| H7049 | Intro
Sine Die | PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT - Limits rent increases to no more than 4% annually and provides tenants with a civil action to recover damages for any violations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7579 | Intro
Sine Die | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES - Increases the state minimum wage by $1.25 per year from 2026 through 2029 when it would reach twenty dollars ($20.00) per hour and then provides for subsequent annual adjustments based on the Consumer Pric...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Labor Committee |
| H7648 | Intro
Sine Die | PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT - Denies tenants relief afforded under this section when a unit or premises is damaged by fire or other casualty if the fire or other casualty was caused by the negligence or deliberate act of the tenan...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7355 | Intro
Sine Die | EDUCATION -- COUNCIL ON POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION - Prohibits colleges and universities from withholding a student's transcript due to the student failing to pay any expenses owed to the college or university but permits the withholding of a student's ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Education Committee |
| H7964 | Intro
Sine Die | PROPERTY -- MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE AND SALE - Allows for sending of the notice under power of sale and rights of active military servicemembers by USPS First Class Mail and/or an overnight delivery service, instead of by USPS certified mail return rece...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7746 | Intro
Sine Die | PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT - Provides that landlords would pay interest on security deposits in residential landlord-tenant matters.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7791 | Intro
Sine Die | PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE - Requires the department of administration to provide a list of certified minority and women-owned business enterprises to each prospective contractor of a construction project.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Labor Committee |
| H7961 | Intro
Sine Die | PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT - Imposes a fine up to $150 a day on a landlord for failure to deliver a copy of a state or local housing code violation to each residential tenant and a notice to prospective tenants of the building af...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7873 | Intro
Sine Die | EDUCATION -- RIGHTS OF PARENTS AND GUARDIANS IN PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL INSTRUCTION ACT - Enables parents to review public school learning materials/object if the parent decides that the material is harmful. Also a parent may withdraw their student from t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Education Committee |
| H7963 | Intro
Sine Die | PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT - Prohibits a landlord from inquiring about the immigration status of a tenant subject to any federal laws or regulations, but may request financial information or proof of identity.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7305 | Intro
Sine Die | PROPERTY -- RHODE ISLAND FAIR HOUSING PRACTICES ACT - Prohibits discrimination based on housing status, define "assistance animal", make it unlawful to issue discriminatory notices or statements relating to the sale, rental or leasing of housing and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7965 | Intro
Sine Die | PROPERTY -- MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE AND SALE - Provides prospective owner-occupants a first opportunity to purchase properties acquired through foreclosure and would prohibit bundled foreclosure sales.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7174 | Intro
Sine Die | PROPERTY -- RHODE ISLAND FAIR HOUSING PRACTICES ACT - Prohibits landlords from inquiring about an applicant's prior incarceration and from discriminating against those who have been released from prison.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7883 | Intro
Sine Die | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- THE NICK ARJOMAND NO WEIGHT DISCRIMINATION ACT - Creates the Nick Arjomand no weight discrimination act. The purpose of this act would be to prohibit weight discrimination.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Labor Committee |
| H7967 | Intro
Sine Die | PROPERTY -- HOMELESS BILL OF RIGHTS - Updates the Homeless Bill of Rights to add rules governing the interaction with encampments and include the right to access clean and sanitary conditions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7372 | Intro
Sine Die | PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT - Limits residential rent increases to ten percent (10%) plus the increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) annually.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H8084 | Intro
Sine Die | PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT - Modifies the summons for eviction for reasons other than nonpayment of rent with the district court, to add a certificate of service section, and provides the option to post the summons/complaint cons...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7957 | Intro
Sine Die | PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL TENANT'S RIGHT TO LEGAL REPRESENTATION ACT - Creates the division of civil representation within the department of housing and require civil representation by a Designated Legal Organization to provide legal representation to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7172 | Intro
Sine Die | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES - Repeals the law that allowed employers to pay some of their minor employees and employees who are full time students and not attained the age of nineteen (19), less than minimum hourly wages, requiring the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Labor Committee |
| H8058 | Intro
Sine Die | PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT - Prohibits use of algorithm or artificial intelligence to set residential rental amounts and prohibits landlord price fixing of residential rents. Violations constitute a deceptive trade practice and v...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7531 | Intro
Sine Die | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES - Commencing 1/1/25, gradually increases the minimum wage for employees receiving gratuities from the current ($3.89) to ($14.95) by 1/1/29 and on 1/1/30 the minimum wage shall be no less than the minimum wa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Labor Committee |
| H7788 | Intro
Sine Die | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES - Creates new definition for the term "employee", for purposes of wages, workers' compensation, temporary disability and unemployment insurance benefits, which deems a worker to be an employee, as opposed to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Labor Committee |
| H7564 | Intro
Sine Die | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF NURSING SERVICE AGENCIES - Removes the exemption from licensure for certain nursing service agencies accredited by the joint commission.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| H7394 | Intro
Sine Die | House Resolution Respectfully Calling For Publication And Affirmation Of The Equal Rights Amendment (requests That The President, Joseph R. Biden, Publish Without Delay The Equal Rights Amendment As Our Twenty-eighth Amendment To The Constitution Of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| H7765 | Intro
Sine Die | ELECTIONS -- THE INFORMED VOTER ACT - Requires entity such as a nursing home, elder care facility that receives governmental funding post a notice that political candidates are not permitted to solicit residents and visits would be maintained in a bo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| H7820 | Intro
