| S2783 | Intro
Sine Die | Comprehensively regulates the practices of third-party litigation financers in Rhode Island to provide transparency in litigation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-19
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2062 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the state earned-income credit as of January 1, 2023, to eighteen percent (18%) of the federal earned-income credit, not to exceed the amount of state income tax.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-19
To Senate Finance Committee |
| H7493 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts from taxation the sale, storage, use, or other consumption of COVID-19 take home tests.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-19
To House Finance Committee |
| S2186 | Intro
Sine Die | Eliminates the sales tax on taxi services and pet care services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-19
To Senate Finance Committee |
| H7181 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the executive office of health and human services (EOHHS) to utilize current Medicaid waiver funds to provide coverage for supporting housing for the homeless.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-19
To House Finance Committee |
| H8057 | Intro
Sine Die | Imposes restrictions on residential developments. Changes affordability limits for household income for eligible renters and owners. Defines first generation homebuyer. Creates a restricted receipt account for fees generated by this section.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-19
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| H8231 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifies that qualification to vote in elections of the Kingston Fire District extends to those residents of the District qualified to vote in the town of South Kingstown elections.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-19
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| H7442 | Intro
Sine Die | Provide for abortion coverage in the Medicaid program and repeals the abortion coverage exclusion for state employee insurance plans.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-19
To House Finance Committee |
| H7631 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires every individual or group health insurance contract effective on or after January 1, 2023, to provide coverage to the insured and the insured's spouse and dependents for all FDA-approved contraceptive drugs, devices and other products.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-19
To House Finance Committee |
| S2508 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides only licensed attorney can be title insurance agents and determine insurability/marketability. Prohibits discounted insurance premiums and fee sharing with unlicensed agents and attorneys.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-19
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H8119 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a universal, comprehensive, affordable single-payer health care insurance program and helps control health care costs, which would be referred to as, "the Rhode Island Comprehensive Health Insurance Program" (RICHIP).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-19
To House Finance Committee |
| S2894 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a community mental health services revolving fund, to help fund the construction and renovation of facilities to provide mental health services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-19
To Senate Finance Committee |
| H7443 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the coverage eligibility for any pregnant person for Medicaid from an income level of 250% of the federal poverty level to 400% of the federal poverty level and provides full health insurance coverage for pregnant people.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-19
To House Finance Committee |
| S2435 | Intro
Sine Die | Reduces the usury rate to twelve percent (12%).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-19
Committee recommended Substitute A be held for further study |
| H8269 | Intro
Sine Die | Imposes a requirement that, after June 1, 2022, the hours of operation of a compassion center be subject to approval by affirmative vote of the city or town council where it is located.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-19
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| S2949 | Intro
Sine Die | Removes the statute of limitations for actions based on sexual abuse or exploitation of a child and would make eligible previously time barred actions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-18
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2842 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires publishers to provide electronic book licenses to libraries and schools on reasonable terms, when a publisher offers to license electronic books and digital audiobooks to the public in Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-18
Committee recommends passage |
| H8133 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates task force to study the issue of PFAS in firefighter gear, to monitor development of alternatives to this gear, develop timeline for replacing gear statewide and to develop strategy for funding the replacement gear from state or federal funds...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-18
To House Environment and Natural Resources Committee |
| H7616 | Intro
Sine Die | Renames the Office of Healthy Aging to The Department of Healthy Aging, restructures the administration and delivery of services, and expands the authority of its director in various ways.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-17
To House Finance Committee |
| H7293 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes revolving school bus driver incentive fund for use by school districts to hire/retain bus drivers/monitors with initial grant of $5,000,000 from COVID-19 response funds.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-17
To House Finance Committee |
| S2792 | Intro
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] | 2022-05-17
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2658 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows cities and towns to create ordinances to regulate use and sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-17
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2557 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires public bodies to offer translation services for all open meetings of said bodies.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-17
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H7486 | Intro
Sine Die | SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 -- THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-17
To House Finance Committee |
| S2754 | Intro
Sine Die | Effective July 1, 2022, entitles environmental police officers to the benefits provided by chapter 45-21.2 entitled "Optional retirement for members of police force and firefighters."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-17
