| S1006 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates federal funds awarded to Rhode Island as part of the State Fiscal Recovery Fund (SFRF) by the American Rescue Pl(ARPA).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-12-07
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0194 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases membership from 3 to 5 members/revises siting process to mandate public/municipal participation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-30
Meeting postponed (06/30/2021) |
| S0865 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the law enforcement officers' bill of rights to provide greater accountability in the disciplinary process over law enforcement.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-30
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0505 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases number of committee members in law enforcement officers’ bill of rights hearing to 5 and mandates hearings be commenced within 15 days /mandates officer charged with felony or imprisoned on misdemeanor have pay suspended while case is pen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-30
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0369 | Intro
Sine Die | Changes the date on which an individual in the town of Exeter may file for an exemption for being a person over the age of sixty-five (65) or fully disabled.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-30
Committee recommends passage |
| S0832 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires cities and towns to assess renewable energy resources to be taxed as tangible property and the real property on which it is located shall not be reclassified, revalued or reassessed.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-29
Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) |
| S0915 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that portions of the city of Central Falls would be included within the Pawtucket Downtown Redevelopment Project.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-29
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0920 | Intro
Sine Die | Regulates the manufacture, distribution and retail sale of vapor products in Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-29
Committee heard |
| S0938 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the sale or offer for sale of any flavored electronic nicotine delivery system.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-29
Committee heard |
| S0972 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the wages for direct care workers employed by home nursing care and home care providers licensed by the Rhode Island department of health.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-29
Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) |
| S0983 | Intro
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
To Senate Education Committee |
| S0406 | Intro
Sine Die | Felony to store firearms unlocked.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-28
Meeting postponed (06/28/2021) |
| S0986 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes the Mill Damn Act subject to the provisions of the Freshwater Wetlands Act as it related to Johnson's Pond in the town of Coventry.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-27
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0429 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that janitors and security guards employed, pursuant to state contracts worth more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) of janitorial or security services, be paid a standard compensation rate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-24
To House Labor Committee |
| S0955 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes and regulate peer-to-peer car sharing programs whereby existing car owners make their motor vehicles available for other individuals to use under a peer-to-peer program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-24
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0827 | Intro
Sine Die | SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 -- THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT) (Define educational disadvantaged students. This act would also require the use of a weighted lottery for charter school establishment, charter renewal and for student applications w...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-23
Meeting postponed (06/23/2021) |
| S0254 | Intro
Sine Die | License required for advanced recycling facilities. No licensing within two (2) miles residential zone, school, place of worship or waterway or wetlands, except this prohibition shall not apply to grandfathered operations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-23
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0527 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits new high-heat waste processing facilities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-23
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0101 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates the "Medicaid Employer Assessment".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-22
Meeting postponed (06/22/2021) |
| S0782 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates four hundred sixty nine thousand six hundred fifty-five dollars ($469,655) to the Crime Victim Compensation Program created by the Criminal Injuries Compensation to be extended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-21
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0957 | Intro
Sine Die | Removes the requirement that a credit bureau, at a minimum, utilizes at least one additional identifier to confirm the identity of the person who is the subject of the credit inquiry.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-19
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0766 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that the tax imposed on little cigars be imposed in the same manner as the tax imposed on cigarettes, that 25% of such tax revenue would be applied to smoking cessation programs, and requires that little cigars be sold in packs of 20 or more...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-17
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0908 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that the Rhode Transit Authority impose no fares and/or charges for service provided to the general public. Effective January 1, 2022.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-17
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0958 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows a classified employee to seek elected office provided that they resign their position upon being elected.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-17
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0956 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes appropriate disability language and authorizes law revision director to replace inappropriate disability language in general law with appropriate language.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-17
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0424 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that fifty dollars ($50.00) of the filing fee paid to the HUD-approved agency for the mediation conference involving the mortgagee and mortgagor, shall be paid to the Rhode Island Legal Services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-17
