| H7916 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides an employer that completed a reasonable background investigation of an employee prior to hiring with a presumption that the employer was not negligent in hiring that employee.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To House Labor Committee |
| S2143 | Intro
Sine Die | Gradually increases the hourly minimum wage from $10.50 to $15 by July 1, 2024, and the hourly minimum wage for employees receiving gratuities from $3.89 an hour to $15 an hour by January 1, 2028.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To Senate Labor Committee |
| S2405 | Intro
Sine Die | Allow individuals employed in domestic service or in or about a private home to be included as an employee.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To Senate Labor Committee |
| H7877 | 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 House Labor Committee |
| H7811 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides an exception to required school immunizations for pupils whose personal, philosophical, or religious beliefs are contrary to immunization and/or testing.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| S2577 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows an employee in a class advanced from one pay range to another, to maintain the same step in the new pay range, as well as the same civil service status and their currently earned salary set consideration date.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To Senate Labor Committee |
| S2628 | Intro
Sine Die | Establish the implementation of trauma-informed practices in schools throughout the state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To Senate Education Committee |
| H7814 | Intro
Sine Die | Directs the DOE and sec. ed. to promulgate rules/regulations/establish minimum accountability standards/school districts would be required to meet in order to be in compliance with an individualized education program for students with disabilities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| S2511 | Intro
Sine Die | Replaces term multi-municipal with multi-party and defines it as combination of 2 or more eligible parties that enter into agreement for purpose of co-owning one or more eligible net-metering resources or entering into financing arrangement(s).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| H7942 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes numerous changes to the merit system.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To House Labor Committee |
| H7957 | Intro
Sine Die | Includes the chief inspector and inspector as those exempt from carrying a firearm without a permit and defines them as peace officers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7993 | Pass | House Resolution Proclaiming The Week Of March 8th -- 14th, 2020, To Be "americorps Week" In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
House read and passed |
| H7049 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires mandatory training standards for police officers and trainees, in identifying, responding, and handling all incidents involving any person with a developmental disability.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| H7928 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires person selling firearm to require purchaser execute a medical release form for release of medical records relating to addiction to controlled substance, alcoholism and/or mental health illness for a period of 5 years preceding application.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7214 | Engross
Sine Die | Directs the department of health to provide information regarding the passive voluntary adoption reunion registry on the department of health's website and in the division of vital records.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
House read and passed |
| S2707 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires employers with 5 or more persons with developmental disabilities to pay employees no less than $15.00/hr and to have state and general revenue/federal funds appropriated to BHDDH programs to adjust minimum wage increase.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To Senate Labor Committee |
| S2103 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires Internet service providers to follow Internet service neutrality requirements.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
Placed on Senate Calendar |
| S2556 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that three (3)-wheeled motorcycles be included under the licensing requirements of the department of motor vehicles.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| H7397 | Intro
Sine Die | Removes the requirement to have a person trained in first aid in close proximity to operate a swimming pool without a lifeguard.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| S2433 | Intro
Sine Die | Issues permanent registration and registration plates to vehicles owned by the Civil Air Patrol.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| H7034 | Intro
Sine Die | Mandates arming campus police at public higher educational institutions and includes campus police in the definition of "law enforcement officer" for the purposes of the "Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S2404 | Intro
Sine Die | Sets forth standards ensuring full compliance with non-renewable energy standards by 2030, commencing in compliance year 2021.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| H7880 | Intro
Sine Die | Extends injured-on-duty benefits to police officers and firefighters that suffer from a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder under certain conditions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To House Labor Committee |
| S2574 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows an employee in a class advanced from one pay range to another, to maintain the same step in the new pay range, as well as the same civil service status and their currently earned salary set consideration date.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To Senate Labor Committee |
| H7878 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits employment discrimination by the state of Rhode Island against medical marijuana users. The act also requires reasonable accommodations be provided by the state employer.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To House Labor Committee |
| S2308 | Intro
Sine Die | Removes health care and maintenance workers from the definition of employees not entitled to overtime pay, for purposes of overtime pay on Sundays and holidays, enabling them to collect overtime pay.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To Senate Labor Committee |
