Rhode Island Representative Brianna Henries [D]

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RIH7049Intro
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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.
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2024-03-27
To House Judiciary Committee
RIH7174Intro
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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.
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2024-03-27
To House Judiciary Committee
RIH7162Intro
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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.
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2024-03-27
To House Judiciary Committee
RIH7355Intro
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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 ...
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2024-03-27
To House Education Committee
RIH7531Intro
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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...
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2024-03-27
To House Labor Committee
RIH7532Intro
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LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES - Allows individuals employed in domestic service or in or about a private home to be included as an employee, for purposes of minimum wages law.
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2024-03-27
To House Labor Committee
RIH7950Intro
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TOWNS AND CITIES -- SUBDIVISION OF LAND - Provides amendments relative to the permitting authority of, and acceptable forms of financial security permissible for construction and/or improvement guarantees relating to the completion of required public...
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2024-03-27
To House Judiciary Committee
RIH8046Intro
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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.
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2024-03-26
To House State Government & Elections Committee
RIH7768Intro
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House Resolution Respectfully Requesting The Rhode Island Congressional Delegation To Support House Resolution 54 Of The 2023-2024 Congress To Amend The United States Constitution To Prove That The Rights Protected And Extended By The Constitution Ar...
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2024-03-22
Withdrawn at sponsor's request (03/26/2024)
RIH7958Intro
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TOWNS AND CITIES -- MULTIFAMILY HOUSING ACT - Requires single-family residential zoning in municipalities with populations of over 20,000 to allow middle housing and mandates that those municipalities adopt zoning regulations for middle housing.
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2024-03-22
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee
RIH7967Intro
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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.
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2024-03-22
To House Judiciary Committee
RIH7981Intro
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TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES - Amends the provisions relative to permitted uses within residential, industrial and commercial zoning use districts.
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2024-03-22
[Hearing: Mar 28]
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee
RIH7833Intro
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CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- CUSTODIAL LAW ENFORCEMENT SEXUAL PENETRATION - Establishes criteria for the criminal offense of sexual assault when the victim is in the custody of a peace officer and also provides that a person convicted of custodial sexual ass...
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2024-03-21
To House Judiciary Committee
RIH7463Intro
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MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT - Provides for code blue and code red alerts to trigger certain procedures municipalities must follow during extreme heat or cold to help at-risk individuals with shelter.
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2024-03-19
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee
RIH7518Intro
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INSURANCE -- PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFITS - Caps the total amount that a covered person is required to pay for a covered prescription asthma inhaler to twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per thirty (30) day supply.
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2024-03-19
To House Health & Human Services Committee
RIH7655Intro
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PROPERTY -- COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE ACT - Grants a right of first offer to qualified nonprofits for the purchase of certain multi-family residential properties at market prices, within a reasonable period of time to promote the creation and...
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2024-03-19
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee
RIH7624Intro
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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.
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2024-03-19
To House Health & Human Services Committee
RIH7764Intro
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STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OPEN MEETINGS - Requires public bodies to offer translation services for all open meetings of said bodies.
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2024-03-19
To House State Government & Elections Committee
RIH7822Intro
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INSURANCE -- BENEFIT DETERMINATION AND UTILIZATION REVIEW ACT - Limits the use by insurers of step therapy, a protocol that establishes a specific sequence in which prescription drugs for a specified medical condition are covered by an insurer, by al...
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2024-03-19
To House Health & Human Services Committee
RIH7874Intro
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INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Requires coverage for acute mental health crisis mobile response and stabilization services to any individual enrolled as a plan beneficiary.
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2024-03-19
To House Health & Human Services Committee
RIH7973Intro
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FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT - Amends the uniform controlled substances act and reclassifies simple possession of 28 grams or less of certain controlled substances as a misdemeanor.
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2024-03-19
Withdrawn at sponsor's request (03/21/2024)
RIH8073Intro
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INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Provides that health insurance plans would provide coverage the use of artificial intelligence technology for analysis of breast tissue diagnostic imaging.
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2024-03-19
To House Health & Human Services Committee
RIH8072Intro
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STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE RHODE ISLAND HEALTH CARE REFORM ACT OF 2004 -- HEALTH INSURANCE OVERSIGHT - Protects the solvency of health systems, physicians, and advance practice providers and insurers, encourage fair treatment of hospitals an...
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2024-03-15
To House Health & Human Services Committee
RIH7761Intro
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PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- NARRAGANSETT TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY ACT - Exempts all Narragansett Indian Tribe members owning real estate, whether privately, commercially, in nonprofit corporations or in land trusts, from all real estate taxes imposed by t...
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2024-03-14
To House State Government & Elections Committee
RIH7760Intro
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TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION - Exempts all Narragansett Indian Tribe homeowners from real estate taxes and real estate tax liens, imposed by the state or any municipality. Also declares the Tribe as the sole sovereign federally recognized...
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2024-03-14
To House State Government & Elections Committee
RIH7762Intro
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PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- NARRAGANSETT INDIAN LAND MANAGEMENT CORPORATION - Repeals sections of the Narragansett Indian Land Management Corporation Act and acknowledges the Narragansett Indian Tribe as the sole aboriginal people sovereign to the t...
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2024-03-14
To House State Government & Elections Committee
RIH7613Intro
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EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS - Requires RIDE to develop type 1 diabetes informational materials for the parents and guardians of students that will be posted publicly on RIDE's website.
