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• Senate Bill #2054: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES--LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION
  Exempts the trade-in value of pickup trucks under eight thousand one hundred pounds (8,100 lbs.) gross weight, used exclusively for personal use, from sales tax.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/17/2022)
• Senate Bill #2064: AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS -- NATIONAL GUARD
  Raises the amount of life insurance the state would provide at no charge to Rhode Island National Guard members called up for federal duty to five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000).
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/17/2022)
• Senate Bill #2093: AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR ACTIONS -- RHODE ISLAND COMMERCIAL RECEIVERSHIP ACT
  Creates temporary non-liquidating receivership program for businesses with substantial revenue decline after declared emergency/suspended/ceased substantial part of operation resulting by emergency police/regulatory powers.
  • 2022-05-13: Placed on Senate Calendar (05/19/2022)
• Senate Bill #2117: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
  Prohibits the sale or offer for sale of any flavored electronic nicotine delivery system.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/17/2022)
• Senate Bill #2132: AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES
  Holders of Class B licenses shall offer the public food during times alcoholic beverages are sold to the public.
  • 2022-05-13: Placed on House Calendar (05/17/2022)
• Senate Bill #2137: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- MILITARY SPOUSE LICENSURE
  Provides issuance of occupational licenses for military members and spouses stationed in Rhode Island.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2022)
• Senate Bill #2178: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- RENEWABLE ENERGY STANDARD -- SOLAR ENERGY ANALYSIS
  Requires the public utilities commission to establish a docket to review and analyze solar energy development in Rhode Island.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/18/2022)
• Senate Bill #2217: AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- COASTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT COUNCIL
  Creates appointment of executive director of coastal resources management as an employee and respected staff of coastal resource management to coordinate with DEM and division leaders to plan management of coastal resources.
  • 2022-05-13: Placed on Senate Calendar (05/19/2022)
• Senate Bill #2249: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- TRANSFER OF VEHICLES
  Extends from twenty (20) days to thirty (30) days, the period of time that a newly purchased motor vehicle may be temporarily operated, using the purchaser's current licenses plates.
  • 2022-05-13: Referred to House State Government & Elections
• Senate Bill #2277: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- BLOCK ISLAND UTILITY DISTRICT ACT OF 2017
  Provides that the members of the board of the Block Island Utility Commission be reimbursed for the actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/19/2022)
• Senate Bill #2281: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE -- SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 - THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT
  Provides that the public schools shall be responsible for attendance data monitoring and detection of emergent truant behavior.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/18/2022)
• Senate Bill #2282: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- ESTABLISHING A CLASS SIZE MAXIMUM FOR KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE TWO (2)
  Mandates public school classroom size be limited to twenty (20) students for kindergarten through grade two (2).
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/18/2022)
• Senate Bill #2284: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM
  Requires the RIDOE to create a model policy and timeline to assist local education agencies in implementing a dual language immersion program. This model policy and timeline to be sent to the president of the senate and the speaker of the house.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/18/2022)
• Senate Bill #2288: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS
  Provides students attending public schools enrolled in grades K-12 with a students' bill of rights prohibiting discrimination based on race, sex, gender, economic status or mental, physical, developmental or sensory disabilities.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/18/2022)
• Senate Bill #2291: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM
  Direct the council on elementary and secondary education to provide professional support and assistance to LEAs regarding effective ways to use data such as the LEA’s budget and demographics, school culture, and assessments to improve student performance.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/18/2022)
• Senate Bill #2292: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - RESIDENTIAL SOLAR ENERGY DISCLOSURE AND HOMEOWNERS BILL OF RIGHTS ACT
  Provides solar energy system consumers with consumer protection regarding disclosures cancellation and liens.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/18/2022)
• Senate Bill #2299: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PESTICIDE CONTROL
  Restricts the use of neonicotinoids which are a class of insecticides.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/18/2022)
• Senate Bill #2312: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FOUNDATION LEVEL SCHOOL SUPPORT
  Provides that in determining local school aid, the state would annually provide each community no less than an amount equal to the aid given in the preceding fiscal year.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/17/2022)
• Senate Bill #2336: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES -- ZONING BOARD OF REVIEW
  Authorizes the town of South Kingstown to enact a local ordinance which increases the number of alternates on their zoning board of review from two (2) to three (3).
  • 2022-05-13: Placed on House Calendar (05/17/2022)
• Senate Bill #2351: AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- FEES
  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.
  • 2022-05-13: Placed on Senate Calendar (05/19/2022)
• Senate Bill #2370: AN ACT RELATING TO DELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN -- PROCEEDINGS IN FAMILY COURT
  Prohibits questioning of a suspected juvenile offender unless a parent, guardian or attorney is present.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2022)
• Senate Bill #2391: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS--PORTSMOUTH MUNICIPAL COURT
  Repeals the current authorization for town of Portsmouth municipal court and establishes authorization which expands the jurisdiction of Portsmouth municipal court to include a municipal housing court to adjudicate violations of the state building code.
  • 2022-05-13: Placed on Senate Calendar (05/19/2022)
• Senate Bill #2397: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- CHILDREN
  Repeals the requirement that law enforcement officers issue only warnings of the risks to persons leaving a child under the age of seven (7) unattended in a motor vehicle.
  • 2022-05-13: Placed on Senate Calendar (05/19/2022)
• Senate Bill #2401: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- UNIFORM UNSWORN DECLARATION ACT
  Gives an "unsworn" declaration given under the penalty of perjury the same effect as "a sworn" declaration, and subject to the criminal penalties for perjury.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2022)
• Senate Bill #2402: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - DEPARTMENTS OF STATE GOVERNMENT
  Requires that the secretary of EOHHS, the secretary of commerce of the commerce corporation and the commissioners of elementary and secondary education and postsecondary education be appointed subject to the approval of the senate.
  • 2022-05-13: Placed on Senate Calendar (05/19/2022)
• Senate Bill #2411: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FEDERAL AID
  Requires school lunch service contracts to provide for payment to school-lunch workers and aides for one hundred eight (180) days or the length of the contract for the school year, whichever is longer.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/18/2022)
• Senate Bill #2425: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- FALSE REPRESENTATION OF MILITARY STATUS
  Creates the crime of stolen valor, for falsely representing himself or herself as a member of the military or armed forces, which is punishable by imprisonment of not more than one year, a fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.
