| RI | S0135 | Intro 25% | Limits the use of certain criminal records and credit history reports in denying housing to prospective applicants, and provides for fines for failure to comply, and requires notices of denials to be sent to the prospective tenants. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-26 [Hearing: Jun 1] To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S0129 | Intro 25% | Allows the division of motor vehicles to issue a state identification card to residents unable to establish lawful presence in the United States upon proof of residence in this state and a tax identification number. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-26 [Hearing: Jun 1] To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S0387 | Intro 25% | Provides judges the discretion to make the time period of a filing under § 12-10-12, but in no event longer than the maximum jail sentence allowed by law. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-26 [Hearing: May 30] To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S0380 | Intro 25% | Amends certain election statutes to require ballot questions be written in plain language reasonably calculated to be understood by persons with middle school reading comprehension skills. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-26 [Hearing: Jun 1] To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S0444 | Engross 50% | Establishes June 19th as a state holiday, to be known as "Juneteenth National Freedom Day". [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-26 To House Special Legislation Committee |
| RI | S0427 | Intro 25% | Requires person who is considered an independent contractor to file a designation form by January 31 of each year and requires department of labor and training to provide a list of independent contractors to department of revenue by April 1 of each y... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-26 [Hearing: May 31]
Proposed Substitute |
| RI | S0365 | Intro 25% | Increases the amount of time of notice a residential landlord must give to a tenant prior to any rent increase. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-26 [Hearing: May 30] To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S0447 | Intro 25% | Protects the rights of employees in the workplace relating to free speech, assembly and religion as well as attendance at employer-sponsored meetings regarding political or religious matters [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-26 [Hearing: May 31] To Senate Labor Committee |
| RI | S0086 | Intro 25% | Enables school teachers, state and municipal employees to retire earlier. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-26 [Hearing: May 30] To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0601 | Intro 25% | Allows the first Tuesday after the first Monday in the month preceding the special election to be available to hold the special primary. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-26 [Hearing: May 30] To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S0616 | Intro 25% | Prohibits one from inquiring into a prospective buyer or tenant’s housing status, and provides an individual with an assistance animal an equal opportunity to use and enjoy a dwelling so long the animal is not a threat to the health and safety of o... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-26 [Hearing: May 30] To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S0667 | Engross 50% | Requires an Automobile Association of America (AAA) program entitled "Shifting Gears: The Blunt Truth About Marijuana and Driving" to be added to the curriculum for driver education once it has been approved by the state board of education. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-26 [Hearing: May 30]
Proposed Substitute |
| RI | S0653 | Intro 25% | Requires the clerk of the court to return any bail money posted to the defendant or the person who provided the bail money at the time of judgment of the case and that the money shall not be used to pay costs, fines or restitution or any other assess... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-26 [Hearing: Jun 1] To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S0656 | Intro 25% | Relieves property owners from implementing lead hazard mitigation for pre-1978 rental dwelling units that are comprised of 2 or 3 units, one of which is occupied by the property owner. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-26 [Hearing: May 30]
Proposed Substitute |
| RI | S0556 | Intro 25% | Allows the presumption of in-the-line-of-duty illness unless contrary evidence is presented. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-26 [Hearing: May 30] To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0731 | Intro 25% | Provides that road abandonments by municipalities be properly recorded in land evidence records. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-26 [Hearing: May 30] To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S0748 | Engross 50% | Provides free admission to any state owned recreational facility for Gold Star families with exceptions for docking slips. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-26 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | S0821 | Intro 25% | Protects bullying/psychological abuse in workplace inflicted upon employees by employers/co-employees/provides civil remedies to affected employees/fines against employers/imprisonment/fines against co-employees. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-26 [Hearing: May 31] To Senate Labor Committee |
| RI | S0907 | Intro 25% | Transfers jurisdiction of child endangerment offenses from the family court to the superior court. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-26 [Hearing: May 30] To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S0961 | Intro 25% | Requires certain candidates for state and municipal political office and political action committees designate a financial institution as a depository for campaign funds. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-26 [Hearing: Jun 1] To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S1014 | Intro 25% | Amends the current requirement of payment of initial filing fee and service of process costs when the victim of crime is still owed restitution at the expiration of the case and seeks to enforce the civil judgment entered at disposition. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-26 [Hearing: Jun 1] To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S1008 | Intro 25% | Authorizes websites to be used for publication of legal notices and advertisements effective January 1, 2024. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-26 [Hearing: Jun 1] To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S1016 | Intro 25% | Allows a parent to introduce evidence in a family court child custody dispute, form an expert, alleging the existence of parental alienation syndrome by the other parent. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-26 [Hearing: Jun 1] To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S1039 | Intro 25% | Changes zoning distance notice requirements and requires website and social media hearing notice postings. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-26 [Hearing: May 30] To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S1072 | Intro 25% | Allows the board of directors of the Coventry fire district to hold its annual meeting at any time during the month of November provided the date is announced by the twentieth day of October in each year. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-26 [Hearing: May 30] To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S1084 | Intro 25% | Provides that the "rights of secured lenders" provision from § 34-36.1-2.19 be applicable to condominiums created before July 1, 1982 and creates a process for condominium associations to notify unit mortgage holders for certain association actions. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-26 To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S1083 | Intro 25% | Provides that the "meetings" requirements from § 34-36.1-3.08 be applicable to condominiums created before July 1, 1982 and would permit remote participation in condominium meetings. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-26 To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S0120 | Intro 25% | Includes the governor’s commission on disabilities in the decision making process for the disability parking enforcement enhancement program and requires an annual report be submitted to the governor’s commission. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-25 To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S0119 | Intro 25% | 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 chemical tests under § 31-27-2.1 from 5 years to 10 years... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-25 To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S0118 | Intro 25% | Increases penalties for a variety of motor vehicle offenses. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-25 To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S0145 | Intro 25% | Increases the amount of parental or family leave available to an employee from thirteen (13) weeks to twenty-four (24) weeks in any two (2) calendar years. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-25 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/01/2023) |
| RI | S0423 | Intro 25% | Clarifies the role of a workers' cooperative to allow it to operate as a hiring hall under certain circumstances. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-25 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/01/2023) |
| RI | S0438 | Intro 25% | Repeals the exemption granted to pari mutual facilities and casinos from the smoke free workplace requirement contained in the Public Health and Workplace Safety Act. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-25 To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0213 | Intro 25% | Creates a sales tax holiday on August 12 and 13, 2023. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-25 To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0331 | Intro 25% | Increases the penalties for a first offense of leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death to a minimum five (5) years in incarceration, a minimum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) and a minimum license revocation of five (5) years. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-25 To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S0425 | Intro 25% | Provides identity theft protections by requiring reporting of breaches by certain municipal and state agencies, and requires notice to collective bargaining agents where required and requires an explanation of remediation services. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-25 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/01/2023) |
| RI | S0658 | Intro 25% | 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] | 2023-05-25 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/01/2023) |
| RI | S0623 | Intro 25% | Decreases the amount of the reinstatement fees for a motor vehicle registration or certificate of title which was revoked, denied or suspended and reduced reinstatement fees for suspension or revocation of registration or certificate of title. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-25 To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S0654 | Intro 25% | Prohibits DMV, in conjunction with the installation of an ignition interlock system to generate or maintain a notice of pre-suspension for failure to satisfy penalty imposed for an alcohol related event until the time frame for completion has passed. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-25 To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S0660 | Intro 25% | 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] | 2023-05-25 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/01/2023) |
| RI | S0531 | Intro 25% | Adds the workers' compensation administration fund to those restricted receipt accounts not subject to indirect cost recoveries. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-25 To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0801 | Intro 25% | Amends the zoning enabling statute to provide for the allowance of redeveloping more minimum housing options as permitted uses. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-25 To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S0905 | Intro 25% | Provides updates and clarifications to the current penalties for driving after denial, revocation, or suspension of an individual’s license. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-25 To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S1030 | Intro 25% | 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] | 2023-05-25 To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S1035 | Intro 25% | Provides that adaptive reuse for the conversion of commercial property into residential or mixed-use developments shall be a permitted use and allowable by specific and objective provisions of a zoning ordinance, subject to certain restrictions. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-25 To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S0002 | Intro 25% | 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] | 2023-05-24 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/30/2023) |
| RI | S0568 | Intro 25% | Amends the retention of x-ray statute by eliminating retention for the life of the individual to retention for whatever period is required by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-24 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/30/2023) |
| RI | S0747 | Intro 25% | Amends the contents of what is to be displayed on a motor vehicle registration plate. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-24 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/30/2023) |
| RI | S0766 | Intro 25% | Prohibits colleges and universities from withholding a student’s transcript due to the student failing to pay any expenses owed to the college or university but permits the withholding of a student’s academic credits and grades or diploma or degr... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-24 To Senate Education Committee |
| RI | S0790 | Intro 25% | Requires private insurers to reimburse child care service providers for therapy services offered through EOHHS certified Kids Connect/Therapeutic Childcare Services. This coverage would be effective January 1, 2024. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-24 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/30/2023) |