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2024-03-13
To House Education Committee
RIH7724Intro
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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.
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2024-03-13
To House Education Committee
RIH7694Intro
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STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND INDIVIDUAL MARKET AFFORDABILITY ACT OF 2024 - Creates the Rhode Island Individual Market Affordability Act of 2024 to help reduce out-of-pocket costs for low- and moderate-income consumers enrolled in the ...
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2024-03-12
To House Health & Human Services Committee
RIH7696Intro
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BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- NURSES - Prohibits any agreement whereby an advanced practice registered nurse is restricted in the right to practice in a certain geographic area, assist or provide treatment or establish a professional relationship wit...
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2024-03-12
To House Health & Human Services Committee
RIH7882Intro
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HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LACTATION CONSULTANT PRACTICE ACT OF 2014 - Specifies the requirements and procedures for licensing lactation consultants as well as the renewal, expiration, termination, refusal, revocation and suspension of licenses.
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2024-03-12
To House Health & Human Services Committee
RIH8034PassHouse Resolution Celebrating March Of 2024, As "arts In The Schools Month" In The State Of Rhode Island
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2024-03-07
House read and passed
RIH7457Intro
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LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES -- FREQUENCY OF PAYMENT - Eliminate all exceptions to the provision that all employees are to be paid weekly except for employees of the state and its political subdivisions, municipal governments, and no...
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2024-03-05
To House Labor Committee
RIH7523Intro
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HEALTH AND SAFETY -- VITAL RECORDS - Provides an exemption for certain incarcerated persons from the payment of fees for a first request for vital statistics from the department of health.
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2024-03-05
To House Judiciary Committee
RIH7650Intro
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LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES -- EXTREME TEMPERATURE EMPLOYEE PROTECTION - Directs employers to take certain actions to protect their employees who are exposed to extreme hot and cold temperatures and failure to implement or ...
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2024-03-05
To House Labor Committee
RIH7968Intro
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STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DETENTION FOR FEDERAL CIVIL IMMIGRATION VIOLATIONS - Prohibits state or municipality from contracts to detain individuals for civil immigration violations, and if such contract exists, it must end by July 1, 2025 and p...
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2024-03-05
To House Judiciary Committee
RIH7924Intro
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TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX -- CHILD TAX CREDIT - Establishes a child tax credit of one thousand dollars ($1,000) per dependent.
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2024-03-04
To House Finance Committee
RIH7922Intro
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STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING LAND BANK PROGRAM - Establishes a housing land bank program with the goal of creating affordable housing in the State of Rhode Island. The housing land bank would have the authority to buy, receiv...
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2024-03-04
To House Finance Committee
RIH7900Intro
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INSURANCE -- INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS - Requires the EOHHS to establish an early childhood mental health hub program focused on improving access to infant and early childhood mental health services for childre...
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2024-03-04
To House Finance Committee
RIH7907Intro
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EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT - Adds multilingual learners into the determination of high-need students and provides a student success factor of twenty-five percent (25%) of the core instruction per-pupil amount and re...
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2024-03-04
To House Finance Committee
RIH7923Intro
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STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- HOUSING PRODUCTION REVOLVING FUND ACT - Authorizes the department of housing to issue bonds in the amount of $50,000,000 with a maturity date not to exceed 20 years, to establish the housing production revolving fund, ...
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2024-03-04
To House Finance Committee
RIH7895Intro
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HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE - Codifies the Katie Beckett Program pursuant to federal guidelines.
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2024-03-04
To House Finance Committee
RIH7062Engross
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TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES - Amends several sections of law relating to zoning ordinances to provide uniform zoning standards for accessory dwelling units.
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2024-03-01
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee
RIH7851Intro
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PUBLIC FINANCE -- RHODE ISLAND BABY BOND TRUST - Creates the Rhode Island baby bond trust to provide investment funds to children born to families with public health insurance or no insurance living in Rhode Island.
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2024-03-01
To House Finance Committee
RIH7855Intro
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FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE RHODE ISLAND CANNABIS ACT - Provides amendments to the cannabis act relating to the definition of a social equity applicant and the required fee to maintain such status as a social equity applicant.
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2024-03-01
To House Finance Committee
RIH7854Intro
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HUMAN SERVICES -- PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT - Provides eligibility for an additional forty dollars ($40.00) per month in food stamp benefits to certain qualifying persons or households eligible for food stamp benefits, commencing July 1, 2024.
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2024-03-01
To House Finance Committee
RIH7140Intro
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BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACEUTICAL COST TRANSPARENCY - Directs the state board of pharmacy to annually identify up to fifteen prescription drugs with increased costs and provide the list to the attorney general to obtain reasons for the cos...
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2024-02-29
To House Health & Human Services Committee
RIH7357Intro
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HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HIGH HEAT WASTE FACILITY ACT - Provides for a prohibition on the licensing of any new high-heat waste facility.
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2024-02-29
To House Environment and Natural Resources Committee
RIH7445Intro
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BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACIES - Adds a new section which sets forth conditions for pharmacists to prescribe tobacco cessation/drug therapies, programs approved by the state board of pharmacy. The cessation therapies would be covered by all...
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2024-02-29
To House Health & Human Services Committee
RIH7477Intro
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STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RECOGNITION OF NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES - Recognizes the Seaconke Wampanoag tribe as a Native American Indian tribe for the limited purpose of assisting this tribe in establishing eligibility for federal benefits and pri...
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2024-02-29
To House State Government & Elections Committee
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