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• Senate Bill #2044: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- TOXIC PACKAGING REDUCTION ACT
  Prohibits the sale or promotional distribution of any food package in Rhode Island which contains perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), effective January 1, 2024.
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed Sub A
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: House passed Sub A in concurrence
• Senate Bill #2083: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- THE CONSUMER PROTECTION IN EYE CARE ACT
  Provides for consumer protection in eye care services by developing standards and enforcement protocols in the provision of eye care services.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed Sub A
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: House passed Sub A in concurrence
• Senate Bill #2141: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES
  Minimum number of specialty registration plate sets be reduced to 150 and nonrefundable fee paid by sponsoring nonprofit entity be calculated by subtracting the actual number of sets ordered from 600 and then multiplying the remainder by sum of $22.50.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment)
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
• Senate Bill #2169: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND CERTIFICATION STANDARDS BOARD (SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 - THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT)
  Extends the time period to for all teachers to demonstrate proficiency in knowledge and practices of scientific reading and structured literary instruction from the 2023-2024 school year until the 2025-2026 school year.
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed Sub A
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: House passed Sub A in concurrence
• Senate Bill #2194: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT INSURANCE POLICIES
  Medicare eligible disabled individuals under age 65 eligible for Medicare supplemental policies. Health insurance commissioner may adopt reasonable regulations and standards for Medicare supplemental policies.
  • 2022-06-23: House passed as amended in concurrence
• Senate Bill #2203: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE
  Requires coverage for the treatment of pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections/pediatric acute onset neuropsychiatric syndrome, including, but not limited to, the use of intravenous immunoglobin therapy.
  • 2022-06-23: House passed Sub B as amended (floor amendment)
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed Sub B as amended in concurrence
• Senate Bill #2205: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- GENETIC COUNSELORS LICENSING ACT
  Provides a statutory framework for the licensing and regulation of genetic counselors.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: House passed Sub A in concurrence
• Senate Bill #2207: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PHARMACEUTICAL REDISTRIBUTION PROGRAM ACT
  Authorizes the creation and implementation of a Pharmaceutical Redistribution program by the department of health (DOH) and the board of pharmacy to commence operations on January 1, 2023.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed Sub A
• Senate Bill #2208: AN ACT RELATING TO CITIES AND TOWNS -- SEWAGE CHARGES -- TOWN OF COVENTRY
  Authorizes the town of Coventry to provide for the payment of sewer assessments in installments up to a thirty year period.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate read and passed
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: House passed in concurrence
• Senate Bill #2221: AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- EMPLOYEE CRIMINAL RECORDS CHECK
  Requires criminal records check for all applicants for employment with BHDDH/any facility/program operated by BHDDH with routine, unsupervised with individuals/organizations employing 250 or more employees with checks every 5yrs. of continuous employment.
  • 2022-06-23: House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence
• Senate Bill #2222: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- PEER-TO-PEER CAR SHARING PROGRAM
  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.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: House passed in concurrence
• Senate Bill #2248: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES
  Creates a special license plate for the not for profit Atlantic Shark Institute.
  • 2022-06-23: Senate read and passed
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: House passed in concurrence
• 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.
  • 2022-06-23: House passed in concurrence
• Senate Bill #2294: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HURRICANE, STORM AND FLOOD STANDARDS
  Amends dam safety standards to require the state building code standards committee to take into account climate change effect on inundation areas below dams classified as high, significant, or low hazard.
  • 2022-06-23: House passed in concurrence
• Senate Bill #2295: AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- INSPECTION OF DAMS AND RESERVOIRS
  Authorizes DEM to assess penalties for non-compliance with emergency plans for significant/ high hazard dams with DEM/EMA developing system to issue severe weather advisories/watches/warnings.
  • 2022-06-23: House passed in concurrence
• Senate Bill #2333: AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- PROGRAM OF ALL-INCLUSIVE CARE FOR THE ELDERLY
  Ensures that all hospitals and hospital-owned professional practices accept payment for all-inclusive elderly care which is no more than one hundred (100%) of what Medicare would pay for the same services.
  • 2022-06-23: Senate read and passed
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: House passed in concurrence
• Senate Bill #2358: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- SELF-SERVICE STORAGE INSURANCE
  Allows for the sale of self-service storage insurance and declares that the sale, solicitation or offer of self-service storage insurance, as defined, does not require an insurance producer license.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: House passed in concurrence
• Senate Bill #2405: 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.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: House passed Sub A in concurrence
• Senate Bill #2412: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- BUILDING SERVICE WORK
  Requires that janitors and security guards employed, pursuant to state contracts worth more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) of janitorial or security services, be paid a standard compensation rate.
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence
• Senate Bill #2421: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES
  Authorizes the issuance of special motor vehicle registration plates for the Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RISPCA).
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: House passed in concurrence
• 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.
  • 2022-06-23: House passed in concurrence
• Senate Bill #2443: AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
  Owners of animals in RISPCA custody to pay for animal's care or animal may be forfeited.
  • 2022-06-23: House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence
• Senate Bill #2481: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HOUSING RESOURCES ACT OF 1998
  Amends membership of the RI Housing Resources Act of 1998 Commission to exclude a representative of the insurers and replace it with a representative of a Rhode Island city or town with a population below 25,000 with a median family income of 40,000.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: House passed Sub A in concurrence
• Senate Bill #2511: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- HOTELS
  Requires online posting of hotel rules. Allows ejection of person for verbally abusing or physically threatening a hotel employee or guest. Permits refusal of service to anyone under the age of 18, unless accompanied by an adult.
  • 2022-06-23: House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence
• Senate Bill #2531: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCT DONATION ACT
  Allows feminine hygiene products to be donated by businesses to nonprofit charities.
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed Sub A
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: House passed Sub A in concurrence
• Senate Bill #2551: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- REBUILD RHODE ISLAND TAX CREDIT
  Defines "construction worker" and provides for wage and benefits in accordance with chapter 13 of title 37.
  • 2022-06-23: House passed Sub B
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
• Senate Bill #2556: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS -- TRAUMA INFORMED SCHOOLS ACT
  Establishes the implementation of trauma-informed practices in schools throughout the state.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: House passed Sub A in concurrence
• Senate Bill #2572: 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.
  • 2022-06-23: Senate read and passed
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: House passed in concurrence
• Senate Bill #2583: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- AFFORDABLE CLEAN ENERGY SECURITY ACT
  Amends the affordable clean energy security act and the long-term contracting standard for renewable energy.
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed Sub B in concurrence
• 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.
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed Sub A in concurrence
• Senate Bill #2614: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE
  Establishes a plan to improve the promotion of social and emotional well-being of young children as well as screening, assessment, diagnosis and treatment of mental health challenges of infants and young children under the age of six (6).
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: House passed in concurrence
• Senate Bill #2617: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- LICENSE PROCEDURE FOR SOCIAL WORKERS
  Mandates that an applicant for a license as a licensed clinical social worker not be required to take or pass a standardized written examination in order to qualify for the license.
  • 2022-06-23: Committee recommends passage of Sub A
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed Sub A
• Senate Bill #2623: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES
  Eliminates the restrictions on accessory dwelling units and allows for accessory apartments and affordable accessory apartments as a matter of right.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed Sub A
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
• Senate Bill #2624: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES
  Provides the authority to the assessor of the town of Cumberland to apply a tax classification system for real estate and personal property.
  • 2022-06-23: Effective without Governor's signature
• Senate Bill #2645: AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- FILING OF ASSUMED NAME
  Requires individuals transacting business in RI under any assumed name to file in person, by mail, or electronically with the office of the city or town clerk the true or real full name(s) of the person(s) transacting business and their email address.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: House passed Sub A in concurrence
• Senate Bill #2671: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES
  Authorizes administrator DMV to issue special license plates to Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse.
  • 2022-06-23: Senate read and passed
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: House passed in concurrence
• Senate Bill #2689: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- DISTRIBUTED GENERATION INTERCONNECTION
  Modifies the application process for interconnection projects to require greater transparency/greater clarity through an 8 member committee and independent ombudsman with prospective application.
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed Sub A
• 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.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: House passed Sub A in concurrence
• 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.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: House passed in concurrence
• 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.
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed Sub B in concurrence
• Senate Bill #2746: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- SURPLUS LINES INSURANCE
  Updates and clarifies various insurance statutes.
  • 2022-06-23: House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence
• Senate Bill #2755: 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.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: House passed in concurrence
  • 2022-06-23: House voted to reconsider
• Senate Bill #2761: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- BOARD OF MEDICAL LICENSURE AND DISCIPLINE
  Require if last day for suspension hearing of physician/limited registrant's license fall on Sat./Sun./legal holiday, hearing held on 1st business day thereafter.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: House passed Sub A in concurrence
• 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.
  • 2022-06-23: House passed in concurrence
• Senate Bill #2773: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- TOURISM IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS
  Enables municipalities to create tourism improvement districts to increase economic activity in the tourism industry.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate read and passed
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
• Senate Bill #2786: AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- CONDOMINIUM LAW
  Provides a unit owner’s insurance policy as the primary insurance policy with respect to any amount of loss which is not payable under the association’s policy because of the application of the deductible.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: House passed in concurrence
• 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.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate read and passed
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: House passed in concurrence
• Senate Bill #2814: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- CONTRACTORS' REGISTRATION AND LICENSING BOARD
  Revises the manner in which complaints against contractors are made, processed, investigated, and resolved in a more efficient and expeditious manner and makes various technical and grammatical corrections.
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed as amended in concurrence
• Senate Bill #2838: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE PAUL W. CROWLEY RHODE ISLAND STUDENT INVESTMENT INITIATIVE
  Requires the commissioner to update the status of Providence school district and requires the commissioner to update the turnaround plan released June 23, 2020.
  • 2022-06-23: House passed Sub B
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed Sub B in concurrence
• 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.
  • 2022-06-23: House passed Sub A
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed Sub A in concurrence
• 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.
  • 2022-06-23: Effective without Governor's signature
• 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.
  • 2022-06-23: Committee recommends passage
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate read and passed
• Senate Bill #2906: 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 the information to law enforcement.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: House passed Sub A in concurrence
• Senate Bill #2926: AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $330,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE THE ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF A NEW HIGH SCHOOL AND SCHOOL FACILITIES AND ALL EXPENSES INCIDENT THERETO, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, COSTS OF DESIGN, DEMOLITION, ATHLETIC FIELDS, LANDSCAPING AND PARKING, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF STATE HOUSING AID AT A REIMBURSEMENT RATE OR STATE SHARE RATIO OF NOT LESS THAN 83.7% FOR EXPENDITURES ELIGIBLE FOR STATE AID AND PROVIDED THAT THE AUTHORIZATION SHALL BE REDUCED BY ANY GRANT RECEIVED FROM THE SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY CAPITAL FUND
  Authorizes the city of Pawtucket to issue not more than $330,000,000 general obligation bonds, notes and other evidences of indebtedness to finance the acquisition, construction, improvement, furnishing and equipping of a new high school.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: House passed Sub A in concurrence
• Senate Bill #2943: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- IDENTIFICATION AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS
  Provides a procedure for the automatic sealing of records of persons acquitted or otherwise exonerated by operation of law or by motion.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: House passed Sub A in concurrence
• Senate Bill #2952: AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF MP CLEANING CO. INC.
  
