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Current trends in Rhode Island legislation over the last 72 hours as measured by public interest and activity.
| Position | Bill | Status | Summary | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | H5923 | Engrossed | Amends the current law on controlled substances to permit a person to be in possession of less than one ounce of psilocybin and permits psilocybin to be securely cultivated within a person’s residence for personal use. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-12 |
| #2 | S0914 | Introduced | Limits rent increases to no more than four percent (4%) annually and provides tenants with a civil action to recover damages for any violations. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-30 |
| #3 | S0132 | Introduced | Expands the deinstitutionalization subsidy aid program in the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals to include adoptive parent(s) or siblings(s). [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-30 |
| #4 | H5768 | Passed | Requires curriculum related to the dangers of marijuana-impaired driving such as the course provided by AAA or similar equivalent to be added to the curriculum for driver education once it has been approved by the state board of education. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-19 Signed by Governor |
| #5 | S1052 | Passed | Creates the transit oriented development pilot program to encourage residential housing near convenient public transportation. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-24 Signed by Governor |
| #6 | S0487 | Introduced | Requires separate restrooms and sleeping quarters for members of the opposite sex at school overnight trips. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-07 |
| #7 | H6344 | Introduced | Mandates that the work week be reduced to thirty-two hours and rate of pay for a thirty-two (32) hour workweek would remain the same as the rate of pay for forty hours. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-28 |
| #8 | H5330 | Engrossed | Regulates the distribution of the product known as "Kratom". Violations are subject to administrative fines from $500 to $1,000. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-12 |
| #9 | S0667 | Passed | Requires curriculum related to the dangers of marijuana-impaired driving such as the course provided by AAA or similar equivalent to be added to the curriculum for driver education once it has been approved by the state board of education. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-19 Signed by Governor |
| #10 | H5045 | Introduced | Allows those persons with concealed carry permits issued by other states to carry upon their person weapons in Rhode Island provided that the issuing state recognizes and gives reciprocity to Rhode Island license or permit holders. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-17 |
| #11 | H5064 | Passed | House Resolution Extending Condolences On The Passing Of Olin Woodrow Thompson, Iii, Esq. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-11 House read and passed |
| #12 | H5084 | Introduced | Requires the department of education to develop and make available for use in all schools a mental health curriculum. School districts would be required to provide four (4) hours of mental health instruction to seventh grade students. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-08 |
| #13 | S0050 | Passed | Senate Resolution Commemorating “international Holocaust Remembrance Day” On January 27, 2023 [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-31 Senate read and passed |
| #14 | S0093 | Introduced | Provides PILOT to Exeter for state owned properties. Imposes no duty on Exeter to protect these properties. Requires payments to be used to create a police department or defray town expenses used to provide police protection. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-04 |
| #15 | H5340 | Introduced | Expressly allows college athletes, while they are students, to personally profit from the use of their name, image, and likeness, and prohibits the NCAA from preventing these practices. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-01 |
| #16 | H5362 | Engrossed | Increases the amount of time of notice a residential landlord must give to a tenant prior to any rent increase. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-13 |
| #17 | H5350 | Engrossed | Limits the copayment or coinsurance requirement on specialty drugs to one hundred fifty dollars ($150) for a thirty (30) day supply. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-15 House passed Sub A |
| #18 | S0156 | Passed | Senate Resolution Proclaiming January 23, 2023, To Be "maternal Health Awareness Day" In The State Of Rhode Island [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07 Senate read and passed |
| #19 | S0157 | Passed | Senate Resolution Commemorating January Of 2023 As "rhode Island Slavery And Human Trafficking Prevention Month" In The State Of Rhode Island [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07 Senate read and passed |
| #20 | H5464 | Engrossed | Extends the time for payment of toll violations from fourteen (14) days to thirty (30) days from the issuance of the violation. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-15 |
| #21 | H5475 | Introduced | Removes the exemption from the state hotel tax for residences rented in their entirety. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-13 |
| #22 | H5512 | Introduced | Prohibits the introduction into court proceedings of any evidence that the fair and reasonable charge for healthcare services is the amount received by the healthcare provider rather than the amount billed by healthcare providers. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-06 |
| #23 | H5605 | Passed | Adopts a new tax rate for Class 2 property. Requires tax rate change to be applied at the same percentage rate change for all classes. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-10 Signed by Governor |
| #24 | H5640 | Introduced | Increases the amount forwarded to Rhode Island Legal Services from court filing fees for the entry of every petition, complaint or action in district, superior and family court. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-27 |
