Rhode Island Bills

sponsored by Charlene Lima

Bill Title Introduced Latest Action↓
HB 7635 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - RHODE ISLAND PROMISE SCHOLARSHIP (Provides that a student who enrolls for the first semester at CCRI after the student completes basic training prior to becoming a military reservist is eligible for a promise scholarship.)
Mar 02 2022 05/04/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 04 2022
HB 7656 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY COMPUTATION (Exempts from sales and use taxes: burial containers, urns, urn liners, urn vaults, grave liners, grave vaults, burial liners, burial vaults, burial tent setups, and prayer cards.)
Mar 02 2022 05/03/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 03 2022
HB 7128 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION (Creates a sales tax holiday on August 6 and 7, 2022)
Jan 20 2022 05/03/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 03 2022
HR 8200 (2022 Regular Session)
House Resolution Proclaiming May 10Th Of 2022, As "Hmbs Flamingo Day Of Remembrance" In The State Of Rhode Island
May 03 2022 05/03/2022 House Read And Passed
May 03 2022
HB 8084 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD LIMITS (Establishes penalties for vehicles exceeding twenty-five thousand pounds (25,000 lbs) gross vehicle weight and requires certain civil penalties to be paid to the enforcing municipality.)
Apr 01 2022 04/28/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 28 2022
HB 7860 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE (Requires the executive office of health and human services to adjust, once every three (3) years the per diem reimbursement to nursing facilities, by taking into consideration increases in direct and indirect care costs.)
Mar 04 2022 04/28/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 28 2022
HB 8102 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES (Establishes review requirements for request for proposals by chief purchasing officer with duty to ensure no conflicts or appearance of conflicts of interest exist between members of technology evaluation committee/state.)
Apr 06 2022 04/28/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 28 2022
HB 7796 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RELIEF OF INJURED AND DECEASED FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS (Extends IOD benefits to police officers/firefighters suffering from post-traumatic stress injuries/provides municipal police/firefighters retiring due to PTSI accidental disability retirement allowance.)
Mar 03 2022 04/27/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 27 2022
HB 7868 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- LICENSING (Exempts anyone age sixty-five (65) or older from the fishing license fee. An application must be completed.)
Mar 04 2022 04/26/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 26 2022
HB 7134 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- CANCER (Collects and disaggregate data on childhood cancer within the state’s cancer registry.)
Jan 20 2022 04/26/2022 Referred To Senate Health And Human Services
Apr 26 2022
HB 6618 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - PAYMENTS TO FIRE COMPANIES (Same as 21H-5118 -- Provides for an appropriation of state funds to cities and towns who are members of the Narragansett Bay marine task force (NBMTF) for the maintenance of boats providing services to Narragansett Bay.)
Jan 06 2022 04/12/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 12 2022
HB 8104 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF CRANSTON TO ESTABLISH, ADOPT, AND REAPPORTION THE CITY COUNCIL AND SCHOOL COMMITTEE VOTING WARDS (Authorizes and ratifies the action of the Cranston city council which reapportioned and redistricted its six (6) voting wards based on the most recent federal decennial census.)
Apr 06 2022 04/06/2022 Introduced, Referred To House State Government & Elections
Apr 06 2022
HB 7702 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- BURGLARY AND BREAKING AND ENTERING (Creates a mandatory jail sentence of ten (10) years for two or more people who break into a business with the intent to steal.)
Mar 02 2022 04/05/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 05 2022
HB 7674 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS (Mandates the department of health, in conjunction with the department of education, to conduct a cost-benefit analysis before a mandate relating to the health and safety of children in schools would be issued.)
Mar 02 2022 04/05/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 05 2022
HB 7699 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- THEFT, EMBEZZLEMENT, FALSE PRETENSES, AND MISAPPROPRIATION (Makes possession of a catalytic converter by any person, other than a salvage yard, muffler shop or automobile or truck repair shop, presumptive evidence that the converter was stolen.)
Mar 02 2022 04/05/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 05 2022
HB 7301 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Permits any person 18 years of age or older to possess a stun gun and permits those persons with a concealed carry permit can also carry a stun gun. Adds "tasers" to the definition of "firearm." Creates appeal process for denial of permit to carry.)
Feb 02 2022 03/30/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 30 2022
HB 7696 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- BURGLARY AND BREAKING AND ENTERING--INJURY OR DEATH-DEFENSE (Creates a rebuttable presumption as a matter of law in any civil or criminal proceeding that the owner, tenant, or occupier of any place where a violent crime has occurred from a duty to retreat.)
Mar 02 2022 03/30/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 30 2022
HB 7302 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Provides that any person eighteen (18) years of age who is issued a license or permit may carry a stun gun and provides for an appeal process for denial of an application for a license or permit.)
Feb 02 2022 03/30/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 30 2022
HB 7569 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Defines suitable person relative to possessing a firearm. An unsuitable person being defined as one that is clear and present danger to themselves or others or anyone that is a member of a criminal street gang as defined under § 12-19-39(a).)
Feb 18 2022 03/30/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 30 2022
HB 7703 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- BURGLARY AND BREAKING AND ENTERING (Authorizes a retail storeowner or their agent to use reasonable force to defend the persons and property of the retail establishment. The owner or their agent could use deadly force to respond to a crime of violence.)
Mar 02 2022 03/30/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 30 2022

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