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• Senate Bill #3: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- VIDEO LOTTERY GAMES, TABLE GAMES AND SPORTS WAGERING
  Amends the definitions of "collegiate sports or athletic event" and "sporting event" within the chapter on "video lottery games, table games and sports wagering".
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for consideration (03/22/2023)
• Senate Bill #20: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT
  Adds a section which allows substitute teachers and post-retirement employees to exceed the ninety (90) day cap on post-retirement employment if certain conditions are met.
  • 2023-03-17: Placed on House Calendar (03/21/2023)
• Senate Bill #23: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE
  Guarantees availability of coverage to eligible residents of state and does not limit or exclude coverage by imposing a preexisting condition exclusion.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/23/2023)
• Senate Bill #26: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HARM REDUCTION CENTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND PILOT PROGRAM
  Extends the expiration date of the Harm Reduction Center Advisory Committee and Pilot Program by two years, from March 1, 2024, to March 1, 2026.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for consideration (03/23/2023)
• Senate Bill #28: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE
  Increases the rate of reimbursement for in-network behavioral health care services below the medial commercial reimbursement rate and also Rhode Island Medicaid shall increase the rate of reimbursement.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/23/2023)
• Senate Bill #29: AN ACT VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF TIVERTON
  Validates and ratifies amendments to the Home Rule Charter of the town of Tiverton, adopted and approved on November 8, 2022.
  • 2023-03-17: Placed on Senate Calendar (03/21/2023)
• Senate Bill #39: AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- MANUFACTURING AND WHOLESALE LICENSES
  Allows manufacturer-wineries to sell up to three (3) drinks of wine for on-site consumption or three (3) bottles of wine for off-site consumption or three (3) bottles of wine for off-site consumption.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/22/2023)
• Senate Bill #56: AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- TAX RELIEF IN THE TOWN OF JAMESTOWN
  Provides a tax abatement of up to $2,000 to Jamestown firefighters based upon years of service, quantity of calls responded to and number of training hours and is transferrable to a surviving spouse until remarriage or death.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
• Senate Bill #102: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS -- BOARD OF MEDICAL LICENSURE AND DISCIPLINE -- PROMPT PROCESSING OF INSURANCE CLAIMS
  Prohibits a health insurer from denying a claim for any medical bill based on sole reasoning that the bill may arise from a motor vehicle accident or other third-party claim and prohibits a medical provider from refusing to submit medical for same reason.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/23/2023)
• Senate Bill #110: AN ACT RELATING TO VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF BURRILLVILLE
  Amends the Burrillville Town Charter.
  • 2023-03-17: Placed on Senate Calendar (03/21/2023)
• Senate Bill #114: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- HISTORICAL AREA ZONING
  Allows the town of Bristol to appoint a second auxiliary member to its historical district commission.
  • 2023-03-17: Placed on Senate Calendar (03/21/2023)
• Senate Bill #130: AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- ELECTIVE MEETINGS
  Mandates that on each primary for election of national convention delegates and elections for presidential preference primaries, that all public elementary and secondary schools be closed.
  • 2023-03-17: Referred to House State Government & Elections
• Senate Bill #151: AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF CORONA CORP.
  
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
• Senate Bill #165: AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- CONDOMINIUM OWNERSHIP
  Provides that a condo unit owners policy would be the primary insurance policy with respect to any loss covered by the association’s policy but not payable under the association’s policy because of the application of the deductible.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/23/2023)
• Senate Bill #171: AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- UNFAIR SALES PRACTICES
  Requires businesses that offer automatic subscription renewals/continuous service offers to provide consumers with notice to the consumer prior to their engagement in the contract along with notice of renewal of subscription/cancellation info. eff. 1/1/24
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/23/2023)
• Senate Bill #176: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- CONSUMER CREDIT HISTORY EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION ACT -- DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES
  Prohibits employers from seeking/using credit reports in making hiring decisions concerning prospective employees, asking questions about the applicant's financial past during interviews or including credit history questions in their job applications.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/23/2023)
• Senate Bill #177: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE TWO (2) MAXIMUM CLASS SIZE ACT
  Mandates 20 students per classroom for kindergarten through second grade. Exceptions for emergencies and temporary situations, not to exceed 3 days and mid-year enrollments.
  • 2023-03-17: Referred to House Education
• Senate Bill #239: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION
  Authorizes the town of Cumberland to exempt or stabilizes tax payments for real/personal property related to environmental remediation, historic preservation, affordable housing, manufacturing, commercial, residential, or mixed-use purposes.
  • 2023-03-17: Placed on House Calendar (03/21/2023)
• Senate Bill #240: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES
  Allows the town of East Providence to adopt a new tax rate applicable to Class 2 property that shall not exceed by two hundred percent (200%) the rate applicable to Class 1 property.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
• Senate Bill #241: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION
  Authorizes the Woonsocket city council to increase the period of exemption or stabilization of taxes on qualifying property located in designated districts in the city from ten (10) years to twenty (20) years.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
• Senate Bill #286: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- NONPROFIT DENTAL SERVICE CORPORATIONS
  Requires carriers offering dental benefit plans to annually submit information which includes the current and projected medical loss ratio for claims for their plans. The medical loss ratio would be eighty-five percent (85%).
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/23/2023)
• Senate Bill #287: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE
  Requires insurance coverage for at minimum ninety (90) days of residential or inpatient services for mental health and/or substance use disorders for American Society of Addiction Medicine levels of care 3.1 and 3.3.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/23/2023)
• Senate Bill #290: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE RHODE ISLAND HEALTH CARE REFORM ACT OF 2004 -- HEALTH INSURANCE OVERSIGHT
  Requires a workgroup of health care providers and health insurers convened by the office of the health commissioner, to make recommendations regarding prior authorization policies.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/23/2023)
• Senate Bill #314: AN ACT VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF NORTH KINGSTOWN
  Validates and ratify amendments to the Home Rule Charter of the town of North Kingstown, which amendments were adopted and approved by the electors of the town of North Kingstown on November 8, 2022.