Sine Die | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES - Provides that licensed health care facilities be prohibited from using a patients photograph for any office use.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| H7847 | Intro
Sine Die | ELECTIONS -- RHODE ISLAND CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES REPORTING - Includes political action committees that register with the Federal Election Commission within the definition of political action committees for the Rhode Island elections.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| H7766 | Intro
Sine Die | ELECTIONS -- GENERAL PROVISIONS - Redefines "Political Party" and defines and distinguishes between "major parties" and "minor parties" based on the total number of votes a party's candidate received in the previous election.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| H7848 | Intro
Sine Die | ELECTIONS -- REGISTRATION OF VOTERS - Amends the current law so that it would no longer mandate, but rather simply allows local boards to annually conduct a voter registration drive at each high school within the city or town.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| H7817 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study Blockchain And Cryptocurrency (creates A 5 Member Commission To Recommend Legislative Proposals For Blockchain And Cryptocurrency, And Submit An Interim Progress Report By January 5,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26
To House Corporations Committee |
| H7936 | Intro
Sine Die | MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT - Provides that any disaster response worker shall, in the course of their duties, be considered a state employee under the provisions of chapters 29 through 38 of title 28 and under § 9-31-8 of t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26
To House Corporations Committee |
| H8017 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution To Approve And Publish And Submit To The Electors Proposition Of Amendment To The Constitution -- Of Suffrage (this Joint Resolution Would Propose To The Voters Of The State A Constitutional Amendment Which Would Provide That No Pers...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| H7038 | Intro
Sine Die | TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION - Grants a tax credit for any tax placed upon the sale of automobile parts which have a core charge.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| H7520 | Intro
Sine Die | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- RIGHTS OF NURSING HOME PATIENTS - Repeals a 2021 law that mandated minimum staffing levels and standards for quality care for nursing homes and their residents with violations subject to monetary penalties.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| H7850 | Intro
Sine Die | ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS - Establishes election day as a day of special observation in the State of Rhode Island. The act would also restrict the use of mail ballots in elections.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| H7474 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution To Approve And Publish And Submit To The Electors A Proposition Of Amendment To The Constitution -- Of Suffrage (would Propose To The Voters Of The State A Constitutional Amendment Regarding Eligibility To Vote And To Be A Candidate....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| H7621 | Intro
Sine Die | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTHCARE FACILITIES - Permits licensed healthcare facilities to suspend visits of those person who are verbally or physically berating staff or providing non-prescribed or illegal medications to any patient. Suspen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| H7585 | Intro
Sine Die | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND COMMERCE CORPORATION - Removes nuclear plant projects from seeking the approval from the general assembly for the construction of said nuclear plant.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| H7943 | Intro
Sine Die | COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES - Prohibits disclosure terms "down payment", "money down", or any similar language to describe lump sum payments in order to reduce monthly lease payments. Provides that lum...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26
To House Corporations Committee |
| H7937 | Intro
Sine Die | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- ARCHITECTS - Provides that architects and other authorized disaster response workers be considered, in the course of performing their duties, state workers and be entitled to all rights in like manner as state employees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26
To House Corporations Committee |
| H8046 | Intro
Sine Die | ELECTIONS -- GENERAL PROVISIONS - Allows citizens of a city or town who are at least sixteen (16) years of age to register to vote and to vote in school committee elections in municipalities where school committees are elected entities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| H7938 | Intro
Sine Die | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- ATHLETIC TRAINERS - Requires athletic trainers to be trained in the use of epi-pens on and after January 1, 2025.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26
To House Corporations Committee |
| H7540 | Intro
Sine Die | ELECTIONS -- PRIMARIES FOR ELECTION OF DELEGATES TO NATIONAL CONVENTIONS AND FOR PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE - Establishes the Ranked Choice Voting for Rhode Island Presidential Primaries and provides for new sections on Ranked Choice Voting Tabulation a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| H7939 | Intro
Sine Die | COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- UNFAIR SALES PRACTICES - Requires retailers of glucose monitors to provide a free, point of sale replacement for any broken or defective monitor within twenty-four (24) hours of the request.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26
To House Corporations Committee |
| H7941 | Intro
Sine Die | COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- INTEREST AND USURY - Removes the exemption from interest rate limits provided by the Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act of 1980, for all loans made within the state of Rhod...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26
To House Corporations Committee |
| H7211 | Intro
Sine Die | FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- LICENSED ACTIVITIES -- LENDERS AND LOAN BROKERS -- CHECK CASHING - Repeals the provisions of the general laws allowing deferred deposit providers, also known as "payday lenders."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26
To House Corporations Committee |
| H7819 | Intro
Sine Die | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTHCARE FACILITIES - Requires the disclosure of the transfer of certain assets of healthcare facilities and would provide penalties for failing to file healthcare facility ownership information.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| H7782 | Intro
Sine Die | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- THE RHODE ISLAND CLEAN HEAT STANDARD ACT - Created the Rhode Island clean heat standards act to implement a system of tradeable clean heat credits earned from the delivery of clean heat measures that reduce greenhouse gas emissio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
To House Environment and Natural Resources Committee |
| H7315 | Intro
Sine Die | FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT - Makes the possession of small amounts of schedule I through V controlled substances, except for the possession of marijuana, civil violations punishable by a ($100) fine for a first offense and up...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H7942 | Intro
Sine Die | COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES - Makes any term or condition in any agreement that unnecessarily burdens a person's vindication of rights under this section null and void.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
To House Judiciary Committee |
