| H7788 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibits, beginning January 1, 2024, any compact fluorescent lamp or linear fluorescent lamp to be offered for final sale, sold at final sale, or distributed in the state as a new manufactured product.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-23
House passed Sub A |
| H7668 | Engross
Sine Die | Includes licensed advanced practice registered nurses (APRN), certified in psychiatric/mental health, as qualified to certify the need for mental health treatment in certain patients.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-23
House read and passed |
| H7318 | 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] | 2022-06-23
House read and passed |
| H8287 | Engross
Sine Die | Extends the moratorium on the issuance of licenses for new initial nursing facilities and any increases to nursing facilities capacity to July 1, 2025.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-23
Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) |
| H7475 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires all public utilities to maintain a customer service facility within the state to perform services such as addressing customer inquiries and accepting bill payments.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-22
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| H8090 | Engross
Sine Die | Creates a definition for "private entity" regarding net-metering.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-22
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| H6662 | Engross
Sine Die | Same as 21H-5327 -- Increases the maximum aggregate amount of community remote net-metering systems from 30 MW to 60 MW and requires the allocation of a minimum of 35% of the generated power to low- or moderate-income households commencing July 1, 20...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-22
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| H8136 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes physical therapist licensure compact in order to facilitate interstate practice of physical therapy with the goal of improving public access to physical therapy services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-22
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| H7927 | Engross
Sine Die | Updates public records administration act, modifies records control schedule, designates records officer, establishes procedures for retention of records. Provides administrator submit yearly reports, establishes public reporting compliance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-21
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H7502 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires department of health to establish an informal dispute resolution to address any changes to department of health violations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-21
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| H7669 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends provisions of law relative to the disclosure of confidential health care records and the disclosure thereof occurring through electronic means.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-21
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| H7235 | Engross
Sine Die | Sets pharmacist renewal license fee at $250 biennially and annual nonresident pharmacy location license fee at $625. Validates pharmacy technician licenses for 2 years. Validates pharmacy intern licenses for 5 years.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-21
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| H7595 | Engross
Sine Die | Regulates the distribution of food products containing the drug kratom, a drug of concern for its stimulant and sedative effects, to consumers by the department of health.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-20
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H7693 | Engross
Sine Die | Includes the offense of second-degree sexual assault among the offenses to which there shall be no statute of limitations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-20
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H7350 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows the city of Newport to regulate motorized tricycles in a similar manner as the town of New Shoreham.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-20
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| H8062 | Engross
Sine Die | Extends the due date for the district action plan each and every year from September 1 to December 1, and further require that there are no fewer than five (5) school district education reviews annually beginning in academic year 2025-2026.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-20
To Senate Education Committee |
| H8284 | Engross
Sine Die | Due to the COVID-19 health crisis, suspends the provisions of § 36-10-36 relating to reemployment of retired sheriffs and employees of the department of health and the provisions of § 23-17.5-33, relating to monetary penalties, with sunset provisio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-20
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| H7410 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibits use of illegally seized evidence in administrative hearing involving fish/wildlife violations, limits penalties for violations to $500, establishes forfeiture provisions, requires hearing officers to decide constitutional issues.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-20
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H7167 | Engross
Sine Die | Directs school districts experiencing high rates of student absenteeism to establish attendance support teams to address this absenteeism.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-16
Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence |
| H7948 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows mobile and manufactured homes to be included and counted as low and moderate income housing units pursuant to the definitions and limitations set forth in § 45-53-3.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-14
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| H7402 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires returns of a marriage certificate to be filed within two (2) business days after the ceremony, and validates the common practice of filing the return by mail.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-10
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H7525 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires condominium associations with five (5) or more units to record their bylaws and rules and regulations in the same municipality as the recorded declaration, and any amendments thereto, within ninety (90) days of enactment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-10
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H7478 | Engross
Sine Die | Exempt vehicles purchased at the end of their lease term by the current lessee that have a valid certificate of inspection affixed to the windshield from the requirement that dealers of used vehicles conduct a new inspection.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-10
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H7843 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the provisions for prompt payment of monies owed by the department of administration to their contractors or subcontractors.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-10
To Senate Finance Committee |
| H7728 | Engross
