| RI | H7616 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RENEWABLE READY PROGRAM - Establishes the renewable ready program and fund to promotes the responsible siting/development of renewable energy generating resources in locations where it would be an ancillary beneficial ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H7745 | 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] | 2024-03-21
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7816 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- 2021 ACT ON CLIMATE - Incorporates ethical energy standards to the 2021 Act on Climate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
To House Corporations 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 | H8043 | 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] | 2024-03-21
To House Environment and Natural Resources 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 | H7115 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OPEN MEETINGS - Provides that public bodies not be required to hold open-forum sessions on any topic not on the meeting notice and limits comment on any topic not previously posted.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H7129 | 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] | 2024-03-19
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| 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 | H7699 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HOUSING AND CONSERVATION TRUST FUND ACT - Restructures RI Housing and Conservation Trust Fund, increase its membership to 15 members, 11 of whom are to be from the general public and reallocate the percent...
[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 | 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 | H7180 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES - Requires the secretary of the executive office of health and human services to present to the general assembly a plan for the realignment of state hospitals into a department of ho...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H7778 | 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] | 2024-03-14
To House Small Business Committee |
| RI | H7845 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION -- HUMAN SERVICES FTE ACCOUNTABILITY PORTAL - Directs the department of administration to establish a human services transparency FTE portal.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
To House State Government & Elections 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 |
| RI | S2397 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES - Provides the state would cover dialysis for the treatment of end stage renal disease ("ESRD") and kidney transplants for persons who do not qualify for full Medicaid due to their i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-12
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | H7694 | 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] | 2024-03-12
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H7821 | 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] | 2024-03-12
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H7985 | 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] | 2024-03-12
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| RI | S2760 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING LAND BANK PROGRAM - Establishes a housing land bank program with the goal of creating affordable housing in the State of Rhode Island. The housing land bank would have the authority to buy, receiv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-08
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | H7533 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- LEAD HAZARD MITIGATION - Requires renovation projects of pre-1978 buildings to comply with provisions of chapter 24.6 of title 23 and chapter 21 of title 28, and require presence of lead inspector and supervisor and re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| RI | H7390 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE RHODE ISLAND LOBBYING REFORM ACT - Expands the lobbying reform act to apply to persons who lobby municipal government executives and legislative bodies, as well as local fire districts.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H7377 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE BUILDING CODE -- RHODE ISLAND INCLUSIVE HOME DESIGN ACT - Establishes the Rhode Island Inclusive Home Design Act as a new article in the state building code.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| RI | H7777 | 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] | 2024-03-07
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | S2037 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENTS OF STATE GOVERNMENT - State websites to comply with WCAG 2.2 standards by July 1, 2026.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-05
To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | H7451 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT - Establishes a program within the adult correctional institution to permit medication assisted treatment approved by the FDA to be provided for the treatment of opioid use disorder to any incarc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-05
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7362 | 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] | 2024-03-05
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2387 | 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] | 2024-03-05
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | H7799 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALITY PROGRAM - Allows a licensed health care provider, who is assaulted in the workplace, to use the address of the department of health as the person's substitute address for all purposes, including...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-05
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7824 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES - Requires DCYF to place a locked suggestion box in its facilities and create a digitally secured suggestion box into which residents may place comments and/or concerns to be ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-05
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H7823 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES - Requires the department of children, youth and families (DCYF) to conduct periodic comprehensive needs assessments to determine whether the department’s programs and servi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-05
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H8000 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- REDUCED HOUSING RENT PILOT PROGRAM - Establishes and funds an incentive program for landlords to offer reduced rents to eligible tenants. The program would be administered by the state department of housing with an app...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-05
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | S2549 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE RHODE ISLAND MUNICIPAL INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PROGRAM - Provides that the $5,500,000 appropriation to the infrastructure bank from the 2023 budget act be allocated for eligible municipal infrastructure grant program ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-01
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2573 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION -- HUMAN SERVICES FTE ACCOUNTABILITY PORTAL - Directs the department of administration to establish a human services transparency FTE portal.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-01
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2638 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HOUSING AND CONSERVATION TRUST FUND ACT - Restructures RI Housing and Conservation Trust Fund, increase its membership to 15 members, 11 of whom are to be from the general public and reallocate the percent...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-01
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government 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 |
| RI | H7042 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE RHODE ISLAND HEALTH CARE REFORM ACT OF 2004 -- HEALTH INSURANCE OVERSIGHT - Regulates price increases for prescription drugs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H7623 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE RHODE ISLAND HEALTH CARE REFORM ACT OF 2004 -- HEALTH INSURANCE OVERSIGHT - Requires a report to be produced that focuses on prescription drug prior authorizations by January 1, 2025.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H7521 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- AUTOMATED DECISION TOOLS -- ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - Creates requirements for the developers or deployers of artificial intelligence and allows civil action against these developers or deployers by the attorney genera...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-15
To House Innovation, Internet, & Technology Committee |
| RI | H7551 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM - Repeals the sunset for the small business assistance program and permanently extends the program beyond the scheduled expiration date of December 31, 2024.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-15
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7452 | 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] | 2024-02-15
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2114 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- INSPECTOR GENERAL - Establishes the office of inspector general as an independent administrative agency charged with the responsibility to investigate, detect, and prevent fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement in the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | H7380 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- PUBLIC NOTICE ACT - Allows the towns of Burrillville and Glocester to publish notices in any newspaper located within their municipalities and would also allow publication in other designated digital or print platforms...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| RI | S2277 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- 2025 BATTERY-POWERED LEAF BLOWER PILOT REBATE AND EDUCATION PROGRAM - Establishes a new chapter for the 2024 Battery Powered Leaf Blower Pilot Rebate and Education Program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To Senate Commerce 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 |
