Rhode Island Bills

sponsored by Gayle L. Goldin

Bill Title Introduced Latest Action↓
SB 429 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- BUILDING SERVICE WORK (Requires that janitors and security guards employed, pursuant to state contracts worth more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) of janitorial or security services, be paid a standard compensation rate.)
Feb 25 2021 06/24/2021 Referred To House Labor
Jun 24 2021
SB 874 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS - CORROSION PREVENTION AND MITIGATION WORK REQUIREMENTS (Requires all contractors and subcontractors who perform construction, alteration, demolition, installation, repair or maintenance work, pursuant to public works contracts, to comply with industry standards for infrastructure corrosion prevention.)
May 07 2021 06/24/2021 Senate Read And Passed
Jun 24 2021
SB 338 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES--ENFORCEMENT AND COLLECTION (Provides that any person who has a retail sales permit would not be required to pay a separate registration fee to make sales at flea markets; provided, however, the person would remain responsible to pay all taxes due as a result of sales at a flea mkt.)
Feb 25 2021 06/24/2021 Referred To House Finance
Jun 24 2021
SB 643 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Requires insurance providers to seek recoupment or set off of insurance payments made to health care providers within twelve (12) months and require health care providers to seek reimbursement for underpayment within twelve (12) months.)
Mar 18 2021 06/24/2021 Referred To House Corporations
Jun 24 2021
SB 872 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- TRANSPORTATION EMISSIONS AND MOBILE (TEAM) COMMUNITY ACT (Establishes the Transportation Emission and Mobile (Team) Community Act intended to limit and reduce indirect carbon dioxide emissions throughout the state while promoting the purposes of the transportation climate initiative program.)
May 05 2021 06/24/2021 Referred To House Finance
Jun 24 2021
SB 380 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- DENTISTS AND DENTAL HYGIENISTS (Requires at least one oral and maxillofacial surgeon on the Rhode Island board of examiners in dentistry.)
Feb 25 2021 06/23/2021 Signed By Governor
Jun 23 2021
SB 209 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- ACCESS TO ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSES FOR ALL STUDENTS ACT (Updates Access to Advanced Placement Courses for All Students Act.)
Feb 10 2021 06/16/2021 Referred To House Finance
Jun 16 2021
SB 611 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- RHODE ISLAND PARENTAL AND FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE ACT (Increases the amount of parental or family leave available to an employee from thirteen (13) weeks to twenty-six (26) weeks in any two (2) calendar years.)
Mar 11 2021 06/10/2021 Referred To House Labor
Jun 10 2021
SB 930 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE PAUL W. CROWLEY RHODE ISLAND INVESTMENT INITIATIVE (Commencing in fiscal year 2022, that reconstitution and control of a school or district by the department of elementary and secondary education would not exceed 2 years except for a possible 6 month extension when substantial progress is achieved.)
May 25 2021 06/08/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jun 08 2021
SB 873 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS - THE GREEN BUILDINGS ACT (Effective December 31, 2020, terminates the requirement of utilizing green building standards for new public buildings construction projects.)
May 07 2021 06/02/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jun 02 2021
SB 769 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - COMPREHENSIVE DISCHARGE PLANNING (Requires coverage for residential/inpatient mental health services for detox/stabilization/substance abuse disorders without preauthorization or be subject to concurrent review during the first 28 days.)
Apr 01 2021 06/02/2021 Referred To House Health & Human Services
Jun 02 2021
SB 485 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Requires health insurance contract plans or policies to provide coverage for a backup battery for at-home medical devices.)
Mar 04 2021 06/02/2021 Referred To House Health & Human Services
Jun 02 2021
SB 647 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE RHODE ISLAND HEALTH CARE REFORM ACT OF 2004--HEALTH INSURANCE OVERSIGHT (Requires the health insurance commissioner to adopt a uniform set of medical criteria for prior authorization and create a required form to be used by a health insurer.)
Mar 18 2021 06/02/2021 Referred To House Corporations
Jun 02 2021
SR 942 (2021 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Joyously Celebrating And Commemorating June Of 2021, As "Pride Month" In The State Of Rhode Island
Jun 01 2021 06/01/2021 Senate Read And Passed
Jun 01 2021
SB 33 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- EDUCATION ACCOUTABILITY ACT (Requires that the board of education incorporate additional questions into its annual assessment of schools and related surveys and provide annual reports to the house of representatives and the senate.)
Jan 19 2021 05/27/2021 Referred To House Education
May 27 2021
SB 608 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- VOTING DISTRICTS AND OFFICIALS--POLL WORKER COMPENSATION (Sets the daily pay for election supervisors at fifteen dollars ($15.00) per hour.)
Mar 11 2021 05/24/2021 Committee Continued
May 24 2021
SB 1 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Gradually increase the minimum wage from eleven dollars and fifty cents ($11.50) per hour to fifteen dollars ($15.00) per hour, over 4 years.)
Jan 11 2021 05/20/2021 Signed By Governor
May 20 2021
SB 772 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT (Establishes tablets for prisoners program.)
Apr 01 2021 05/17/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 17 2021
SB 589 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - PHARMACIES (Authorizes a licensed pharmacist, who successfully completes a course on tobacco cessation therapy, to prescribe and dispense tobacco cessation drug products to a qualified patient pursuant to rules adopted by the board of pharmacy.)
Mar 11 2021 05/13/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 13 2021
SB 771 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- COMMERCIAL SEXUAL ACTIVITY (Decriminalizes certain commercial sexual activity and repeals the authority to detain a defendant in the event they test positive for venereal disease.)
Apr 01 2021 05/13/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 13 2021

Showing 21 to 40 of 477 bills