| H7507 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires schools to comply with recycling and composting laws and promotes the donation of unspoiled nonperishable food by schools. Requires the use of share tables at all schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| H7263 | Intro
Sine Die | Bans possession, sale and transfer of assault weapons which are not properly registered.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7720 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires firearms to be stored securely when not in use and enhances penalties for failure to store firearms in a secure manner.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S2297 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the hourly minimum wage to $11.10 on January 1, 2021, and commencing January 1, 2022, the hourly wage would increase in accordance with the Consumer Price Index for the Northeast Region for the four (4) previous fiscal years.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To Senate Labor Committee |
| S2489 | Intro
Sine Die | Changes the frequency of motor vehicle inspections from yearly to every two (2) years to be conducted at the same their emissions inspection is performed.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| H7398 | Engross
Sine Die | Excludes chronic intractable pain from the definition of acute pain management. Prescribes new guidelines for treatment based upon 2016 CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
House read and passed |
| H7797 | Intro
Sine Die | Directs school districts experiencing high rates of student absenteeism to establish attendance review teams to address this absenteeism.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| H7752 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits the open and concealed carrying of weapons by certain persons in the act of evacuating the area pursuant to an order of the governor or local authority under chapter 15 of title 30.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7219 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires health insurance coverage for annual pediatric mental health examinations when ordered by a physician.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| S2401 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits students in grades nine (9) through twelve (12) to possess/use over-the-counter medication and products without a doctor's or parent's note during school.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To Senate Education Committee |
| H7234 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes physical therapists to order diagnostic imaging (x-rays). Authority sunsets December 31, 2022.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
Committee recommended Substitute A be held for further study |
| H7291 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires elementary/secondary schools to have at least 1 school employee trained to administer/assist with the self-administering of seizure rescue medication prescribed to treat seizure disorder systems and the use of prescribed electrical stimulati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| H7384 | Intro
Sine Die | Expands the definition of "employee" to add any individual employed in a food service establishment, which would include a caterer licensed by the department of health and division of taxation, and a food truck.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
Committee recommends passage |
| H7591 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows law enforcement officers to utilize mufflers, silencers, or other devices for muffling sound of firearm while acting within scope of official duties while training as tactical teams and under supervision of police chief, colonel of state polic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7909 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that any person eighteen (18) years of age who is issued a license may carry a stun gun. It also adds "tasers" to the definition of "firearm." and provides for an appeal process for denial of an application for a permit.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7508 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the department of education to establish a program for all students in grades kindergarten through 12 to receive education and training regarding the prevention of relationship abuse, sexual violence, and sexual harassment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| S2490 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits licensed automobile dealers to issue registrations of motor vehicles.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| H7821 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires all responsible school districts to provide all of their students in need of IEP services to receive them, no matter which school they attend or if they are homeschooled.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| S2306 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts newspaper deliverers from the minimum wage laws.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To Senate Labor Committee |
| H7911 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides for a cause of action against an individual or entity that prohibits the possession of firearms on real property by an individual that is authorized and licensed to carry a firearm.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7715 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the possession of firearms on school grounds except for peace officers, retired law enforcement officers, persons under contract to provide school security services, and unloaded firearms in locked containers or a locked rack on motor vehic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7876 | Intro
Sine Die | Sets a goal for the habilitation facilities to participate in state procurements and construction projects of less than three percent (3%) of the total value of all contracts available to businesses in each fiscal year by June 30, 2022.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To House Labor Committee |
| H7800 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes explicit that parents and guardians of children with disabilities in private school have the same rights and remedies as parents of children in public school. It also provides a procedure in superior court to enforce these rights and remedies.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| H7633 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits obtaining a firearm on behalf of another person if that person is prohibited from possessing a firearm, and would increase the penalties for a second and subsequent purchase of firearms by use of false information.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
