| RI | H7535 | Engross 50% | TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION - Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of the Providence Preservation Society. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28 House read and passed |
| RI | H8113 | Pass | House 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 House read and passed |
| RI | H7174 | Intro 25% | PROPERTY -- RHODE ISLAND FAIR HOUSING PRACTICES ACT - Prohibits landlords from inquiring about an applicant's prior incarceration and from discriminating against those who have been released from prison. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27 To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7172 | Intro 25% | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES - Repeals the law that allowed employers to pay some of their minor employees and employees who are full time students and not attained the age of nineteen (19), less than minimum hourly wages, requiring the... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27 To House Labor Committee |
| RI | H7162 | 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] | 2024-03-27 To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7579 | Intro 25% | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES - Increases the state minimum wage by $1.25 per year from 2026 through 2029 when it would reach twenty dollars ($20.00) per hour and then provides for subsequent annual adjustments based on the Consumer Pric... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27 To House Labor Committee |
| RI | H8044 | Intro 25% | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKPLACE PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY ACT - Protects bullying/psychological abuse in workplace inflicted upon employees by employers/co-employees/provides civil remedies to affected employees/fines against employers/imprisonment... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27 To House Labor Committee |
| RI | H8105 | Intro 25% | FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT -- POWERS OF ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL -- CIVIL FORFEITURE PROCEDURE - Prohibits civil asset forfeiture regarding violations of the controlled substances laws until a criminal conviction is obtained. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27 To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7025 | Intro 25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE LOTTERY - Designates a special account for veterans' causes to be funded by Keno sales, less prizes and commissions, generated on Memorial Day and Veterans Day with disbursement pursuant to appropriation by the g... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7690 | Intro 25% | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $100,000 To The Rhode Island Department Of Veterans Of Foreign Wars (ri Vfw) For The Ri Veterans Services Officers (vso) Program (this Resolution Would Authorize The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $100,000 To ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7890 | Intro 25% | TOWNS AND CITIES -- ACTIONS BY AND AGAINST TOWNS - Requires a municipality to disclose on their official website the specific issues, details and costs of any legal action of which the town or city is a named defendant. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22 To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| RI | H7309 | Intro 25% | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- DISORDERLY CONDUCT - Requires disorderly conduct to include an actual public disturbance as evidenced by gathering of people drawn to and watching conduct and prohibits police officers from being complainant for purposes of estab... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21 To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7328 | Engross 50% | ELECTIONS -- CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPLIES - Includes the general assembly elections within the category of elections subject to the risk-limiting audits within the jurisdiction of the board of elections. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21 House read and passed |
| RI | H7315 | Intro 25% | FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT - Makes the possession of small amounts of schedule I through V controlled substances, except for the possession of marijuana, civil violations punishable by a ($100) fine for a first offense and up... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21 To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7471 | Engross 50% | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES - Amends several provisions relative to motorcycles and motor scooter license and educational requirements including deleting the learners permit requirement for motorcycles. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21 House read and passed |
| RI | H7972 | Intro 25% | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- PUBLIC UTILITIES - Expands the crime of false reporting to include shootings or other dangerous events. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21 To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7869 | Intro 25% | EDUCATION -- SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS - Mandates that school districts provide culturally competent, de-escalation, and trauma-informed methods to minimize classroom disruptions and improve student learning. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20 To House Education Committee |
| RI | H7148 | Engross 50% | EDUCATION -- COOPERATIVE SERVICE AMONG SCHOOL DISTRICTS - Amends the composition of the Urban Collaborative and provide that the collaborative be governed by a board of trustees. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19 House read and passed |
| RI | H7465 | Intro 25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- TOURISM AND DEVELOPMENT - Requires hosting platforms offering short-term rental of residential property for tourist or transient use to disclose on listings the current, valid registration number and its expiration dat... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19 To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| RI | H7764 | Intro 25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OPEN MEETINGS - Requires public bodies to offer translation services for all open meetings of said bodies. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19 To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H7874 | Intro 25% | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Requires coverage for acute mental health crisis mobile response and stabilization services to any individual enrolled as a plan beneficiary. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19 To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H7973 | Intro 25% | FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT - 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] | 2024-03-19 Withdrawn at sponsor's request (03/21/2024) |
| RI | H8075 | 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] | 2024-03-19 To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H8082 | Pass | House Resolution Congratulating The Rhode Island College Women's Basketball Team On Their Outstanding Success In The 2023-2024 Season [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19 House read and passed |
| RI | H8083 | Pass | House Resolution Commemorating The Celebration Of St. Joseph's Day [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19 House read and passed |
