| RI | H5435 | Pass | Requires the state crime laboratory to conduct an audit of DNA samples in the DNA databank to ascertain the rate of compliance with DNA recording requirements.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-26
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H5602 | Pass | Enables all municipalities to offer tax amnesty for two (2) separate sixty (60) day periods during fiscal years 2024 or 2025 for the waiver of interest and penalties on overdue tangible tax payments.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-26
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H5922 | Pass | Provides that Schedules I through V of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act consist of drugs and other substances, by whatever official name, common or usual name, chemical name or name designated by the director of the department of health.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-26
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H5855 | Pass | Amends the definition of unfair claims settlement practices by insurers & motor vehicle damage appraisers, and creates a chapter providing for the appraisal of damaged motor vehicles, when the insurer & the insured cannot agree on the amount of the l...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-26
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H5099 | Pass | Establishes the Rhode Island hope scholarship pilot program to provide two-year scholarships to junior and seniors at Rhode Island college.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-24
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H5737 | Pass | Amends the interstate nurse licensure compact and adopts an enhanced and more comprehensive version of the compact, to allow nurses to hold a multi-state license allowing them to practice across state lines without having to obtain multiple licenses.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-24
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H5782 | Pass | Subjects to taxation real property owned by nonprofit institutions of higher education/nonprofit hospitals also amends charters issued by the general assembly to nonprofit institutions/hospitals.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-24
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H5562 | Pass | Provides additional earned time for good behavior or program participation or completion for prisoners not serving a life sentence.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-23
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H5991 | Pass | Relative to the provision of home and community based services, provides for the merger of the independent provider program into the personal choice program so that the state has one self-directed program for direct support services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-23
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H5840 | Pass | Streamlines tax incentive reporting by eliminating certain division of taxation reporting requirements and using alternative methods of reporting such as the tax division website.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-22
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H6521 | Pass | Allows the division of motor vehicles to issue a RI state identification card to residents unable to establish lawful presence in the United States upon proof of proper documentation as required with respect to driver privilege cards and permits.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-22
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H5539 | Pass | Requires insurers to provide coverage to children under court appointed guardianship of an insured.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-21
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H5127 | Pass | Directs the department of corrections to collect information from individuals entering its custody: sex, race, nativity (country of origin), religion, and level of education.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-20
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H5074 | Pass | Provides that certain public works renovation projects that include glazing work would have that work performed by North American contractor certification certified companies.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-20
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H5204 | Pass | Requires the secretary of housing to create a consumer guide of landlord-tenant laws to be updated annually.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-20
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H5462 | Pass | Designates a liaison position within the secretary of state's office to formulate communication between the department of state and the board of elections and adds accessible voting devices to the equipment maintained by secretary of state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-20
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H5584 | Pass | Amends the definition of employee to remove apprenticeships and interns and any other individuals pursuant to the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. Section 203 et seq.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-20
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H5606 | Pass | Amends several sections of law relating to safety and care for the elderly.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-20
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H5883 | Pass | Prohibits abusive litigation context of domestic violence or stalking and allow the court to dismiss a case upon finding, by preponderance of the evidence, that the person who filed the case is abusing the system.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-20
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H5535 | Pass | Provides for a registration process for private elevators to include a database of all private elevators to be maintained by the chief inspector.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-19
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H5560 | Pass | Enhances the rights of consumers by adding the requirement that the vendor or manufacturer maintain records of any reported defects or repairs of a device, making it easier for a consumer to enforce their rights under the law.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-19
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H6309 | Pass | Changes the primary date for the election of delegates to national conventions and for presidential preference from the fourth Tuesday in April to April 2, 2024.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-19
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H5075 | Engross
50% | Exempts used vehicles sold "for parts only" or purchased at end of their lease term by the current lessee that have a valid certificate of inspection affixed to the windshield, from the requirement that dealers of used vehicles conduct a new inspecti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-15
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H5538 | Engross
