| H5746 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides an exception to the requirements of competitive sealed bidding for local, minority and woman-owned business enterprises.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-01
House passed Sub A |
| H5496 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires notification of the name and address of the deceased on a death certificate with the office of secretary of state and the chairperson of the board of canvassers for the purpose of removal from the rolls of registered voters.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-01
House passed Sub A |
| H6313 | Engross
Sine Die | Grants an exemption from the personal income tax to writers, composers and artists residing within the East Providence arts zone.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-01
House read and passed |
| H5612 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides for consumer protection in eye care services by developing standards and enforcement protocols related to the utilization of assessment mechanisms in the provision of eye care services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-01
House passed Sub A |
| H5844 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires medical spas to employ or contract for the services of a licensed physician, physician assistant, or registered nurse.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-01
House passed Sub A |
| H5602 | Engross
Sine Die | Established player self-exclusion program with winnings collected from self-excluded players going to RICPG for research/education/prevention of teenage gambling addiction.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-01
House passed Sub A |
| H5781 | Engross
Sine Die | Creates Elected/Appointed Minority Officials Commission to create record of minority officials from 1636 to present.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-01
House passed Sub A |
| H5038 | Engross
Sine Die | Exempts from attachment five hundred dollars ($500) in savings or deposits in financial or banking institutions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-30
House read and passed |
| H5325 | Engross
Sine Die | Permits Dyslexia Advocacy Rhode Island plates to be issued for passenger or commercial vehicles. A minimum of six hundred (600) preordered plates would be required.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-30
House passed Sub A |
| H5318 | Engross
Sine Die | Permits certain volunteer firefighters to purchase motor vehicles by utilizing state purchasing provisions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-30
House read and passed |
| H5919 | Engross
Sine Die | Repeals the expiration provisions that major facility projects or other public improvements comply with green building standards, thereby requiring major facility projects of state agencies to be construed to LEED standards.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-30
House read and passed |
| H5641 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibits the use of neonicotinoids which are a class of insecticides.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-30
House passed Sub A |
| H5204 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires every electric distribution company and natural gas distribution company to submit to the division of public utilities and carriers an emergency response plan for review and approval.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-29
House read and passed |
| H5962 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides that a lessee of a motor vehicle who purchases the vehicle within one year of the lease inception or any renewal thereof shall be exempt from certain registration transfer provisions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-29
House passed Sub A |
| H5485 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows school committees to add item(s) to their agendas for the purposes of discussion only without having to publish notice of the additional item(s).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-29
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H5191 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibits the board of medical licensure and discipline from requiring specialty board certification as a condition of licensure.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-29
House passed Sub A |
| H5806 | Engross
Sine Die | Reduces the required minimum number of special plates ordered from the DMV to 150 sets upon payment of $3,000 conditionally refundable fee.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-29
House passed Sub A |
| H5783 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes a special license plate for MASONIC GRAND LODGE CHARITIES OF RHODE ISLAND, specify the minimum order, and govern the amount and distribution of the fee surcharge.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-28
House passed Sub A |
| H5183 | Engross
Sine Die | Creates special motor vehicle registration plates for the nonprofit entity Rhode Island Fire Chiefs Honor Flight Hub.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-28
House read and passed |
| H5210 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires that Medicare supplement policies be made available to Medicare eligible disabled individuals under the age of sixty-five (65).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-28
Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence |
| H6289 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows the production of special motor vehicle registration plates for the Alzheimer's Association, Rhode Island Chapter so long as six hundred (600) have been ordered.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-28
House read and passed |
| H5782 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the issuance of veteran plates with decals affixed to the top left corner for veterans who are recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor, Distinguished Flying Cross, Silver Star and Bronze medal.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-28
House passed Sub A |
| H5147 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides a statutory framework for the licensing and regulation of genetic counselors.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-28
House passed Sub A |
| H6044 | Engross
Sine Die | Creates a special license plate for the not for profit Atlantic Shark Institute.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-28
House read and passed |
| H6449 | Engross
Sine Die | Joint Resolution Amending The Joint Resolution Creating A Permanent Legislative Commission On Child Care In Rhode Island (this Resolution Would Amend The Membership And Purpose Of Said Commission, Allow For Funding With Approval, And Require Review O...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-28
House read and passed |
| H5254 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes administrator DMV to issue special license plates to Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-28
House passed Sub A |
| H6021 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires district and independent charter schools to use a random selection process to select eligible public school students who would be invited to attend the charter school and allows a parent to decline the invitation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-25
