Rhode Island Bills

sponsored by Brandon Potter

Bill Title Introduced Latest Action↓
HB 5988 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (Prohibits the executive office of health and human services from entering into manage care organization (MCO) contracts that permit managed care organizations to contract with pharmacy benefit managers (PBM).)
Mar 01 2023 05/16/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 16 2023
HB 5402 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE (Requires the auditor general to oversee an audit of Medicaid programs administered by managed care organizations and submit a report of such findings within six (6) months to the general assembly and EOHHS.)
Feb 03 2023 05/16/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 16 2023
HB 5018 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Diane Louise Ricciardi to join Vanessa Rose DiPilato and Nicholas Landmark Nybo in marriage on or about June 24, 2023, within the City of Providence, Rhode Island.)
Jan 06 2023 05/15/2023 Signed By Governor
May 15 2023
HB 5545 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- DISTRICT CHARTER SCHOOL (Requires that certain quarterly reports required to be filed by district charter schools, mayoral academies and independent charter schools be submitted to the commissioner of elementary and secondary education.)
Feb 15 2023 05/15/2023 Referred To Senate Education
May 15 2023
HB 5494 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHYSICAL THERAPISTS (Amends the licensing statute to allow a graduate of a board approved physical therapy school to be reinstated upon a failed examination upon the filing and registering for a second examination.)
Feb 10 2023 05/15/2023 Referred To Senate Health And Human Services
May 15 2023
HB 5076 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- RHODE ISLAND PHYSICAL THERAPIST LICENSURE COMPACT ACT (Allows the state to become a member of the physical therapist licensure compact adopted by twenty-five (25) states in order to facilitate the interstate practice of physical therapy with the goal of improving public access to physical therapy services.)
Jan 12 2023 05/15/2023 Referred To Senate Health And Human Services
May 15 2023
HB 5460 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- VOTING DISTRICTS AND OFFICIALS -- POLLING PLACE CAP (Increases the maximum number of voters that a polling place can accommodate from three thousand (3,000) to three thousand five hundred (3,500).)
Feb 08 2023 05/15/2023 Referred To Senate Judiciary
May 15 2023
HB 5555 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACIES (Adds a new section which sets forth conditions for pharmacists to prescribe tobacco cessation drug therapies.)
Feb 15 2023 05/15/2023 Referred To Senate Health And Human Services
May 15 2023
HB 5220 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGULATION OF ELECTRIC BICYCLES (Regulates electric bicycles in the same manner as human-powered bicycles, classify electric bicycles into three (3) classes, require all electric bicycles to have a label affixed to the bicycle and be equipped with a speedometer.)
Jan 25 2023 05/15/2023 Referred To Senate Judiciary
May 15 2023
HB 5646 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE (Requires EOHHS working with the auditor general to develop a plan within two (2) years of the passage of this act to transition to a fee-for-service state-run Medicaid program.)
Feb 15 2023 05/13/2023 Committee Postponed At Request Of Sponsor (05/16/2023)
May 13 2023
HB 6399 (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).)
May 12 2023 05/12/2023 Introduced, Referred To House Health & Human Services
May 12 2023
HB 5525 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- GOVERNOR'S WORKFORCE BOARD RHODE ISLAND (Provide initiatives by a program formulated by the Governor's Workforce Board for Rhode Island Public Transit Authority to encourages applicants for bus drivers.)
Feb 10 2023 05/11/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 11 2023
HB 6106 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE RHODE ISLAND CLIMATE CHANGE AND OCEAN PROTECTION EDUCATION PROGRAM ACT (Appropriates five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) per fiscal year to invest in climate change and ocean protection education to enhance literacy of these issues for Rhode Island's youth and include a grant program.)
Mar 03 2023 05/11/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 11 2023
HR 6022 (2023 Regular Session)
JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $275,000 TO THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (DEM) TO PURCHASE COUNTERS, AND MAINTAIN, COLLECT, AND ANALYZE YEAR-ROUND DATA ON BIKE PATH USAGE THROUGHOUT THE STATE (This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of $275,000 to the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management to purchase counters, and maintain, collect and analyze year-round data on bike path usage throughout the State.)
Mar 01 2023 05/11/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 11 2023
HB 6105 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE RHODE ISLAND CLIMATE CHANGE AND OCEAN PROTECTION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ACT (Appropriates five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) per fiscal year to invest in a climate change and ocean protection workforce development grant program.)
Mar 03 2023 05/11/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 11 2023
HR 6020 (2023 Regular Session)
JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $25,000,000 TO THE RHODE ISLAND DIVISION OF STATEWIDE PLANNING (RIDSP) TO FUND THE STATEWIDE BICYCLE MOBILITY PLAN (BMP) (Authorizes the appropriation of the sum of $25,000,000 to the Rhode Island Division of Statewide Planning to fund the Bicycle Mobility Plan.)
Mar 01 2023 05/11/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 11 2023
HB 5910 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- JURY LISTS (Amends the jury list and jury qualification statutes to add individuals receiving public assistance benefits to the list of individuals sent to the state's jury commissioner on a yearly basis.)
Mar 01 2023 05/11/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 11 2023
HB 6148 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX (Creates an added 3% tax on taxable income in excess of $417,500 (in 2011 dollars)/ $557,000 (in 2023 dollars). Restricts the revenue generated by the tax to child care, education and infrastructure repairs and maintenance.)
Mar 10 2023 05/09/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 09 2023
HB 6171 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX -- CAPITAL GAINS (Amends the capital gains tax rates and holding period from 5 years to 1 year. Imposes a non-owner occupied tax on homes assessed at more than $1,000,000.)
Mar 17 2023 05/09/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 09 2023
HB 5468 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX (Allows a deduction from federal adjusted gross income for interest payments on outstanding student loans.)
Feb 08 2023 05/09/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 09 2023

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