  • 2023-03-17: Placed on Senate Calendar (03/21/2023)
• Senate Bill #336: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- DISORDERLY CONDUCT
  Makes threats of mass violence and false reports of threats to educational, religious, social institutions or civic or fraternal associations a misdemeanor.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
• Senate Bill #370: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - THEFT, EMBEZZLEMENT, FALSE PRETENSES, AND MISAPPROPRIATION
  Provides for tiered and reduced penalties for the offenses of larceny, and shoplifting, classifies certain shoplifting offenses as petty misdemeanors and repeals habitual offender provisions.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
• Senate Bill #372: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - SEXUAL ASSAULT
  Establishes criteria for the criminal offense of sexual assault when the victim is in the custody of a peace officer/provides that a person convicted of custodial sexual assault would face imprisonment for not more than 3 years.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
• Senate Bill #373: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT-- CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT
  Directs the department of corrections to collect information from individuals entering its custody: sex, race, nativity (country of origin), religion, and level of education.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
• Senate Bill #374: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- HOMICIDE
  Abolishes penalty of life without parole and amends/repeals all sections of general laws regulating prisoners serving a sentence of life without parole. It would have prospective and retroactive effect for any offense committed after January 1, 1991.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
  • 2023-03-17: Meeting postponed (03/21/2023)
• Senate Bill #375: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - BAIL AND RECOGNIZANCE
  Provides for release of misdemeanor arrestees without financial conditions, except for domestic violence or flight risk or obstruct of justice risk.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
• Senate Bill #376: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINALS--CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS -- PAROLE
  Provides that prisoners who committed offenses prior to age 18 and sentenced as adults would be eligible for parole after completing 15 yrs of their sentence/does not lengthen their eligibility should prisoner be eligible for parole earlier than 15 yrs.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
• Senate Bill #389: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS
  Allows expungement of multiple felony convictions for non-violent felonies 20 years after sentence completed.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
• Senate Bill #393: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- BURGLARY AND BREAKING AND ENTERING
  Adds a rebuttable defense if any person shall die or sustain a personal injury while committing robbery of the owner, lessor, or occupant of a motor vehicle and that the owner or occupant of the vehicle acted in self-defense.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
• Senate Bill #400: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- BURGLARY AND BREAKING AND ENTERING
  Provides a rebuttable defense if any person shall die or sustain a personal injury while committing any violent criminal offense that individual is lawfully in a place they have a right to be, and acted in self-defense and reasonable belief of harm.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
• Senate Bill #402: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- CRIMINAL SEXUAL ACTIVITY
  Grants immunity to commercial sexual activity persons if they are victims/witnesses of crime.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
• Senate Bill #406: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT-- CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT
  Repeals 42-56-38.1 and requires the department of corrections to provide free communication services to inmates and juveniles held in residential placement or detention centers and requires that those facilities provide in-person contact visits.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
• Senate Bill #408: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION
  Prohibits contracts with private, for-profit prison facilities or with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for the purposes of housing and detaining people.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
• Senate Bill #410: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- MUNICIPAL DETENTION FACILITY CORPORATIONS
  Repeals the municipal detention facility corporations and prohibits the operation of private detention facilities and private public partnerships within the state. Those currently in operation may continue to do so until December 31, 2030.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
• Senate Bill #435: AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES -- HAPPY HOUR
  Allows happy hour drink specials served in conjunction with the purchase of a food item, which would include appetizers or entrees prepared on premises.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/22/2023)
• Senate Bill #472: AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW--GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- GROCERY STORES
  Creates a new chapter related to grocery stores, specifically limiting the number of self-service checkout units.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/23/2023)
• Senate Bill #475: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- INSURANCE RATES
  Prohibits the consideration of an applicant's credit history in determining automobile insurance rates.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/23/2023)
• Senate Bill #477: AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- CONSUMER CREDIT HISTORY EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION ACT -- DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES
  Provides state employee public safety professionals with parity to municipal public safety employees in the state/municipal retirement systems effective July 1, 2023 with 10% contribution.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/23/2023)
• Senate Bill #503: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY TRANSFORMATION PLANNING
  Creates the "department of energy transformation planning" chapter within the division of public utilities to implement long-term distribution system planning.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/22/2023)
• Senate Bill #504: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RENEWABLE READY PROGRAM
  Establishes the renewable ready program which is designed to promote responsible siting and development of renewable energy on certain enumerated sites such as formerly contaminated sites. Projects would be funded through the infrastructure bank.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/22/2023)
• Senate Bill #506: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- NET METERING
  Prohibits utility companies from limiting eligibility of net metering site based on prior consumption and requires excess energy not consumed to be credited to consumer. Also amends definition of excess renewable net-metering credit.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/22/2023)
• Senate Bill #533: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION
  Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of PACE Organization of Rhode Island, provided that the organization is qualified as a tax-exempt corporation pursuant to 26 USC 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
• Senate Bill #555: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION
  Transfers the tax exemption classification to a surviving spouse until remarriage or death.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
• Senate Bill #576: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES
  Authorizes emergency medical service agencies to transport individuals to alternative facilities for treatment and permits licensed providers for mental health disorders to treat patients within the community.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/23/2023)
• Senate Bill #579: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- HEALTH CARE ACCESSIBILITY AND QUALITY ASSURANCE ACT
  Requires each healthcare entity/network plan to compile/report to health insurance commissioner a summary of how the healthcare entity/network plan requires its contracted providers to submit claims for in-network outpatient behavioral health services.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/23/2023)
• Senate Bill #606: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS
  Requires automatic expungement of records and records of conviction, if the conviction was for a non-violent misdemeanor, five (5) years after completion of the sentence.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
• Senate Bill #617: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- SOLITARY CONFINEMENT REFORM ACT
  Establishes the restrictive housing oversight committee ("committee") for the purpose of monitoring the use of restrictive housing (solitary confinement), as well as disciplinary and administrative confinement at the department of corrections.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
• Senate Resolution #620: JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE TASK FORCE TO IMPROVE THE LONG-TERM OUTCOMES AND REDUCE RECIDIVISM OF FEMALES WITHIN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE POPULATION
  Creates a 19 member task force whose purpose it would be to improve outcomes and reduce recidivism of females in the criminal justice system, and who would report back by February 5, 2024, and expire on April 5, 2024.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
• Senate Bill #621: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- ARREST
  Prohibits the civil arrest of any person who is attending court either on behalf of themselves or a family or household member. Any person who violates this act shall be subject to civil suit and for contempt of court.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
• Senate Resolution #622: SENATE RESOLUTION RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE FROM THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES (DHS) IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS (DOC) ON CURRENT AND POTENTIAL SERVICES AND PROGRAMS FOR TRANSITIONING FEMALES IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM THROUGH PRE- AND POST-RELEASE
  
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
• Senate Bill #630: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- DNA DETECTION OF SEXUAL AND VIOLENT OFFENDERS
  Requires the state crime laboratory to conduct an audit of DNA samples in the DNA databank to ascertain the rate of compliance with DNA recording requirements.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
• Senate Resolution #634: SENATE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE IMPACT AND POTENTIAL ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF BAIL REFORMS ON BLACK RHODE ISLANDERS AND THE STATE
  Creates an eleven (11) member commission to study the impact and potential economic benefits of bail reforms on Black Rhode Islanders and the State, and would report back by February 5, 2024, and expire on April 5, 2024.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
• Senate Bill #635: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT
  Increases the maximum amount maintained in a prisoners account from one thousand dollars ($1,000) to two thousand dollars ($2,000), with said funds to be turned over to the prisoner at the time of their release from incarceration.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
• Senate Bill #646: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINALS--CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS -- PRIVATELY OWNED AND OPERATED DETENTION FACILITIES
  Prohibits the operation of privately run detention facilities. Those currently in operation may continue to do so until January 1, 2031.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
• Senate Bill #653: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- BAIL AND RECOGNIZANCE
  Requires the clerk of the court to return any bail money posted to the defendant or the person who provided the bail money at the time of judgment of the case and that the money shall not be used to pay costs, fines or restitution or any other assessment.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
• Senate Bill #668: AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- MANUFACTURING AND WHOLESALE LICENSES
  Prohibits manufacturers of alcoholic beverages from holding or having any interest in a wholesaler license.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/22/2023)
• Senate Bill #669: AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES
  Allows Providence board of licenses to grant an exemptions relating to issuance of a Class BL or Class BV alcoholic beverage retail licenses for 566 Plainfield Street & 777 Elmwood Avenue.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/22/2023)
• Senate Bill #675: AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES
  Allows holders of a Class P license to purchase alcoholic beverages from either a retail or wholesale establishment in the State of Rhode Island.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/22/2023)
• Senate Bill #683: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES
  Extends the moratorium on penalties related to COVID-19 modifications to food business or food service establishments to February 15, 2024.
