| RI | H8030 | Intro 25% | PARKS AND RECREATIONAL AREAS -- GENERAL PROVISIONS - Adds to those persons exempt from payment of parking fees at any recreational facility owned and operated by the state those individuals determined by the executive office of HHS, or its designee, ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-27 [Hearing: May 1] To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7251 | 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] | 2024-04-26 [Hearing: Apr 30] To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7250 | Intro 25% | EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT - Amends the term "extraordinary costs" for the purposes of excess costs associated with special education students. The new definition of extraordinary costs would be educational costs th... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26 [Hearing: Apr 30] To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7235 | 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] | 2024-04-26 [Hearing: Apr 30] To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7371 | Intro 25% | COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS -- FAMILY COURT - Gives statewide juvenile hearing boards the authority to refer a juvenile offender to a rehabilitative driving course, as part of a disposition of an offense before the board. The order may be en... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26 Placed on House Calendar (05/02/2024) |
| RI | H7447 | 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] | 2024-04-26 [Hearing: Apr 30] To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7629 | Intro 25% | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- INDICTMENTS, INFORMATIONS AND COMPLAINTS - Includes the offense of second-degree sexual assault among the offenses to which there shall be no statute of limitations and provides for a ten (10) year statute of limitations for thi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26 Placed on House Calendar (05/02/2024) |
| RI | H7742 | Intro 25% | COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR ACTIONS -- SMALL CLAIMS AND CONSUMER CLAIMS - Amends procedures and fees relative to claims of appeal in small claims actions. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26 Placed on House Calendar (04/30/2024) |
| RI | H7901 | Intro 25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- COMPREHENSIVE DISCHARGE PLANNING - Requires coverage for residential/inpatient mental health services for detox/stabilization/substance abuse disorders without preauthorization or be subject to concurrent review during the first ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26 [Hearing: May 1] To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H8094 | Intro 25% | EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS - Waives, for one year, the Rhode Island whole grain requirement for meals served in Rhode Island public schools. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-26 Placed on House Calendar (05/02/2024) |
| RI | H7029 | Intro 25% | PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- CONTRIBUTION AND BENEFITS - Increases the maximum post retirement employment earnings from eighteen thousand dollars ($18,000) to twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) a year for certain retired ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7993 | Intro 25% | EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT - Allows for a one-time two percent (2%) supplemental cost of living adjustment for plan year 2025 to the public pension benefits administered by the ERSRI, and allows for those benefits to be deducted from the taxpa... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H8202 | Intro 25% | EDUCATION -- OFFENSES PERTAINING TO SCHOOLS - Bans preferential treatment to a university applicant because of the student's familial relationship to a previous university attendee. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 To House Education Committee |
| RI | H8184 | Pass | House Resolution Commemorating "national Crime Victims' Week" On April 21st Through April 27th, 2024, In The State Of Rhode Island [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23 House read and passed |
| RI | H8187 | Pass | House Resolution Honoring Robert L. G. Batchelor, Cpa, On The Occasion Of His Retirement [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23 House read and passed |
| RI | H7747 | Engross 50% | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION - Allows victims of violent crime receiving awards under the state's crime victim compensation program to use up to $1,000 of their total award to make reasonable modification to their residence to... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-16 To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7743 | Intro 25% | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- TRIAL - Allows a criminal defendant before the superior court to waive their right to a jury trial with the consent of the attorney general. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11 To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H8003 | Intro 25% | Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $10,000,000 To The Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council (crmc) (this Resolution Would Authorize The Appropriation Of The Sum Of $10,000,000 To The Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Coun... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-10 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H8154 | Intro 25% | COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- FAMILY COURT - Permits the family court to disclose criminal records of juvenile offenders to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System for the purposes of background check conducted when an individual attemp... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-10 To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H8160 | Intro 25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- BEHAVIORAL HEALTH EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND COORDINATION FUND - Establishes the behavioral health education, training, and coordination fund to receive the checkoff contributions from Rhode Island personal income tax returns for t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-10 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H8155 | Intro 25% | PROBATE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE -- PRACTICE IN PROBATE COURTS - Outlines the process for a person petitioning to change their name in the probate court in the town or city where they reside. It also makes the statute regarding name change gender neutr... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-10 To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7934 | Intro 25% | Joint Resolution Supporting Continued Focus And Actions For Improved Coordination Between Agencies Responsible For Early Childhood And Early Learning Programs [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09 To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H7734 | Engross 50% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- DENSE BREAST NOTIFICATION AND EDUCATION - Amends the notice requirement to patients to follow the mandated FDA national reporting standards [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-05 To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | H7096 | 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] | 2024-04-04 To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7562 | Intro 25% | FISH AND WILDLIFE -- FURBEARING ANIMALS - Deletes subsection (b) of this section which lists the furbearing mammals in the state and requires DEM to promulgate by rule, a list of "furbearers" for this chapter. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04 To House Environment and Natural Resources Committee |