  • 2022-06-23: Effective without Governor's signature
• Senate Bill #2953: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- BILITERACY SEAL
  Allows high school students receiving state Silver/Gold Seal of Biliteracy to earn 2 to 4 semesters of college credit toward minor/major in language at public university/community college if requested within 3 yrs. after high school graduation.
  • 2022-06-23: Committee recommends passage of Sub A
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed Sub A
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
• Senate Bill #2956: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RETIREMENT OF MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES
  Allows town of Middletown employees hired after June 30, 2022, various options relating to enrollment in the town's defined contribution plan up to and including December 31, 2022.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: House passed in concurrence
• Senate Bill #2961: AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF NEWPORT AND TOWN OF MIDDLETOWN TO ESTABLISH A REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT AND PROVIDING FOR STATE AID FOR SCHOOL HOUSING COSTS AT SCHOOL HOUSING REIMBURSEMENT RATES FOR REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHICH, INCLUDING INCENTIVES, MAY EXCEED 80% OF DEBT SERVICE FOR EXPENDITURES ELIGIBLE FOR STATE AID
  Authorizes the city of Newport and the town of Middletown to establish a regional school district.
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed Sub A in concurrence
• Senate Bill #2979: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- ELECTRICIANS
  Provides penalties for owners of structures who interfere with inspections by electrical investigators.
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed Sub A in concurrence
• Senate Bill #2995: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES
  Authorizes the administration of the division of motor vehicles to make available, to Purple Heart Medal recipients, up to two (2) sets of special registration plates.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate read and passed
• Senate Bill #2996: AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - ANIMAL CARE
  Waives the adoption fee to adopt a dog or cat from a public animal shelter for a veteran that presents a current and valid driver’s license or identification card with the word "veteran" printed on its face.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: House passed in concurrence
• Senate Bill #3006: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION
  Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of Manissean Tribal Council, a Rhode Island nonprofit corporation, located in the town of New Shoreham, Rhode Island.
  • 2022-06-23: House passed in concurrence
• Senate Bill #3014: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION
  Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of Cape Verdean Museum Exhibit, located in Pawtucket.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: House passed in concurrence
• Senate Bill #3015: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE COLLEGE AND CAREER SUCCESS FOR ALL STUDENTS ACT
  Requires all high school seniors in the state to complete a federal financial aid application (FAFSA) or a Rhode Island Alternative Financial Aid Application, offered through the Community College of Rhode Island in order to graduate high school.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: House passed in concurrence
• Senate Bill #3019: AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- ANIMAL CARE
  Allows emergency medical treatment to police dogs injured in the line of duty, which includes transporting by ambulance.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: House passed in concurrence
• Senate Bill #3020: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES
  Authorizes the administrator of the division of motor vehicles to make available a special registration motor vehicle plate for the Beavertail Lighthouse Museum Association.
  • 2022-06-23: Senate read and passed
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: House passed in concurrence
• Senate Resolution #3028: JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO PAY CERTAIN CLAIMS
  
