Rhode Island Bills

sponsored by Rebecca Kislak

Bill Title Introduced Latest Action↓
HB 5452 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE -- HOLIDAYS (Changes the name of the holiday on the second Monday of August from Victory Day to Peace and Remembrance Day)
Feb 08 2023 04/05/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 05 2023
HB 5616 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OPEN MEETINGS (Requires public bodies to offer translation services for all open meetings of said bodies.)
Feb 15 2023 04/05/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 05 2023
HR 5771 (2023 Regular Session)
JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE, PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION -- RIGHT TO AN ADEQUATE EDUCATION (Amends the constitution to guarantee Rhode Island residents with equal opportunity to receive an education that is adequate, equitable and meaningful and provides judicial enforcement of this provision.)
Feb 21 2023 04/05/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 05 2023
HB 5125 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY (Enables the Rhode Island public transit authority (RIPTA) to work with the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) to allow commuter rail passes to be used as dual passes for both RIPTA and MBTA.)
Jan 12 2023 04/05/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 05 2023
HB 5442 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS -- ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS (Provides that any reports of investigations conducted by internal affair units or their equivalent are public records.)
Feb 08 2023 04/05/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 05 2023
HB 6103 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HOLIDAYS AND DAY OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE (Makes days on each primary for election of national convention delegates and elections for presidential preference primaries general holidays.)
Mar 03 2023 04/05/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 05 2023
HB 5346 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION (Creates a 2 year pilot program with PUC and DHS to increase low-income families participation in LIHEAP from July1, 2023, to July 1, 2025, with a report due on 12/1/23 to governor and general assembly on status/need for increased funds.)
Feb 03 2023 04/04/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 04 2023
HB 5149 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- HOMICIDE (Abolishes penalty of life without parole and amends/repeals all sections of general laws regulating prisoners serving a sentence of life without parole. It would have prospective and retroactive effect for any offense committed after January 1, 1991.)
Jan 18 2023 04/04/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 04 2023
HB 5102 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES (Establishes general caseload limits for DCYF workers similar to those contained in the Council on Accreditation standards.)
Jan 12 2023 04/04/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 04 2023
HB 5697 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- IDENTIFICATION AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS (Mandates that the clerk of the district court automatically also seal individual counts of criminal complaints upon dismissal pursuant to rule 48(a) of the rules of criminal procedure for district court.)
Feb 17 2023 04/04/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 04 2023
HB 5563 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- BAIL AND RECOGNIZANCE (Prohibits the courts from setting cash or surety bail on any misdemeanor offense but permits the court to set reasonable non-monetary conditions of bail to assure the defendant’s presence in court as required and to protect the community.)
Feb 15 2023 04/04/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 04 2023
HB 6200 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS' BILL OF RIGHTS (Amends the Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights providing greater accountability in the disciplinary process, the chief of police authority to impose discipline after the finding of a violation, appellate rights to the accused officer.)
Mar 24 2023 04/04/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 04 2023
HB 5567 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS' BILL OF RIGHTS (Repeals the Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights, Chapter 42-28.6 of the General Laws, in its entirety.)
Feb 15 2023 04/04/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 04 2023
HB 5105 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT AND INVESTMENT ACT (Establishes a statewide broadband community outreach coordinator to assist state residents interested in learning more and/or applying for the federal Affordable Connectivity Program.)
Jan 12 2023 04/04/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 04 2023
HB 5115 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS (Allows expungement of multiple felony convictions for non-violent felonies10 years after sentence completed.)
Jan 12 2023 04/04/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 04 2023
HB 5458 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES (Requires that each child under the supervision of DCYF be provided a team of educational advocates which would be required to attend meetings on a regular basis to ensure the child’s educational planning, progress and success.)
Feb 08 2023 04/04/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 04 2023
HB 5661 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION (Provides that utility services not be terminated for the period from November 1 to April 15 to property being used as a warming center, drop-in center, shelter, or similar facility providing emergency services to drop-in residents or unhoused individuals.)
Feb 17 2023 03/30/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 30 2023
HR 6227 (2023 Regular Session)
House Resolution Proclaiming April To Be "Holocaust & Genocide Awareness Month" In The State Of Rhode Island
Mar 29 2023 03/29/2023 House Read And Passed
Mar 29 2023
HB 5590 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Commencing 1/1/24, gradually increases the minimum wage for employees receiving gratuities from the current ($3.89) to ($14.95) by 1/1/28 and on 1/1/29 the minimum wage shall be no less than the minimum wage established by the minimum wage law.)
Feb 15 2023 03/29/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 29 2023
HB 5587 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Sets the minimum wage for public school crossing guards at eighteen dollars ($18.00) per hour and also defines a crossing guard as a person who safely assists school students to cross the street.)
Feb 15 2023 03/29/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 29 2023

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