Rhode Island Bills

sponsored by Jonathon Acosta

Bill Title Introduced Latest Action↓
SB 687 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- BENEFIT DETERMINATION AND UTILIZATION REVIEW ACT (Prohibits health benefit plans reviewing prescriptions for opioid addiction treatment.)
Mar 20 2023 05/31/2023 Referred To House Health & Human Services
May 31 2023
SB 390 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT--IMMIGRATION STATUS (Prohibits a landlord from inquiring about the immigration status of a tenant subject to any federal laws or regulations, but may request financial information or proof of identity.)
Feb 16 2023 05/30/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 30 2023
SR 985 (2023 Regular Session)
JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $28,000,000 TO OLNEYVILLE HOUSING CORPORATION (DBA ONE NEIGHBORHOOD BUILDERS), IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CROSSROADS RI, FOSTER FORWARD, AND FAMILY SERVICE OF RHODE ISLAND (Authorizes the appropriation of the sum of $28,000,000 to Olneyville Housing Corporation (dba ONE Neighborhood Builders), in partnership with Crossroads RI, Foster Forward, and Family Service of Rhode Island.)
May 15 2023 05/30/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 30 2023
SB 911 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT (Creates a tenant bill of rights to the right to counsel, the right to habitability, the right to organize free, the right to be free from discrimination, the right to first refusal if the landlord decides to sell the property, and right to renew lease.)
Mar 30 2023 05/30/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 30 2023
SB 808 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT (Provides that landlords would pay interest on security deposits in residential landlord-tenant matters.)
Mar 23 2023 05/30/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 30 2023
SB 70 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE COLLEGE CRUSADE SCHOLARSHIP (Provides that scholarships received directly from the College Crusade Scholarship Program would not be considered financial aid pursuant to the Rhode Island Promise Scholarships.)
Feb 01 2023 05/30/2023 Meeting Postponed (05/31/2023)
May 30 2023
SB 904 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- MERIT SYSTEM (Enables the governor to determine the salary of the director of the department of children, youth and families for the year 2023.)
Mar 30 2023 05/30/2023 Signed By Governor
May 30 2023
SB 365 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT (Increases the amount of time of notice a residential landlord must give to a tenant prior to any rent increase.)
Feb 16 2023 05/30/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 30 2023
SB 537 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SCHOOL FUNDS AND PROPERTY (Directs the department of education to develop and adopt regulations for energy capable school buildings.)
Mar 07 2023 05/25/2023 Committee Recommended Substitute A Be Held For Further Study
May 25 2023
SB 117 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- COMMISSION TO MONITOR THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN STATE GOVERNMENT (Establishes a commission to study the use of artificial intelligence in the decision-making process of state government.)
Feb 01 2023 05/25/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 25 2023
SB 654 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES (Prohibits DMV, in conjunction with the installation of an ignition interlock system to generate or maintain a notice of pre-suspension for failure to satisfy penalty imposed for an alcohol related event until the time frame for completion has passed.)
Mar 07 2023 05/25/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 25 2023
SB 535 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT (Increases rates for supplemental assistance. Increases supplemental income allowance and personal needs allowance by the same increase in CPI-U for the recent calendar year over the previous calendar year.)
Mar 07 2023 05/25/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 25 2023
SB 977 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES (Increases the number of child care licensing inspectors to meet the national recommended average of one inspector for every fifty (50) to sixty (60) child care providers.)
May 15 2023 05/24/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 24 2023
SB 811 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER SCREENING, DISCIPLINE AND DECERTIFICATION (Creates an officer discipline board and provides law enforcement personal to comply with this act.)
Mar 23 2023 05/23/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 23 2023
SB 360 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS' BILL OF RIGHTS (Repeals the Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights, Chapter 42-28.6 of the General Laws, in its entirety.)
Feb 16 2023 05/23/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 23 2023
SB 751 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES -- DRIVER PRIVILEGE CARDS AND PERMITS (Reduces the fee for an original driver privilege card from fifty dollars ($50.00) to twenty-five dollars ($25.00).)
Mar 22 2023 05/23/2023 Signed By Governor
May 23 2023
SR 999 (2023 Regular Session)
JOINT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATION OF FIVE MILLION DOLLARS ($5,000,000) TO COMMERCE RHODE ISLAND FOR EXPRESS PURPOSE OF PROVIDING BASE LEVEL OPERATION FUNDS FOR LOCAL VISITOR CENTERS (This resolution authorizes the appropriation of the sum of five million dollars ($5,000,000) to Commerce Rhode Island for funding of local visitor centers.)
May 15 2023 05/23/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 23 2023
SB 615 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- LAW ENFORCEMENT INTEGRITY ACT (Specifies and restricts use of excessive physical force by peace officers and creates a civil action for constitutional rights violations as well as impose a duty to intervene on officers on scene. Requires reporting of incident information.)
Mar 07 2023 05/23/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 23 2023
SB 32 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- HEALTH CARE FOR CHILDREN AND PREGNANT WOMEN--EQUALITY IN ABORTION COVERAGE (Provides for abortion coverage in the Medicaid program and repeals the abortion coverage exclusion for state employee insurance plans.)
Jan 18 2023 05/18/2023 Signed By Governor
May 18 2023
SB 968 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- BUSINESS CORPORATION TAX (Allows cannabis establishments, as defined pursuant to § 21-28.11-3, to claim any deduction to income that would be allowable under the laws of the United States but for 26 U.S.C. § 280E.)
May 03 2023 05/18/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 18 2023

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