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: House passed in concurrence
• Senate Bill #3029: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- RHODE ISLAND PROGRAM TO ADDRESS ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
  Amends the composition of the Advisory Council on Alzheimers Disease Research and Treatment" to include 6 additional members and renames the council the "Advisory Council on Alzheimers Disease and Related Disorders."
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: House passed in concurrence
• Senate Bill #3030: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- OFFICE OF THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL
  Provides certain parties may not enter onto property where a fire occurred for solicitation or inspection of a fire loss, without the permission of the owner or occupant, until the property is released to the owners or occupants.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: House passed in concurrence
• Senate Bill #3031: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- APPLICABILITY OF TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
  Allows the city council of the city of Warwick to enact ordinances authorizing the Warwick police department to impounded off-road non-registered vehicles that are unlawfully used on public streets.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: House passed in concurrence
• Senate Bill #3032: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- VITAL RECORDS -- ADOPTION OF CHILDREN
  Allows the division of vital statistics to provide an original birth certificate of an adult adopted person to the adopted person's lineal descendants or the legal representative of the adopted person if the adopted person is deceased.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: House passed in concurrence
• Senate Bill #3033: AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- GOVERNOR'S COUNCIL ON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
  Increases the membership of the governor's council on behavioral health from thirty-one (31) to thirty-two (32) members by adding the president of the Hospital Association of Rhode Island or a designee.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: House passed in concurrence
• Senate Bill #3034: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES
  Requires operators of nursing homes to provide the department of health with detailed information on ownership and any person having an interest in the land, building or operation of the facility.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: House passed in concurrence
• Senate Bill #3035: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES
  Provides health care coverage for laparoscopic removal of uterine fibroids, including uterine artery embolization intraoperative ultrasound guidance and monitoring and radiofrequency ablation, commencing January 1, 2023.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate read and passed
• Senate Bill #3036: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- RHODE ISLAND UNIFORM COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE ACT
  Eliminates the exemption for firefighters from having to complete a road safety test in order to obtain a commercial driver’s license.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: House passed in concurrence
• Senate Bill #3037: AN ACT RELATING TO AUTHORIZING AN AMENDMENT TO THE NORTH PROVIDENCE CHARTER INCREASING THE ANNUAL SALARY OF MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, COMMENCING JANUARY 3, 2023
  Amends the North Providence town charter so that, commencing on January 3, 2023, the annual salary for town council members, increases from eight thousand dollars ($8,000) to fourteen thousand four hundred dollars ($14,400).
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: House passed in concurrence
• Senate Bill #3038: AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF NORTH PROVIDENCE TO ESTABLISH, ADOPT, AND REAPPORTION THE TOWN COUNCIL AND SCHOOL COMMITTEE VOTING WARDS
  Authorizes and ratifies the action of the North Providence town council which reapportions and redistricts its voting wards based on the most recent federal decennial census.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: House passed in concurrence
• Senate Bill #3039: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- SEXUAL ASSAULT EVIDENCE KITS
  Requires any entity that receives, maintains, stores or preserves sexual assault evidence kits to submit a report to the department of health, annually, setting forth the total number of untested kits in possession of such entity.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: House passed in concurrence
• Senate Bill #3040: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' TENURE
  Requires a school committee or the governing body of a charter or private school to submit the identity of any teacher terminated for cause to the Rhode Island department of education.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate read and passed
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: House passed in concurrence
• Senate Bill #3041: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES
  Amends the statutory laws relating to driving under the influence and refusal to submit to chemical tests by adding the requirement for blood and/or urine testing.
  • 2022-06-23: Committee recommends passage
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed as amended (floor amendment)
• Senate Resolution #3042: JOINT RESOLUTION RELATING TO PUBLIC CORPORATION DEBT MANAGEMENT
  This Joint Resolution would authorize approval of financing in an amount not to exceed three hundred fifty-six million dollars ($356,000,000) for construction of a new apartment style residence facility at the University of Rhode Island.
  • 2022-06-23: Committee recommends passage of Sub A
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed Sub A
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: House passed Sub A in concurrence
• Senate Bill #3043: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- 2021 ACT ON CLIMATE
  Establishes the Rhode Island executive climate change coordinating council equity and environmental justice advisory board to advise on decision-making and equitable outcomes.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate read and passed
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: House passed in concurrence
• Senate Bill #3044: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING
  Permits multi-family rental apartment units to be built as part of a comprehensive plan and to be included in the calculation of low or moderate income housing.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate read and passed
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
• Senate Bill #3045: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING
  Amends the composition of the state housing appeals board by adding one member from the Center for Justice and one member Direct Action for Rights and Equality, as well as two (2) alternates selected by the governor.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate read and passed
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
• Senate Bill #3046: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING
  Revises the comprehensive permitting process and the appeals process in regard to low and moderate income housing. It also adds two (2) additional alternates to the state housing appeals board.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed Sub A
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
• Senate Bill #3048: 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.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate read and passed
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
• Senate Bill #3049: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING
  Requires the office of housing and community development to prepare and annual report on Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate read and passed
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
• Senate Bill #3050: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING
  Provides that the Rhode Island housing resources commission would promulgate regulations for the selection and appointment of approved monitoring agents to oversee affordable housing units.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate read and passed
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
• Senate Bill #3051: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING
  Directs the Rhode Island housing and mortgage finance corporation to maintain an online database of low income rental units on the corporation's website.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate read and passed
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
• Senate Bill #3052: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING
  Directs the division of statewide planning to maintain records and prepare an annual status report on low and moderate income housing applications.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate read and passed
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
• Senate Bill #3058: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF COMMERCE
  Provides that the deputy secretary of commerce and housing become the secretary of housing and retains all the powers and duties of the deputy secretary of commerce and housing. Also creates a new department of housing effective January 1, 2023.
  • 2022-06-23: Committee recommends passage
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate read and passed
• Senate Resolution #3059: SENATE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING JEANNE L. MOULAY
  
