| RI | H5040 | Engross
50% | Adds a section which allows substitute teachers and post-retirement employees to exceed the ninety (90) day cap on post-retirement employment if certain conditions are met.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21
Transmitted to Governor |
| RI | H5873 | Intro
25% | Authorizes emergency medical service agencies to transport individuals to alternative facilities for treatment and permits licensed providers for mental health disorders to treat patients within the community.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H5450 | Intro
25% | Prohibits municipalities from charging any recycling fees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-17
[Hearing: Mar 23]
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| RI | H5769 | 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] | 2023-03-17
Committee recommends passage |
| RI | H5783 | Intro
25% | Authorizes the city of Providence to enter into a thirty (30) year tax exemption agreement relating to the Port of Providence.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-17
[Hearing: Mar 23]
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| RI | H5717 | Intro
25% | Prohibits a city of town from requiring residents to pay for curbside mattress pickup or disposal.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-16
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| RI | H5895 | Intro
25% | Establishes the criminal offense of menacing as a misdemeanor and punishable by a year in person or fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H6089 | Intro
25% | House Resolution Extending The Reporting And Expiration Dates, And Requiring Reappointment Of The Membership Of The Legislative Commission To Study The Entire Area Of Land Use, Preservation, Development, Housing, Environment, And Regulation (extends ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-16
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| RI | H6094 | Intro
25% | Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of Sojourner House, a Rhode Island nonprofit corporation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-16
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| RI | H5353 | Intro
25% | House Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Examine And Make Recommendations To Combat The Rising Threat Of Targeted Violence Against Faith Communities (creates A 15 Member Commission To Examine And Make Recommendations To Combat Th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-15
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H5869 | Intro
25% | Sepsis and septic shock best practices for hospital and emergency care facilities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-15
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H5780 | Intro
25% | Reduces the fee for an original driver privilege card from fifty dollars ($50.00) to twenty-five dollars ($25.00).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-09
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H5922 | Intro
25% | Provides that Schedules I through V of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act consist of drugs and other substances, by whatever official name, common or usual name, chemical name or name designated by the director of the department of health.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-09
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H5500 | Intro
25% | Requires elementary schools to provide/maintain onsite functional automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in quantities and types, deemed by the commissioner of education in consultation with the director of health to be adequate for use in emergenc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-08
To House Education Committee |
| RI | H5204 | Intro
25% | Requires the secretary of housing to create a consumer guide of landlord-tenant laws to be updated annually.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-07
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| RI | H5376 | Intro
25% | Prohibits landlords from inquiring about an applicant’s prior incarceration and from discriminating against those who have been released from prison.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-07
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| RI | H6058 | Intro
25% | Increases the amount of allowable units per acre for all projects subject to inclusionary zoning as well as other incentives and subsidies to offset differential costs of below-market units.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-03
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H5690 | Intro
25% | Provides that landlords would pay interest on security deposits in residential landlord-tenant matters.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-02
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H5746 | Intro
25% | Prohibits state agency contract for licensing of software applications designed for generally available desktop/server hardware cannot limit agency choice to install/run software o its hardware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-02
To House Innovation, Internet, & Technology Committee |
| RI | H5342 | Intro
25% | Requires all public high schools to require students, as part of the curriculum, to enroll in a nutrition course, food preparation course and cooking course during any year of a student's four (4) year enrollment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-01
To House Education Committee |
| RI | H5421 | Intro
25% | 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] | 2023-03-01
To House Education Committee |
| RI | H5710 | 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] | 2023-03-01
To House Labor Committee |
| RI | H5888 | Intro
25% | Amends law enforcement officers' bill of rights.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-01
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H5659 | Intro
25% | Prohibits auto insurance companies from using certain race and geographical locations criteria when determining insurance rates.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-28
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H5771 | Intro
25% | Joint Resolution To Approve, Publish And Submit To The Electors A Proposition Of Amendment To The Constitution -- Right To An Adequate Education (amends The Constitution To Guarantee Rhode Island Residents With Equal Opportunity To Receive An Educati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-27
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H5782 | Intro