Sine Die | Creates a license plate decal for the recipients of certain military honors.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-10
To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| H7563 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibits an educational institution or school district from accessing or using location data for tracking a student's institutional device or personal device, except in limited circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-10
To Senate Education Committee |
| H7839 | Engross
Sine Die | Regulates electric bicycles in the same manner as human-powered bicycles, classify electric bicycles into three (3) classes, require all electric bicycles to have a label affixed to the bicycle and be equipped with a speedometer.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-10
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H7080 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides that the trapping and subsequent release of any unowned feral or free roaming cat for the purpose of spaying or neutering of the cat shall not be considered abandonment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-10
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H8055 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides a definition of the Recognizable High Tide Line for the Public's Rights and Privileges of the Shore.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-10
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H6610 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides that a cosmetic medical service would be performed by a qualified licensed or certified non-physician only if the services have been delegated by a medical director responsible for on-site supervision of the services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-10
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| H8232 | Engross
Sine Die | Creates a Foster Fire District with authority to levy taxes, for the purpose of providing fire and rescue services to the town of Foster, subject to its approval by qualified electors within the town of Foster, at the November 8, 2022, general electi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-10
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| H7540 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows the director of the department of environmental management to issue an emergency order requiring the temporary or permanent suspension of aquaculture activities in an affected area.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-10
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H8132 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires teachers and coaches of a child as a volunteer or for compensation to comply with criminal records review process.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-10
To Senate Education Committee |
| H7879 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the composition of the home and community care advisory committee.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-02
Committee recommends passage in concurrence |
| H7778 | Engross
Sine Die | Updates the long-term care insurance statute so that it is in conformance with the latest version of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners model.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-02
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| H6673 | Engross
Sine Die | Same as 21H-5082 -- 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] | 2022-06-01
To Senate Education Committee |
| H7528 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides that only facilities located within the state be eligible for licenses to operate as official inspection stations for the inspection of vehicles.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-01
To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| H8139 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the administrator of the division of motor vehicles to prescribe or approve power-of-attorney forms to be used in connection with vehicle registrations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-27
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H7117 | 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] | 2022-05-27
To Senate Education Committee |
| H7716 | Engross
Sine Die | Clarifies that the use of a wireless communication device for the purpose of navigation must be while the device is mounted or otherwise affixed to the vehicle and not held in the motorist’s hand.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-20
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H6674 | Engross
Sine Die | - Prohibits Any Development Of Land Contiguous To The State House Unless Approved By The General Assembly.)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-20
To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| H7740 | Engross
Sine Die | Directs the department of corrections to collect information from individuals entering its custody: sex, race, nativity (country of origin), religion, and level of education.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-20
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H7898 | Engross
Sine Die | Permits the health care advocate to receive confidential health care information with individual patient information but would prohibit the disclosure of the information, except pursuant to judicial process.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-20
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| H7361 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibits the sale, offer of sale, trade or distribution of fur products as defined and would make violations punishable by a civil fine.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-20
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H7777 | Engross
Sine Die | Adopts the National Association of Insurance Commissioners Model Act regarding data security to establish standards for data security and standards for the investigation of and notification to the commissioner of a cybersecurity event.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-20
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| H7780 | Engross
Sine Die | Prevents insurance companies from treating widowed persons differently than married persons when establishing or maintaining an insured's rate or classification respecting the operation of a personal motor vehicle.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-20
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H7411 | Engross
Sine Die | Repeals the provision of the general laws declaring prisoners serving a life sentence civilly dead.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-20
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H7766 | Engross
Sine Die | Changes the location of "State of Rhode Island" and "ocean state" on the registration plates.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-20
To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| H7804 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the conditions upon which a nurse would be exempt from certain licensing requirements to include eligibility to practice before taking and receiving results of the NCLEX exam.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-20
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| H7847 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the definitions of a "Pupil Transportation Vehicle" to be and constructed to seat not more than ten (10) passengers including the operator, rather than the existing limit of eight (8) passengers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-20
To Senate Education Committee |
