| H7880 | Pass | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- DISCLOSURE OF PRICES -- MEDICAL FACILITY ITEMS - Provides a procedure requiring that healthcare facilities maintain a list with all standard charges for all Medical facility items.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-29
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H7324 | Pass | TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES - Removes basement area from the calculation of floor area ratios in relation to the provisions that a zoning ordinance may address.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-29
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H7264 | Pass | INSURANCE -- MOTOR VEHICLE REPLACEMENT PARTS - Prohibits insurance companies from refusing to use after market parts that are greater than 48 months and less than 72 months from the date of manufacture, provided the repairer has written consent from ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-29
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H7507 | Pass | INSURANCE -- UNFAIR CLAIMS SETTLEMENT PRACTICES ACT - Provides that any insurer refusing to honor a "direction to pay" executed by an insured for payment on a property damage benefit would constitute an unfair claims practice.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-29
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H7730 | Pass | FISH AND WILDLIFE -- BIRDS - Allows the taking of wild turkeys by using a crossbow in compliance with rules and regulations promulgated by DEM.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-29
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H7952 | Pass | COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR ACTIONS -- ARBITRATION - Spells out additional notice provisions, fees and costs of the arbitration process, from initiation to default provisions and potential court sanctions for breach of the a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-29
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H7271 | Pass | COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS -- FAMILY COURT - Provides that a magistrate of the family court has the power and authority to hear contested divorce matters.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-29
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H8103 | Pass | EDUCATION -- SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS - Permit school districts to use release days for professional development; provided that, instruction time meets the yearly requirement of one thousand eighty (1,080) school hours.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-29
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H7753 | Pass | TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION - Exempts the tangible personal property of Northwest Community Health Care d/b/a WellOne Primary Medical and Dental Care from taxation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-29
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H7060 | Pass | PARKS AND RECREATIONAL AREAS -- GENERAL PROVISIONS - Designates Sapowet Marsh Management Area, comprised of two hundred ninety-six (296) acres, more or less, located within the town of Tiverton and Sapowet Cove as open space to be utilized for passiv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-29
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H7465 | Pass | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- TOURISM AND DEVELOPMENT - Requires hosting platforms offering short-term rental of residential property for tourist or transient use to disclose on listings the current, valid registration number and its expiration dat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-29
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H8094 | Pass | EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS - Waives, for one year, the Rhode Island whole grain requirement for meals served in Rhode Island public schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-29
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H7787 | Pass | COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- RHODE ISLAND DATA TRANSPARENCY AND PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT - Creates the Rhode Island Data Transparency and Privacy Protect Act for data privacy protections for the personal data of the citizens of Rh...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-29
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H7109 | Pass | TOWNS AND CITIES -- REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS - Adds the city of Central Falls as exempt from taxation for property acquired by an agency for redevelopment purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-29
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H7204 | Pass | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH - Designates, for fiscal year 2025, the usage for certain funds within the immunization account.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-28
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H7162 | Pass | PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT - Permits those other residents of a residential dwelling unit to extend the term of the rental agreement for a period not to exceed three (3) months after the death of the lessee.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-28
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H8119 | Pass | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- LOW-SPEED VEHICLES - Provides that low-speed vehicles may be operated on limited access highways, state highways, through highways and public highways or roadways provided the speed limit on the highways and roadways is no...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-28
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H8175 | Pass | TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION - Gives the city of Woonsocket the authority to establish by ordinance, exemptions from taxation on real and personal property for different classifications of individuals including, but not limited to, the el...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-28
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H8337 | Pass | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation To Pay Certain Claims (makes Appropriation To Pay Certain Claims.)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-28
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H8013 | Pass | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL CODE PROVISIONS - Includes "Kei cars" or "Kei trucks" as having restricted public highway use and those vehicles validly registered as of August 1, 2021, would not be denied renewal of that registra...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-28
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H7660 | Pass | TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION - Exempts from taxation real and tangible personal property classified as industrial and would extend the exemption period from ten (10) years to twenty (20) years.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-28
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H8254 | Pass | ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES - Exempts the Downtown Overlay District from the provisions of this section allowing for the city of Woonsocket shall, after application, to have the authority to exempt from the provisions of this section any p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-28
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H8275 | Pass | ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES - Authorizes the city of Providence to issue a BV alcoholic beverage license for the premises located at 1230 Elmwood Avenue.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-28
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H8176 | Pass | TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES - Authorizes reassessment of taxes on new construction from the date of issuance of the certificate of occupancy or the date it is first used, whichever is the earlier.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-28
