| S1031 | Intro
Sine Die | Enables the state lottery division of the department of revenue to enter into a contract extension with IGT Global Solutions Corporation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-09-26
Scheduled for hearing (10/01/2019) |
| H6266 | Intro
Sine Die | Enable the state lottery division of the department of revenue to enter into a contract extension with IGT Global Solutions Corporation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-09-17
Scheduled for hearing (10/03/2019) |
| H5751 | Intro
Sine Die | House Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study The Efficacy Of Involuntary Inpatient Treatment For Non-court Involved Individuals Diagnosed With Substance Use Disorder (authorizes A Seventy-two (72) Hour Hold To Be Ordered By A P...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-28
House passed Sub A |
| H6112 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires state departments, agencies to promulgate rules and regulations prior to the first day of the next legislative session after passage with general assembly oversight committees to keep public record of same.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-28
Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence |
| S0838 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides a special motor vehicle registration plate honoring the New York Yankees for their twenty-seven (27) World Championships and the New York Yankees Universe Fund for the benefit of Rhode Island based charitable organizations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-28
To House Special Legislation Committee |
| H5485 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a voluntary mutual consent sibling adoption registry where adult adopted children and adult siblings can identify each other.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H5697 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that planning board votes for approval requires a majority vote of the members present at the time of the vote.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-28
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S0778 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the towing storage act and clarifies issues related to the towing and storage of vehicles. Non-certified towers must have “Not for hire” lettered on their vehicle and provides increased fine and penalties for violators.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-28
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S0678 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides for medical assistance health care for expectant mothers and establishes medical assistance coverage and reimbursement rates for perinatal doula services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-28
To House Finance Committee |
| H5696 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that a quorum of the zoning board of review shall be a majority of members authorized to vote which may include alternate members.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-28
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H5705 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the towing storage act and clarifies issues related to the towing and storage of vehicles. Non-certified towers must have “Not for hire” lettered on their vehicle and provides increased fine and penalties for violators.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-28
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H5884 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that a person twenty-one (21) years of age or older may purchase or possess a stun gun, and makes it a felony to use a stun gun in certain circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-28
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H5817 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that a school teacher or employee that engages in sexual penetration of a student over fourteen (14) and less than eighteen (18) shall be guilty of third degree sexual assault.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| H5113 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates the "animal abuser registry act" which would require all persons convicted of crimes involving animal abuse to register with an online registry to be established and maintained by the attorney general's office.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-28
Defeated by Senate |
| S0933 | Intro
Sine Die | This act would, upon its own motion or upon request of a parolee, enable the parole board to terminate a parolee's supervision and legal custody order. Prisoners with a life sentence for first and second degree murder are excluded.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-27
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S0694 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the use of a school district's listserv to distribute any political advertisement, invitation, and/or propaganda.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-27
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| S0450 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes various amendments pertaining to the duties and operations of the Central Coventry Fire District.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-27
Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) |
| H5540 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the state department of health to post and maintain on its website a link to ClinicalTrials.gov, a free service of the National Institutes of Health Library of Medicine.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-27
Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence |
| S0710 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that fifty dollars ($50.00) of the filing fee paid to the HUD-approved agency for the mediation conference involving the mortgagee and mortgagor, shall be paid to the Rhode Island Legal Services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-27
To House Finance Committee |
| S0774 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes physical therapists to order diagnostic imaging (x-rays). Authority sunsets December 31, 2021.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-27
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| S0217 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides greater details to be considered when deciding if there has been substantial compliance with the statutes requiring the prompt processing and payment of health insurance claims.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-27
To House Finance Committee |
| S0834 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires all state departments cooperate with judicial nominating commission, provide any information that might assist in judicial selection. Requires DOA provide secure office space on state property. Requires written minutes of all commission meet...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-27
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S0411 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes restrictions on invasive plant species to include running bamboo.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-27
To House Environment and Natural Resources Committee |
| S0301 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes hospital medical staff to elect whether or not to participate in a maintenance of certification program, to elect medical specialty board to implement the program and prohibits insurers from denying reimbursement based solely on this elect...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-27
Senate passed Sub A |
| H5138 | Intro