  • 2022-05-13: Referred to House Judiciary
• Senate Bill #2430: AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE RHODE ISLAND CANNABIS ACT
  Establishes the Cannabis Control Commission. Legalizes recreational marijuana possession and use.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/18/2022)
• Senate Bill #2432: AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS--DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES
  Amends how credit bureaus doing business in Rhode Island may disclose to inquiring users of credit reports by requiring that in addition to the social security number, the name matches the identity of the person who is the subject of the inquiry.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/19/2022)
• Senate Bill #2434: AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- CREDIT CARD LENDING
  Modernizes the Rhode Island credit card lending statute by amending the definition of "credit card plan" to keep up with new technology and online purchasing and expressly allows merchants to continue to assist consumers with digital payment options.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/19/2022)
• Senate Bill #2435: AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW--GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- INTEREST AND USURY
  Reduces the usury rate to twelve percent (12%).
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/19/2022)
• Senate Bill #2437: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- ADULT EDUCATION
  Modernizes expand access and provide additional funds to adult education programs in the state, create a strategic plan for adult education establish learning, intake and assessment centers.
  • 2022-05-13: Committee transferred to Senate Finance
• Senate Bill #2453: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM--MEMBERSHIP AND SERVICE CREDITS
  Allows members of the retirement system who served in the national guard or reserves and who qualify as veterans to purchase retirement service credits.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/17/2022)
• Senate Bill #2477: AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION - MUNICIPAL PARTNERSHIPS WITH WATER SUPPLIERS
  Requires municipalities to cooperate and forge partnerships with water suppliers, within their jurisdiction, that assist or enable water suppliers to maintain, improve, backup and safeguard their water supply.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2022)
• Senate Bill #2480: AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
  Provides the standards for reviewing applications for plans or work for the extension of supply or distribution mains or pipes. It also adds an appeal of a denial by a public water supply facility pursuant to the administrative procedures act § 42-35-15.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2022)
• Senate Bill #2492: AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - MANUFACTURING AND WHOLESALE LICENSES
  Authorizes manufacturer-breweries to sell up to three (3) drinks on premises per visitor per day, where a drink is defined as up to sixteen ounces (16 oz.).
  • 2022-05-13: Referred to House Committee on Small Business
• Senate Bill #2494: AN ACT TO AMEND THE LANGUAGE OF THE LEASE OF THE BENEFIT STREET ARMORY BETWEEN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND THE PROVIDENCE MARINE CORPS OF ARTILLERY
  Authorizes the Department of Administration to amend lease to Providence Marine Corps of Artillery to use hall for promotion of the arsenal and to sublease the rented space.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2022)
• Senate Bill #2496: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - VIDEO-LOTTERY GAMES, TABLE GAMES AND SPORTS WAGERING
  Establishes player self-exclusion program with winnings collected from self-excluded players going to RICPG for research/education/prevention of teenage gambling addiction.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2022)
• Senate Bill #2497: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE EMBLEMS
  Provides that trilobite be designated the state fossil.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2022)
• Senate Bill #2508: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- RHODE ISLAND TITLE INSURERS ACT
  Provides only licensed attorney can be title insurance agents and determine insurability/marketability. Prohibits discounted insurance premiums and fee sharing with unlicensed agents and attorneys.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/19/2022)
• Senate Bill #2510: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- AUTOMATED SCHOOL ZONE-SPEED-ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM ACT OF 2022
  Authorizes use of "automated speed enforcement system" (speed cameras) throughout the state.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/17/2022)
• Senate Bill #2551: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- REBUILD RHODE ISLAND TAX CREDIT
  Requires that all entities receiving tax credits from the state pay their workers the prevailing wage or other payments pursuant to § 37-13. This act would also allow the revocation of the tax credits for violation of this act.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/18/2022)
• Senate Bill #2557: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OPEN MEETINGS
  Requires public bodies to offer translation services for all open meetings of said bodies.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/17/2022)
• Senate Bill #2570: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES
  Provides that special education services would include speech-language pathology services, and would not stop because a child has reached nine (9) years of age.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/18/2022)
• Senate Bill #2577: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT (SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 -- THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT)
  Increases the maximum amount of days a retired teacher and athletic coach may substitute teach from 90 days to 120 days.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/18/2022)
• Senate Bill #2586: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES
  Requires any request for proposal issued by the state may not be changed unless the request for proposal is cancelled and reissued as a master price agreement.
  • 2022-05-13: Referred to House State Government & Elections
• Senate Bill #2601: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES
  Establishes review requirements for request for proposals by chief purchasing officer with duty to ensure no conflicts or appearance of conflicts of interest exist between members of technology evaluation committee/state.
