| S0550 | Intro
Sine Die | Expands the definition of a minority business and allows corporation to allocate more than 20k to a small business development fund.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) |
| S1011 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the department of children, youth and families (DCYF) to conduct periodic comprehensive needs assessments to determine whether the department’s programs and services meet the needs of children and families
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
Senate passed Sub A |
| S1076 | Pass | 1) UP TO $167,460,000 IS FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND (2) UP TO $55,000,000 IS FOR A NEW PUBLIC SAFETY COMPLEX (Authorizes the town of North Kingstown to issue bonds in the amount of $...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
Signed by Governor |
| S0592 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides that water utility companies be responsible for all costs associated with maintenance, operation and delivery of water pumping stations to individual parcels of land and schools with no pumping stations on the property.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
Senate read and passed |
| H6386 | Pass | $1,250,000) TO FINANCE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO ITS WATER SYSTEM (Authorizes the Stone Bridge Fire District in the town of Tiverton to issue bonds to an amount not exceeding one million two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($1,250,000).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H5676 | Pass | Amends the retention of x-ray statute by eliminating retention for the life of the individual to retention for whatever period is required by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
Signed by Governor |
| S0258 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides for an appropriation by the general assembly in the amount of two million dollars ($2,000,000) to the various school districts and municipalities to employ additional social workers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
Senate read and passed |
| S0385 | Engross
Sine Die | Permits the substitution of advertising the voter registration deadline in a newspaper by posting notice of designations on the municipality's website, continuously, for at least 10 days leading up to the last day prescribed by law.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
Senate read and passed |
| H6449 | Pass | House Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Review And Provide Recommendations For Policies That Deal With Numerous Economic And Social Short-term Rentals Issues Concurrently (creates A 15 Member Commission To Review And Provide Rec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
House read and passed |
| S0064 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides that the permanent foundation educational aid program would provide state funding for school-based mental health services pursuant to specified conditions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
Senate read and passed |
| S0561 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates $1,875,000 for the creation of a 9-8-8 suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline within the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals (BHDDH).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
Senate read and passed |
| H6528 | Pass | House Resolution Proclaiming June 13th To Be "professional Wrestling Day” In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
House read and passed |
| H5552 | Pass | Provides that no employee or agent of the department of health participate in any healthcare facility inspection if the employee or agent has, in the past two (2) years, had an ownership or employment or consultant interest in the facility.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
Signed by Governor |
| H6527 | Pass | House Resolution Honoring And Congratulating Marta Aparicio On Her Accomplishments
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
House read and passed |
| S0982 | Pass | $1,250,000) TO FINANCE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO ITS WATER SYSTEM (Authorizes the Stone Bridge Fire District in the town of Tiverton to issue bonds to an amount not exceeding one million two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($1,250,000).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H6526 | Pass | House Resolution Congratulating Sherry Pocknett On Earning The Coveted Honor Of Attaining The James Beard "best Chef Northeast" Award
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
House read and passed |
| H6525 | Pass | House Resolution Congratulating The 2023 Providence Public High Schools Graduating Class
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
House read and passed |
| S0942 | Pass | Requires that the administrator for the Rhode Island veterans' home be a licensed nursing home administrator and removes the requirement that the administrator be an honorably discharged veteran.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
Signed by Governor |
| H6529 | Pass | House Resolution Recognizing "juneteenth National Freedom Day" On June 19, 2023
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
House read and passed |
| H6531 | Pass | House Resolution Extending Congratulations
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
House read and passed |
| H6530 | Pass | House Resolution Expressing Condolences
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
House read and passed |
| H6524 | Pass | House Resolution Respectfully Requesting The Office Of The Health Insurance Commissioner To Study, Publicly Report Data On, And Provide Recommendations For, Addressing The Critical Inadequacy Of Access To Behavioral Health Services In Rhode Island's ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
House read and passed |
| S0571 | Engross
Sine Die | Increases the personal needs allowances of nursing facility residents from fifty dollars ($50.00) to one hundred dollars ($100) per month.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
Senate passed Sub A |
| S0725 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a safe and reasonable regulatory framework for companies and drivers providing non-emergency medical transportation services to a population of vulnerable passengers through coordination with the state's health and human service agencies.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S0080 | Engross
Sine Die | Increases the state earned-income credit as of January 1, 2024 to sixteen percent (16%) of the federal earned-income credit, not to exceed the amount of state income tax.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
Senate read and passed |
| S0980 | Pass | Authorizing The Town Of Barrington To Finance The Construction, Improvement, Renovation, Alteration, Furnishing And Equipping Of Public Schools And School Facilities In The Town And All Expenses Incident Thereto Including, But Not Limited To, Costs O...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
