| RI | S0269 | Engross
50% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PREVENTION AND SUPPRESSION OF CONTAGIOUS DISEASES -- HIV/AIDS - Repeals the required HIV testing for an individual convicted under chapter 34.1 of title 11 and allows the option for HIV testing for any person convicted under this...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-15
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S0705 | Intro
25% | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Requires insurance coverage for all community health workers' services to include health and promotion coaching, health education and training, health system navigation and resource coordination...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-15
Placed on Senate Calendar (05/20/2025) |
| RI | S0989 | Engross
50% | ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES - Allows for the issuance of a Class T liquor license by the town of Jamestown.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-15
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S0114 | Engross
50% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- DEFENDING AFFORDABLE PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS ACT - Prohibits any health insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, or other third-party payor from discriminating against any 340B entity participating in a drug discount program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-14
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | S0238 | Engross
50% | LIBRARIES -- THE FREEDOM TO READ ACT - Promotes free expression and access of information by prohibiting the censorship of library materials.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-14
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | S1055 | Intro
25% | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS - Disqualifies individuals with prior felony convictions from purchasing or possessing a firearm.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-14
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S0145 | Intro
25% | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- SENTENCE AND EXECUTION - Requires the courts to consider the parental status of the defendant at the time of sentencing and allows the defendant to present a family impact statement, including testimony, videos and documents rel...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-13
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S0192 | Intro
25% | EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT - Requires a review by the department of elementary and secondary education of the formula components used to compute the aid needed to support high need students.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-13
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0578 | Intro
25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PROTECTIONS OF HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS ACT - Provides that the prescription label for medication abortion prescription drugs shall include the name of the dispensing health care practice instead of the name of the dispenser...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-13
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S0809 | Intro
25% | DELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN -- PROCEEDINGS IN FAMILY COURT - Grants Rhode Island's family court jurisdiction to make findings for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status petitions, including determinations about dependency, parental reunification, an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-13
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S1062 | Intro
25% | GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- PERMANENT JOINT COMMITTEE ON NAMING ALL NEW BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, EDIFICES AND OTHER STATE CONSTRUCTIONS - Renames the East Bay Bike Path Bridge, located in the Town of Warren, the Cpl. Richard C. Brule Bridge.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-13
To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| RI | S0387 | Engross
50% | PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- PUBLIC BUILDINGS - Requires the installation of universal changing stations in all newly constructed, reconstructed, or remodeled public buildings and places of public accommodation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-09
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | S0670 | Intro
25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- THE MEDICAL PRIMARY CARE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM - Establishes the medical primary care scholarship program to be administered by the commissioner of postsecondary education.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-09
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0716 | Intro
25% | WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- COASTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT COUNCIL - Provides a procedure for parking modifications near shoreline rights of way.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-09
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S0767 | Engross
50% | COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- GENETIC INFORMATION PRIVACY ACT - Establishes the Genetic Information Privacy Act, which would require a direct-to-consumer genetic testing company, as defined, to provide a consumer with certain inf...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-09
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S0911 | Pass | SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES - Allows Nunzio Pontillo to join Andrew Peter Carson and Christos Nelson Anastasopoulos in marriage on or about May 10, 2025, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-09
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S0914 | Engross
50% | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES - Removes the fee for registration and plate transfer for a Distinguished Service Cross registration plate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-09
To House Special Legislation Committee |
| RI | S0899 | Intro
25% | PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- REGULATORY POWERS OF ADMINISTRATION - Prohibit rate charges in excess of rates applied if tenant of residential complexes with electrical master-meters receives electricity directly from a public utility.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-09
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S0923 | Intro
25% | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $400,000 To The Coastal Resources Management Council (crmc) For Funding Of Uri's Coastal Resources Center (crc) Stormtools, Champ Analysis, And Mycoast (this Resolution Would Authorize The Appropriation Of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-09
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0974 | Intro
25% | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- TEMPORARY DISABILITY INSURANCE -- CONTRIBUTIONS - Increases the taxable wage base for TDI claims from $38,000 to $100,000 or the annual earnings needed by an individual to qualify for the maximum weekly benefit amount and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-09
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S1038 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ACT - Establishes requirements which would have to be met by an applicant prior to the issuing of permits for an activity that would have an environmental impact on or would increase the cumulativ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-09
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S1040 | 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] | 2025-05-09
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S1046 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION - Allows communities to increase their local share of hotel tax collection by an additional two percent (2%).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-09
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S1057 | Intro
25% | DELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN -- PROCEEDINGS IN FAMILY COURT - Establishes concurrent jurisdiction between the Rhode Island Family Court and the Federal Government for the purposes of adjudicating minors who have allegedly committed a crime while...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-09
