HB 6426
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- THE RHODE ISLAND LIFE SCIENCE HUB ACT (Creates the Rhode Island Life Science Hub, a quasi-public corporate body and agency of the state to coordinate life science initiatives on behalf of Rhode Island.)
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May 19 2023 |
05/23/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 23 2023
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HB 6006
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT (Provides a one-time allowance of five hundred dollars ($500) for eligible members of the employees' retirement system of Rhode Island.)
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Mar 01 2023 |
05/18/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 18 2023
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HB 5038
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS (Restores the cost of living allowance (COLA) to state employees, and/or their beneficiaries, who retired prior to July 1, 2012.)
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Jan 11 2023 |
05/18/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 18 2023
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HB 5006
(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 repeal the abortion coverage exclusion for state employee insurance plans.)
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Jan 06 2023 |
05/18/2023 Signed By Governor
May 18 2023
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HR 6297
(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.)
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Apr 19 2023 |
05/17/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 17 2023
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HB 6413
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT (Amends sections of law relating to retirement of various public employees and the calculation of their final average salary and service accruals.)
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May 17 2023 |
05/17/2023 Introduced, Referred To House Finance
May 17 2023
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HR 6018
(2023 Regular Session)
JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $5,000,000 TO THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT FOR THE PRESERVATION, PROTECTION, AND CONSERVATION OF FARMLANDS (This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of five million dollars to the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management for the preservation, protection, and conservation of Rhode Island farmlands.)
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Mar 01 2023 |
05/17/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 17 2023
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HR 5478
(2023 Regular Session)
JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $150,000 TO THE WOMEN'S FUND OF RHODE ISLAND (This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of $150,000 to Women’s Fund of Rhode Island to implement programs and initiatives that seek to close the gender wage, wealth, health, and leadership gaps.)
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Feb 08 2023 |
05/17/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 17 2023
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HB 5477
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Requires every individual or group health insurance contract effective on or after January 1, 2024, to provide coverage to the insured and the insured's spouse and dependents for all FDA-approved contraceptive drugs, devices and other products.)
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Feb 08 2023 |
05/16/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 16 2023
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HB 6002
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS - RHODE ISLAND TURNPIKE AND BRIDGE AUTHORITY (Mandates the RITBA to design a safety barrier or netting system on the Mount Hope Bridge, the Claiborne Pell Bridge, and the Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge by January 1, 2024, with construction commencing no later than June 30, 2024.)
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Mar 01 2023 |
05/16/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 16 2023
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HB 6121
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- CORE STATE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISIS SERVICES SYSTEMS (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 03 2023 |
05/16/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 16 2023
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HB 5523
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS (Awards all members of the state pension system a three percent (3%) annual benefit adjustment (COLA).)
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Feb 10 2023 |
05/15/2023 Committee Postponed At Request Of Sponsor (05/18/2023)
May 15 2023
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HB 5911
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- INDICTMENTS, INFORMATIONS AND COMPLAINTS (Includes the offense of second-degree sexual assault among the offenses to which there shall be no statute of limitations and provides for a ten (10) year statute of limitations for third-degree sexual assault.)
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Mar 01 2023 |
05/15/2023 Referred To Senate Judiciary
May 15 2023
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HB 5018
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Diane Louise Ricciardi to join Vanessa Rose DiPilato and Nicholas Landmark Nybo in marriage on or about June 24, 2023, within the City of Providence, Rhode Island.)
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Jan 06 2023 |
05/15/2023 Signed By Governor
May 15 2023
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HB 5701
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MISCELLANEOUS RULES (Provides additional exception to prohibition on usage of wireless communication device while driving and clarifies that use for purpose of navigation must be while the device is mounted or otherwise affixed to vehicle and not held in the motorist’s hand.)
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Feb 17 2023 |
05/15/2023 Referred To Senate Judiciary
May 15 2023
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HB 5371
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Allows individuals employed in domestic service or in or about a private home to be included as an employee, for purposes of minimum wages law.)
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Feb 03 2023 |
05/15/2023 Referred To Senate Labor
May 15 2023
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HB 5349
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- NURSES (Amends the conditions upon which a nurse would be exempt from certain licensing requirements to include eligibility to practice before taking and receiving results of the NCLEX exam.)
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Feb 03 2023 |
05/15/2023 Referred To Senate Health And Human Services
May 15 2023
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HB 5621
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- RIDESHARE VEHICLE SURCHARGE (Implements a $0.75 surcharge on fares charged by rideshare companies and also requires that the surcharges be deposited in a restricted account to be used for street improvements in the municipality where the fare originated.)
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Feb 15 2023 |
05/11/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 11 2023
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HB 6107
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- RESIDENTIAL RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEM TAX CREDIT (Allows a taxpayer to donate residential renewable energy system tax credits to nonprofit organizations and subtract the corresponding amount of credits from federal adjusted gross income.)
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Mar 03 2023 |
05/11/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 11 2023
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HB 5957
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- NOMINATION OF PARTY AND INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES (Allows the board of elections to establish rules and regulations for objections to nomination papers and would allow the board seven (7) days to conduct a hearing.)
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Mar 01 2023 |
05/11/2023 Committee Recommends Passage Of Sub A
May 11 2023
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