50% | Repeals requirement that at least one of the insurer's semiannual reviews be an on-site audit of the operations of the administrator of benefits.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-15
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H6204 | Engross
50% | Makes it easier for candidates for the presidential preference primaries to obtain a place on the ballot.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-15
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H6323 | Intro
25% | Provides for the sealing of court files in residential eviction proceedings upon the filing of a motion.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-15
House passed as amended (floor amendment) |
| RI | H6534 | Pass | House Resolution Proclaiming September Of 2023 As "latino History Month" In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-15
House read and passed |
| RI | H5596 | Pass | Provides that road abandonments by municipalities be properly recorded in land evidence records.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H5897 | Pass | Transfers jurisdiction of child endangerment offenses from the family court to the superior court.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H5906 | Pass | Ensures that communications between court appointed interpreters and limited-English-proficient individuals involved in legal proceedings in the courts are confidential.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H6386 | Pass | $1,250,000) TO FINANCE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO ITS WATER SYSTEM (Authorizes the Stone Bridge Fire District in the town of Tiverton to issue bonds to an amount not exceeding one million two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($1,250,000).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
Effective without Governor's signature |
| RI | H5282 | Engross
50% | Authorizes a pharmacist to prescribe and dispense hormonal contraceptives, provided that the pharmacist has completed a training program approved by the state board of pharmacy.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-13
House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) |
| RI | H6515 | Pass | House Resolution Recognizing The Honorable Maria Lopes On Receiving A Lifetime Achievement Award And The Honorable Marcia Ranglin-vassell On Receiving The Legislative Champion Award At The Juneteenth Awards Luncheon On June 17th, 2023
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-12
House read and passed |
| RI | H5889 | Intro
25% | Revises CCPRA regarding continued traffic stop data/analysis/reporting by transferring those duties to the office of highway safety effective January 1, 2024, with creation of 12 member advisory committee.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H6511 | Intro
25% | Provides that the director of department of environment management shall by January 1, 2024 designate areas where operating recreational vehicles shall be permitted.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-10
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H6512 | 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] | 2023-06-10
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H5421 | Engross
50% | Creates a committee to generate a written report of concrete proposals to attract diverse and traditionally under represented teachers to work in Rhode Island public schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-09
To Senate Education Committee |
| RI | H5838 | Engross
50% | Provides thresholds for establishing presence, residency or doing business in the state for out-of-state employees and businesses during a state of emergency declared by either the Governor or the President of the United States.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-08
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | H6506 | Intro
25% | Joint Resolution Creating A Special Joint Legislative Commission To Review And Provide Recommendations For Professional And Labor-management Standards That Provide School-based Flexibility And Accountability For Employees Of The Providence Public Sch...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-08
To House Education Committee |
| RI | H6469 | Intro
25% | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $800,000 To Higher Ground International To Support A One-time Capital Contribution Toward The Construction And Renovations Of Higher Ground International's New Headquarters (this Resolution Would Authorize ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-31
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5780 | Pass | Reduces the fee for an original driver privilege card from fifty dollars ($50.00) to twenty-five dollars ($25.00).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-23
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H5098 | Intro
25% | Requires the executive office of health and human services (EOHHS) to utilize current Medicaid waiver funds to provide coverage for supporting housing for the homeless.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| RI | H5478 | Intro
25% | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $150,000 To The Women's Fund Of Rhode Island (this Resolution Would Authorize The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $150,000 To Women’s Fund Of Rhode Island To Implement Programs And Initiatives That Seek To Cl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H6413 | Intro
25% | Amends sections of law relating to retirement of various public employees and the calculation of their final average salary and service accruals.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H6407 | Pass | House Resolution Extending Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of Josephine Piro Raimondo
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
House read and passed |
| RI | H6408 | Pass | House Resolution Congratulating The Eleanor Slater Hospital-zambarano Campus On The Recognition Of “zambarano Day” On May 16, 2023
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
House read and passed |
| RI | H5506 | Engross
50% | Allows health care facility to conduct research on patients subject to 21 C.F.R. Pt 50 and/or 45 C.F.R. Pt 46 (relating to the informed consent in clinical trials).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-15
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H5545 | Engross
50% | Requires that certain quarterly reports required to be filed by district charter schools, mayoral academies and independent charter schools be submitted to the commissioner of elementary and secondary education.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-15
To Senate Education Committee |
| RI | H5453 | Engross
50% | Renames the "Roosevelt Benton Youth Assessment Center" as the "Roosevelt Benton Center".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-11
House read and passed |
| RI | H5622 | Intro
25% | Prohibits the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) from imposing any fares and/or charges for service provided to the general public.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-11
To House Finance Committee |
