| RI | S2071 | Intro
25% | Joint Resolution To Amend The Medicaid Section 1115 Demonstration Waiver Requests And Renewals (this Joint Resolution Would Approve An Amendment To A Medicaid Section 1115 Demonstration Waiver And Renewals Regarding A Pilot Proposal To Reduce The Num...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-20
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| RI | S2376 | Intro
25% | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- TEMPORARY DISABILITY INSURANCE -- GENERAL PROVISIONS - Increases the taxable wage base upon which employees make contributions to the TDI and TCI funds, increases individual benefit rates, and creates an opt-in option for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-15
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| RI | S2324 | Intro
25% | HUMAN SERVICES -- PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT - Provides for an annual increase of supplemental income for individuals and couples living alone, in accordance with the consumer price index for urban consumers over the average for the previous calendar year...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2277 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- 2025 BATTERY-POWERED LEAF BLOWER PILOT REBATE AND EDUCATION PROGRAM - Establishes a new chapter for the 2024 Battery Powered Leaf Blower Pilot Rebate and Education Program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | S2336 | Intro
25% | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation To Expand And Support The Green Economy Initiatives (authorizes The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $16,000,000 To Support Green Economy Bond Initiatives Proposed In The Governor's Budget.)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2354 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE MEDICAID REENTRY ACT - Requires that Medicaid enrollment be maintained or provided to all inmates in the first 30 days of incarceration at the adult correctional institutions within the department of corrections an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2331 | Intro
25% | Joint Resolution Amending The Joint Resolution Creating A Permanent Legislative Commission On Child Care In Rhode Island (this Resolution Would Amend The Commission Name, Membership, Appointment Process, Purpose, Funding Allowance Designation, Timeli...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2334 | Intro
25% | EDUCATION -- POSTSECONDARY TUITION ASSISTANCE FOR SHORTAGE TEACHING FIELDS - Creates a postsecondary tuition assistance for shortage teaching fields.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2358 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION - Increases the amount of exemption from sales tax for clothing including footwear from two hundred fifty dollars ($250) to five hundred dollars ($500). Effective July 1, 2023.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2347 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- TAX ON GAINS FROM THE SALE OR EXCHANGE OF REAL PROPERTY - Creates new tax on gains from sale or exchange of real property held for short periods of time, 6 years or less, establishes a comprehensive framework to calculate and implement en...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2343 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- TOURISM AND DEVELOPMENT - Redirects the distribution of the hotel tax money generated in the South County regional tourism district.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2462 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- SOLITARY CONFINEMENT REFORM ACT - Establishes the restrictive housing oversight committee ("committee") for the purpose of monitoring the use of restrictive housing (solitary confinement), as well as disciplinary and a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2393 | Intro
25% | INSURANCE -- INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS - Prohibits health insurance providers from requiring preauthorization for in-network mental health or substance use disorder services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2236 | Intro
25% | 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] | 2024-02-02
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| RI | S2195 | Intro
25% | EDUCATION -- OFFENSES PERTAINING TO SCHOOLS - Prohibits discrimination on the basis of race by expanding the definition of race to include traits historically associated with race, including, but not limited to, hair texture and protected hairstyles.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2156 | Intro
25% | 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] | 2024-01-24
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2175 | Intro
25% | INSURANCE -- NONPROFIT DENTAL SERVICE CORPORATIONS -- THE RHODE ISLAND FAIR SHARE FOR DENTAL CARE ACT - Requires carriers offering dental benefit plans to annually submit information which includes the current and projected medical loss ratio for cla...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| RI | S2158 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX - Phases in modifications to federal adjusted gross income over a 4 year period for social security income, from 25% up to 100%, beginning on or after January 1, 2025.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2062 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION - Removes the exemption from the state hotel tax for residences rented in their entirety. Effective 1/1/2025.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
