SB 2637
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Increases the age from eighteen (18) to twenty-one (21) years for lawful sale of firearms or ammunition. Exempts full-time law enforcement, state marshals and members of the U.S. military from these prohibitions.)
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Mar 10 2022 |
06/21/2022 Signed By Governor
Jun 21 2022
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SR 2546
(2022 Regular Session)
JOINT RESOLUTION RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO INCREASE RATES FOR EARLY INTERVENTION AND FIRST CONNECTION PROGRAMS (Directs the executive office of health and human services to increase Medicaid rates for the Early Intervention and First Connections programs allowing for payment of competitive wages for qualified professionals.)
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Mar 01 2022 |
06/21/2022 Senate Passed Sub A
Jun 21 2022
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SR 2307
(2022 Regular Session)
JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $10,991,049 TO FUND LOCAL PUBLIC LIBRARY SERVICES (Requires the state to contribute twenty-five percent (25%) of the municipal funding level for public library services.)
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Feb 15 2022 |
06/21/2022 Senate Passed Sub A
Jun 21 2022
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SB 2460
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES - MERIT SYSTEM (Effective January 1, 2023, increase the salaries of the child advocate and the assistant child advocate for the office of the child advocate to $135,000 and $120,000 respectively.)
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Mar 01 2022 |
06/21/2022 Senate Read And Passed
Jun 21 2022
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SB 2015
(2022 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.)
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Jan 06 2022 |
06/21/2022 Senate Passed Sub A
Jun 21 2022
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SB 2570
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES (Provides that special education services would include speech-language pathology services, and would not stop because a child has reached nine (9) years of age.)
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Mar 10 2022 |
06/20/2022 Signed By Governor
Jun 20 2022
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SB 2528
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS -- TRAUMA INFORMED SCHOOLS ACT (Establishes the implementation of trauma-informed practices in schools throughout the state.)
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Mar 01 2022 |
06/18/2022 Meeting Postponed (06/21/2022)
Jun 18 2022
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SB 2497
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE EMBLEMS (Provides that trilobite be designated the state fossil.)
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Mar 01 2022 |
06/17/2022 Effective Without Governor's Signature
Jun 17 2022
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SB 2467
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES (Establishes a core state behavioral health crisis services system, to be administered by the director of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals.)
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Mar 01 2022 |
06/16/2022 Senate Passed Sub A
Jun 16 2022
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SB 2307
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LIBRARIES -- STATE AID TO LIBRARIES (Requires the state to contribute twenty-five percent (25%) of the municipal funding level for public library services.)
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Feb 15 2022 |
06/15/2022 Proposed Substitute
Jun 15 2022
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SB 2303
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS - CORROSION PREVENTION AND MITIGATION WORK REQUIREMENTS (Requires all contractors and subcontractors who perform construction, alteration, demolition, installation, repair or maintenance work, pursuant to public works contracts, to comply with industry standards for infrastructure corrosion prevention.)
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Feb 15 2022 |
06/15/2022 Signed By Governor
Jun 15 2022
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SB 2546
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH SERVICES FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS (Directs the executive office of health and human services to increase Medicaid rates for the Early Intervention and First Connections programs allowing for payment of competitive wages for qualified professionals.)
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Mar 01 2022 |
06/15/2022 Proposed Substitute
Jun 15 2022
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SB 2242
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Repeals § 28-12-9 of the general laws which provides that the director of labor and training may approve of wages below the minimum wage for those persons whose earning capacity is impaired due to physical or mental disability.)
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Feb 08 2022 |
06/15/2022 Signed By Governor
Jun 15 2022
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SB 2055
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY TAX RELIEF (Defines as “disabled,” persons receiving veterans’ affairs disability benefits paid by the federal government for purposes of property tax relief.)
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Jan 25 2022 |
06/14/2022 Senate Read And Passed
Jun 14 2022
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SB 2603
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES--LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION (Exempts from taxation the retail sale of breast pump products.)
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Mar 10 2022 |
06/14/2022 Senate Read And Passed
Jun 14 2022
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SB 2440
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT -- PSYCHOLOGISTS (Provides that the permanent foundation educational aid program would provide state funding for school-based mental health services pursuant to specified conditions.)
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Mar 01 2022 |
06/14/2022 Senate Read And Passed
Jun 14 2022
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SB 2065
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - SALES AND USE TAXES - LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION (Exempts from taxation the retail sale of cloth or disposable face masks and facial coverings.)
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Jan 25 2022 |
06/14/2022 Senate Read And Passed
Jun 14 2022
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SB 2476
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Requires health insurers, nonprofit hospital service corporations, nonprofit medical service corporations, health maintenance organizations and Rhode Island Medicaid, to issue/renew policies that provide coverage for emergency medical services transport.)
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Mar 01 2022 |
06/14/2022 Senate Passed Sub A As Amended (Floor Amendment)
Jun 14 2022
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SB 2489
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND PARTNERSHIPS -- WORKERS' COOPERATIVES (Clarifies the role of a workers' cooperative to allow it to operate as a hiring hall under certain circumstances.)
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Mar 01 2022 |
06/10/2022 Referred To House Corporations
Jun 10 2022
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SB 2545
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES (Requires that each child under the supervision of the department of children, youth and families be provided a team of educational advocates to ensure the child’s educational planning, progress and success.)
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Mar 01 2022 |
06/08/2022 Referred To House Education
Jun 08 2022
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