| RI | S2584 | Intro 25% | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation To Higher Ground International To Provide Support To Complete The Initial Phase Of Higher Ground International's New Headquarters (authorizes The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $450,000 To Higher Ground Internati... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-01 To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2088 | Intro 25% | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Requires every individual or group health insurance contract effective on or after January 1, 2025, to provide coverage to the insured and the insured's spouse and dependents for all FDA-approve... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-15 To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2376 | Intro 25% | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- TEMPORARY DISABILITY INSURANCE -- GENERAL PROVISIONS - Increases the taxable wage base upon which employees make contributions to the TDI and TCI funds, increases individual benefit rates, and creates an opt-in option for... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-15 Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| RI | S2265 | Intro 25% | COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES - Provide that advertising goods that don't include a price referencing all mandatory fees and charges shall be a deceptive trade practice. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14 Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| RI | S2346 | Intro 25% | EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT - Provides local education agencies (LEAs) hiring site-based specialists for reading and math to receive state reimbursement based on enrollment and specific guidelines. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12 To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2355 | Intro 25% | TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX - Creates an additional Rhode Island personal income surtax of 3% on taxable income over $1,000,000, with the existing three-bracket personal income tax structure remaining in place. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12 To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2354 | Intro 25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE MEDICAID REENTRY ACT - Requires that Medicaid enrollment be maintained or provided to all inmates in the first 30 days of incarceration at the adult correctional institutions within the department of corrections an... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12 To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2320 | Intro 25% | EDUCATION -- FEDERAL AID - Establishes new programs for free breakfast and lunch meals in all public schools. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12 To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2331 | Intro 25% | Joint Resolution Amending The Joint Resolution Creating A Permanent Legislative Commission On Child Care In Rhode Island (this Resolution Would Amend The Commission Name, Membership, Appointment Process, Purpose, Funding Allowance Designation, Timeli... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12 To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2321 | Intro 25% | EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT - Establishes a new categorical funding category for civics education. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12 To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2349 | Intro 25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HOUSING AND MORTGAGE FINANCE CORPORATION - Establishes a revolving fund to assist first-time home buyers and veterans to purchase a home in Rhode Island by issuing grants of up to forty thousand dollars ($... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12 To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2294 | Intro 25% | Senate Resolution Respectfully Requesting The Department Of Administration To Conduct A Study On The Technical And Economic Outcomes Of Decarbonizing Rhode Island By 2030 [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12 To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S2369 | Intro 25% | TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES - Permits every municipality in the state to offer a homestead tax exemption of up to 20% of assessed value on residential properties, and also provides that municipalities that grant greater exemptions ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12 To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2290 | Intro 25% | EDUCATION -- HIGHER EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES - Establishes the Higher Education Opportunities for Students with Disabilities Act. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12 To Senate Education Committee |
| RI | S2470 | Intro 25% | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES - Creates new definition for the term "employee", for purposes of wages, workers' compensation, temporary disability and unemployment insurance benefits, which deems a worker to be an employee, as opposed to... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12 To Senate Labor Committee |
| RI | S2390 | Intro 25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- RARE DISEASE ADVISORY COUNCIL - Establishes a rare disease advisory council within the department of health and provides guidance and recommendations to educate health care providers and the citizens of the state. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12 To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2289 | Intro 25% | EDUCATION -- COUNCIL ON POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION - 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 ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12 To Senate Education Committee |
| RI | S2364 | Intro 25% | EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT - Requires a review by the department of elementary and secondary education of the formula components used to compute the aid needed to support high need students. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12 To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2375 | 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] | 2024-02-12 To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2431 | Intro 25% | Joint Resolution To Approve, Publish And Submit To The Electors A Proposition Of Amendment To The Constitution Of The State -- Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity Discrimination (this Joint Resolution Proposes An Amendment To The State Constitution, ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12 To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2028 | Pass | TOWNS AND CITIES -- OUTDOOR DINING ACT - Establishes standards governing the municipal regulation of outdoor dining at food service establishments. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09 Signed by Governor |
| RI | S2253 | Pass | Senate Resolution Recognizing The Celebration Of The Lunar New Year "the Year Of The Dragon" On February 10th Of 2024 [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-08 Senate read and passed |
| RI | S2236 | Intro 25% | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES - Creates new definition for the term "employee", for purposes of wages, workers' compensation, temporary disability and unemployment insurance benefits, which deems a worker to be an employee, as opposed to... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-02 Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| RI | S2248 | Pass | Senate Resolution Proclaiming February 7th Through The 14th Of 2024, To Be "congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week" In The State Of Rhode Island [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01 Senate read and passed |
| RI | S2096 | Engross 50% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS' BILL OF RIGHTS - Amends LEOBOR to a five (5) member committee and extends summary punishment to fourteen (14) days. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26 To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2137 | Engross 50% | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY -- POLICE RELATIONSHIP ACT OF 2015 - 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] | 2024-01-26 To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2195 | Intro 25% | EDUCATION -- OFFENSES PERTAINING TO SCHOOLS - 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] | 2024-01-24 To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2157 | Intro 25% | TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION - Creates a sales tax holiday on August 10 and 11, 2024. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24 To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2188 | Intro 25% | PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT - Prohibits a landlord from inquiring about the immigration status of a tenant subject to any federal laws or regulations, but may request financial information or proof of identity. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24 To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S2170 | Intro 25% | TAXATION -- INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT - Limits investment tax credit to manufacturers. Requires determination of goals, objectives and effectiveness of the credit. Repeals the specialized investment tax credit. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24 To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2172 | Intro 25% | TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION - Increases the minimum veterans' exemption from one thousand dollars ($1,000) to six thousand dollars ($6,000) with respect to municipal taxes. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24 To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2238 | Intro 25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RECOGNITION OF NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES - Recognizes the Seaconke Wampanoag tribe as a Native American Indian tribe for the limited purpose of assisting this tribe in establishing eligibility for federal benefits and pri... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24 To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| RI | S2239 | Intro 25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RECOGNITION OF NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES - Provides a procedure for a Native American tribe to petition the state for recognition. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24 To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| RI | S2205 | Intro 25% | CRIMINALS -- CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS -- PAROLE - Provides that prisoners who committed offenses prior to age 18 and sentenced as adults would be eligible for parole after completing 15 yrs of their sentence/does not lengthen their eligibility shoul... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24 To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2197 | Intro 25% | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- ARREST - Prohibits the civil arrest of any person who is attending court either on behalf of themselves or a family or household member. Any person who violates this act shall be subject to civil suit and for contempt of court. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24 To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2048 | Intro 25% | TOWNS AND CITIES -- STATE AID - Includes municipal detention facility corporations as exempt from taxation, and requires that an amount equal to twenty-seven percent (27%) of all tax that would have been collected if the property was taxable be paid ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-12 To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2056 | Intro 25% | TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION - Eliminates the sales tax on taxi services and pet care services. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-12 To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2046 | Intro 25% | EDUCATION -- FEDERAL AID - Requires free breakfast and lunches to be provided for all elementary and secondary students attending public schools. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-12 To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2047 | Intro 25% | TOWNS AND CITIES -- REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS - Adds the city of Central Falls as exempt from taxation for property acquired by an agency for redevelopment purposes. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-12 To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2006 | Pass | Senate Resolution Extending Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of Hector J. Beaupre, Jr. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-11 Senate read and passed |