  • 2022-05-13: Referred to House State Government & Elections
• Senate Bill #2603: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES--LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION
  Exempts from taxation the retail sale of breast pump products.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/17/2022)
• Senate Bill #2606: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- INTERSTATE MEDICAL LICENSURE COMPACT
  Creates the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact allowing physicians to become licensed in multiple states and practice under the jurisdiction of the state in which the patient is located.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2022)
• Senate Bill #2613: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- CHILDREN
  Limits the accessibility of over-the-counter dietary supplements to prevent the misuse or abuse of such products and provides a conspicuously posted notice at the purchase counter of the possible side effects of the supplements.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2022)
• Senate Bill #2616: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS AND MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS
  Creates an entry-level licensing program to allow applicants to practice under supervision prior to becoming a licensed mental health counselor.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2022)
• Senate Bill #2621: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HOUSING RESOURCES ACT OF 1998
  Changes the affordable housing eligibility standards for households in New Shoreham with gross household income of less than one hundred and forty percent (140%) of area median income.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2022)
• Senate Bill #2650: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READERS
  Provides for municipal and state police authorities to utilize automated license plate readers. Further, it identifies what data may be collected and defines how the data can be used.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/17/2022)
• Senate Bill #2658: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ORDINANCES
  Allows cities and towns to create ordinances to regulate use and sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/17/2022)
• Senate Bill #2691: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- 2022 ENERGY STORAGE ACT
  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.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/18/2022)
• Senate Bill #2700: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- THE GREEN BUILDINGS ACT
  Expands definition of public buildings under Green Building Act to include buildings in any subdivision of state, and include private major facility projects; mandates public reports for all such projects.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2022)
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration
• Senate Bill #2703: AN ACT RELATING TO 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.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/17/2022)
• Senate Bill #2705: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- JUSTICES OF THE PEACE -- UNIFORM LAW ON NOTARIAL ACTS
  Codifies in the general laws the standards of conduct for notaries public in the state of Rhode Island by the secretary of state which came into effect on April 3, 2020. Takes effect on July 1, 2021; sunsets and expires on July 1, 2023.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/19/2022)
• Senate Bill #2711: AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY--LEVY AND SALE ON EXECUTION
  Exempts from attachment five hundred dollars ($500) in savings or deposits in financial or banking institutions.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/19/2022)
• Senate Bill #2717: AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES
  Prohibits certain providers of digital application distribution platforms from requiring that payments for the software application be made exclusively through a particular in-application payment system.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/19/2022)
• Senate Bill #2735: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
  Amends the total amount of expenses that may be charged to a utility for those expenses related to a commission or division initiated investigation of public utilities with gross intrastate operating revenues exceeding $400,000,000.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/19/2022)
• Senate Bill #2737: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
  Amends the revenue decoupling reconciliation mechanism used by a gas distribution company for the purposes of revenue decoupling to not require that distribution be determined on a revenue-per-customer basis.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/19/2022)
• Senate Bill #2738: AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS--SURCHARGES ON CREDIT CARD TRANSACTIONS
  Provides that surcharges on credit card transactions may only be permitted when certain notice requirements are adhered to and provides for a misdemeanor penalty of five hundred dollars ($500) and/or one year in jail in any violations.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/19/2022)
• Senate Bill #2740: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- LABOR STANDARDS IN RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS
  Adds a new chapter known as the Labor Standards in Renewable Energy Projects.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/19/2022)
• Senate Bill #2745: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- TAXICABS AND LIMITED PUBLIC MOTOR VEHICLES
  Requires national and state background checks for certain drivers transporting passengers for hire.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/19/2022)
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration
• Senate Bill #2747: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND
  Modifies appointment/removal process for URI board of trustees with all appointments by governor for 3 yr-terms with advice/consent of senate/URI president appoints faculty member/student to serve in non-voting/ex officio capacity.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/18/2022)
• Senate Bill #2751: AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- ANIMAL DISEASES IN GENERAL
  Authorizes the director of the department of environmental management to establish quarantine zones for animals and would permit the examination of any quarantined animal therein.
  • 2022-05-13: Placed on House Calendar (05/19/2022)
• Senate Bill #2754: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS
  Effective July 1, 2022, entitles environmental police officers to the benefits provided by chapter 45-21.2 entitled "Optional retirement for members of police force and firefighters."
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/17/2022)
• Senate Bill #2771: AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS -- RELOCATION OF UTILITY SERVICES
  Amends the formula used to reimburse a utility facility or company for the cost of relocation necessitated by highway construction.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2022)
• Senate Bill #2776: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- THEFT, EMBEZZLEMENT, FALSE PRETENSES, AND MISAPPROPRIATION
  Corrects the erroneous misdemeanor classification of the criminal offense of fraudulent conversion by agent or factor.
  • 2022-05-13: Placed on Senate Calendar (05/19/2022)
• Senate Bill #2783: AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- THIRD-PARTY LITIGATION FINANCING CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT
  Comprehensively regulates the practices of third-party litigation financers in Rhode Island to provide transparency in litigation.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/19/2022)
• Senate Bill #2784: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- UNFAIR CLAIMS SETTLEMENT PRACTICE ACT
  Makes it an unfair claims practices act violation for an insurer to fail to have an appraisal performed by a licensed appraiser when a vehicle sustains damage in excess of $5,000. Also corrects a citation regarding salvage and reconstructed titles.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/19/2022)
• Senate Bill #2785: AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- JUDGMENTS, ORDERS, AND DECREES -- INTEREST IN CIVIL ACTIONS
  Provides that pre- and post-judgment interest on civil actions begin on the date of the filing of the civil action and be calculated based upon a rate equal to the coupon issue yield equivalent.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/19/2022)
• Senate Bill #2789: AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- PROCEEDINGS IN AID OF EXECUTION
  Requires that upon issuance of a citation, the judgment debtor is given twenty-five (25) days to contact the judgment creditor to resolve the matter prior to court intervention.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/19/2022)
• Senate Bill #2792: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MISCELLANEOUS RULES
  Clarifies that the use of a wireless communication device for the purpose of navigation must be while the device is mounted or otherwise affixed to the vehicle and not held in the motorist’s hand.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/17/2022)
• Senate Bill #2793: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MISCELLANEOUS RULES
  Sunsets the provision which allows first-time violators to avoid the fine by presenting proof of acquisition of a hands-free device prior to the imposition of the fine effective September 1, 2022.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/17/2022)
• Senate Bill #2794: AN ACT RELATING TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- CREATION AND EXPANSION
  Amends a number of provisions in the general laws relative to financial institutions by eliminating unnecessary requirements and/or clarifying language in order to reduce certain burdens on businesses operating in Rhode Island.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/19/2022)
• Senate Bill #2797: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD LIMITS
  Establishes penalties for vehicles exceeding twenty-five thousand pounds (25,000 lbs) gross vehicle weight and requires certain civil penalties to be paid to the enforcing municipality.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/17/2022)
• Senate Bill #2801: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS -- PUBLIC RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
  Updates public records administration act, modifies records control schedule, designates records officer, establishes procedures for retention of records. Provides administrator submit yearly reports, establishes public reporting compliance.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/19/2022)
• Senate Bill #2805: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- STATE TAX OFFICIALS
  Effective January 1, 2023, creates Superior Court jurisdiction over all appeals of tax administrators concerning assessment, deficiency, refund claim, license or permit. It creates an exemption for the taxpayer from prepayment as a condition precedent.
  • 2022-05-13: Placed on Senate Calendar (05/19/2022)
• Senate Bill #2806: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- CHILD SUPPORT INTERCEPT ACT
  Expands child support interception of insurance payments to include life insurance proceeds payable to non-custodial parents who are beneficiaries of the policy.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2022)
• Senate Bill #2808: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- CHILDREN
  Establishes criminal penalties for a wanton or reckless act or omission of a parent, guardian or any other person who has custody or control of a child that result in substantial risk of serious bodily injury or sexual abuse of a child in their care.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2022)
• Senate Bill #2809: AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- SECRETARY OF STATE
  Authorizes the secretary of state and board of elections to conduct an extensive cybersecurity assessment of our election systems and facilities and to establish a cybersecurity review board.
