| RI | H5137 | Intro
25% | ELECTIONS -- GENERAL PROVISIONS - Provides that the state board of elections shall verify the citizenship status of all persons on the voter registration list.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-18
[Hearing: Mar 18]
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H5232 | Intro
25% | ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS - Authorizes early voting for the ten (10) calendar days except the second weekend prior immediately preceding election day, while requiring, as is practicable, that all the election day protections and procedures be afforde...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-18
[Hearing: Mar 18]
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H5711 | Intro
25% | ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS - Requires verification of an applicant's date of birth and either a Rhode Island driver's license number or state identification number on all applications seeking mail ballots and emergency mail ballots.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-18
[Hearing: Mar 18]
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H6102 | Pass | House Resolution Commemorating The Celebration Of St. Joseph's Day
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-18
House read and passed |
| RI | H5081 | Intro
25% | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- CERTIFICATES OF TITLE AND SECURITY INTERESTS -- VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION CHECKS - Waives the fees for vehicle identification number inspections for veterans, including active duty military personnel and members of the Nation...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-14
[Hearing: Mar 20]
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| RI | H5307 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION - Authorizes the Providence city council to set the veterans tax exemption limit to an amount determined by the city council via ordinance or resolution.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-14
[Hearing: Mar 20]
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| RI | H5504 | Intro
25% | PROPERTY -- RHODE ISLAND FAIR HOUSING PRACTICES ACT - Tenants with disabilities may request to keep an emotional support animals.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-14
[Hearing: Mar 18]
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H5635 | Intro
25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- LICENSING OF APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSTS - Changes the name of "applied behavior assistant analyst" to "assistant applied behavior analyst" and makes several changes to provide consistency in the certification language for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-14
[Hearing: Mar 18]
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H5814 | Intro
25% | PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION - Requires the PUC to produce report on comprehensive study by April 30, 2026.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-14
[Hearing: Mar 20]
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H6095 | Intro
25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTHCARE FACILITIES - Imposes a hospital licensing fee for fiscal year 2026 against net patient-services revenue of every non-government owned hospital for the hospital’s first fiscal year ending on or after Janu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-14
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5218 | Intro
25% | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Increases insurance coverage for hearing aids from one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) to one thousand seven hundred fifty dollars ($1,750), per ear, for all people regardless of age effe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-13
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H5415 | Intro
25% | FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- LICENSED ACTIVITIES - Provides standards for developing, implementing, and maintaining reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect the security, confidentiality, and integrity of customer informa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-13
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H5460 | Intro
25% | AERONAUTICS -- UNIFORM AERONAUTICAL REGULATORY ACT - Adds "space force" to many sections of the general laws, listing of military branches.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-13
Committee recommends passage |
| RI | H5553 | Intro
25% | COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- UNFAIR SALES PRACTICES - Provides that stores offering food product discounts must provide the same discounts to in store customers that are offered to customers using electronic digital coupons.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-13
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H6082 | Pass | House Resolution Joyously Celebrating The 106th Anniversary Of The American Legion On March 15, 2025
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-13
House read and passed |
| RI | H5278 | Engross
50% | MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- THE MILITARY CHILD ACT - Defines "military-connected student" and would provide advance enrollment and open enrollment school registration procedures to give the military connected student flexibility in choosing a sch...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-11
House passed Sub A |
| RI | H5420 | Intro
25% | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- PUPIL TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES - Amends the definitions of a “pupil transportation vehicle” to a vehicle contrasted to seat not more than ten (10) passengers plus the operator, rather than the existing limit of eight (8...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-11
Committee recommends passage |
| RI | H5438 | Intro
25% | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- SEARCH WARRANTS - Dictates the length a search warrant involving a tracking device would be valid and provide a process to extend the time frame of the tracking device for good cause.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-11
Committee recommends passage |
| RI | H6033 | Intro
25% | PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION - Requires all public utilities to maintain a customer service facility within the state to perform services such as addressing customer inquiries and accepting bill payments.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-07
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H5026 | Intro
25% | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Caps amount payable for 30 day supply of equipment/supplies for insulin administration/glucose monitoring at $25 or equipment designed to last more than 30 days with no deductible commencing Jan...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-06
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H5022 | Intro
25% | TOWNS AND CITIES -- AWARD OF MUNICIPAL CONTRACTS - Increases the maximum state and municipal small purchase limits from $10,000 to $25,000 for construction projects and from $5,000 to $10,000 for all other state and municipal purchases.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-06
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5302 | Intro
25% | INSURANCE -- PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFITS - Caps the total amount that a covered person is required to pay for a covered prescription inhaler, prescription device, or prescription equipment to twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per thirty (30) day supply.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-06
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H5454 | Intro
25% | GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- COMMITTEES AND STAFF - Requires nonprofit, as a condition for requesting state funds from the general assembly, to submit & post on their website, a list of10 of their highest paid director, officer & employee salaries & any forms...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-06
Withdrawn at sponsor's request (03/06/2025) |
| RI | H5636 | Intro
25% | FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- CURRENCY TRANSMISSIONS - Provides that operators of virtual currency kiosks must provide customers with a paper receipt, electronic receipt, or both of the transaction.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-06
To House Innovation, Internet, & Technology Committee |
| RI | H6029 | Pass | House Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of Jeanette Restivo
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-06
House read and passed |
| RI | H5505 | Intro
25% | PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- LABOR AND PAYMENT OF DEBTS BY CONTRACTORS - Prohibits payments in lieu of pension benefits to person employed more than ninety (90) days.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-05
To House Labor Committee |
| RI | H5052 | Intro
25% | MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- RHODE ISLAND VETERANS' HOME - Changes the service requirement for admissions to RI Veterans' Home from 90 days to 2 years, and gives priority to veterans defined as war veterans.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-04
Committee recommends passage |
| RI | H5364 | Intro
25% | PROPERTY -- SELF-SERVICE STORAGE FACILITIES - Amends notice requirements for self-storage facility before perfecting lien, to wit; 7 consecutive days of publication on a publicly accessible website or subsequent written notice to lessee, or publicati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-04
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H5548 | Intro
25% | INSURANCE -- VOLUNTARY RESTRUCTURING OF SOLVENT INSURERS - Makes numerous technical corrections related to insurance, provides a definition for "cybersecurity insurance", and would repeal the chapter relating to reciprocal exchanges and interinsurers...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-04
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H5549 | Intro
25% | INSURANCE -- RHODE ISLAND PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION - Provides a framework through which the department of business regulation can seek grants to fund a home hardening program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-04
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H5591 | Intro
25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- VEHICLE BARRIERS -- THE CHARLOTTE A. VACCA ACT - Requires commercial property owners to install vehicle barriers at their retail establishment locations when new construction are being done and permits insurers to consider the in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-04
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H5611 | Intro
25% | PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- PUBLIC BUILDINGS - Requires the installation of universal changing stations in all newly constructed, reconstructed, or remodeled public buildings and places of public accommodation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-03
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H6005 | Intro
25% | PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- DUTIES OF UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - Removes the requirement that the public utilities commission allocate five million dollars ($5,000,000) annually to the Rhode Island infrastructure bank for use with energy efficient...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-28
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H6001 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- TOURISM AND DEVELOPMENT - Redirects the distribution of hotel tax money to the Rhode Island commerce corporation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-28
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5961 | Intro
25% | TOWNS AND CITIES -- HEALTH AND EDUCATIONAL BUILDING CORPORATION - Eliminates child daycare centers from the statute regarding the health and educational building corporation and updates the statutory terminology by replacing the phrase "institutions ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-28
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| RI | H5820 | Intro
25% | PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- RENEWABLE ENERGY STANDARD - Amends the obligation of entities to sell at retail to Rhode Island and use customers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-28
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H6013 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATION TAX - Repeals the gross earnings tax on electric and gas companies.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-28
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5085 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES - Requires that all agencies' final rules, promulgated pursuant to the administrative procedures act, be approved by general assembly action, but in no case later than December 31 of the year ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-27
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H5341 | Intro
25% | WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- REGULATION OF BOATS -- FRESHWATER LAKE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - Authorizes the collection of a small additional fee, in addition to the registration fee paid by motorboat owners, to be deposited in a restricted account, in order ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-27
To House Environment and Natural Resources Committee |
| RI | H5342 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT - Establishes an agricultural restricted receipt account within the department of environmental management. An advisory committee would be established to determine suggested uses ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-27
To House Environment and Natural Resources Committee |
| RI | H5522 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES - Requires the rule adopting agency, to send the general assembly members a copy of the proposed rule within 20 days of filing a final rule.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-27
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H5784 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION - Includes "hosting platform" under the definition of "room-seller" and imposes a tax of 5% on the rental of a house or condominium with the tax used exclusively for infrastructure improvem...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-26
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5766 | Intro
25% | PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM BENEFITS -- CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS - Reinstates the cost of living adjustments for retirees, when the annual investment return of the retirement system, exceeds ten percent (10%).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-26
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5662 | Intro
25% | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- FRAUD AND FALSE DEALING - Established crime of real estate title fraud and creates private cause of action.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-26
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H5788 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION - Prohibits the collection of sales tax on refundable deposits for batteries and core charges for motor vehicle equipment, parts or components.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-26
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5748 | Intro
25% | EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND PROMISE SCHOLARSHIP - Extends the time for which a student may enroll in the community college of Rhode Island Promise Scholarship program to one year after the student's high school graduation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-26
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5790 | Intro
25% | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $90,000,000 To The Rhode Island Executive Office Of Health And Human Services To Support Physician Reimbursement Rate Increases In The Rhode Island Medicaid Program (authorizes The Appropriation Of The Sum ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-26
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5780 | Intro
25% | MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- NATIONAL GUARD - Allows the dependents of a National Guard member, who is in good standing, to be eligible for tuition assistance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-26
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H5624 | Intro
25% | INSURANCE -- AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS - Removes the age restriction for benefits coverage/requires, after 1/1/26, for policies issued or renewed include coverage for reimbursement for provider services at a rate equal to, or greater than, Medicaid e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-26
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H5772 | Intro
25% | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Increases individual, group, and Medicaid insurance rates of reimbursement for ambulance and wheelchair van services to be equal to reimbursement rates provided by Medicare for the same medical ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-26
To House Finance Committee |