| RI | H7642 | 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] | 2024-04-04 To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7107 | Intro 25% | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- LABOR RELATIONS ACT - Allows governmental employee union contracts to contain specific references to specific health insurance companies. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-03 To House Labor Committee |
| RI | H7239 | Engross 50% | 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 ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-03 To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7757 | Engross 50% | HIGHWAYS -- SCENIC HIGHWAYS - Amends the composition of the scenic roadways board reducing the number of members from eleven (11) to nine (9). [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-03 To Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee |
| RI | H8102 | Intro 25% | EDUCATION -- SCHOOL EMERGENCY DRILLS ACT - Makes revisions to the number, timing, and procedures to be followed when schools grades K through 12 implement fire drills, evacuation drills, and crisis response drills, designed to protect the health and ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-03 To House Education Committee |
| RI | H7017 | Intro 25% | PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION - Directs PUC to extend utility termination moratorium for gas/electricity from April 15 to May 1, of each year with discretion to respond to emergency/ economic conditions/customers' needs... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02 To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H7688 | Intro 25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- TOURISM AND DEVELOPMENT - Redirects the distribution of the hotel tax money generated in the South County regional tourism district. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7355 | Intro 25% | EDUCATION -- COUNCIL ON POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION - Prohibits colleges and universities from withholding a student's transcript due to the student failing to pay any expenses owed to the college or university but permits the withholding of a student's ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27 To House Education Committee |
| RI | H8108 | Intro 25% | EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND HOPE SCHOLARSHIP PILOT PROGRAM ACT - Extends the sunset date of the Rhode Island hope scholarship pilot program from 2028 to 2030, in order to allow the program to provide eligible students with funding for tuition and manda... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27 To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7540 | Intro 25% | ELECTIONS -- PRIMARIES FOR ELECTION OF DELEGATES TO NATIONAL CONVENTIONS AND FOR PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE - Establishes the Ranked Choice Voting for Rhode Island Presidential Primaries and provides for new sections on Ranked Choice Voting Tabulation a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26 To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H7564 | Intro 25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF NURSING SERVICE AGENCIES - Removes the exemption from licensure for certain nursing service agencies accredited by the joint commission. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26 To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H7940 | Intro 25% | COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- SENIOR SAVINGS PROTECTION ACT - Prohibits the charging of any fees to a senior citizen who is 65 years of age or older for a hard-copy paper bill, invoice or statement. The violation of this provisio... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26 To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H8101 | Pass | House Resolution Congratulating Jerry Zarrella Jr. On Winning Three Awards From The National Association Of Homebuilders At The Prestigious 2024 Best In American Living (bala) Awards Ceremony [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26 House read and passed |
| RI | H7365 | Intro 25% | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Prohibits healthcare entities from interfering with a patient's right to choose to obtain a clinician-administered drug from their provider or pharmacy of choice. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19 To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H7735 | Intro 25% | INSURANCE -- INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE - Requires insurance coverage for at a minimum up to ninety (90) days of residential or inpatient services for mental health and/or substance use disorders for American Society of... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19 To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H7818 | Intro 25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- DENTISTS AND DENTAL HYGIENISTS - Permits reimbursement for dental hygienists from "other insurance" or a third party payor such as Medicare. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19 To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H7878 | Intro 25% | 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 fe... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19 To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H8025 | Intro 25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- REPRODUCTIVE TISSUE SAFETY AND STORAGE ACT OF 2024 - Creates the "Reproductive Tissue Safety and Storage Act of 2024." [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19 To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H8073 | Intro 25% | INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES - Provides that health insurance plans would provide coverage the use of artificial intelligence technology for analysis of breast tissue diagnostic imaging. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19 To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H8081 | Pass | House Resolution Celebrating The 26th Annual "women In Construction Week" On March 3-9, 2024, In The State Of Rhode Island [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19 House read and passed |
| RI | H7842 | Intro 25% | ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- MANUFACTURING AND WHOLESALE LICENSES - Allows for the holder of a manufacturer’s license to be able to sell one one-sixth (1/6) barrel key of malt beverage, produced on the premises, per day. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14 To House Small Business Committee |
| RI | H7843 | Intro 25% | ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- MANUFACTURING AND WHOLESALE LICENSES - Allows for the holder of a manufacturer’s license to be able to transport beer, spirits or wine between its satellite taprooms. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14 To House Small Business Committee |
| RI | H7217 | Intro 25% | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- ASSAULT WEAPONS - Bans the possession, sale, and transfer of assault weapons. Possession of assault weapons owned on the effective date of this act to be "grandfathered". Violations are punishable by a fine or imprisonment. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13 To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7269 | Intro 25% | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS - Prohibits purchases of more than one firearm in any thirty (30) day period. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13 To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7268 | Intro 25% | CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS - Requires purchasers of firearms, to take and pass a basic firearm safety test and requires the firearm test administered by DEM be updated every two years, as deemed appropriate and repeals § 11-47-35.2. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13 To House Judiciary Committee |