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2703 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes general caseload limits for DCYF workers similar to those contained in the Council on Accreditation standards.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-17
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H7754 | Intro
Sine Die | Extends the expiration of the Historic Preservation Tax Credits program from June 30, 2022 to June 30, 2023.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-17
To House Finance Committee |
| S2510 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes use of "automated speed enforcement system" (speed cameras) throughout the state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-17
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2117 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the sale or offer for sale of any flavored electronic nicotine delivery system.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-17
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2797 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes penalties for vehicles exceeding twenty-five thousand pounds (25,000 lbs) gross vehicle weight and requires certain civil penalties to be paid to the enforcing municipality.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-17
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H8091 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides local education agencies (LEAs) hiring site-based specialists for reading and math to receive state reimbursement based on enrollment and specific guidelines.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-17
To House Finance Committee |
| S2312 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that in determining local school aid, the state would annually provide each community no less than an amount equal to the aid given in the preceding fiscal year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-17
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2054 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts the trade-in value of pickup trucks under eight thousand one hundred pounds (8,100 lbs.) gross weight, used exclusively for personal use, from sales tax.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-17
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2650 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides for municipal and state police authorities to utilize automated license plate readers. Further, it identifies what data may be collected and defines how the data can be used.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-17
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H7440 | Intro
Sine Die | Adds one new income tax bracket for purposes of state income taxation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-17
To House Finance Committee |
| H8095 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes members of an individual's family and legally responsible adults to receive payment for delivering home and community based services to developmentally disabled adults and children with special needs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-17
To House Finance Committee |
| H7237 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the income limits for disabled individuals to one hundred eighty percent (180%) of the federal poverty level to qualify for medical assistance coverage.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-17
To House Finance Committee |
| H8212 | Intro
Sine Die | Extends teacher certifications without fee or penalty for three (3) years for teachers who hold certifications as of July 1, 2022.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-17
To House Finance Committee |
| S2867 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes city of Woonsocket to extend exemption or stabilizing of taxes on qualifying property located in designated districts in the city to 20 years to facilitate economic development within the city. The current law provides for a 10 year period...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-17
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| S2064 | Intro
Sine Die | Raises the amount of life insurance the state would provide at no charge to Rhode Island National Guard members called up for federal duty to five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-17
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2902 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the procedures and requirements for the licensing of youth camps.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-17
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2905 | Intro
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] | 2022-05-17
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2453 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows members of the retirement system who served in the national guard or reserves and who qualify as veterans to purchase retirement service credits.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-17
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2903 | Intro
Sine Die | Enables Rhode Island licensed new motor vehicle dealers to conduct vehicle identification number inspections.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-17
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2745 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires national and state background checks for certain drivers transporting passengers for hire.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-16
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| S2717 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits certain providers of digital application distribution platforms from requiring that payments for the software application be made exclusively through a particular in-application payment system.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-16
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H7795 | Intro
Sine Die | Mandates that health insurance companies and Medicaid provide coverage for mental illness related to COVID-19.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-16
To House Finance Committee |
| H8253 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the term "extraordinary costs" for the purposes of excess costs associated with special education students. The new definition of extraordinary costs would be educational costs that are over 3 times the average statewide special education cost...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-13
To House Finance Committee |
| H8252 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the division of motor vehicles to develop a form for registration of and a license plate for commercial fishing motor vehicles.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-13
To House Finance Committee |
| S2227 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the potential appointment of pro bono attorneys, supervised law students and from a list maintained by the DEM to act as animal advocates in animal cruelty and abuse cases, at the court's discretion, to serve the interests of justice.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
