SB 559
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- POSTSECONDARY STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE (Authorizes the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to establish a program to expand the issuance of teaching certificates to bilingual dual language and world language teachers in urban and urban ring schools.)
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Mar 07 2023 |
06/15/2023 Senate Passed Sub A
Jun 15 2023
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SB 368
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY-- POLICE RELATIONSHIP ACT OF 2015 (Amends the comprehensive community-police relationship act of 2015 to require an annual study by an outside agency chosen by the department.)
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Feb 16 2023 |
06/15/2023 Senate Read And Passed
Jun 15 2023
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SB 144
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE (Increases the minimum required awarded to minority business enterprises to 20% and of that, require a minimum of 10% be awarded to minority owned businesses and that a minimum of 10% be awarded to women owned businesses.)
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Feb 01 2023 |
06/15/2023 Senate Passed Sub A
Jun 15 2023
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SB 139
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- TEMPORARY DISABILITY INSURANCE -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Includes siblings/grandchildren/care recipient for temporary caregiver benefits of 12 weeks/Increases weekly dependent's allowances from $10 to $20 or 7% of benefit rate whichever is greater. Effective January 1, 2024.)
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Feb 01 2023 |
06/15/2023 Senate Read And Passed
Jun 15 2023
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SB 1011
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES (Requires the department of children, youth and families (DCYF) to conduct periodic comprehensive needs assessments to determine whether the department’s programs and services meet the needs of children and families)
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May 15 2023 |
06/14/2023 Senate Passed Sub A
Jun 14 2023
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SB 163
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE AND SALE--MEDIATION CONFERENCE (Removes the sunset provision relative to mediation coverage prior to mortgage foreclosures.)
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Feb 15 2023 |
06/14/2023 Signed By Governor
Jun 14 2023
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SB 561
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES (Appropriates $1,875,000 for the creation of a 9-8-8 suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline within the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals (BHDDH).)
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Mar 07 2023 |
06/14/2023 Senate Read And Passed
Jun 14 2023
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SB 371
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT (Permits those other residents of a residential dwelling unit to extend the term of the rental agreement for a period not to exceed three (3) months after the death of the lessee.)
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Feb 16 2023 |
06/14/2023 Senate Passed Sub A
Jun 14 2023
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SB 1076
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF NORTH KINGSTOWN TO ISSUE NOT MORE THAN $222,460,000 OF BOND AND NOTES OF WHICH (1) UP TO $167,460,000 IS FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND (2) UP TO $55,000,000 IS FOR A NEW PUBLIC SAFETY COMPLEX (Authorizes the town of North Kingstown to issue bonds in the amount of $222,460,000 for the construction of a new middle school.)
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May 25 2023 |
06/14/2023 Signed By Governor
Jun 14 2023
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SB 725
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- NON-EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION (Establishes a safe and reasonable regulatory framework for companies and drivers providing non-emergency medical transportation services to a population of vulnerable passengers through coordination with the state's health and human service agencies.)
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Mar 22 2023 |
06/14/2023 House Voted To Recommit To House Judiciary
Jun 14 2023
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SB 64
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT (Provides that the permanent foundation educational aid program would provide state funding for school-based mental health services pursuant to specified conditions.)
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Feb 01 2023 |
06/14/2023 Senate Read And Passed
Jun 14 2023
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SB 907
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- CHILDREN (Transfers jurisdiction of child endangerment offenses from the family court to the superior court.)
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Mar 30 2023 |
06/14/2023 Signed By Governor
Jun 14 2023
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SR 1122
(2023 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Congratulating Aimee Couto On Being Named The 2024 "Rhode Island Teacher Of The Year" By The Rhode Island Department Of Education
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Jun 14 2023 |
06/14/2023 Senate Read And Passed
Jun 14 2023
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SB 258
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATIONAL EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT (Provides for an appropriation by the general assembly in the amount of two million dollars ($2,000,000) to the various school districts and municipalities to employ additional social workers.)
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Feb 16 2023 |
06/14/2023 Senate Read And Passed
Jun 14 2023
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SR 795
(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.)
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Mar 23 2023 |
06/14/2023 Senate Read And Passed
Jun 14 2023
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SB 385
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- REGISTRATION OF VOTERS (Permits the substitution of advertising the voter registration deadline in a newspaper by posting notice of designations on the municipality's website, continuously, for at least 10 days leading up to the last day prescribed by law.)
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Feb 16 2023 |
06/14/2023 Senate Read And Passed
Jun 14 2023
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SB 98
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- PRESCRIPTION DRUG COST PROTECTION (Prohibits the state, ERISA or any health plans to purchase referenced drugs for a cost higher than the referenced rate.)
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Feb 01 2023 |
06/14/2023 Senate Passed Sub A
Jun 14 2023
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SB 500
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY -- AGRICULTURAL FUNCTIONS OF DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (Permits residents on ponds in Coventry with a capacity in excess of 170 acres of water, to alter, repair, modify, or replace a dock on the pond by seeking approval only from DEM and the town of Coventry.)
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Mar 07 2023 |
06/14/2023 Referred To House Environment And Natural Resources
Jun 14 2023
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SB 772
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- COASTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT COUNCIL (Replaces the coastal resources management council with a state department of coastal resources and transfers all of the powers and duties between the two (2) authorities. It also creates a non-binding advisory committee to replace CRMC.)
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Mar 23 2023 |
06/13/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jun 13 2023
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SB 671
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- MINIATURE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTAINER ACT OF 2023 (Creates a refundable fifty cent ($0.50) deposit for miniature alcoholic beverage containers, often referred to as "nips.")
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Mar 07 2023 |
06/12/2023 Proposed Substitute
Jun 12 2023
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