| S0671 | Pass | Prohibits agencies of municipalities and the state from releasing information as to the residency of municipal or state police officers regarding public records requests.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| H5480 | Pass | Exempts from taxation real property acquired or leased by a railroad entity used in the boarding or disembarking of railroad passengers or supporting passenger railroad operations and services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| S0034 | Pass | 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] | 2021-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| H5697 | Pass | Requires implementation of education courses in African American history in elementary and secondary schools in Rhode Island commencing in the 2022-2023 school year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| H5198 | Pass | Includes in the practice of physical therapy the ordering of diagnostic imaging (x-ray imaging) to be performed by other health care professionals.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| S0991 | Pass | Mandates RIDE to provide regulations to streamline the English Second Language (ESL) and/or English Language Learner (ELL) teaching certificate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| S0989 | Pass | Provides that every superintendent of schools shall create an annual report on the progress and status of academic achievement of foster care youth.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| S0635 | Pass | Prohibits school committees from entering into a school bus service contract unless the contract provides for payments to school bus drivers, monitors and aids for one hundred and eighty (180) days or the length of the contracted for school year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| S0998 | Pass | Requires the principal at each school to provide an annual report on the number of graduating students and the number applying for admission to college or vocational training.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| S0840 | Pass | Creates the Holocaust and genocide education commission.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| S0212 | Pass | SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 -- THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT) (Seeks to advance economic development by guaranteeing students the right to enroll in approved career technical educational programs and allows them to enroll outside the district o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| H6446 | Pass | Establishes E-permitting for construction permitting.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| H5076 | Pass | Requires the principal at each school to provide an annual report on the number of graduating students and the number applying for admission to college or vocational training.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| H5417 | Pass | Exempts the city or town of residence for city, town and state police officers from the definition of a public record and would prohibit the release of the same.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| S0999 | Pass | SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 -- THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT) (Requires all public schools to send out written invitations to all parents, guardians or caretakers of students inviting those parents, guardians or caretakers to an orientation at ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| H5157 | Pass | Provides that every superintendent of schools shall create an annual report on the progress and status of academic achievement of foster care youth.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| H5245 | Pass | Creates pilot program to establish harm reduction centers where use of pre-obtained controlled substances may occur under supervision of health care professionals
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| H5503 | Pass | Amends the maximum allowable capacity for net metering systems in the Block Island Utility District and Pascoag Utility District.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| H5698 | Pass | SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 -- THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT) (Requires all public schools to send out written invitations to all parents, guardians or caretakers of students inviting those parents, guardians or caretakers to an orientation at ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| S0993 | Pass | Allows students who are legally unable to complete the FAFSA to complete a comparable form created by the college.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| S0288 | Pass | Makes permanent the exemption from taxation for certain residential property developments which have not been completed or, if completed, have not been sold and occupied.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| S0951 | Pass | Authorizes the Central Falls to issue bonds in an amount not to exceed $5,760,000 to finance the construction, renovation, improvement, alteration, repair, furnishing and equipping of schools and school facilities in the city.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| H5214 | Pass | Eliminates the ten dollar ($10.00) fee requirement for the sales tax permit.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| H5829 | Pass | Mandates RIDE to provide regulations to streamline the English Second Language (ESL) and/or English Language Learner (ELL) teaching certificate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| H5826 | Pass | Allows students who are legally unable to complete the FAFSA to complete a comparable form created by the college.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| H5164 | Pass | Allows students in public schools to possess and use a topical sunscreen product. Children enrolled in grades K-5 would need a note from a parent or guardian in order to possess sunscreen on school property.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| H5920 | Pass | Authorizes the state’s twenty-one coastal communities to adopt the coastal resources management council's (CRMC) coastal hazard application process applicable to a local overlay district.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| H6018 | Pass | Establishes procedures for employees to file complaints with a hospital or the director of department of health, for assaultive behavior or violation of law occurring on hospital grounds/requires hospitals to institute safety training for employees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| S0965 | Pass | Provides for a judge emeritus license plate for the retired family court judge, Stephen J. Capineri.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| H5923 | Pass | Prohibits new high-heat waste processing facilities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| H5596 | Pass | Establishes a statewide public safety computer aided dispatch records management system.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| H6418 | Pass | Requires the department of elementary and secondary education, in collaboration with RI resource recovery corporation, to make educational resources available regarding litter prevention/recycling awareness to elementary/middle school students.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| H6083 | Pass | Reclassifies simple possession of ten grams (10g) or less of a controlled substance classified in Schedules I, II, III, IV, V of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act to a 2 year misdemeanor instead of a felony.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| H6064 | Pass | Amends the Rhode Island Nonprofit Corporation Act regarding consolidation and merger.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| H5268 | Pass | Requires applicants to pass test to include topics on fair housing and requires 24 hours of continuing education.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| S0580 | Pass | Amends the classification of manufacturing machinery that is eligible for a property tax exemption by eliminating the requirement that the machinery be new.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| S0289 | Pass | Amends various sections relating to libraries to remove outdated provisions and update language to reflect current practices affecting library technology.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| S0199 | Pass | Modifies limitations on quantities of malt beverages and distilled spirits that can be sold at retail by certain licensed breweries and distilleries for off-premises consumption.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| H5650 | Pass | Creates the Holocaust and genocide education commission.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| H5836 | Pass | SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 -- THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT) (Amends the career and technical education program laws to provide the process by which students could access career and technical education programs outside of their home school dis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| S0974 | Pass | Eliminates the fee associated with retail sales licenses and renting of living quarters.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| S0188 | Pass | Amends the uniform controlled substances act and reclassifies simple possession of ten grams (10g) or less of certain controlled substances as a misdemeanor punishable as a two (2) year misdemeanor rather than a felony.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| H5573 | Pass | Requires a landlord to obtain and have in full force and effect a general liability policy of at least one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for those persons injured on the premises due to the negligence of the landlord.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| H6142 | Pass | Penalty of $10,000 for violating Deceptive Trade Practices Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| H6408 | Pass | Authorizes the Central Falls to issue bonds in an amount not to exceed $5,760,000 to finance the construction, renovation, improvement, alteration, repair, furnishing and equipping of schools and school facilities in the city.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| S0796 | Pass | Amends definition of dating violence to include abusive, coercive behaviors used to exert control and power and provides that abuse may be physical, verbal, emotional, sexual, financial, or psychological and includes threats, isolation, and intimidat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| H6118 | Pass | Prohibits school committees from entering into a school bus service contract unless the contract provides for payments to school bus drivers, monitors and aids for one hundred and eighty (180) days or the length of the contracted for school year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| H5270 | Pass | Creates the Human Trafficking Reporting and Prevention Act applicable to hotels, requiring them to educate their employees about identifying, reporting and preventing human trafficking, on their premises.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| S0954 | Pass | Creates a statewide body-worn camera program for police departments in the state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-08
Signed by Governor |
| S0980 | Pass | Updates the Credit for Reinsurance, Risk Based Capital and Insurance Holding Company statutes to the current National Association of Insurance Commissioners standard.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-08
Signed by Governor |