  • 2022-06-23: Senate read and passed
• Senate Resolution #3060: SENATE RESOLUTION EXTENDING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF FRANK KENDRA
  
  • 2022-06-23: Senate read and passed
• Senate Bill #3061: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES
  Creates a special motor vehicle registration plate for The Rose Island Lighthouse Foundation, Inc.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate read and passed
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: House passed in concurrence
• Senate Bill #3062: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION
  Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of Sophia Academy, San Miguel Education Center, and Community Preparatory School, Inc., all of which are located in the city of Providence.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate read and passed
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: House passed in concurrence
• Senate Resolution #3063: SENATE RESOLUTION RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION TO UNDERTAKE A DOCKET TO REVIEW, ANALYZE, AND PROVIDE A REPORT ON SOLAR ENERGY DEVELOPMENT IN RHODE ISLAND
  
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate read and passed
• Senate Resolution #3064: SENATE RESOLUTION RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION (PUC) TO STUDY AND IDENTIFY ISSUES RELATED TO COMPENSATION MECHANISMS FOR ELECTRIC STORAGE RESOURCES, OWNERSHIP OF STORAGE DEVICES, AND CAPACITY CONNECTED TO THE ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION OR TRANSMISSION SYSTEM
  
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate read and passed
• House Bill #6604: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES
  Same as 21H-5254 SUB A -- Authorizes administrator DMV to issue special license plates to Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed in concurrence
• 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.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed in concurrence
• House Bill #6623: AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY--LEVY AND SALE ON EXECUTION
  Same as 21H-5038 -- Exempts from attachment five hundred dollars ($500) in savings or deposits in financial or banking institutions.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed in concurrence
• House Bill #6633: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES
  Same as 21H-6044 --Creates a special license plate for the not for profit Atlantic Shark Institute.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed Sub A
• House Bill #6643: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- GENETIC COUNSELORS LICENSING ACT
  Same as 21H-5147 -- Provides a statutory framework for the licensing and regulation of genetic counselors.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed Sub A in concurrence
• House Bill #6645: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- TRANSFER OF VEHICLES
  Same as 21H-6274 -- 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.
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed in concurrence
• House Bill #6649: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS
  Same as 21H-5827 A-Requires the dept of education in coordination with attorney general to collect & publish data concerning school resource officers in each district, including use of force against students/arrests/referrals to law enforcement or courts.
  • 2022-06-23: House passed Sub A in concurrence
• House Bill #6654: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- THE CONSUMER PROTECTION IN EYE CARE ACT
  Provides for consumer protection in eye care services by developing standards and enforcement protocols in the provision of eye care services.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed Sub A in concurrence
• 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.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: House passed Sub B in concurrence
• House Bill #6672: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES
  Minimum number of specialty registration plate sets be reduced to 150 and nonrefundable fee paid by sponsoring nonprofit entity be calculated by subtracting the actual number of sets ordered from 600 and then multiplying the remainder by sum of $22.50.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: House passed Sub B as amended (floor amendment)
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
• House Bill #7021: AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- ANIMAL CARE
  Allows emergency medical treatment to police dogs injured in the line of duty, which would include transporting by ambulance.
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed Sub A in concurrence
• 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.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed in concurrence
• House Bill #7079: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- SEXUAL ASSAULT EVIDENCE KITS
  Requires any entity that receives, maintains, stores or preserves sexual assault evidence kits to submit a report to the department of health, annually, setting forth the total number of untested kits in possession of such entity.
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed Sub A in concurrence
• House Bill #7096: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES
  Authorizes the administrator of the division of motor vehicles to make available a special registration motor vehicle plate for the Beavertail Lighthouse Museum Association.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed in concurrence
• House Bill #7097: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES
  Creates a special motor vehicle registration plate for The Rose Island Lighthouse Foundation, Inc.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed in concurrence
• House Bill #7123: AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE STATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2023
  