Sine Die | House Resolution Respectfully Requesting The University Of Rhode Island, Rhode Island College, And The Community College Of Rhode Island To Review And Provide Recommendations On Campus Policing Policies (mandates Arming Campus Police At Public Higher...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-27
House passed Sub A |
| H6253 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires an owner or developer of a project valued at or above $5,000,000 or more to attest by sworn affidavit that the properties have no outstanding liens and to file a surety bond conditioned upon payment for labor and materials of the project.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-27
To House Finance Committee |
| S0970 | Intro
Sine Die | For motor vehicle alcohol-related offense blood/urine testing and ignition interlock system may be ordered.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-27
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S0959 | Intro
Sine Die | Electric distribution company to provide actual cost of interconnection. Amendments to ESB only with PUC approval and 30 days' notice.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-27
To House Judiciary Committee |
| S0463 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows damages recovery for emotional stress, grief, loss of enjoyment of life resulting from wrongful death of a spouse, parent, child to all pending future claims.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-27
To House Judiciary Committee |
| H5990 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that only certified nurses-teachers may be employed as school nurses in elementary and secondary schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-26
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| H5328 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires funeral directors/agents to notify secretary of state and the chairperson of the board of canvassers upon filing death certificate for the purpose of removal from the roles of registered voters.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-26
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| S0202 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits a food service establishment from providing a consumer with a single-use plastic straw unless requested by the consumer.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-26
To House Environment and Natural Resources Committee |
| S0979 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the city of Newport to impose a surcharge on the price of admission to organizations or venues that sell more than twenty thousand (20,000) tickets during the time period commencing on July 1, 2018 until June 30, 2019.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-26
To Senate Finance Committee |
| S0772 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires health insurers, nonprofit hospital service corporations, nonprofit medical service corporations and health maintenance organizations that issue policies that provide coverage for prescription drugs and use step therapy protocols.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-26
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| H5578 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides for a fee increase for filing an action in district court, superior court and family court.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-26
To House Finance Committee |
| H6258 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits commercial motor trucks, with a gross weight rating of thirty-five thousand one pounds (35,001 lbs.) or more, from traveling on Limerock Road, in Smithfield and Lincoln.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-26
To House Municipal Government Committee |
| S0760 | Intro
Sine Die | Adds a definition for "other eligible entity" and includes the entity under the provisions of the net metering statute and amends the definition for multi-municipal collaborative to be called multi-party collaborative.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-26
To House Corporations Committee |
| H5808 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides tax credits for qualified investments in "opportunity zones" in Pawtucket and Central Falls.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-26
To House Finance Committee |
| S0267 | Intro
Sine Die | Includes licensed school psychologists under the provisions of the general laws governing the regulations of psychologists, and limits the authorization of school psychologist to practice school psychology to the school setting.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-26
To House Corporations Committee |
| S0776 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits commercial motor trucks, with a gross weight rating of twenty-six thousand one pounds (26,001 lbs.) or more, from traveling on Limerock Road, in Smithfield and Lincoln.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-26
To House Municipal Government Committee |
| H5228 | Intro
Sine Die | Includes licensed school psychologists under the provisions of the general laws governing the regulations of psychologists.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-26
Meeting postponed (06/26/2019) |
| S0868 | Intro
Sine Die | Directs the council on elementary/secondary education to implement assessment/evaluation systems for teachers/administrators.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-26
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| S1026 | Intro
Sine Die | Regulatory Powers Of Administration
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-26
Placed on Senate Calendar |
| S0867 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a procedure for the certification of provisional educators.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-26
To House Health, Education and Welfare Committee |
| S0410 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates the "Plastic Waste Reduction Act" designed to reduce the use of plastic bags by retail establishments by offering recyclable bag options and providing penalties for violations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-26
To House Environment and Natural Resources Committee |
| S0985 | Intro
Sine Die | Enables the city of Providence to adopt a homestead tax exemption. The value of the $350,000 would receive a homestead exemption of 40% of value while the remaining value would receive a homestead exemption of 28% of value.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-26
To House Municipal Government Committee |
| S0661 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires municipalities to adopt comprehensive solar siting ordinances addressing both roof, ground mounted and carport solar systems.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-26
To House Environment and Natural Resources Committee |
| H5806 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates a thirteen (13) member commission to review and recommend guidelines for step therapy protocols, and who would report back to the House by March 7, 2020, and would expire on May 7, 2020.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-26
Meeting postponed (06/27/2019) |
| H5314 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits a food service establishment from providing a consumer with a single-use plastic straw unless requested by the consumer.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-26
To House Environment and Natural Resources Committee |
| S0580 | Intro
Sine Die | Senate Resolution Respectfully Requesting The Rhode Island Department Of Health To Develop And Promulgate Rules And Regulations To Ensure The Confidential Communication Of Sensitive Medical Information (develops A Common Summary Of Payments Forms, To...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-26
Senate passed Sub A |
