| RI | H7776 | Intro 25% | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $20,000,000 For The Housing Down Payment Assistance Program (this Resolution Would Authorize The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $20,000,000 To Support The Down Payment Assistance Program.) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-18 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7975 | Intro 25% | DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- DIVORCE AND SEPARATION - Permits state child support agencies to bring actions under the child support statute on behalf of a noncustodial parent who is incarcerated and unable to pay child support. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-18 [Hearing: Apr 24] To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H8172 | Intro 25% | DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- FULL ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT OBLIGATIONS - Allows a board to modify an obligor's license to a "Provisional Employment Operator's License" allowing the obligor the ability to operate a motor vehicle during designated hours of empl... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-12 To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7048 | Intro 25% | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- SENTENCE AND EXECUTION - Requires sentencing court to consider whether defendant is parent of child, or caregiver of elderly, disabled or terminally ill person whose well-being would be adversely affected by the person's incarce... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11 To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7161 | Intro 25% | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- THE RHODE ISLAND FIRST STEP ACT - Establishes Rhode Island First Step program requiring DOC to assist offenders with reintegration into society, counseling, medical care, education, early sentence termination or pre-release conf... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11 To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7552 | Intro 25% | MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- VETERANS' AFFAIRS - Provides that every city and town must maintain a municipal veterans' service officer. Also authorizes a one hundred thousand dollar ($100,000) appropriation to be used to fund matching grants for t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7637 | 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] | 2024-04-11 To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7720 | Intro 25% | INSURANCE -- PHARMACY FREEDOM OF CHOICE -- FAIR COMPETITION AND PRACTICES - Ensures that independent pharmacies are protected from pharmacy benefit discrimination toward non-affiliated pharmacies and helps protect consumers' ability to choose local, ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11 To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H7716 | Intro 25% | INSURANCE -- HEALTH CARE ACCESSIBILITY AND QUALITY ASSURANCE ACT - Requires that healthcare entities and network plans, eff. 1/1/25, include provision in every contract with a provider of mental health/substance use disorders that rates paid pursuant... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11 To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H7590 | Intro 25% | CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM -- 2024 BOND REFERENDA - Submits 2024 capital development program requesting the issuance of $100,000,000 in general obligation bonds to the voters for approval at the November 8, 2024, general election. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-10 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7684 | Intro 25% | TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION - Exempts urban and small farmers from sales taxes, real, tangible and personal property taxes and income taxes. It also defines urban and small farmers and urban farmland. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-10 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7918 | Intro 25% | CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM -- 2024 BOND REFERENDA - Submits 2024 capital development program requesting the issuance of $25,000,000 in general obligation bonds to the voters for approval at the November 5, 2024, general election. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-10 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7638 | Intro 25% | CRIMINALS -- CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS -- STATE COMMISSION ON PARDONS - Establishes a nine (9) member commission on pardons to provide recommendations to the governor as to who should receive executive pardons per the state constitution. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09 To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H7023 | Intro 25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY FOR PACKAGING - Reduces equitable relationships between packaging producers and local governments and communities by establishing the Package Reduction and Recycling Program. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04 To House Environment and Natural Resources Committee |
| RI | H7096 | Intro 25% | 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] | 2024-04-04 To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7215 | Intro 25% | FOOD AND DRUGS -- SINGLE-USE PLASTIC STRAWS - Mandates that food service establishments only provide single-use foodware accessories and standard condiments to a customer upon request. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04 To House Environment and Natural Resources Committee |
| RI | H7293 | Intro 25% | AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY -- OLD GROWTH FOREST PROTECTION ACT - Creates a statutory framework designed to protect our forests and biodiversity, also prohibits logging in old growth forests and in the natural area preserves when they are created. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04 To House Environment and Natural Resources Committee |
| RI | H7642 | Intro 25% | DELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN -- PROCEEDINGS IN FAMILY COURT - Prohibit the family court from detaining any juvenile or committing any juvenile, under the age of 14 years, to the training school, for any offense other than murder, first degree se... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04 To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7783 | Intro 25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PESTICIDE CONTROL - Precludes the use of second generation anticoagulant rodenticide products which contain brodifacoum, bromadiolone, difenacoum, or difethialone, except in certain circumstances. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04 To House Environment and Natural Resources Committee |
| RI | H7954 | Intro 25% | DELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN -- PROCEEDINGS IN FAMILY COURT - Prohibits a peace officer, as defined in § 12-7-21, from employing threats, physical harm, deprivation, deception, coercion, or psychologically manipulative interrogation tactics dur... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04 To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7715 | Intro 25% | PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- TERMINATION OF SERVICE TO PERSONS WHO ARE DISABLED, SERIOUSLY ILL, OR IN ARREARS OF PAYMENT - Extends the forbearance of utility terminations for customers with serious illness certifications and would amend various p... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02 To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H7888 | Intro 25% | EDUCATION -- THE SCHOOL LIBRARIES ACT - Requires every public school in Rhode Island to have a school library or library media center in a permanent and dedicated space available to students in grades K-12 with a librarian available. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28 To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| RI | H7049 | Intro 25% | 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 |
