| RI | H8170 | Intro
25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- CONTRACTORS' REGISTRATION AND LICENSING BOARD - Requires all applicants who seek to register as a contractor to produce a legible copy of a valid government issued identification.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-18
[Hearing: Apr 23]
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H7725 | Engross
50% | EDUCATION -- CERTIFICATION OF TEACHERS - Allows emergency preliminary certificates for teaching to be issued for up to a total of five (5) years.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-16
To Senate Education Committee |
| RI | H7082 | Intro
25% | INSURANCE -- NONPROFIT DENTAL SERVICE CORPORATIONS -- THE RHODE ISLAND FAIR SHARE FOR DENTAL CARE ACT - Requires carriers offering dental benefit plans to annually submit information which includes the current and projected medical loss ratio for cla...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H7244 | Engross
50% | TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS - Authorizes the town of Cumberland to require the registration of certain business entities not registered with the secretary of state that are situated in Cumberland.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence |
| RI | H7245 | Engross
50% | ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- DOGS - Increases the fines for dog ordinance violations in the town of Cumberland.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
Committee recommends passage in concurrence |
| RI | H7542 | Intro
25% | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- INSPECTION OF MOTOR VEHICLES - Changes the inspection requirement for a new motor vehicle from two (2) years to five (5) years from the date of purchase.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7717 | Intro
25% | INSURANCE -- HEALTH CARE ACCESSIBILITY AND QUALITY ASSURANCE ACT - Requires healthcare plans in RI to notify providers of any proposed amendments to an agreement 60 days before the effective date and requires 60 days notice of any amendment to a manu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H8041 | Intro
25% | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H8167 | Pass | House Resolution Reaffirming The Friendship Between The State Of Rhode Island And Taiwan While Supporting Enhanced Bilateral Relations With Taiwan And Taiwan's Participation In The International Community
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
House read and passed |
| RI | H8149 | Intro
25% | PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- ADMINISTRATION - Reduces the number of years from five (5) to three (3), when calculating for retirement purposes, the average of the highest consecutive years of compensation, for state and munic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-05
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H8138 | Pass | House Resolution Proclaiming April To Be "holocaust & Genocide Awareness Month" In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
House read and passed |
| RI | H7290 | Intro
25% | EDUCATION -- COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE - Directs each local education agency adopt a program to monitor absenteeism data to identify students who are at risk for chronic absenteeism before it becomes a chronic situation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-03
To House Education Committee |
| RI | H7560 | Engross
50% | EDUCATION -- SHEILA C. "SKIP" NOWELL ACADEMY - Provides for changes to the operating structure of the Nowell Academy establishing a cooperative agreement among school districts.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-03
To Senate Education Committee |
| RI | H7086 | Intro
25% | PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- VEGETATION MANAGEMENT FOR ELECTRIC SYSTEM RELIABILITY - Requires an electric distribution company to develop and act pursuant to a vegetation management plan approved by the DPUC to carry out vegetation management act...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H7241 | Intro
25% | TOWNS AND CITIES -- OPTIONAL RETIREMENT FOR MEMBERS OF POLICE FORCE AND FIREFIGHTERS - Amends definition for final compensation, relative to police officers and firefighters, provides them life annuity regardless of age or years of service, upon reti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| RI | H8124 | Pass | House Resolution Proclaiming April Of 2024, To Be "financial Literacy Month" In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02
House read and passed |
| RI | H8122 | Pass | House Resolution Proclaiming April Of 2024, To Be "parkinson's Awareness Month" In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02
House read and passed |
| RI | H8126 | Pass | House Resolution Commemorating April Of 2024, As "national Community Development Month" In The State Of Rhode Island And Celebrating The Important And Impactful Work Done On A Daily Basis By The Housing Network Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02
House read and passed |
| RI | H8125 | Pass | House Resolution Recognizing And Commending The National Conference Of State Legislatures On Its 50th Anniversary In 2025
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02
House read and passed |
| RI | H7679 | Intro
25% | MOTOR AND MOTOR VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION FEES - Provides that when a registrant voluntarily cancels the registrant's motor vehicle registration, that person would receive a partial refund of the fee that had been paid.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7304 | Intro
25% | PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT - Requires landlords of residential properties give tenants notice of rent increase at least 90 days prior to increase and requires notice requirement for rent increases for month to month tenants who a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H8044 | Intro
25% | LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKPLACE PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY ACT - Protects bullying/psychological abuse in workplace inflicted upon employees by employers/co-employees/provides civil remedies to affected employees/fines against employers/imprisonment...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Labor Committee |
| RI | H7394 | Intro
25% | House Resolution Respectfully Calling For Publication And Affirmation Of The Equal Rights Amendment (requests That The President, Joseph R. Biden, Publish Without Delay The Equal Rights Amendment As Our Twenty-eighth Amendment To The Constitution Of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H7712 | Intro
25% | 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 aerona...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H7945 | Intro
25% | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY LICENSURE COMPACT - Creates the occupational therapy licensure compact that would allow licensed occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants to practice in all states that join the co...