  • 2022-05-13: Placed on Senate Calendar (05/19/2022)
• Senate Bill #2818: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE LOTTERY
  Increases the non-Keno lottery prize awards from a maximum of sixty-five percent (65%) to seventy-one percent (71%) of the total revenue accruing from the sale of lottery tickets.
  • 2022-05-13: Referred to House Finance
• Senate Bill #2819: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE LOTTERY--LOTTERY SALES AGENT RENEWAL PERIOD
  Extends the renewal period for lottery sales agent's license from one year to two (2) years.
  • 2022-05-13: Referred to House Finance
• Senate Bill #2822: AN ACT RELATING TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- PERMANENT JOINT COMMITTEE ON NAMING ALL NEW BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, EDIFICES AND OTHER STATE CONSTRUCTIONS
  Creates a name for the Rhode Island Convention Center Boardroom as the James P. McCarvill Boardroom.
  • 2022-05-13: Referred to House Special Legislation
• Senate Bill #2839: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- HEALTH AND EDUCATIONAL BUILDING CORPORATION
  Provides municipalities in the state with appropriate additional means to improve the health, living conditions, and welfare of their residents with expanded access to public educational, or child daycare centers, or public recreational facilities.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/18/2022)
• Senate Bill #2841: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS
  Establishes courses that include instruction in career and technical education programs.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/18/2022)
• Senate Bill #2842: AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW--GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- ELECTRONIC BOOK LICENSES TO LIBRARIES AND SCHOOLS
  Requires publishers to provide electronic book licenses to libraries and schools on reasonable terms, when a publisher offers to license electronic books and digital audiobooks to the public in Rhode Island.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/18/2022)
• Senate Bill #2852: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES
  Mandates insurance policies, provides coverage to diagnose & treat infertility for women between 25 & 42 years, including pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) in conjunction with in vitro fertilization (IVF).
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2022)
• Senate Bill #2854: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION
  Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of Foster Forward, a domestic nonprofit corporation, located in Pawtucket.
  • 2022-05-13: Placed on House Calendar (05/17/2022)
• Senate Bill #2855: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE
  Increases the current levy on construction costs for residential building permits to be deposited into an exempt restricted receipts account to be used for training grants, including programs for local and state building officials and minority businesses.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2022)
• Senate Bill #2856: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE
  Amends and updates the qualifications for state and local building inspectors and officials aligning state law with federal law and also makes several technical corrections.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2022)
• Senate Bill #2867: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION--CITY OF WOONSOCKET
  Authorizes city of Woonsocket to extend exemption or stabilizing of taxes on qualifying property located in designated districts in the city to 20 years to facilitate economic development within the city. The current law provides for a 10 year period.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2022)
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration
• Senate Bill #2894: AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS
  Establishes a community mental health services revolving fund, to help fund the construction and renovation of facilities to provide mental health services.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/19/2022)
• Senate Bill #2898: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES
  Allows the city of Newport to adopt separate tax rates for non-owner occupied and owner occupied residential real estate.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2022)
• Senate Bill #2900: AN ACT RELATING TO 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.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/17/2022)
• Senate Bill #2901: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES -- SCHOOL BUS DRIVER TRAINING
  Requires, in order to maintain their certifications, that school bus drivers to pass written state examinations once every ten (10) years, instead of annually, as the current law requires.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/17/2022)
• Senate Bill #2902: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF YOUTH CAMPS
  Establishes the procedures and requirements for the licensing of youth camps.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/17/2022)
• Senate Bill #2903: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- CERTIFICATES OF TITLE AND SECURITY INTERESTS
  Enables Rhode Island licensed new motor vehicle dealers to conduct vehicle identification number inspections.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/17/2022)
• Senate Bill #2905: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES
  Requires the administrator of the division of motor vehicles to prescribe or approve power-of-attorney forms to be used in connection with vehicle registrations.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/17/2022)
• Senate Bill #2907: AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES
  Grants the Providence board of licenses the authority to exempt from the provisions of the laws concerning the proximity of a Class B license retailer to schools and churches, property located at 12 Governor Street in the city of Providence.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2022)
• Senate Bill #2908: AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- SANITATION IN FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS
  Eliminates DOH food license fee for Class C liquor license holders provided they are in compliance with the provisions of § 3-7-8(b) relating to the types of pre-packaged foods prepared off the premises that may be served with alcoholic beverages.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2022)
• Senate Bill #2910: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM
  Requires all public elementary and secondary schools in Rhode Island to provide at least one unit of instruction on Asian American History and culture.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/18/2022)
• Senate Bill #2930: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS -- TOWN OF NARRAGANSETT-- LANDING FEE
  Increases the landing fee at the Port of Galilee in the town of Narragansett from thirty-five cents ($.35) to seventy-five cents ($.75).
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2022)
• Senate Bill #2939: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- APPROPRIATIONS -- AMERICAN RECOVERY PROGRAM ACT HOUSING FUND AND CREATING RELIABLE EFFICIENT AFFORDABLE TENANCIES EXPEDITIOUSLY -- "CREATE" HOMES ACT
  Creates a new department of housing, a housing development fund, and a housing land bank program to help create reliable, efficient, affordable tenancies.
  • 2022-05-13: Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/17/2022)
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
• House Bill #6609: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- PEER-TO-PEER CAR SHARING PROGRAM
  Same as 21H-6429 --Authorizes and regulate peer-to-peer car sharing programs whereby existing car owners make their motor vehicles available for other individuals to use under a peer-to-peer program.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2022)
• House Bill #6667: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS -- TRAUMA INFORMED SCHOOLS ACT
  Same as 21H-5936 -- Establishes the implementation of trauma-informed practices in schools throughout the state.
  • 2022-05-13: Placed on House Calendar (05/18/2022)
• House Bill #6669: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHYSICAL THERAPISTS
  Same as 21H-6129 -- Authorizes a licensed physical therapist to perform physical therapy services to a student while in school without a prescription or referral, in accordance with the student's IEP or IFSP.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/18/2022)
• House Resolution #7022: HOUSE RESOLUTION REINSTATING THE LIFE OF AND EXTENDING THE REPORTING AND EXPIRATION DATES OF THE SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION KNOWN AS THE "RHODE ISLAND ONLINE DATA TRANSPARENCY AND PRIVACY PROTECTION COMMISSION"
  Reinstates the life and extends the reporting and expiration dates of the "Rhode Island Online Data Transparency and Privacy Protection Commission" from May 5, 2021, to May 5, 2022, and said commission expires on July 5, 2022.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2022)
  • 2022-05-13: Proposed Substitute
• House Bill #7062: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE
  Provides that in developing alternative-learning plans, consideration shall be given to the difficulties and interruptions students experience because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/18/2022)
• House Bill #7100: AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- SECRETARY OF STATE -- LET RI VOTE ACT
  Allows voting by mail without needing an excuse/improves voter roll cleanup/allows applying for mail ballots through online system/allows nursing home residents to receive mail ballot applications automatically/codifies mail ballot drop box requirements.
