HB 5283
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES -- MAMMOGRAMS AND PAP SMEARS -- COVERAGE MANDATED (Mandates insurance coverage for any additional screenings deemed medically necessary for any person who has received notice of dense breast tissue.)
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Feb 01 2023 |
06/24/2023 Signed By Governor
Jun 24 2023
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HB 6345
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Authorizes the town of South Kingstown to locating within 200' from the premises of schools or places of worship any retailers' Class BV license, allowing retailer to be located at 357 Main St of the applicable town of South Kingstown tax assessment map.)
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Apr 28 2023 |
06/23/2023 Effective Without Governor's Signature
Jun 23 2023
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HB 5801
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- MUSICAL AND THEATRICAL PRODUCTION TAX CREDITS (Add a "national touring production" to the productions that are considered an "accredited theater production" for purposes of musical and theatrical production tax credits and extends the sunset of the credits to July 1 2027.)
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Feb 22 2023 |
06/23/2023 Signed By Governor
Jun 23 2023
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HR 5502
(2023 Regular Session)
JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES FROM PLASTIC BOTTLE WASTE (Creates a 16 member joint commission to study and provide recommendations to protect our environment from plastic bottle waste, and who would report back to the General Assembly by February 28, 2024, and expire on June 30, 2024.)
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Feb 10 2023 |
06/23/2023 Signed By Governor
Jun 23 2023
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HB 5550
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- MERCURY REDUCTION AND EDUCATION ACT (Prohibits the sale: eff. 1/1/24 of screw/bayonet base compact fluorescent lamps; eff. 1/1/25 of pin-base type compact and linear fluorescent lamps with civil penalties for violations.)
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Feb 15 2023 |
06/22/2023 Signed By Governor
Jun 22 2023
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HB 5345
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY -- AGRICULTURAL FUNCTIONS OF DEPARTMENT (Provides that Rhode Island assents to the provisions of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act relative to the Preventive Controls for Animal Food Regulation (PCAF) regulations.)
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Feb 03 2023 |
06/21/2023 Signed By Governor
Jun 21 2023
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HB 5660
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE (Brings state law into federal compliance by prohibiting or otherwise lending this use of refrigerant designated as acceptable pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 7671k as long as the refrigerant is listed and installed in accordance therewith.)
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Feb 17 2023 |
06/20/2023 Signed By Governor
Jun 20 2023
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HB 5989
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EMPLOYMENT SECURITY -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Extends the sunset on the increase total amount of earnings a partial-unemployment ins. claimant can receive before being entirely disqualified for unemployment ins. benefits/increase in the amount of earnings when calculating a wkly rate to 6/30/25.)
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Mar 01 2023 |
06/20/2023 Signed By Governor
Jun 20 2023
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HB 5055
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Allows individuals, who have not reached the age of eighteen (18) years, to vote in a primary election, as long as the voter will be eighteen (18), as of the date of the general or special election.)
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Jan 11 2023 |
06/19/2023 Signed By Governor
Jun 19 2023
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HB 5286
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- CANCER BENEFITS FOR FIRE FIGHTERS (Expands the definition of fire fighter to a member of a fire department or a city, town or fire district emergency medical services unit.)
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Feb 01 2023 |
06/19/2023 Signed By Governor
Jun 19 2023
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HB 5348
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- RESTROOM ACCESS ACT (Requires retail establishments with 3 or more employees on the premises without accessible public restroom to allow customers suffering from eligible conditions access to their employee restrooms.)
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Feb 03 2023 |
06/15/2023 Referred To Senate Labor
Jun 15 2023
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HB 5328
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- FOOD ALLERGY AWARENESS IN FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS (Requires food service establishments to add an additional warning to their menus relative to food allergens and impose a civil penalty on those establishments that fail to include the required warnings on its menus.)
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Feb 03 2023 |
06/15/2023 Referred To Senate Health And Human Services
Jun 15 2023
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HB 5160
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- LICENSED ACTIVITIES -- LENDERS AND LOAN BROKERS -- CHECK CASHING (Repeals the provisions of the general laws allowing deferred deposit providers, also known as "payday lenders.")
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Jan 19 2023 |
06/15/2023 House Passed As Amended (Floor Amendment)
Jun 15 2023
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HB 5333
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- PROMPT PAYMENT BY DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION (Amends the provisions for prompt payment of monies owed by the department of administration to their contractors or subcontractors.)
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Feb 03 2023 |
06/15/2023 Referred To Senate Finance
Jun 15 2023
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HB 5667
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- COUNCIL ON ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION (Requires the council on elementary and secondary education to adopt standards which take into consideration the time and cost of transporting students across municipal boundaries and promotes maximum efficiency in other programs.)
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Feb 17 2023 |
06/15/2023 Referred To Senate Education
Jun 15 2023
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HB 5676
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- RETENTION OF X-RAYS (Amends the retention of x-ray statute by eliminating retention for the life of the individual to retention for whatever period is required by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.)
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Feb 17 2023 |
06/14/2023 Signed By Governor
Jun 14 2023
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HR 6528
(2023 Regular Session)
House Resolution Proclaiming June 13Th To Be "Professional Wrestling Day” In The State Of Rhode Island
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Jun 14 2023 |
06/14/2023 House Read And Passed
Jun 14 2023
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HB 5761
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE AND SALE -- MEDIATION CONFERENCE (Removes the sunset provision relative to mediation coverage prior to mortgage foreclosures.)
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Feb 21 2023 |
06/14/2023 Signed By Governor
Jun 14 2023
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HB 5043
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- INSURANCE BENEFITS (Provides that adjunct faculty members at any state college or university who teach at least 50% of the hours regularly worked by full-time faculty in a semester would be eligible for the same medical benefits as other state employees.)
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Jan 11 2023 |
06/13/2023 House Passed Sub A
Jun 13 2023
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HB 5953
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- PERMANENT JOINT COMMITTEE ON NAMING ALL NEW BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, EDIFICES AND OTHER STATE CONSTRUCTIONS (Would designate a fishing site at Black Point in Narragansett as the "Stephen J. Medeiros Fishing Area at Black Point".)
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Mar 01 2023 |
06/13/2023 Committee Recommends Passage In Concurrence
Jun 13 2023
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