  • 2023-03-17: Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/22/2023)
• Senate Bill #684: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIES -- NET METERING
  Defines core forest and preferred sites and provides that any net metering resource owned or operated by a renewable energy developer be treated as an eligible net metering system provided it is not in a core forest.
  • 2023-03-17: Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/22/2023)
• Senate Bill #685: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- GENERAL PROVISIONS
  Further delineates the definitions of felony, misdemeanor and petty misdemeanor.
  • 2023-03-17: Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
• Senate Bill #686: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- THREATS AND EXTORTION
  Establishes the criminal offense of menacing as a misdemeanor and punishable by a year in person or fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).
  • 2023-03-17: Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
• House Bill #5010: AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE -- THE PROMOTING ACCESS TO INCREASED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR ALL STUDENTS ACT
  Requires that services provided by school social workers and certified school psychologists be included as health care related services eligible for federal Medicaid reimbursement.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for consideration (03/22/2023)
• House Bill #5011: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES
  Provides that parents and guardians of children with disabilities in private school have the same rights and remedies as parents/guardians of children in public school.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/22/2023)
• House Bill #5017: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES
  Unifies the weight limit of vehicles with special plates, including P.O.W. plates, National Guard plates, and disabled veteran plates, to 12,000 pounds.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/23/2023)
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
• House Bill #5040: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT
  Adds a section which allows substitute teachers and post-retirement employees to exceed the ninety (90) day cap on post-retirement employment if certain conditions are met.
  • 2023-03-17: Placed on House Calendar (03/21/2023)
• House Bill #5044: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HARM REDUCTION CENTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND PILOT PROGRAM
  Extends the expiration date of the Harm Reduction Center Advisory Committee and Pilot Program by two years, from March 1, 2024, to March 1, 2026.
  • 2023-03-17: Placed on House Calendar (03/23/2023)
• House Bill #5050: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- LABOR AND PAYMENT OF DEBTS BY CONTRACTORS
  Amends the definition of public works so that it would include any public works projects performed for any city or town or quasi-municipal entity and the state and any quasi-state entity.
  • 2023-03-17: Committee transferred to House Labor
• House Bill #5076: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- RHODE ISLAND PHYSICAL THERAPIST LICENSURE COMPACT ACT
  Allows the state to become a member of the physical therapist licensure compact adopted by twenty-five (25) states in order to facilitate the interstate practice of physical therapy with the goal of improving public access to physical therapy services.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
• House Bill #5090: AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- DISPOSABLE FOOD SERVICE CONTAINERS
  Prohibits a covered establishment from preparing, selling, processing or providing food or beverages in or on a disposable food service container that is composed in whole or in part of polystyrene foam.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/23/2023)
• House Bill #5091: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY FOR PACKAGING
  Reduces equitable relationships between packaging producers and local governments and communities by establishing the Package Reduction and Recycling Program.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/23/2023)
• House Bill #5111: AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- PRICE GOUGING OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS PROHIBITED
  Makes it a felony to price gouge prescriptions or pharmaceuticals in time of a shortage.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/22/2023)
• House Bill #5112: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES
  Increases the penalties for driving so as to endanger, death resulting, by increasing the maximum term of imprisonment from ten (10) years to twenty (20) years, and the maximum term of license suspension from five (5) years to ten (10) years.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/22/2023)
• House Bill #5113: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- THEFT, EMBEZZLEMENT, FALSE PRETENSES, AND MISAPPROPRIATION
  Makes possession of a used catalytic converter a felony and requires recycling service providers to maintain certain records relative to catalytic converters.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/22/2023)
• House Bill #5124: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE RHODE ISLAND LOBBYING REFORM ACT
  Prohibits lobbyists from making any political contributions to any member of the general assembly from January 1 through July 1 in any year, unless the general assembly adjourns for the year prior to July 1.
  • 2023-03-17: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• House Resolution #5126: JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE, PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE -- FOUR YEAR TERMS AND TERM LIMITS FOR REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATORS
  Proposes an amendment to the State Constitution, Article IV, to allow for term limits for the general assembly members.
  • 2023-03-17: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• House Bill #5160: AN ACT RELATING TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- LICENSED ACTIVITIES -- LENDERS AND LOAN BROKERS -- CHECK CASHING
  Repeals the provisions of the general laws allowing deferred deposit providers, also known as "payday lenders."
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
• House Bill #5162: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- BARBERS, HAIRDRESSERS, COSMETICIANS, MANICURISTS AND ESTHETICIANS
  Allows hairdressers to have apprentices. After a two (2) year apprenticeship, the apprentice would be eligible to apply for a hairdresser license pursuant to § 5-10-8.
  • 2023-03-17: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• House Bill #5164: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC FINANCE -- RECEIPT OF TAXES, FEES, AND OTHER PAYMENTS BY CREDIT CARD
  Mandates credit card companies that collect any sales, hotel, or meals taxes for the state/any other tax for the state/ any tax for a municipality within the state to provide the dollar amount of the tax to the state or the municipality within 48 hours.
