SB 578
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Prohibits insurance companies from varying the premium rates charged for a health coverage plan based on the gender of the individual policy holder, enrollee, subscriber, or member.)
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Mar 15 2017 |
05/31/2017 Referred To House Corporations
May 31 2017
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SR 302
(2017 Regular Session)
Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $300,000 To The Department Of Health For Evidenced-Based After School Programming For Youth To Decrease Mental Health Concerns In Children And Teens Served Through The State'S Health Equity Zones
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Feb 16 2017 |
05/25/2017 Committee Transferred To Senate Finance
May 25 2017
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SR 916
(2017 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Proclaiming May 25Th Of 2017, As "Afterschool And Summer Learning Day" In The State Of Rhode Island
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May 25 2017 |
05/25/2017 Senate Read And Passed
May 25 2017
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SB 830
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION (Allows municipalities with a population density greater than two thousand (2,000) people per square mile to exempt from taxation real property used for agricultural operations.)
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Apr 27 2017 |
05/18/2017 Committee Heard
May 18 2017
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SB 464
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES - MEDICAL ASSISTANCE (Permits payments to parents who serve as certified nursing assistant caregiver for their children.)
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Mar 02 2017 |
05/18/2017 Committee Heard
May 18 2017
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SB 879
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION (Amends and add several sections relative to gas and electric utility carriers, customer service provided thereby, and customer service levels and billing practices required by the carriers to the customers.)
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May 11 2017 |
05/18/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 18 2017
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SB 141
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE (Increases the income eligibility limit for the Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) to 200% of the federal poverty level from 180%.)
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Feb 01 2017 |
05/18/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 18 2017
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SB 775
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES - CHILD CARE - STATE SUBSIDIES (Establishes a tiered-rate structure for the child care assistance program, with higher rates paid to licensed child care centers and family child care homes that have achieved higher quality ratings in "BrightStars".)
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Apr 12 2017 |
05/18/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 18 2017
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SB 321
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES - MEDICAL ASSISTANCE (Raises by at least seventy cents ($.70) hourly wage of direct care staff starting October 1, 2017 and each October 1 thereafter with compliance certification and on each July 31 thereafter subject to the clawback provisions.)
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Feb 16 2017 |
05/18/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 18 2017
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SB 507
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGE--GRATUITIES (Incrementally increases from the $3.89 per hour subminimum wage for tipped workers to $9.00 per hour on January 1, 2021. Starting on January 1, 2022, the minimum hourly wage for tipped workers would be equal to the state's regular minimum hourly wage.)
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Mar 02 2017 |
05/17/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 17 2017
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SB 408
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - RHODE ISLAND RESTORATION OF VOTING RIGHTS ACT (Requires the department of corrections to provide the secretary of state with the number of eligible persons who, upon release from incarceration, have registered to vote and requires the secretary of state to publish that number twice a year.)
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Mar 02 2017 |
05/11/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 11 2017
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SR 869
(2017 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of Reinaldo Perez
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May 09 2017 |
05/10/2017 Senate Read And Passed
May 10 2017
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SB 799
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - SEXUAL ASSAULT (Increases the minimum penalty for first degree sexual assault from ten (10) to twenty (20) years. The act would also create a category of cases wherein the first ten (10) years of any sentence be ineligible for the benefits of deferment or suspension.)
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Apr 25 2017 |
05/09/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 09 2017
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SB 764
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - SEXUAL ASSAULT (Defines any act of sexual penetration or contact performed by an individual with supervisory or disciplinary power, or who is in a position of authority, upon a person nineteen (19) years of age or younger, as sexual assault.)
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Apr 12 2017 |
05/09/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 09 2017
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SB 35
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LIBRARIES -- STATE AID TO LIBRARIES (Increases state's share to support local public library services in distressed communities by the amount paid by the distressed community for ocean state libraries (OSL) charges.)
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Jan 18 2017 |
05/08/2017 Meeting Postponed (05/09/2017)
May 08 2017
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SB 418
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- PUBLIC RECORDS--RESTORATION OF VOTING RIGHTS (Requires the department of corrections to provide certain nonprofit organizations with a list containing information about formerly incarcerated inmates who have become eligible to vote to assist in their efforts in registering former felons to vote.)
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Mar 02 2017 |
05/04/2017 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 04 2017
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SB 31
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO RIPTA -- ELDERLY AND DISABLED BUS PASS ASSISTANCE (Reinstates free RIPTA bus fares for elderly and disabled riders who meet means test criteria.)
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Jan 18 2017 |
05/02/2017 Committee Heard
May 02 2017
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SB 330
(2017 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 make recommendations to the general assembly to ensure compliance with mental health parity provisions required by existing law.)
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Feb 16 2017 |
04/28/2017 Referred To House Corporations
Apr 28 2017
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SB 331
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES (Authorizes HHS to apply for waivers to assure for housing, healthcare, and mental and behavioral health care services for the homeless.)
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Feb 16 2017 |
04/28/2017 Referred To House Finance
Apr 28 2017
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SB 839
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - NONCOMPETE AGREEMENTS - BROADCAST EMPLOYEES (Prohibits the inclusion of noncompete agreements in broadcast industry employment contracts that are entered into after January 1, 2018.)
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Apr 27 2017 |
04/27/2017 Introduced, Referred To Senate Judiciary
Apr 27 2017
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