FDA-approved contraception drugs, products and sterilization procedures.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To House Finance Committee |
| S2406 | Intro
Sine Die | Senate Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study And Review Rhode Island's Minimum Wage (creates An 11 Member Commission Whose Purpose It Would Be To Study Rhode Island’s Minimum Wage, And Who Would Report Back To The Senate No ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To Senate Labor Committee |
| S2301 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires an individual employer to meet certain criteria in order to qualify for class exemption from the increased pay requirement for work on holidays and Sundays.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To Senate Labor Committee |
| H7825 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that the public schools shall be responsible for attendance data monitoring and detection of emergent truant behavior.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| H7988 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides for the sale of self-service storage insurance in this state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To House Corporations Committee |
| H7881 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that benefits under the Rhode Island works program would be conditional on the participation in certain requirements to be supervised by the department of human services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To House Labor Committee |
| H7448 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that in the town of Cumberland, the maximum height allowed for a commercial or residential condominium complex would be no more than thirty-five feet (35').
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
Withdrawn at sponsor's request (03/12/2020) |
| H7716 | Intro
Sine Die | Defines rifle and shotgun and makes it unlawful to possess a loaded rifle or shotgun in public subject to various exceptions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S2124 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides for medical assistance health care for expectant mothers and establishes medical assistance coverage and reimbursement rates for perinatal doula services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
Placed on Senate Calendar |
| H7990 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts from attachment five hundred dollars ($500) in savings or deposits in financial or banking institutions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7818 | Intro
Sine Die | Updates Access to Advanced Placement Courses for All Students Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| H7822 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows charter schools to engage in nontraditional approaches to learning and for student enrollment for new charter schools in transportation districts to be the same as other charter schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| H7994 | Pass | House Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of Nicholas Alahverdian
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
House read and passed |
| H7756 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the definition of firearms to include taser. Permits any person over the age of eighteen (18) to possess a stun gun. Enacts the review and appeal process of applying for a license to carry with the licensing authority or attorney general.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7741 | Intro
Sine Die | Create an appeal process in which an applicant for a concealed firearms permit or firearms transfer, could appeal to the agency which denied the permit.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S2769 | Pass | Senate Resolution Extending Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of Paula Marie Morrone
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
Senate read and passed |
| S2183 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that feminine hygiene products be provided in all public schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To Senate Education Committee |
| S2034 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires all school districts to designate an athletic trainer to be available for high school athletic practices and games.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To Senate Education Committee |
| H7826 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the council of elementary and secondary education take into consideration the time and cost of transporting students across municipal boundaries.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| S2109 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows new applicants who apply after August 1, 2020, for net-metering systems and community remote-net-metering systems and any person that is a renewable self-generator to increase the maximum mega wattage from thirty to sixty mega watts.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| H7989 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes an economic growth blockchain act, set regulations for the sale of hemp, regulate virtual and digital assets and establish depository banks for these purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To House Corporations Committee |
| S2488 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the Exeter town sergeant or designees to conduct division of motor vehicles vehicle identifying number and odometer inspections.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| S2638 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the state, including all its agencies and departments, to purchase one hundred percent (100%) of their energy needs from renewable sources by January 1, 2031.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| H7327 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the age from eighteen to twenty-one years for lawful possession, sale, or transfer of firearms or ammunition. Full-time law enforcement, state marshals and member of U.S. military would be exempt from these prohibitions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7472 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits schools from offering employment incentives or bonuses to teachers on the condition that the teacher either is or becomes licensed to carry a weapon.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7595 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires attorney general to issue report of all charges involving a firearm, and if said charges were disposed for that calendar year. Included in report details of firearm.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7264 | Intro
Sine Die | Bans large capacity feeding devices for use in firearms.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7992 | Pass | House Resolution Reaffirming The Friendship Between Rhode Island And Taiwan, Enhancing Bilateral Trade Relations And Supporting Taiwan In The International Community
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
House read and passed |