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H7702 | Pass | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTHCARE FACILITIES - Requires hospitals to screen uninsured patients for public assistance and creates a pilot program for out of hospital service upon expiration of similar federal program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-28
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H8061 | Pass | TOWNS AND CITIES -- CITY HOUSING AUTHORITIES - Establishes the composition of the housing authority for the city of Central Falls.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-28
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H8331 | Pass | Vacate The Forfeiture Or Revocation Of The Charter Of The Kent Office Condominium Association, Inc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-28
Effective without Governor's signature |
| H7291 | Pass | EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION WORKFORCE DATA ACT - Codifies the previously funded Rhode Island early care and education workforce registry data system.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-26
Signed by Governor |
| H7446 | Pass | FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT - Substitutes the current lists of controlled substances in the general laws with the current version of title 21 of the code of federal regulations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-26
Signed by Governor |
| H7086 | Pass | PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- VEGETATION MANAGEMENT FOR ELECTRIC SYSTEM RELIABILITY - Requires an electric distribution company to develop and act pursuant to a vegetation management plan approved by the DPUC to carry out vegetation management act...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-26
Signed by Governor |
| H8354 | Pass | Joint Resolution Extending The Reporting And Expiration Dates And Amending The Purpose And Membership Of The Special Joint Legislative Commission To Study And Provide Recommendations To Protect Our Environment And Natural Resources From Plastic Bottl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-26
Signed by Governor |
| H7505 | Pass | FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE RHODE ISLAND CANNABIS ACT - Permits hybrid cannabis cultivators to advertise regarding cannabis products during the transitional period.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-26
Signed by Governor |
| H7559 | Pass | EDUCATION -- DISTRICT CHARTER SCHOOL - Requires that certain quarterly reports required to be filed by district charter schools, mayoral academies and independent charter schools be submitted to the commissioner of elementary and secondary education.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-26
Signed by Governor |
| H8355 | Pass | SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES - Allows the Halona Woodson to join the Honorable Brianna E. Henries and Jarod Radigan in marriage on August 8, 2024, within the Town of Jamestown, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-26
Signed by Governor |
| H8343 | Pass | TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION - Exempts from taxation the non-commercial real and tangible personal property of Southside Community Land Trust, a Rhode Island domestic nonprofit corporation, located in Providence, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-26
Signed by Governor |
| H8342 | Pass | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS - Redefines misdemeanors for expungement purposes and make prior felonies, subsequently reclassified as misdemeanors, eligible for expungement pursuant to sections 12-1.3-2 and 12-1.3-3.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-26
Signed by Governor |
| H7615 | Pass | Joint Resolution Creating A Special Joint Legislative Commission To Study Student Transportation Needs And System Costs (creates A 13-member Joint Commission To Study The Transportation Needs Of Students And Recommend What Changes Are Necessary, And ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-26
Signed by Governor |
| H7738 | Pass | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF MASSAGE THERAPISTS - Relocates the chapter relating to licensing of massage therapists from the health and safety title to the businesses and professions title with multiple amendments.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-26
Signed by Governor |
| H7686 | Pass | HUMAN SERVICES -- THE RHODE ISLAND WORKS PROGRAM - Amends works program to provide eligibility for benefits to pregnant persons from onset of pregnancy including lawful permanent residents, increases monthly cash benefits, disallows termination of be...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-26
Signed by Governor |
| H7780 | Pass | EDUCATION -- EDUCATIONAL SERVICES TO VERY YOUNG CHILDREN - Removes private schools from the provisions of the general laws relating to educational services to very young children.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-26
Signed by Governor |
| H7825 | Veto | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- CERTIFIED SURGICAL FIRST ASSISTANTS - Allows for the licensing of certified surgical first assistants to assist in surgeries through the department of health and a seven (7) member board of licensure.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-26
Vetoed by Governor |
| H7029 | Pass | PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- CONTRIBUTION AND BENEFITS - Increases the maximum post retirement employment earnings from eighteen thousand dollars ($18,000) to twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) a year for certain retired ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-26
Signed by Governor |
| H7426 | Pass | PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- SOLAR DECOMMISSIONING PLANS - Requires that developers of ground-mounted solar systems submit a plan for decommissioning to be held on file by the municipality and requires DEM, with the office of energy resources, ma...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-26
Signed by Governor |
| H7571 | Pass | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- CASINO GAMING - Amends the law consistent with the advent of iGaming and new technology. It also codifies the payment of investigatory expenses incurred by the State in limited circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-26
Signed by Governor |
| H7970 | Pass | DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- DIVORCE AND SEPARATION - Creates a custody procedure for pets in divorce and separation proceedings based on the best interests of the animal. This act would not apply to assistance/service animals.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-26
Signed by Governor |
| H8027 | Pass | TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS - Increases passenger landing and boarding fees for passenger cruise vessels landing at a dock in Newport from three dollars ($3.00) to ten dollars ($10.00).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-26
Signed by Governor |
| H7733 | Veto | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- NURSING HOME WORKFORCE STANDARDS BOARD ACT - Creates the nursing home workforce standards board act to establish and enforce industry-wide quality of care standards in nursing homes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-26
Vetoed by Governor |
| H7543 | Pass | EDUCATION -- FOUNDATION LEVEL SCHOOL SUPPORT - Provides the state's share of the basic program and approved expenditures would be paid to the city of East Providence in twelve (12) monthly installments.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-26
Signed by Governor |
| H8076 | Pass | TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION -- LIFE ESTATE - Entitles holders of a life estate to real property to use any veteran's tax exemptions available to them.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-26
Signed by Governor |
| H8078 | Pass | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE LADDERS TO LICENSURE PROGRAM - Implements a grant program to fund public or private partnerships that provide opportunities for healthcare paraprofessionals to pursue higher education degrees and health professiona...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-26
Signed by Governor |
