| RI | S0699 | Pass | Amends applicability and operational requirements of the chapter on Education Services to Very Young Children.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-26
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S0077 | 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 | S0719 | Pass | 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] | 2023-06-23
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S0793 | Pass | Replaces 2016 opioids guidelines with the 2022 opioid guidelines. Exempts medical professionals from criminal and civil liability or disciplinary action for prescribing medically appropriate opioids.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-23
Effective without Governor's signature |
| RI | S1030 | Pass | Relative to the provision of home and community based services, provides for the merger of the Independent Provider Program into the Personal Choice Program so that the state has one self-directed program for direct support services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-23
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S0129 | Pass | Allows the division of motor vehicles to issue a state identification card to residents unable to establish lawful presence in the United States upon proof of residence in this state and a tax identification number.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-22
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S0563 | Pass | Requires coverage for the treatment of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for the prevention of HIV and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) for treatment of HIV infection, commencing January 1, 2024.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-22
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S0869 | Pass | Requires that services provided by school social workers and certified school psychologists be included as health care related services eligible for federal Medicaid reimbursement.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-22
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S0565 | Pass | Establishes prevailing standards and procedures for licensing speech-language pathologists and audiologists in Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-21
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S0305 | Pass | Empowers the secretary of housing to create a written guide for consumers relating to the rights and duties of landlords and tenants, updated on an annual basis, at a minimum.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-20
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S0604 | Pass | Prohibits abusive litigation context of domestic violence or stalking and allow the court to dismiss a case upon finding, by preponderance of the evidence, that the person who filed the case is abusing the system.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-20
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S0660 | Pass | Provides that certain public works renovation projects that include glazing work would have that work performed by North American contractor certification certified companies.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-20
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S0742 | 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 | S0739 | Pass | Allows for a property owner who fails to comply with lead hazard mitigation provisions to be subject to damages and reasonable attorneys' fees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-19
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S0144 | Engross
50% | Increases the minimum required awarded to minority business enterprises to 20% and of that, require a minimum of 10% be awarded to minority owned businesses and that a minimum of 10% be awarded to women owned businesses.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-15
Senate passed Sub A |
| RI | S0368 | Engross
50% | Amends the comprehensive community-police relationship act of 2015 to require an annual study by an outside agency chosen by the department.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-15
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S0559 | Engross
50% | Authorizes the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to establish a program to expand the issuance of teaching certificates to bilingual dual language and world language teachers in urban and urban ring schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-15
Senate passed Sub A |
| RI | S1123 | Pass | Senate Resolution Reaffirming The Friendship Between The State Of Rhode Island And Taiwan, While Supporting Enhanced Bilateral Relations With Taiwan And Taiwan's Participation In The International Community
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-15
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S1127 | Pass | Senate Resolution Welcoming The Honorable Luis Gilberto Murillo-urrutia, Colombian Ambassador To The United States, To The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-15
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S0064 | Engross
50% | Provides that the permanent foundation educational aid program would provide state funding for school-based mental health services pursuant to specified conditions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S0163 | Pass | Removes the sunset provision relative to mediation coverage prior to mortgage foreclosures.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S0510 | Pass | Clarifies that premium received on the sale of bonds or notes shall be used for project costs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S0561 | Engross
50% | Appropriates $1,875,000 for the creation of a 9-8-8 suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline within the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals (BHDDH).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S0764 | Engross
50% | Requires all public schools to screen students for behavioral health concerns by June 30, 2024, and thereafter, all students in the third grade, eighth grade, and students who enroll from a district outside of the state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S0893 | Pass | Ensures that communications between court appointed interpreters and limited-English-proficient individuals involved in legal proceedings in the courts are confidential.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S1004 | Pass | Senate Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study And Provide Recommendations For Improving The Pawtucket Corridor (creates A Thirteen (13) Member Commission To Study And Provide Recommendations For Improving The Pawtucket Corridor...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S0917 | Intro
25% | Amends the state’s apprenticeship laws to make them more consistent with applicable federal regulations and makes said laws more comprehendible and consistent with each other.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-13