25% | Subjects to taxation real property owned by non-profit institutions of higher education/nonprofit hospitals also amends charters issued by the general assembly to non-profit institutions/hospitals.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-22
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| RI | H5794 | Intro
25% | Extends teacher certifications without fee or penalty for three (3) years for teachers who hold certifications as of July 1, 2023.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-22
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] | 2023-02-22
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5729 | Intro
25% | Provides a criminal background check procedure for for-hire intrastate passenger transportation services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-21
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H5661 | Intro
25% | Provides that utility services not be terminated for the period from November 1 to April 15 to property being used as a warming center, drop-in center, shelter, or similar facility providing emergency services to drop-in residents or unhoused individ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-17
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H5141 | Intro
25% | Requires free lunches to be provided for all elementary and secondary students attending public schools, to the extent state and federal funds are available.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-16
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| RI | H5650 | Pass | House Resolution Congratulating Derek Silva On Being Named The New Fire Chief Of The City Of Providence
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-16
House read and passed |
| RI | H5168 | Intro
25% | Revises the course requirements for the fast-track principal certification program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-15
To House Education Committee |
| RI | H5628 | Intro
25% | Establishes a new categorical funding category for school security.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-15
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5647 | Intro
25% | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation For Funding To Justice Assistance Habitat For Justice (allocates $212,500 From The General Fund To Justice Assistance Habitat For Justice To Fund The Position Of Psychiatric--mental Health Nurse And The Positi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-15
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5603 | Intro
25% | Allows the host city or town to impose a two percent (2%) tax on the endowment of a private institution of higher education, to be used only for the host's public school district.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-15
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| RI | H5167 | Intro
25% | Extends the date to June 30, 2027 for local education agencies to select identified high quality curricula and materials for science and technology.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-08
To House Education Committee |
| RI | H5278 | Intro
25% | Increases the number of lockdown drills required to be done in every school from two (2) per school year to four (4) per school year. This act would also eliminate the requirement for two (2) yearly evacuation drills.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-08
To House Education Committee |
| RI | H5468 | Intro
25% | Allows a deduction from federal adjusted gross income for interest payments on outstanding student loans.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-08
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5391 | Intro
25% | Increases the income limits for disabled individuals to one hundred eighty percent (180%) of the federal poverty level to qualify for medical assistance coverage.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-03
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5346 | Intro
25% | Creates a 2 year pilot program with PUC and DHS to increase low-income families participation in LIHEAP from July1, 2023, to July 1, 2025, with a report due on 12/1/23 to governor and general assembly on status/need for increased funds.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-03
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H5380 | Intro
25% | Establishes June 19th as a state holiday, to be known as “Juneteenth National Freedom Day”.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-03
To House Special Legislation Committee |
| RI | H5399 | Intro
25% | Authorizes and requires the department of human services to hire an administrator for the refugee assistance program on a full-time basis.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-03
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5326 | Pass | House Resolution Proclaiming February Of 2023, As "black History Month" In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-02
House read and passed |
| RI | H5323 | Intro
25% | Amends the definition of the term "extraordinary costs" for the purposes of excess costs associated with special education students.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-01
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5317 | Intro
25% | Allows any peace officer working in a Rhode Island school as a full or part-time resource officer to work in excess of the seventy-five (75) working days in a calendar year, and not have an interruption in their benefits.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-01
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5118 | Intro
25% | Exempts real and tangible personal property of a municipal and school district employee, with ten (10) years of employment, at a rate of fifty percent (50%) of the property tax bill or $5,000, whichever is greater.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-31
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| RI | H5196 | Intro
25% | Adds a section which allows substitute teachers and post-retirement employees to exceed the ninety (90) day cap on post-retirement employment if certain conditions are met.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-19
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5099 | Intro
25% | Establishes the Rhode Island hope scholarship pilot program to provide two-year scholarships to junior and seniors at Rhode Island college.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-12
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5025 | Pass | House Resolution Expressing Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of Jose A. Severino
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-10
House read and passed |
