Rhode Island Bills

sponsored by Brandon Potter

Bill Title Introduced Latest Action↓
HB 6148 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX (Creates an added 3% tax on taxable income in excess of $417,500 (in 2011 dollars)/ $557,000 (in 2023 dollars). Restricts the revenue generated by the tax to child care, education and infrastructure repairs and maintenance.)
Mar 10 2023 05/09/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 09 2023
HB 5145 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX (Allows a modification to federal adjusted gross income for all social security income for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2024.)
Jan 18 2023 05/09/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 09 2023
HB 5629 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX (Allows a state income tax credit of the lesser of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) or forty percent (40%) of Medicaid earnings where a medical provider accepts Medicaid payments.)
Feb 15 2023 05/09/2023 Withdrawn At Sponsor's Request
May 09 2023
HB 6025 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICAID (Requires the department of human services to obtain an individual's most recent up-to-date contact information prior to disenrollment of benefits.)
Mar 01 2023 05/04/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 04 2023
HB 5986 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- HEALTH CARE FOR CHILDREN AND PREGNANT WOMEN (Provides children from birth through age five (5) with continuous coverage eligibility for RIte Track/RIte Care so that they are not at risk of losing coverage at the yearly redetermination due solely to administrative barriers.)
Mar 01 2023 05/04/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 04 2023
HR 6364 (2023 Regular Session)
House Resolution Proclaiming May 4Th Of 2023, To Be "Community College Of Rhode Island Day"
May 04 2023 05/04/2023 House Read And Passed
May 04 2023
HB 5994 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE (Disregards an increase in a recipient’s income due solely to a cost-of-living adjustment to Social Security and Railroad Retirement payments, when determining the recipient’s eligibility for medical assistance and SNAP benefits.)
Mar 01 2023 05/04/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 04 2023
HB 5254 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE (Would extend Medicaid and CHIP assistance to certain individuals which assistance was lost through to January 1, 2024.)
Jan 27 2023 05/04/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 04 2023
HB 5400 (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 03 2023 05/04/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 04 2023
HB 5391 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- HEALTH CARE FOR ELDERLY AND DISABLED RESIDENTS ACT (Increases the income limits for disabled individuals to one hundred eighty percent (180%) of the federal poverty level to qualify for medical assistance coverage.)
Feb 03 2023 05/04/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 04 2023
HB 5992 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICAID COVERAGE (Provides stop gap health insurance coverage for anyone who is found to no longer be eligible for Medicaid due to the end of the Federal COVID-19 Emergency funds.)
Mar 01 2023 05/04/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 04 2023
HB 5810 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- THE RHODE ISLAND FAMILY HOME-VISITING ACT (Makes the Medicaid rate increase permanent for the first connections family home-visiting program and requires additional information to be added to the annual family home-visiting report.)
Feb 22 2023 05/04/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 04 2023
HR 5648 (2023 Regular Session)
JOINT RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE MEDICAID SECTION 1115 DEMONSTRATION WAIVER REQUESTS AND RENEWALS (This joint resolution would approve an amendment to the Medicaid section 1115 demonstration waiver requests and renewals.)
Feb 15 2023 05/04/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 04 2023
HB 5993 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE (Requires the EOHHS secretary, annually, to increase the income amount used to determine eligibility by the department for a Qualified Medicare Beneficiary Program by an amount equal to the income level at or below 185% of the federal poverty level.)
Mar 01 2023 05/04/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 04 2023
HB 5253 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND PREKINDERGARTEN EDUCATION ACT (Requires the department of education to provide a statewide, universal prekindergarten, early childhood education program for all three (3), four (4) and five (5)-year-old children by September 1, 2025.)
Jan 27 2023 05/03/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 03 2023
HB 5644 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- THE RHODE ISLAND WORKS PROGRAM (Amends the Rhode Island Works Program to expand and increase benefits under the program.)
Feb 15 2023 05/03/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 03 2023
HB 6188 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- QUALITY SELF-DIRECTED SERVICES (Increases the hourly compensation for "individual providers" from no less than sixteen dollars ($16.00) on April 1, 2023, and gradually increase several times until June 30, 2024, when it would be nineteen dollars ($19.00) and continuing.)
Mar 22 2023 05/03/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 03 2023
HB 5634 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- CERTIFICATION OF CHILDCARE AND YOUTH-SERVING WORKERS AND OPERATORS (Repeals the provision that requires new applicants for employment under this section to pay the expense for their background checks.)
Feb 15 2023 05/03/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 03 2023
HR 6352 (2023 Regular Session)
House Resolution Commemorating May Of 2023, As "Mental Health Awareness Month" In The State Of Rhode Island
May 02 2023 05/02/2023 House Read And Passed
May 02 2023
HR 6243 (2023 Regular Session)
JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $738,088 TO RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE (This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of $738,088 to Rhode Island College to fund Rhode Island College HSI status and student supports.)
Mar 30 2023 05/02/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 02 2023

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