Rhode Island Bills

sponsored by Rebecca Kislak

Bill Title Introduced Latest Action↓
HB 5389 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT (Provides local education agencies (LEAs) hiring site-based specialists for reading and math to receive state reimbursement based on enrollment and specific guidelines.)
Feb 03 2023 04/26/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 26 2023
HB 5794 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CERTIFICATION OF TEACHERS (Extends teacher certifications without fee or penalty for three (3) years for teachers who hold certifications as of July 1, 2023.)
Feb 22 2023 04/26/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 26 2023
HB 5396 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATIONAL EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT (Provides for an appropriation by the general assembly in the amount of two million dollars ($2,000,000) to the various school districts and municipalities to employ additional social workers.)
Feb 03 2023 04/26/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 26 2023
HB 6007 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FEDERAL AID (Requires all public schools to make reimbursable breakfasts and lunches available to all students under the rules and regulations of the USDA and the RI department of education.)
Mar 01 2023 04/26/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 26 2023
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.)
Jan 25 2023 04/25/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 25 2023
HR 6317 (2023 Regular Session)
House Resolution Commemorating “National Infertility Awareness Week” On April 23-29, 2023, In The State Of Rhode Island
Apr 25 2023 04/25/2023 House Read And Passed
Apr 25 2023
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.)
Feb 01 2023 04/25/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 25 2023
HB 5636 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HIGHER EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES (Establishes the Higher Education Opportunities for Students with Disabilities Act.)
Feb 15 2023 04/20/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 20 2023
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.)
Mar 30 2023 04/19/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 19 2023
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.)
Mar 30 2023 04/19/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 19 2023
HB 5603 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Allows the host city or town to impose a two percent (2%) tax on the endowment of a private institution of higher education, to be used only for the host's public school district.)
Feb 15 2023 04/19/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 19 2023
HR 6283 (2023 Regular Session)
House Resolution Commemorating "Holocaust Remembrance Day" On April 18, 2023
Apr 18 2023 04/18/2023 House Read And Passed
Apr 18 2023
HB 6005 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES (Increases the maximum state and municipal small purchase limits from $10,000 to $25,000 for construction projects and from $5,000 to $10,000 for all other state and municipal purchases.)
Mar 01 2023 04/18/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 18 2023
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.)
Mar 03 2023 04/18/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 18 2023
HB 5893 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Prohibits purchases of more than one firearm in any thirty (30) day period.)
Mar 01 2023 04/17/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 17 2023
HB 5894 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Requires purchasers of firearms, to take and pass a basic firearm safety test and requires the firearm test administered by DEM be updated every two years, as deemed appropriate and repeals § 11-47-35.2.)
Mar 01 2023 04/17/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 17 2023
HB 5912 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- IDENTIFICATION AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS (Requires law enforcement to submit any firearm seized in any investigation to the state crime laboratory and the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms (BATF) for testing and tracing.)
Mar 01 2023 04/17/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 17 2023
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.)
Jan 11 2023 04/07/2023 Signed By Governor
Apr 07 2023
HB 5452 (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)
Feb 08 2023 04/05/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 05 2023
HB 5454 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS -- ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS (Subjects police departments and peace officers to the public records requests and an initial narrative report of a police officer and makes any reports of investigations conducted by internal affair units public record.)
Feb 08 2023 04/05/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 05 2023

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