[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 | H7571 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- CASINO GAMING - Amends the law consistent with the advent of iGaming and new technology and codifies the payment of investigatory expenses incurred by the State in limited circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7603 | Intro
25% | PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- RESIDENTIAL SOLAR ENERGY DISCLOSURE AND HOMEOWNERS BILL OF RIGHTS ACT - Repeals the "Residential Solar Energy Disclosure and Homeowners Bill of Rights Act." Amends title 5 "Businesses and Professions" to include a new...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
To House Corporations Committee |
| RI | H8089 | Pass | House Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of Ronald L. St. Pierre
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
House read and passed |
| RI | H8087 | Pass | House Resolution Commemorating "medal Of Honor Day" On March 25, 2024, In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
House read and passed |
| RI | H8088 | Pass | House Resolution Commemorating The 1000th Repaired Gravestone Of The Major Sullivan Ballou Camp #3 In The Rhode Island Department Of The Sons Of Union Veterans Of The Civil War, And Honoring Those Who Have Volunteered To Repair Those Grave Markers
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
House read and passed |
| RI | H7129 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OPEN MEETINGS - Allows school committees to add item(s) not appearing in published notice to their agendas for purposes of discussion only if the revised agenda is filed with the secretary of state and posted on distri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H7181 | Intro
25% | PUBLIC RECORDS -- ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS - Makes changes to the access to public records act, including clarifying various provisions, increasing the sanctions for knowing and willful violations of the law, and making certain traffic accident data ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19
To House State Government & Elections 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 | H7544 | Intro
25% | EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND PROMISE SCHOLARSHIP -- RHODE ISLAND HOPE SCHOLARSHIP PILOT PROGRAM - Extends the time for which a student may enroll in order to qualify for the Promise Scholarship or the Hope Scholarship up to one year after high school gr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15
Withdrawn at sponsor's request |
| RI | H8079 | Intro
25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HEALTH PROFESSIONAL LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM - Increases the annual appropriation for the Health Professional Loan Repayment Program from one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to one million dollars ($1,000,000).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H8078 | Intro
25% | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE LADDERS TO LICENSURE PROGRAM - Implements a grant program to fund public or private partnerships that provide opportunities for healthcare paraprofessionals to pursue higher education degrees and health professiona...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7410 | Intro
25% | PROPERTY -- RECORDING OF INSTRUMENTS - Prohibits subscription or access fee charges for public access to recorded real estate instruments/limits recording and copying fees to amounts provided by statute with regards to cities/towns/third-party provid...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-12
To House Judiciary Committee |
| RI | H7887 | Intro
25% | House Resolution Respectfully Urging The United States Congress To Protect Patients And Traditional Medicare From Medicare Advantage
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-12
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H7301 | Engross
50% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTHCARE FACILITIES - Allows the healthcare facility to conduct human-subject research on patients subject to 21 C.F.R. Pt 50 and/or 45 C.F.R. Pt 46 (relating to the informed consent of human subjects).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-08
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| RI | H8048 | 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] | 2024-03-08
To House Finance Committee |
| RI | H7378 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES - Permits every municipality in the state to offer a homestead tax exemption of up to 20% of assessed value on residential properties, and also provides that municipalities that grant greater exemptions ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| RI | H7379 | Intro
25% | TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES - Permits municipalities to enact ordinances that provides them the authority to organize local tax amnesty events once every three (3) years.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07
To House Municipal Government & Housing Committee |
| RI | H7195 | Intro
25% | EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS - Establishes a one-year pilot outreach and tracking program at two public high and middle schools to address issues of asthma and attendance among students.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-06
To House Education Committee |
| RI | H7289 | Intro
25% | EDUCATION -- COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE - Directs the department of elementary and secondary education to establish a two (2) year pilot outreach and tracking program at two (2) public high schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-06
To House Education Committee |
| RI | H7736 | Intro
25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ALCOHOLISM - Requires the dept of behavioral healthcare/developmental disabilities/hospitals to coordinate with the DOH to propose revisions to chapter 1.10 and 10.1 of title 23, including updates and revisions of statutory langu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-05
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H8020 | Pass | House Resolution Proclaiming March As "colorectal Cancer Awareness Month" In The State Of Rhode Island
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-05
House read and passed |
| RI | H7364 | Intro
25% | 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 Jan...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
To House Health & Human Services Committee |
| RI | H7386 | Intro
25% | LIBRARIES -- STATE AID TO LIBRARIES -- FREEDOM TO READ - Encourages and protects the freedom of public libraries to acquire materials without limitations and prohibits materials being removed from public libraries due to partisan or doctrinal disappr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
| RI | H7584 | Intro
25% | PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES - Reduces the required number of members present to constitute a quorum from three (3) to two (2) members.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
To House State Government & Elections Committee |