| #25 | S0307 | Introduced | Requires single-family residential zoning in municipalities with populations of over twenty-thousand (20,000) shall allow middle housing and mandates that those municipalities adopt zoning regulations for middle housing. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-25 |
| #26 | S0354 | Introduced | Allows reciprocal concealed carry permits from out of state to be valid in Rhode Island, which is either authorized by the attorney general or subject to other reciprocal restrictions. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-25 |
| #27 | H5735 | Introduced | Prohibits Retailer’s Class B, C, N and other liquor licenses from being issued to retailers operating within two hundred feet (200’) of pre-kindergarten schools and establishments. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-17 |
| #28 | H5850 | Introduced | Requires the office of energy resources to initiate the process of developing one or more programs, and associated funding mechanisms, for electric energy storage resources connected to the electric distribution system. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-30 |
| #29 | H5911 | Engrossed | Includes the offense of second-degree sexual assault among the offenses to which there shall be no statute of limitations and provides for a ten (10) year statute of limitations for third-degree sexual assault. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-15 |
| #30 | H6074 | Introduced | Provides that nursing home facilities that have achieved 90% compliance with the staffing requirements that commenced in January 2023, are granted a 12 month grace period to achieve 100% compliance without being penalized. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-15 |
| #31 | H6062 | Introduced | Creates a tenants’ bill of rights providing certain rights to the tenants, prohibits a landlord from increasing the rent more than four percent (4%) per year and holds landlords responsible for the mitigation of insect infestations. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-25 |
| #32 | H6182 | Introduced | Amends the definition of "low and moderate income housing" to include housing secured by a federal government voucher or subsidy. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-19 |
| #33 | S0815 | Introduced | Amends the Open Meetings law to permit members of some public bodies to participate using videoconferencing technology. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-04 |
| #34 | S0903 | Introduced | Amends the filing fees and time frame for certain claims of appeal to superior court. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-18 |
| #35 | H6377 | Introduced | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $600,000 For An Independent State Ombudsman Office To Facilitate An Individualized Education Program (iep)/504 Service Program (authorizes The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $600,000 For An Independent State O... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-24 |
| #36 | S1039 | Introduced | Changes zoning distance notice requirements and requires website and social media hearing notice postings. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-30 |
| #37 | H6519 | Passed | House Resolution Honoring Steven Lukowicz On His Retirement After Thirty-seven Years Of Educational Excellence With Coventry's Public Schools [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-13 House read and passed |
| #38 | S0095 | Introduced | Removes the exemption from the state hotel tax for residences rented in their entirety. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-09 |
| #39 | H5760 | Introduced | Limits the use of certain criminal records and credit history reports in denying housing to prospective applicants, provides fines for failure to comply and requires notice of denials be sent to the prospective tenants. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-02 |
| #40 | S0182 | Passed | Adds the Rhode Island teacher of the year as an additional ex officio member of the council on elementary and secondary education as well as the board of education. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-27 Effective without Governor's signature |
| #41 | H6309 | Passed | Changes the primary date for the election of delegates to national conventions and for presidential preference from the fourth Tuesday in April to April 2, 2024. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-19 Signed by Governor |
| #42 | S0053 | Passed | Senate Resolution Extending Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of Rita I. Blais [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07 Senate read and passed |
| #43 | S0146 | Introduced | Prohibits the use of facial recognition technology and biometric recognition technology in video-lottery terminals at pari-mutuel licensees in the state or in online betting applications. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-10 |
| #44 | S0948 | Passed | Legalizes iGaming by patrons located in the State of Rhode Island. Effective 4/1/2024. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-20 Signed by Governor |
| #45 | H5737 | Passed | Amends the interstate nurse licensure compact and adopts an enhanced and more comprehensive version of the compact, to allow nurses to hold a multi-state license allowing them to practice across state lines without having to obtain multiple licenses. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-24 Signed by Governor |
| #46 | H5001 | Passed | House Resolution Expressing Sentite Condoglianze On The Passing Of Rosa Fabiano [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-05 House read and passed |
| #47 | H5004 | Passed | House Resolution Expressing Deepest Sympathy On The Passing Of Robert A. Walsh [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-05 House read and passed |
| #48 | H5003 | Passed | House Resolution Extending Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of The Honorable Catherine E. Graziano, Rn, Phd. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-05 House read and passed |
| #49 | H5005 | Passed | House Resolution Expressing Profound Sympathy On The Passing Of Janice Diprete [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-05 House read and passed |
| #50 | H5002 | Passed | House Resolution Expressing Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of Valrie V. Ranglin [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-05 House read and passed |