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence
• House Bill #7133: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PHARMACEUTICAL REDISTRIBUTION PROGRAM ACT
  Authorizes the creation and implementation of a Pharmaceutical Redistribution program by the department of health (DOH) and the board of pharmacy to commence operations on January 1, 2023.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed Sub B
• House Bill #7136: AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - ANIMAL CARE
  Waives the adoption fee to adopt a dog or cat from a public animal shelter for a veteran that presents a current and valid driver’s license or identification card with the word "veteran" printed on its face.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed in concurrence
• House Bill #7140: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCT DONATION ACT
  Provides for immunity provisions for persons involved in donating feminine hygiene products to charitable or nonprofit organizations.
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed Sub A
• 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.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed Sub A in concurrence
• House Bill #7164: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND CERTIFICATION STANDARDS BOARD (SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 -- THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT)
  Extends the time period to for all teachers to demonstrate proficiency in knowledge and practices of scientific reading and structured literary instruction from the 2023-2024 school year until the 2025-2026 school year.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed Sub A in concurrence
• House Bill #7200: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- BUILDING SERVICE WORK
  Requires that janitors and security guards employed, pursuant to state contracts worth more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) of janitorial or security services, be paid a standard compensation rate.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence
• House Bill #7244: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT INSURANCE POLICIES
  Medicare eligible disabled individuals under age 65 eligible for Medicare supplemental policies. Health insurance commissioner may adopt reasonable regulations and standards for Medicare supplemental policies.
  • 2022-06-23: House passed as amended in concurrence
• 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, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander History and culture.
  • 2022-06-23: Transmitted to Governor
• House Bill #7274: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' TENURE
  Requires a school committee or the governing body of a charter or private school to submit the identity of any teacher terminated for cause to the Rhode Island department of education.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed Sub A in concurrence
• House Bill #7296: AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- GOVERNOR'S COUNCIL ON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
  Increases the membership of the governor's council on behavioral health from thirty-one (31) to thirty-two (32) members by adding the president of the Hospital Association of Rhode Island or a designee.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed in concurrence
• House Bill #7310: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- VITAL RECORDS -- ADOPTION OF CHILDREN
  Allows the division of vital statistics to provide an original birth certificate of an adult adopted person to the adopted person's lineal descendants or the legal representative of the adopted person if the adopted person is deceased.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed Sub A in concurrence
• House Bill #7318: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES
  Permits Dyslexia Advocacy Rhode Island plates to be issued for passenger or commercial vehicles. A minimum of six hundred (600) preordered plates would be required.
  • 2022-06-23: House read and passed
• House Bill #7332: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE
  Increases the levy on total construction costs that cities and towns may charge for building permits and directs that fifty percent (50%) each of the levy be transmitted monthly to the department of labor and training for workforce training.
  • 2022-06-23: House passed Sub A
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed Sub A in concurrence
• House Bill #7354: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- IDENTIFICATION AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS
  Provides for the sealing of court records without motion and by operation of law thirty (30) days after acquittal or exoneration of all counts in a criminal case.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed Sub A in concurrence
• House Bill #7363: 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.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: House passed Sub B in concurrence
• House Bill #7396: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- LICENSE PROCEDURE FOR SOCIAL WORKERS
  Mandates that an applicant for a license as a licensed clinical social worker not be required to take or pass a standardized written examination in order to qualify for the license.
  • 2022-06-23: House passed Sub A
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
• House Bill #7418: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- APPLICABILITY OF TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
  Allows the city council of the city of Warwick to enact ordinances authorizing the Warwick police department to impounded off-road non-registered vehicles that are unlawfully used on public streets.
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed in concurrence
• House Bill #7438: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- TOXIC PACKAGING REDUCTION ACT
  Prohibits the sale or promotional distribution of any food package containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), effective January 1, 2024. Provisions of § 23-18.13-3(g)(3) sunset on July 1, 2027.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed Sub A in concurrence
• House Bill #7467: AN ACT RELATING TO CITIES AND TOWNS -- SEWAGE CHARGES -- TOWN OF COVENTRY
  Authorizes the town of Coventry to provide for the payment of sewer assessments in installments up to a thirty year period.
  • 2022-06-23: House read and passed
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed in concurrence
• House Bill #7503: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE
  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.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: House passed Sub B in concurrence
  • 2022-06-23: House passed Sub B as amended in concurrence
• House Bill #7510: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - TIP PROTECTION
  Prohibits employers from receiving any portion of the tips given by customers to their tipped employees, with limited exceptions for credit card service charges.
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed Sub A in concurrence
• House Bill #7526: AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- CONDOMINIUM LAW
  Provides a unit owner’s insurance policy as the primary insurance policy with respect to any amount of loss which is not payable under the association’s policy because of the application of the deductible.
  • 2022-06-23: Committee recommends passage
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: House read and passed
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
• House Bill #7559: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES
  Requires operators of nursing homes to provide the department of health with detailed information on ownership and any person having an interest in the land, building or operation of the facility.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed Sub A in concurrence
• House Bill #7561: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES
  Provides health care coverage for laparoscopic removal of uterine fibroids, including uterine artery embolization intraoperative ultrasound guidance and monitoring and radiofrequency ablation, commencing January 1, 2023.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
• House Bill #7587: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES -- BIOMARKER TESTING COVERAGE
  Requires health insurers, nonprofit hospital service corporations, nonprofit medical service corporations and health maintenance organizations that issue policies that provide coverage for biomarker testing on or after 1/1/23.
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed Sub A in concurrence
• House Bill #7597: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- CONTRACTORS' REGISTRATION AND LICENSING BOARD
  Revises the manner in which complaints against contractors are made, processed, investigated, and resolved in a more efficient and expeditious manner and makes various technical and grammatical corrections.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed as amended in concurrence
• House Bill #7604: 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.
  • 2022-06-23: House read and passed
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed in concurrence
• House Bill #7607: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- BILITERACY SEAL
  Allows high school students receiving state Silver/Gold Seal of Biliteracy to earn 2 to 4 semesters of college credit toward minor/major in language at public university/community college if requested within 3 yrs. after high school graduation.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed in concurrence
• House Bill #7611: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- 2021 ACT ON CLIMATE
  Establishes the Rhode Island executive climate change coordinating council equity and environmental justice advisory board to advise on decision-making and equitable outcomes.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed Sub A in concurrence
• House Bill #7639: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OFFENSES AGAINST REGISTRATION AND CERTIFICATE OF TITLE LAWS
  Decreases the amount of the reinstatement fees for a motor vehicle registration or certificate of title which was revoked, denied or suspended and reduced reinstatement fees for suspension or revocation of registration or certificate of title.
  • 2022-06-23: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• House Bill #7640: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HOUSING RESOURCES ACT OF 1998
  Amends membership of the RI Housing Resources Act of 1998 Commission to exclude a representative of the insurers and replace it with a representative of a Rhode Island city or town with a population below 25,000 with a median family income of 40,000.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
