Rhode Island Bills

sponsored by Ryan Pearson

Bill Title Introduced Latest Action↓
SB 858 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- 2021 ACT ON CLIMATE (Requires an owner of a stationary refrigeration system in Rhode Island to register their system with the department of environmental management.)
Mar 30 2023 03/30/2023 Introduced, Referred To Senate Environment And Agriculture
Mar 30 2023
SB 685 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Further delineates the definitions of felony, misdemeanor and petty misdemeanor.)
Mar 17 2023 03/29/2023 Referred To House Judiciary
Mar 29 2023
SB 602 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO DELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN -- PROCEEDINGS IN FAMILY COURT (Prohibits any questioning of a juvenile who is suspected of delinquent or criminal behavior, unless the parent of guardian of the juvenile is present, or unless an attorney is present or the juvenile and their parents have waived their presence.)
Mar 07 2023 03/28/2023 Meeting Postponed (03/30/2023)
Mar 28 2023
SB 358 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE-- COURTS -- DOMESTIC ASSAULT (Provides the office of attorney general with the authority to prosecute any violation of a protective order.)
Feb 16 2023 03/28/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 28 2023
SB 712 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR FUEL TAX (Provides that seventy-nine percent (79%) of one cent ($0.0079) of the gas tax be directly transferred to the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority for the Elderly/Disabled Transportation Program.)
Mar 22 2023 03/22/2023 Introduced, Referred To Senate Finance
Mar 22 2023
SB 503 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY TRANSFORMATION PLANNING (Creates the "department of energy transformation planning" chapter within the division of public utilities to implement long-term distribution system planning.)
Mar 07 2023 03/22/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 22 2023
SB 20 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT (Adds a section which allows substitute teachers and post-retirement employees to exceed the ninety (90) day cap on post-retirement employment if certain conditions are met.)
Jan 18 2023 03/22/2023 Signed By Governor
Mar 22 2023
SB 239 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Authorizes the town of Cumberland to exempt or stabilizes tax payments for real/personal property related to environmental remediation, historic preservation, affordable housing, manufacturing, commercial, residential, or mixed-use purposes.)
Feb 16 2023 03/22/2023 Signed By Governor
Mar 22 2023
SB 701 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - PUPIL TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES ("Pupil Transportation Vehicle" to be and constructed to seat not more than ten (10) passengers including the operator, rather than the existing limit of eight (8) passengers.)
Mar 22 2023 03/22/2023 Introduced, Referred To Senate Education
Mar 22 2023
SB 506 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- NET METERING (Prohibits utility companies from limiting eligibility of net metering site based on prior consumption and requires excess energy not consumed to be credited to consumer. Also amends definition of excess renewable net-metering credit.)
Mar 07 2023 03/22/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 22 2023
SR 677 (2023 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Extending Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of Gina Marie Bacon
Mar 09 2023 03/21/2023 Senate Read And Passed
Mar 21 2023
SB 177 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE TWO (2) MAXIMUM CLASS SIZE ACT (Mandates 20 students per classroom for kindergarten through second grade. Exceptions for emergencies and temporary situations, not to exceed 3 days and mid-year enrollments.)
Feb 16 2023 03/17/2023 Referred To House Education
Mar 17 2023
SB 236 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT (Provides that in local educational agencies when over 45% of the children have a family income that is at or below 185% of federal poverty guidelines then the student success factor will be 50% by the core instruction per-pupil amount.)
Feb 16 2023 03/07/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 07 2023
SB 66 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT (Prohibits total education aid paid to any local education agency from being reduced by more than one percent (1%) of the municipal education appropriation in the previous fiscal year.)
Feb 01 2023 03/07/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 07 2023
SB 231 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT (Removes funding requirement from department of elementary and secondary education.)
Feb 16 2023 03/07/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 07 2023
SB 318 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPLIES (Includes the general assembly elections within the category of elections subject to the risk-limiting audits within the jurisdiction of the board of elections.)
Feb 16 2023 03/07/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 07 2023
SB 67 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT (Adds to the determination of the need to support high-need students a separate and independent qualifying factor of whether the student is an English language learner as defined by the department of education's regulations.)
Feb 01 2023 03/07/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 07 2023
SB 552 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION (Exempts machinery and equipment used to provide broadband communications service the from the sales and use tax.)
Mar 07 2023 03/07/2023 Introduced, Referred To Senate Finance
Mar 07 2023
SB 454 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FOUNDATION LEVEL SCHOOL SUPPORT (Amends the computation of school housing-aid for school housing projects and would provide that construction of certain projects commence in June, 2024, rather than December, 2023 in order to align such projects with the fiscal year.)
Mar 03 2023 03/07/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 07 2023
SR 461 (2023 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Expressing Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of Sara J. Laboissonniere
Mar 07 2023 03/07/2023 Senate Read And Passed
Mar 07 2023

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