| RI | S0182 | Pass | Adds the Rhode Island teacher of the year as an additional ex officio member of the council on elementary and secondary education as well as the board of education.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-27
Effective without Governor's signature |
| RI | S1106 | Pass | Provides that if liability is accepted by causing a total loss of the other party’s vehicle, coverage for a rental vehicle for no less than an additional seven (7) days be provided.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-27
Effective without Governor's signature |
| RI | S0417 | Pass | Provides rights/privileges of shore may be exercised, where shore exists, on wet/dry sand/rocky beaches up the natural vegetation line to be determined by CRMC with limited liability for abutters.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-26
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S0483 | Pass | Provides that school policies which provide for excused absences for participation in a sport or other extracurricular activity be amended and deemed to include attending agricultural fairs as an excused absence.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-26
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S0489 | Pass | Require public school districts to take certain actions to promote notice and disseminate information regarding the district’s special education local advisory committee.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-26
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S0699 | Pass | Amends applicability and operational requirements of the chapter on Education Services to Very Young Children.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-26
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S0925 | 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 | S0002 | Pass | Establishes a lead water supply replacement program for public and private service lines and requires disclosure to tenants and buyers of real property of the presence of lead service lines.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-24
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S0077 | 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 | S1037 | Pass | Provides amendments relative to low- and moderate-income housing and modifies and clarifies the procedure for review of applications to build such housing.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-24
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S1105 | Pass | Joint Resolution Extending The Reporting And Expiration Dates Of The Special Legislative Commission To Study The Governance Structure Of Rhode Island's Public Education System (this Resolution Would Extend The Reporting And Expiration Dates Of The Co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-24
Effective without Governor's signature |
| RI | S0464 | Pass | Add a "national touring production" to the productions that are considered an "accredited theater production" for purposes of musical and theatrical production tax credits and extends the sunset of the credits to July 1 2027.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-23
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S0829 | Pass | Requires the administrator of the division of motor vehicles to prescribe or approve power-of-attorney forms to be used in connection with vehicle registrations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-23
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S0003 | Pass | Amends the definitions of "collegiate sports or athletic event" and "sporting event" within the chapter on "video lottery games, table games and sports wagering".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-22
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S0001 | Pass | Provides that peer-to-peer car sharing, peer-to-peer car sharing programs, and peer-to-peer car sharing program agreements are not considered rental vehicles.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-22
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S0203 | Pass | Creates appointment of executive director of coastal resources management as an employee and respected staff of coastal resource management to coordinate with DEM and division leaders to plan management of coastal resources.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-22
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S0750 | Pass | Amends the registration requirements of street rods and custom vehicles.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-22
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S0758 | Pass | Decreases the number of hours needed for the issuance of a license for hairdresser and cosmetician licensing from 1,200 hours to 1,000 hours.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-22
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S0991 | Pass | Authorizes the state department of transportation to efficiently operate a single, integrated intermodal transportation system and to address unrealized funding opportunities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-22
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S0023 | Pass | Guarantees availability of coverage to eligible residents of state and does not limit or exclude coverage by imposing a preexisting condition exclusion.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-21
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S0178 | Pass | Creates the Apprenticeship Pathways to Earning a Bachelor’s Degree Act, to enable an individual to earn a bachelor’s degree at public higher education institutions throughout the state by earning credits through apprenticeships.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-21
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S0565 | Pass | Establishes prevailing standards and procedures for licensing speech-language pathologists and audiologists in Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-21
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S0604 | 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 | S0830 | Pass | Enables Rhode Island licensed new motor vehicle dealers to conduct vehicle identification number inspections and submits them for an NCIC check by the chiefs of police or designees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-20
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S0802 | Pass | Brings state law into federal compliance by prohibiting or otherwise lending this use of refrigerant designated as acceptable pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 7671k as long as the refrigerant is listed and installed in accordance therewith
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-20
