| RI | H7319 | Intro
Sine Die | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- HEALTHY AND SAFE FAMILIES AND WORKPLACES ACT - Mandates that the work week be reduced to thirty-two hours and rate of pay for a thirty-two (32) hour workweek would remain the same as the rate of pay for forty hours.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-05
To House Labor Committee |
| RI | H7451 | Intro
Sine Die | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT - Establishes a program within the adult correctional institution to permit medication assisted treatment approved by the FDA to be provided for the treatment of opioid use disorder to any incarc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-05
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7457 | Intro
Sine Die | 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] | 2024-03-05
To House Labor Committee |
| RI | H7448 | Intro
Sine Die | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- CONFIDENTIALITY OF HEALTH CARE COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION ACT - Amends provisions relative to confidentiality of health care communications and the process for requesting records and/or confidential health care infor...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-05
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7650 | Intro
Sine Die | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES -- EXTREME TEMPERATURE EMPLOYEE PROTECTION - Directs employers to take certain actions to protect their employees who are exposed to extreme hot and cold temperatures and failure to implement or ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-05
To House Labor Committee |
| RI | H7140 | Intro
Sine Die | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACEUTICAL COST TRANSPARENCY - Directs the state board of pharmacy to annually identify up to fifteen prescription drugs with increased costs and provide the list to the attorney general to obtain reasons for the cos...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H7317 | Intro
Sine Die | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- RADON CONTROL - Requires landlords to conduct a radon test of all residential rental properties every five (5) years. Short-term residential rentals would be excluded from radon testing requirements.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| RI | H7386 | Intro
Sine Die | LIBRARIES -- STATE AID TO LIBRARIES -- FREEDOM TO READ - Encourages and protects the freedom of public libraries to acquire materials without limitations and prohibits materials being removed from public libraries due to partisan or doctrinal disappr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H7445 | Intro
Sine Die | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACIES - Adds a new section which sets forth conditions for pharmacists to prescribe tobacco cessation/drug therapies, programs approved by the state board of pharmacy. The cessation therapies would be covered by all...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H7444 | Intro
Sine Die | FOOD AND DRUGS -- WHOLESALE PRESCRIPTION DRUG IMPORTATION PROGRAM - Establishes the Wholesale Prescription Drug Importation Program for the importation of wholesale prescription drugs from Canada to provide savings to Rhode Island consumers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H7136 | Intro
Sine Die | PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY - Enables the Rhode Island public transit authority (RIPTA) to work with the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) to allow commuter rail passes to be used as dual passes for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-27
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H7326 | Intro
Sine Die | HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE -- HOLIDAYS - Changes the name of the holiday on the second Monday of August from Victory Day to Peace and Remembrance Day.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-27
To House Special Legislation Committee |
| RI | H7164 | Intro
Sine Die | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS - Allows expungement of multiple felony convictions for non-violent felonies10 years after sentence completed.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-15
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7160 | Intro
Sine Die | COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- PRICE GOUGING OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS PROHIBITED - Makes it a felony to price gouge prescriptions or pharmaceuticals in time of a shortage.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-15
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7307 | Intro
Sine Die | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- COMMERCIAL SEXUAL ACTIVITY - Provides immunity to people involved in commercial sexual activity if they are victims or witnesses to various other offenses and would not grant immunity to law enforcement officers for arresting tho...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-15
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7142 | Intro
Sine Die | COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- PATIENT BROKERING ACT - Prohibits the practice of patient brokering and would provide monetary penalties and enforcement by the office of the attorney general.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H7153 | Intro
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFITS - Caps the total amount that a covered person is required to pay for a covered prescription asthma inhaler to twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per thirty (30) day supply.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| RI | H7198 | Intro
Sine Die | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS' BILL OF RIGHTS - Repeals the law enforcement officers' bill of rights, chapter 42-28.6 of the general laws, in its entirety.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-08
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7070 | Intro
Sine Die | ELECTIONS -- RESIDENCE OF INDIVIDUALS IN GOVERNMENT CUSTODY ACT - Requires state use actual residences of persons in government custody for redistricting purposes. Information would be collected by the department of corrections and forwarded to the s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H7173 | Intro
