| RI | S2753 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- COMPOSTING AND ORGANIC WASTE DIVERSION - Establishes Compost Fund to award grants related to reducing the amount of solid waste generated in the state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2771 | Intro
25% | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- THREATS AND EXTORTION - Considers election officials and poll workers "public officials" for purposes of the prohibition on making threats to public officials.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2042 | Intro
25% | EDUCATION -- TRANSPARENCY IN ARTS EDUCATION ACCESS AND PROFICIENCY ACT - Establishes the Transparency in Arts Education Access and Proficiency Act to promote arts education.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-03
To Senate Education Committee |
| RI | S2288 | Intro
25% | EDUCATION -- CERTIFICATION OF TEACHERS - Requires all educator preparation programs to include lessons on cultural competency and how teachers shall meet the instructional needs of multilingual learners.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-03
To Senate Education Committee |
| RI | S2304 | Intro
25% | WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- COASTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT COUNCIL - Requires that a super majority of three-fifths (3/5) of the duly appointed council is required to override a recommendation by the CRMC staff.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-03
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S2534 | Intro
25% | WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- COASTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT COUNCIL - Requires that the appointment of public members to the coastal resources management council to include an active, licensed fisher, a representative from Save the Bay and from an organiza...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-03
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S2746 | Intro
25% | WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- COASTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT COUNCIL - Requires that any lease of tidal lands, or any license issued to use those lands, be approved by the general assembly, and that the coastal resources management council review all reques...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-03
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S2928 | Intro
25% | 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.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-03
Committee recommended Substitute A be held for further study |
| RI | S2069 | Intro
25% | 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.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2085 | Intro
25% | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Increases insurance coverage for hearing aids from one thousand five hundred dollars to two thousand dollars, per ear, every three years for all people regardless of age.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2439 | Intro
25% | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- SENTENCE AND EXECUTION - Requires the courts to consider the parental status of the defendant at the time of sentencing and allows the defendant to present a family impact statement, including testimony, videos and documents rel...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2648 | Intro
25% | COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- CAUSES OF ACTION - Makes all sexual abuse or exploitation of a child causes of action not subject to statute of limitations whether lapsed or time-barred.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2626 | Intro
25% | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Requires health plans that provide prescription benefits to cover at least one type of glucagon auto-injector, nasal spray, or formulation that does not require reconstitution to treat hypoglyce...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2553 | Intro
25% | PUBLIC FINANCE -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AND PUBLIC ASSISTANCE CASELOAD ESTIMATING CONFERENCES - Requires that the department of human services and the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals provide forecasted costs...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02
Committee continued |
| RI | S2776 | Intro
25% | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- SENTENCE AND EXECUTION - Requires the court to set reasonable bail for all those individuals who appear before it as probation violators and establish a presumption of personal recognizance unless the new alleged offense is a cr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2775 | Intro
25% | DELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN -- PROCEEDINGS IN FAMILY COURT - Prohibit the family court from detaining any juvenile or committing any juvenile, under the age of 14 years, to the training school, for any offense other than murder, first degree se...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2176 | Intro
25% | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Mandates health insurance coverage to include transportation for emergency services by ambulance or rescue.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-01
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2222 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS' BILL OF RIGHTS - Repeals the law enforcement officers' bill of rights, chapter 42-28.6 of the general laws, in its entirety.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2377 | Intro
25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ASSISTED LIVING RESIDENCE LICENSING ACT - Establishes, encourages and supports the establishment of family councils in managed residential communities providing assisted living services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2604 | Intro
25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES - Includes immediate family members and related parties to be included in the definitions applicable to the chapter and require that information for nursing facility applicants for initial lice...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2591 | Intro
25% | EDUCATION -- STUDENT LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM - Creates the Rhode Island Student Loan Authority which would allow eligible individual to discharge student loan debt.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2651 | Intro
25% | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- CUSTODIAL LAW ENFORCEMENT SEXUAL PENETRATION - Establishes criteria for the criminal offense of sexual assault when the victim is in the custody of a peace officer and also provides that a person convicted of custodial sexual ass...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2572 | Intro
25% | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $6,000,000 To Onward We Learn In Ri (authorizes The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $6,000,000 To Onward We Learn In Ri.)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2143 | Intro
25% | EDUCATION -- SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS - Authorizes the school administration to issue an out-of-school suspension to students if they are a threat to the safety of others.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To Senate Education Committee |
| RI | S2242 | Intro
25% | HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE -- HOLIDAYS - Changes the name of the holiday on the second Monday of August from Victory Day to Peace and Remembrance Day.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee |
| RI | S2468 | Intro
25% | PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE - Requires the department of administration to provide a list of certified minority and women-owned business enterprises to each prospective contractor of a construction project.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To Senate Labor Committee |
