HB 5251
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM (Requires all public high schools to offer as part of the curriculum a nutrition food preparation and cooking course. Effective July 1, 2023.)
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Jan 27 2023 |
03/26/2023 Committee Postponed At Request Of Sponsor (03/29/2023)
Mar 26 2023
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HB 5777
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SUPPORT AND ACCESS TO BILINGUAL EDUCATION ACT (Creates a new chapter for the support and access to bilingual education. It creates a dual language program fund to be administered by the department of education. Local education agencies would be eligible to apply to the department for funding.)
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Feb 22 2023 |
03/22/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 22 2023
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HB 5111
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- PRICE GOUGING OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS PROHIBITED (Makes it a felony to price gouge prescriptions or pharmaceuticals in time of a shortage.)
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Jan 12 2023 |
03/22/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 22 2023
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HB 5868
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- NURSES (Allows RNs to perform cosmetic/aesthetic dermatological procedures prescribed/ordered by licensed health care practitioner.)
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Mar 01 2023 |
03/21/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 21 2023
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HB 5351
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Mandates insurance policies, provides coverage to diagnose & treat infertility for women between 25 & 42 years, including pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) in conjunction with in vitro fertilization (IVF).)
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Feb 03 2023 |
03/21/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 21 2023
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HB 5331
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- CHECK CASHING (Caps the APR for payday loans at 28%. Requires 90-day maturity date. Prohibits fees/interest payments in excess of 60% of principal. Requires monthly payments of no more than 25% of original principal amount.)
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Feb 03 2023 |
03/21/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 21 2023
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HB 5534
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS -- PROFESSIONAL OR OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE (Enables undocumented immigrants to obtain a professional license as long as all other requirements for licensure are met.)
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Feb 15 2023 |
03/21/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 21 2023
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HB 5124
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE RHODE ISLAND LOBBYING REFORM ACT (Prohibits lobbyists from making any political contributions to any member of the general assembly from January 1 through July 1 in any year, unless the general assembly adjourns for the year prior to July 1.)
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Jan 12 2023 |
03/17/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 17 2023
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HB 5763
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- EQUITY IMPACT STATEMENT ACT (Creates the "equity impact statement act", requiring that all legislation submitted in the general assembly include an equity impact statement.)
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Feb 21 2023 |
03/17/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 17 2023
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HB 6066
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- OBSCENE AND OBJECTIONABLE PUBLICATIONS AND SHOWS (Establishes, as an affirmative defense to the crimes of circulating obscene publications or shows and selling or exhibiting obscene publications to minors, the person’s employment status as an employee of a school, museum, or library.)
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Mar 03 2023 |
03/16/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 16 2023
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HB 5359
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO DELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN -- PROCEEDINGS IN FAMILY COURT (Prohibits the family court from detaining/committing any juvenile under the age of 14 years to the training school for any offense other than murder/first degree sexual assault or an attempt to commit such offenses.)
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Feb 03 2023 |
03/16/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 16 2023
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HB 5572
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- DISORDERLY CONDUCT (Requires conduct that creates an actual public disturbance that includes a gathering of people drawn to and watching the conduct, stopping, impeding or causing traffic, or creating similar public disturbances in order to constitute disorderly conduct.)
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Feb 15 2023 |
03/16/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 16 2023
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HR 6152
(2023 Regular Session)
House Resolution Expressing Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of Karrie Ann Disanto
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Mar 16 2023 |
03/16/2023 House Read And Passed
Mar 16 2023
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HB 5717
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- REFUSE DISPOSAL (Prohibits a city of town from requiring residents to pay for curbside mattress pickup or disposal.)
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Feb 17 2023 |
03/16/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 16 2023
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HB 6079
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKERS' COMPENSATION -- BENEFITS (Prevents employers from discriminating against an employee because the employee has exercised a right and worker's compensation benefits.)
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Mar 03 2023 |
03/15/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 15 2023
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HB 5748
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE (Increases the minimum required awarded to minority business enterprises to 20% and of that, require a minimum of 10% be awarded to minority owned businesses and that a minimum of 10% be awarded to women owned businesses.)
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Feb 21 2023 |
03/15/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 15 2023
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HB 5927
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- FAIR EMPLOYMENTS PRACTICES (Expands the definition of employee to include individuals under appointment or contract of hire or apprenticeship, volunteers or unpaid interns and decreases from 4 to 1 the number of employees required to trigger the designation of employer.)
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Mar 01 2023 |
03/15/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 15 2023
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HB 5980
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- HOUSING PRODUCTION REVOLVING FUND (Creates the Housing Production Revolving Fund through the issuance of $50,000,000 in housing bonds by the department of housing to provide affordable housing for low income households and provide a $500,000 annual appropriation from the general assembly.)
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Mar 01 2023 |
03/10/2023 Withdrawn At Sponsor's Request
Mar 10 2023
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HB 5360
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- EXTREME RISK PROTECTION ORDERS (Prohibits sheriffs from charging/accepting fees from any Rhode Island law enforcement agency for service of any temporary or 1-yr extreme risk protection order. Requires sheriffs to accept petitions/summons, by email, facsimile or other electronic means.)
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Feb 03 2023 |
03/09/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 09 2023
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HB 5896
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- SEXUAL ASSAULT (Defines coercion so as to include sexual assault by a member of law enforcement who has the victim under arrest, in custody or detained or by any person who has supervisory authority over the victim’s parole, probation or home confinement.)
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Mar 01 2023 |
03/09/2023 Withdrawn At Sponsor's Request
Mar 09 2023
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