Sine Die | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKERS' COMPENSATION -- BENEFITS - Prevents employers from discriminating against an employee because the employee has exercised a right and worker's compensation benefits.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01
To House Labor Committee |
| RI | H7176 | Intro
Sine Die | PROPERTY -- HOMELESS BILL OF RIGHTS - Creates a commission to establish homeless shelter standards through regulations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| RI | H7155 | Intro
Sine Die | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- POLICE OFFICERS -- COMMISSION ON STANDARDS AND TRAINING - Requires mandatory training standards for police officers and trainees, in identifying, responding, and handling all incidents involving any person with a devel...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| RI | H7175 | Intro
Sine Die | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- EMERGENCY SHELTERS - Establishes rules and procedures for licensing emergency shelters, including setting minimum standards and prohibiting the charging of fees to the residents.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| RI | H7163 | Intro
Sine Die | DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- DOMESTIC ABUSE PREVENTION - Permits the family court to award custody of household pets to the plaintiff in a domestic abuse complaint, including the enforcement remedy of a restraining order or other injunctive relief.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7147 | Intro
Sine Die | EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM - Requires the department of education to develop and make available for use in all schools a mental health curriculum. School districts would be required to provide four (4) hours of mental health instruction to seventh grade...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-31
To House Education Committee |
| RI | H7083 | Intro
Sine Die | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHYSICIAN ASSISTANCE LICENSING COMPACT ACT - Adopts the model compact for the physician assistant's licensure compact in Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-30
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H7139 | Intro
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- CONTROL OF HIGH PRESCRIPTION COSTS -- REGULATION OF PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGERS - Regulates PBMs policies and practices relating to accurate costs and pricing reporting, restricts discriminatory practices and establishes consumer protectio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-30
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H7152 | Intro
Sine Die | FOOD AND DRUGS -- RHODE ISLAND FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS ACT - Requires that all cosmetics manufactured, sold, delivered, held or offered for sale contain a label that completely and accurately lists all of their component ingredients.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-30
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H7157 | Intro
Sine Die | PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT AND INVESTMENT ACT - Establishes a statewide broadband community outreach coordinator to assist state residents interested in learning more and/or applying for the federal Affordable Connectivity ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
To House Innovation, Internet, & Technology Committee |
| RI | H7158 | Intro
Sine Die | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ACCOUNTABILITY ACT - Requires DOA provide inventory of all state agencies using artificial intelligence (AI); establishes a permanent commission to monitor the use of AI in state government and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
To House Innovation, Internet, & Technology Committee |
| RI | H7144 | Intro
Sine Die | INSURANCE -- COVID-19 PANDEMIC INSURANCE RECOVERY ACT - Allows businesses that had an insurance policy in place for business interruption as of March 9, 2020 or thereafter to recover from their insurance companies for a COVID-19 business impact.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H7146 | Intro
Sine Die | EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM - Directs the council on elementary and secondary education to develop recommendations for a high school curriculum to prepare students for successful postsecondary education and careers in computer science.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
To House Education Committee |
| RI | H7145 | Intro
Sine Die | EDUCATION -- SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS - Requires school committees to provide transportation for any student who resides two (2) or more miles from school.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
To House Education Committee |
| RI | H7179 | Intro
Sine Die | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE RHODE ISLAND LOBBYING REFORM ACT - Prohibits lobbyists from making any political contributions to any member of the general assembly from January 1 through July 1 in any year, unless the general assembly adjourns f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-23
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H7183 | Intro
Sine Die | Joint Resolution To Approve, Publish And Submit To The Electors A Proposition Of Amendment To The Constitution Of The State -- Four Year Terms And Term Limits For Representatives And Senators (proposes An Amendment To The State Constitution, Article ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-23
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H7185 | Intro
Sine Die | PUBLIC FINANCE -- REVENUE ESTIMATING CONFERENCES - Changes the timeframe of the Revenue Estimating Conferences meeting to within the last ten (10) days of April and the first ten (10) days of November of each year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-11
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7135 | Pass | House Resolution Extending Condolences On The Passing Of Alan Sumner Flink
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
House read and passed |
| RI | H7007 | Pass | House Resolution Honoring And Recognizing Barbara J. Disanto On The Joyous Occasion Of Her 90th Birthday
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-04
House read and passed |
