| S2208 | Pass | Authorizes the town of Coventry to provide for the payment of sewer assessments in installments up to a thirty year period.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-07-06
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S3028 | Pass | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation To Pay Certain Claims
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-07-06
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S3031 | Pass | Allows the city council of the city of Warwick to enact ordinances authorizing the Warwick police department to impounded off-road non-registered vehicles that are unlawfully used on public streets.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-07-06
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S2671 | Pass | Authorizes administrator DMV to issue special license plates to Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-07-06
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S3036 | Pass | Eliminates the exemption for firefighters from having to complete a road safety test in order to obtain a commercial driver’s license.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-07-06
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S3020 | Pass | Authorizes the administrator of the division of motor vehicles to make available a special registration motor vehicle plate for the Beavertail Lighthouse Museum Association.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-07-06
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S3038 | Pass | Authorizes and ratifies the action of the North Providence town council which reapportions and redistricts its voting wards based on the most recent federal decennial census.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-07-06
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S3037 | Pass | Amends the North Providence town charter so that, commencing on January 3, 2023, the annual salary for town council members, increases from eight thousand dollars ($8,000) to fourteen thousand four hundred dollars ($14,400).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-07-06
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S2956 | Pass | Allows town of Middletown employees hired after June 30, 2022, various options relating to enrollment in the town's defined contribution plan up to and including December 31, 2022.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-07-06
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S2169 | Pass | SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 - THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT) (Extends the time period to for all teachers to demonstrate proficiency in knowledge and practices of scientific reading and structured literary instruction from the 2023-2024 school ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-07-06
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S2959 | Pass | Authorizes the City of East Providence to issue bonds and notes in an amount not exceeding $148,000,000 to finance the construction, renovation, improvement, alteration, repair furnishing and equipping of schools and school facilities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-07-06
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S3014 | Pass | Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of Cape Verdean Museum Exhibit, located in Pawtucket.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-07-06
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S2960 | Pass | Authorizes the town of Middletown to issue not more than $235,000,000 bonds and notes to finance the construction, renovation, improvement, alteration, repair, landscaping, furnishing and equipping of new elementary, middle and high schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-07-06
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S2248 | Pass | Creates a special license plate for the not for profit Atlantic Shark Institute.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-07-06
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S2974 | Pass | Approves Warwick city charter amendments increasing mayor's term of office from 2 to 4 yrs, limited to 2 consecutive terms limiting council members to 6 consecutive 2 yr. terms effective 1/1/25 subject to general/special election voter approval.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-07-06
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S2481 | Pass | Amends membership of the RI Housing Resources Act of 1998 Commission to exclude a representative of the insurers and replace it with a representative of a Rhode Island city or town with a population below 25,000 with a median family income of 40,000.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-07-06
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S3061 | Pass | Creates a special motor vehicle registration plate for The Rose Island Lighthouse Foundation, Inc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-07-06
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S2527 | Pass | Amends the Gender Inclusive Restroom Act to have a municipality apply to the state building code standard committee for a waiver in the case of undue burden with compliance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-07-06
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S3062 | Pass | Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of Sophia Academy, San Miguel Education Center, and Community Preparatory School, Inc., all of which are located in the city of Providence.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-07-06
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S2907 | Pass | Grants the Providence board of licenses the authority to exempt from the provisions of the laws concerning the proximity of a Class B license retailer to schools and churches, property located at 12 Governor Street in the city of Providence.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-07-06
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S3008 | Pass | Authorizes the city of Warwick to issue up to $350,000,000 general obligation bonds, to finance the construction, renovation, improvement, and equipping of two new high schools and school facilities to replace Pilgrim and Tollgate High School.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-07-06
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S3006 | Pass | Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of Manissean Tribal Council, a Rhode Island nonprofit corporation, located in the town of New Shoreham, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-07-06
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S3009 | Pass | Authorizes the town of Narragansett to issue up to $20,000,000 general obligation bonds, notes and other indebtedness to finance the improvement, replacement, construction, and repair of roadways, sidewalks, drains, and buildings.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-07-06
