| H7742 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the division of motor vehicles from placing on a motorist's driving record, a traffic violation which fine has been paid no longer than thirty (30) days after its issuance. This procedure would only be utilized twice per year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-15
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| S2547 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates a workload study for social caseworkers II in the division of developmental disabilities within BHDDH. The study would be completed within one year and the results reported to the general assembly.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-15
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| S2176 | Intro
Sine Die | SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 --THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT)--STAFFING (Requires all public schools, in grades kindergarten through twelve (K-12), to have at least one full-time certified school social worker for every four hundred (400) studen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-15
To Senate Education Committee |
| H7352 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides a definition within the chapter on "zoning ordinances" for tiny houses and requires these homes to be counted as affordable housing.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-15
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| H7629 | Intro
Sine Die | Entitles correctional officers with twenty-five (25) years of service and who are at least fifty-five (55) years of age to a non-Medicare-eligible retiree health care insurance benefit.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-15
To House Finance Committee |
| H7498 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts active members of the retirement system employed as a state public safety professional and/or a municipal police officer, from the cost to purchase retirement credit for their military service and interest charges.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-15
To House Finance Committee |
| H7836 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits the DMV, in its discretion, to issue digital driver’s license(s) and identification card(s) to be stored on a person's portable electronic device and to be viewed or verified by a person to whom access is allowed.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-15
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| S2364 | Intro
Sine Die | Expands the definition of "qualifying patient" to include any animal having a debilitating medical condition as determined by a veterinarian for purposes of a prescription for medical marijuana.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-15
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2039 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires RIDE to implement a plan ensuring that students enrolled in public schools become climate literate by graduation from high school.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-15
To Senate Education Committee |
| H7376 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits perpetual care fund deposits use as to personnel of cemetery owners/restricts use to care of burial site/monuments/requires detailed annual report effective 1/1/2023.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-15
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| S2566 | Pass | Senate Resolution Expressing Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of Casey J. Contrada
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-15
Senate read and passed |
| S2675 | Pass | Senate Resolution Expressing Deepest Sympathy On The Passing Of Cheryl Ann Skuba
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-15
Senate read and passed |
| S2483 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that portions of the city of Central Falls would be included within the Pawtucket Downtown Redevelopment Project.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-15
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| S2289 | Intro
Sine Die | SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 -- THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT) (Authorizes school administration to issue an out-of-school suspension if student is a threat to safety of students, teachers, or administrators; or guilty of violating school regs o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-15
To Senate Education Committee |
| H7124 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases retirement credits from 1% to 2% of annual salary per-year of service for teachers, state employees, and municipal workers in the Municipal Employees' Retirement System (MERS). Applies to a member's service on and after July 1, 2022.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-15
To House Finance Committee |
| H7239 | Intro
Sine Die | SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97-THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT) (Effective January 1, 2023, the current COLA suspension schedule would be replaced with a fractional annual COLA of twenty-five percent (25%) of the COLA declared for that plan year, as...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-15
To House Finance Committee |
| H6627 | Intro
Sine Die | Same as 21H-6311-For purposes of teachers' retirement benefits, amends the definition "former spouse divorced" to include someone who was married to a deceased member 10+ yrs & deceased member was required by court order to contribute support post-di...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-15
To House Finance Committee |
| H7955 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows cities/towns to exceed max levy cap based on increased valuations as a result of new construction development.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-15
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| H7555 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides state employee public safety professionals with parity to municipal public safety employees in the state/municipal retirement systems eff. 7/1/21 with 10% contribution.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-15
To House Finance Committee |
| H7646 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides a retired teacher with 4% COLA increase for 10 years, reduced by every COLA year received, on the first $60,000 of retirement allowance. After totaling 10 years of adjustments, the annual increase shall be reduced to 3% until death.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-15
To House Finance Committee |
| S2677 | Pass | Senate Resolution Extending Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of Michael Anthony Trofi, Sr.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-15
Senate read and passed |
| H7979 | Pass | House Resolution Expressing Deepest Sympathy On The Passing Of Cheryl Ann Skuba
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-15
House read and passed |
| H6626 | Intro
Sine Die | Same as 21H-5668 --Allows teachers, state and municipal employees to retire upon the earlier of reaching age sixty (60) with thirty (30) years of service or the employee's retirement eligibility date under present state statutes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-15
To House Finance Committee |
| S2371 | Intro
