Rhode Island Bills

sponsored by Grace Diaz

Bill Title Introduced Latest Action↓
HB 5622 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY (Prohibits the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) from imposing any fares and/or charges for service provided to the general public.)
Feb 15 2023 05/11/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 11 2023
HB 6387 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION (Establishes the drug and alcohol treatment support fund and provide funding by imposing a 1% sales tax on all alcohol sold in Rhode Island by a distributor or seller. The fund would be administered with funds disbursed by a 7 member citizens board.)
May 10 2023 05/10/2023 Introduced, Referred To House Finance
May 10 2023
HR 6383 (2023 Regular Session)
House Resolution Proclaiming May 10Th, 2023, To Be "Lupus Day" In The State Of Rhode Island
May 09 2023 05/09/2023 House Read And Passed
May 09 2023
HB 6148 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX (Creates an added 3% tax on taxable income in excess of $417,500 (in 2011 dollars)/ $557,000 (in 2023 dollars). Restricts the revenue generated by the tax to child care, education and infrastructure repairs and maintenance.)
Mar 10 2023 05/09/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 09 2023
HB 5986 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- HEALTH CARE FOR CHILDREN AND PREGNANT WOMEN (Provides children from birth through age five (5) with continuous coverage eligibility for RIte Track/RIte Care so that they are not at risk of losing coverage at the yearly redetermination due solely to administrative barriers.)
Mar 01 2023 05/04/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 04 2023
HB 5644 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- THE RHODE ISLAND WORKS PROGRAM (Amends the Rhode Island Works Program to expand and increase benefits under the program.)
Feb 15 2023 05/03/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 03 2023
HB 6188 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- QUALITY SELF-DIRECTED SERVICES (Increases the hourly compensation for "individual providers" from no less than sixteen dollars ($16.00) on April 1, 2023, and gradually increase several times until June 30, 2024, when it would be nineteen dollars ($19.00) and continuing.)
Mar 22 2023 05/03/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 03 2023
HB 6310 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT (Increases the wage amount for working prisoners, committed to the adult correctional institution, from three dollars ($3.00) a day to six dollars ($6.00) a day.)
Apr 21 2023 05/03/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 03 2023
HB 6004 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC FINANCE -- STATE FUNDS (Allocates, to city of Providence, a portion of state income taxes for new employees of not-for-profit healthcare institutions and private educational institutions to assist the city's ability to absorb desirable and necessary growth in such institutions.)
Mar 01 2023 05/03/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 03 2023
HB 6331 (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.)
Apr 26 2023 05/03/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 03 2023
HB 5094 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND EARLY EDUCATOR INVESTMENT ACT (Establishes the Rhode Island Early Educator Investment Act to develop and implement strategies to improve the compensation of early childhood educators.)
Jan 12 2023 05/03/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 03 2023
HB 5193 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- RHODE ISLAND CHILDCARE ESSENTIAL ACT (Creates the Rhode Island Child Care Assistance Program that governs both family eligibility for the state’s child care subsidy program and the rates paid to child care providers serving families receiving a subsidy.)
Jan 19 2023 05/03/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 03 2023
HB 6169 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- THE RHODE ISLAND WORKS PROGRAM (Permits a parent or caretaker relative of a family applying for child care assistance to qualify for child care assistance without first establishing paternity, or enforcing child support and medical support orders.)
Mar 17 2023 05/03/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 03 2023
HR 6243 (2023 Regular Session)
JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $738,088 TO RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE (This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of $738,088 to Rhode Island College to fund Rhode Island College HSI status and student supports.)
Mar 30 2023 05/02/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 02 2023
HR 6351 (2023 Regular Session)
House Resolution Proclaiming And Celebrating May 2, 2023, As "Child Care Awareness Day" In The State Of Rhode Island
May 02 2023 05/02/2023 House Read And Passed
May 02 2023
HR 6349 (2023 Regular Session)
JOINT RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE MEDICAID SECTION 1115 DEMONSTRATION WAIVER REQUEST (Provides legislative approval for a proposal to amend a Medicaid section 1115 waiver request.)
Apr 28 2023 04/28/2023 Introduced, Referred To House Finance
Apr 28 2023
HB 6003 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE RHODE ISLAND SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FUND (Expands the definition of a minority business and allows corporation to allocate more than 20k to a small business development fund.)
Mar 01 2023 04/27/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 27 2023
HB 5522 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE HEALTHCARE SERVICES FUNDING PLAN ACT (Amends RI's existing Healthcare Services Funding Plan Act by adding an account relating to a new Psychiatry Resource Network to fund RI's present PediPRN and MomsPRN, as well as similar programs which may be added by regulation in the future.)
Feb 10 2023 04/25/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 25 2023
HR 6318 (2023 Regular Session)
House Resolution Celebrating "Administrative Professionals' Day" On April 26, 2023, And Thanking All The Dedicated Staff Who Work Tirelessly In Support Of The Rhode Island House Of Representatives
Apr 25 2023 04/25/2023 House Read And Passed
Apr 25 2023
HB 5847 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION (Creates an income-sensitive tiered subsidy program to ensure that home energy utility costs are affordable for eligible low-income households.)
Mar 01 2023 04/25/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 25 2023

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