| RI | S2466 | Intro
25% | PUBLIC PROPERTY -- MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE - Increases the minimum required awarded to minority business enterprises to 20% and of that, require a minimum of 10% be awarded to minority owned businesses and that a minimum of 10% be awarded to wom...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To Senate Labor Committee |
| RI | S2412 | Intro
25% | WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- DAM PERMITS - Renames 46-19.1, allows existing docks on ponds with 1400 normal storage feet of water per DEM, allows property owner to commence work on property without pond owner authorization.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S2543 | Intro
25% | PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES -- LEAD BY EXAMPLE ACT - Bans state purchases of plastic bottles and also requires state funds to be used to lease or purchase electric vehicles and renewable energy efficient technologies for use on state...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S2116 | Intro
25% | DELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN -- PROCEEDINGS IN FAMILY COURT - Prohibits any questioning of a juvenile who is suspected of delinquent or criminal behavior, unless the parent of guardian of the juvenile is present, or unless an attorney is present...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2622 | Intro
25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- FOOD ALLERGY AWARENESS IN FOOD-SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS - Requires food service establishments to add an additional warning to their menus relative to food allergens and impose a civil penalty on those establishments that fail to i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2179 | Intro
25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- UNIFORM TELEHEALTH ACT - Allows an out-of-state health care practitioner to provide telehealth services to a patient located in this state if the services are consistent with the practitioner's scope of practice and state and fed...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2182 | Intro
25% | 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.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2038 | Intro
25% | EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND EARLY EDUCATOR COMPENSATION STABILIZATION ACT - Directs the departments of human services and education to work together to sustain and strengthen existing workforce development and compensation programs for educators workin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20
To Senate Education Committee |
| RI | S2144 | Intro
25% | EDUCATION -- CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES - Requires transition planning for high school students with disabilities, who have a "504" plan, like the transition planning required for high school students with disabilities, who have an individualized edu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20
To Senate Education Committee |
| RI | S2296 | Intro
25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PESTICIDE CONTROL - Prohibits the application of lawn care pesticides on the grounds of any public or private pre-school or public or private school with students in grade twelve (12) or lower, except in an emergency situation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S2300 | Intro
25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- MICROPLASTICS REDUCTION ACT - Prohibits a manufacturer from selling, offering for sale, or distributing into commerce any product containing synthetic polymer micro particles beginning January 1, 2028.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S2512 | Intro
25% | EDUCATION -- CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES - Establishes a task force managed by the children's cabinet to develop recommendations to improve access to early intervention and early childhood special education services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20
To Senate Education Committee |
| RI | S2745 | Intro
25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PESTICIDE CONTROL - Precludes the use of second generation anticoagulant rodenticide products which contain brodifacoum, bromadiolone, difenacoum, or difethialone, except in certain circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S2438 | Intro
25% | PROPERTY - Limits the use of certain criminal records and credit history reports in denying housing to prospective applicants, and provides for fines for failure to comply, and requires notices of denials to be sent to the prospective tenants.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | S2546 | Intro
25% | EDUCATION -- FOUNDATION LEVEL SCHOOL SUPPORT - Modifies the current law to allow for approval of construction projects within school districts, rather than needing the project to be commenced by a certain date, permitting the municipality to take adv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2721 | Intro
25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- NATIONAL PROVIDER IDENTIFIER OFF-CAMPUS LOCATIONS - Requires each off-campus location of a hospital and each subpart of an organization health care provider to have a unique identification number so that the costs associated with...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2345 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND INDIVIDUAL MARKET AFFORDABILITY ACT OF 2024 - Creates the Rhode Island Individual Market Affordability Act of 2024 to help reduce out-of-pocket costs for low- and moderate-income consumers enrolled in the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2190 | Intro
25% | TOWNS AND CITIES -- HISTORICAL AREA ZONING - Authorizes the town of South Kingstown to adopt a local ordinance to delay the demolition of historic properties located in the town.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S2186 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HOUSING AND RESOURCES ACT OF 1998 - Incorporates universal design principals into new construction of low- and moderate-income housing to provide greater accessibility for persons with disabilities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S2178 | Intro
25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHYSICIAN ASSISTANCE LICENSING COMPACT ACT - Adopts the model compact for the physician assistant's licensure compact in Rhode Island.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | S2496 | Intro
25% | THE CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM - Authorizes the submission of proposals for several bonds to the people of the state at the general election to be held in November, 2024. These bonds relate to capital development and the "green economy."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
To Senate Finance Committee |
| RI | S2631 | Intro
25% | PROPERTY -- COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE ACT - Grants a right of first offer to qualified nonprofits for the purchase of certain multi-family residential properties at market prices, within a reasonable period of time to promote the creation and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | S2471 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT - Increases the minimum wage amount for any person committed to the adult correctional institution from three dollars to five dollars a day for every day the person shall labor.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13
To Senate Labor Committee |
| RI | S2301 | Intro
25% | FOOD AND DRUGS -- FORCE-FED POULTRY PRODUCTS - Prohibits force-feeding to create a force-fed poultry product nor hire another to engage in force feeding of a poultry product. Violations would be subject to a civil penalty of $500.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
