| RI | S2812 | Intro
25% | INSURANCE -- PET INSURANCE ACT - Enacts a chapter to regulate pet insurance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-10
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S2169 | Intro
25% | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- RIDESHARE OR TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY VEHICLE SURCHARGE - Imposes a seventy-five cent (0.75) surcharge on fares charged by rideshare companies as well as an account to benefit RIPTA from the payment of sales taxes co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2702 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DIGITAL ASSET KEYS -- PROHIBITION OF PRODUCTION OF PRIVATE KEYS - Prohibits the compelled production of a private key as it relates to a digital asset, digital identity or other interest or right.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | S2504 | Intro
25% | FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- CURRENCY TRANSMISSIONS -- VIRTUAL CURRENCY KIOSKS - Establishes guidelines for the operation of virtual currency (crypto) kiosks.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | S2547 | Intro
25% | CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM -- 2024 BOND REFERENDA - Submits 2024 capital development program requesting the issuance of $100,000,000 in general obligation bonds to the voters for approval at the November 8, 2024, general election.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2977 | Pass | Senate Resolution Proclaiming April 7-13, 2024, To Be "national Library Week" In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S2978 | Pass | Senate Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of The Honorable Charles W. Beck
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S2189 | Intro
25% | PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD TENANT ACT - Increases the time requirements notice for rental increases from 30 days to 90 days and for persons older than age 62 to 120 days.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S2356 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE RHODE ISLAND CLIMATE CHANGE AND OCEAN PROTECTION YOUTH EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ACT - Establishes the Rhode Island Climate Change and Ocean Protection Youth Education and Workforce Development Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2407 | Intro
25% | PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT - Permits those other residents of a residential dwelling unit to extend the term of the rental agreement for a period not to exceed three (3) months after the death of the lessee.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S2413 | Intro
25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- BED BUGS IN RESIDENTIAL PREMISES ACT - Spells out the responsibilities of both the landlord and tenant with respect to the inspection and treatment of bed bugs in residential premises.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S2371 | Intro
25% | AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY -- STATE FORESTS AND FORESTRY PROJECTS - Directs the general assembly to fund ten full time equivalent positions in FY 2025 to support DEM's efforts in the areas of forestry and forestry projects.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2753 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- COMPOSTING AND ORGANIC WASTE DIVERSION - Establishes Compost Fund to award grants related to reducing the amount of solid waste generated in the state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2949 | Pass | Senate Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of George Robert Sherman, Sr.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S2298 | Intro
25% | WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- ACT ON COASTS -- COASTAL RESILIENCY - Requires the chief resilience officer (CRO) and a resiliency office within the department of environmental management (DEM) be charged with the creation, maintenance and updating of the s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-03
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S2304 | Intro
25% | WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- COASTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT COUNCIL - Requires 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] | 2024-04-03
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S2534 | Intro
25% | WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- COASTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT COUNCIL - Requires that the appointment of public members to the coastal resources management council to include an active, licensed fisher, a representative from Save the Bay and from an organiza...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-03
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S2746 | Intro
25% | WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- COASTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT COUNCIL - Requires that any lease of tidal lands, or any license issued to use those lands, be approved by the general assembly, and that the coastal resources management council review all reques...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-03
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S2928 | Intro
25% | WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- COASTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT COUNCIL - Replaces the coastal resources management council with a state department of coastal resources and transfers all of the powers and duties between the two (2) authorities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-03
Committee recommended Substitute A be held for further study |
| RI | S2085 | Intro
25% | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Increases insurance coverage for hearing aids from one thousand five hundred dollars to two thousand dollars, per ear, every three years for all people regardless of age.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2374 | Intro
25% | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $250,000 To The Substance Use And Mental Health Leadership Council Of Ri (sumhlc) (this Resolution Would Authorize An Appropriation Of The Sum Of $250,000 To The Substance Use And Mental Health Leadership C...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02
Committee continued |
| RI | S2626 | 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] | 2024-04-02
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2776 | Intro
25% | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- SENTENCE AND EXECUTION - Requires the court to set reasonable bail for all those individuals who appear before it as probation violators and establish a presumption of personal recognizance unless the new alleged offense is a cr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2550 | Pass | ONE IN EACH OF THE TOWNS OF CHARLESTOWN, RICHMOND AND HOPKINTON) AND IMPROVEMENTS AT THE SWITCH ROAD CAMPUS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, COSTS OF DEMOLITION, DESIGN, HEALTH AND SAFETY PROJECTS, PLAYGROUNDS, LANDSCAPING, PAVING AND ALL EXPENSES INCI...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-29
Effective without Governor's signature |
| RI | S2551 | Intro
25% | EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND PROMISE SCHOLARSHIP -- RHODE ISLAND HOPE SCHOLARSHIP PILOT PROGRAM - Extends the time for which a student may enroll in order to qualify for the Promise Scholarship or the Hope Scholarship up to one year after high school gr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2621 | Intro
25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- NURSING HOME WORKFORCE STANDARDS BOARD ACT - Creates the nursing home workforce standards board act to establish and enforce industry-wide quality of care standards in nursing homes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2651 | Intro
25% | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- CUSTODIAL LAW ENFORCEMENT SEXUAL PENETRATION - Establishes criteria for the criminal offense of sexual assault when the victim is in the custody of a peace officer and also provides that a person convicted of custodial sexual ass...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2572 | Intro
25% | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $6,000,000 To Onward We Learn In Ri (authorizes The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $6,000,000 To Onward We Learn In Ri.)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2924 | Pass | Senate Resolution Commemorating March 25, 2024, As The 203rd Anniversary Of Greek Independence Day And Celebrating Democracy In Greece And The United States
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S2930 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX - Provides a tax credit to individual taxpayers who convert their gas-powered vehicle into a vehicle propelled by an alternative fuel source.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2242 | Intro
25% | HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE -- HOLIDAYS - Changes the name of the holiday on the second Monday of August from Victory Day to Peace and Remembrance Day.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| RI | S2699 | Intro
25% | MOTOR VEHICLES AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES - Removes the requirement that the applicant for a Bronze Star Medal license plate pay a registration fee or transfer charge.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| RI | S2543 | Intro
25% | PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES -- LEAD BY EXAMPLE ACT - Bans state purchases of plastic bottles and also requires state funds to be used to lease or purchase electric vehicles and renewable energy efficient technologies for use on state...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S2627 | Intro
25% | FOOD AND DRUGS -- HEALTHY KIDS ACT - Mandates that all restaurants offering children's meals offer at least two (2) children's meals that complies with certain detailed nutritional standards set forth in the act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2890 | Intro
25% | Senate Resolution Respectfully Requesting The Rhode Island Congressional Delegation To Support House Resolution 54 Of The 2023-2024 Congress To Amend The United States Constitution To Prove That The Rights Protected And Extended By The Constitution A...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2899 | Intro
25% | Senate Resolution Respectfully Calling For Publication And Affirmation Of The Equal Rights Amendment (requests That The President, Joseph R. Biden, Publish Without Delay The Equal Rights Amendment As Our Twenty-eighth Amendment To The Constitution Of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2684 | Intro
25% | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- STATE IDENTIFICATION CARDS FOR MINORS WITHOUT RESIDENCE ACT - Allows a minor between the ages of 14 - 17 without a permanent residence/in custody of the DCYF to get state identification card without a signature from parent...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2797 | Pass | Senate Resolution Expressing Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of Geraldine C. Carlin
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S2796 | Pass | Senate Resolution Proclaiming March Of 2024, To Be "developmental Disabilities Awareness Month" In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S2296 | Intro
25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PESTICIDE CONTROL - Prohibits the application of lawn care pesticides on the grounds of any public or private pre-school or public or private school with students in grade twelve (12) or lower, except in an emergency situation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S2745 | Intro
25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PESTICIDE CONTROL - Precludes the use of second generation anticoagulant rodenticide products which contain brodifacoum, bromadiolone, difenacoum, or difethialone, except in certain circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S2221 | Intro
25% | PROPERTY -- RHODE ISLAND FAIR HOUSING PRACTICES ACT - Amends the Rhode Island Fair Housing Practices Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2091 | Pass | Authorizes town of South Kingstown to issue not more than $150,000,000 bonds and notes to finance the acquisition/construction/improvement/renovation/furnishing/equipping of a new high school/athletic facility/other school facilities in the town.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
Signed by Governor |
| RI | S2190 | Intro
25% | TOWNS AND CITIES -- HISTORICAL AREA ZONING - Authorizes the town of South Kingstown to adopt a local ordinance to delay the demolition of historic properties located in the town.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S2186 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HOUSING AND RESOURCES ACT OF 1998 - Incorporates universal design principals into new construction of low- and moderate-income housing to provide greater accessibility for persons with disabilities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S2178 | Intro
25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHYSICIAN ASSISTANCE LICENSING COMPACT ACT - Adopts the model compact for the physician assistant's licensure compact in Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2631 | Intro
25% | PROPERTY -- COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE ACT - Grants a right of first offer to qualified nonprofits for the purchase of certain multi-family residential properties at market prices, within a reasonable period of time to promote the creation and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S2787 | Pass | Senate Resolution Celebrating March Of 2024, As "national Social Work Month" In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
Senate read and passed |
| RI | S2471 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT - Increases the minimum wage amount for any person committed to the adult correctional institution from three dollars to five dollars a day for every day the person shall labor.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13
To Senate Labor Committee |
| RI | S2301 | Intro
25% | FOOD AND DRUGS -- FORCE-FED POULTRY PRODUCTS - Prohibits force-feeding to create a force-fed poultry product nor hire another to engage in force feeding of a poultry product. Violations would be subject to a civil penalty of $500.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