  • 2023-03-17: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• House Resolution #5170: HOUSE RESOLUTION STRONGLY URGING THE PROVIDENCE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO REVERSE THE DECISION TO CLOSE THE ALAN SHAWN FEINSTEIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THE CARL G. LAURO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND THE GILBERT STUART MIDDLE SCHOOL
  
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/22/2023)
• House Bill #5175: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES -- ACCESSIBLE RESIDENCE MODIFICATIONS
  Allows health insurance plans to provide coverage for accessible residence modifications determined to be medically necessary.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
• House Bill #5176: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES
  Requires group health plans and health insurance issuers that provide prescription benefits to cover epinephrine injectors and cartridges without copay or deductible.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
• House Bill #5210: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LILA MANFIELD SAPINSLEY COMPASSIONATE CARE ACT
  Establishes the process to provide a legal mechanism whereby a terminally ill patient may choose to end their life using medications prescribed by a physician.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/22/2023)
• House Bill #5216: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES
  Extends the "lookback" period for repeat offenses involving driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs under § 31-27-2 and for repeat offenses related to failure or refusal to submit to chemical tests under § 31-27-2.1 from 5 years to 10 years.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/22/2023)
• House Bill #5281: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES
  Caps amount payable for 30 day supply of equipment/supplies for insulin administration/glucose monitoring at $25 or equipment designed to last more than 30 days with no deductible commencing January 1, 2024.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
• House Bill #5282: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACIES
  Authorizes a pharmacist to prescribe and dispense hormonal contraceptives, provided that the pharmacist has completed a training program approved by the state board of pharmacy.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for consideration (03/21/2023)
  • 2023-03-17: Proposed Substitute
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for consideration
• House Bill #5283: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES -- MAMMOGRAMS AND PAP SMEARS -- COVERAGE MANDATED
  Mandates insurance coverage for any additional screenings deemed medically necessary for any person who has received notice of dense breast tissue.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
• House Bill #5284: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS
  Expands the rights of physician assistants with regard to their practice and prohibits non-compete clauses that exceed five years with regard to the purchase and sale of a practice.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for consideration (03/21/2023)
• House Bill #5288: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION
  Authorizes the town of Cumberland to exempt or stabilizes tax payments for real/personal property related to environmental remediation, historic preservation, affordable housing, manufacturing, commercial, residential, or mixed-use purposes.
  • 2023-03-17: Transmitted to Governor
• House Bill #5291: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - PUBLIC NOTICE ACT
  Allows the towns of Burrillville and Glocester to publish notices in any newspaper located within their municipalities and would also allow publication in other designated platforms selected by their city or town councils.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/23/2023)
• House Bill #5292: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- PUBLIC NOTICE REQUIREMENTS ACT
  Authorizes municipalities to publish public notices in any newspaper in circulation in the municipality or on any other platform designated by ordinance.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/23/2023)
• House Bill #5297: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- INDICTMENTS, INFORMATIONS AND COMPLAINTS
  Prohibits prosecutions for violations in this state if violation arises from same facts or acts for which defendant has been acquitted in another jurisdiction, unless there exists new evidence substantially warranting prosecution in this state.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/22/2023)
• House Bill #5302: AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES
  Allows the Honorable Leonela Felix to join Kayla Simone K. Rosen and Michael Zachary Mezera in marriage on or about May 20, 2023, within the City of Providence, Rhode Island.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/23/2023)
• House Bill #5331: AN ACT RELATING TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- CHECK CASHING
  Caps the APR for payday loans at 28%. Requires 90-day maturity date. Prohibits fees/interest payments in excess of 60% of principal. Requires monthly payments of no more than 25% of original principal amount.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
• House Bill #5335: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- MILITARY SPOUSE LICENSURE
  Provides for improving license portability for military service members and their spouses who are relocated to Rhode Island.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
• House Bill #5337: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- CASUALTY INSURANCE RATING
  Prevents insurance companies from treating widowed persons differently than married persons when establishing or maintaining an insured's rate or classification respecting the operation of a personal motor vehicle. Effective 1/1/24
  • 2023-03-17: Placed on House Calendar (03/21/2023)
• House Bill #5339: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- EDUCATION SERVICES TO VERY YOUNG CHILDREN
  Amends applicability and operational requirements of the chapter on Education Services to Very Young Children.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for consideration (03/22/2023)
• House Bill #5348: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- RESTROOM ACCESS ACT
  Requires retail establishments with 3 or more employees on the premises without accessible public restroom to allow customers suffering from eligible conditions access to their employee restrooms.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for consideration (03/21/2023)
• House Bill #5349: 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.
  • 2023-03-17: Placed on House Calendar (03/21/2023)
• House Bill #5350: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES
  Limits the copayment or coinsurance requirement on specialty drugs to one hundred fifty dollars ($150) for a thirty (30) day supply.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
• House Bill #5351: 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).
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
• House Bill #5365: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READERS
  Provides for municipal and state police authorities to acquire and to utilize automated license plate readers. Further, the act identifies what data may be collected and in what ways the data can be used.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/22/2023)
• House Bill #5366: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- REAL ESTATE SALES DISCLOSURES
  Increases the civil penalty from $100 to a maximum of $1,000, whenever a seller or their real estate agent fails provide a completed seller disclosure form to the buyer.
  • 2023-03-17: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• House Bill #5378: AN ACT VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF NORTH KINGSTOWN
  Validates and ratify amendments to the Home Rule Charter of the town of North Kingstown, which amendments were adopted and approved by the electors of the town of North Kingstown on November 8, 2022.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for consideration (03/23/2023)
• House Bill #5381: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- FORT ADAMS FOUNDATION
  Amends the composition of the Fort Adams foundation to include a representative from the division of parks and recreation in place of a member of the public.
  • 2023-03-17: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• House Bill #5414: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- ELECTRICIANS
  Clarifies the types of electrical services that require an electrical contractor's license.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
• House Bill #5415: AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- LICENSES GENERALLY
  Creates a Class B-W license to allow for the sale of beer and wine in grocery stores, convenience stores and markets throughout the state.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
• House Bill #5419: AN ACT RELATING TO AERONAUTICS -- AIRPORTS AND LANDING FIELDS
  Designates the appropriate authority on air space issues as the president and CEO of the Rhode Island airport corporation and aligns certain job titles with their proper responsibilities relative to aeronautics.
  • 2023-03-17: Committee recommends passage
  • 2023-03-17: Placed on House Calendar (03/23/2023)
• House Bill #5420: AN ACT RELATING TO AERONAUTICS -- UNPILOTED AERIAL VEHICLES
  Provides for the regulation of unpiloted aircraft systems in accordance with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requirements.
  • 2023-03-17: Committee recommends passage
  • 2023-03-17: Placed on House Calendar (03/23/2023)
• House Bill #5426: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE
  Aligns Rhode Island with current federal requirements on health insurers as established by the Affordable Care Act, Also prohibits annual and lifetime limits on coverage within health insurance plans issued within the state.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
• House Bill #5448: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES
  Allows the town council of New Shoreham to adopt a tax classification plan in accordance with the provisions of this section, to be applicable to taxes on or after the assessment date of December 31, 2023.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/23/2023)
• House Bill #5449: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF STATE
  Requires the secretary of state to establish a registry for publication of municipal invitations for bids and requires that municipalities publish notice of invitations for bids with the registry.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/23/2023)
• House Bill #5450: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- REFUSE DISPOSAL
  Prohibits municipalities from charging any recycling fees.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/23/2023)
• House Bill #5453: AN ACT RELATING TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- PERMANENT JOINT COMMITTEE ON NAMING ALL NEW BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, EDIFICES AND OTHER STATE CONSTRUCTIONS
  Renames the "Roosevelt Benton Youth Assessment Center" as the "Roosevelt Benton Center".
