Rhode Island Bills

sponsored by Scott Slater

Bill Title Introduced Latest Action↓
HB 5491 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- NET METERING (Creates a definition for "private entity" regarding net-metering.)
Feb 10 2023 03/30/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 30 2023
HB 5587 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Sets the minimum wage for public school crossing guards at eighteen dollars ($18.00) per hour and also defines a crossing guard as a person who safely assists school students to cross the street.)
Feb 15 2023 03/29/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 29 2023
HB 5181 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Repeals the law that allowed employers to pay some of their minor employees and employees who are full time students and not attained the age of nineteen (19) less than minimum hourly wages, requiring them to be paid a minimum hourly wage.)
Jan 19 2023 03/29/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 29 2023
HB 5708 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES (Requires employers in Rhode Island with thirty (30) or more employees would be required to list competitive salary ranges on their job postings on the company's hiring page or third-party websites like Glassdoor, LinkedIn, Indeed or other job boards.)
Feb 17 2023 03/29/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 29 2023
HB 6202 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- CONTRACTORS BONDS (Provides that upon application, and good cause, the state may waive the bonding requirement for certified minority business enterprises or women owned businesses.)
Mar 24 2023 03/29/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 29 2023
HB 5251 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM (Requires all public high schools to offer as part of the curriculum a nutrition food preparation and cooking course. Effective July 1, 2023.)
Jan 27 2023 03/26/2023 Committee Postponed At Request Of Sponsor (03/29/2023)
Mar 26 2023
HB 6072 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- COMMITMENT OF ALCOHOLICS OR SUBSTANCE ABUSERS (Allows police officers to be included as persons eligible to petition to have an alcoholic or person with a substance use disorder involuntarily committed to a treatment facility.)
Mar 03 2023 03/25/2023 Withdrawn At Sponsor's Request
Mar 25 2023
HB 6151 (2023 Regular Session)
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.)
Mar 10 2023 03/23/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 23 2023
HR 5170 (2023 Regular Session)
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
Jan 19 2023 03/22/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 22 2023
HB 6053 (2023 Regular Session)
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.)
Mar 03 2023 03/22/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 22 2023
HB 5040 (2023 Regular Session)
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.)
Jan 11 2023 03/22/2023 Signed By Governor
Mar 22 2023
HB 5534 (2023 Regular Session)
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.)
Feb 15 2023 03/21/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 21 2023
HB 5873 (2023 Regular Session)
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.)
Mar 01 2023 03/21/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 21 2023
HR 5973 (2023 Regular Session)
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
Mar 01 2023 03/17/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 17 2023
HB 5967 (2023 Regular Session)
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.)
Mar 01 2023 03/17/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 17 2023
HB 5712 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Includes non-owner-occupied residential properties used for short-term rentals for tourist or transient use to be assessed as Class 2 properties on or after the assessment date of December 31, 2023.)
Feb 17 2023 03/16/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 16 2023
HB 5895 (2023 Regular Session)
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).)
Mar 01 2023 03/16/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 16 2023
HB 5546 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS (Allows schools to maintain on-site an undesignated supply of glucagon for emergency purposes. Provides for training of all school employees in the basics of diabetes care and allows for further training of delegated care aides for students with diabetes.)
Feb 15 2023 03/15/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 15 2023
HB 5447 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- TEMPORARY DISABILITY INSURANCE -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Increases the taxable wage base upon which employees make contributions to the TDI and TCI funds, increases individual benefit rates for lower wage individuals, and creates an opt- in option for self-employed workers.)
Feb 08 2023 03/15/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 15 2023
HB 5980 (2023 Regular Session)
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.)
Mar 01 2023 03/10/2023 Withdrawn At Sponsor's Request
Mar 10 2023

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