SB 263
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- CHILDREN (Raises the legal age for individuals to be sold or delivered certain tobacco products, including electronic nicotine-delivery systems products from eighteen (18) years of age to twenty-one (21) years of age.)
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Feb 10 2021 |
07/07/2021 Signed By Governor
Jul 07 2021
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SB 270
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES (Comprehensively addresses wage discrimination, based on sex by expanding employee protections and the scope of the remedies available to employees who have experienced wage discrimination.)
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Feb 10 2021 |
07/06/2021 Signed By Governor
Jul 06 2021
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SB 4
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- THE TELEMEDICINE COVERAGE ACT (Amends the provisions of the telemedicine coverage act and provide coverage for telemedicine under Rhode Island Medicaid.)
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Jan 11 2021 |
07/06/2021 Signed By Governor
Jul 06 2021
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SB 314
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES (Grants a judge or magistrate the discretion to impose the requirement of blood and/or urine testing or the use of the ignition interlock system.)
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Feb 18 2021 |
07/06/2021 Signed By Governor
Jul 06 2021
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SB 852
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A REAPPORTIONMENT COMMISSION (Creates an eighteen (18) member special commission on reapportionment whose purpose is to draft and to report to the general assembly an act to reapportion the districts of the general assembly and the state's United States Congressional districts.)
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Apr 28 2021 |
07/06/2021 Signed By Governor
Jul 06 2021
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SB 16
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - HARM REDUCTION CENTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND PILOT PROGRAM (Creates pilot program to establish harm reduction centers where use of pre-obtained controlled substances may occur under supervision of health care professionals.)
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Jan 15 2021 |
07/06/2021 Signed By Governor
Jul 06 2021
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SB 434
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- HEALTHY AND SAFE FAMILIES AND WORKPLACE ACT (Grants paid sick leave and safe leave benefits to construction employees who work under multi-employer collective bargaining agreements, provided that certain conditions are met.)
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Feb 25 2021 |
07/03/2021 Signed By Governor
Jul 03 2021
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SB 503
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- IDENTIFICATION AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS (Allows for the sealing of records pertaining to cases for which a person is acquitted or otherwise exonerated from a charged offense and eliminates the one hundred dollar ($100) fee for the expungement of a criminal record.)
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Mar 04 2021 |
07/03/2021 Signed By Governor
Jul 03 2021
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SB 995
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Joseph Carreiro to join Colleen Feeney and Erin Lindsay in marriage on or about January 1, 2022, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island.)
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Jun 29 2021 |
07/02/2021 Signed By Governor
Jul 02 2021
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SB 412
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- ABUSED AND NEGLECTED CHILDREN (Requires the department of children, youth and families to report all suspected cases of child sexual abuse to the children's advocacy center.)
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Feb 25 2021 |
07/02/2021 Signed By Governor
Jul 02 2021
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SB 31
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SUICIDE PREVENTION--THE NATHAN BRUNO AND JASON FLATT ACT (Creates the "Nathan Bruno and Jason Flatt Act" which requires training of teachers/students/school personnel regarding suicide awareness and prevention, and the establishment of a conflict resolution process between teachers or school personnel/students.)
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Jan 19 2021 |
07/02/2021 Signed By Governor
Jul 02 2021
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SB 170
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFITS (Limits health insurance carriers that provide coverage for prescription insulin drugs used to treat diabetes to forty dollars ($40) for a copayment for a thirty (30) day supply of medically necessary insulin.)
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Feb 05 2021 |
07/02/2021 Signed By Governor
Jul 02 2021
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SB 728
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS (Removes references to minors in certain sections relative to domestic assault protective orders as the family court currently has jurisdiction over protective orders involving minors.)
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Mar 26 2021 |
07/02/2021 Signed By Governor
Jul 02 2021
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SB 609
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE-- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- FEES (Allows jurors to donate their juror fees to the state. Any such donation would be deposited into the general fund.)
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Mar 11 2021 |
07/01/2021 Signed By Governor
Jul 01 2021
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SR 1004
(2021 Regular Session)
SENATE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO ANALYZE AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING TAX EXEMPT PROPERTIES IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND (Creates an 11 member commission analyze and make recommendations regarding tax exempt properties in the State, and would report back by April 1, 2022, and expire on July 1, 2022.)
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Jul 01 2021 |
07/01/2021 Senate Read And Passed
Jul 01 2021
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SR 1005
(2021 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Expressing Deepest Sympathy Of The Passing Of Patricia Ann Diprete
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Jul 01 2021 |
07/01/2021 Senate Read And Passed
Jul 01 2021
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SB 603
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OPEN MEETINGS (Provides that public bodies not be required to hold open-forum sessions on any topic not on the meeting notice and limits comment on any topic not previously posted.)
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Mar 11 2021 |
06/30/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jun 30 2021
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SB 378
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES (Increases the reimbursement rates to be paid by the department of human services and the department for children, youth, and families, for licensed child care centers and family child care homes.)
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Feb 25 2021 |
06/30/2021 Senate Passed Sub A
Jun 30 2021
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SR 978
(2021 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Congratulating Dr. David Dooley On His Retirement As The President Of The University Of Rhode Island
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Jun 24 2021 |
06/29/2021 Senate Read And Passed
Jun 29 2021
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SB 162
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- HOME COMMUNITY CARE SERVICES TO THE ELDERLY (Extends eligibility of the Home Community Care Services Program to persons under the age of 65 suffering from Alzheimer's or a related dementia confirmed by a licensed physician with income not exceeding 250% of the federal poverty level.)
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Feb 05 2021 |
06/29/2021 Senate Read And Passed
Jun 29 2021
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