SB 316
(2019 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES (Requires employers to give their employees, who make a timely request, two (2) hours of paid leave to vote. This act would be enforced by the department of labor and training.)
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Feb 13 2019 |
03/21/2019 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 21 2019
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SB 643
(2019 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- TEMPORARY DISABILITY INSURANCE (Increases tax wage base for contributions to TDI /TCI, expands eligibility, increases benefit rates, adds sibling and grandchild in coverage benefits, increases temp caregiver weeks, and institutes fines for not reinstating an employee who uses program.)
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Mar 21 2019 |
03/21/2019 Introduced, Referred To Senate Finance
Mar 21 2019
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SB 318
(2019 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- ELIGIBILITY TO VOTE (Allows individuals, who have not reached the age of eighteen (18) years, to vote in a primary election, as long as the voter will be eighteen (18) as of the date of the general or special election.)
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Feb 13 2019 |
03/21/2019 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 21 2019
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SB 339
(2019 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPLIES (Repeals the state voter identification law.)
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Feb 13 2019 |
03/21/2019 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 21 2019
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SB 269
(2019 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- THE CLIMATE CHANGE COASTAL ADAPTATION TRUST FUND (Establishes the RI coastal adaptation trust fund. The trust would enable cities and towns and the state to apply for grants to fund projects that invest in measures that adapt infrastructure on public lands to address the impacts of climate change.)
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Feb 13 2019 |
03/20/2019 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 20 2019
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SB 579
(2019 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- THE BREAST CANCER ACT (Amends the current law so that digital breast tomosynthesis (dbt) screenings are available wherever mammograms are conducted and to provide insurance coverage for such screenings.)
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Mar 14 2019 |
03/19/2019 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 19 2019
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SB 556
(2019 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT (Provides that for FY 2020, the state pays the local share or contribution of charter public school tuition for its students in excess of 5% of the average of all pupils within school districts.)
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Mar 14 2019 |
03/14/2019 Introduced, Referred To Senate Finance
Mar 14 2019
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SR 366
(2019 Regular Session)
SENATE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE IMPACT OF THE TRAUMA INFLICTED ON CHILDREN WHO ARE EXPOSED TO VIOLENCE (Creates a 13 member commission to study the impact of the trauma inflicted on children exposed to violence, and report back by February 7, 2020, and expire on May 7, 2020.)
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Feb 13 2019 |
03/12/2019 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 12 2019
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SB 268
(2019 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - PLASTIC WASTE REDUCTION ACT (Prohibits retail sales establishments from providing plastic checkout bags and all retail establishments from providing expanded polystyrene disposable food containers and would be enforced by municipal designees, with an opt out provision.)
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Feb 13 2019 |
03/06/2019 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 06 2019
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SB 329
(2019 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES AND RESERVES (Requires an insurer of life insurance to provide annual notice to the insured and also provides instructions and necessary forms to change the beneficiary.)
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Feb 13 2019 |
03/05/2019 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 05 2019
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SB 258
(2019 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - LICENSE PROCEDURE FOR SOCIAL WORKERS (Defines educational requirements to qualify as a social worker and exempts social workers from license procedures.)
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Feb 13 2019 |
03/05/2019 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 05 2019
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SB 276
(2019 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- INSURANCE BENEFITS (Requires the director of administration to purchase a contract for long-term health care benefits covering state employees from a health insurer with its headquarters located in this state.)
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Feb 13 2019 |
02/13/2019 Introduced, Referred To Senate Finance
Feb 13 2019
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SR 186
(2019 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Proclaiming The Week Of January 27Th To February 2Nd Of 2019 To Be "Physician Anesthesiologists Week" In The State Of Rhode Island
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Jan 31 2019 |
01/31/2019 Senate Read And Passed
Jan 31 2019
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SB 19
(2019 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- COUNCIL ON POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION (Authorizes and direct the board of governors for higher education to assess a transportation fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) per semester to students attending a RI public institution of higher learning.)
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Jan 15 2019 |
01/15/2019 Introduced, Referred To Senate Finance
Jan 15 2019
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SB 2896
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - THE GOOD SAMARITAN OVERDOSE PREVENTION ACT OF 2016 (Allows distribution and utilization of narcotic testing products to assist persons in determining whether drugs contain toxic substances.)
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May 16 2018 |
07/02/2018 Signed By Governor
Jul 02 2018
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SB 2930
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- NALOXONE ACCESS (Requires the director of the department of health to develop best practices for co-prescribing opioid antagonists to patients who are prescribed opioid analgesics.)
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May 24 2018 |
07/02/2018 Signed By Governor
Jul 02 2018
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SB 2086
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (Requires DOT to identify the impact of Rhode Works projects and the realignment of the Newport Bridge ramps on Rhode Island small business commercial areas.)
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Jan 18 2018 |
07/02/2018 Signed By Governor
Jul 02 2018
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SB 2346
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION (Have each public institution of postsecondary education establish a plan for addressing the mental health needs of its students. Each institution shall develop policies aimed at identifying a student exhibiting suicidal behavior or tendencies.)
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Feb 15 2018 |
07/02/2018 Signed By Governor
Jul 02 2018
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SB 2529
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Provides full year insurance coverage for contraceptives and would provide coverage thereto. Section 9 of this act, pertaining to Medicaid, would take effect July 1, 2019. The remaining sections would take effect April 1, 2019.)
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Mar 01 2018 |
07/02/2018 Signed By Governor
Jul 02 2018
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SB 3010
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - DRIVER EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS (Requires driver's instruction courses and tests to include instruction information on driver's responsible conduct and rights during a traffic stop.)
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Jun 23 2018 |
07/02/2018 Signed By Governor
Jul 02 2018
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