Rhode Island Bills

sponsored by Elizabeth A. Crowley

Bill Title Introduced Latest Action↓
SB 2264 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM (Permits that education on consent and sexual activity be increased in secondary schools as part of a family life course.)
Feb 01 2018 07/02/2018 Signed By Governor
Jul 02 2018
SB 2435 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - ORDINANCES (Allows cities and towns to issue violations to vehicles which are used for illegal dumping of materials, pursuant to city and town ordinances.)
Feb 15 2018 07/02/2018 Signed By Governor
Jul 02 2018
SB 2224 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Requires individual or group policy insurance to cover mastectomies.)
Feb 01 2018 07/02/2018 Signed By Governor
Jul 02 2018
SB 2447 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS (Entitles person to have criminal conviction records expunged if the offense is decriminalized subsequent to the conviction.)
Feb 15 2018 07/02/2018 Signed By Governor
Jul 02 2018
SB 2361 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY -- RHODE ISLAND SEED ACT (Provides that jurisdiction of all use of agricultural and vegetable seeds is vested exclusively in the director of the department of environmental management.)
Feb 15 2018 07/02/2018 Signed By Governor
Jul 02 2018
SB 2231 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- ELDERLY AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT (Further defines the duties of the department of elderly affairs with regard to elder caregiver respite services.)
Feb 01 2018 07/02/2018 Signed By Governor
Jul 02 2018
SB 2346 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION (Have each public institution of postsecondary education establish a plan for addressing the mental health needs of its students. Each institution shall develop policies aimed at identifying a student exhibiting suicidal behavior or tendencies.)
Feb 15 2018 07/02/2018 Signed By Governor
Jul 02 2018
SB 2531 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- CONSENT TO MEDICAL AND SURGICAL CARE (Provides that any person, including, but not limited to, a minor who is pregnant, could give effective consent for medical, dental, health and hospital services relating to prenatal, delivery, and post-delivery care.)
Mar 01 2018 07/02/2018 Signed By Governor
Jul 02 2018
SB 2823 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS - LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS - USE OF LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS IN LEGAL PROCEEDINGS (Protects communications between language interpreters appointed under this chapter and limited-English-proficient persons.)
Apr 12 2018 07/02/2018 Signed By Governor
Jul 02 2018
SB 2145 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- ELECTRONIC RECORDING (Authorizes a city or town clerk/recorder of deeds, at the clerk's/recorder's option, to accept electronic documents for recording real property and land records and to index and store those documents.)
Jan 23 2018 06/29/2018 Signed By Governor
Jun 29 2018
SB 2270 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE AND SALE--MEDIATION CONFERENCE (Extends the sunset provisions to the year 2023, in chapters 325 and 406 of the 2013 public laws in regard to 34-24-3.2, "mediation conference prior to mortgage foreclosure.")
Feb 01 2018 06/28/2018 Signed By Governor
Jun 28 2018
SB 2953 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HOSPITAL CLOSURE TRANSITION ACT (Creates the "Hospital Closure Transition Act which would facilitate the acquisition of a closed hospital's assets by an existing hospital by exempting the acquisition from the hospital conversions and health care facilities licensing acts.)
May 31 2018 06/22/2018 Committee Heard
Jun 22 2018
SB 2358 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - BIODIESEL HEATING OIL ACT OF 2013 (Adds a definition for "fuel oil terminal" for the purposes of the Biodiesel heating oil act of 2013.)
Feb 15 2018 06/22/2018 House Voted To Recommit To House H.E.W.
Jun 22 2018
SB 2873 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Amends the hours of operation for Class A liquor license holders in Central Falls.)
May 03 2018 06/22/2018 Effective Without Governor's Signature
Jun 22 2018
SB 2954 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- HEALTH AND SAFETY--ALTERNATIVE PAYMENT INCENTIVE FOR CERTAIN ELIGIBLE HOSPITALS (Establishes a formula to create a transitional alternative payment method incentive to be used in calculating reimbursement rates that must be paid by health insurance carriers to eligible Rhode Island hospitals.)
May 31 2018 06/22/2018 Committee Heard
Jun 22 2018
SB 2400 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE (Allows pregnant women with an annual family income above applicable Medicaid income limit to be eligible to purchase health insurance through one of the Medicaid managed care plans.)
Feb 15 2018 06/20/2018 Referred To House H.E.W.
Jun 20 2018
SB 2506 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - THE WORLD LANGUAGE AND DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION ACT (Establishes and requires funding for a world language and dual language immersion program.)
Mar 01 2018 06/20/2018 Referred To House Finance
Jun 20 2018
SB 2210 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- MENTAL HEALTH CONSUMER ADVOCATES OF RHODE ISLAND -- OASIS WELLNESS AND RECOVERY CENTER (Establishes a mental health consumer advocate and wellness recovery center to provide support for those suffering from mental health issues and would appropriate two-hundred ninety five thousand dollars ($295,000) to operate the program.)
Feb 01 2018 06/07/2018 Committee Heard
Jun 07 2018
SB 2196 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - SUGARY DRINKS (Creates a tax on sugary drinks for the purpose of reducing the demand for those beverages, and discouraging the excessive consumption of, sugary drinks.)
Feb 01 2018 06/07/2018 Committee Heard
Jun 07 2018
SB 2910 (2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HOUSING RESOURCES ACT OF 1998 (Requires $5,000,000 bond referendum for affordable housing with $700 price ceiling for fiscal year 2019/$5,000,000 appropriated for every fiscal year thereafter.)
May 17 2018 06/07/2018 Committee Heard
Jun 07 2018

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