Sine Die | Persons engaged in medical marijuana business to submit to criminal record check. Felon to be denied medical marijuana business license.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-15
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H7977 | Pass | House Resolution Expressing Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of The Honorable Everett R. Littlefield Sr.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-15
House read and passed |
| H7835 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires vehicle owners with electronic vehicle recovery systems to submit affidavit attesting to theft prior to law enforcement contact with provider for aid in locating vehicle.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-15
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| H7978 | Pass | House Resolution Extending Condolences On The Passing Of Leon M. Kayarian
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-15
House read and passed |
| H7497 | Intro
Sine Die | Awards all members of the pension system a three percent (3%) (COLA) if certain conditions are met.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-15
To House Finance Committee |
| S2676 | Pass | Senate Resolution Congratulating The Providence College Basketball Team For Their Outstanding 2021-2022 Season, And Wishing Them Continued Success In The 2022 Ncaa Basketball Tournament
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-15
Senate read and passed |
| H7981 | Pass | House Resolution Congratulating The Providence College Basketball Team For Their Outstanding 2021-2022 Season, And Wishing Them Continued Success In The 2022 Ncaa Basketball Tournament
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-15
House read and passed |
| H7682 | Intro
Sine Die | Limits rent increases to no more than four percent (4%) annually.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-14
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H6636 | Engross
Sine Die | 21H-5694 Sub A/3) --Authorizes municipalities to regulate the use of quadricycle passenger vehicles within their borders, provided there is approval by the local police chief.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-11
To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| H7507 | 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] | 2022-03-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S2071 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires insurance coverage for at minimum ninety (90) days of residential or inpatient services for mental health and/or substance use disorders for American Society of Addiction Medicine levels of care 3.1 and 3.3.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-10
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| H7678 | 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] | 2022-03-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S2383 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the requirement that law enforcement officers issue only warnings of the risks to persons leaving a child under the age of seven (7) unattended in a motor vehicle.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-10
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2122 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows driving and/or operating an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) on public lands that are designated trails for ATVs as provided in the department of environmental management regulations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-10
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2587 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a new program where the per pupil funding, calculated annually by RIDE, would be transferred into a newly created educational funding account run by the children's scholarship fund to pay for educational expenses.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-10
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S2338 | Intro
Sine Die | Mandates the RITBA to design a safety barrier or netting system on the Mount Hope Bridge, the Claiborne Pell Bridge, and the Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge by April 1, 2022, with construction commencing no later than January 1, 2023.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-10
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| H7964 | Pass | House Resolution Extending Congratulations
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-10
House read and passed |
| S2634 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the first Green Justice Zone, a model that may be replicated in future years to ensure that all communities throughout the state have clean air and clean water.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-10
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H7542 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends § 23-18.9-17 to increase the miles of distance to thirty (30) a covered entity can be to an authorized composting facility or anaerobic digestion facility beginning January 1, 2023.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-10
To House Environment and Natural Resources Committee |
| S2602 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts the receipt of child support from being treated as earned income for purposes of Rhode Island Children Works' Program benefits.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-10
To Senate Finance Committee |
| H7966 | Pass | House Resolution Expressing Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of The Honorable Charles R. Mansolillo, Esq.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-10
House read and passed |
| H7504 | Intro
Sine Die | Extends the time period to establish adverse possession of property from (10) years to (20) years for any lands, tenements or hereditaments excepting woodlands or uncultivated tracts, and thirty (30) years for woodlands and uncultivated tracts.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7967 | Pass | House Resolution Expressing Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of The Honorable Keven Alexander Mckenna
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-10
House read and passed |
| S2661 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends open meetings act to allow public bodies to hold in person, virtual or hybrid meetings, and provide for virtual access in cases of a virtual or hybrid meeting. These sections would expire on July 1, 2023.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-10
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H7506 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits the practice of lane splitting by motorcycles.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7412 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes it unlawful to conduct, sponsor, walk, exhibit, or operate a traveling show or circus with that live wild or exotic animals in the State of Rhode Island. Violations would be punished by a fine of up to $500 and up to 30 days in jail.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S2569 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires an electric utility company to bury power lines for all residential customers who have experienced ninety-six (96) or more consecutive hours of power outage, unless the outage was caused by the resident.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-10
To Senate Commerce Committee |
