Rhode Island Bills

sponsored by Raymond Hull

Bill Title Introduced Latest Action↓
HB 5886 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Allows members of the state police to utilize mufflers, silencers, or other devices for training.)
Mar 01 2023 04/17/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 17 2023
HB 5693 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Increases the number of minimum rounds fired from one hundred (100) to three hundred (300) during the qualification and training of police officers.)
Feb 17 2023 04/17/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 17 2023
HB 5299 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- MAINTENANCE OF ORDER ON CAMPUS (Mandates arming campus police at public higher educational institutions and includes campus police in the definition of "law enforcement officer" for the purposes of the "Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights.")
Feb 01 2023 04/17/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 17 2023
HB 6237 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Allows sworn members of municipal police department to utilize devices for deadening or muffling the sound of a firearm while under the direct supervision of the chief of the respective municipal police department or designee.)
Mar 30 2023 04/17/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 17 2023
HB 5422 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS (Authorizes schools to issue an out-of-school suspension for students in grades six (6) and above, if they are found to be a threat to the physical safety or health of students, teachers, and administrators.)
Feb 08 2023 04/07/2023 Withdrawn At Sponsor's Request
Apr 07 2023
HB 6159 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFITS (Includes any costs paid by an enrollee or on behalf of the enrollee by a third party when calculating an enrollee’s overall contribution to any out-of-pocket maximum or cost sharing requirement under a health plan as of January 1, 2024.)
Mar 17 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 5952 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS -- CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF STATE ROADS (Permits the department of transportation to paint the center yellow lines red, white and blue for the purpose of celebration upon request of the city or town council.)
Mar 01 2023 04/05/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 05 2023
HB 5875 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (Provides that school forms pertaining to vaccination requirements include information about religious and medical exemptions.)
Mar 01 2023 04/04/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 04 2023
HB 5888 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS' BILL OF RIGHTS (Amends law enforcement officers' bill of rights.)
Mar 01 2023 04/04/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 04 2023
HB 5110 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- THE RHODE ISLAND FIRST STEP ACT (Establishes Rhode Island First Step program requiring DOC to assist offenders with reintegration into society, counseling, medical care, education, early sentence termination or pre-release confinement for elderly and terminally ill offenders.)
Jan 12 2023 04/04/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 04 2023
HB 6180 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT-- CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT (Repeals 42-56-38.1 and requires the department of corrections to provide free communication services to inmates and juveniles held in residential placement or detention centers and requires that those facilities provide in-person contact visits.)
Mar 22 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
HR 5882 (2023 Regular Session)
JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO WRITE AN OLMSTEAD PLAN FOR RHODE ISLAND (Creates a twenty-eight (28) member special legislative commission whose purpose it is to write an Olmstead Plan for RI, and who reports back to the General Assembly no later than January 3, 2024, and whose life expires on July 1, 2024.)
Mar 01 2023 04/04/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 04 2023
HB 5081 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - REGULATORY POWERS OF ADMINISTRATION (Provides that any rate increase with respect to electric distribution companies would be no greater than the increase in the Consumer Price Index or 5.5%, whichever is greater, unless there is approval of a higher rate by the general assembly.)
Jan 12 2023 03/30/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 30 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
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
HB 5279 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- COUNCIL ON POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION (Prohibits discrimination in postsecondary education of students, faculty and staff based upon medical or religious vaccine exemptions.)
Feb 01 2023 03/29/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 29 2023
HB 5856 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SEIZURE SAFE SCHOOLS ACT (Requires the departments of elementary and secondary education and health to adopt policies/rules/regulations for the administration of seizure rescue medications for children who have been medically identified as having epilepsy/seizure disorder.)
Mar 01 2023 03/29/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 29 2023

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