HB 5237
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PUBLIC HEALTH AND WORKPLACE SAFETY ACT (Repeals the exemption granted to pari mutual facilities and casinos from the smoke free workplace requirement contained in the Public Health and Workplace Safety Act.)
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Jan 25 2023 |
04/25/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 25 2023
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HB 5318
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LEAD POISONING PREVENTION ACT (Establishes a lead service line replacement program, using federal funds provided by IIJA for public and private service lines.)
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Feb 01 2023 |
04/25/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 25 2023
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HB 6162
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (Amends the uniform controlled substances act and reclassifies simple possession of 28 grams or less of certain controlled substances as a misdemeanor.)
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Mar 17 2023 |
04/20/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 20 2023
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HB 5917
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- THE ROURKE ACT (Establishes The Rourke Act which creates a survivor support fund for the survivors of domestic assault and prohibits any individual convicted of domestic assault from being within 100 ft of the domestic assault survivor's residence.)
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Mar 01 2023 |
04/20/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 20 2023
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HB 6234
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE (Allows students to utilize 4 mental health days for mental/behavioral health concerns as an excused absence from school effect on 9/1/23.)
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Mar 30 2023 |
04/19/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 19 2023
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HB 6235
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- OFFENSES PERTAINING TO SCHOOLS (Prohibits discrimination on the basis of race by expanding the definition of race to include traits historically associated with race, including, but not limited to, hair texture and protected hairstyles.)
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Mar 30 2023 |
04/19/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 19 2023
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HB 5095
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LIBRARIES -- STATE AID TO LIBRARIES (Requires that the state’s share to public libraries be fixed at twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount appropriated by the city or town in their budgets for fiscal year 2023, utilizing funds from the general fund or the American Rescue Plan Act.)
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Jan 12 2023 |
04/19/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 19 2023
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HB 6110
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC FINANCE -- STATE BUDGET (Directs the budget officer to include in the annual state budget and explanation of how the budget furthers efforts to ensure equity in the state.)
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Mar 03 2023 |
04/18/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 18 2023
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HB 5300
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- ASSAULT WEAPONS (Bans the possession, sale, and transfer of assault weapons. Possession of assault weapons owned on the effective date of this act would be "grandfathered". Violations are punishable by a fine or imprisonment.)
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Feb 01 2023 |
04/17/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 17 2023
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HB 5892
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Adds rifles and shotguns to the types of firearms that require a trigger lock to be included with any purchase.)
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Mar 01 2023 |
04/17/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 17 2023
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HB 5044
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HARM REDUCTION CENTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND PILOT PROGRAM (Extends the expiration date of the Harm Reduction Center Advisory Committee and Pilot Program by two years, from March 1, 2024, to March 1, 2026.)
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Jan 11 2023 |
04/07/2023 Signed By Governor
Apr 07 2023
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HR 6263
(2023 Regular Session)
House Resolution Celebrating April Of 2023, As “Organ Donation Month” In The State Of Rhode Island
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Apr 06 2023 |
04/06/2023 House Read And Passed
Apr 06 2023
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HB 5969
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- NARRAGANSETT INDIAN LAND MANAGEMENT CORPORATION (Repeals sections of the Narragansett Indian Land Management Corporation Act and acknowledge the Narragansett Indian Tribe as the sole aboriginal people sovereign to the territory of what is now known as Rhode Island.)
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Mar 01 2023 |
04/05/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 05 2023
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HB 5971
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Exempts all Narragansett Indian Tribe homeowners from real estate taxes and real estate tax liens, imposed by the state or any municipality and declares the Tribe as the sole sovereign federally recognized Indian Tribe in Rhode Island.)
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Mar 01 2023 |
04/05/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 05 2023
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HB 5442
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS -- ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS (Provides that any reports of investigations conducted by internal affair units or their equivalent are public records.)
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Feb 08 2023 |
04/05/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 05 2023
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HB 5616
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OPEN MEETINGS (Requires public bodies to offer translation services for all open meetings of said bodies.)
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Feb 15 2023 |
04/05/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 05 2023
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HB 5125
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY (Enables the Rhode Island public transit authority (RIPTA) to work with the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) to allow commuter rail passes to be used as dual passes for both RIPTA and MBTA.)
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Jan 12 2023 |
04/05/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 05 2023
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HB 5970
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- NARRAGANSETT TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY ACT (Exempts all Narragansett Indian Tribe members owning real estate, whether privately, commercially, in nonprofit corporations or in land trusts, from all real estate taxes imposed by the state or any municipality.)
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Mar 01 2023 |
04/05/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 05 2023
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HB 6071
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF POLICE ROBOT TECHNOLOGY (Prohibits on-duty/off-duty law enforcement officer from utilizing any robot/police robot dog/UAV, whether armed/unarmed, within the scope of their employment as well as police departments from purchase/procurement of any robots/UVAs/police robot dogs.)
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Mar 03 2023 |
04/04/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 04 2023
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HB 6161
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- SOLITARY CONFINEMENT REFORM ACT (Establishes the restrictive housing oversight committee ("committee") for the purpose of monitoring the use of restrictive housing (solitary confinement), as well as disciplinary and administrative confinement at the department of corrections.)
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Mar 17 2023 |
04/04/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 04 2023
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