• House Bill #7652: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES
  Authorizes DMV to issue one year renewal registrations for vehicles leased for thirty-six months and enables DMV to refund, to a registrant of leased vehicle, who cancels registration that portion of registration fee paid that represents 6 months of fee.
  • 2022-06-23: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• House Bill #7668: AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- MENTAL HEALTH LAW
  Includes licensed advanced practice registered nurses (APRN), certified in psychiatric/mental health, as qualified to certify the need for mental health treatment in certain patients.
  • 2022-06-23: House read and passed
• House Bill #7724: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- TOURISM IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS
  Enables municipalities to create tourism improvement districts to increase economic activity in the tourism industry.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
• House Bill #7743: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- PARKING FACILITIES AND PRIVILEGES
  Requires motor vehicle parking spaces in lots with >100 spaces specifically designed for persons transporting young children under the age of 3/baby strollers except for single-family/duplex/townhouse/multifamily residences/industrial zoned properties.
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed in concurrence
• 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 with exceptions.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: House passed Sub B in concurrence
• House Bill #7752: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- SURPLUS LINES INSURANCE
  Updates and clarifies various insurance statutes.
  • 2022-06-23: House passed Sub B as amended in concurrence
• House Bill #7781: 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.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed Sub A in concurrence
• House Bill #7788: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- MERCURY REDUCTION AND EDUCATION ACT
  Prohibits, beginning January 1, 2024, any compact fluorescent lamp or linear fluorescent lamp to be offered for final sale, sold at final sale, or distributed in the state as a new manufactured product.
  • 2022-06-23: House passed Sub A
• House Bill #7801: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE
  Establishes a plan to improve the promotion of social and emotional well-being of young children as well as screening, assessment, diagnosis and treatment of mental health challenges of infants and young children under the age of six (6).
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed in concurrence
• House Bill #7803: AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- PROGRAM OF ALL-INCLUSIVE CARE FOR THE ELDERLY
  Ensures that all hospitals and hospital-owned professional practices accept payment for all-inclusive elderly care which is no more than one hundred (100%) of what Medicare would pay for the same services.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed in concurrence
• House Bill #7824: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES
  Authorizes the administration of the division of motor vehicles to make available, to Purple Heart Medal recipients, up to two (2) sets of special registration plates.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
• House Bill #7826: AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- EMPLOYEE CRIMINAL RECORDS CHECK
  Requires any organization licensed by the department of BHDDH with 250 or more employees to have background checks conducted by the attorney general's office and require checks every 5th year of continuous employment.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed Sub A in concurrence
• 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."
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed in concurrence
• House Bill #7910: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- HOTELS
  Provides reasons for an innkeeper to remove guests from a hotel, and permits an innkeeper to refuse admission to a person under eighteen (18) years of age.
  • 2022-06-23: House passed Sub A
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed Sub A in concurrence
• House Bill #7935: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- BOARD OF MEDICAL LICENSURE AND DISCIPLINE
  Provides that any day(s) when the department of health is closed be excluded from the maximum number of days within which a hearing must be held by the board when a physician or limited registrant's license is suspended without hearing.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: House passed Sub A in concurrence
• House Bill #7939: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATORS' LICENSE -- SAFE ROADS AND MANDATORY INSURANCE
  Allows the division of motor vehicles to issue driving privilege cards and driving privilege permits, to applicants unable to establish their lawful presence in the United States.
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed Sub A in concurrence
• House Bill #7940: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF COMMERCE
  Provides that the deputy secretary of commerce and housing become the secretary of housing and retains all the powers and duties of the deputy secretary of commerce and housing.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
• House Bill #7941: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING
  Permits multi-family rental apartment units to be built as part of a comprehensive plan and to be included in the calculation of low or moderate income housing.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
• House Bill #7942: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES
  Revise and clarifies the definition of an accessory dwelling unit in the zoning enabling act. Also permits certain accessory dwelling units to be counted towards low and moderate income housing requirements.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
• 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.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
• House Bill #7944: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING
  Directs the division of statewide planning to maintain an affordable housing online database website. Also directs Rhode Island housing to prepare biannual status snapshot reports related to affordable housing.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
• House Bill #7945: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING
  Amends the composition of the state housing appeals board by adding one member from the Center for Justice and one member Direct Action for Rights and Equality, as well as two (2) alternates selected by the governor.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
• House Bill #7946: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING
  Directs the RI housing corporation to maintain accurate records and prepare semi-annual status reports ("reports") to the general assembly, the housing resources commission, and the secretary of commerce for housing, on Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
• House Bill #7947: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING
  Directs the Rhode Island housing and mortgage finance corporation to maintain accurate records and prepares status reports ("reports") on a biannual basis the several entities.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
• House Bill #7949: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING
  Revises the comprehensive permitting process and the appeals process in regard to low and moderate income housing. It also adds two (2) additional alternates to the state housing appeals board.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
• House Bill #7950: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING
  Provides that the Rhode Island housing resources commission would promulgate regulations for the selection and appointment of approved monitoring agents to oversee affordable housing units.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
• House Bill #7957: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION
  Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of Sophia Academy, San Miguel Education Center, and Community Preparatory School, Inc., all of which are located in the city of Providence.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
• House Bill #7971: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- AFFORDABLE CLEAN ENERGY SECURITY ACT
  Amends the affordable clean energy security act and the long-term contracting standard for renewable energy.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed Sub A in concurrence
• House Bill #7974: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE COLLEGE AND CAREER SUCCESS FOR ALL STUDENTS ACT
  Requires all high school seniors in the state to complete a federal financial aid application (FAFSA) or a Rhode Island Alternative Financial Aid Application, offered through the Community College of Rhode Island in order to graduate high school.
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed Sub A in concurrence
• House Bill #7976: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- OFFICE OF THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL
  Provides certain parties may not enter onto property where a fire occurred for solicitation or inspection of a fire loss, without the permission of the owner or occupant, until the property is released to the owners or occupants.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed in concurrence
• 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.
  • 2022-06-23: House passed Sub A
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
• House Bill #8001: AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW--GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- FILING OF ASSUMED NAME
  Requires individuals transacting business in RI under any assumed name to file in person, by mail, or electronically with the office of the city or town clerk the true or real full name(s) of the person(s) transacting business and their email address.
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed in concurrence
• House Bill #8039: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES
  Allows the town of Cumberland to apply different tax rates against all classes of property.
  • 2022-06-23: Effective without Governor's signature
• House Bill #8041: 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.
  • 2022-06-23: House read and passed
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed in concurrence
• House Bill #8047: 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.