  • 2022-05-13: Placed on House Calendar (05/17/2022)
• House Bill #7117: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- STATE DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
  Requires district and independent charter schools to use a random selection process to select eligible public school students who would be invited to attend the charter school and allows a parent to decline the invitation.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/18/2022)
  • 2022-05-13: Proposed Substitute
• House Resolution #7118: HOUSE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE EFFECTS AND IMPACT THAT HYBRID AND VIRTUAL LEARNING EMPLOYED DURING THE PANDEMIC HAS HAD ON THE ACHIEVEMENT RATES OF CHILDREN IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 12TH GRADE
  Creates a 15 member commission to study, identify gaps, and provide plans to counter the impact of hybrid and virtual learning on achievement rates of children grades K-12th, and would report back by January 31, 2023, and expire on March 30, 2023.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/18/2022)
  • 2022-05-13: Proposed Substitute
• House Bill #7154: AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS THE RHODE ISLAND DEALERSHIP PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION ACT
  Excludes sale of dealership as good cause to terminate relations with dealerships/allows 5 days to cure contract deficiency/violation/vests exclusive jurisdiction in RI courts to settle any disputes.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2022)
  • 2022-05-13: Proposed Substitute
• House Bill #7159: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- REAL ESTATE SALES DISCLOSURES
  Allows a homebuyer to void a purchase and sales agreement prior to the transfer if the seller fails to provide a written sales disclosure. The act also increases the maximum civil penalty for violating this law from $100 to $1,000.
  • 2022-05-13: Placed on House Calendar (05/19/2022)
• House Bill #7167: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE
  Directs school districts experiencing high rates of student absenteeism to establish attendance review teams to address this absenteeism.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/18/2022)
  • 2022-05-13: Proposed Substitute
• House Bill #7179: AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
  Provides medical assistance coverage for medical services provided to qualifying eligible recipients for community-based care. The department of human services on EOHHS would seek federal approval to implement the provisions of the act.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/19/2022)
• House Bill #7181: AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- RHODE ISLAND PATHWAYS PROJECT
  Requires the executive office of health and human services (EOHHS) to utilize current Medicaid waiver funds to provide coverage for supporting housing for the homeless.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/19/2022)
• House Bill #7201: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES
  Provides a procedure for homeowners to submit to a municipal zoning board of review or municipal official or agency for a review to determine whether or not a proposed use under this chapter requires a special use permit.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/19/2022)
• House Bill #7213: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- MERIT SYSTEM
  Allows a classified employee to seek elected office provided that they resign their position upon being elected.
  • 2022-05-13: Placed on House Calendar (05/18/2022)
• House Bill #7237: AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- HEALTH CARE FOR ELDERLY AND DISABLED RESIDENTS ACT
  Increases the income limits for disabled individuals to one hundred eighty percent (180%) of the federal poverty level to qualify for medical assistance coverage.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/17/2022)
• House Bill #7272: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - CURRICULUM
  Requires all public elementary and secondary schools in Rhode Island to provide at least one unit of instruction on Asian American History and culture.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/18/2022)
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration
• House Bill #7293: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MISCELLANEOUS RULES
  Establishes revolving school bus driver incentive fund for use by school districts to hire/retain bus drivers/monitors with initial grant of $5,000,000 from COVID-19 response funds.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/17/2022)
• House Bill #7315: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES--ZONING BOARD OF REVIEW
  Authorizes the town of South Kingstown to enact a local ordinance which increases the number of alternates on their zoning board of review from two (2) to three (3).
  • 2022-05-13: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/17/2022)
• House Bill #7368: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- CLAIMS ADJUSTERS
  Authorizes the department of insurance, within the DBR, in lieu of passing in-state licensing examination, to recognize the competence of an applicant for an insurance claims adjuster license, through an out-of-state proctored examination.
  • 2022-05-13: Placed on House Calendar (05/19/2022)
• House Bill #7422: AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- ELECTIVE MEETINGS
  Allows local board of canvasser's discretion to substitute the physical posting in each voting district of senatorial district meetings, representative district meetings, and voting district meetings with publication in newspaper of local circulation.
  • 2022-05-13: Placed on House Calendar (05/17/2022)
• House Bill #7423: AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- CANVASSING THE LISTS OF QUALIFIED ELECTORS
  Replaces requirement that the notice for the final canvass and correction of voter registration files be posted in a newspaper with the requirement that the notice for the final canvass to be published on the official website maintained by the city/town.
  • 2022-05-13: Placed on House Calendar (05/17/2022)
• House Bill #7428: AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS
  Allows the board of elections to begin the certification of mail ballots twenty (20) days prior to election day. It also establishes a new and more comprehensive mail ballot voter signature verification process.
  • 2022-05-13: Placed on House Calendar (05/17/2022)
• House Bill #7434: AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- CREDIT CARD LENDING
  Modernizes the Rhode Island credit card lending statute by amending the definition of "credit card plan" to keep up with new technology and online purchasing and expressly allows merchants to continue to assist consumers with digital payment options.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2022)
• House Bill #7440: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX
  Adds one new income tax bracket for purposes of state income taxation.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/17/2022)
• House Bill #7442: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- HEALTH CARE FOR CHILDREN AND PREGNANT WOMEN--EQUALITY IN ABORTION COVERAGE
  Provide for abortion coverage in the Medicaid program and repeals the abortion coverage exclusion for state employee insurance plans.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/19/2022)
• House Bill #7443: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- HEALTH CARE FOR CHILDREN AND PREGNANT WOMEN
  Increases the coverage eligibility for any pregnant person for Medicaid from an income level of 250% of the federal poverty level to 400% of the federal poverty level and provides full health insurance coverage for pregnant people.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/19/2022)
• House Bill #7478: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- INSPECTION OF MOTOR VEHICLES
  Exempt vehicles purchased at the end of their lease term by the current lessee that have a valid certificate of inspection affixed to the windshield from the requirement that dealers of used vehicles conduct a new inspection.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2022)
• House Bill #7486: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN WITH DYSLEXIA, DYSCALCULIA, AND DYSGRAPHIA
  SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 -- THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/17/2022)
• House Bill #7493: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION
  Exempts from taxation the sale, storage, use, or other consumption of COVID-19 take home tests.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/19/2022)
• House Bill #7503: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES
  Requires coverage for treatment of pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections and pediatric acute onset neuropsychiatric syndrome, including, but not limited to, the use of intravenous immunoglobin therapy.
