HB 8286
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HIGH-HEAT FACILITY ACT OF 2021 (Prohibits new high-heat waste processing facilities.)
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May 26 2022 |
05/26/2022 Introduced, Referred To House Environment And Natural Resources
May 26 2022
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HB 7593
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE RHODE ISLAND CANNABIS ACT (The Rhode Island Cannabis Act legalizes adult use of cannabis. It provides for licensing of cultivation, manufacture and retail sale of cannabis.)
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Mar 01 2022 |
05/25/2022 Signed By Governor
May 25 2022
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HB 7785
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- ANIMAL DISEASES IN GENERAL (Authorizes the director of the department of environmental management to establish quarantine zones for animals and would permit the examination of any quarantined animal therein.)
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Mar 03 2022 |
05/24/2022 Signed By Governor
May 24 2022
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HB 6663
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- FORCE-FED POULTRY PRODUCTS (Same as 21H-5731 -- Prohibits the production, sale, or importation into Rhode Island of any force-fed poultry product or food containing a force-fed poultry product and would impose a civil penalty of five hundred dollars ($500) for each violation.)
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Jan 06 2022 |
05/20/2022 Referred To Senate Environment And Agriculture
May 20 2022
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HB 7664
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - VITAL RECORDS (Adds the division of taxation, division of motor vehicles and department of revenue to those agencies who receive lists of reported deaths.)
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Mar 02 2022 |
05/20/2022 Referred To Senate Judiciary
May 20 2022
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HB 7361
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- TRADE IN ANIMAL FUR PRODUCTS ACT (Prohibits the sale, offer of sale, trade or distribution of fur products as defined and would make violations punishable by a civil fine.)
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Feb 04 2022 |
05/20/2022 Referred To Senate Judiciary
May 20 2022
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HB 8278
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (Owners of animals in RISPCA custody to pay for animal's care or animal may be forfeited.)
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May 20 2022 |
05/20/2022 Introduced, Referred To House Judiciary
May 20 2022
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HB 7626
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Mandates that health insurance companies and Medicaid provide coverage for FDA approved COVID-19 home testing kits.)
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Mar 02 2022 |
05/19/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 19 2022
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HB 8119
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM (Establishes a universal, comprehensive, affordable single-payer health care insurance program and helps control health care costs, which would be referred to as, "the Rhode Island Comprehensive Health Insurance Program" (RICHIP).)
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Apr 08 2022 |
05/19/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 19 2022
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HB 7181
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- RHODE ISLAND PATHWAYS PROJECT (Requires the executive office of health and human services (EOHHS) to utilize current Medicaid waiver funds to provide coverage for supporting housing for the homeless.)
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Jan 26 2022 |
05/19/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 19 2022
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HB 7616
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTHY AGING (Renames the Office of Healthy Aging to The Department of Healthy Aging, restructures the administration and delivery of services, and expands the authority of its director in various ways.)
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Mar 02 2022 |
05/17/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 17 2022
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HB 7440
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX (Adds one new income tax bracket for purposes of state income taxation.)
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Feb 11 2022 |
05/17/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 17 2022
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HB 7237
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- HEALTH CARE FOR ELDERLY AND DISABLED RESIDENTS ACT (Increases the income limits for disabled individuals to one hundred eighty percent (180%) of the federal poverty level to qualify for medical assistance coverage.)
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Jan 28 2022 |
05/17/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 17 2022
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HB 8050
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- MERIT SYSTEM (Effective January 1, 2023, increase the salaries of the child advocate and the assistant child advocate for the office of the child advocate to $135,000 and $120,000 respectively.)
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Mar 25 2022 |
05/12/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 12 2022
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HB 7859
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- HEALTH CARE FOR ELDERLY AND DISABLED RESIDENTS ACT (Increases the income eligibility limit for medical assistance coverage for seniors and disabled individuals from one hundred percent (100%) to one hundred thirty-three percent (133%) of federal poverty level.)
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Mar 04 2022 |
05/12/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 12 2022
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HB 7758
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE (Requires the auditor general to oversee audits of Medicaid programs and report findings to the general assembly and EOHHS and requires a plan from EOHHS to end privatized managed care and institute a state run plan.)
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Mar 02 2022 |
05/12/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 12 2022
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HR 8223
(2022 Regular Session)
House Resolution Celebrating The Week Of May 6Th Through May 12Th As "National Nurses Week" In The State Of Rhode Island
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May 10 2022 |
05/10/2022 House Read And Passed
May 10 2022
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HR 8224
(2022 Regular Session)
House Resolution Designating May 10, 2022, As "Fentanyl Awareness Day" In The State Of Rhode Island
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May 10 2022 |
05/10/2022 House Read And Passed
May 10 2022
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HB 7019
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FOUNDATION LEVEL SCHOOL SUPPORT (SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 -- THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT) (Extends the date of commencement of construction projects for health and safety deficiencies and educational enhancement to December 30, 2023.)
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Jan 10 2022 |
05/10/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 10 2022
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HR 8226
(2022 Regular Session)
House Resolution Proclaiming May 8Th Through May 14Th Of 2022, To Be "Turquoise Takeover Week"
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May 10 2022 |
05/10/2022 House Read And Passed
May 10 2022
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