SB 32
(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 repeals the abortion coverage exclusion for state employee insurance plans.)
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Jan 18 2023 |
05/18/2023 Signed By Governor
May 18 2023
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SB 227
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- THE RHODE ISLAND WORKS PROGRAM (Provides eligibility for benefits for a pregnant person from onset of pregnancy and allow lawful permanent residents to receive benefits without a waiting period. Increases the monthly cash benefit to fifty percent (50%) of the federal poverty level.)
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Feb 16 2023 |
05/18/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 18 2023
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SB 69
(2023 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.)
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Feb 01 2023 |
05/17/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 17 2023
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SB 68
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FEDERAL AID (Requires free lunches to be provided for all elementary and secondary students attending public schools, to the extent state and federal funds are available.)
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Feb 01 2023 |
05/17/2023 Referred To House Finance
May 17 2023
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SB 71
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FEDERAL AID (Requires free breakfast and lunches to be provided for all elementary and secondary students attending public schools.)
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Feb 01 2023 |
05/17/2023 Referred To House Finance
May 17 2023
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SB 659
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE (Requires the department of administration to provide a list of certified minority and women-owned business enterprises to each prospective contractor of a construction project.)
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Mar 07 2023 |
05/17/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 17 2023
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SB 485
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES (Requires transition planning for high school students with disabilities, who have a "504" plan, like the transition planning required for high school students with disabilities, who have an individualized education program (IEP).)
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Mar 07 2023 |
05/17/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 17 2023
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SB 949
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- MOTION PICTURE PRODUCTION TAX CREDITS (Increases the motion picture production company tax credit to ten million dollars ($10,000,000) and cap the available total of credits to forty million dollars ($40,000,000). This act would also eliminate the sunset provision.)
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Apr 27 2023 |
05/17/2023 Referred To House Finance
May 17 2023
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SB 702
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- STUDENT COMPUTER DEVICE PRIVACY (Prohibits an educational institution or school district from accessing or using location data for tracking a student's institutional device or personal device, except in limited circumstances.)
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Mar 22 2023 |
05/17/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 17 2023
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SB 167
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTHCARE FACILITIES (Requires all state licensed health care facilities to convert the powering of their operations from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources. DOH would promulgate rules and regulations to implement the requirements.)
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Feb 16 2023 |
05/16/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 16 2023
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SB 344
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO DELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN -- PROCEEDINGS IN FAMILY COURT (Prohibits the family court from detaining any juvenile or committing any juvenile, under the age of 14 years, to the training school, for any offense other than murder, first degree sexual assault or an attempt to commit such offenses.)
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Feb 16 2023 |
05/16/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 16 2023
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SB 259
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- ESTATE AND TRANSFER TAXES--LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION (Increases the net taxable estate exemption to three million six hundred thousand dollars ($3,600,000) on January 1, 2024. Also increases the exemption by one million dollars ($1,000,000) on January 1 per year thereafter.)
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Feb 16 2023 |
05/16/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 16 2023
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SB 1000
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE RHODE ISLAND ALL-PAYER HEALTH CARE PAYMENT REFORM ACT (Requires health insurance commissioner/Medicaid director convene a working group to develop models for reforming payment for healthcare insurers based on advanced value-based payment with annual reports to general assembly.)
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May 15 2023 |
05/15/2023 Introduced, Referred To Senate Health And Human Services
May 15 2023
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SB 996
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT (Provides all retired teachers and all retired state employees a one-time stipend in the amount of 3% of the lesser of either the member's retirement allowance or the $30,000 of the member's retirement allowance.)
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May 15 2023 |
05/15/2023 Introduced, Referred To Senate Finance
May 15 2023
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SB 18
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF NORTH PROVIDENCE TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $125,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, REHABILITATION, REPAIR, IMPROVEMENTS, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF AND/OR ADDITIONS TO SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES IN THE TOWN, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE CONSTRUCTION OF THREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, THE RENOVATION OF TWO MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF STATE HOUSING AID AT A REIMBURSEMENT RATE OR STATE SHARE RATIO OF NOT LESS THAN 79.8% FOR EXPENDITURES ELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT (Authorizes the Town of North Providence to issue bonds and notes in an amount not exceeding $125,000,000.)
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Jan 18 2023 |
05/15/2023 Signed By Governor
May 15 2023
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SB 378
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENTS OF STATE GOVERNMENT (Requires the secretary of EOHHS, the secretary of commerce of the commerce corporation/commissioners of elementary/secondary education/postsecondary education, and the secretary of housing be appointed by the governor subject to the approval of the senate)
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Feb 16 2023 |
05/12/2023 Referred To House State Government & Elections
May 12 2023
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SB 711
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- REBUILD RHODE ISLAND TAX CREDIT (Provides that prevailing wage requirements for rebuild Rhode Island and historic preservation tax credits do not apply to project applications submitted prior to January 1, 2023.)
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Mar 22 2023 |
05/12/2023 Meeting Postponed (05/16/2023)
May 12 2023
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SB 293
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES -- PHYSICAL THERAPY COPAY (Limits copays, coinsurance or office deductibles for services of a physical therapist to the amount authorized for the services of a primary care physician or osteopath.)
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Feb 16 2023 |
05/11/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 11 2023
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SR 976
(2023 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Proclaiming May Of 2023, To Be "Brain Tumor Awareness Month" In The State Of Rhode Island
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May 11 2023 |
05/11/2023 Senate Read And Passed
May 11 2023
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SB 456
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT (Amends the student success factor calculation of the state share ratio for foundation aid by accounting for English language in determining the state's share of foundation aid eligibility for each school district.)
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Mar 03 2023 |
05/11/2023 Committee Recommended Substitute A Be Held For Further Study
May 11 2023
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