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0947 | Intro
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 |
| S0904 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates a 7 member oversight commission to approve all requests for proposals submitted for public-private partnership construction of transportation facilities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-16
Committee continued |
| S0933 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that school committee terms expire on election day for cities and towns holding elections every four (4) years except for the city of Central Falls.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-14
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0630 | Intro
Sine Die | LIABILITY-FREE) PRODUCTS (Prohibits mandating indemnified products to consumers in certain circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-10
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| S0278 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits a medical training program from using live animals if another accredited training program in the same medical discipline does not use animals or if an alternative teaching method exists.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-10
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S0932 | Intro
Sine Die | Modifies the summons for reasons other than nonpayment of rent to add a certificate of service section and provides for posting of summons and complaint on tenant's dwelling door. Effective January 1, 2022.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-08
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0931 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows the continuance of the remote notarization following the expiration of the executive emergency order currently in effect and requires a certificate of any notarial act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-08
Committee recommended Substitute A be held for further study |
| S0930 | Intro
Sine Die | Commencing in fiscal year 2022, that reconstitution and control of a school or district by the department of elementary and secondary education would not exceed 2 years except for a possible 6 month extension when substantial progress is achieved.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-08
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0897 | Intro
Sine Die | City department of art, culture and tourism to administer Providence tourism district. Revises hotel tax formula for Providence district.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-08
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0475 | Intro
Sine Die | Enables cities and towns to provide a tax exemption to individuals who take resiliency measures to rehabilitate their property because of flood hazards.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-08
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0916 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows the publication of legal notices on the state's official website, which would satisfy the requirements for the publication of any statutorily-required notice, advertisement, or other written matter in a newspaper.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-08
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0871 | Intro
Sine Die | Modifies the foundation level of support required of municipalities, excluding funds received by the school district from the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund, in connection with relief due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-08
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0043 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the contracting department of the department of human services or the department of administration to pilot at least one contract for professional or technical services using automatic verification software to verify hours billed under contr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-08
Committee continued |
| S0869 | Intro
Sine Die | Defines a used part and create standards for use of used parts in physically damaged motor vehicles upon the insurance company and the automobile body shop.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-03
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0875 | Intro
Sine Die | Enables school teachers, state and municipal employees to retire earlier.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-03
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0723 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that if an insured has one or more motor vehicles with uninsured motorist’s coverage, the insured is permitted to collect up to the aggregate amount of coverage for all vehicles covered by the insurance policies.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-03
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0658 | Intro
Sine Die | Raises appraisal threshold for auto insurance from $2,500 to $5,000, requires an insurance company to complete the appraisal within four days and redefines fair market value to include commonly used insurance industry compilations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-03
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0805 | Intro
Sine Die | Eliminates the notarization requirement for various certificates filed by insurance companies.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-03
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0472 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases maximum aggregate amount of community remote net-metering systems from 30 MW to 90 MW requires and reallocate 40 MW to low/moderate households on and after 1/2/22 on first come/first serve basis.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-02
Meeting postponed (06/02/2021) |
| S0873 | Intro
Sine Die | Effective December 31, 2020, terminates the requirement of utilizing green building standards for new public buildings construction projects.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-02
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| S0711 | Intro
Sine Die | Senate Resolution Respectfully Requesting That The Rhode Island Department Of Health Increase Public Awareness Of Activities That Expose People To Ticks, Better Educate The Public About The Symptoms Of Lyme Disease And The Importance Of Early Detecti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-01
Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) |
| S0465 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that the public schools shall be responsible for attendance data monitoring and detection of emergent truant behavior.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-01
To Senate Education Committee |
| S0896 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the twelve (12) member broadband council to create a plan to increase the use of broadband service in the state. A broadband coordinator is to be designated in Commerce RI to access federal funds and coordinate with the council.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-27
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| S0876 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates a developmental disabilities ombudsperson program to be administratively attached to the department of administration.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-27
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
