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 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 13
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS (Allows schools to maintain on-site an undesignated supply of glucagon for emergency purposes. Provides for training of all school employees in the basics of diabetes care and allows for further training of delegated care aides for students with diabetes.)
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Jan 18 2023 |
05/17/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 17 2023
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SB 539
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO ESTABLISH A COMMISSION TO PROVIDE DIRECTION AND PROPOSALS FOR LEGISLATION, METRICS, AND PROGRESS IN REDUCING RACIAL DISPARITY IN INCARCERATION (Would authorize the appropriation of a sum that is sufficient to establish to provide direction and proposals to reduce racial disparity in incarceration.)
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Mar 07 2023 |
05/16/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 16 2023
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SB 540
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LIBRARIES -- HISTORICAL SOCIETY LIBRARIES (Provides for an annual appropriation for the Rhode Island Black Heritage Society.)
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Mar 07 2023 |
05/16/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 16 2023
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SB 273
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - AGREEMENT TO PHASE OUT CORPORATE INCENTIVES COMPACT ACT (Establishes a compact agreement among at least two (2) states to prohibit the use of subsidies to selectively retain industry or company entice relocation from one state to another state or to open a new facility.)
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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 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 1017
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE -- HOLIDAYS (Changes the name of the holiday on the second Monday of August from Victory Day to Peace and Remembrance Day)
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May 15 2023 |
05/15/2023 Introduced, Referred To Senate Special Legislation And Veterans Affairs
May 15 2023
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SB 843
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS (Establishes a three (3) day transmittal period after the deadline for local boards to accept mail ballot applications, if delivered via the postal service.)
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Mar 29 2023 |
05/12/2023 Referred To House State Government & Elections
May 12 2023
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SB 527
(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 07 2023 |
05/11/2023 Committee Heard
May 11 2023
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SB 545
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC FINANCE -- RHODE ISLAND SECURE CHOICE RETIREMENT SAVINGS PROGRAM ACT (Establishes the Rhode Island secure choice retirement savings program as a public corporation managing IRA-type investments. Requires employers to offer the program to employees or be subject to a $250 penalty per employee.)
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Mar 07 2023 |
05/11/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 11 2023
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SB 572
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM (Establishes a universal, comprehensive, affordable single-payer health care insurance program and helps control health care costs, which would be referred to as, "the Rhode Island Comprehensive Health Insurance Program" (RICHIP).)
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Mar 07 2023 |
05/11/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 11 2023
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SB 726
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Limits the copayment or coinsurance requirement on specialty drugs to one hundred fifty dollars ($150) for a thirty (30)-day supply.)
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Mar 22 2023 |
05/11/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 11 2023
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SB 73
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES (Allows a municipality, by ordinance or resolution, to increase the minimum bid for small purchases to ten thousand dollars ($10,000).)
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Feb 01 2023 |
05/11/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 11 2023
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SB 247
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- HEALTH CARE FOR CHILDREN AND PREGNANT WOMEN (Provides children from birth through age five (5) with continuous coverage eligibility for RIte Track/RIte Care so that they are not at risk of losing coverage at the yearly redetermination due solely to administrative barriers.)
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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 866
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND (Creates funding of affordable housing programs within the department of housing. Also creates a land bank program as well as residential development programs for the construction of low-income housing units by the department and the cities and towns.)
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Mar 30 2023 |
05/11/2023 Committee Heard
May 11 2023
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SB 367
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- COVID-19 PANDEMIC INSURANCE RECOVERY ACT (Allows businesses that had an insurance policy in place for business interruption as of March 9, 2020 to recover from their insurance companies for a COVID-19 business impact.)
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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 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 614
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- ACQUISITION OF LAND (Requires state properties committee to give written notice to municipality/abutters within 200 ft radius/general assembly leaders of acquisition/disposal of any land/real estate.)
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Mar 07 2023 |
05/11/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 11 2023
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