| H7768 | Intro
Sine Die | Removes the "honorably discharged veteran of the United States Armed Forces" from the veterans' home administrator requirement and would require licensure of such individual through the licensing of nursing home administrators statute.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-09
To House Veterans Affairs Committee |
| H7537 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the council on elementary and secondary education to adopt standards which take into consideration the time and cost of transporting students across municipal boundaries and promotes maximum efficiency in other programs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-09
To House Education Committee |
| H7377 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes elected school committees if a majority of qualified electors of the said city of Providence vote in a special elections before July 1, 2026.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-09
To House Education Committee |
| H6621 | Intro
Sine Die | SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 -- THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT) (Same as 21H-5352 -- Creates a local advisory committee on special education in every school district to advise the school district on matters concerning the unmet needs of students ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-09
To House Education Committee |
| S2046 | Intro
Sine Die | Mandates that all public water providers annually test and generate a report of the level of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in their water supply.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-09
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| H7500 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires individual health insurers, large group health insurers and small employer health insurers to provide coverage for essential health benefits listed in the act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-09
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| H7633 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates a personal care attendant program for minors with disabilities to provide personal care to those individuals and allow family members, inclusive of the minors’ parent, to serve as the individual’s personal care attendant and be compensate...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-09
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| H7295 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates a commission to establish homeless shelter standards through regulations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-09
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| S2436 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes student privacy rights with institutional or personal technology devices and establishes criteria that school officials must follow to access a student's technology device and provides penalties for failure to follow the restrictions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-09
To Senate Education Committee |
| S2047 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires public drinking water suppliers to utilize technologies to remove PFAS from pubic drinking water supplies.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-09
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| S2356 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires a special election to fill a vacancy in the office of secretary of state, attorney general or general treasurer if more than one year is left in the term of office.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-09
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| H7324 | Intro
Sine Die | House Resolution Supporting The Installation Of A "luso-americans Veterans Monument" At The Rhode Island Veterans Memorial Cemetery
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-09
To House Veterans Affairs Committee |
| H7558 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires insurance carriers, nonprofit hospital service plans, nonprofit medical service corporations and HMOs to cover costs of breast ultrasounds and/or MRI breast exams for person receiving notice of dense breast tissue.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-09
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| S2128 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the current law on limited partnerships contained in chapter 13 of title 7 and replaces the repealed chapter with the Uniform Limited Partnership Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-08
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2098 | Intro
Sine Die | Eliminates the notarization requirement of various certificates filed by insurance companies.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-08
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H7267 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows hairdressers to have apprentices. After a two (2) year apprenticeship, the apprentice would be eligible to apply for a hairdresser license pursuant to § 5-10-8.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-08
To House Corporations Committee |
| S2126 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits insurance companies from considering the zip code of the insured or the zip code of any insured real property or the zip code where any insured property is stored or garaged in determining casualty insurance rates.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-08
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H7582 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the department of transportation to establish a schedule of all landscaping and mowing of lawns on state roads, and provide a copy of said schedule to the department of public works in any city or town where the state road is located.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-08
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| H7959 | Pass | House Resolution Extending Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of Martha D. Quinn
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-08
House read and passed |
| H7586 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that the secretary of EOHHS, the secretary of commerce of the commerce corporation and the commissioners of elementary and secondary education and postsecondary education be appointed subject to the approval of the senate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-08
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| H7476 | Intro
Sine Die | Directs PUC to amend its regulations by extending utility termination moratorium period from April 15 to May 1 of each year. It wouldn't affect suspension of service termination & collection action authorized during the COVID emergency.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-08
To House Corporations Committee |
| S2559 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits the settlor of a trust to designate a trust director who shall be a person, other than the trustee, to direct actions relative to a trust and pursuant to any power of direction.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-08
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H7960 | Pass | House Resolution Expressing Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of Robert Ricci
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-08
House read and passed |
| H7371 | Intro