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed Sub A in concurrence
• House Bill #8074: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- LABOR STANDARDS IN RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS
  Established labor standards applicable to renewable energy projects and conditions/procedures for applicants related to labor agreements with enforcement by department of labor and training (DLT).
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed Sub A in concurrence
• House Bill #8094: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE PAUL W. CROWLEY RHODE ISLAND STUDENT INVESTMENT INITIATIVE
  Revises the process and procedures for state intervention and support for failing public schools, including Providence, as well as chronically under-performing schools.
  • 2022-06-23: House passed Sub A
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed Sub A in concurrence
• House Bill #8101: 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.
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed Sub A in concurrence
• 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.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed in concurrence
• House Bill #8146: 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.
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed Sub A in concurrence
• House Bill #8148: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- ELECTRICIANS
  Provides penalties for owners of structures who interfere with inspections by electrical investigators.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed Sub A in concurrence
• 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.
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed in concurrence
• House Bill #8182: 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.
  • 2022-06-23: Effective without Governor's signature
• House Bill #8191: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- SELF-SERVICE STORAGE INSURANCE
  Creates a legal framework for regulating self-service storage insurance in this state. It declares that the sale, solicitation or offer of self-service storage insurance, as defined, does not require an insurance producer license.
  • 2022-06-23: House passed Sub A
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed Sub A in concurrence
• House Bill #8220: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES
  Requires cities and towns to assess renewable energy resources to be taxed as tangible property and the real property on which it is located shall not be reclassified, revalued or reassessed.
  • 2022-06-23: Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed Sub A in concurrence
• House Bill #8228: AN ACT AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $330,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE THE ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF A NEW HIGH SCHOOL AND SCHOOL FACILITIES AND ALL EXPENSES INCIDENT THERETO, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, COSTS OF DESIGN, DEMOLITION, ATHLETIC FIELDS, LANDSCAPING AND PARKING, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF STATE HOUSING AID AT A REIMBURSEMENT RATE OR STATE SHARE RATIO OF NOT LESS THAN 83.7% FOR EXPENDITURES ELIGIBLE FOR STATE AID AND PROVIDED THAT THE AUTHORIZATION SHALL BE REDUCED BY ANY GRANT RECEIVED FROM THE SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY CAPITAL FUND
  Authorizes the city of Pawtucket to issue not more than $330,000,000 general obligation bonds, notes and other evidences of indebtedness to finance the acquisition, construction, improvement, furnishing and equipping of a new high school.
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed Sub A in concurrence
• 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.
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed in concurrence
• 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.
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed Sub A in concurrence
• House Bill #8248: AN ACT RELATING TO STATUTES AND STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION
  Makes a number of technical amendments to the general laws/prepared at the recommendation of the Law Revision Office. Article I contains the reenactment of title 28 of the general laws. Article II includes the statutory construction provisions
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed Sub A in concurrence
• 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.
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed in concurrence
• House Bill #8258: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- RHODE ISLAND PROGRAM TO ADDRESS ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
  Amends the composition of the Advisory Council on Alzheimers Disease Research and Treatment" to include 6 additional members and renames the council the "Advisory Council on Alzheimers Disease and Related Disorders."
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed in concurrence
• House Bill #8259: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKERS' COMPENSATION
  This act is the annual workers' compensation omnibus.
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed in concurrence
• House Bill #8267: AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF NEWPORT AND TOWN OF MIDDLETOWN TO ESTABLISH A REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT AND PROVIDING FOR STATE AID FOR SCHOOL HOUSING COSTS AT SCHOOL HOUSING REIMBURSEMENT RATES FOR REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHICH, INCLUDING INCENTIVES, MAY EXCEED 80% OF DEBT SERVICE FOR EXPENDITURES ELIGIBLE FOR STATE AID
  Authorizes the city of Newport and the town of Middletown to establish a regional school district.
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed Sub A in concurrence
• House Bill #8268: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RETIREMENT OF MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES
  Allows town of Middletown employees hired after June 30, 2022, various options relating to enrollment in the town's defined contribution plan up to and including December 31, 2022.
  • 2022-06-23: House read and passed
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed in concurrence
• House Bill #8285: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION
  Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of Cape Verdean Museum Exhibit, located in Pawtucket.
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed in concurrence
• House Bill #8287: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTHCARE FACILITIES
  Extends the moratorium on the issuance of licenses for new initial nursing facilities and any increases to nursing facilities capacity to July 1, 2025.
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed as amended (floor amendment)
• House Bill #8294: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS
  Establishes courses that include instruction in career and technical education programs.
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed in concurrence
• House Bill #8295: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HURRICANE, STORM AND FLOOD STANDARDS
  Amends dam safety standards to require the state building code standards committee to take into account climate change effect on inundation areas below dams classified as high, significant, or low hazard.
  • 2022-06-23: House read and passed
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed in concurrence
• House Bill #8299: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- RHODE ISLAND UNIFORM COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE ACT
  Eliminates the exemption for firefighters from having to complete a road safety test in order to obtain a commercial driver’s license.
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed in concurrence
• House Bill #8303: AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
  Owners of animals in RISPCA custody to pay for animal's care or animal may be forfeited.
  • 2022-06-23: House read and passed
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed in concurrence
• House Bill #8311: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION
  Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of Manissean Tribal Council, a Rhode Island nonprofit corporation, located in the town of New Shoreham, Rhode Island.
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed in concurrence
• House Bill #8320: AN ACT RELATING TO AUTHORIZING AN AMENDMENT TO THE NORTH PROVIDENCE CHARTER INCREASING THE ANNUAL SALARY OF MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, COMMENCING JANUARY 3, 2023
  Amends the North Providence town charter so that, commencing on January 3, 2023, the annual salary for town council members, increases from eight thousand dollars ($8,000) to fourteen thousand four hundred dollars ($14,400).
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed in concurrence
• House Bill #8321: AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF NORTH PROVIDENCE TO ESTABLISH, ADOPT, AND REAPPORTION THE TOWN COUNCIL AND SCHOOL COMMITTEE VOTING WARDS
  Authorizes and ratifies the action of the North Providence town council which reapportions and redistricts its voting wards based on the most recent federal decennial census.
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed in concurrence
• House Bill #8327: AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- INSPECTION OF DAMS AND RESERVOIRS
  Authorizes DEM to assess penalties for non-compliance with emergency plans for significant/ high hazard dams with DEM/EMA developing system to issue severe weather advisories/watches/warnings.
  • 2022-06-23: House read and passed
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed in concurrence
• House Bill #8343: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- THE HOSPITAL CONVERSIONS ACT
  Requires the transacting parties/new hospital seeking conversion to supply additional information in application for review by the DOH/DAG relating to staffing levels/pension plans/community impact.
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed in concurrence
• House Bill #8346: 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.
  • 2022-06-23: House read and passed
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed in concurrence
• House Bill #8347: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM
  Requires the department of education to create a model policy and timeline to assist local education agencies in implementing a dual language immersion program.
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed in concurrence
• House Bill #8348: 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.
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed in concurrence
• House Resolution #8351: JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO PAY CERTAIN CLAIMS
  
