Rhode Island Bills

sponsored by James A. Seveney

Bill Title Introduced Latest Action↓
SB 608 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- VOTING DISTRICTS AND OFFICIALS--POLL WORKER COMPENSATION (Sets the daily pay for election supervisors at fifteen dollars ($15.00) per hour.)
Mar 11 2021 05/24/2021 Committee Continued
May 24 2021
SB 1 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Gradually increase the minimum wage from eleven dollars and fifty cents ($11.50) per hour to fifteen dollars ($15.00) per hour, over 4 years.)
Jan 11 2021 05/20/2021 Signed By Governor
May 20 2021
SB 356 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SEIZURE SAFE SCHOOLS ACT (Requires elementary/secondary schools to have at least 1 school employee trained to administer/assist with the self-administering of seizure rescue medication prescribed to treat seizure disorder systems and the use of prescribed electrical stimulation.)
Feb 25 2021 05/19/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 19 2021
SB 640 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC FINANCE -- RHODE ISLAND SECURE CHOICE RETIREMENT SAVINGS PROGRAM ACT (Establishes the Rhode Island secure choice retirement savings program. Establishes a board which is a public corporation. Allows for creation of IRA-type retirement investments managed by the board.)
Mar 18 2021 05/13/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 13 2021
SB 816 (2021 Regular Session)
An Act To Vacate The Forfeiture Or Revocation Of The Charter Of Frajeelai, Llc
Apr 08 2021 05/13/2021 Effective Without Governor's Signature
May 13 2021
SB 835 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- SECRETARY OF STATE (Authorizes the secretary of state and board of elections to conduct an extensive cybersecurity assessment of our election systems and facilities and to establish a cybersecurity review board.)
Apr 23 2021 05/13/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 13 2021
SB 333 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINALS--CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS -- PAROLE (Grants juveniles sentenced as adults parole eligibility after completing fifteen (15) years of sentence with prospective/retroactive. Effective January 1, 1991.)
Feb 23 2021 05/10/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 10 2021
SB 883 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS (Requires all persons or entities collecting social security and other personal identification numbers to create and publicly display a privacy protection policy. Violations of this requirement would incur a civil penalty of five-hundred dollars ($500).)
May 07 2021 05/07/2021 Introduced, Referred To Senate Judiciary
May 07 2021
SB 570 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- DUTIES OF UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (Requires every electric distribution company and natural gas distribution company to submit to the division of public utilities and carriers an emergency response plan for review and approval.)
Mar 11 2021 05/06/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 06 2021
SB 521 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- TRESPASS AND VANDALISM (Prevents a person from being prosecuted for fishing, gathering seaweed, swimming or passage along the sandy or rocky shoreline within ten feet (10') of the most recent high tide line.)
Mar 04 2021 05/06/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 06 2021
SB 110 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - PFAS IN FOOD PACKAGING (Prohibits PFAS, a class of fluorinated organic chemicals, from being used in food packaging.)
Jan 26 2021 05/05/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 05 2021
SB 466 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - ANIMAL CARE (Waives the adoption fee to adopt a dog or cat from a public animal shelter for a veteran that presents a current and valid driver’s license or identification card with the word “veteran” printed on its face.)
Mar 04 2021 05/05/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 05 2021
SB 837 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- TEMPORARY DISABILITY INSURANCE -- CONTRIBUTIONS (Decreases an employee’s obligation for contribution from wages and require an employer to contribute one-half of the amount to an employee’s contribution.)
Apr 23 2021 05/05/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 05 2021
SB 367 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX (Increases the tax rates for individuals, bankruptcy estates, trusts and estates.)
Feb 25 2021 05/03/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 03 2021
SB 340 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW - GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS - INTERNET PRIVACY AND SECURITY (Establishes that manufacturers of devices capable of connecting to the Internet equip the devices with reasonable security features.)
Feb 25 2021 04/29/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 29 2021
SB 793 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE (Requires nursing facilities per diem rates to be adjusted every 3 years or the rate shall automatically increase by 3%. Requires Medicaid rates paid to nursing facilities be increased by the same percentage of any minimum wage increase.)
Apr 08 2021 04/29/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 29 2021
SB 761 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES (Prohibits the use of state funds to purchase single-serving bottled water or single-use plastic bags or expanded polystyrene.)
Apr 01 2021 04/29/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 29 2021
SB 280 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Changes the tax classification for cable television assets.)
Feb 18 2021 04/29/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 29 2021
SB 284 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION (Establishes a group to develop a tuition formula for schools sending students to technical programs.)
Feb 18 2021 04/28/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 28 2021
SB 756 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT (Provides local education agencies (LEAs) hiring site-based specialists for reading and math to receive state reimbursement based on enrollment and specific guidelines.)
Apr 01 2021 04/28/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 28 2021

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