Rhode Island Bills

sponsored by Jonathon Acosta

Bill Title Introduced Latest Action↓
SB 363 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Authorizes municipalities to enact ordinances regulating firearms.)
Feb 16 2023 04/25/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 25 2023
SB 379 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- ASSAULT WEAPONS (Bans the possession, sale, and transfer of assault weapons. Possession of assault weapons owned on the effective date of this act would be "grandfathered". Violations are punishable by a fine or imprisonment.)
Feb 16 2023 04/25/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 25 2023
SB 248 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (Requires state human services providers to pay employees $ 25 per hour and schedule for incremental raises for existing employees annually adjusted for inflation. eff 7/1/24)
Feb 16 2023 04/25/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 25 2023
SB 189 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS (Authorizes the school administration to issue an out-of-school suspension to students if they are a threat to the safety of others.)
Feb 16 2023 04/19/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 19 2023
SB 765 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CERTIFICATION OF TEACHERS (Requires all educator preparation programs to include lessons on cultural competency and how teachers shall meet the instructional needs of multilingual learners.)
Mar 23 2023 04/19/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 19 2023
SB 281 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Caps amount payable for 30 day supply of equipment/supplies for insulin administration/glucose monitoring at $25 or equipment designed to last more than 30 days with no deductible commencing January 1, 2024.)
Feb 16 2023 04/07/2023 Referred To House Health & Human Services
Apr 07 2023
SR 608 (2023 Regular Session)
JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AND PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION -- OF SUFFRAGE (Would propose to the voters of the state a constitutional amendment regarding eligibility to vote and to be a candidate.)
Mar 07 2023 04/04/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 04 2023
SB 420 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS -- ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS (Subjects police departments and peace officers to the public records requests and an initial narrative report of a police officer and makes any reports of investigations conducted by internal affair units public record.)
Feb 16 2023 04/04/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 04 2023
SB 122 (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 01 2023 04/04/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 04 2023
SB 280 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFITS (Caps the total amount that a covered person is required to pay for a covered prescription asthma inhaler to twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per thirty (30) day supply.)
Feb 16 2023 04/04/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 04 2023
SR 868 (2023 Regular Session)
JOINT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE STATE TO ENTER INTO A FINANCING AGREEMENT RELATING TO SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION IN THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET (Authorizes the state to finance the construction of a new high school and facilities and all expenses incident thereto.)
Mar 30 2023 04/04/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 04 2023
SB 638 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Allows citizens of a city or town who are at least sixteen (16) years of age to register to vote and to vote in school committee elections in municipalities where school committees are elected entities.)
Mar 07 2023 04/04/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 04 2023
SB 132 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS (Expands the deinstitutionalization subsidy aid program in the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals to include adoptive parent(s) or siblings(s).)
Feb 01 2023 03/30/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 30 2023
SB 609 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES (Provides that parents and guardians of children with disabilities in private school have the same rights and remedies as parents/guardians of children in public school.)
Mar 07 2023 03/30/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 30 2023
SB 860 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FOUNDATION LEVEL SCHOOL SUPPORT (Authorizes the state to enter into certain financing agreements with the Rhode Island health and educational buildings corporation.)
Mar 30 2023 03/30/2023 Introduced, Referred To Senate Finance
Mar 30 2023
SB 404 (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.)
Feb 16 2023 03/30/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
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 388 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS -- FAMILY COURT (Only protective orders issued against adults are to be transmitted to A.G.'s B.C.I. for inclusion in the R.O.N.C.O. system. Protective orders against juveniles will be accessible to law enforcement.)
Feb 16 2023 03/28/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 28 2023
SB 128 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- PRELIMINARY PROCEEDINGS IN DISTRICT COURTS (Establishes presumption for non-monetary bail for pretrial release of detainees. Provides that pretrial services unit prepare pre-arraignment report which may include an assessment utilizing a risk assessment tool to assist the court in establishing bail.)
Feb 01 2023 03/28/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 28 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

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