  • 2022-05-13: Placed on House Calendar (05/18/2022)
• House Bill #7513: AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES
  Amends the hours of operation for Class A liquor license holders in Pawtucket.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2022)
• House Bill #7514: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES
  Creates a special motor vehicle registration plate for recipients of the United States Bronze Star Medal.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/19/2022)
• House Bill #7528: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- INSPECTION OF MOTOR VEHICLES
  Provides that only facilities located within the state be eligible for licenses to operate as official inspection stations for the inspection of vehicles.
  • 2022-05-13: Placed on House Calendar (05/18/2022)
• House Bill #7540: AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- AQUACULTURE-EMERGENCY CLOSURE
  Allows the director of the department of environmental management to issue an emergency order requiring the temporary or permanent suspension of aquaculture activities in an affected area.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/18/2022)
• House Bill #7593: AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE RHODE ISLAND CANNABIS ACT
  Establishes the Cannabis Control Commission. Legalizes recreational marijuana possession and use.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/18/2022)
• House Bill #7616: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTHY AGING
  Renames the Office of Healthy Aging to The Department of Healthy Aging, restructures the administration and delivery of services, and expands the authority of its director in various ways.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/17/2022)
• House Bill #7626: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES
  Mandates that health insurance companies and Medicaid provide coverage for FDA approved COVID-19 home testing kits.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/19/2022)
• House Bill #7631: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES
  Requires every individual or group health insurance contract effective on or after January 1, 2023, to provide coverage to the insured and the insured's spouse and dependents for all FDA-approved contraceptive drugs, devices and other products.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/19/2022)
• House Bill #7664: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - VITAL RECORDS
  Adds the division of taxation, division of motor vehicles and department of revenue to those agencies who receive lists of reported deaths.
  • 2022-05-13: Placed on House Calendar (05/17/2022)
• House Bill #7705: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS
  Requires correctional officers to qualify annually with the pistol or revolver rather than the previous requirement of biennial qualification.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/19/2022)
  • 2022-05-13: Proposed Substitute
• House Bill #7709: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MISCELLANEOUS RULES
  Sunsets the provision which allows first-time violators to avoid the fine by presenting proof of acquisition of a hands-free device prior to the imposition of the fine effective September 1, 2022.
  • 2022-05-13: Placed on House Calendar (05/19/2022)
• House Bill #7713: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- DNA DETECTION OF SEXUAL AND VIOLENT OFFENDERS
  Removes diversion programs from the list of criminal convictions subject to mandatory DNA collection.
  • 2022-05-13: Placed on House Calendar (05/17/2022)
• House Bill #7716: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MISCELLANEOUS RULES
  Clarifies that the use of a wireless communication device for the purpose of navigation must be while the device is mounted or otherwise affixed to the vehicle and not held in the motorist’s hand.
  • 2022-05-13: Placed on House Calendar (05/19/2022)
• House Bill #7751: AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- PURCHASE AND SALE OF PRECIOUS METALS -- CATALYTIC CONVERTERS
  Requires a purchaser of a catalytic converter to obtain a copy of the registration for the vehicle from which the catalytic converter was removed and provide said copy to law enforcement.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2022)
• House Bill #7754: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- HISTORIC PRESERVATION TAX CREDITS 2013
  Extends the expiration of the Historic Preservation Tax Credits program from June 30, 2022 to June 30, 2023.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/17/2022)
• House Bill #7782: AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
  Provides the standards for reviewing applications for plans or work for the extension of supply or distribution mains or pipes. It also adds an appeal of a denial by a public water supply facility pursuant to the administrative procedures act § 42-35-15.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2022)
• House Resolution #7784: JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE OF RHODE ISLAND'S PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM
  Creates a 10 member joint commission to study and make recommendations for efficient and effective governance of pre-k through sixteen public education system, and would report back to the Senate and House by March 1, 2023, and expire on July 1, 2023.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/18/2022)
• House Bill #7785: AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- ANIMAL DISEASES IN GENERAL
  Authorizes the director of the department of environmental management to establish quarantine zones for animals and would permit the examination of any quarantined animal therein.
  • 2022-05-13: Placed on Senate Calendar (05/19/2022)
• House Bill #7795: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES
  Mandates that health insurance companies and Medicaid provide coverage for mental illness related to COVID-19.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/19/2022)
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
• House Bill #7804: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- NURSES
  Amends the conditions upon which a nurse would be exempt from certain licensing requirements to include eligibility to practice before taking and receiving results of the NCLEX exam.
  • 2022-05-13: Placed on House Calendar (05/19/2022)
• House Bill #7810: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES
  Extends the "lookback" period for third and subsequent offenses pursuant §31-27-2 ("driving under influence of liquor or drugs") and §31-27-2.1 ("refusal to submit to chemical test") from five (5) to ten (10) years.
  • 2022-05-13: Placed on House Calendar (05/19/2022)
• House Bill #7834: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD LIMITS
  Transfers all responsibility for oversize/overweight permitting to the department of transportation and amends and increases fines for all oversize and overweight infractions.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2022)
• House Bill #7843: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- PROMPT PAYMENT BY DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION
  Amends the provisions for prompt payment of monies owed by the department of administration to their contractors or subcontractors.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2022)
  • 2022-05-13: Proposed Substitute
• House Bill #7872: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS AND MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS
  Creates an entry-level licensing program to allow applicants to practice under supervision prior to becoming a licensed mental health counselor.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/18/2022)
• House Bill #7886: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - SENTENCE AND EXECUTION
  Permits the DOC to release a sentenced inmate up to 3 days early directly to a community partner for residential treatment or stable housing when completion of sentence is incompatible with the community partners staffing or scheduling capabilities.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/19/2022)
• House Bill #7890: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS
  Adds the chief inspector and inspectors within the office of inspections to the definition of "peace officer."
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/19/2022)
• House Bill #7905: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES
  Forbids an employer to require an employee to execute a nondisclosure agreement or non-disparagement agreement, regarding alleged violations of civil rights or criminal conduct, as a condition of employment.
