SB 2143
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Gradually increases the hourly minimum wage from $10.50 to $15 by July 1, 2024, and the hourly minimum wage for employees receiving gratuities from $3.89 an hour to $15 an hour by January 1, 2028.)
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Jan 22 2020 |
03/11/2020 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 11 2020
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SB 2124
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE -- PERINATAL DOULA SERVICES (Provides for medical assistance health care for expectant mothers and establishes medical assistance coverage and reimbursement rates for perinatal doula services.)
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Jan 22 2020 |
03/11/2020 Placed On Senate Calendar
Mar 11 2020
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SB 2405
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Would allow individuals employed in domestic service or in or about a private home to be included as an employee.)
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Feb 13 2020 |
03/11/2020 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 11 2020
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SB 2308
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE -- HOLIDAY AND SUNDAY WORK (Removes health care and maintenance workers from the definition of employees not entitled to overtime pay, for purposes of overtime pay on Sundays and holidays, enabling them to collect overtime pay.)
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Feb 04 2020 |
03/11/2020 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 11 2020
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SR 2359
(2020 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Respectfully Requesting That The United States Congress Adopt "An American Economic Recovery" Program
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Feb 13 2020 |
03/10/2020 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 10 2020
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SB 2374
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- INTEREST AND USURY (Reduces the usury rate to twelve percent (12%).)
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Feb 13 2020 |
03/10/2020 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 10 2020
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SB 2080
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - STATEWIDE PUBLIC SAFETY COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (Establishes a statewide public safety computer aided dispatch records management system.)
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Jan 21 2020 |
03/05/2020 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 05 2020
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SB 2049
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX (Increases the state earned-income credit as of January 1, 2021, to eighteen percent (18%) of the federal earned-income credit, not to exceed the amount of state income tax.)
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Jan 21 2020 |
03/05/2020 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 05 2020
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SR 2765
(2020 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Expressing Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of The Honorable Thomas L. Ucci
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Mar 05 2020 |
03/05/2020 Senate Read And Passed
Mar 05 2020
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SB 2179
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- ESTABLISHING A CLASS SIZE MAXIMUM FOR KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE TWO (2) (Mandates public school classroom size be limited to twenty (20) students for kindergarten through grade two (2).)
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Feb 04 2020 |
03/05/2020 Referred To House H.E.W.
Mar 05 2020
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SR 2764
(2020 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Honoring Sandra Lake For Her Myriad Accomplishments
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Mar 05 2020 |
03/05/2020 Senate Read And Passed
Mar 05 2020
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SB 2263
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- LICENSING (Creates new standards for determining whether a state work license applicant's past criminal contacts/convictions should disqualify them from receiving a government-issued license.)
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Feb 04 2020 |
03/05/2020 Withdrawn At Sponsor's Request
Mar 05 2020
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SB 2750
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY (Creates “The Stop Guilt by Accusation Act” which would preclude the media from engaging in defamation in-kind through selective reporting on cases and controversies that cultivate false narratives so that it unduly injures the accused.)
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Mar 04 2020 |
03/05/2020 Withdrawn At Sponsor's Request
Mar 05 2020
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SB 2759
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION (Requires office of diversity, equity and opportunity to create material for annual government employee training.)
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Mar 04 2020 |
03/04/2020 Introduced, Referred To Senate Labor
Mar 04 2020
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SB 2746
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- NURSING HOME STAFFING (Mandates minimum staffing levels and standards for quality care for nursing homes and their residents.)
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Mar 04 2020 |
03/04/2020 Introduced, Referred To Senate Health And Human Services
Mar 04 2020
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SB 2753
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- RHODE ISLAND PAIN-CAPABLE UNBORN CHILD PROTECTION ACT (Creates the Rhode Island Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, prohibiting the performance or induction of an abortion of an unborn child capable of feeling pain, unless necessary to prevent serious health risk to the unborn child’s mother.)
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Mar 04 2020 |
03/04/2020 Introduced, Referred To Senate Judiciary
Mar 04 2020
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SB 2749
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- YEARLY INSPECTIONS OF HEALTHCARE FACILITIES (Requires healthcare facilities that perform abortions to meet the license requirements of similar healthcare facilities.)
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Mar 04 2020 |
03/04/2020 Introduced, Referred To Senate Judiciary
Mar 04 2020
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SB 2734
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS (Allows principals to issue out-of-school suspension for students in grades 6 and above, students in grade 5 and below may only be issued out-of-school suspension under stringent circumstances.)
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Mar 04 2020 |
03/04/2020 Introduced, Referred To Senate Education
Mar 04 2020
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SB 2755
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT (Amends the "residential landlord and tenant act" to allow a landlord prior to any residential rental agreement shall deliver to prospective tenant a valid certificate of rental suitability as defined in § 34-18-22.4.)
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Mar 04 2020 |
03/04/2020 Introduced, Referred To Senate Judiciary
Mar 04 2020
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SB 2733
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE COLLEGE CRUSADE SCHOLARSHIP (Provides that scholarships received directly from the College Crusade Scholarship Program would not be considered financial aid pursuant to the Rhode Island Promise Scholarships and provides the program with access to certain student data.)
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Mar 04 2020 |
03/04/2020 Introduced, Referred To Senate Education
Mar 04 2020
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