| RI | H5042 | Engross
50% | FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- LICENSED ACTIVITIES - Repeals the provisions of the general laws allowing deferred deposit providers, also known as "payday lenders."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-16
House passed Sub A |
| RI | H5220 | Intro
25% | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY -- POLICE RELATIONSHIP ACT OF 2015 - Amends the comprehensive community-police relationship act of 2015 to require an annual study by an outside agency chosen by the department.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-16
[Hearing: Jun 18]
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H5309 | Engross
50% | TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION - Increases the minimum veterans’ exemption from one thousand dollars ($1,000) to six thousand dollars ($6,000) with respect to municipal taxes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-16
House passed Sub A |
| RI | H5432 | 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] | 2025-06-16
[Hearing: Jun 16]
Committee recommends passage of Sub A |
| RI | H5534 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION - Exempts certain urban and small farmers from sales taxes, real, tangible and personal property taxes and income taxes. This act would also define urban and small farmers and urban farmland.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-16
[Hearing: Jun 18]
Proposed Substitute |
| RI | H5674 | Engross
50% | PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT - Prohibits a landlord from inquiring about the immigration status of a tenant subject to any federal laws or regulations, but may request financial information or proof of identity.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-16
House read and passed |
| RI | H5726 | 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] | 2025-06-16
House passed Sub A |
| RI | H5796 | Intro
25% | TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES - Adds an additional purpose to the standard provisions list that a zoning ordinance is required to address.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-16
[Hearing: Jun 18]
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | H5803 | Engross
50% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE - Provides for the establishment and operation of an electronic permitting platform for all state and local permitting.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-16
[Hearing: Jun 18]
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | H5802 | Engross
50% | TOWNS AND CITIES -- RHODE ISLAND COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING AND LAND USE ACT - Provides amendments to enable the development of state-owned vacant, abandoned or underutilized land for housing and the process therefore.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-16
[Hearing: Jun 18]
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | H5866 | Engross
50% | FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT - Increases the maximum fill for non-opioid, non-narcotic controlled substances found in schedule II, so that a sixty-day (60) supply may be dispensed at any one time.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-16
House passed Sub B in concurrence |
| RI | H5841 | Engross
50% | EDUCATION -- OFFENSES PERTAINING TO SCHOOLS - Prohibits discrimination on the basis of race by expanding the definition of race to include traits historically associated with race, including, but not limited to, hair texture and protected hairstyles.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-16
[Hearing: Jun 18]
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H6066 | Intro
25% | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- TEMPORARY DISABILITY INSURANCE -- GENERAL PROVISIONS - Includes siblings, grandchildren, and care recipient in the coverage for temporary caregiver benefits and increases the taxable wage base upon which employees make co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-16
[Hearing: Jun 16]
Committee recommends passage of Sub A |
| RI | H6089 | Intro
25% | ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- CRUELTY TO ANIMALS - Increases imprisonment penalties and adds mandatory community service for violations of § 4-1-9.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-16
[Hearing: Jun 16]
Committee recommends passage of Sub A |
| RI | H6086 | Engross
50% | Vacate The Forfeiture Or Revocation Of The Charter Of The Kane-barrengos Foundation
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-16
House read and passed |
| RI | H6161 | Engross
50% | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES - Updates and expands the current law to include menopause and menopause related conditions in the law on fair employment practices pertaining to pregnancy and pregnancy related conditions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-16
House read and passed |
| RI | H5869 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY COUNCIL - Eliminates one of two (2) conflicting versions of the science and technology advisory council authorizing statute, clarifying the structure of the council.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-15
Placed on House Calendar (06/18/2025) |
| RI | H5695 | Engross
50% | TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES - Permits municipalities to enact ordinances that provide them the authority to organize local tax amnesty events once every three (3) years.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-14
[Hearing: Jun 17]
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | H6036 | Engross
50% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- THE RHODE ISLAND CLINICIAN WELLNESS AND SUPPORT ACT - Recognizes the program run by the Rhode Island Medical Society or comparable program for physicians, physician assistants, dentists, and podiatrists, to address burnout, subst...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-14
Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/18/2025) |
| RI | H5384 | Engross
50% | ELECTIONS -- CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPLIES - Increases from 7 days to 9 days the period of time in which a request for a recount of the votes cast can be made to the board of elections and no certificates of election may be i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-13
Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/18/2025) |
| RI | H5855 | Engross
50% | FOOD AND DRUGS -- RHODE ISLAND FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS ACT - Amends the types of products which pharmacists may prescribe as substitute drugs or products to include "devices and supplies" and "therapeutically equivalent drugs and pharmaceuticals."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-13
Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/18/2025) |
| RI | H5811 | Engross
50% | FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- AN ACT ADOPTING THE FEDERAL SECURE AND FAIR ENFORCEMENT FOR MORTGAGE LICENSING ACT OF 2009 - Prohibits an individual who is licensed as both a Rhode Island real estate agent and mortgage loan originator to be compensated for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-13
Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/18/2025) |
| RI | H6088 | Engross
50% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- NURSES - Permits a certified foot care nurse or a certified foot care specialist, to provide certain at-home foot care, including routine foot and nail care including nail clipping.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-13
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | H6092 | Engross
50% | ELECTIONS -- NOMINATION OF PARTY AND INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES - Makes several amendments to provide for an online nomination paper portal for election nomination papers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-13
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H5050 | Engross
50% | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES - Creates a special license plate for the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council, Inc. that would support the Blackstone River Valley Environmental Clean-up and Education Fund.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-12
