Rhode Island Bills

sponsored by Marcia R. Ranglin-Vassell

Bill Title Introduced Latest Action↓
HB 5269 (2019 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Provides health care employers with at least 18 employees, which receive certain state funding or pay an executive $1,000,000 or more annually, pay a minimum wage of $15.00.)
Feb 01 2019 03/06/2019 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 06 2019
HB 5333 (2019 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINALS - CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS - PAROLE (Provides that prisoners who committed offenses prior to age eighteen (18) and were sentenced as adults would be eligible for parole after completing fifteen (15) years of their sentence.)
Feb 07 2019 03/05/2019 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 05 2019
HB 5300 (2019 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS (Provides students attending public schools enrolled in grades K-12 with a student's bill of rights prohibiting discrimination based on race, sex, gender, economic status or mental, physical, developmental or sensory disabilities.)
Feb 06 2019 02/27/2019 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Feb 27 2019
HB 5346 (2019 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES (Amends the definition of employees for purposes of the fair employment practices chapter.)
Feb 07 2019 02/27/2019 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Feb 27 2019
HR 5612 (2019 Regular Session)
HOUSE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE IMPACT, BENEFITS, AND FISCAL RAMIFICATIONS OF CREATING A SINGLE-PAYER HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IN RHODE ISLAND (Creates a nine member special legislative study commission whose purpose it would be to make a comprehensive study of the benefits, ramifications/fiscal impact and cost and of creating a single-payer healthcare system.)
Feb 27 2019 02/27/2019 Introduced, Referred To House Finance
Feb 27 2019
HB 5324 (2019 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- ESTABLISHMENT OF CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS (Requires charter school populations to reflect the combined demographics of the sending district(s) in terms of special education, English language learners, and students who qualify for free and reduced price lunch.)
Feb 07 2019 02/13/2019 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Feb 13 2019
HR 5350 (2019 Regular Session)
House Resolution Proclaiming The Month Of February As "Black History Month" In The State Of Rhode Island
Feb 07 2019 02/07/2019 House Read And Passed
Feb 07 2019
HB 5046 (2019 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - CURRICULUM (Requires the department of education to develop a program of age-appropriate safe relationship behavior education and training, regarding the prevention of relationship abuse, and sexual violence and harassment.)
Jan 09 2019 01/30/2019 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jan 30 2019
HR 5063 (2019 Regular Session)
HOUSE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE IMPACT OF THE TRAUMA INFLICTED ON CHILDREN WHO ARE EXPOSED TO VIOLENCE (Creates a 13 member commission to study the impact of the trauma inflicted on children exposed to violence, and report back by February 7, 2020, and expire on May 7, 2020.)
Jan 10 2019 01/30/2019 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jan 30 2019
HB 5183 (2019 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (Requires the DOT to establish a schedule of all maintenance, including landscaping and mowing of lawns on state roads, and provide a copy of said schedule to the department of public works in any city or town where the state road is located.)
Jan 24 2019 01/29/2019 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jan 29 2019
HB 8246 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Exempts from taxation all real and personal property located within East Providence of the charitable nonprofit corporation of Foster Forward (formerly the Rhode Island Foster Parents Association).)
May 25 2018 07/05/2018 Effective Without Governor's Signature
Jul 05 2018
HB 8273 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY (Requires RIPTA to hold public hearing at least 30 days prior any bus route change in the affected neighborhood and provide a neighborhood impact statement to local and state officials.)
Jun 01 2018 07/02/2018 Signed By Governor
Jul 02 2018
HB 8271 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES (Eliminates the need of filing an SR 22, standard form with the department of motor vehicles or its divisions, in order for an individual to get their operator’s license reinstated.)
Jun 01 2018 07/02/2018 Signed By Governor
Jul 02 2018
HB 8341 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS -- ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS (Excludes evaluations or other personnel records of public school employees from being deemed public records.)
Jun 20 2018 07/02/2018 Signed By Governor
Jul 02 2018
HB 8289 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - SCHEDULING (Establish a uniform election day for all local and special elections.)
Jun 06 2018 07/02/2018 Signed By Governor
Jul 02 2018
HB 7885 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- INDEPENDENT CHARTER SCHOOLS (Provides that the office of auditor general be responsible for analyzing and reporting the impact of new or expanded charter schools.)
Feb 28 2018 06/22/2018 House Read And Passed
Jun 22 2018
HB 7427 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES (Expands the protections and remedies for employees against employers who pay wage differentials based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability; age or country of ancestral origin.)
Feb 02 2018 06/21/2018 House Passed Sub A As Amended (Floor Amendment)
Jun 21 2018
HB 7699 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SCHOOL WASTE RECYCLING AND REFUSE DISPOSAL (Requires schools to comply with recycling and composting laws and promotes food donation and local food service contracts.)
Feb 28 2018 06/21/2018 House Passed Sub A As Amended (Floor Amendment)
Jun 21 2018
HB 7565 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- BARBERS, HAIRDRESSERS, COSMETICIANS, MANICURISTS AND ESTHETICIANS (Exempts natural hair braiders from the requirement to be licensed as hairdressers or cosmeticians, and defines the practice of natural hair braiding.)
Feb 09 2018 06/14/2018 House Read And Passed
Jun 14 2018
HB 8321 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS (Directs the department of health to establish and inspection and evaluation program and establish rules and regulations regarding air quality in elementary and secondary schools.)
Jun 14 2018 06/14/2018 Introduced, Referred To House H.E.W.
Jun 14 2018

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