Rhode Island Bills

sponsored by Jonathon Acosta

Bill Title Introduced Latest Action↓
SB 528 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - PERSONAL INCOME TAX CREDIT (Establishes a new personal income tax credit for individuals who incur expenses caring for a relative that requires assistance with one or more daily living activities as certified by a license physician.)
Mar 07 2023 05/04/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 04 2023
SR 673 (2023 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Respectfully Requesting The Rhode Island Congressional Delegation To Urge The Under Secretary Of Defense For Personnel And Readiness To Protect Pharmacy Access For Those Who Serve Or Have Served In The Armed Forces
Mar 07 2023 05/03/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 03 2023
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.)
Mar 07 2023 05/02/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 02 2023
SB 755 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - CASUALTY INSURANCE RATING (Prohibits auto insurance companies from using certain race and geographical locations criteria when determining insurance rates.)
Mar 23 2023 05/02/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 02 2023
SB 173 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- THE COMMUTER TRANSPORTATION BENEFITS ACT (Establishes the commuter transportation benefit chapter. Employers with five hundred (500) or more employees would be required to establish a pre-tax commuter transportation fringe benefit program.)
Feb 16 2023 05/02/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 02 2023
SR 963 (2023 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Celebrating "Right From The Start - Strolling Thunder" On May 2, 2023
May 02 2023 05/02/2023 Senate Read And Passed
May 02 2023
SB 792 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- CERTIFICATION OF CHILDCARE AND YOUTH-SERVING WORKERS AND OPERATORS (Repeals the provision that requires new applicants for employment under this section to pay the expense for their background checks.)
Mar 23 2023 05/02/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 02 2023
SB 268 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- ADMINISTRATION -- BOARD COMPOSITION (Adds active firefighters and police officers or officers from their respective union to the retirement board.)
Feb 16 2023 05/02/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 02 2023
SB 242 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND PROMISE SCHOLARSHIP (Expands the Rhode Island promise scholarship program to include students at Rhode Island college as well as students with medical, personal leave, military obligations or disabilities.)
Feb 16 2023 04/27/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 27 2023
SR 945 (2023 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Proclaiming April 19, 2023, To Be "Wage Theft Day Of Action"
Apr 27 2023 04/27/2023 Senate Read And Passed
Apr 27 2023
SB 274 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND PROMISE SCHOLARSHIP (Expands the promise scholarship program to allow a student who is eligible to receive funds under the Rhode Island promise scholarship to use the same funds at most public or private institutions of postsecondary education in Rhode Island.)
Feb 16 2023 04/27/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 27 2023
SB 542 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- POSTSECONDARY TUITION ASSISTANCE FOR SHORTAGE TEACHING FIELDS (Creates a postsecondary tuition assistance for shortage teaching fields.)
Mar 07 2023 04/27/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 27 2023
SB 791 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (Authorizes the secretary of the executive office of health and human services (EOHHS) to develop a sliding scale decrease in benefits as a beneficiary’s income increases up to two hundred fifty percent (250%) of the federal poverty level.)
Mar 23 2023 04/27/2023 Committee Recommended Substitute A Be Held For Further Study
Apr 27 2023
SR 947 (2023 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Proclaiming The Week Of April 23 Through 29, 2023, To Be "Crime Victims' Rights Week" In The State Of Rhode Island
Apr 27 2023 04/27/2023 Senate Read And Passed
Apr 27 2023
SR 774 (2023 Regular Session)
JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $738,088 TO RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE (This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of $738,088 to Rhode Island College to fund Rhode Island College HSI status and student supports.)
Mar 23 2023 04/27/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 27 2023
SB 201 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- REFUSE DISPOSAL -- FOOD WASTE BAN (Requires a covered entity generating organic waste materials of more than 52 tons/year and located less than 30 miles from an authorized composting facility or anaerobic digestion facility to recycle the waste at that facility beginning January 1, 2024.)
Feb 16 2023 04/26/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 26 2023
SB 424 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Allows individuals employed in domestic service or in or about a private home to be included as an employee, for purposes of minimum wages law.)
Feb 16 2023 04/26/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 26 2023
SB 430 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Creates new definition for the term "employee", for purposes of wages, workers' compensation, temporary disability and unemployment insurance benefits, which deems a worker to be an employee, as opposed to an independent contractor.)
Feb 16 2023 04/26/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 26 2023
SB 248 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (Requires state human services providers to pay employees $ 25 per hour and schedule for incremental raises for existing employees annually adjusted for inflation. eff 7/1/24)
Feb 16 2023 04/25/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 25 2023
SB 363 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Authorizes municipalities to enact ordinances regulating firearms.)
Feb 16 2023 04/25/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 25 2023

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