| RI | H6507 | 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 | H5099 | 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 | H5283 | Pass | Mandates insurance coverage for any additional screenings deemed medically necessary for any person who has received notice of dense breast tissue.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-24
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H5853 | Pass | Defines core forest and preferred sites for the purposes of solar development, and adds commercial and industrial customers, and expands the Renewable Energy Growth program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-24
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H6059 | Pass | Amends certain general laws relative to zoning ordinance variances, special use permits, modifications thereto and also amends provisions relative to substandard lots of record and the merger of such lots.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-24
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H6061 | Pass | Amends the provisions relative to the subdivision of land and the application process requesting relief from zoning ordinances and the review process thereof.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-24
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H5502 | Pass | Joint Resolution Creating A Special Joint Legislative Commission To Study And Provide Recommendations To Protect Our Environment And Natural Resources From Plastic Bottle Waste (creates A 16 Member Joint Commission To Study And Provide Recommendation...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-23
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H6490 | Pass | Replaces the 2016 CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain with the 2022 CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-23
Effective without Governor's signature |
| RI | H5034 | Pass | Provides that only facilities located within the state be eligible for renewal permits or new permits to operate as official inspection stations for the inspection of vehicles, and the issuance of official certificates of inspection and approval.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-22
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H5863 | Pass | Provides amendments to multiple sections of law related to the marine fisheries council.
[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 | H5457 | Pass | Establishes regulations for the registration and operation of low-speed vehicles in this state.
[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 | 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 | H5428 | Pass | Mandates a patient shall not be denied appropriate care on the basis of age/sex/gender identity/sexual orientation, race/color/marital status/familial status/disability/religion/national origin/source of income/source of payment or profession.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-19
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H5176 | Engross
50% | Requires group health plans and health insurance issuers that provide prescription benefits to cover at least one type of prescribed epinephrine auto-injectors and cartridges without copay or deductible.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-15
Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence |
| RI | H5159 | Intro
25% | Requires installation of designated electric vehicle parking spaces, with charging capabilities, by certain business/ municipalities/housing developments in existing/new/expanded parking lots as of 1/1/24.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-15
House passed as amended (floor amendment) |
| RI | H5348 | Engross
50% | Requires retail establishments with 3 or more employees on the premises without accessible public restroom to allow customers suffering from eligible conditions access to their employee restrooms.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-15
To Senate Labor Committee |
| RI | H5013 | Pass | Extends the authorization for physical therapists to order diagnostic imaging as an authorized practice of physical therapy until December 31, 2025.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-12
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H5014 | Engross
50% | Allows for the licensing of surgical assistants to assist doctors in performing surgeries.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-12
To Senate Health and Human Services 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 | H5411 | Engross
50% | Directs PUC to extend utility termination moratorium for gas/electricity from April 15 to May 1, of each year with discretion to respond to emergency/ economic conditions/customers' needs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-08
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | H6397 | Intro
25% | Allows the department of environmental management to remove freshwater non-native and invasive aquatic plants and assist municipalities in preventing the growth and spread of these and other invasive species in the freshwater lakes and ponds.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-07
To House Environment and Natural Resources Committee |
| RI | H6497 | Pass | House Resolution Recognizing And Honoring Margaret Brennan And Gwynne Millar On Receiving The Presidential Innovation Award For Environmental Educators (piaee)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-07
House read and passed |
| RI | H6470 | Pass | House Resolution Extending Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of William E. Mckenney, Iii
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-01
House read and passed |
| RI | H6388 | Intro
25% | Establishes the renewable ready program which is designed to promote responsible siting and development of renewable energy on certain enumerated sites such as formerly contaminated sites. Projects would be funded through the infrastructure bank.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-25
To House Environment and Natural Resources Committee |
| RI | H6018 | Intro
25% | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $5,000,000 To The Rhode Island Department Of Environmental Management For The Preservation, Protection, And Conservation Of Farmlands (this Resolution Would Authorize The Appropriation Of The Sum Of Five Mi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H6172 | Intro
25% | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $3,000,000 To Sojourner House In Rhode Island (authorizes The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $3,000,000 To Sojourner House To Support Its Permanent Housing Development Program That Provides Safe, Secure Housin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5402 | Intro
25% | Requires the auditor general to oversee an audit of Medicaid programs administered by managed care organizations and submit a report of such findings within six (6) months to the general assembly and EOHHS.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5076 | Engross
50% | Allows the state to become a member of the physical therapist licensure compact adopted by twenty-five (25) states in order to facilitate the interstate practice of physical therapy with the goal of improving public access to physical therapy service...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-15
To Senate Health and Human Services 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 | H5302 | Pass | Allows the Honorable Leonela Felix to join Kayla Simone K. Rosen and Michael Zachary Mezera in marriage on or about May 20, 2023, within the City of Providence, Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-15
Signed by Governor |
| RI | H5555 | Engross
50% | Adds a new section which sets forth conditions for pharmacists to prescribe tobacco cessation drug therapies.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-15
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | H5646 | Intro
25% | Requires EOHHS working with the auditor general to develop a plan within two (2) years of the passage of this act to transition to a fee-for-service state-run Medicaid program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-13
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H6401 | Intro
25% | House Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study And Provide Recommendations And Comments For Healthcare Liability Reform (creates A 15 Member Legislative Commission To Study And Provide Recommendations And Annotations For Healthca...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-12
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H5471 | Intro
25% | Bans state purchases of plastic bottles, bags and polystyrene. It would also require state funds to be used to lease or purchase alternative fueled vehicles and renewable energy efficient technologies for use on state property.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-11
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5623 | Intro
25% | Creates the Home Heating Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Act which program provides a mechanism and funding for gas companies to transition from providing gas heat to non-emitting renewable thermal energy for home heating consumers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-11
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5957 | Intro
25% | Allows the board of elections to establish rules and regulations for objections to nomination papers and would allow the board seven (7) days to conduct a hearing.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-11
Committee recommends passage of Sub A |
| RI | H6105 | Intro
25% | Appropriates five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) per fiscal year to invest in a climate change and ocean protection workforce development grant program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-11
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H6106 | Intro
25% | Appropriates five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) per fiscal year to invest in climate change and ocean protection education to enhance literacy of these issues for Rhode Island's youth and include a grant program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-11
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5016 | Pass | Validates and ratifies amendments to the Home Rule Charter of the town of Tiverton, adopted and approved on November 8, 2022.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-10
Effective without Governor's signature |
| RI | H6045 | Intro
25% | Provides for the creation, operation and duties of natural organic reduction facilities as cemetery corporations for the contained, accelerated conversion of human remains to soil.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-09
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H6340 | Intro
25% | Provides for the operation and duties of natural organic reduction for the contained, accelerated conversion of human remains to soil. A disposition facility would be used for either cremation or natural organic reduction.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-09
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H6383 | Pass | House Resolution Proclaiming May 10th, 2023, To Be "lupus Day" In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-09
House read and passed |
| RI | H5996 | Intro
25% | Removes requirement that an individual’s net accountable income does not exceed two hundred fifty percent (250%) of the federal poverty level and does not subject an eligible recipient to individual or family resource limits.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-04
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H6363 | Pass | House Resolution Thanking Meghan Hughes, Ph. D., For Her Dedicated Leadership As The Fifth President Of Community College Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-04
House read and passed |
| RI | H6361 | Pass | House Resolution Extending Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of Dorothy Shirley Krauss Licht
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-04
House read and passed |
| RI | H6366 | Pass | House Resolution Extending Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of Reverend Mother Diana "red Doe" Spears Mars
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-04
House read and passed |
| RI | H5799 | Intro
25% | Directs the department of human services commencing July 1, 2023, to pay an additional SNAP benefit of $95.00 per month, through to December 1, 2023, to recipients of SNAP benefits.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H6358 | Intro
25% | Assigns two RIDE personnel to CTE issues. Doubles CTE funding. Creates new programs and new manufacturing centers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
To House Finance Committee |
