HB 5715
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SUGARY DRINKS (Creates a tax on sugary drinks with the intent of discouraging excessive consumption of those beverages and would create a dedicated revenue source for programs designed to benefit public health.)
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Feb 24 2021 |
05/13/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 13 2021
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HR 6323
(2021 Regular Session)
House Resolution Thanking Reverend Farrell Edward Mclaughlin For Fifty Years Of Faithful Service To God And The People Of The State Of Rhode Island
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May 11 2021 |
05/11/2021 House Read And Passed
May 11 2021
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HB 6300
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- OUT-OF-STATE DIRECT WINE SHIPMENT LICENSE (Creates an out-of-state direct wine shipment license along with numerous regulatory provisions.)
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May 05 2021 |
05/11/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 11 2021
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HB 5452
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE EDWARD O. HAWKINS AND THOMAS C. SLATER MEDICAL MARIJUANA ACT (Requires DBR to perform social equity/face analysis in licensing process/arrest/conviction rates by 1/1/22. Removes barriers affecting persons of color/establishes loan program/expunges past criminal convictions.)
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Feb 10 2021 |
04/29/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 29 2021
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HR 6213
(2021 Regular Session)
House Resolution Expressing Profound Sympathy On The Passing Of Paul V. Palange
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Apr 07 2021 |
04/07/2021 House Read And Passed
Apr 07 2021
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HR 6204
(2021 Regular Session)
House Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Untimely Passing Of The Honorable Ama Amponsah
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Apr 06 2021 |
04/06/2021 House Read And Passed
Apr 06 2021
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HB 6022
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- COUNCIL ON ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION (Requires the council on elementary and secondary education to adopt standards which take into consideration the time and cost of transporting students across municipal boundaries and promotes maximum efficiency in other programs.)
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Feb 26 2021 |
03/31/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 31 2021
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HB 6019
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Requires insurance carriers, nonprofit hospital service plans, nonprofit medical service corporations and HMOs to cover costs of breast ultrasounds and/or MRI breast exams for person receiving notice of dense breast tissue.)
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Feb 26 2021 |
03/30/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 30 2021
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HB 6008
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (Requires the department of transportation to establish a schedule of all landscaping and mowing of lawns on state roads, and provide a copy of said schedule to the department of public works in any city or town where the state road is located.)
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Feb 26 2021 |
03/29/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 29 2021
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HB 6006
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES (Creates pilot program for 33 hr driver ed program offered in an online/virtual format, effective 10/1/21 and sunsets 10/1/23. Creates the Online Driver Education Program Study Commission to determine by 12/31/22 if the pilot program should be permanent.)
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Feb 26 2021 |
03/24/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 24 2021
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HB 6031
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- RESIDENCE OF CHILDREN FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES (Requires the department of education and the DCYF to develop a procedure to ensure that the municipalities where group homes or other residential facilities are located are reimbursed for the educational expenses above the cost allocated.)
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Feb 26 2021 |
03/23/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 23 2021
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HB 5450
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE DISTRESSED COMMUNITY CHILD ENRICHMENT PROGRAM (Establishes distress community child enrichment program to provide grants for education in distresses communities apportioned 75% to STEAM programs/25% to academic/non-academic programs with funding from portion of fees paid for center approvals/renewals.)
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Feb 10 2021 |
03/23/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 23 2021
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HB 5668
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHER'S RETIREMENT (Allows teachers, state and municipal employees to retire upon the earlier of reaching age sixty (60) with thirty (30) years of service or the employee's retirement eligibility date under present state statutes.)
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Feb 24 2021 |
03/23/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 23 2021
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HB 5350
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- ACCESS TO ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSES FOR ALL STUDENTS ACT (Updates Access to Advanced Placement Courses for All Students Act.)
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Feb 05 2021 |
03/23/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 23 2021
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HB 6038
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- SUBDIVISION OF LAND (Allows minor subdivision to remain minor and subject to the lesser time period for certification and also add more time for certification at the master and preliminary plan phases on major subdivisions and land developments.)
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Feb 26 2021 |
03/18/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 18 2021
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HB 6013
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- BUILDING SERVICE WORK (Requires that janitors and security guards employed, pursuant to state contracts worth more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) of janitorial or security services, be paid a standard compensation rate.)
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Feb 26 2021 |
03/17/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 17 2021
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HB 5735
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- PUBLIC UTILITIES (Requires any person recording an oral communication, whether in person, telephonically or otherwise, to inform the other party or parties that the communications are being recorded.)
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Feb 24 2021 |
03/17/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 17 2021
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HR 5349
(2021 Regular Session)
HOUSE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ANTI-LITTERING EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS (Creates a 9 member commission to study and make recommendations for the development and implementation of an anti-littering education program for elementary students, and who would report back by February 3, 2022, and expire on April 3, 2022.)
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Feb 05 2021 |
03/17/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 17 2021
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HB 5987
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY (Limits damages to one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) in any tort action against the Rhode Island public transit authority, except in cases where the general assembly, by a special act, authorizes a tort action in excess of that amount.)
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Feb 26 2021 |
03/10/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 10 2021
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HB 5475
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- PROMPT PAYMENT BY DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION--SUBCONTRACTOR PAYMENTS (Expedites subcontractor payments for work on state contracts. Establishes new process to help minority business to collect from prime contractors for work on state contracts.)
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Feb 10 2021 |
03/10/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 10 2021
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