SB 325
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Adds rifles and shotguns to the types of firearms that require a trigger lock to be included with any purchase.)
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Feb 16 2023 |
04/25/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 25 2023
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SB 645
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Prohibits the purchase of more than one firearm in a thirty (30) day period. Exemptions are made for law enforcement, inheritance, participation in courses of instruction, temporary rentals at gun ranges and licensed collectors.)
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Mar 07 2023 |
04/25/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 25 2023
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SB 168
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- POWERS AND OPERATIONS (Prohibits financial institutions from investing in private detention centers or any entity that owns or invests in a for-profit institution that owns or contracts with a government entity to manage or run a prison.)
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Feb 16 2023 |
04/25/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 25 2023
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SB 578
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ASSISTED LIVING RESIDENCE LICENSING ACT (Establishes, encourages and supports the establishment of family councils in managed residential communities providing assisted living services.)
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Mar 07 2023 |
04/25/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 25 2023
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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.)
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Feb 16 2023 |
04/19/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 19 2023
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SB 815
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT-- OPEN MEETINGS (Amends the Open Meetings law to permit members of some public bodies to participate using videoconferencing technology.)
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Mar 23 2023 |
04/04/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 04 2023
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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.)
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Feb 01 2023 |
04/04/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 04 2023
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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.)
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Mar 30 2023 |
04/04/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 04 2023
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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.)
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Feb 16 2023 |
03/30/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 30 2023
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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.)
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Mar 30 2023 |
03/30/2023 Introduced, Referred To Senate Finance
Mar 30 2023
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SB 405
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- SENTENCE AND EXECUTION (Requires courts to consider parental status of defendant at time of sentencing/unless parent poses a significant risk to community that outweighs harm of parent’s absence from child’s life, it shall impose sentence that does not include imprisonment.)
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Feb 16 2023 |
03/28/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 28 2023
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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.)
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Feb 01 2023 |
03/28/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 28 2023
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SB 411
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- SENTENCE AND EXECUTION (Requires the court to set reasonable bail for all those individuals who appear before it as probation violators.)
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Feb 16 2023 |
03/28/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 28 2023
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SB 579
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- HEALTH CARE ACCESSIBILITY AND QUALITY ASSURANCE ACT (Requires each healthcare entity/network plan to compile/report to health insurance commissioner a summary of how the healthcare entity/network plan requires its contracted providers to submit claims for in-network outpatient behavioral health services.)
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Mar 07 2023 |
03/23/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 23 2023
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SB 176
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- CONSUMER CREDIT HISTORY EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION ACT -- DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES (Prohibits employers from seeking/using credit reports in making hiring decisions concerning prospective employees, asking questions about the applicant's financial past during interviews or including credit history questions in their job applications.)
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Feb 16 2023 |
03/23/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 23 2023
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SB 788
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- REAL ESTATE CONVEYANCE TAX (Allows a municipality to set its own conveyance tax rate for residential properties sold in excess of $800,000.00 at $10 per $500. Provides collected taxes to be in a restricted account and distributed within 2 years for affordable housing.)
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Mar 23 2023 |
03/23/2023 Introduced, Referred To Senate Finance
Mar 23 2023
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SB 477
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- CONSUMER CREDIT HISTORY EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION ACT -- DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES (Provides state employee public safety professionals with parity to municipal public safety employees in the state/municipal retirement systems effective July 1, 2023 with 10% contribution.)
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Mar 07 2023 |
03/23/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 23 2023
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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.)
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Mar 22 2023 |
03/22/2023 Introduced, Referred To Senate Finance
Mar 22 2023
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SB 617
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- SOLITARY CONFINEMENT REFORM ACT (Establishes the restrictive housing oversight committee ("committee") for the purpose of monitoring the use of restrictive housing (solitary confinement), as well as disciplinary and administrative confinement at the department of corrections.)
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Mar 07 2023 |
03/21/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 21 2023
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SR 634
(2023 Regular Session)
SENATE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE IMPACT AND POTENTIAL ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF BAIL REFORMS ON BLACK RHODE ISLANDERS AND THE STATE (Creates an eleven (11) member commission to study the impact and potential economic benefits of bail reforms on Black Rhode Islanders and the State, and would report back by February 5, 2024, and expire on April 5, 2024.)
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Mar 07 2023 |
03/21/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 21 2023
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