| RI | H8079 | Intro 25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HEALTH PROFESSIONAL LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM - Increases the annual appropriation for the Health Professional Loan Repayment Program from one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to one million dollars ($1,000,000). [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H8078 | Intro 25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE LADDERS TO LICENSURE PROGRAM - Implements a grant program to fund public or private partnerships that provide opportunities for healthcare paraprofessionals to pursue higher education degrees and health professiona... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H8072 | Intro 25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE RHODE ISLAND HEALTH CARE REFORM ACT OF 2004 -- HEALTH INSURANCE OVERSIGHT - Protects the solvency of health systems, physicians, and advance practice providers and insurers, encourage fair treatment of hospitals an... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15 To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H7761 | Intro 25% | PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- NARRAGANSETT TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY ACT - Exempts all Narragansett Indian Tribe members owning real estate, whether privately, commercially, in nonprofit corporations or in land trusts, from all real estate taxes imposed by t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14 To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H7760 | Intro 25% | TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION - Exempts all Narragansett Indian Tribe homeowners from real estate taxes and real estate tax liens, imposed by the state or any municipality. Also declares the Tribe as the sole sovereign federally recognized... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14 To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H7762 | Intro 25% | PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- NARRAGANSETT INDIAN LAND MANAGEMENT CORPORATION - Repeals sections of the Narragansett Indian Land Management Corporation Act and acknowledges the Narragansett Indian Tribe as the sole aboriginal people sovereign to the t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14 To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H7613 | Intro 25% | EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS - Requires RIDE to develop type 1 diabetes informational materials for the parents and guardians of students that will be posted publicly on RIDE's website. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13 To House Education Committee |
| RI | H7724 | 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] | 2024-03-13 To House Education Committee |
| RI | H8026 | Intro 25% | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS - Exempts certain U.S. employees from having to obtain state licenses to carry a visible or concealed pistol or revolver. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13 To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H8056 | Intro 25% | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Prohibits insurance companies from paying a rate that is less than the approved Medicaid rate set by the executive office of health and human services. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13 To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H7882 | Intro 25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LACTATION CONSULTANT PRACTICE ACT OF 2014 - Specifies the requirements and procedures for licensing lactation consultants as well as the renewal, expiration, termination, refusal, revocation and suspension of licenses. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-12 To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H8049 | Intro 25% | This act serves as the enabling act required by § 16-7-44 of the general laws in order for the principal and interest on bonds issued in support of school housing projects to be eligible for state housing aid reimbursement. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-08 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H8050 | Intro 25% | Authorizes Providence to issue not more than $400,000,000 general obligation bonds & notes to finance the construction, related demolition, renovation, improvement, alteration, repair, landscaping, furnishing and equipping of schools throughout the c... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-08 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7353 | Intro 25% | House Resolution Respectfully Requesting Rhode Island Energy In Conjunction With The Public Utilities Commission To Submit A Proposal For New, Multi-year Electric Vehicle Programming [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07 To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H7767 | Intro 25% | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES - Authorizes driver education schools to offer the driver training curriculum in a classroom setting or an instructor-led virtual format. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07 To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H7841 | Intro 25% | ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES - Exempts the property located at 94 Carpenter Street in Providence from the general law prohibiting liquor licenses within a certain proximity to schools or churches. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07 To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| RI | H7789 | Intro 25% | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES -- HEALTHCARE WORKER OVERTIME PAY - Requires all health care workers who are employed on any Sunday or holiday, to be compensated at the rate of time and one-half. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-05 To House Labor Committee |
| RI | H7966 | Intro 25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT - Sets standards and procedures to allow and implement conjugal visitation at state correctional facilities. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-05 To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7898 | Intro 25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES - Imposes requirements on a managed care organization (MCO) and pharmacy benefit manger (PBM) in order to control Medicaid prescription drug prices. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-04 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7907 | Intro 25% | EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT - Adds multilingual learners into the determination of high-need students and provides a student success factor of twenty-five percent (25%) of the core instruction per-pupil amount and re... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-04 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7895 | Intro 25% | HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE - Codifies the Katie Beckett Program pursuant to federal guidelines. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-04 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7058 | Engross 50% | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- POSTING OF VETERANS' BENEFITS AND SERVICES - Requires employers in the state with more than 50 employees to display a poster containing basic information on veterans' benefits and services be created and distributed by th... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-01 To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| RI | H7855 | Intro 25% | FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE RHODE ISLAND CANNABIS ACT - Provides amendments to the cannabis act relating to the definition of a social equity applicant and the required fee to maintain such status as a social equity applicant. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-01 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7140 | Intro 25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACEUTICAL COST TRANSPARENCY - Directs the state board of pharmacy to annually identify up to fifteen prescription drugs with increased costs and provide the list to the attorney general to obtain reasons for the cos... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29 To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H7477 | 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] | 2024-02-29 To House State Government & Elections Committee |