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed in concurrence
• House Resolution #8352: JOINT RESOLUTION RELATING TO PUBLIC CORPORATION DEBT MANAGEMENT
  This Joint Resolution would authorize approval of financing in an amount not to exceed three hundred fifty-six million dollars ($356,000,000) for construction of a new apartment style residence facility at the University of Rhode Island.
  • 2022-06-23: House passed Sub A
  • 2022-06-23: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2022)
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed Sub A in concurrence
• House Bill #8353: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - STATE BUILDING CODE
  Amends the Gender Inclusive Restroom Act to have a municipality apply to the state building code standard committee for a waiver in the case of undue burden with compliance.
  • 2022-06-23: Senate passed in concurrence
• House Resolution #8356: HOUSE RESOLUTION AMENDING THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING ACT
  This resolution would amend the membership of said commission by increasing the number of members from seventeen (17) to nineteen (19) members by adding the Secretary of Housing, or designee.
  • 2022-06-23: House read and passed
• House Resolution #8368: HOUSE RESOLUTION HONORING REPRESENTATIVE DEBORAH RUGGIERO FOR HER SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
  
  • 2022-06-23: House read and passed
• House Resolution #8369: HOUSE RESOLUTION HONORING REPRESENTATIVE GREGG M. AMORE FOR HIS SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
  
  • 2022-06-23: House read and passed
• House Resolution #8370: HOUSE RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING THE NORTH KINGSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL TEAM ON WINNING THE 2022 RHODE ISLAND DIVISION I BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
  
  • 2022-06-23: House read and passed
• House Resolution #8371: HOUSE RESOLUTION HONORING AND THANKING REPRESENTATIVE MARCIA RANGLIN-VASSELL FOR HER SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
  
  • 2022-06-23: House read and passed
• House Resolution #8372: HOUSE RESOLUTION HONORING REPRESENTATIVE LIANA CASSAR FOR HER SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
  
  • 2022-06-23: House read and passed
• House Resolution #8373: HOUSE RESOLUTION HONORING AND THANKING REPRESENTATIVE STEVEN J. LIMA FOR HIS SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF WOONSOCKET AND THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
  
  • 2022-06-23: House read and passed
• House Resolution #8374: HOUSE RESOLUTION HONORING AND THANKING LEADER BLAKE FILIPPI FOR HIS SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
  
  • 2022-06-23: House read and passed