Committee recommends passage of Sub A |
| RI | H5110 | Engross
50% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- FUNERAL DIRECTOR/EMBALMER AND FUNERAL SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS - Provides for the operation and duties of natural organic reduction for the contained, accelerated conversion of human remains to soil. Disposition facilities...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-11
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | H5804 | Engross
50% | HEATH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE - Amends the composition of the building code standards committee and would make several technical amendments relative to the building code office and would establish a state building code office within the off...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-11
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | H5838 | Engross
50% | EDUCATION -- CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES - Would provide additional procedural safeguards for English as a second language learners and English language learners during the IEP process.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-11
To Senate Education Committee |
| RI | H6077 | Enroll
75% | Authorizes the City of Central Falls to issue bonds and notes in an amount not exceeding $15,000,000 to finance the construction, renovation, improvement, alteration, repair furnishing and equipping of schools and school facilities in the city.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-10
Transmitted to Governor |
| RI | H6378 | Intro
25% | PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT - Provides for the sealing of eviction records under certain circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-05
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H6387 | Intro
25% | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- RIDESHARE OR TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY VEHICLE SURCHARGE - Imposes a seventy-five cent (0.75) surcharge on fares charged by rideshare companies as well as an account to benefit RIPTA from the payment of sales taxes co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-04
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H6166 | Intro
25% | PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- CODE OF ETHICS - Creates a new law to address the issue of "sexual harassment" involving those individuals that are actively involved in legislative business.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-03
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H6365 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- RETAIL DELIVERY FEE - Imposes a fifty cent delivery fee (tax) per transaction for deliveries in the state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-29
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H6348 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION - Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of Blackstone Valley Advocacy Center located in the city of Pawtucket.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-28
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| RI | H5714 | Engross
50% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- VITAL RECORDS - Provides that a person eighteen (18) years or older could request that his or her race be modified or amended on their birth certificate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-23
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | H5799 | Engross
50% | TOWNS AND CITIES -- SUBDIVISION OF LAND - Provides that minor subdivisions would include oversized lot subdivisions under certain circumstances and relative to zoning ordinances, permit a modification to allow "neighborhood character-based modificati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-23
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | H5536 | Intro
25% | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $200,000 To Be Used For Incentives For Fruits And Vegetables Sold At Participating Bonus Bucks Outlets In Rhode Island (authorizes The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $200,000 For Incentives For The Farm Fresh ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-22
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5974 | Intro
25% | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION - Permits hit and run victims suffering serious bodily injury to recover under the crime victim compensation program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-22
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H6015 | Intro
25% | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $250,000 To The Refugee Dream Center (rdc), $250,000 To Higher Ground International, And $250,000 To Dorcas International Institute Of Rhode Island (authorizes $250,000 To Refugee Dream Center (rdc), $250,0...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-22
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5995 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES - Provides a three thousand dollar ($3,000) stipend to a qualified applicant who successfully completes the job training program of the department of human services or department of childre...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-22
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H6356 | Pass | House Resolution Recognizing September As Substance Use Recovery Awareness Month In The State Of Rhode Island And Calling For The End Of Stigma And Empowering Recovery Through Language In Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-22
House read and passed |
| RI | H6355 | Pass | House Resolution Proclaiming May 22, 2025, As "rhode Island Community Health Center Day"
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-22
House read and passed |
| RI | H5470 | Intro
25% | CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM -- 2026 BOND REFERENDA - Submits 2026 capital development program requesting the issuance of $100,000,000 in general obligation bonds to the voters for approval at the November, 2026, general election.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-21
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5467 | Intro
25% | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR FUEL TAX - Extends allocation of motor fuel tax to the Intermodal Surface Transportation Fund through 2025. Changes the allocation to 30% total proceeds, including 30% from the one cent per gallon environmental prote...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-21
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5468 | Intro
25% | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR FUEL TAX - Adjusts the motor fuel tax for inflation every two (2) years based on the inflation that has occurred in the previous two (2) years.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-21
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H6020 | Intro
25% | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $32,594,799 To The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (appropriates The Sum Of $32,594,799 To The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority.)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-21
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H6290 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- WEALTH TAX - Imposes a wealth tax on Rhode Island individuals and entities at a rate of one percent (1%) of worldwide wealth.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-21
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5984 | 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] | 2025-05-20
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H6349 | Intro
25% | House Resolution Supporting The Recognition Of The Pokanoket Tribe As The Ancient And Ongoing Stewards Of Their Ancestral Homeland, And Acknowledging Their Central Role In Shaping The Region's Past, Present, And Future
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-16
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H5279 | Intro
25% | EDUCATION -- TEACHERS RETIREMENT - Gives teachers who takes an unpaid parental or medical leave during the year credit for a year of service for that school year if they served a minimum of 135 days.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-15
To House Finance Committee |