To Senate Education Committee |
| H5779 | Engross
Sine Die | Clarifies surplus lines licensing and eliminate an unnecessary bond requirement, eliminate the need for an "in person" hearing in an appeal of a classification and add additional lines of insurance to the Commercial Special Risks statute.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-25
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| H5327 | Engross
Sine Die | Increases the maximum aggregate amount of community remote net-metering systems from 30 MW to 90 MW and requires the allocation of a minimum of twenty percent (20%) of the generated power to low- or moderate-income households commencing July 1, 2021.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-25
House passed Sub A |
| H5392 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires initial, biennial, and continuing education in land use law and planning for local planning and zoning board members.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-25
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H5276 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows DEM to extend certain deadlines for required sewer construction in the replacement of cesspools, which deadlines would not extend beyond January 1, 2026.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-25
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| H5769 | Engross
Sine Die | A provider of a club, facility, or services to a consumer must stop automatic deductions from the consumer’s account or credit card within thirty (30) calendar days of receiving a notice to stop from the consumer.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-25
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H6377 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows for a summary of a mammography report be provided to the patient by mail, electronically or otherwise with abnormal result provided only upon approval by the referring provider.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-25
House read and passed |
| H6274 | Engross
Sine Die | Extends from twenty (20) days to thirty (30) days, the period of time that a newly purchased motor vehicle may be temporarily operated, using the purchaser's current licenses plates.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-25
To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| H5082 | Engross
Sine Die | Expressly allows college athletes, while they are students, to personally profit from the use of their name, image, and likeness, and prohibits the NCAA from preventing these practices.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-25
To Senate Education Committee |
| H5853 | Engross
Sine Die | Forbids an employer to require an employee to execute a nondisclosure agreement or non-disparagement agreement regarding alleged violations of civil rights or criminal conduct as a condition of employment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-25
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H5891 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the "open meetings act" to allow virtual meetings and participation by electronic communication until July 1, 2023.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-25
House passed Sub A |
| H5517 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires that commencing with the graduating class of 2023 all high school students attending public schools demonstrate proficiency in computer science.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-25
To Senate Education Committee |
| H5694 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes municipalities to regulate the use of quadricycle passenger vehicles within their borders provided there is approval by the local police chief.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-25
To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| H5778 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends provisions relating to receiverships/licensing. Security bonds, reporting requirements, resident agent to eliminate same requirement/clarify language to reduce burden on financial businesses.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-25
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| H6395 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the definition of dimensional variance located in chapter 24 of title 45 of the general laws relating to zoning ordinances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-23
House read and passed |
| H5188 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibits the sale, offer of sale, trade or distribution of fur products as defined and makes any violation punishable by a fine of five hundred dollars ($500) up to five thousand dollars ($5,000) and up to one year in jail.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-21
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H5356 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibits PFAS, a class of fluorinated organic chemicals, from being used in food packaging.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-21
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| H5141 | Engross
Sine Die | Increases the age of children able to utilize a recorded forensic interview for cases of sexual abuse in grand jury testimony -- child assault from age fourteen (14) to age eighteen (18).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-17
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H6004 | Engross
Sine Die | Entitles disabled and military voters to utilize electronically transmitted ballots.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-17
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H5851 | Engross
Sine Die | Repeals § 28-12-9 of the general laws which provides that the director of labor and training may approve of wages below the minimum wage for those persons whose earning capacity is impaired due to physical or mental disability.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-16
To Senate Labor Committee |
| H5506 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires copies of auditor's documents relative to evaluation and opinion about fees to be filed with the Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation and be considered public records pursuant to chapter 2 of title 38, access to public records.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-16
House passed Sub A |
| H5067 | Engross
Sine Die | Directs that services provided by school social workers and certified school psychologists would be included as health care related services eligible for federal Medicaid reimbursement.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-15
House read and passed |
| H5283 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires all foster parents to undergo sensitivity training regarding the culture of their foster child.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H5827 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the RIDE in coordination with the department of the attorney general to collect all public data concerning the use of force, arrest, and referrals to law enforcement or courts in different categories with a reasonable explanation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-09
Committee heard |
