| RI | S0153 | Intro
25% | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN -- VLOGS - Establishes a statutory framework designed to protect minors who are engaging in the business of vloging on social media and the Internet.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-07
[Hearing: Feb 11]
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S0175 | Intro
25% | COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES - Prohibits disclosure terms "down payment", "money down", or any similar language to describe lump sum payments in order to reduce monthly lease payments. Provides that lum...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-07
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | S0181 | Intro
25% | WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- COASTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT COUNCIL - This act would require that a super majority of three-fifths (3/5) of the duly appointed council is required to override a recommendation by the CRMC staff.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-07
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S0184 | Intro
25% | PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS - Expands the positions that a person in the state retirement system could have at a state college or university post-retirement.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-07
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0185 | Intro
25% | PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- DUTIES OF UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - Creates an income-sensitive tiered subsidy program to ensure that home energy utility costs are affordable for eligible low-income households.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-07
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0103 | Intro
25% | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Mandates all insurance contracts, plans or policies provide insurance coverage for the expense of diagnosing and treating infertility, for women between the ages of 25 and 42 years including pre...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0087 | Intro
25% | FISH AND WILDLIFE -- COMMERCIAL FISHERIES - Creates commercial dock space for businesses subject to being reviewed by the DEM. Would also include commercial fishers to be eligible for a grant program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S0114 | Intro
25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- DEFENDING AFFORDABLE PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS ACT - Prohibits any health insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, or other third-party payor from discriminating against any 340B entity participating in a drug discount program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S0109 | Intro
25% | EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT - Amends State funding calculations for special education, revising extraordinary cost calculations for FY 2027-2028, and providing additional funds for excess costs when special education...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0122 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING LAND BANK PROGRAM - Establishes a housing land bank program with the goal of creating affordable housing in the State of Rhode Island. The housing land bank would have the authority to buy, receiv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S0106 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX - Amends modifications to income tax for residents to now include an exemption for a foreign service officer's pension.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0141 | Intro
25% | PROBATE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE -- UNIFORM REAL PROPERTY TRANSFER ON DEATH ACT - Allows an owner or owners of real property to execute a deed that names one or more beneficiaries who will obtain title to the property at the owner's death without the n...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S0115 | Intro
25% | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Requires health plans that provide prescription benefits to cover at least one type of glucagon auto-injector, nasal spray, or formulation that does not require reconstitution to treat hypoglyce...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S0108 | Intro
25% | AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY -- STATE FORESTS AND FORESTRY PROJECTS - Directs the general assembly to fund ten full time equivalent positions in FY 2026 to support DEM's efforts in the areas of forestry and forestry projects.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0110 | Intro
25% | HUMAN SERVICES -- THE RHODE ISLAND FAMILY CAREGIVER TAX CREDIT ACT - Establishes a tax credit against income tax based on eligible expenses incurred for care and support of an eligible family member.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0053 | Intro
25% | INSURANCE -- BENEFIT DETERMINATION AND UTILIZATION REVIEW ACT - Provides an insurer would not impose prior authorization requirements for any service ordered by an in-network primary care provider.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-23
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S0066 | Intro
25% | COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- EVIDENCE - Provides that statements by a health care provider regarding the unanticipated outcome of a patient's medical care and treatment shall be inadmissible as evidence of an admission of liab...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-23
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S0035 | Intro
25% | EDUCATION -- SCHOOL FUNDS AND PROPERTY - Directs the department of education to develop and adopt regulations for energy capable school buildings.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-23
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0050 | Intro
25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- CATASTROPHIC ILLNESS IN CHILDREN RELIEF FUND - Establishes Children's Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund to provide finance assistance to families for medical expenses not covered by state or federal programs or insuran...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-23
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S0054 | Intro
25% | INSURANCE -- INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS - Prohibits health insurance providers from requiring preauthorization for in- network mental health or substance use disorder services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-23
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S0043 | Intro
25% | TOWNS AND CITIES -- RETIREMENT OF MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES - Increases the number of days a retired municipal employee could work in a calendar year without interruption of pension benefits to ninety (90) days.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-23
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0027 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- PROPERTY TAX RELIEF - Increases the income range up to fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) and tax credit up to eight hundred fifty dollars ($850), for elderly and disabled persons who own or rent their homes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-23
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S0057 | Intro
25% | HIGHWAYS -- SIDEWALKS - Requires that all maintenance of sidewalks along state highways, with the exception of snow and ice removal, be the responsibility of the state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-23
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S0024 | Intro
25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HIGH HEAT WASTE FACILITY ACT - Provides for a prohibition on the licensing of any new high-heat waste facility.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-23
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S0070 | Intro
25% | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES - Requires employer to furnish items and conditions of employment and a pay stub explaining how wages were calculated/reasons for deductions/allows the employee to file a court action against employer for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-23
To Senate Labor and Gaming Committee |
| RI | S0074 | Intro
25% | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES - Creates a special license plate for the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council, Inc. that would support the Blackstone River Valley Environmental Clean-up and Education Fund.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-23
To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| RI | S0055 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE RHODE ISLAND HEALTH CARE REFORM ACT OF 2004 -- HEALTH INSURANCE OVERSIGHT - Includes the definition of "primary care services" and requires that all biennial reports shall include a review and recommendation of rat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-23
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