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S2908 | Pass | Eliminates DOH food license fee for Class C liquor license holders provided they are in compliance with the provisions of § 3-7-8(b) relating to the types of pre-packaged foods prepared off the premises that may be served with alcoholic beverages.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-07-06
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S2277 | Pass | Provides that the members of the board of the Block Island Utility Commission be reimbursed for the actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-07-06
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S2962 | Pass | Changes the annual financial town meeting date for Town of Scituate to the first Tuesday in the month of June starting in the calendar year 2024.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-07-05
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S2652 | Pass | Eliminates the requirement that a member of the labor relations board not be a holder of any other public office.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-07-05
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S2993 | Pass | Exempts the property located at 777 Elmwood Avenue, Providence, Rhode Island from the provisions of this section in order to hold a Class BL license.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-07-05
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S2838 | Pass | Requires the commissioner to update the status of Providence school district and requires the commissioner to update the turnaround plan released June 23, 2020.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-07-02
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S2141 | Pass | Minimum number of specialty registration plate sets be reduced to 150 and nonrefundable fee paid by sponsoring nonprofit entity be calculated by subtracting the actual number of sets ordered from 600 and then multiplying the remainder by sum of $22.5...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-07-02
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S2551 | Pass | Defines "construction worker" and provides for wage and benefits in accordance with chapter 13 of title 37.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-07-02
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S2906 | Pass | Requires a purchaser of a catalytic converter to obtain a copy of the registration for the vehicle from which the catalytic converter was removed and provide the information to law enforcement.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-30
Signed by Governor |
| S2421 | Pass | Authorizes the issuance of special motor vehicle registration plates for the Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RISPCA).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-30
Signed by Governor |
| S2556 | Pass | Establishes the implementation of trauma-informed practices in schools throughout the state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-30
Signed by Governor |
| S2333 | Pass | Ensures that all hospitals and hospital-owned professional practices accept payment for all-inclusive elderly care which is no more than one hundred (100%) of what Medicare would pay for the same services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-30
Signed by Governor |
| S2957 | Pass | Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of RI Public Health Foundation, and any other entity formed in conjunction with, or to facilitate the acquisition of properties of, Rhode Island Public Health Foundation in Providence.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-30
Effective without Governor's signature |
| S3040 | Pass | Requires a school committee or the governing body of a charter or private school to submit the identity of any teacher terminated for cause to the Rhode Island department of education.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-30
Signed by Governor |
| S2961 | Pass | Authorizes the city of Newport and the town of Middletown to establish a regional school district.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-30
Signed by Governor |
| S3042 | Pass | Joint Resolution Relating To Public Corporation Debt Management (this Joint Resolution Would Authorize Approval Of Financing In An Amount Not To Exceed Three Hundred Fifty-six Million Dollars ($356,000,000) For Construction Of A New Apartment Style R...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-30
Signed by Governor |
| S3044 | Pass | Permits multi-family rental apartment units to be built as part of a comprehensive plan and to be included in the calculation of low or moderate income housing.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-30
Signed by Governor |
| S2578 | Pass | Mandates department of education and AG to publish data on school resource officers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-30
Signed by Governor |
| S3049 | Pass | Requires the office of housing and community development to prepare and annual report on Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-30
Signed by Governor |
| S3050 | Pass | Provides that the Rhode Island housing resources commission would promulgate regulations for the selection and appointment of approved monitoring agents to oversee affordable housing units.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-30
Signed by Governor |
| S3048 | Pass | Provides for the establishment of the repurposing of vacant and unused school and other municipal buildings for affordable housing program, within the Rhode Island housing corporation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-30
Signed by Governor |
| S3046 | Pass | Revises the comprehensive permitting process and the appeals process in regard to low and moderate income housing. It also adds two (2) additional alternates to the state housing appeals board.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-30
Signed by Governor |
| S3045 | Pass | Amends the composition of the state housing appeals board by adding one member from the Center for Justice and one member Direct Action for Rights and Equality, as well as two (2) alternates selected by the governor.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-30
Signed by Governor |
| S2761 | Pass | Require if last day for suspension hearing of physician/limited registrant's license fall on Sat./Sun./legal holiday, hearing held on 1st business day thereafter.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-30
Signed by Governor |
| S2705 | Pass | Codifies in the general laws the standards of conduct for notaries public in the state of Rhode Island by the secretary of state which came into effect on April 3, 2020. Takes effect on July 1, 2021; sunsets and expires on July 1, 2023.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-30
Signed by Governor |
| S2953 | Pass | Allows high school students receiving state Silver/Gold Seal of Biliteracy to earn 2 to 4 semesters of college credit toward minor/major in language at public university/community college if requested within 3 yrs. after high school graduation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-30
Signed by Governor |
| S2746 | Pass | Updates and clarifies various insurance statutes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-30
Signed by Governor |