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S1044 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES-MAXIMUM LEVY - Grants an exemption from the four percent (4%) property tax levy cap to the town of Jamestown.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-09
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0268 | Intro
25% | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Requires every individual or group health insurance contract effective on or after January 1, 2026, to provide coverage to the insured and the insured's spouse and dependents for all FDA-approve...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-08
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S0480 | Intro
25% | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Mandates health insurance coverage for FDA approved contraceptive drug, device or therapeutic equivalent.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-08
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S0505 | Intro
25% | TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES - Permit but not mandate, a municipality to allow certain requirements as exceptions to statewide treatment of ADUs to max of 800 sq. ft., owner, family member and caretaker occupation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-08
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S0690 | Intro
25% | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Requires health insurance policies to cover licensed certified lactation counselor services for childbearing families. It also prohibits requiring supervision or duplicate payments for services ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-08
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S0712 | Intro
25% | WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT -- NEW SHOREHAM - Provides that municipal water supply entities, including New Shoreham and Jamestown, be required to provide water service to only its designated service areas.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-08
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S0691 | Intro
25% | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Requires individual and group health insurance policies that provide pregnancy-related benefits to cover medically necessary expenses for diagnosis and treatment of infertility and standard fert...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-08
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S0709 | Intro
25% | TOWNS AND CITIES -- HOUSING MAINTENANCE AND OCCUPANCY CODE -- NOTICE OF
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-08
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S0954 | Intro
25% | ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- LICENSES GENERALLY - Establishes and funds the SafeRIde program, which provides transportation, free of charge, to persons suspected of having a blood alcohol concentration that prohibits legal operation of a vehicle.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-08
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S0327 | Intro
25% | Joint Resolution To Approve And Publish And Submit To The Electors A Proposition Of Amendment To The Constitution -- Green Amendment (proposes A Constitutional Amendment To Article 1 Providing For A Right To Clean Air, Soil, Climate, And The Environm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-07
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S0477 | Engross
50% | INSURANCE -- PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFITS - Includes any costs paid by an enrollee or on behalf of the enrollee by a third party when calculating an enrollee’s overall contribution to any out-of-pocket maximum or cost sharing requirement under a heal...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-07
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | S0932 | Engross
50% | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES - Repeals a provision of the minimum prepaid special motor vehicle registration plate orders law that was set to expire on December 31, 2025.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-07
To House Special Legislation Committee |
| RI | S0111 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- RHODE ISLAND NEW QUALIFIED JOBS INCENTIVE ACT 2015 - This act would sunset/discontinue the Jobs Development Act rate reduction as of July 1, 2025.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-06
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0254 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- HEALTH CARE FOR CHILDREN AND PREGNANT WOMEN - Would provide children up to age three (3) with continuous coverage eligibility for RIte Track/RIte Care so that they are not at risk of losing coverage at the yearly redet...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-06
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0591 | Pass | RENAMING THE NEW SAKONNET RIVER BRIDGE, AQUIDNECK ISLAND - Names the new Sakonnet River Bridge as the “Staff Sergeant Christopher Potts Sakonnet River Bridge.”
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-06
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S0511 | Intro
25% | PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT - Removes the five (5) year waiting period for filing a motion to seal an eviction court file. It also deletes the numerical limitation on filing seal requests.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-06
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S0512 | Intro
25% | 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] | 2025-05-06
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S0738 | Intro
25% | PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT - Grants tenants that are the victim of various forms of abuse, including, but not limited to, sexual and domestic abuse and stalking, the right to terminate a lease agreement early without penalty or l...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-06
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S0701 | Intro
25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- NURSES - Allows advanced practice registered nurses, physician assistants, and physicians who are and are not licensed in Rhode Island to provide telemedicine services to patients who are in the state when those services...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-06
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S0843 | Intro
25% | PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- NET-METERING - Allows a property owner with eligible net-metering systems with a master meter to allocate excess net metering credits to any meter on the property.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-06
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | S0969 | Intro
25% | PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION - Changes utility company billing practices so that when a gas electric utility changes their customer billing, they are required to file a copy of the new bill with the PUC for approval, w...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-06
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | S0618 | Engross
50% | 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.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-02
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S0035 | Intro
25% | EDUCATION -- SCHOOL FUNDS AND PROPERTY - Directs the department of education to develop and adopt regulations for energy capable school buildings.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-01
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0518 | Intro
25% | Creates an 11 member commission to analyze the impact and potential economic benefits of bail reforms on Black Rhode Islanders, and would report back by February 5, 2026, and expire on April 5, 2026.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-01
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S0726 | Intro
25% | PROPERTY -- PARTITION - Creates a cause of action for partition of heirs property held in tenancy in common.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-01
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S0235 | Intro
25% | EDUCATION -- THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT TEAMS - Requires the school board or committees of cities and towns to establish a safety and behavioral health committee and also lays out the representation requirements committee responsibilitie...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-30
To Senate Education Committee |
