| RI | S2993 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HOUSING RESOURCES ACT OF 1998 - Provides that mobile and manufactured homes be included as affordable housing under certain conditions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-16
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S2985 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- COUNCIL ON THE ARTS - Establishes a Rhode Island creative futures fund in the amount of eighteen million dollars ($18,000,000).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-16
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2995 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION - Requires, by January 1, 2026, the creation of an online, publicly available, comprehensive statewide geographic information system of land related resources to include information from al...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-16
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S2618 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND OLMSTEAD PLAN COMMISSION ACT - Creates an Olmstead Plan for people vulnerable to unnecessary institutionalization to update a continuum of care to receive services and supports in the least restrictive env...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2821 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION -- THE RHODE ISLAND MUNICIPAL INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PROGRAM - Provides minor technical changes, including an update to the membership of the state planning council to include the secretary o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S2935 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL - Allows the attorney general to investigate and bring an enforcement action against persistent fraud or illegality in the carrying on, conducting, or transaction of business or governmen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2464 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OPEN MEETINGS - Provides that public meetings involving collective bargaining agreements of school teachers shall be open to the public.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-10
To Senate Labor Committee |
| RI | S2727 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION - Directs the department of transportation to prepare a monthly snapshot report on the progress of repairs and other actions pertaining to the Washington Bridge.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-10
To Senate Rules, Government Ethics and Oversight 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 | S2507 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- SMALL BUSINESS REGULATORY FAIRNESS IN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES - Expands the duties of the small business ombudsman, by also having the ombudsman serve as the Rhode Island commerce corporation's small business advocat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | S2508 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND COMMERCE CORPORATION -- RHODE ISLAND -- IRELAND TRADE COMMISSION - Establishes trade commission to advance economic interests of Rhode Island and Ireland.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | S2841 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- SMALL BUSINESS ADVOCACY - Amends the composition of the small business advisory council.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | S2161 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- HEALTH CARE FOR CHILDREN AND PREGNANT WOMEN - Provides children from birth through age five (5) with continuous coverage eligibility for RIte Track/RIte Care so that they are not at risk of losing coverage at the yearl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-08
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2962 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- TUITION WAIVER PILOT PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE - Establishes the tuition waiver program for children in Rhode Island foster care program. The purpose would be to increase the number of youths in foster care e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-05
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2972 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES - Establishes general caseload limits for DCYF workers similar to those contained in the Council on Accreditation standards.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-05
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2225 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT - Repeals provisions that assess costs for women in the community corrections program for women offenders and repeals the crime of loitering for prostitution.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
To Senate Judiciary 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 | S2595 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- MOTOR VEHICLES OWNED BY A GOVERNMENTAL BODY - Requires that any government owned vehicle that is to be replaced, be replaced with a zero-emission vehicle, defined as a vehicle which produces no emissions from the on-bo...
