SB 38
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Authorizes the city of East Providence to grant a retailer's Class B license to property located at 136 Taunton Avenue, Map 106, Block 6, Parcel 15 of the applicable city of East Providence tax assessment map.)
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Jan 18 2023 |
06/27/2023 Effective Without Governor's Signature
Jun 27 2023
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SB 137
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RELIEF OF INJURED AND DECEASED FIRE FIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS -- PRESUMPTION FOR HEART DISEASE AND HYPERTENSION (Allows the presumption of in-the-line-of-duty illness unless contrary evidence is presented.)
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Feb 01 2023 |
06/27/2023 Effective Without Governor's Signature
Jun 27 2023
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SB 489
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES (Would require public school districts to take certain actions to promote notice and disseminate information regarding the district’s special education local advisory committee.)
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Mar 07 2023 |
06/26/2023 Signed By Governor
Jun 26 2023
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SB 583
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT INSURANCE POLICIES (Provides all Medicare recipients over sixty-five (65) years of age applying for Medicare supplement plan guaranteed issue rights regardless of medical or health or receipt of health care by the applicant.)
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Mar 07 2023 |
06/26/2023 Signed By Governor
Jun 26 2023
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SR 671
(2023 Regular Session)
JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES FROM PLASTIC BOTTLE WASTE (Creates an 18 member special joint legislative commission whose purpose it would be to study and provide recommendations to protect our environment from plastic bottle waste/report back to the general assembly no later than 6/10/24 and expire on 6/30/24.)
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Mar 07 2023 |
06/26/2023 Signed By Governor
Jun 26 2023
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SB 283
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTHCARE FACILITIES (Sepsis and septic shock best practices for hospital and emergency care facilities.)
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Feb 16 2023 |
06/24/2023 Signed By Governor
Jun 24 2023
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SB 684
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- NET METERING (Defines core forest and preferred sites and provides that any net metering resource owned or operated by a renewable energy developer be treated as an eligible net metering system provided it is not in a core forest.)
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Mar 17 2023 |
06/24/2023 Signed By Governor
Jun 24 2023
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SB 275
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- NURSE LICENSURE COMPACT (Amends the interstate nurse licensure compact and adopts an enhanced and more comprehensive version of the compact, to allow nurses to hold a multi-state license allowing them to practice across state lines without having to obtain multiple licenses.)
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Feb 16 2023 |
06/24/2023 Signed By Governor
Jun 24 2023
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SB 1030
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- QUALITY SELF-DIRECTED SERVICES (Relative to the provision of home and community based services, provides for the merger of the Independent Provider Program into the Personal Choice Program so that the state has one self-directed program for direct support services.)
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May 19 2023 |
06/23/2023 Signed By Governor
Jun 23 2023
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SB 223
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT (Allows anyone who rendered services as a correction officer to receive pension credit for service as a state or municipal employee.)
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Feb 16 2023 |
06/23/2023 Effective Without Governor's Signature
Jun 23 2023
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SB 793
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (Replaces 2016 opioids guidelines with the 2022 opioid guidelines. Exempts medical professionals from criminal and civil liability or disciplinary action for prescribing medically appropriate opioids.)
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Mar 23 2023 |
06/23/2023 Effective Without Governor's Signature
Jun 23 2023
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SB 290
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE RHODE ISLAND HEALTH CARE REFORM ACT OF 2004 -- HEALTH INSURANCE OVERSIGHT (Requires a workgroup of health care providers and health insurers convened by the office of the health commissioner, to make recommendations regarding prior authorization policies.)
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Feb 16 2023 |
06/22/2023 Signed By Governor
Jun 22 2023
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SB 401
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- POLICE OFFICERS--COMMISSION ON STANDARDS AND TRAINING (Requires police officers commission on standards and training to provide training and instructions for officers and trainees to more accurately identify complaints involving persons with cognitive or communication-related disabilities.)
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Feb 16 2023 |
06/22/2023 Signed By Governor
Jun 22 2023
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SB 776
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Enables the city of East Providence to offer tax amnesty for two (2) separate sixty (60) day periods for fiscal years 2023 and 2024 for waiver of interest and penalties on overdue tangible tax payments and motor vehicle tax payments.)
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Mar 23 2023 |
06/22/2023 Signed By Governor
Jun 22 2023
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SB 342
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES (Prohibits an employer from requiring an employee to execute a nondisclosure agreement or non-disparagement agreement, regarding alleged violations of civil rights or criminal conduct, as a condition of employment.)
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Feb 16 2023 |
06/22/2023 Signed By Governor
Jun 22 2023
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SB 771
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- LABOR STANDARDS IN RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS (Amends the definition of "covered project" having a total nameplate capacity of three megawatts (3 MW) down to one megawatt (1 MW).)
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Mar 23 2023 |
06/22/2023 Signed By Governor
Jun 22 2023
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SB 713
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND COMMERCE CORPORATION (Streamlines tax incentive reporting by eliminating certain division of taxation reporting requirements and using alternative methods of reporting such as the tax division website.)
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Mar 22 2023 |
06/22/2023 Signed By Governor
Jun 22 2023
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SB 563
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR PREVENTION OF HIV INFECTION (Requires coverage for the treatment of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for the prevention of HIV and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) for treatment of HIV infection, commencing January 1, 2024.)
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Mar 07 2023 |
06/22/2023 Signed By Governor
Jun 22 2023
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SB 828
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES (Eliminates repealed statute references and create a mechanism for employees to enforce their existing right to continuation of medical benefits.)
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Mar 23 2023 |
06/22/2023 Signed By Governor
Jun 22 2023
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SB 381
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- CAUSES OF ACTION (Provides immunity from liability for school employees whose position involves work with students for accidental injury or damage. Provides compensation for certain injuries received by school employees whose position involves work with students.)
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Feb 16 2023 |
06/22/2023 Signed By Governor
Jun 22 2023
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