| RI | H7162 | Intro 25% | 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. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27 To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7305 | Intro 25% | 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 |
| RI | H7304 | Intro 25% | PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT - Requires landlords of residential properties give tenants notice of rent increase at least 90 days prior to increase and requires notice requirement for rent increases for month to month tenants who a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27 To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7355 | Intro 25% | 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 |
| RI | H7961 | Intro 25% | 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 |
| RI | H7957 | 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] | 2024-03-27 To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7960 | Intro 25% | PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT -- JUST CAUSE EVICTIONS - Provides for just cause evictions for residential landlord tenancies. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27 To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H8044 | Intro 25% | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKPLACE PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY ACT - Protects bullying/psychological abuse in workplace inflicted upon employees by employers/co-employees/provides civil remedies to affected employees/fines against employers/imprisonment... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27 To House Labor Committee |
| RI | H7664 | Intro 25% | ELECTIONS -- NOMINATION OF PARTY AND INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES - Provides a process for local canvassing clerks to notify the state board of elections regarding patterns of forgery. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26 To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H7941 | Intro 25% | 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 |
| RI | H7022 | Intro 25% | WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- ACT ON COASTS -- COASTAL RESILIENCY - Requires the chief resilience officer (CRO) be charged with creation/maintenance/updating of the state's resiliency/recovery program along with climate change resiliency plan with ocean/r... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21 To House Environment and Natural Resources Committee |
| RI | H7575 | Intro 25% | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- OBSCENE AND OBJECTIONABLE PUBLICATIONS AND SHOWS - Establishes, as an affirmative defense to the crimes of circulating obscene publications or shows and selling or exhibiting obscene publications to minors, the person's employmen... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21 To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7811 | Intro 25% | PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- 2024 ENERGY STORAGE ACT - Requires the office of energy resources to initiate the process of developing programs and associated funding mechanisms, for electric energy storage resources connected to the electric distr... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21 To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H7463 | Intro 25% | 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. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19 To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| RI | H7624 | 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] | 2024-03-19 To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H7987 | Intro 25% | TOWNS AND CITIES -- HOUSING MAINTENANCE AND OCCUPANCY CODE -- NOTICE OF VIOLATIONS - Requires a housing code enforcement officer to give a copy of any housing code violation notice to all tenants of the building affected by a housing code violation a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19 To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| RI | H7988 | Intro 25% | PROPERTY -- PUBLIC AUCTIONS BY ELECTRONIC OR REMOTE PROCEDURES - Brings greater public scrutiny to the public auction sales of real estate in Rhode Island by requiring public auctions by any city or town of real estate or an interest therein shall on... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19 To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| RI | H8079 | Intro 25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HEALTH PROFESSIONAL LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM - Increases the annual appropriation for the Health Professional Loan Repayment Program from one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to one million dollars ($1,000,000). [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H8078 | Intro 25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE LADDERS TO LICENSURE PROGRAM - Implements a grant program to fund public or private partnerships that provide opportunities for healthcare paraprofessionals to pursue higher education degrees and health professiona... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7217 | Intro 25% | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- ASSAULT WEAPONS - Bans the possession, sale, and transfer of assault weapons. Possession of assault weapons owned on the effective date of this act to be "grandfathered". Violations are punishable by a fine or imprisonment. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13 To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7722 | Intro 25% | EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM - Promotes the integration of diversity, equity and inclusion principles into school curriculum and also in hiring practices for education staff. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13 To House Education Committee |
| RI | H7887 | Intro 25% | House Resolution Respectfully Urging The United States Congress To Protect Patients And Traditional Medicare From Medicare Advantage [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-12 To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H7400 | Intro 25% | EDUCATION -- FEDERAL AID - Establishes new programs for free breakfast and lunch meals in all public schools. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7665 | Intro 25% | PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- APPOINTMENT, QUALIFICATION, AND TENURE OF OFFICERS - Requires letters of appointment of public officers and employees be sent to the secretary of state's office. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07 To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H8033 | Intro 25% | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $150,000 To Women's Fund Of Rhode Island (this Resolution Would Authorize The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $150,000 To The Women's Fund Of Rhode Island To Implement Programs And Initiatives That Seek To Clos... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-06 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7219 | Intro 25% | 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] | 2024-03-05 To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7449 | Intro 25% | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION - Allows victims of sexual assault to submit a medical forensic exam performed by a licensed health care provider in lieu of a police report in order to establish eligibility for funds under the St... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-05 To House Judiciary Committee |