  • 2022-05-13: Placed on House Calendar (05/18/2022)
• House Bill #7908: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE EMBLEMS
  Provides that trilobite be designated the state fossil.
  • 2022-05-13: Referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2022)
• House Bill #7911: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- SOLICITATION BY CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS
  Exempts not-for-profit food banks from the registration requirements under the "solicitation by charitable organizations" statute.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2022)
• House Bill #7943: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING
  Provides for the establishment of the repurposing of vacant and unused school and other municipal buildings for affordable housing program, within the Rhode Island housing corporation.
  • 2022-05-13: Placed on House Calendar (05/19/2022)
• House Bill #7948: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING
  Allows mobile and manufactured homes to be included and counted as low and moderate income housing units pursuant to the definitions and limitations set forth in § 45-53-3.
  • 2022-05-13: Placed on House Calendar (05/19/2022)
• House Bill #7952: AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS -- ABANDONMENT BY TOWNS
  Allows the town of Cumberland upon request to sell the highway or driftway to the abutting owner at fair value.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2022)
• House Bill #7985: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- REBUILD RHODE ISLAND TAX CREDIT
  Requires that all entities receiving tax credits from the state pay their workers the prevailing wage or other payments pursuant to § 37-13. This act would also allow the revocation of the tax credits for violation of this act.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/17/2022)
• House Bill #7991: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION
  Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of Foster Forward, a domestic nonprofit corporation, located in Pawtucket.
  • 2022-05-13: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/17/2022)
• House Bill #8057: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HOUSING RESOURCES ACT OF 1998 -- AFFORDABLE HOUSING
  Imposes restrictions on residential developments. Changes affordability limits for household income for eligible renters and owners. Defines first generation homebuyer. Creates a restricted receipt account for fees generated by this section.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/19/2022)
• House Bill #8062: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- EDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY ACT
  Extends the due date for the district action plan each and every year from September 1 to December 1, and further require that there are no fewer than five (5) school district education reviews annually beginning in academic year 2025-2026.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/18/2022)
• House Bill #8078: AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT
  Allows the district court to designate the date of the hearing in eviction matters filed under the residential landlord and tenant act.
  • 2022-05-13: Placed on House Calendar (05/18/2022)
• House Bill #8091: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT
  Provides local education agencies (LEAs) hiring site-based specialists for reading and math to receive state reimbursement based on enrollment and specific guidelines.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/17/2022)
• House Bill #8095: AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- COOPERATION WITH FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
  Authorizes members of an individual's family and legally responsible adults to receive payment for delivering home and community based services to developmentally disabled adults and children with special needs.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/17/2022)
• House Bill #8099: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES -- TOWN OF JOHNSTON TAX CLASSIFICATION
  Amends the law pertaining to tax classifications in the town of Johnston to allow it to enact tax classifications in accordance with the nature of the real and personal property to be taxed.
  • 2022-05-13: Placed on House Calendar (05/17/2022)
• House Bill #8119: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM
  Establishes a universal, comprehensive, affordable single-payer health care insurance program and helps control health care costs, which would be referred to as, "the Rhode Island Comprehensive Health Insurance Program" (RICHIP).
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/19/2022)
• House Bill #8122: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS -- TOWN OF NARRAGANSETT-- LANDING FEE
  Increases the landing fee at the Port of Galilee in the town of Narragansett from thirty-five cents ($.35) to seventy-five cents ($.75).
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/19/2022)
  • 2022-05-13: Proposed Substitute
• House Bill #8123: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND (SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 -- THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT)
  Allows URI board of trustees to make small procurements up to $50,000 for construction/$10,000 for all other purchases with annual increases in the federal CPI.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2022)
• House Bill #8132: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS
  Requires teachers and coaches of a child as a volunteer or for compensation to comply with criminal records review process.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for consideration (05/18/2022)
  • 2022-05-13: Proposed Substitute
• House Bill #8133: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- OFFICE OF STATE FIRE MARSHAL
  Creates task force to study the issue of PFAS in firefighter gear, to monitor development of alternatives to this gear, develop timeline for replacing gear statewide and to develop strategy for funding the replacement gear from state or federal funds.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/18/2022)
• House Bill #8160: AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES
  Authorizes the North Providence town council to exempt its tax assessor's Plat 19, Lot, 617, from the proximity to school and churches applicable restriction for retail liquor licenses.
  • 2022-05-13: Placed on House Calendar (05/17/2022)
• House Bill #8161: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES
  Delays the town of west Greenwich’s first statistical update following the 2019 revaluation from 2022 to 2023 and bases the update on valuations as of December 31, 2023.
