| 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 | H6090 | Pass | 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] | 2023-06-24
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H6333 | Pass | Establishes a statewide exemption of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) from the tangible property tax beginning January 1, 2024.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-24
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 | H5191 | Pass | Provides that starting December 2024, renewal fee for a pharmacist shall not be more than $250, that fee for nonresident pharmacy license not be less than $625 and pharmacy intern licenses valid for 5 years and technician licenses valid for 2 years.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-21
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H5426 | 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 | H5758 | Pass | Requires that all vehicle model years prior to 2002 would not be required to be issued a title certificate until ownership is transferred or the current owner creates a security interest in the vehicle.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-21
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H6461 | Pass | Amends sections of law relative to workers compensation benefits and medical services to be provided by the employer, employees not entitled to compensation, and additional compensation for specific injuries.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-21
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 | H5615 | Pass | Includes all books, periodicals and papers in the keeping of the Rhode Island Black Heritage Society to be placed under the care of the state librarian.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-20
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H5660 | 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 | H6491 | Pass | Increases the maximum amount maintained in a prisoners account from one thousand dollars ($1,000) to two thousand dollars ($2,000), with said funds to be turned over to the prisoner at the time of their release from incarceration.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-20
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H5380 | Pass | Establishes June 19th as a state holiday, to be known as "Juneteenth National Freedom Day".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-19
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H5768 | 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 | H5160 | Intro
25% | Repeals the provisions of the general laws allowing deferred deposit providers, also known as "payday lenders."
[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 | H6527 | Pass | House Resolution Honoring And Congratulating Marta Aparicio On Her Accomplishments
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
House read and passed |
| RI | H6529 | Pass | House Resolution Recognizing "juneteenth National Freedom Day" On June 19, 2023
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
House read and passed |
| RI | H6524 | Pass | House Resolution Respectfully Requesting The Office Of The Health Insurance Commissioner To Study, Publicly Report Data On, And Provide Recommendations For, Addressing The Critical Inadequacy Of Access To Behavioral Health Services In Rhode Island's ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
House read and passed |
| RI | H5362 | Engross
50% | Increases the amount of time of notice a residential landlord must give to a tenant prior to any rent increase.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-13
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H5475 | Intro
25% | Removes the exemption from the state hotel tax for residences rented in their entirety.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-13
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5571 | Intro
25% | Requires the court to release probation violators on their own recognizance unless it determines that some reasonable surety is required to ensure the defendant’s appearance in court.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-13
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H5687 | Engross
50% | Amends provisions of law relative to the disclosure of confidential healthcare information and records and the disclosure thereof occurring through electronic means.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-13
Committee recommends passage in concurrence |
| RI | H6423 | Pass | House Resolution Respectfully Requesting The Department Of Administration And The Office Of Information Technology To Review And Evaluate The Use And Development Of Artificial Intelligence (ai) And Automated Decision Systems And Provide Recommendatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-13
House passed Sub A |
| RI | H6422 | Pass | House Resolution Creating A Legislative Study Commission To Evaluate And Provide Recommendations On Mandated Safety Protocols For Rhode Island Schools (creates A 21 Member Commission To Evaluate And Provide Recommendations On Mandated Safety Protocol...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-12
House read and passed |
| 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 | H5558 | Engross
50% | Provides that the trapping and subsequent release of any unowned feral or free roaming cat for the purpose of spaying or neutering of the cat would not be considered abandonment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-09
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H6502 | Pass | House Resolution Commemorating "world Sickle Cell Awareness Day" On June 19, 2023
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-08
House read and passed |
| RI | H5424 | Intro
25% | House Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study And Provide Recommendations For The Development And Implementation Of An Anti-littering Education Program For Rhode Island Public Elementary School Students (creates A 9 Member Commi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-01
House passed as amended (floor amendment) |
| RI | H6473 | Pass | House Resolution Celebrating June 1, 2023, As "rhode Island College Day" In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-01
House read and passed |
| RI | H6465 | Intro
25% | Joint Resolution Authorizing Appropriation Of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) To Commerce Rhode Island For Express Purpose Of Providing Base Level Operation Funds For Local Visitor Centers (authorizes The Appropriation Of The Sum Of Five Million Do...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-31
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H6458 | Pass | House Resolution Congratulating And Honoring Former Superintendent Of Pawtucket Public Schools Dr. Cheryl Mcwilliams On Her Retirement After More Than Twenty-five Years Of Distinguished Service To The Children And The City Of Pawtucket
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-30
House read and passed |
| RI | H6456 | Pass | House Resolution Honoring The Rhode Island German American Cultural Society And The 25th Anniversary Of The Merger Of The German Dramatic Society Of Olneyville And The Eintracht Singing Society Of Pawtucket
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-30
House read and passed |
| RI | H6378 | Intro
25% | Establishes the office of early childhood development and learning to manage a statewide early learning system for children from birth through age five (5), and ensure all children enter school ready to learn.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-24
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 | H6430 | Pass | House Resolution Proclaiming May 23, 2023, As "rhode Island Community Health Center Day"
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-23
House read and passed |
| RI | H5006 | Pass | Provides for abortion coverage in the Medicaid program and repeal the abortion coverage exclusion for state employee insurance plans.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-18
Signed by Governor |
| 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 | H5818 | Intro
25% | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $5,000,000 To The Rhode Island Office Of Housing And Community Development To Provide For The Housing Problem Solving Fund (this Resolution Would Authorize The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $5,000,000 To The ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5816 | Intro
25% | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $2,500,000 To The Haus Of Codec (this Resolution Would Authorize The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $2,500,000 To The Haus Of Codec.)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H6168 | Intro
25% | Creates the Housing Production Revolving Fund through the issuance of $50,000,000 in housing bonds by the department of housing to provide affordable housing for low income households and provide a $500,000 annual appropriation from the general assem...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5477 | Intro
25% | Requires every individual or group health insurance contract effective on or after January 1, 2024, to provide coverage to the insured and the insured's spouse and dependents for all FDA-approved contraceptive drugs, devices and other products.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5220 | Engross
50% | Regulates electric bicycles in the same manner as human-powered bicycles, classify electric bicycles into three (3) classes, require all electric bicycles to have a label affixed to the bicycle and be equipped with a speedometer.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-15
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H5371 | Engross
50% | Allows individuals employed in domestic service or in or about a private home to be included as an employee, for purposes of minimum wages law.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-15
To Senate Labor Committee |
| RI | H5523 | Intro
25% | Awards all members of the state pension system a three percent (3%) annual benefit adjustment (COLA).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-15
To House Finance 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 | H5224 | Pass | House Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study And Provide Recommendations Pertaining To Services And Coordination Of State Programs Relating To Older Adult Rhode Islanders (creates A 16 Member Commission To Study And Provide Rec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-11
House passed Sub A |
| 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 |
| RI | H5468 | Intro
25% | Allows a deduction from federal adjusted gross income for interest payments on outstanding student loans.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-09
To House Finance Committee |
