Rhode Island Bills

sponsored by Justine Caldwell

Bill Title Introduced Latest Action↓
HB 7540 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- AQUACULTURE-EMERGENCY CLOSURE (Allows the director of the department of environmental management to issue an emergency order requiring the temporary or permanent suspension of aquaculture activities in an affected area.)
Feb 18 2022 06/10/2022 Referred To Senate Judiciary
Jun 10 2022
HB 7700 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- INTERCEPTION OF WIRE AND ORAL COMMUNICATIONS (Adds felony violations of Uniform Act on Prevention of and Remedies for Human Trafficking as a designated offense for an application for an order under the Interception of Wire and Oral Communications statute.)
Mar 02 2022 06/07/2022 Signed By Governor
Jun 07 2022
HB 7417 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Holders of Class B licenses shall offer the public food during times alcoholic beverages are sold to the public.)
Feb 09 2022 06/01/2022 Effective Without Governor's Signature
Jun 01 2022
HB 7283 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - RHODE ISLAND EARLY EDUCATOR INVESTMENT ACT (Establishes the Rhode Island Early Educator Investment Act to develop and implement strategies to improve the compensation of early childhood educators.)
Feb 02 2022 05/31/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 31 2022
HB 8286 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HIGH-HEAT FACILITY ACT OF 2021 (Prohibits new high-heat waste processing facilities.)
May 26 2022 05/26/2022 Introduced, Referred To House Environment And Natural Resources
May 26 2022
HB 7060 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES--HAPPY HOUR (Allows happy hour drink specials served in conjunction with meals prepared on the premises sufficient to constitute breakfast, lunch or dinner, excluding snacks.)
Jan 12 2022 05/20/2022 Referred To Senate Special Legislation And Veterans Affairs
May 20 2022
HB 7443 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- HEALTH CARE FOR CHILDREN AND PREGNANT WOMEN (Increases the coverage eligibility for any pregnant person for Medicaid from an income level of 250% of the federal poverty level to 400% of the federal poverty level and provides full health insurance coverage for pregnant people.)
Feb 11 2022 05/19/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 19 2022
HB 7181 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- RHODE ISLAND PATHWAYS PROJECT (Requires the executive office of health and human services (EOHHS) to utilize current Medicaid waiver funds to provide coverage for supporting housing for the homeless.)
Jan 26 2022 05/19/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 19 2022
HB 7626 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Mandates that health insurance companies and Medicaid provide coverage for FDA approved COVID-19 home testing kits.)
Mar 02 2022 05/19/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 19 2022
HR 8256 (2022 Regular Session)
House Resolution Recognizing And Congratulating The Members And Coach Of The East Greenwich High School Team On Their Victory At The Rhode Island Academic Decathlon
May 17 2022 05/17/2022 House Read And Passed
May 17 2022
HB 8253 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT (Amends the term "extraordinary costs" for the purposes of excess costs associated with special education students. The new definition of extraordinary costs would be educational costs that are over 3 times the average statewide special education cost.)
May 13 2022 05/13/2022 Introduced, Referred To House Finance
May 13 2022
HB 7552 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENT AND DEBT PROTECTION ACT OF 2011 (Authorizes the Rhode Island public transit authority's coordinating council to develop a pilot program to address the needs of disabled individuals whose disability prevents independent use of a fixed route system.)
Feb 18 2022 05/12/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 12 2022
HB 7388 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - CATASTROPHIC ILLNESS IN CHILDREN RELIEF FUND (Establishes Children's Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund to provide finance assistance to families for medical expenses not covered by state or federal programs or insurance contract.)
Feb 09 2022 05/12/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 12 2022
HR 8243 (2022 Regular Session)
House Resolution Proclaiming And Celebrating May 11, 2022, As "Child Care Awareness Day" In The State Of Rhode Island
May 11 2022 05/11/2022 House Read And Passed
May 11 2022
HR 8225 (2022 Regular Session)
House Resolution Congratulating Rinchen-Tzo Emgushov, Md, On Her Retirement After Thirty-Seven Distinguished Years Of Practicing Medicine And Providing Exceptional Service To Her Patients
May 10 2022 05/10/2022 House Read And Passed
May 10 2022
HB 7609 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FOUNDATION LEVEL SCHOOL SUPPORT (Provides for a five percent increase in the school housing aid ratio for school building projects that award or utilize Rhode Island based architectural firms.)
Mar 02 2022 05/10/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 10 2022
HB 7798 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- MOTION PICTURE PRODUCTION TAX CREDITS (Increases the motion picture production company tax credit to ten million dollars ($10,000,000) and cap the available total of credits to forty million dollars ($40,000,000). This act would also eliminate the sunset provision.)
Mar 03 2022 05/05/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 05 2022
HB 7973 (2022 Regular Session)
An Act To Vacate The Forfeiture Or Revocation Of The Charter Of Graduate Student Association, Inc.
Mar 11 2022 05/04/2022 Effective Without Governor's Signature
May 04 2022
HB 7637 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- ADULT EDUCATION (Modernizes expand access and provide additional funds to adult education programs in the state, create a strategic plan for adult education establish learning, intake and assessment centers.)
Mar 02 2022 05/04/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 04 2022
HB 7172 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX (Provides a tax credit for state community service hours provided by state residents to certain not-for-profit entities and municipal departments.)
Jan 26 2022 05/03/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 03 2022

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