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/23/2023)
• House Bill #5463: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES
  Provides that the maximum aggregate amounts for small purchases within the chapter on state purchases be adjusted to not exceed $25,000 for construction and $10,000 for all other purchases.
  • 2023-03-17: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• House Bill #5464: AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS -- RHODE ISLAND TURNPIKE AND BRIDGE AUTHORITY
  Extends the time for payment of toll violations from fourteen (14) days to thirty (30) days from the issuance of the violation.
  • 2023-03-17: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• House Bill #5494: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHYSICAL THERAPISTS
  Amends the licensing statute to allow a graduate of a board approved physical therapy school to be reinstated upon a failed examination upon the filing and registering for a second or third examination.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
• House Bill #5498: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM
  Repeals the establishment of statewide academic standards for core subjects and the implementation into the curriculum of all public schools.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/22/2023)
• House Bill #5502: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- BEVERAGE CONTAINER DEPOSIT RECYCLING ACT OF 2023
  Establishes a system for the recycling of beverage containers working with the department of environmental management.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/23/2023)
• House Bill #5503: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES
  Requires DMV to make, for persons with autism, a operator's license that is clearly marked “autism”, decals that are clearly marked “autism” to be affixed to the vehicle, and blue envelopes that provide written information.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
• House Bill #5517: AN ACT RELATING TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- ORGANIZATION OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY
  Requires the secretary of state to maintain and provide to the public, an online directory of government officials and a limited number of printed government directories and eliminate the legislative manual used by the secretary of state.
  • 2023-03-17: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• House Bill #5532: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- REAL ESTATE APPRAISER CERTIFICATION ACT
  Amends the Real Estate Appraiser Certification Act and the Real Estate Appraisal Management Company ("AMC") Registration Act.
  • 2023-03-17: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• House Bill #5533: AN ACT RELATING TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- POWERS AND OPERATIONS
  Amends outdated provisions of the banking statutes and the home loan protection act, adds consumer protections, including minimum capital requirements and limits on investments, for currency transmitters, including crypto currency..
  • 2023-03-17: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• House Bill #5534: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS -- PROFESSIONAL OR OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE
  Enables undocumented immigrants to obtain a professional license as long as all other requirements for licensure are met.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
• House Bill #5535: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ELEVATORS, ESCALATORS AND DUMBWAITERS
  Provides for a registration process for private elevators to include a database of all private elevators to be maintained by the chief inspector.
  • 2023-03-17: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• House Bill #5537: 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 and submits them for an NCIC check by the chiefs of police or designees.
  • 2023-03-17: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• House Bill #5543: AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE
  Provides amendments to the Uniform Commercial Code for emerging technologies. Effective 1/1/2024.
  • 2023-03-17: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• House Bill #5544: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS
  Amends the provisions of law relative to eligibility for attendance for kindergarten students.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for consideration (03/22/2023)
• House Bill #5550: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- MERCURY REDUCTION AND EDUCATION ACT
  Prohibits the sale: eff. 1/1/24 of screw/bayonet base compact fluorescent lamps; eff. 1/1/25 of pin-base type compact and linear fluorescent lamps with civil penalties for violations.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/23/2023)
• House Bill #5554: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFITS
  Caps the total amount that a covered person is required to pay for a covered prescription asthma inhaler to twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per thirty (30) day supply.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
• House Bill #5578: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF LICENSES
  A judge would have discretion to allow a hardship exception to keep license plates of a person convicted of this offense.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/22/2023)
• House Bill #5597: AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS -- ABANDONMENT BY TOWNS
  Allows town of Narragansett to sell highway or driftway to abutting owner at fair market value.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for consideration (03/23/2023)
• House Bill #5598: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- PARKING FACILITIES AND PRIVILEGES
  Limits the annual fees in the city of Providence for overnight parking permits to fifty dollars ($50.00) for residents and one hundred dollars ($100) for non-residents.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/23/2023)
• House Bill #5607: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES
  Changes the definition of "street rod" motor vehicle to include a reference to its registration certificate and not its title. It also changes the meaning of "custom vehicle" by adding a reference to its registration certificate.
  • 2023-03-17: Committee recommends passage
• House Bill #5658: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- COUNSELING COMPACT
  Adopts a counseling compact for the interstate practice of licensed professional counselors by providing for the mutual recognition of other member state licenses.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
• House Bill #5660: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE
  Brings state law into federal compliance by prohibiting or otherwise lending this use of refrigerant designated as acceptable pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 7671k as long as the refrigerant is listed and installed in accordance therewith.
  • 2023-03-17: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• House Bill #5665: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- NEWPORT AND BRISTOL COUNTY CONVENTION AND VISITORS' BUREAU
  Creates a doing business as for Discover Newport as a short title for the bureau.
  • 2023-03-17: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• House Resolution #5666: HOUSE RESOLUTION SUPPORTING A NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE BANK
  RESOLUTION SUPPORTING A NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE BANK
  • 2023-03-17: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• House Bill #5668: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES
  Would require public school districts to take certain actions to promote notice and disseminate information regarding the district’s special education local advisory committee.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/22/2023)
• House Bill #5672: AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- SINGLE-USE PLASTIC STRAWS
  Mandates that food service establishments only provide single-use foodware accessories and standard condiments to a customer upon request.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/23/2023)
• House Bill #5673: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- COMPREHENSIVE PFAS BAN ACT OF 2023
  Prohibits the use of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances or "PFAS" in various products including carpets, cookware, cosmetics, ski wax, and various other items.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/23/2023)
• House Bill #5681: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES
  Requires any person who transports a patient by a stretcher in a vehicle to be licensed as an emergency medical services provider through the director of health.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
• House Bill #5682: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- OFFICE OF STATE MEDICAL EXAMINERS
  Provides DOH multidisciplinary team review of drug overdose deaths may gather info of deaths from family willing to do so to help identify prevention/intervention strategies.
  • 2023-03-17: Placed on House Calendar (03/23/2023)
• House Bill #5699: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- THE MATTHEW O'GARA ACT OF 2022
  Increases the penalties for a first offense of leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death to a minimum five (5) years in incarceration, a minimum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) and a minimum license revocation of five (5) years.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/22/2023)
• House Bill #5701: 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.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for consideration (03/22/2023)
  • 2023-03-17: Proposed Substitute
• House Bill #5720: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES
  Amends the contents of what is to be displayed on a motor vehicle registration plate.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/23/2023)
• House Bill #5724: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- VITAL RECORDS
  Requires the division of vital records to ensure that the records are accessible to the local registrars and grant local registrars the authority to issue certified copies of certificates and records.
  • 2023-03-17: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• House Bill #5725: AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS - CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF STATE ROADS
  Requires the department of transportation to establish a schedule of all landscaping and mowing of lawns on state roads, and provide a copy of said schedule to the department of public works in any city or town where the state road is located.
  • 2023-03-17: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• House Resolution #5727: JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO SAFEGUARD RHODE ISLAND AGAINST NUCLEAR WEAPONS
  This resolution creates an eleven (11) member special legislative commission to study and provide recommendation to safeguard Rhode Island against nuclear weapons.