[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 | S2941 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT - Establishes an agricultural restricted receipt account within the department of environmental management. An advisory committee would be established to determine suggested uses ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2043 | Engross
50% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- LONG-TERM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Adds climate change, sea-level rise and coastal resiliency to the analysis of data of the strategic plan for economic development policy. Adds director of DEM and executive director of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-03
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | S2769 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DETENTION FOR FEDERAL CIVIL IMMIGRATION VIOLATIONS - Prohibits state or municipality from contracts to detain individuals for civil immigration violations, and if such contract exists, it must end by July 1, 2025 and p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2072 | Engross
50% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE HEALTHCARE SERVICES FUNDING PLAN ACT - Amends RI's existing Healthcare Services Funding Plan Act by adding an account relating to a new Psychiatry Resource Network to fund RI's present PediPRN and MomsPRN, as well ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-29
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | S2222 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS' BILL OF RIGHTS - Repeals the law enforcement officers' bill of rights, chapter 42-28.6 of the general laws, in its entirety.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2113 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF POLICE ROBOT TECHNOLOGY - Prohibits on-duty/off-duty law enforcement officer from utilizing any robot/police robot dog/UAV, whether armed/unarmed, within the scope of their employment as well ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2215 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- POLICE OFFICERS -- COMMISSION ON STANDARDS AND TRAINING - Expands the authority of the police officers commission on standards and training. It makes it applicable to the city of Providence. It creates and maintains a ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2452 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- QUASI-PUBLIC CORPORATIONS ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY ACT - Provides that compensation comparability studies of senior management, documents discussed at an open meeting, annual contracting reports, list of current...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2426 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OPEN MEETINGS - Allows school committees to add item(s) not appearing in published notice to their agendas for purposes of discussion only if the revised agenda is filed with the secretary of state and posted on distri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2636 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION - Directs the department of transportation to effectuate a complete and total restoration, reconstruction and refurbishing of the Stone Bridge abutment in Portsmouth.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S2686 | 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] | 2024-03-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2886 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND COMMERCE CORPORATION - Requires one of the seven (7) directors of the Rhode Island airport corporation be appointed by the mayor of the city of Warwick.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2880 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- NEWPORT AND BRISTOL COUNTY CONVENTION AND VISITORS' BUREAU - Makes various amendments to the chapter creating the Newport and Bristol County Convention and Visitors Bureau.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S2884 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES - Requires state, municipal and quasi-state agencies to post public comment periods on their website and provides email address for comments.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2541 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE AGENCY EMISSION REPORTING - Requires executive climate change coordinating council (EC4) to develop a template to be used by all agencies of the state to track their climate emissions to uphold the pathway to Rho...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S2535 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ACT - Establishes requirements which would have to be met by an applicant prior to the issuing of permits for an activity that would have an environmental impact on or would increase the cumulativ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S2814 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- CASINO GAMING - Amends the law consistent with the advent of iGaming and new technology and codifies the payment of investigatory expenses incurred by the State in limited circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2844 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL EDUCATION OMBUD - Establishes the RI ombud for special education who ensures school districts throughout the state meet the minimum standards required to comply with the individualized education p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
To Senate Education Committee |
| RI | S2835 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- CASINO GAMING - Amends the law relating to casino crimes to be consistent with the advent of iGaming and the relevant age restrictions to participate in iGaming.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2868 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- HOUSING PRODUCTION REVOLVING FUND ACT - Authorizes the department of housing to issue bonds in the amount of $50,000,000 with a maturity date not to exceed 20 years, to establish the housing production revolving fund, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2867 | 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] | 2024-03-22
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2427 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- 2024 REAPPOINTMENT OF PERSONS SERVING IN POSITIONS REQUIRING ADVICE AND CONSENT ACT - Directs the governor to annually provide the senate with names of appointees to boards whose terms are expiring and who require advi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2455 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES -- FOSTER PARENTS' BILL OF RIGHTS - Requires DCYF to prepare an annual report of all findings of suspected and/or verified violations of this chapter and share report on its w...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2675 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE RHODE ISLAND CIVIL RIGHTS ENFORCEMENT ACT - Provides a remedy for any harm caused due to a deprivation or violation of rights by the State of Rhode Island or its political and/or administrative units or subdivision...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2741 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES - Requires school districts to provide the parent/guardian of a student with an individualized education program (IEP) with information concerning the achieving a better life experie...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20
To Senate Education Committee |
| RI | S2722 | 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] | 2024-03-19
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2723 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE RHODE ISLAND HEALTH CARE REFORM ACT OF 2004 -- HEALTH INSURANCE OVERSIGHT - Includes the definition of "primary care services" and requires that all biennial reports shall include a review and recommendation of rat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2345 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND INDIVIDUAL MARKET AFFORDABILITY ACT OF 2024 - Creates the Rhode Island Individual Market Affordability Act of 2024 to help reduce out-of-pocket costs for low- and moderate-income consumers enrolled in the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18
To Senate Finance 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 | 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 | S2465 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- CORRECTIONS STAFFING - Establishes parameters for staffing of correctional officers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13
To Senate Labor Committee |
