| RI | S2476 | Engross
50% | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS ARBITRATION - Expands the definition of correctional officer, to include any bargaining unit, in which correctional officers constitute a majority of the bargaining unit's membership.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
To House Labor Committee |
| RI | S2545 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- ENERGY FACILITY SITING ACT - Increases the membership of the energy facility siting board from 3 to 5 members and would revise the process of energy facility siting to mandate inclusion/participation of the host commun...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S2849 | Intro
25% | PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- EXCAVATION NEAR UNDERGROUND UTILITY FACILITIES - Amends the provision of notice to be provided for the release of any hazardous gas or liquid as determined by the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Admini...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S2901 | Engross
50% | PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- LABOR AND PAYMENT OF DEBTS BY CONTRACTORS - Prohibits contractors and subcontractors from paying employees the cash equivalent of any applicable healthcare benefit in lieu of actually purchasing the healthcare benefit. Vi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
To House Labor Committee |
| RI | S2983 | Intro
25% | EDUCATION -- COUNCIL ON POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION -- STUDENT SUCCESS ACT - Reduces the time, from three (3) years to one year, required for a nonimmigrant foreign national student, who has resided in Rhode Island, to be eligible to pay the same in-stat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
To Senate Education Committee |
| RI | S2095 | Intro
25% | EDUCATION -- CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES - Provides that parents and guardians of children with disabilities in private school have the same rights and remedies as parents/guardians of children in public school.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-30
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2110 | Intro
25% | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- INDICTMENTS, INFORMATIONS AND COMPLAINTS - Provides for a 10 year statute of limitations for the violation of second degree sexual assault.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-30
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2665 | Intro
25% | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- THEFT, EMBEZZLEMENT, FALSE PRETENSES, AND MISAPPROPRIATION - Provides that two (2) or more individuals associated to accomplish an act or acts which constitute shoplifting, could be deemed "racketeer influenced and corrupt organi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-30
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2664 | Intro
25% | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- TRESPASS AND VANDALISM - Changes the community service requirements of a sentence related to the violation of § 11-44-21.1 relating to defacing private residences, offices, businesses or commercial property.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-30
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2944 | Intro
25% | PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- DUTIES OF UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - Increases the penalties for public utilities for violations of the general law governing the duties of utilities and carriers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-30
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | S2799 | Intro
25% | PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- DRIVER NATIONAL CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK - Provides a criminal background check procedure for for-hire intrastate passenger transportation services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-29
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | S2026 | Intro
25% | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF LICENSES - Requires that the license plates of a vehicle be confiscated by a police officer if the owner was arrested for driving while their license was suspended, revoked or cancelled for refu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2025 | Intro
25% | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF LICENSES - A judge would have discretion to allow a hardship exception to keep license plates of a person convicted of this offense.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2022 | Intro
25% | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SPEED RESTRICTIONS -- SCHOOL BUS SPEED LIMIT - Establishes a speed limit for school buses being driven on a limited access highway to ten miles per hour (10mph) less than the posted speed limit.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2024 | Intro
25% | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES - Increases penalties for a variety of motor vehicle offenses.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2023 | Intro
25% | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES - Extends the "lookback" period for repeat offenses involving driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs under § 31-27-2 and for repeat offenses related to failure or refusal to submit to chemi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2317 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- SHERIFFS - Allows retired sheriffs and other retired law enforcement personnel to be recalled into service as a sheriff or deputy sheriff without any reduction in their pension benefit.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2832 | Intro
25% | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MISCELLANEOUS RULES - Provides additional exception to prohibition on usage of wireless communication device while driving and clarifies that use for purpose of navigation must be while the device is mounted or otherwise a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2904 | Intro
25% | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF LICENSES -- VIOLATIONS - Provides updates and clarifications to the current penalties for driving after denial, revocation, or suspension of an individual’s license.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2871 | Intro
25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PSYCHOLOGISTS - Includes licensed school psychologists under the provisions of the general laws governing the regulations of psychologists and expands the licensing of school psychologists for independent practice.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2947 | Intro
25% | MOTOR VEHICLES -- SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD LIMITS - Adds "loose material" to the contents of a vehicle that must be covered by a covering that must remain in place until the vehicle's contents are purged from the vehicle.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2937 | Intro
25% | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES - Extends the "lookback" period for repeat offenses involving driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs under § 31-27-2 and for repeat offenses related to failure or refusal to submit to chemi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2936 | Intro
25% | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- ACCIDENTS AND ACCIDENT REPORTS - Provides for a single, increased range of penalties for all driving offenses which result in serious bodily injury or death.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2021 | Intro
25% | 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.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24
To Senate Labor Committee |
| RI | S2153 | Engross
50% | WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- FRESHWATER LAKE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - Establishes the Rhode Island lake management program and a restricted receipt account as a fund within the department of environmental management to aid with lake and pond management issue...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24
To House Environment and Natural Resources Committee |
| RI | S2316 | Intro
25% | MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- RHODE ISLAND VETERANS' HOME - Reduces the assessment by the Rhode Island Veterans Home against a resident's net income from eighty percent (80%) to fifty percent (50%).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2435 | 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] | 2024-04-23
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2398 | Intro
25% | ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- ANIMAL CARE - Prohibits a medical training program from using a live animal while teaching medical procedures if any other accredited training program does not use animals or there is an alternate method that teaches t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2896 | Intro
25% | PROBATE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE -- UNCLAIMED INTANGIBLE AND TANGIBLE PROPERTY - Provides conditions which persons paid to recover or assist in recovering reported property must comply with.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2971 | Intro
25% | PROPERTY -- MECHANICS' LIENS - Provides the arbitrator in mechanics' lien actions submitted to arbitration the authority to make certain findings of fact regarding procedure compliance and amounts owed which findings would be binding in the mechanics...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2987 | Intro
25% | PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS - Requires that present and former employees, active and retired members, and beneficiaries receiving any retirement, disability or death allowance receive a $2,000 incr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-16
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2311 | Intro
25% | HUMAN SERVICES -- HEALTH CARE FOR ELDERLY AND DISABLED RESIDENTS ACT - Increases the income limits for elderly or disabled individuals to one hundred eighty percent (180%) of the federal poverty level to qualify for medical assistance coverage.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
Committee continued |
| RI | S2670 | Intro
25% | ELECTIONS -- PRIMARY ELECTIONS - Changes the process of nominating candidates for the general election, by replacing the political party primary with a primary general election.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2780 | Intro
25% | ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS - Requires mail ballot drop boxes to be opened thirty-five (35) days prior to election day, and twenty (20) days prior to special elections.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2782 | Intro
25% | CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS -- THE RHODE ISLAND LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ACT - Replaces the existing limited liability company act with a newer and updated model act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2751 | Intro
25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTHCARE FACILITIES - Amends Article 9 of the state budget and various provisions relative to hospital licensing fees, would redefine base year for purposes of calculating disproportionate share payments for fiscal...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
Committee continued |
| RI | S2894 | Intro
25% | ELECTIONS -- REGISTRATION OF VOTERS - Allows non-affiliated party voters to vote in party primaries, without becoming an affiliated party voter.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2957 | Intro
25% | PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- ADMINISTRATION - Reduces the number of years from five (5) to three (3), when calculating for retirement purposes, the average of the highest consecutive years of compensation, for state and munic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| RI | S2979 | Intro
25% | EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT -- PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM - Reduces the number of years from five (5) to three (3), when calculating for retirement purposes, the average of the highest consecutive years of compensation, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2150 | Intro
25% | ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- UNLAWFUL CONFINEMENT OF A COVERED ANIMAL - Exempts egg laying hens kept for commercial egg production purposes from the provisions of chapter 4-1.1 until January 1, 2034.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-10
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S2477 | Intro
25% | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-10
To Senate Labor Committee |
| RI | S2784 | Intro
25% | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES' ARBITRATION - Recognizes that municipal employees have the opportunity to utilize interest arbitration and would establish new factors for the arbitrators to consider. These factors include comparison...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-10
To Senate Labor Committee |
| RI | S2853 | Intro
25% | PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- RHODE ISLAND UTILITY FAIR SHARE ROADWAY REPAIR ACT - Requires that public utilities plan utility work in accordance with the state transportation improvement program schedules when working on state roads.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2962 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- TUITION WAIVER PILOT PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE - Establishes the tuition waiver program for children in Rhode Island foster care program. The purpose would be to increase the number of youths in foster care e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-05
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2969 | Intro
25% | HIGHWAYS -- RHODE ISLAND TURNPIKE AND BRIDGE AUTHORITY - Directs the Rhode Island turnpike and bridge authority (RITBA) design a safety barrier or netting system on the several bridges within its authority.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-05
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S2683 | Intro
25% | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- THREATS AND EXTORTION - Defines "public official" to include school personnel for purposes of the criminal prohibition against making threats to public officials.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2771 | Intro
25% | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- THREATS AND EXTORTION - Considers election officials and poll workers "public officials" for purposes of the prohibition on making threats to public officials.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2941 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT - Establishes an agricultural restricted receipt account within the department of environmental management. An advisory committee would be established to determine suggested uses ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2246 | Pass | Authorizes the City of Cranston to issue not to exceed $40,000,000 general obligation bonds.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-03
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S2691 | Intro
25% | PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- PUBLIC BUILDINGS - Authorizes and funds the painting of a portrait of the president of the senate and former presidents of the senate who may be living to be hung in the state house.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-03
To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
