SB 781
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - DUTIES OF UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (Requires electric and gas distribution companies, with exceptions, to remit fifteen percent (15%) of the amount of demand-side charge collections to the Rhode Island infrastructure bank for any energy-related financing programs.)
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Apr 01 2021 |
06/30/2021 Senate Passed Sub A
Jun 30 2021
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SB 646
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE (Requires coverage for treatment of pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections and pediatric acute onset neuropsychiatric syndrome, including, but not limited to, the use of intravenous immunoglobin therapy.)
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Mar 18 2021 |
06/29/2021 Committee Recommends Passage Of Sub A In Concurrence
Jun 29 2021
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SB 971
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - HOUSING INCENTIVES FOR MUNICIPALITIES (Establishes housing incentive program for municipalities to support and assist the promotion of housing to meet needs of current and future residents while preserving open space, farmland and natural beauty using housing incentive districts.)
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Jun 22 2021 |
06/29/2021 Senate Read And Passed
Jun 29 2021
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SB 351
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT (Requires department of elementary and secondary education to include amount of state and local share of education funding calculated for each local agency receiving state aid, requires cities and towns to appropriate sufficient funds to meet their share.)
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Feb 25 2021 |
06/29/2021 Senate Passed Sub A
Jun 29 2021
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SB 568
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- CANNABIS AUTHORIZATION, REGULATION AND TAXATION (Establishes Cannabis Control Commission to regulate all aspects of cannabis production and distribution.)
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Mar 09 2021 |
06/24/2021 Referred To House Finance
Jun 24 2021
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SB 757
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - EDUCATION - PSYCHOLOGISTS (Creates minimum qualifications for school psychologists and establishes the scope of their practice within schools and establishes state support for school-based mental health services.)
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Apr 01 2021 |
06/24/2021 Referred To House Finance
Jun 24 2021
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SB 226
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- THE RHODE ISLAND WORKS PROGRAM (Provides for adjustments to the payment standard for cash assistance.)
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Feb 10 2021 |
06/24/2021 Senate Passed Sub A
Jun 24 2021
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SB 41
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC FINANCE -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AND PUBLIC ASSISTANCE CASELOAD ESTIMATING CONFERENCES (Requires the participation and input of the EOHHS, DHS, DCYF and BHDDH in medical assistance and public assistance caseload estimating conferences and the generation of monthly data to the members of the case load estimating conference.)
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Jan 19 2021 |
06/24/2021 Senate Passed Sub A
Jun 24 2021
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SB 955
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- PEER-TO-PEER CAR SHARING PROGRAM (Authorizes and regulate peer-to-peer car sharing programs whereby existing car owners make their motor vehicles available for other individuals to use under a peer-to-peer program.)
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Jun 17 2021 |
06/24/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jun 24 2021
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SB 851
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT (For purposes of teachers' retirement benefits, amends the definition of "former spouse divorced" to include someone who was married to a deceased member for 10+ years and the deceased member was required by court order to contribute support post-divorce.)
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Apr 28 2021 |
06/24/2021 Senate Read And Passed
Jun 24 2021
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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.)
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May 07 2021 |
06/24/2021 Senate Read And Passed
Jun 24 2021
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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.)
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Feb 25 2021 |
06/24/2021 Referred To House Finance
Jun 24 2021
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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.)
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Feb 25 2021 |
06/23/2021 Signed By Governor
Jun 23 2021
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SB 827
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- ESTABLISHMENT OF CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS (SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 -- THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT) (Define educational disadvantaged students. This act would also require the use of a weighted lottery for charter school establishment, charter renewal and for student applications when there aren’t enough seats available.)
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Apr 23 2021 |
06/23/2021 Meeting Postponed (06/23/2021)
Jun 23 2021
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SB 782
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MAKING REVISED APPROPRIATIONS IN SUPPORT OF FY 2021 -- CRIME VICTIMS COMPENSATION PROGRAM SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION (Appropriates four hundred sixty nine thousand six hundred fifty-five dollars ($469,655) to the Crime Victim Compensation Program created by the Criminal Injuries Compensation to be extended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021.)
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Apr 01 2021 |
06/21/2021 Meeting Postponed (06/22/2021)
Jun 21 2021
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SB 45
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STAY INVESTED IN RI WAVEMAKER FELLOWSHIP (Expand the Wavemaker Fellowship Program to include public school teachers in the high-need fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.)
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Jan 19 2021 |
06/16/2021 Referred To House Finance
Jun 16 2021
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SB 904
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - PUBLIC - PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM (Creates a 7 member oversight commission to approve all requests for proposals submitted for public-private partnership construction of transportation facilities.)
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May 14 2021 |
06/16/2021 Committee Continued
Jun 16 2021
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SB 295
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - THE RHODE ISLAND MUNICIPAL INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PROGRAM (Removes the prohibition on state appropriations to the municipal infrastructure grant program, and authorize the RI infrastructure bank to evaluate, approve and issue such grants, subject to the appropriations provided to the program.)
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Feb 18 2021 |
06/16/2021 Referred To House Finance
Jun 16 2021
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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.)
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Feb 10 2021 |
06/16/2021 Referred To House Finance
Jun 16 2021
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SR 810
(2021 Regular Session)
Joint Resolution Creating A Special Commission To Be Known As "The Rhode Island Semiquincentennial (Ri 250Th) Commission"
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Apr 08 2021 |
06/14/2021 Signed By Governor
Jun 14 2021
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