  • 2023-03-17: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• House Bill #5731: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- MOTOR VEHICLE REPLACEMENT PARTS
  Defines a used part and creates standards for use of used parts in damaged motor vehicles, for motor vehicle replacement parts.
  • 2023-03-17: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• House Bill #5732: AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW--GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- GIFT CARD FRAUD
  Requires sellers of gift cards to post notice warning of scams/instructing consumers what to do as victims/train employees to identify/respond to fraud/violations punishable by a civil fine of $500.
  • 2023-03-17: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• House Bill #5733: AN ACT RELATING TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- POWERS AND OPERATIONS
  Prohibits financial institutions from investing in private detention centers or any entity that owns or invests in a for-profit institution that owns or contracts with a government entity to manage or run a prison.
  • 2023-03-17: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• House Bill #5735: AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES
  Prohibits Retailer’s Class B, C, N and other liquor licenses from being issued to retailers operating within two hundred feet (200’) of pre-kindergarten schools and establishments.
  • 2023-03-17: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• House Bill #5741: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- EDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY ACT
  Incorporates the department of elementary and secondary education’s SurveyWorks school climate indicators for evaluating the performance of LEAs and individual public schools.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/22/2023)
• House Bill #5744: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES
  Requires coverage for the treatment of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for the prevention of HIV and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) to prevent HIV infection, commencing January 1, 2024.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
• House Bill #5754: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION
  Exempts from taxation the real, tangible and personal property of Wood River Health Services, Inc., a Rhode Island domestic nonprofit corporation, with locations in Westerly and Hopkinton, Rhode Island.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/23/2023)
• House Bill #5763: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- EQUITY IMPACT STATEMENT ACT
  Creates the "equity impact statement act", requiring that all legislation submitted in the general assembly include an equity impact statement.
  • 2023-03-17: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• House Bill #5764: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND INCLUSIVE HOME DESIGN ACT
  Establishes the Rhode Island Inclusive Home Design Act as a new article in the state building code.
  • 2023-03-17: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• House Bill #5769: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- PARKING FACILITIES AND PRIVILEGES
  Includes the governor’s commission on disabilities in the decision making process for the disability parking enforcement enhancement program and requires an annual report be submitted to the governor’s commission.
  • 2023-03-17: Committee recommends passage
• House Resolution #5770: JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AND PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION -- OF SUFFRAGE
  Would propose to the voters of the state a constitutional amendment regarding eligibility to vote and to be a candidate.
  • 2023-03-17: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• House Bill #5772: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES
  Requires parental consent prior to conducting an initial evaluation or making an initial placement of a student in a special education program, as well as prior to changes being made to any IEP services or placement.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/22/2023)
• House Bill #5773: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE PAUL W. CROWLEY RHODE ISLAND STUDENT INVESTMENT INITIATIVE
  Requires the council on elementary and secondary education to ratify any collective bargaining agreement entered into on behalf of the Providence public school district.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/22/2023)
• House Bill #5775: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- ESTABLISHMENT OF CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS
  Permits local communities to adopt an all-charter school public school model for public education.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/22/2023)
• House Bill #5776: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FEDERAL AID
  Provides for a Kosher option for school lunches for public elementary and secondary schools in Rhode Island upon the request of the local school districts.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/22/2023)
• House Bill #5777: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SUPPORT AND ACCESS TO BILINGUAL EDUCATION ACT
  Creates a new chapter for the support and access to bilingual education. It creates a dual language program fund to be administered by the department of education. Local education agencies would be eligible to apply to the department for funding.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/22/2023)
• House Bill #5779: AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- COASTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT COUNCIL
  Requires the executive director of the coastal resources management council to hire a hearing officer if the position is vacant for more than sixty (60) days after the effective date of this act.
  • 2023-03-17: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• House Bill #5783: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION
  Authorizes the city of Providence to enter into a thirty (30) year tax exemption agreement relating to the Port of Providence.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/23/2023)
• House Bill #5785: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION
  Prohibits contracts with private, for-profit prison facilities or with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for the purposes of housing and detaining people.
  • 2023-03-17: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• House Bill #5786: AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- MUNICIPAL DETENTION FACILITY CORPORATIONS
  Repeals the municipal detention facility corporations and prohibits the operation of private detention facilities and private public partnerships within the state. Those currently in operation may continue to do so until December 31, 2030.
  • 2023-03-17: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• House Bill #5831: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- LIABILITY INSURANCE
  Provides that liability insurance coverage would be provided for loss of the use of a rental motor vehicle, with limitations.
  • 2023-03-17: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• House Bill #5833: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- TOURISM AND DEVELOPMENT
  Requires hosting platforms offering short-term rental of residential property for tourist or transient use to disclose on listings the current, valid registration number.
  • 2023-03-17: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• House Bill #5834: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC FINANCE -- STATE FUNDS
  Requires persons or entities receiving government funds to disclose the names of their contractors and subcontractors.
  • 2023-03-17: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• House Bill #5835: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - REGULATION OF SALES TAX CREDITS
  Requires the attorney general’s office to regulate the sale of tax credits, including such actions as establishing qualifications and a certified list of those authorized to act as brokers and salespersons of tax credits.
  • 2023-03-17: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• House Bill #5841: AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- PURCHASE AND SALE OF PRECIOUS METALS
  Mandates bill of sale for transacted catalytic converter, changes requirement to three years for report, and would make a conviction of § 6-11.1-7 a felony.
  • 2023-03-17: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• House Bill #5842: AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- RHODE ISLAND CATALYTIC CONVERTER INTERSTATE COMPACT
  Establishes an interstate compact regulating purchase dealing in catalytic converters and sets licensing and reporting requirements for each sale or purchase of converters.
  • 2023-03-17: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• House Bill #5843: AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- CONDOMINIUM LAW
  Provides that the "meetings" requirements from § 34-36.1-3.08 be applicable to condominiums created before July 1, 1982 and permits remote participation in condominium meetings.
  • 2023-03-17: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• House Bill #5854: AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES
  Allows holders of Class P license to purchase from either a Class A alcohol retail or wholesale establishment in the state and permit wholesalers to refuse to fill orders, set minimum quantities or dollar amounts as a requirement of filling an order.
  • 2023-03-17: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• House Bill #5855: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- UNFAIR CLAIMS PRACTICES ACT
  Amends the definition of unfair claims settlement practices by insurers & motor vehicle damage appraisers, and creates a chapter providing for the appraisal of damaged motor vehicles, when the insurer & the insured cannot agree on the amount of the loss.