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S0759 | Pass | Requires sellers of gift cards to post notice warning of scams/instructing consumers what to do as victims/train employees to identify/respond to fraud/violations punishable by a civil fine of $500.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-20
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S0948 | Pass | Legalizes iGaming by patrons located in the State of Rhode Island. Effective 4/1/2024.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-20
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S0035 | Pass | Allows individuals, who have not reached the age of eighteen (18) years, to vote in a primary election, as long as the voter will be eighteen (18), as of the date of the general or special election.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-19
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S0299 | Pass | Defines an audiologist as an individual licensed to practice audiology by the department of health.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-19
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S0667 | Pass | Requires curriculum related to the dangers of marijuana-impaired driving such as the course provided by AAA or similar equivalent to be added to the curriculum for driver education once it has been approved by the state board of education.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-19
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S0496 | Pass | Revises the course requirements for the fast-track principal certification program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-19
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S0494 | Pass | Repeals the requirement that the school committee policy manual be kept in the school library, public library and administrative building and require that the manual be available on the school district website.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-19
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S0760 | 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 | S0789 | Pass | Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of Sojourner House, a Rhode Island nonprofit corporation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-19
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S1028 | Pass | Adds a new chapter which defines "living donor" and prohibits insurers from denying health insurance, including disability insurance and long-term care disability insurance on the basis of individual's status as a "living donor".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-19
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S1090 | Pass | Amends the provisions of law relative to eligibility for attendance for kindergarten students.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-19
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S0538 | Engross
50% | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $5,000,000 To Eleanor Slater Hospital, Zambarano Unit (this Resolution Would Authorize The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $5,000,000 To Eleanor Slater Hospital, Zambarano Unit For The Purpose Of Re-building A ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-15
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S0559 | Engross
50% | Authorizes the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to establish a program to expand the issuance of teaching certificates to bilingual dual language and world language teachers in urban and urban ring schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-15
Senate passed Sub A |
| RI | S0163 | Pass | Removes the sunset provision relative to mediation coverage prior to mortgage foreclosures.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S0304 | Engross
50% | Adds grass/grass clippings to the items prohibited from being deposited or blown onto a highway or roadway.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S0258 | Engross
50% | Provides for an appropriation by the general assembly in the amount of two million dollars ($2,000,000) to the various school districts and municipalities to employ additional social workers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S0385 | Engross
50% | Permits the substitution of advertising the voter registration deadline in a newspaper by posting notice of designations on the municipality's website, continuously, for at least 10 days leading up to the last day prescribed by law.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S0442 | Engross
50% | Names the Newport campus of the community college of Rhode Island the M. Teresa Paiva Weed campus.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-13
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | S0926 | Intro
25% | Defines a used part and creates standards for use of used parts in damaged motor vehicles, for motor vehicle replacement parts.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-13
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S1115 | Pass | Senate Resolution Commemorating The 5th Annual "state Day Of The Cooperative" On June 13, 2023, In Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-13
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S1116 | Pass | Senate Resolution Congratulating Dr. Sabrina Antonelli On Being Named The 2023 "elementary School Principal Of The Year" By The Rhode Island Association Of School Principals
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-13
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S0463 | Intro
25% | Develops a plan to expand public, high quality prekindergarten education programs available to all children ages three (3) and four (4) throughout Rhode Island to increase children’s school readiness and makes fund available to sustain all classroo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-09
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | S0488 | Engross
50% | Extends teacher certifications without fee or penalty for three (3) years for teachers who hold certifications as of July 1, 2023.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-09
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | S0486 | Engross
50% | Directs the council on elementary and secondary education to provide professional support/assistance to LEAs regarding effective ways to use data such as the LEA’s budget and demographics, school culture, and assessments to improve student performa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-09
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | S0952 | Intro
25% | Requires any person who transports a patient by a stretcher or in a supine position in a vehicle to be licensed as an emergency medical services provider through the director of health.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-08
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
