SB 139
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- TEMPORARY DISABILITY INSURANCE -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Includes siblings/grandchildren/care recipient for temporary caregiver benefits of 12 weeks/Increases weekly dependent's allowances from $10 to $20 or 7% of benefit rate whichever is greater. Effective January 1, 2024.)
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Feb 01 2023 |
06/15/2023 Senate Read And Passed
Jun 15 2023
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SB 559
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- POSTSECONDARY STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE (Authorizes the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to establish a program to expand the issuance of teaching certificates to bilingual dual language and world language teachers in urban and urban ring schools.)
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Mar 07 2023 |
06/15/2023 Senate Passed Sub A
Jun 15 2023
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SB 258
(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.)
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Feb 16 2023 |
06/14/2023 Senate Read And Passed
Jun 14 2023
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SB 500
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY -- AGRICULTURAL FUNCTIONS OF DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (Permits residents on ponds in Coventry with a capacity in excess of 170 acres of water, to alter, repair, modify, or replace a dock on the pond by seeking approval only from DEM and the town of Coventry.)
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Mar 07 2023 |
06/14/2023 Referred To House Environment And Natural Resources
Jun 14 2023
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SB 718
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTHCARE FACILITIES (Provides that no employee or agent of the department of health participate in any healthcare facility inspection if the employee or agent has, in the past two (2) years, had an ownership or employment or consultant interest in the facility.)
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Mar 22 2023 |
06/14/2023 Signed By Governor
Jun 14 2023
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SR 1114
(2023 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of Paul Lozeau, Jr.
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Jun 12 2023 |
06/14/2023 Senate Read And Passed
Jun 14 2023
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SB 371
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT (Permits those other residents of a residential dwelling unit to extend the term of the rental agreement for a period not to exceed three (3) months after the death of the lessee.)
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Feb 16 2023 |
06/14/2023 Senate Passed Sub A
Jun 14 2023
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SR 795
(2023 Regular Session)
JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO WRITE AN OLMSTEAD PLAN FOR RHODE ISLAND (Creates a twenty-eight (28) member special legislative commission whose purpose it is to write an Olmstead Plan for RI, and who reports back to the General Assembly no later than January 3, 2024, and whose life expires on July 1, 2024.)
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Mar 23 2023 |
06/14/2023 Senate Read And Passed
Jun 14 2023
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SR 1113
(2023 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of Daniel D. Lanagan
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Jun 12 2023 |
06/14/2023 Senate Read And Passed
Jun 14 2023
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SB 561
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES (Appropriates $1,875,000 for the creation of a 9-8-8 suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline within the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals (BHDDH).)
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Mar 07 2023 |
06/14/2023 Senate Read And Passed
Jun 14 2023
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SB 64
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT (Provides that the permanent foundation educational aid program would provide state funding for school-based mental health services pursuant to specified conditions.)
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Feb 01 2023 |
06/14/2023 Senate Read And Passed
Jun 14 2023
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SB 163
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE AND SALE--MEDIATION CONFERENCE (Removes the sunset provision relative to mediation coverage prior to mortgage foreclosures.)
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Feb 15 2023 |
06/14/2023 Signed By Governor
Jun 14 2023
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SB 510
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT AMENDING CHAPTERS 106 AND 107 OF THE LOCAL ACTS OF 2021 BOTH ENTITLED "AN ACT RELATING TO SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION AND FINANCING IN THE CITY OF CENTRAL FALLS AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF CENTRAL FALLS TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $5,760,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES IN THE CITY" (Clarifies that premium received on the sale of bonds or notes shall be used for project costs.)
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Mar 07 2023 |
06/14/2023 Signed By Governor
Jun 14 2023
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SB 1108
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Authorizes reassessment of taxes on new construction from the date of issuance of the certificate of occupancy or the date it is first used, whichever is the earlier.)
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Jun 08 2023 |
06/14/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jun 14 2023
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SR 1122
(2023 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Congratulating Aimee Couto On Being Named The 2024 "Rhode Island Teacher Of The Year" By The Rhode Island Department Of Education
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Jun 14 2023 |
06/14/2023 Senate Read And Passed
Jun 14 2023
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SB 764
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS (Requires all public schools to screen students for behavioral health concerns by June 30, 2024, and thereafter, all students in the third grade, eighth grade, and students who enroll from a district outside of the state.)
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Mar 23 2023 |
06/14/2023 Senate Read And Passed
Jun 14 2023
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SB 671
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- MINIATURE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTAINER ACT OF 2023 (Creates a refundable fifty cent ($0.50) deposit for miniature alcoholic beverage containers, often referred to as "nips.")
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Mar 07 2023 |
06/12/2023 Proposed Substitute
Jun 12 2023
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SB 436
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Unifies the weight limit of vehicles with special plates, including P.O.W. plates, National Guard plates, and disabled veteran plates, to 12,000 pounds.)
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Feb 16 2023 |
06/12/2023 Signed By Governor
Jun 12 2023
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SB 463
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND PREKINDERGARTEN EDUCATION ACT (Develops a plan to expand public, high quality prekindergarten education programs available to all children ages three (3) and four (4) throughout Rhode Island to increase children’s school readiness and makes fund available to sustain all classrooms.)
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Mar 07 2023 |
06/09/2023 Referred To House Finance
Jun 09 2023
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SB 663
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES (Requires employer to furnish items and conditions of employment and a pay stub explaining how wages were calculated/reasons for deductions/allows the employee to file a court action against employer for violation.)
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Mar 07 2023 |
06/09/2023 Referred To House Labor
Jun 09 2023
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