  • 2023-03-17: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• House Bill #5857: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SCHOOL AND YOUTH PROGRAMS CONCUSSION ACT
  Updates repealed chapter by requiring school district to develop concussion guidelines; students/parents brochure; removal/return procedures after student removal/return to practice/competition; mandatory training for coaches/officials.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/22/2023)
• House Bill #5860: AN ACT RELATING TO INCORPORATING THE RHODE ISLAND COMMISSION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
  Reduces the number of commissioners on the board of commissioners to no less than fifteen and would add a d/b/a Serve RI designation after commissions name.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/22/2023)
• House Bill #5861: AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- PFAS IN DRINKING WATER, GROUNDWATER, AND SURFACE WATER
  Provides that water supply systems that have PFAS contaminants that exceed the interim drinking water standard be required to enter into a consent agreement with department of health to implement treatment to reduce the levels of PFAS contaminants.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/23/2023)
• House Bill #5862: AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- NON-FLUSHABLE WIPES
  Provides for the establishment of labeling requirements to enable consumers to easily identify proper disposal methods for non-flushable wipes.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/23/2023)
• House Bill #5868: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- NURSES
  Allows RNs to perform cosmetic/aesthetic dermatological procedures prescribed/ordered by licensed health care practitioner.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
• House Bill #5873: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES
  Authorizes emergency medical service agencies to transport individuals to alternative facilities for treatment and permits licensed providers for mental health disorders to treat patients within the community.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
• House Bill #5874: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- HEARING AID DEALERS AND FITTERS
  Defines an audiologist as an individual licensed to practice audiology by the department of health.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
• House Bill #5876: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PREVENTION AND SUPPRESSION OF CONTAGIOUS DISEASES -- HIV/AIDS
  Permits a licensed pharmacist to prescribe, dispense or administer HIV prevention drugs to an individual who is HIV negative, does not report any signs or symptoms of acute HIV infection, and does not report taking any contraindicated medication.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
• House Bill #5881: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- POLICE OFFICERS - COMMISSION ON STANDARDS AND TRAINING
  Requires police training on recognizing the possible existence of mental health disorders and substance use disorders and requires certified crisis intervention team training for all officers.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
• House Bill #5890: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES
  Clarifies and separate the different criminal penalties for first and subsequent convictions for reckless driving.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/22/2023)
• House Bill #5897: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- CHILDREN
  Transfers jurisdiction of child endangerment offenses from the family court to the superior court.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/22/2023)
• House Bill #5913: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- IDENTIFICATION AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS
  Amends the current time frame for automatic sealing of criminal cases in the district court.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/22/2023)
• House Bill #5918: AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- DIVORCE AND SEPARATION
  Creates a custody procedure for pets in divorce and separation proceedings based on the best interests of the animal. This act would not apply to assistance/service animals.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/22/2023)
• House Bill #5924: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1990 -- THE CROWN ACT
  Defines the terms "race and ethnicity" to include ancestry, color, ethnic group identification, and ethnic background and inclusive of traits historically associated with race, including, but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/22/2023)
• House Bill #5925: AN ACT RELATING TO SPORTS, RACING, AND ATHLETICS -- DIVISION OF GAMING AND ATHLETICS LICENSING
  Removes requirement that the Rhode Island state police or the department of attorney general complete the nationwide criminal records check for any license application, permit and/or registration, require applicant to apply for nationwide criminal records
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/22/2023)
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
• House Bill #5942: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE
  Amends the state building code with regard to buildings and structures owned by a municipality upon any land owned by the state.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/23/2023)
• House Bill #5949: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION
  Requires municipalities to mandate that all developers and contractors, applying for tax stabilization, hire 20% women, 25% minorities, and 51% percent RI residents, and it applies the same percentages to the total hours worked.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/23/2023)
• House Bill #5952: AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS -- CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF STATE ROADS
  Permits the department of transportation to paint the center yellow lines red, white and blue for the purpose of celebration upon request of the city or town council.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/23/2023)
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
• House Bill #5953: AN ACT RELATING TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- PERMANENT JOINT COMMITTEE ON NAMING ALL NEW BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, EDIFICES AND OTHER STATE CONSTRUCTIONS
  Would designate a fishing site at Black Point in Narragansett as the "Stephen J. Medeiros Fishing Area at Black Point".
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/23/2023)
• House Bill #5954: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION FEES
  Permits disabled veterans to be issued several disabled veteran plates, permits plates to be transferred to their spouse or caretaker during the veteran's life and would allow disabled veteran plates to be issued for a commercial vehicle of any size.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/23/2023)
• House Bill #5964: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- DAY CARE PROGRAMS STATE PURCHASES
  Provides preference to businesses which possess a stated child care policy for its employees who contract with a governmental body for state purchases.
  • 2023-03-17: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• House Bill #5965: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES--FOSTER PARENTS' BILL OF RIGHTS
  Requires preparation of an annual summary report of all findings documenting all reports of suspected and/or verified violations of this chapter.
  • 2023-03-17: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• House Bill #5966: AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- COASTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT COUNCIL
  Creates the position of a full-time staff attorney for the CRMC. The staff attorney reports directly to the executive director and is not permitted to engage in the practice of law. The staff attorney may not represent the council.
  • 2023-03-17: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• House Bill #5967: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- MANAGEMENT AND DISPOSAL OF PROPERTY
  Provides that occupants of state-owned group homes be given the right of first refusal to purchase the property subject to their lease.
  • 2023-03-17: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• House Resolution #5973: HOUSE RESOLUTION URGING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO PURSUE A BROAD RANGE OF MEASURES TO REDUCE THE DANGER OF NUCLEAR WAR, TO SIGN AND RATIFY THE TREATY ON THE PROHIBITION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS (TPNW), TO MAKE NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT THE CENTERPIECE OF OUR NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY, AND TO SPEARHEAD A GLOBAL EFFORT TO PREVENT NUCLEAR WAR
  
  • 2023-03-17: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• House Bill #6024: AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- CONDOMINIUM LAW
  Provides that the "rights of secured lenders" provision from § 34-36.1-2.19 be applicable to condominiums created before July 1, 1982 and creates a process for condominium associations to notify unit mortgage holders for certain association actions.
  • 2023-03-17: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• House Bill #6028: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- ACCIDENTS AND ACCIDENT REPORTS
  Provides for a single, increased range of penalties for all driving offenses which result in serious bodily injury or death.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/22/2023)
• House Bill #6034: AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- COASTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT COUNCIL
  Replaces the coastal resources management council with a state department of coastal resources and transfers all of the powers and duties between the two (2) authorities.
  • 2023-03-17: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• House Bill #6042: AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - LAND SURVEYORS
  Grants a right of entry for professional land surveyors to enter upon or cross any lands, air space or water resources necessary to perform surveying services except public utility and/or wastewater treatment facilities upon prior notice.
  • 2023-03-17: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• House Bill #6050: AN ACT RELATING TO CORPORATIONS -- THE RHODE ISLAND LIMITED -LIABILITY COMPANY ACT
  Replaces the existing limited liability company act with a newer and updated model act.
