| S0892 | Engross
Sine Die | PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- 988 SUICIDE AND CRISIS LIFELINE CALL CENTER FUNDING AND OPERATIONAL INDEPENDENCE - Establishes a restricted receipt account, known as the “988 Call Center Fund,” to be held and administered by the state to support...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Senate passed Sub A |
| H5104 | Engross
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- CASUALTY INSURANCE RATING - Forbids a motor vehicle liability insurance carrier from considering the zip code of where an insured lives for purposes of calculating their policy premium.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
House passed Sub A |
| H5220 | Engross
Sine Die | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY -- POLICE RELATIONSHIP ACT OF 2015 - Amends the comprehensive community-police relationship act of 2015 to require an annual study by an outside agency chosen by the department.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
House read and passed |
| H5078 | Engross
Sine Die | HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE - Provides that licensed independent clinical social workers be able to enroll and bill Medicaid directly for covered services provided to adults with Medicaid fee-for-service coverage.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
House read and passed |
| H5493 | Engross
Sine Die | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- BUILDING DECARBONIZATION ACT OF 2025 - Establishes a program for the energy and water benchmarking of large buildings in Rhode Island and a standard for their energy performance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
House passed Sub A |
| S0339 | Engross
Sine Die | HUMAN SERVICES -- THUNDERMIST FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY PROGRAM - Appropriates the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) to fund the Thundermist family medicine residency program during fiscal year 2026 and every fiscal year thereafter.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Senate read and passed |
| S0871 | Engross
Sine Die | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $500,000 To The United Way Of Rhode Island For The 2-1-1 Human Services Hotline (authorizes The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $500,000 To The United Way Of Rhode Island To Provide Operational Support For The ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Senate read and passed |
| H5422 | Engross
Sine Die | EDUCATION -- SCHOOL WASTE RECYCLING AND REFUSE DISPOSAL - Amends the certain provisions relative to school waste recycling and refuse disposal and requires reports of waste audits by educational entities and reports of program participation by vendor...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) |
| H5534 | Engross
Sine Die | TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION - Exempts certain urban and small farmers from sales taxes, real, tangible and personal property taxes and income taxes. This act would also define urban and small farmers and urban farmland.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
House passed Sub A |
| S0525 | Engross
Sine Die | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION ACT - Requires submission of a domestic violence/sexual assault reporting form when the domestic violence response or investigation involves a verbal argument or dispute.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Senate read and passed |
| S0421 | Engross
Sine Die | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $1,000,000 To The Rhode Island Food Bank (authorizes The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $450,000 To The Rhode Island Food Bank.)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Senate passed Sub A |
| S0206 | Engross
Sine Die | COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS -- JUDICIAL SELECTION - Requires individuals seeking a judicial nomination to reapply to JNC every 3 years and make those individuals selected as finalists, eligible only for the court in which they applied and we...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Senate passed Sub A |
| S0784 | Engross
Sine Die | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $750,000 To Waterfire Providence (authorizes The Appropriation Of The Sum Of §750,000 To Waterfire Providence.)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Senate read and passed |
| H5364 | Engross
Sine Die | PROPERTY -- SELF-SERVICE STORAGE FACILITIES - Amends notice requirements for self-storage facility before perfecting lien, to wit; 7 consecutive days of publication on a publicly accessible website or subsequent written notice to lessee, or publicati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) |
| H5555 | Engross
Sine Die | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- VETERINARY PRACTICE - Authorizes veterinarians to establish a client-patient relationship through electronic means, subject to limitations and requirements such as Vet making a good faith effort to determine if care shou...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
House passed Sub A |
| S1159 | Engross
Sine Die | HUMAN SERVICES -- THE RHODE ISLAND WORKS PROGRAM - Increases rates paid for licensed childcare centers to meet the federal equal access benchmark, implement a new differential bonus rate for infants under age 18 months and adopt fair payment practice...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Senate read and passed |
| S0628 | Engross
Sine Die | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGULATION OF BUSINESS PRACTICES AMONG MOTOR VEHICLES MANUFACTURES, DISTRIBUTORS, AND DEALERS - Extends certain protocols applicable to vehicle manufacturers to their distributors and factory branches, updates definitions ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Senate read and passed |
