SB 2044
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- TOXIC PACKAGING REDUCTION ACT (Prohibits the sale or promotional distribution of any food package in Rhode Island which contains perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), effective January 1, 2024.)
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Jan 25 2022 |
06/29/2022 Signed By Governor
Jun 29 2022
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SB 2586
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES (Requires any request for proposal issued by the state may not be changed unless the request for proposal is cancelled and reissued as a master price agreement.)
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Mar 10 2022 |
06/29/2022 Signed By Governor
Jun 29 2022
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SB 2855
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE (Increases the current levy on construction costs for residential building permits to be deposited into an exempt restricted receipts account to be used for training grants, including programs for local and state building officials and minority businesses.)
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Apr 05 2022 |
06/29/2022 Signed By Governor
Jun 29 2022
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SB 2411
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FEDERAL AID (Requires school lunch service contracts to provide for payment to school-lunch workers and aides for one hundred eight (180) days or the length of the contract for the school year, whichever is longer.)
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Feb 15 2022 |
06/27/2022 Signed By Governor
Jun 27 2022
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SB 2201
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES -- BIOMARKER TESTING COVERAGE (Requires health insurers, nonprofit hospital service corporations, nonprofit medical service corporations and health maintenance organizations that issue policies that provide coverage for biomarker testing on or after 1/1/23.)
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Feb 08 2022 |
06/27/2022 Signed By Governor
Jun 27 2022
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SB 2236
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION (Requires the office of diversity, equity and opportunity (ODEO) to create, and for all state and municipal employees to receive, annual training in cultural competency. Defines "cultural competency".)
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Feb 08 2022 |
06/27/2022 Signed By Governor
Jun 27 2022
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SR 2442
(2022 Regular Session)
JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE OF RHODE ISLAND'S PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM (Creates a 10 member joint commission to study and make recommendations for efficient and effective governance of pre-k through sixteen public education system, and would report back to the Senate and House by March 1, 2023, and expire on July 1, 2023.)
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Mar 01 2022 |
06/25/2022 Effective Without Governor's Signature
Jun 25 2022
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SB 2624
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Provides the authority to the assessor of the town of Cumberland to apply a tax classification system for real estate and personal property.)
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Mar 10 2022 |
06/23/2022 Effective Without Governor's Signature
Jun 23 2022
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SB 2939
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- APPROPRIATIONS -- AMERICAN RECOVERY PROGRAM ACT HOUSING FUND AND CREATING RELIABLE EFFICIENT AFFORDABLE TENANCIES EXPEDITIOUSLY -- "CREATE" HOMES ACT (Creates a new department of housing, a housing development fund, and a housing land bank program to help create reliable, efficient, affordable tenancies.)
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May 13 2022 |
06/22/2022 Committee Heard
Jun 22 2022
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SB 2596
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS FOR EDUCATION -- STATEWIDE REFERENDUM (Provides for a statewide voter referendum seeking approval of capital development bonds for direct funding for foundational level school housing aid and the school capital building authority fund in the amount of $300,000,000.)
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Mar 10 2022 |
06/22/2022 Senate Passed Sub A
Jun 22 2022
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SB 2310
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT (Allows for new SNAP incentives for fruits and vegetables.)
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Feb 15 2022 |
06/21/2022 Senate Passed Sub A
Jun 21 2022
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SB 2460
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES - MERIT SYSTEM (Effective January 1, 2023, increase the salaries of the child advocate and the assistant child advocate for the office of the child advocate to $135,000 and $120,000 respectively.)
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Mar 01 2022 |
06/21/2022 Senate Read And Passed
Jun 21 2022
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SB 2605
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PSYCHOLOGY INTERJURISDICTIONAL COMPACT (Authorizes governor to enter into Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact and designates office to administer compact. Creates interstate agreement that allows limited telepsychological practice to be conducted across state lines among member states.)
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Mar 10 2022 |
06/21/2022 Signed By Governor
Jun 21 2022
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SB 2994
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE RHODE ISLAND ALL-PAYER HEALTH CARE PAYMENT REFORM ACT (Establishes the Health Spending Accountability and Transparency Act and the Rhode Island All-Payer Health Care Payment Reform Act.)
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Jun 03 2022 |
06/21/2022 Senate Passed Sub A
Jun 21 2022
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SB 2174
(2022 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.)
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Feb 08 2022 |
06/21/2022 Senate Read And Passed
Jun 21 2022
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SB 2192
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY TAX RELIEF (Increases max income level to $50,000 and max credit amount to $850 for property tax relief with annual adjustment for inflation.)
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Feb 08 2022 |
06/21/2022 Senate Passed Sub A
Jun 21 2022
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SB 2893
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STAY INVESTED IN RI WAVEMAKER FELLOWSHIP (Expands Wavemaker Fellowship Program to include public school teachers, including public school teachers in the high-need fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, as well as health care professionals licensed by DOH.)
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Apr 26 2022 |
06/21/2022 Senate Passed Sub A
Jun 21 2022
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SR 2307
(2022 Regular Session)
JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $10,991,049 TO FUND LOCAL PUBLIC LIBRARY SERVICES (Requires the state to contribute twenty-five percent (25%) of the municipal funding level for public library services.)
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Feb 15 2022 |
06/21/2022 Senate Passed Sub A
Jun 21 2022
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SB 2088
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES (Provides a procedure for homeowners to submit to a municipal zoning board of review or municipal official or agency for a review to determine whether or not a proposed use under this chapter requires a special use permit.)
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Jan 25 2022 |
06/17/2022 Effective Without Governor's Signature
Jun 17 2022
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SB 2307
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LIBRARIES -- STATE AID TO LIBRARIES (Requires the state to contribute twenty-five percent (25%) of the municipal funding level for public library services.)
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Feb 15 2022 |
06/15/2022 Proposed Substitute
Jun 15 2022
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