HB 5773
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- DUTIES OF UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (Requires public utilities to maintain a registry of customers utilizing life-sustaining medical devices and to prioritize restoration of power to said customers during power outages.)
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Feb 24 2021 |
03/16/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 16 2021
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HB 5845
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY -- CRIMINAL RECORDS REVIEW (Requires patient contact employees, personal care attendants and high-risk providers to undergo a national criminal records check and would disqualify those people if they have a criminal record for crimes of violence or other offenses listed.)
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Feb 24 2021 |
03/16/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 16 2021
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HB 5772
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE RHODE ISLAND HEALTH CARE REFORM ACT OF 2004--HEALTH INSURANCE OVERSIGHT (Requires the health insurance commissioner to adopt a uniform set of medical criteria for prior authorization and create a required form to be used by a health insurer.)
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Feb 24 2021 |
03/16/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 16 2021
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HB 5708
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Requires health insurance contract plans or policies to provide coverage for a backup battery for at-home medical devices.)
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Feb 24 2021 |
03/16/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 16 2021
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HB 6000
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - MAIL BALLOTS (Removes the two (2) witness and notary requirement for mail ballot applications and mail ballot certificate envelope. It would also delete the requirement that person may vote by mail, only if they are unable to vote in person.)
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Feb 26 2021 |
03/15/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 15 2021
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HB 5640
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Allows individuals, who have not reached the age of eighteen (18) years, to vote in a primary election, as long as the voter will be eighteen (18) as of the date of the general or special election.)
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Feb 22 2021 |
03/15/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 15 2021
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HB 5988
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- LIENS AGAINST CAUSES OF ACTION (Prohibits a hospital from claiming a lien on any damages recovered by a Medicaid patient as a result of an accident not covered by workers' compensation.)
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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 5570
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Requires returns of a marriage certificate to be filed within two (2) business days after the ceremony, and would validate the common practice of filing the return by mail.)
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Feb 12 2021 |
03/10/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 10 2021
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HB 6012
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- TIPPED MINIMUM WAGE (Gradually increases the tipped minimum wage from the current $3.89 to $14.95 commencing January 1, 2026 and on January 1, 2027 the tipped minimum wage shall be no less than the minimum wage established by the minimum wage law.)
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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 5939
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WAGES (Increases the minimum wage by using an annual fixed amount until 1/1/25, where it reaches to $15 per hour, then raised annually thereafter by using the CPI-W. Also raises hourly minimum wage for employees receiving gratuities by using similar scale.)
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Feb 25 2021 |
03/10/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 10 2021
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HB 5624
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - PRIMARIES (Requires that on all primaries, the candidate's names would be listed in an order chosen by lot under the direction of the secretary of state.)
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Feb 18 2021 |
03/10/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 10 2021
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HB 5722
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- LABOR AND PAYMENT OF DEBTS BY CONTRACTORS (Requires bidders on public school construction contracts of $5,000,000 or more to have an apprenticeships program compliant with chapter and truthful reporting of program data to DOLT effective July 1, 2021.)
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Feb 24 2021 |
03/10/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 10 2021
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HB 5740
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RESTRICTIVE HOUSING AT CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES ACT (Establishes conditions, policies and procedures for the restrictive housing of inmates at correctional facilities in Rhode Island with the least restrictive conditions possible.)
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Feb 24 2021 |
03/10/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 10 2021
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HB 5938
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS --MINIMUM WAGES (Provides increases to the minimum wage in 2021, 2022, and 2023 and implements a permanent formula to provide annual adjustments to the minimum wage thereafter.)
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Feb 25 2021 |
03/10/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 10 2021
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HB 5393
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- COMMISSION ON STANDARDS AND TRAINING (Requires training/instructions for police officers/trainees to identify persons with cognitive/communication disabilities and to develop law enforcement responses and training for police investigating such complaints.)
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Feb 05 2021 |
03/09/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 09 2021
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HB 6049
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - SEXUAL ASSAULT (Establishes criteria for the criminal offense of sexual assault when the victim is in the custody of a peace officer/provides that a person convicted of custodial sexual assault would face imprisonment for not more than 3 years.)
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Mar 01 2021 |
03/09/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 09 2021
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HB 5457
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - STATE TAX OFFICIALS - SALES AND USE TAXES -- ENFORCEMENT AND COLLECTION (Allows any tax payments to be paid by midnight of the date the tax is due. This act also provides for a twenty-four (24) hour extension of time to pay the tax.)
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Feb 10 2021 |
03/08/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 08 2021
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HB 5651
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES -- LIFETIME LIMITS (Revokes the authority of the health insurance commissioner's ability to enforce a ruling of the federal government or federal court that revokes the prohibition on limits on health insurance.)
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Feb 23 2021 |
03/08/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 08 2021
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HB 5843
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE (Requires individual health insurers, large group health insurers and small employer health insurers to provide coverage for ten (10) categories of essential health benefits listed in the act.)
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Feb 24 2021 |
03/08/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 08 2021
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HB 5653
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY--POLICE RELATIONSHIP ACT OF 2015 (Data collection on police traffic stops and/or searches. Requires appointment of community review board.)
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Feb 23 2021 |
03/03/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 03 2021
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