Committee recommends passage |
| RI | S1115 | Pass | Senate Resolution Commemorating The 5th Annual "state Day Of The Cooperative" On June 13, 2023, In Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-13
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S0486 | Engross
50% | Directs the council on elementary and secondary education to provide professional support/assistance to LEAs regarding effective ways to use data such as the LEA’s budget and demographics, school culture, and assessments to improve student performa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-09
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | S0766 | Engross
50% | Prohibits colleges and universities from withholding a student’s transcript due to the student failing to pay any expenses owed to the college or university but permits the withholding of a student’s academic credits and grades or diploma or degr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-09
To House Education Committee |
| RI | S0463 | Intro
25% | Develops a plan to expand public, high quality prekindergarten education programs available to all children ages three (3) and four (4) throughout Rhode Island to increase children’s school readiness and makes fund available to sustain all classroo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-09
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | S0978 | Engross
50% | Allows the Progreso Latino/Progreso Excellence Academy in the city of Central Falls to accept students who are not residents of Central Falls.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-09
To House Education Committee |
| RI | S0171 | Engross
50% | Requires businesses that offer automatic subscription renewals/continuous service offers to provide consumers with notice to the consumer prior to their engagement in the contract along with notice of renewal of subscription/cancellation info. eff. 1...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-06
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | S0910 | Intro
25% | Amends the definition of a wayward offense in the Family Court to conform to current statutory penalties for possession of marijuana offenses, promulgated in the Rhode Island cannabis act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-06
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S0987 | Intro
25% | Provides $4,000,000 to support comprehensive and effective afterschool/school vacation/summer learning/workforce development programs for students grades PK-12, requires annual report to general assembly and the governor on status/progress of the pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-06
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S1094 | Pass | Senate Resolution Celebrating June 6, 2023, As "quonset Day" In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-06
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S0145 | Engross
50% | Increases the amount of parental or family leave available to an employee from thirteen (13) weeks to twenty-four (24) weeks in any two (2) calendar years.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-02
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | S0873 | Engross
50% | Requires that Medicaid enrollment be maintained or provided to all inmates in the first 30 days of incarceration at the adult correctional institutions within the department of corrections and the last 30 days of incarceration when possible.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-02
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | S0374 | Intro
25% | Abolishes penalty of life without parole and amends/repeals all sections of general laws regulating prisoners serving a sentence of life without parole. It would have prospective and retroactive effect for any offense committed after January 1, 1991.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-01
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S0628 | Intro
25% | Requires state use actual residences of persons in government custody for redistricting purposes. Information would be collected by the department of corrections and forwarded to the secretary of state to be utilized for redistricting.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-01
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S0809 | Intro
25% | Establishes a program within the adult correctional institution to permit medication assisted treatment approved by the FDA to be provided for the treatment of opioid use disorder to any incarcerated individual.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-01
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S1013 | Intro
25% | Prohibits discrimination on the basis of race by expanding the definition of race to include traits historically associated with race, including, but not limited to, hair texture and protected hairstyles.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-01
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S1015 | Intro
25% | Amends the uniform controlled substances act and reclassifies simple possession of 28 grams or less of certain controlled substances as a misdemeanor.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-01
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S1087 | Pass | Senate Resolution Honoring And Thanking Father Andrew G. George For 40 Years Of Faithful Service To God And The Parish Of The Church Of The Annunciation
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-01
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S1088 | Pass | Senate Resolution Joyously Celebrating And Commemorating June Of 2023, As "pride Month" In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-01
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S0562 | Engross
50% | 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] | 2023-05-31
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | S0687 | Engross
50% | Prohibits health benefit plans reviewing prescriptions for opioid addiction treatment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-31
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | S0700 | Intro
25% | Reduces the number of commissioners on the board of commissioners to no less than fifteen and would add a d/b/a Serve RI designation after commissions name.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-31
To Senate Education Committee |
| RI | S0790 | Engross
50% | Requires private insurers to reimburse child care service providers for therapy services offered through EOHHS certified Kids Connect/Therapeutic Childcare Services. This coverage would be effective January 1, 2024.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-31
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | S1054 | Intro
25% | Expands the board of review within the department of labor and training from three (3) to five (5) members in order to include a small business owner and a second member from the general public.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-31
To Senate Labor Committee |