| S0868 | Engross
Sine Die | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $250,000 To 401 Tech Bridge To Study And Explore Seagliders In Rhode Island (makes An Appropriation Of $250,000 To 401 Tech Bridge To Study And Explore Seagliders.)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Senate passed Sub A |
| S0970 | Engross
Sine Die | PROPERTY -- ESTATES IN REAL PROPERTY - Prohibits restrictive covenants related to grocery stores.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Senate read and passed |
| H5590 | Engross
Sine Die | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGULATION OF BUSINESS PRACTICES AMONG MOTOR VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS, DISTRIBUTORS, AND DEALERS - Extends certain protocols applicable to motor vehicle manufacturers to their distributors and factory branches, as well as upd...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
House read and passed |
| S0479 | Engross
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Requires health insurance plans to cover services provided by licensed certified professional midwives. Insurers must report utilization and cost data annually. Certain limited benefit policies ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Senate read and passed |
| S0654 | Engross
Sine Die | EDUCATION -- PILOT PROGRAM FOR VIRTUAL REALITY LEARNING PLATFORM - Establishes a pilot program for a virtual reality learning platform to improve math skills for grades 6 through 12 STEM education.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Senate passed Sub A |
| S0502 | Engross
Sine Die | TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING - Specifies that low and moderate income housing exists when a city or town has adopted an inclusionary zoning ordinance requiring that all housing developments include at least fifty percent (50%) ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-18
Senate read and passed |
| S0900 | Engross
Sine Die | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HOUSING RESOURCES ACT OF 1998 - Includes manufactured homes on leased land under a long-term lease in excess of thirty (30) years at the time of enrollment within the classification of affordable housing.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-18
Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) |
| H5622 | Engross
Sine Die | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- INTERSTATE MEDICAL LICENSURE COMPACT - Requires the state to implement the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact no later than July 1, 2025.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-18
House passed Sub A |
| H5432 | Engross
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS - This act would prohibit health insurance providers from requiring preauthorization for in- network mental health or substance use disorder services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-18
House passed Sub A |
| H5298 | Engross
Sine Die | DELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN -- PROCEEDINGS IN FAMILY COURT - Prohibits any questioning of a juvenile who is suspected of delinquent or criminal behavior, unless the parent of guardian of the juvenile is present, or unless an attorney is present...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-18
House passed Sub A |
| S0694 | Engross
Sine Die | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- NURSES - Details each of those limited emergency circumstances where a registered nurse and advanced practice registered nurses, may safely administer sedation, such as critical life-saving or emergency situations where ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-18
Meeting postponed (06/18/2025) |
| H5802 | Engross
Sine Die | TOWNS AND CITIES -- RHODE ISLAND COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING AND LAND USE ACT - Provides amendments to enable the development of state-owned vacant, abandoned or underutilized land for housing and the process therefore.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-18
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| H6212 | Engross
Sine Die | COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- GIFT CARD FRAUD - Makes offenses against gift card holders subject to the penalties for larceny.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-18
House passed Sub A |
| H5831 | Engross
Sine Die | COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- SENIOR SAVINGS PROTECTION ACT - Requires anyone engaged in the sale of goods or services, and who offers a discount to its customers’ for utilizing automatic payment systems, via ACH or EFT or simi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-18
House read and passed |
| S0302 | Engross
Sine Die | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- RHODE ISLAND NONCOMPETITION AGREEMENT ACT - Prohibits noncompete agreements except for noncompete agreements between a seller and buyer of a business; creates civil action for an employer for the violation of an agreement...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-18
Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) |
| H5436 | Engross
Sine Die | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- RHODE ISLAND ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN ACT OF 2025 - Establishes the Rhode Island Assault Weapons Ban Act of 2025.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-18
Committee recommended Substitute A be held for further study |
| H6333 | Engross
Sine Die | ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- LICENSES GENERALLY - Authorizes the town of Scituate to issue a total of three (3) Class A liquor licenses.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-18
