Rhode Island Bills

sponsored by Mia Ackerman

Bill Title Introduced Latest Action↓
HB 6184 (2019 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES AND RESERVES (Prohibits insurer from denying application/exclude/limit coverage under any life insurance policy based solely on prescription to carry or possess naloxone.)
Jun 05 2019 07/08/2019 Signed By Governor
Jul 08 2019
HB 6085 (2019 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - CERTIFICATION OF TEACHERS (Allows teachers to obtain fast-track certification as a principal.)
May 09 2019 07/08/2019 Signed By Governor
Jul 08 2019
HB 5008 (2019 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - CURRICULUM ALIGNMENT AND STANDARDS FOR ALL STUDENTS (Provides for the review of existing and the development of new statewide academic standards by the commissioner of education.)
Jan 03 2019 07/08/2019 Signed By Governor
Jul 08 2019
HB 5430 (2019 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - CHILD ADVOCATE OFFICE (Adds the requirement that in DCYF cases resulting in a fatality or near fatality of a child, one of the requirements for the office of the child advocate to investigate the case would be the child or the child's family had prior contact with the DCYF.)
Feb 14 2019 06/28/2019 Signed By Governor
Jun 28 2019
HB 5116 (2019 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW - GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS - DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES (Requires retail establishments to accept cash in payment for goods and services.)
Jan 11 2019 06/28/2019 Signed By Governor
Jun 28 2019
HB 5289 (2019 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - APPROPRIATE DISABILITY LANGUAGE (Ensures appropriate disability language is used in all job descriptions and statutes.)
Feb 06 2019 06/28/2019 Signed By Governor
Jun 28 2019
HB 5540 (2019 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH - CLINICAL TRIALS WEBSITE (Requires the state department of health to post and maintain on its website a link to ClinicalTrials.gov, a free service of the National Institutes of Health Library of Medicine.)
Feb 27 2019 06/27/2019 Committee Recommends Passage Of Sub A In Concurrence
Jun 27 2019
HB 5314 (2019 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - SINGLE-USE PLASTIC STRAWS (Prohibits a food service establishment from providing a consumer with a single-use plastic straw unless requested by the consumer.)
Feb 06 2019 06/26/2019 Meeting Postponed (06/26/2019)
Jun 26 2019
HB 5179 (2019 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - PHARMACIES (Increases the state board of pharmacy from nine (9) to eleven (11) members by adding two (2) pharmacy technicians.)
Jan 24 2019 06/26/2019 Meeting Postponed (06/26/2019)
Jun 26 2019
HB 6062 (2019 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- RESTROOM ACCESS ACT (Requires retail establishments with 3 persons or more on premises without public restrooms to allow customers to use employee restrooms for certain medical conditions upon presentation of documentary proof with violators fined $250. Effective 1/1/20)
May 03 2019 06/25/2019 Referred To Senate Commerce
Jun 25 2019
HB 5033 (2019 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FINANCIAL LITERACY (Mandates that a program of financial literacy be taught to all students in the public high schools throughout the state of Rhode Island.)
Jan 04 2019 06/25/2019 Referred To Senate Education
Jun 25 2019
HR 6226 (2019 Regular Session)
House Resolution Congratulating Crossroads Rhode Island On 125 Years Of Helping Rhode Islanders In Need
Jun 18 2019 06/18/2019 House Read And Passed
Jun 18 2019
HR 5569 (2019 Regular Session)
Joint Resolution Adoption Of The State Plan On Alzheimer'S Disease And Related Disorders
Feb 27 2019 06/13/2019 Referred To Senate Health And Human Services
Jun 13 2019
HB 5329 (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.)
Feb 07 2019 06/06/2019 Referred To Senate Judiciary
Jun 06 2019
HR 5351 (2019 Regular Session)
JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO BE KNOWN AS THE "RHODE ISLAND CITY AND TOWN REVALUATION STUDY COMMISSION" (Creates a 15 member "Rhode Island City and Town Revaluation Study Commission," to study and make recommendations legislation to set property value for local tax purposes, and who would report back by 1/2/2020, and expire on March 2, 2020.)
Feb 08 2019 06/06/2019 Referred To Senate Housing And Municipal Government
Jun 06 2019
HR 6144 (2019 Regular Session)
House Resolution Honoring And Recognizing John Gregory For His Service To The People And Businesses In The State Of Rhode Island
May 23 2019 05/23/2019 House Read And Passed
May 23 2019
HR 5385 (2019 Regular Session)
JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $185,000 TO THE DIVISION OF ELDERLY AFFAIRS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO FUND ELDER RESPITE SERVICES (Authorizes the appropriation of the sum of $185,000 to the Division of Elderly Affairs in the Department of Human Services.)
Feb 14 2019 05/15/2019 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 15 2019
HB 5106 (2019 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- CHILD CARE -- STATE SUBSIDIES (Expands the tiered-rate structure for childcare assistance program to meet federal benchmark for access to high-quality childcare for all age groups of children.)
Jan 10 2019 05/15/2019 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 15 2019
HB 5623 (2019 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES - MEDICAL ASSISTANCE (Expedites the Medicaid assistance application process and the recoupment process including interim Medicaid assistance payments.)
Feb 27 2019 05/14/2019 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 14 2019
HB 5621 (2019 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES - MEDICAL ASSISTANCE - LONG-TERM CARE SERVICE AND FINANCE REFORM (Provides for a Medicaid home nursing care and hospice base rate adjustment for services delivered by highly skilled nursing professionals to high-acuity or high medical necessity Medicaid beneficiaries that have tracheostomies or use ventilators.)
Feb 27 2019 05/14/2019 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 14 2019

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