HB 5928
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Effective January 1, 2024, increases the minimum hourly wage to fourteen dollars and fifty cents ($14.50) to sixteen dollars and seventy-five cents ($16.75) the next year, the next year to nineteen dollars ($19.00).)
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Mar 01 2023 |
03/29/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 29 2023
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HB 5590
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Commencing 1/1/24, gradually increases the minimum wage for employees receiving gratuities from the current ($3.89) to ($14.95) by 1/1/28 and on 1/1/29 the minimum wage shall be no less than the minimum wage established by the minimum wage law.)
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Feb 15 2023 |
03/29/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 29 2023
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HB 5747
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES (Provides employees with civil administrative remedies against contractors, subcontractors involved in the contract with joint/severable liability imposed on contractors or subcontractors. Effective 9/1/2023.)
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Feb 21 2023 |
03/29/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 29 2023
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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.)
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Feb 15 2023 |
03/29/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 29 2023
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HB 5015
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Repeals the law that prevented municipalities from establishing their own minimum wage for their employees.)
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Jan 06 2023 |
03/29/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 29 2023
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HB 6142
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- DOMESTIC WORKERS' BILL OF RIGHTS (Establishes a bill of rights for domestic workers and provides for a minimum set of benefits relating to working conditions, hours worked and time off from work.)
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Mar 08 2023 |
03/29/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 29 2023
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HB 5588
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Raises minimum wage on January 1, 2026 and each January 1 thereafter, by the percentage increase in the CPI-U, as published by the US Dept. of Labor Statistics, as of August of the previous year over the level as of August of the year preceding that year.)
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Feb 15 2023 |
03/28/2023 Withdrawn At Sponsor's Request (03/29/2023)
Mar 28 2023
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HB 5589
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Raises the minimum wage for the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029, to $15.50, $17.00, $18.50, $20.00, and $21.00, per hour, respectively.)
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Feb 15 2023 |
03/28/2023 Withdrawn At Sponsor's Request (03/29/2023)
Mar 28 2023
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HB 6064
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- COMMERCIAL SEXUAL ACTIVITY (Prohibits arrest of any person engaged in commercial sexual activity or massage without a license if they report to law enforcement, enumerated criminal offenses to include assault, sexual assault, homicide, robbery, larceny and the like.)
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Mar 03 2023 |
03/22/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 22 2023
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HB 5924
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1990 -- THE CROWN ACT (Defines the terms "race and ethnicity" to include ancestry, color, ethnic group identification, and ethnic background and inclusive of traits historically associated with race, including, but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles.)
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Mar 01 2023 |
03/22/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 22 2023
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HB 5777
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SUPPORT AND ACCESS TO BILINGUAL EDUCATION ACT (Creates a new chapter for the support and access to bilingual education. It creates a dual language program fund to be administered by the department of education. Local education agencies would be eligible to apply to the department for funding.)
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Feb 22 2023 |
03/22/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 22 2023
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HB 5351
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO 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 fertilization (IVF).)
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Feb 03 2023 |
03/21/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 21 2023
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HR 6173
(2023 Regular Session)
House Resolution Welcoming The Golden Rule Sailboat To Rhode Island In Support Of A Nuclear-Free World
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Mar 21 2023 |
03/21/2023 House Read And Passed
Mar 21 2023
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HB 5658
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- COUNSELING COMPACT (Adopts a counseling compact for the interstate practice of licensed professional counselors by providing for the mutual recognition of other member state licenses.)
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Feb 17 2023 |
03/19/2023 Committee Postponed At Request Of Sponsor (03/21/2023)
Mar 19 2023
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HB 5785
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION (Prohibits contracts with private, for-profit prison facilities or with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for the purposes of housing and detaining people.)
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Feb 22 2023 |
03/17/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 17 2023
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HR 5727
(2023 Regular Session)
JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO SAFEGUARD RHODE ISLAND AGAINST NUCLEAR WEAPONS (This resolution creates an eleven (11) member special legislative commission to study and provide recommendation to safeguard Rhode Island against nuclear weapons.)
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Feb 17 2023 |
03/17/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 17 2023
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HB 5764
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND INCLUSIVE HOME DESIGN ACT (Establishes the Rhode Island Inclusive Home Design Act as a new article in the state building code.)
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Feb 21 2023 |
03/17/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 17 2023
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HB 5786
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- MUNICIPAL DETENTION FACILITY CORPORATIONS (Repeals the municipal detention facility corporations and prohibits the operation of private detention facilities and private public partnerships within the state. Those currently in operation may continue to do so until December 31, 2030.)
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Feb 22 2023 |
03/17/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 17 2023
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HB 5763
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- EQUITY IMPACT STATEMENT ACT (Creates the "equity impact statement act", requiring that all legislation submitted in the general assembly include an equity impact statement.)
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Feb 21 2023 |
03/17/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 17 2023
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HB 5950
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Provides for certain farm, forest or open space property to be withdrawn from classification for renewable energy production.)
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Mar 01 2023 |
03/16/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 16 2023
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