Signed by Governor |
| S0795 | Engross
Sine Die | Joint Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Write An Olmstead Plan For Rhode Island (creates A Twenty-eight (28) Member Special Legislative Commission Whose Purpose It Is To Write An Olmstead Plan For Ri, And Who Reports Back To The...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
Senate read and passed |
| S0757 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the composition of the small business advocacy council to permanently provide for the vacancy of three unappointed seats.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) |
| S0317 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the definition of "low and moderate income housing" to include housing secured by a federal government voucher or subsidy.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| H5761 | Pass | Removes the sunset provision relative to mediation coverage prior to mortgage foreclosures.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
Signed by Governor |
| H5466 | Pass | Requires administrator of Rhode Island veterans' home to possess a nursing home administrator license.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
Signed by Governor |
| S0500 | Engross
Sine Die | Permits residents on ponds in Coventry with a capacity in excess of 170 acres of water, to alter, repair, modify, or replace a dock on the pond by seeking approval only from DEM and the town of Coventry.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
To House Environment and Natural Resources Committee |
| H5443 | 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] | 2023-06-14
Committee recommends passage in concurrence |
| S0880 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides that in the town of Warwick, no separate class or zoning district be assigned or designated based solely upon a scenic view. No property in particular class/zoning district be assessed increased rate from other properties because of scenic v...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
Senate read and passed |
| H5755 | Pass | Replaces terms "mentally retarded"/"retarded" or "alcoholic"/"drug abuser" used in general laws with "intellectual and/or developmental disability" or "person with an intellectual and/or developmental disability" or "person with substance use disorde...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
Signed by Governor |
| H5687 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends provisions of law relative to the disclosure of confidential healthcare information and records and the disclosure thereof occurring through electronic means.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-13
Committee recommends passage in concurrence |
| H5282 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes a pharmacist to prescribe and dispense hormonal contraceptives, provided that the pharmacist has completed a training program approved by the state board of pharmacy.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-13
House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) |
| H6423 | Pass | House Resolution Respectfully Requesting The Department Of Administration And The Office Of Information Technology To Review And Evaluate The Use And Development Of Artificial Intelligence (ai) And Automated Decision Systems And Provide Recommendatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-13
House passed Sub A |
| H5043 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides that adjunct faculty members at any state college or university who teach at least 50% of the hours regularly worked by full-time faculty in a semester would be eligible for the same medical benefits as other state employees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-13
House passed Sub A |
| H5953 | Engross
Sine Die | Designate a fishing site at Black Point in Narragansett as the "Stephen J. Medeiros Fishing Area at Black Point".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-13
Committee recommends passage in concurrence |
| S0917 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the state’s apprenticeship laws to make them more consistent with applicable federal regulations and makes said laws more comprehendible and consistent with each other.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-13
Committee recommends passage |
| S0926 | Intro
Sine Die | Defines a used part and creates standards for use of used parts in damaged motor vehicles, for motor vehicle replacement parts.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-13
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H5503 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires DMV to make, for persons with autism, a operator's license that is clearly marked "autism", decals that are clearly marked "autism" to be affixed to the vehicle, and blue envelopes that provide written information.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-13
To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| S0772 | Intro
Sine Die | Replaces the coastal resources management council with a state department of coastal resources and transfers all of the powers and duties between the two (2) authorities. It also creates a non-binding advisory committee to replace CRMC.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-13
Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| S1115 | Pass | Senate Resolution Commemorating The 5th Annual "state Day Of The Cooperative" On June 13, 2023, In Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-13
Senate read and passed |
| S1109 | Pass | Senate Resolution Congratulating Tammy Lemieux On Being Named The 2023 "district Teacher Of The Year" By The Cumberland School Department
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-13
Senate read and passed |
| H6516 | Intro
Sine Die | Charges the EOHHS with the responsibility to fund and administer the Health Equity Zone Initiative by engaging community members and partners to improve health outcomes for all Rhode Islanders.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-13
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| H5362 | Engross
Sine Die | Increases the amount of time of notice a residential landlord must give to a tenant prior to any rent increase.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-13
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S1117 | Pass | Senate Resolution Congratulating Coach Brian Allen Of Burrillville On Being Inducted Into The National Wrestling Hall Of Fame
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-13
Senate read and passed |
| H6483 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes standards governing the municipal regulation of outdoor dining at food service establishments.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-13
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
