HB 6388
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RENEWABLE READY PROGRAM (Establishes the renewable ready program which is designed to promote responsible siting and development of renewable energy on certain enumerated sites such as formerly contaminated sites. Projects would be funded through the infrastructure bank.)
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May 10 2023 |
05/25/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 25 2023
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HR 6018
(2023 Regular Session)
JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $5,000,000 TO THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT FOR THE PRESERVATION, PROTECTION, AND CONSERVATION OF FARMLANDS (This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of five million dollars to the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management for the preservation, protection, and conservation of Rhode Island farmlands.)
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Mar 01 2023 |
05/17/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 17 2023
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HR 6172
(2023 Regular Session)
JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $3,000,000 TO SOJOURNER HOUSE IN RHODE ISLAND (Authorizes the appropriation of the sum of $3,000,000 to Sojourner House to support its permanent housing development program that provides safe, secure housing to individuals and families fleeing from dangerous situations.)
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Mar 17 2023 |
05/17/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 17 2023
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HB 5402
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE (Requires the auditor general to oversee an audit of Medicaid programs administered by managed care organizations and submit a report of such findings within six (6) months to the general assembly and EOHHS.)
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Feb 03 2023 |
05/16/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 16 2023
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HB 5220
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGULATION OF ELECTRIC BICYCLES (Regulates electric bicycles in the same manner as human-powered bicycles, classify electric bicycles into three (3) classes, require all electric bicycles to have a label affixed to the bicycle and be equipped with a speedometer.)
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Jan 25 2023 |
05/15/2023 Referred To Senate Judiciary
May 15 2023
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HB 5302
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows the Honorable Leonela Felix to join Kayla Simone K. Rosen and Michael Zachary Mezera in marriage on or about May 20, 2023, within the City of Providence, Rhode Island.)
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Feb 01 2023 |
05/15/2023 Signed By Governor
May 15 2023
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HB 5555
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACIES (Adds a new section which sets forth conditions for pharmacists to prescribe tobacco cessation drug therapies.)
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Feb 15 2023 |
05/15/2023 Referred To Senate Health And Human Services
May 15 2023
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HB 5076
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- RHODE ISLAND PHYSICAL THERAPIST LICENSURE COMPACT ACT (Allows the state to become a member of the physical therapist licensure compact adopted by twenty-five (25) states in order to facilitate the interstate practice of physical therapy with the goal of improving public access to physical therapy services.)
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Jan 12 2023 |
05/15/2023 Referred To Senate Health And Human Services
May 15 2023
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HB 5646
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE (Requires EOHHS working with the auditor general to develop a plan within two (2) years of the passage of this act to transition to a fee-for-service state-run Medicaid program.)
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Feb 15 2023 |
05/13/2023 Committee Postponed At Request Of Sponsor (05/16/2023)
May 13 2023
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HR 6401
(2023 Regular Session)
HOUSE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS AND COMMENTS FOR HEALTHCARE LIABILITY REFORM (Creates a 15 member legislative commission to study and provide recommendations and annotations for healthcare liability reform in Rhode Island, and report back to the House by January 15, 2024, and expire on April 15, 2024.)
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May 12 2023 |
05/12/2023 Introduced, Referred To House Judiciary
May 12 2023
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HB 5471
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES (Bans state purchases of plastic bottles, bags and polystyrene. It would also require state funds to be used to lease or purchase alternative fueled vehicles and renewable energy efficient technologies for use on state property.)
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Feb 08 2023 |
05/11/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 11 2023
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HB 5623
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- HOME HEATING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REDUCTION ACT (Creates the Home Heating Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Act which program provides a mechanism and funding for gas companies to transition from providing gas heat to non-emitting renewable thermal energy for home heating consumers.)
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Feb 15 2023 |
05/11/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 11 2023
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HB 6105
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE RHODE ISLAND CLIMATE CHANGE AND OCEAN PROTECTION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ACT (Appropriates five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) per fiscal year to invest in a climate change and ocean protection workforce development grant program.)
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Mar 03 2023 |
05/11/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 11 2023
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HB 6106
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE RHODE ISLAND CLIMATE CHANGE AND OCEAN PROTECTION EDUCATION PROGRAM ACT (Appropriates five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) per fiscal year to invest in climate change and ocean protection education to enhance literacy of these issues for Rhode Island's youth and include a grant program.)
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Mar 03 2023 |
05/11/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 11 2023
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HB 5957
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- NOMINATION OF PARTY AND INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES (Allows the board of elections to establish rules and regulations for objections to nomination papers and would allow the board seven (7) days to conduct a hearing.)
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Mar 01 2023 |
05/11/2023 Committee Recommends Passage Of Sub A
May 11 2023
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HB 5016
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF TIVERTON (Validates and ratifies amendments to the Home Rule Charter of the town of Tiverton, adopted and approved on November 8, 2022.)
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Jan 06 2023 |
05/10/2023 Effective Without Governor's Signature
May 10 2023
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HB 6340
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- FUNERAL DIRECTOR/EMBALMER AND FUNERAL SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS (Provides for the operation and duties of natural organic reduction for the contained, accelerated conversion of human remains to soil. A disposition facility would be used for either cremation or natural organic reduction.)
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Apr 28 2023 |
05/09/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 09 2023
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HB 6045
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- FUNERAL DIRECTOR/EMBALMER AND FUNERAL SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS (Provides for the creation, operation and duties of natural organic reduction facilities as cemetery corporations for the contained, accelerated conversion of human remains to soil.)
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Mar 03 2023 |
05/09/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 09 2023
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HR 6383
(2023 Regular Session)
House Resolution Proclaiming May 10Th, 2023, To Be "Lupus Day" In The State Of Rhode Island
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May 09 2023 |
05/09/2023 House Read And Passed
May 09 2023
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HR 6361
(2023 Regular Session)
House Resolution Extending Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of Dorothy Shirley Krauss Licht
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May 04 2023 |
05/04/2023 House Read And Passed
May 04 2023
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