SB 920
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR FUEL TAX (Amends the distribution of proceeds of motor fuel tax to raise amount from $0.0975 to ten cents in fiscal year 2024 and thereafter with the additional one-quarter cent to be used as state match for the section 5311 formula grants for rural areas program.)
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Mar 30 2023 |
05/11/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 11 2023
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SB 237
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FOUNDATION LEVEL SCHOOL SUPPORT (Requires that the school housing aid ratio shall be increased by five percent (5%) for projects that ensure Rhode Island based minority business enterprises reach a minimum of twenty percent (20%) of the dollar value of the bid.)
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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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SB 234
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY (Prohibits the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) from imposing any fares and/or charges for service provided to the general public. Effective January 1, 2024.)
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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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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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SB 27
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- COMPREHENSIVE DISCHARGE PLANNING (Requires coverage for residential/inpatient mental health services for detox/stabilization/substance abuse disorders without preauthorization or be subject to concurrent review during the first 28 days.)
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Jan 18 2023 |
05/10/2023 Referred To House Health & Human Services
May 10 2023
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SB 316
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE ACT (Grants a right of first refusal to qualified nonprofits for the purchase of certain multi-family residential properties at market prices, within a reasonable period of time to promote the creation and preservation of affordable rental housing.)
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Feb 16 2023 |
05/10/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 10 2023
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SB 99
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- WHOLESALE PRESCRIPTION DRUG IMPORTATION PROGRAM (Establishes the Wholesale Prescription Drug Importation Program for the importation of wholesale prescription drugs from Canada to provide savings to Rhode Island consumers.)
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Feb 01 2023 |
05/09/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 09 2023
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SB 466
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY -- TREE WARDENS (Requires an electric distribution company, pursuant to a vegetation management plan approved by the DPUC, to carry out vegetation management activities for vegetation clearing around utility infrastructure along public and private rights of way.)
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Mar 07 2023 |
05/09/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 09 2023
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SB 266
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION (Exempts from the sales and use tax that portion of a motor vehicle lease payment collected for tangible personal property tax, municipal property tax, excise or any other similar tax.)
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Feb 16 2023 |
05/09/2023 Committee Postponed At Request Of Sponsor (05/09/2023)
May 09 2023
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SB 955
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- STATEWIDE TANGIBLE PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION (Phases in a permanent tax exemption over 5 years for tangible personal property of businesses of less than $250,000 of assessed value. Provides reimbursement from state revenues for the amount of lost tax revenue resulting from the exemption.)
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May 01 2023 |
05/09/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 09 2023
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SR 974
(2023 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of John J. Monaghan, Jr.
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May 09 2023 |
05/09/2023 Senate Read And Passed
May 09 2023
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SB 207
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- THE RHODE ISLAND FAMILY HOME-VISITING ACT (Makes the Medicaid rate increase permanent for the first connections family home-visiting program and requires additional information to be added to the annual family home-visiting report.)
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Feb 16 2023 |
05/04/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 04 2023
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SB 291
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- COUNSELING COMPACT (Adopts a counseling compact for the interstate practice of licensed professional counselors by providing for the mutual recognition of other member state licenses.)
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Feb 16 2023 |
05/04/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 04 2023
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SB 564
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- AUDIOLOGY AND SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY INTERSTATE COMPACT (Adopts the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact and would establish a joint public agency known as the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Compact commission to administer the provisions of the compact between the states.)
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Mar 07 2023 |
05/04/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 04 2023
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SB 482
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE OFFICE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING (Establishes the office of early childhood development and learning to manage a statewide early learning system for children from birth through age five (5), and ensure all children enter school ready to learn.)
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Mar 07 2023 |
05/03/2023 Referred To House Finance
May 03 2023
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SB 59
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- RIDESHARE VEHICLE SURCHARGE (Implements a $0.75 surcharge on fares charged by rideshare companies and also requires that the surcharges be deposited in a restricted account to be used for street improvements in the municipality where the fare originated.)
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Feb 01 2023 |
05/02/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 02 2023
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SB 522
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- RHODE ISLAND CHILDCARE ESSENTIAL ACT (Creates the Rhode Island Child Care Assistance Program that governs both family eligibility for the state’s child care subsidy program and the rates paid to child care providers serving families receiving a subsidy.)
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Mar 07 2023 |
05/02/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 02 2023
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SB 130
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- ELECTIVE MEETINGS (Mandates that on each primary for election of national convention delegates and elections for presidential preference primaries, that all public elementary and secondary schools be closed.)
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Feb 01 2023 |
05/01/2023 Signed By Governor
May 01 2023
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SB 956
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- RIGHTS OF NURSING HOME PATIENTS (Amends the law on nursing home minimum staffing requirements in order that any penalty incurred in calendar year 2022 would be abated.)
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May 01 2023 |
05/01/2023 Introduced, Referred To Senate Health And Human Services
May 01 2023
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SB 652
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW--GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- RHODE ISLAND MARINA USERS' BILL OF RIGHTS (Establishes a marina users' bill of rights allowing recourse through the consumer protection unit of the Rhode Island attorney general's office as well as civil causes of action.)
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Mar 07 2023 |
04/28/2023 Meeting Postponed (05/04/2023)
Apr 28 2023
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