Sine Die | Prevents the consideration of an applicant's credit history in determining automobile insurance rates.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-08
To House Corporations Committee |
| S2149 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows businesses that had an insurance policy in place for business interruption as of March 9, 2019 to recover from their insurance companies for a COVID-19 business impact.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-08
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2111 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that if an insured has one or more motor vehicles with uninsured motorist’s coverage, the insured is permitted to collect up to the aggregate amount of coverage for all vehicles covered by the insurance policies.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-08
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S2426 | Pass | Senate Resolution Expressing Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of Dolores C. Falaguerra
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-08
Senate read and passed |
| H7837 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows condominium associations to increase assessments to unit owners for necessary expenses without the constraints of budget caps present in some condominium documents.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-08
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| H7961 | Pass | House Resolution Proclaiming March As "colorectal Cancer Awareness Month" In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-08
House read and passed |
| H7518 | Intro
Sine Die | House Resolution Urging The Federal Government To Pursue A Broad Range Of Measures To Reduce The Danger Of Nuclear War, To Sign And Ratify The Treaty On The Prohibition Of Nuclear Weapons (tpnw), To Make Nuclear Disarmament The Centerpiece Of Our Nat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-08
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| H7516 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that all agencies final rules, promulgated pursuant to the administrative procedures act, be approved by general assembly action, but in no case later than December 31st of the year it is promulgated before it can become effective.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-08
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| H7533 | Intro
Sine Die | Directs the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority to alter bus route 58.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-08
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| S2561 | Pass | Senate Resolution Recognizing March 8, 2022, As "international Women's Day" In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-08
Senate read and passed |
| S2563 | Pass | Senate Resolution Expressing Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of Verna Cardente
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-08
Senate read and passed |
| H7517 | Intro
Sine Die | Adds active firefighters and police officers or officers from their respective union to the retirement board.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-08
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| S2498 | Pass | Senate Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of Howard Jeffrey Melish, Esq.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-08
Senate read and passed |
| S2427 | Pass | Senate Resolution Expressing Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of Vicente "vinny" Correia
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-08
Senate read and passed |
| S2499 | Pass | Senate Resolution Joyously Celebrating The 100th Birthday Of Ms. Dorabelle Smith On February 21, 2022, And Thanking Her For Her Service To Our Nation
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-08
Senate read and passed |
| S2390 | Pass | Senate Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study And Review The Cost And Status Of The State Of Rhode Island Owned, Vacant, And Abandoned Properties And Provide Recommendations For Methods To Mitigate The Associated Expenses (crea...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-08
Senate read and passed |
| S2562 | Pass | Senate Resolution Respectfully Requesting The Rhode Island Department Of Human Services To Use Its Regulatory Authority To Immediately Reduce Family Copayments For The Child Care Assistance Program
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-08
Senate read and passed |
| H7530 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates an income-sensitive tiered subsidy program to ensure that home energy utility costs are affordable for eligible low-income households.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-08
To House Corporations Committee |
| S2555 | Pass | Senate Resolution Extending Condolences On The Passing Of The Honorable Matteo D. Castigliego
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-08
Senate read and passed |
| S2558 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the budget amounts of the office of health and human services for other programs and restricted receipts and establishes a restricted receipts account entitled "HCBS Enhanced FMAP".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-08
To Senate Finance Committee |
| H7532 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates an exception to the requirements of § 39-18-4.2, which requires preparation of a neighborhood impact statement and a public hearing for alteration of a bus route and would direct the RIPTA to alter bus route 58 and bus route 27.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-08
To House Corporations Committee |
| H7156 | Intro
Sine Die | House Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study The Manner In Which Health Insurance, Disability Insurance, Unemployment Insurance, Retirement Plans And Other Traditional Employer Provided Benefits Are Accorded To Uber And Lyft Dr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-08
To House Corporations Committee |
| H7524 | Intro
Sine Die | Declaration or bylaws requiring approval would be approved if not recorded in 60 days.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-08
To House Corporations Committee |
| H7527 | Intro
Sine Die | Enables Rhode Island licensed new motor vehicle dealers to conduct vehicle identification number inspections.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-08
To House Corporations Committee |
| S2276 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that electrical distribution companies submit a time of use rate plan to the PUC setting forth high and on-demand times. The time of use rate plans are to be implemented on or before January 1, 2023.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-08
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| H7529 | Intro
Sine Die | Limits a rate increase by any gas distribution company to the lesser of five and one-half percent (5.5%) annually or the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-08
To House Corporations Committee |
| S2104 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires all persons or entities collecting social security and other personal identification numbers to create and publicly display a privacy protection policy. Violations of this requirement would incur a civil penalty of five-hundred dollars ($500...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-08
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