  • 2022-05-13: Placed on House Calendar (05/19/2022)
• House Bill #8205: AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- DAM PERMITS
  Requires dam owner/operator with storage capacity over 1,400 normal storage acre feet of water to obtain DEM permits to raise/lower water level. Not applicable to public water supply system dams.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/18/2022)
• House Bill #8208: AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES
  Allows the Honorable Mary Ann Shallcross Smith to join Doreen A. Suprenard and Robert B. Kerfoot in marriage on or about July 1, 2022, within the City of Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/19/2022)
  • 2022-05-13: Proposed Substitute
• House Bill #8212: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CERTIFICATION OF TEACHERS
  Extends teacher certifications without fee or penalty for three (3) years for teachers who hold certifications as of July 1, 2022.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/17/2022)
• House Bill #8231: AN ACT RELATING TO THE KINGSTON FIRE DISTRICT IN THE TOWN OF SOUTH KINGSTOWN
  Clarifies that qualification to vote in elections of the Kingston Fire District extends to those residents of the District qualified to vote in the town of South Kingstown elections.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/19/2022)
• House Bill #8232: AN ACT RELATING TO INCORPORATE THE FOSTER FIRE DISTRICT
  Creates a Foster Fire District with authority to levy taxes, for the purpose of providing fire and rescue services to the town of Foster, subject to its approval by qualified electors within the town of Foster, at the November 8, 2022, general election.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/19/2022)
• House Bill #8233: AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF NARRAGANSETT TO FINANCE THE IMPROVEMENT, REPLACEMENT, CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, REPAIR, RECONSTRUCTION AND/OR RESTORATION OF ROADWAYS, SIDEWALKS, STORM DRAINS, PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND OTHER PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE TOWN OF NARRAGANSETT AND TO ISSUE NOT MORE THAN $20,000,000 BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR
  Authorizes the town of Narragansett to issue up to $20,000,000 general obligation bonds, notes and other indebtedness to finance the improvement, replacement, construction, and repair of roadways, sidewalks, drains, and buildings.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/19/2022)
• House Bill #8234: AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET TO PROVIDE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT, REPAIR, ALTERATION, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS IN THE CITY AND AUTHORIZING THE FINANCING THEREOF, INCLUDING THE ISSUE OF NOT MORE THAN $18,350,000 BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS THEREFOR, TO FUND THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR THE TWO FISCAL YEARS 2024 AND 2025
  Authorizes the city of Pawtucket to issue not more than $18,350,000 general obligation bonds, notes and other evidences of indebtedness to finance the construction, renovation, improvement, repair, alteration, furnishing and equipping of public buildings.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/19/2022)
• House Bill #8235: AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET TO PROVIDE FOR THE REPAVING OF STREETS IN THE CITY AND ALL COSTS RELATED THERETO AND AUTHORIZING THE FINANCING THEREOF, INCLUDING THE ISSUE OF NOT MORE THAN $3,000,000 BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS THEREFOR, TO FUND THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR THE TWO FISCAL YEARS 2024 AND 2025
  Authorizes the city of Pawtucket to issue not more than $3,000,000 general obligation bonds, notes and other evidences of indebtedness to finance the repaving of streets and all costs related thereto.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/19/2022)
• House Bill #8236: AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET TO PROVIDE FOR THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, RECONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR OF STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND OTHER TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DRAINAGE AND LANDSCAPING AND AUTHORIZING THE FINANCING THEREOF, INCLUDING THE ISSUE OF NOT MORE THAN $1,200,000 BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS THEREFOR, TO FUND THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR THE TWO FISCAL YEARS 2024 AND 2025
  Authorizes the city of Pawtucket to issue not more than $1,200,000 general obligation bonds, notes and other indebtedness to finance design, construction, reconstruction and repair of streets and sidewalks including, drainage and landscaping.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/19/2022)
• House Bill #8237: AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET TO PROVIDE FOR THE PLANNING, EVALUATION, DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPPING AND RECONSTRUCTION OF THE SANITARY SEWERS AND STORM SEWERS IN THE CITY AND AUTHORIZING THE FINANCING THEREOF, INCLUDING THE ISSUE OF NOT MORE THAN $1,000,000 BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS THEREFOR, TO FUND THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR THE TWO FISCAL YEARS 2024 AND 2025
  Authorizes the city of Pawtucket to issue up to $1,000,000 general obligation bonds, notes and other indebtedness to finance the planning, evaluation, design, construction, equipping and reconstruction of the sewer and sanitation system.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/19/2022)
• House Bill #8238: AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET TO PROVIDE FOR THE RENOVATION, CONSTRUCTION, RECONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPPING OF PUBLIC RECREATION FACILITIES IN THE CITY INCLUDING LAND ACQUISITION AND AUTHORIZING THE FINANCING THEREOF, INCLUDING THE ISSUE OF NOT MORE THAN $4,100,000 BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS THEREFOR, TO FUND THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR THE TWO FISCAL YEARS 2024 AND 2025
  Authorizes the city of Pawtucket to issue not more than $4,100,000 general obligation bonds, notes and other evidences of indebtedness to finance the construction, renovation, construction, reconstruction and equipping of public recreation facilities.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/19/2022)
• House Bill #8239: AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET TO PROVIDE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, RECONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR OF BRIDGES AND ALL COSTS INCIDENTAL OR RELATED THERETO AND AUTHORIZING THE FINANCING THEREOF, INCLUDING THE ISSUE OF NOT MORE THAN $1,000,000 BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS THEREFOR, TO FUND THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR THE TWO FISCAL YEARS 2024 AND 2025
  Authorizes the city of Pawtucket to issue not more than $1,000,000 general obligation bonds, notes and other evidences of indebtedness to finance the construction, reconstruction and repair of bridges and all costs incidental or related thereto.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/19/2022)
• House Bill #8240: AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET TO PROVIDE FOR THE IMPROVEMENT AND REPLACEMENT OF ROAD SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AND TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES IN THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET AND AUTHORIZING THE FINANCING THEREOF, INCLUDING THE ISSUE OF NOT MORE THAN $1,000,000 BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS THEREFOR, TO FUND THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR THE TWO FISCAL YEARS 2024 AND 2025
  Authorizes the city of Pawtucket to issue not more than $1,000,000 general obligation bonds, notes and other evidences of indebtedness to finance the improvement and replacement of road safety improvements and traffic control devices in the city.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/19/2022)
• House Bill #8246: AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- DISTRICT COURT
  Permits retired district court clerk/magistrates or magistrates to be recalled after retirement.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/19/2022)
• House Bill #8247: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION OF LICENSES --VIOLATIONS
  Reduces the civil penalty for the first and second offenses for driving without a license or driving with a suspended license, and would make a third violation a civil offense and a fourth offense a misdemeanor punishable by a fine.
  • 2022-05-13: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/19/2022)
• House Bill #8252: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION OF COMMERCIAL FISHING VEHICLES
  Requires the division of motor vehicles to develop a form for registration of and a license plate for commercial fishing motor vehicles.
  • 2022-05-13: Introduced, referred to House Finance
• House Bill #8253: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT
  Amends the term "extraordinary costs" for the purposes of excess costs associated with special education students. The new definition of extraordinary costs would be educational costs that are over 3 times the average statewide special education cost.
  • 2022-05-13: Introduced, referred to House Finance
• House Bill #8254: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES
  Prevents healthcare entities from requiring the distribution of patient-specific medication from a pharmacy, typically a specialty pharmacy, to the physician's office, hospital, or clinic for administration.
  • 2022-05-13: Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services
• House Bill #8255: AN ACT RELATING TO AUTHORIZING THE AMENDMENT OF THE WARWICK CITY CHARTER REGARDING NEW ELECTED TERM LENGTHS AND TERM LIMITS FOR MAYOR AND COUNCIL ELECTIVE TERMS COMMENCING JANUARY, 2025
  Approves Warwick city charter amendments increasing mayor's term of office from 2 to 4 yrs, limited to 2 consecutive terms limiting council members to 6 consecutive 2 yr. terms effective 1/1/25 subject to general/special election voter approval.
  • 2022-05-13: Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing