SB 455
(2019 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PARKS AND RECREATIONAL AREAS -- PUBLIC USE OF PRIVATE LANDS-LIABILITY LIMITATIONS (Changes the definition of owner to exclude the state and municipalities for the purposes of liability limitations relating to public use of private lands.)
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Feb 27 2019 |
04/30/2019 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 30 2019
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SB 163
(2019 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO AERONAUTICS -- AIRPORTS AND LANDING FIELDS (Extends DOT authority to lease airport property to 50 years. Increase to 9 directors on the airport corporation board.)
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Jan 24 2019 |
04/30/2019 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 30 2019
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SR 807
(2019 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Expressing Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of Janice D. Mele
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Apr 24 2019 |
04/24/2019 Senate Read And Passed
Apr 24 2019
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SB 400
(2019 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - SCHOOL AND YOUTH PROGRAMS CONCUSSION ACT (Requires all school districts to designate an athletic trainer to be available for high school athletic practices and games.)
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Feb 27 2019 |
04/24/2019 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 24 2019
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SB 407
(2019 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- MILK SANITATION (Exempts the producers of certain milk and milk product produced for personal consumption from the inspection requirements of the milk sanitation code.)
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Feb 27 2019 |
04/24/2019 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 24 2019
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SB 548
(2019 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - HEALTH AND SAFETY OF STUDENTS (Requires the RIDE, within the next three years, to create a plan where all RI teachers would be trained in the BEARS curriculum (BEARS training includes hands-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Heimlich maneuver, and bleeding control).)
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Mar 14 2019 |
04/24/2019 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 24 2019
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SB 170
(2019 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION RESTRICTIONS ON REAL PROPERTY (Requires conservation and preservation restrictions to be liberally interpreted in favor of the grants awarded.)
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Jan 24 2019 |
04/23/2019 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 23 2019
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SB 560
(2019 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT (Allows state employees who had also been a correctional officer to elect to combine their service time earned from each job, for the determination of their retirement eligibility date and calculation of retirement benefits.)
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Mar 14 2019 |
04/11/2019 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 11 2019
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SB 146
(2019 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- UNANTICIPATED OUT-OF-NETWORK BILLS FOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES (Protects people with health insurance from surprise medical bills for emergency and other services by requiring a non-participating health care provider to bill an insured party only for a co-payment, or deductible.)
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Jan 24 2019 |
04/09/2019 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 09 2019
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SB 596
(2019 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- PASSING, USE OF LANES, AND RULES OF THE ROAD (Provides for specific fines and sanctions to operators of motor vehicles who fail to exercise due care to avoid colliding with a vulnerable road user causing injury, serious injury, or death to the vulnerable road user.)
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Mar 14 2019 |
04/09/2019 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 09 2019
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SB 472
(2019 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (Makes the possession of schedule I through V controlled substances and possession of more than an ounce of marijuana misdemeanors punishable by up one year imprisonment and /or a five hundred dollar ($500) fine or both.)
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Feb 27 2019 |
04/09/2019 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 09 2019
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SR 93
(2019 Regular Session)
JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AND PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND (SESSIONS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY) (Proposes a constitutional amendment which, if approved by the voters, changes the opening date of the general assembly to the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January, and provides for adjournment no later than the Friday preceding Memorial Day.)
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Jan 16 2019 |
04/09/2019 Committee Postponed At Request Of Sponsor (04/10/2019)
Apr 09 2019
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SB 701
(2019 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (Enables innocent persons who have been wrongfully convicted of a crime to petition the presiding justice of the superior court for an award of compensation and damages.)
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Mar 21 2019 |
04/09/2019 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 09 2019
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SB 159
(2019 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (Authorizes law enforcement/animal control officer to hold animal confined in motor vehicle up to 72 hours pending district court hearing as to costs/fees/surrender of possession/ownership.)
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Jan 24 2019 |
04/04/2019 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 04 2019
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SB 145
(2019 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - NONPROFIT DENTAL SERVICE CORPORATIONS (Requires nonprofit dental service plan providers to provide notice of any changes relating to coverage to all plan purchasers purchasing dental services for employees under a group or individual policy.)
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Jan 24 2019 |
04/04/2019 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 04 2019
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SB 160
(2019 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- MANDATORY DOG AND CAT MICROCHIPPING ACT (Provides for the mandatory microchipping of all dogs and cats and applicable penalties to the owner for failing to microchip the animal.)
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Jan 24 2019 |
04/04/2019 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 04 2019
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SB 408
(2019 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - REFUSE DISPOSAL - EXEMPTING POST-USE POLYMERS, GASIFICATION PROCESSES AND RECOVERABLE FEED STOCKS (Creates a 7 member commission to study of the merits and feasibility of a pyrolysis or gasification facility in the State, and who would report back to the Senate by March 7, 2020, and would expire on May 7, 2020.)
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Feb 27 2019 |
04/03/2019 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 03 2019
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SB 344
(2019 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO FIDUCIARIES --UNIFORM DIRECTED TRUST ACT (Permits the settlor of a trust to designate a trust director who shall be a person other than the trustee to direct actions relative to a trust and pursuant to any power of direction.)
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Feb 13 2019 |
03/28/2019 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 28 2019
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SB 168
(2019 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR ACTIONS - SMALL CLAIMS AND CONSUMER CLAIMS (Increases the maximum dollar amount from two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) to five thousand dollars ($5,000) for claims handled in small claims court.)
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Jan 24 2019 |
03/28/2019 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 28 2019
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SB 414
(2019 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - ZONING ORDINANCES (Defines small, large and residential wind energy systems. Provides that the zoning ordinance for wind energy systems establish requirements and guidelines consistent with the latest technical paper published by the statewide planning program.)
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Feb 27 2019 |
03/27/2019 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 27 2019
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