  • 2023-03-17: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• House Bill #6052: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- COUNCIL ON ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
  Adds the Rhode Island teacher of the year as an additional ex officio member of the council on elementary and secondary education as well as the board of education.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/22/2023)
• House Bill #6053: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE PAUL W. CROWLEY RHODE ISLAND STUDENT INVESTMENT INITIATIVE
  Requires new instruction and annual reports dealing with student mental health throughout the state.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/22/2023)
• House Bill #6054: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- MINIATURE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTAINER ACT OF 2023
  Creates a refundable twenty-five cent ($0.25) deposit for miniature alcoholic beverage containers, often referred to as "nips."
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/23/2023)
• House Bill #6064: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- COMMERCIAL SEXUAL ACTIVITY
  Prohibits arrest of any person engaged in commercial sexual activity or massage without a license if they report to law enforcement, enumerated criminal offenses to include assault, sexual assault, homicide, robbery, larceny and the like.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/22/2023)
• House Bill #6067: AN ACT RELATING TO PROBATE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE -- LIMITED GUARDIANSHIP AND GUARDIANSHIP OF ADULTS
  Provides that supported decision-making pursuant to chapter 66.13 of title 42 be added to the Limited Guardianship and Guardianship of Adults forms section as one of the less restrictive alternatives to guardianship that have been explored.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/22/2023)
• House Bill #6070: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES
  Provides updates and clarifications to the current penalties for driving after denial, revocation, or suspension of an individual’s license.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/22/2023)
• House Bill #6076: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES
  Requires health insurance contract plans or policies to provide coverage for the licensed practice of naturopathy as provided in chapter 36.1 of title 5 effective January 1, 2024.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
• House Bill #6095: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES
  Amends the general law relative to levy and assessment of local taxes.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/23/2023)
• House Bill #6102: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTORCYCLE DRIVER EDUCATION PROGRAM
  Community College of Rhode Island motorcycle course to accommodate person's with disabilities.
  • 2023-03-17: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• House Bill #6140: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- COMMERCIAL SEXUAL ACTIVITY
  Under certain circumstances, provides immunity from arrest and prosecution for prostitution, procurement of sexual conduct for a fee, loitering for prostitution and soliciting from motor vehicles for indecent purposes.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/22/2023)
• House Bill #6147: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS REGULATION
  Establishes the Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance Exchange.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
• House Bill #6150: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR PREVENTION OF HIV INFECTION
  Requires coverage for the treatment of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for the prevention of HIV and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) for treatment of HIV infection, commencing January 1, 2024.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
• House Bill #6151: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- REFUSE DISPOSAL
  Provides time limitations on the collection or hauling of from large trash receptacles (dumpsters) refuse within one hundred feet (100') of a dwelling unit between the hours of ten o'clock (10:00) pm and eight o'clock (8:00) am.
  • 2023-03-17: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/23/2023)
• House Bill #6159: AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFITS
  Includes any costs paid by an enrollee or on behalf of the enrollee by a third party when calculating an enrollee’s overall contribution to any out-of-pocket maximum or cost sharing requirement under a health plan as of January 1, 2024.
  • 2023-03-17: Introduced, referred to House Corporations
• House Bill #6160: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PESTICIDE CONTROL
  Amends the definition of "under the direct supervision" to include a competent person acting under the control of a certified or licensed applicator who is available when needed, even though not physically present when pesticide is applied.
  • 2023-03-17: Introduced, referred to House Corporations
• House Bill #6161: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- SOLITARY CONFINEMENT REFORM ACT
  Establishes the restrictive housing oversight committee ("committee") for the purpose of monitoring the use of restrictive housing (solitary confinement), as well as disciplinary and administrative confinement at the department of corrections.
  • 2023-03-17: Introduced, referred to House Judiciary
• House Bill #6162: AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT
  Amends the uniform controlled substances act and reclassifies simple possession of 28 grams or less of certain controlled substances as a misdemeanor.
  • 2023-03-17: Introduced, referred to House Judiciary
• House Resolution #6163: JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE TASK FORCE TO IMPROVE THE LONG-TERM OUTCOMES AND REDUCE RECIDIVISM OF FEMALES WITHIN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE POPULATION
  Creates a 19 member task force whose purpose it would be to improve outcomes and reduce recidivism of females in the criminal justice system, and who would report back by February 5, 2024, and expire on April 5, 2024.
  • 2023-03-17: Introduced, referred to House Judiciary
• House Resolution #6164: HOUSE RESOLUTION RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE FROM THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES (DHS) IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS (DOC) ON CURRENT AND POTENTIAL SERVICES AND PROGRAMS FOR TRANSITIONING FEMALES IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM THROUGH PRE- AND POST-RELEASE
  
  • 2023-03-17: Introduced, referred to House Judiciary
• House Bill #6165: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES
  Enables the city of East Providence to offer tax amnesty for two (2) separate sixty (60) day periods for fiscal years 2023 and 2024 for waiver of interest and penalties on overdue real property tax payments.
  • 2023-03-17: Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing
• House Bill #6166: AN ACT RELATING TO THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE OAKLAND--MAPLEVILLE #4 AND THE NASONVILLE FIRE DISTRICTS INTO THE BURRILLVILLE FIRE DISTRICT
  Authorizes, subject to voter approval, the merger and consolidation of the Oakland-Mapleville Fire District #4 and the Nasonville Fire District into a district to be called the "Burrillville Fire District."
  • 2023-03-17: Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing
• House Bill #6167: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES
  Allows Bristol to adopt tax classification plan for tax relief for taxes assessed on 12/31/23 and any tax year thereafter.
  • 2023-03-17: Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing
• House Bill #6168: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- HOUSING PRODUCTION REVOLVING FUND
  Creates the Housing Production Revolving Fund through the issuance of $50,000,000 in housing bonds by the department of housing to provide affordable housing for low income households and provide a $500,000 annual appropriation from the general assembly.
  • 2023-03-17: Introduced, referred to House Finance
• House Bill #6169: AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- THE RHODE ISLAND WORKS PROGRAM
  Permits a parent or caretaker relative of a family applying for child care assistance to qualify for child care assistance without first establishing paternity, or enforcing child support and medical support orders.
  • 2023-03-17: Introduced, referred to House Finance
• House Bill #6170: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- POSTSECONDARY TUITION ASSISTANCE FOR SHORTAGE TEACHING FIELDS
  Creates a postsecondary tuition assistance for shortage teaching fields.
  • 2023-03-17: Introduced, referred to House Finance
• House Bill #6171: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX -- CAPITAL GAINS
  Amends the capital gains tax rates and holding period from 5 years to 1 year. Imposes a non-owner occupied tax on homes assessed at more than $1,000,000.
  • 2023-03-17: Introduced, referred to House Finance
• House Resolution #6172: JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $3,000,000 TO SOJOURNER HOUSE IN RHODE ISLAND
  Authorizes the appropriation of the sum of $3,000,000 to Sojourner House to support its permanent housing development program that provides safe, secure housing to individuals and families fleeing from dangerous situations.
  • 2023-03-17: Introduced, referred to House Finance