House read and passed |
| S0417 | Engross
Sine Die | TAXATION -- CIGARETTE, OTHER TOBACCO PRODUCTS, AND ELECTRONIC NICOTINE-DELIVERY SYSTEM PRODUCTS - Reduces the cigarette tax imposed by 75% for any modified risk tobacco product as defined in § 21 U.S.C. 387 k as a tobacco product sold/distributed to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-17
Senate passed Sub A |
| S0171 | Engross
Sine Die | HUMAN SERVICES -- GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION - Allows the executive office of health and human services to use appropriated funds to support graduate medical education programs and research.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-17
Senate read and passed |
| S0812 | Engross
Sine Die | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- EMINENT DOMAIN - Allows the department of environmental management to acquire established foot paths by eminent domain in order to provide public access to streams, rivers, lakes and ponds.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-17
Senate passed Sub A |
| S0876 | Engross
Sine Die | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS - Permits those individuals convicted of multiple felonies and misdemeanors to have their records expunged and provide criteria for the court to consider in determining whether the person is of go...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-17
Senate passed Sub A |
| H5909 | Engross
Sine Die | COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- CAUSES OF ACTION - Makes all causes of action based on sexual abuse or exploitation of a child not subject to any statute of limitations whether the claim has lapsed or was previously time-barred.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-16
House passed Sub A |
| H5883 | Engross
Sine Die | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- PARKING FACILITIES AND PRIVILEGES - Mandates municipalities to participate in the parking mobility app program where individuals may submit photos on the app of vehicles that are parked in spaces designated for individuals...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-16
House passed Sub A |
| H5309 | Engross
Sine Die | TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION - Increases the minimum veterans’ exemption from one thousand dollars ($1,000) to six thousand dollars ($6,000) with respect to municipal taxes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-16
House passed Sub A |
| H5549 | Engross
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- RHODE ISLAND PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION - Provides a framework through which the department of business regulation can seek grants to fund a home hardening program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-16
House passed Sub A |
| H5719 | Engross
Sine Die | GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- JOINT COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE SERVICES - Advances the interests of older Rhode Islanders by adding a representative of an aging adult organization and a permanent committee on aging to the state planning council and creates a per...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-16
House passed Sub A |
| H5500 | Engross
Sine Die | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- CONFIDENTIALITY OF HEALTH CARE COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION ACT - Amends provisions relative to confidentiality of health care communications and the process for requesting records and/or confidential health care infor...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-16
House passed Sub A |
| H5614 | Engross
Sine Die | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- NURSES - Makes a series of amendments to several statutes regarding businesses and professions to provide clarity or align with new federal requirements.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-16
House read and passed |
| H5193 | Engross
Sine Die | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- OFFICE OF STATE FIRE MARSHAL - Creates a voluntary program through which registrants of electric and hybrid motor vehicles can request stickers to affix to enclosures housing such vehicles to promote first responders' safety in r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-16
House passed Sub A |
| H5441 | Engross
Sine Die | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS - Reduces the time for expungements to three (3) years for a single misdemeanor and five (5) years for felonies and multiple misdemeanors.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-16
House read and passed |
| H5615 | Engross
Sine Die | FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT - Revises sections of the uniform controlled substances act to remove specific opioid dosage requirements, revises the uniform controlled substances act in accordance with current standards of profe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-16
House passed Sub A |
| H5458 | Engross
Sine Die | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION AND TITLING - Establishes a system of electronic registration and titling of motor vehicles. Rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this chapter would be promulgated by the administrat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-13
To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| H6057 | Engross
Sine Die | THE EXETER -- WEST GREENWICH SCHOOL DISTRICT - Amends chapter 80 of the public laws of 1965 with respect to the composition of the regional district school building committee, apportionment of construction and operating costs and amendments to the ag...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-13
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
