SB 914
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT (Limits rent increases to no more than four percent (4%) annually and provides tenants with a civil action to recover damages for any violations.)
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Mar 30 2023 |
05/30/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 30 2023
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SR 775
(2023 Regular Session)
JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $2,500,000 TO THE HAUS OF CODEC (Authorizes the appropriation of the sum of $2,500,000 to the Haus of Codec to support unhoused members of the LGBTQ+ community through transitional housing, workforce training, mental health support, and daily nutrition.)
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Mar 23 2023 |
05/25/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 25 2023
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SB 865
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC FINANCE -- IDENTIFICATION OF STATE PENSION FUNDS WITH MILITARY CONTRACTORS ACT (Requires the state investment commission to identify pension fund investments in military weapon manufacturers whether held directly or indirectly.)
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Mar 30 2023 |
05/25/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 25 2023
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SB 859
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Allows the host city or town to impose a two percent (2%) tax on the endowment of a private institution of higher education, to be used only for the host's public school district.)
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Mar 30 2023 |
05/25/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 25 2023
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SB 1006
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES (Amends several sections of law relating to zoning ordinances to provide uniform zoning standards for accessory dwelling units.)
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May 15 2023 |
05/25/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 25 2023
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SB 1001
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HOME CARE PATIENTS RIGHTS (Amends the current law so that all home health care patients are entitled to receive home health care services regardless of their permanent or temporary residence.)
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May 15 2023 |
05/25/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 25 2023
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SR 1066
(2023 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Proclaiming May 25Th, 2023, To Be "Boys & Girls Clubs Youth Of The Year Day" In The State Of Rhode Island
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May 25 2023 |
05/25/2023 Senate Read And Passed
May 25 2023
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SB 801
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDNANCES (Amends the zoning enabling statute to provide for the allowance of redeveloping more minimum housing options as permitted uses.)
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Mar 23 2023 |
05/25/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 25 2023
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SB 307
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- PROHIBITION OF SINGLE-FAMILY ZONING IN URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARIES ACT OF 2023 (Requires single-family residential zoning in municipalities with populations of over twenty-thousand (20,000) shall allow middle housing and mandates that those municipalities adopt zoning regulations for middle housing.)
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Feb 16 2023 |
05/25/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 25 2023
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SB 438
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PUBLIC HEALTH AND WORKPLACE SAFETY ACT (Repeals the exemption granted to pari mutual facilities and casinos from the smoke free workplace requirement contained in the Public Health and Workplace Safety Act.)
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Feb 16 2023 |
05/25/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 25 2023
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SB 977
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES (Increases the number of child care licensing inspectors to meet the national recommended average of one inspector for every fifty (50) to sixty (60) child care providers.)
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May 15 2023 |
05/24/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 24 2023
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SB 360
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS' BILL OF RIGHTS (Repeals the Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights, Chapter 42-28.6 of the General Laws, in its entirety.)
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Feb 16 2023 |
05/23/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 23 2023
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SB 615
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- LAW ENFORCEMENT INTEGRITY ACT (Specifies and restricts use of excessive physical force by peace officers and creates a civil action for constitutional rights violations as well as impose a duty to intervene on officers on scene. Requires reporting of incident information.)
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Mar 07 2023 |
05/23/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 23 2023
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SR 1063
(2023 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Supporting “Period Poverty Awareness Week” On May 22-28, 2023, In The State Of Rhode Island
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May 23 2023 |
05/23/2023 Senate Read And Passed
May 23 2023
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SB 811
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER SCREENING, DISCIPLINE AND DECERTIFICATION (Creates an officer discipline board and provides law enforcement personal to comply with this act.)
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Mar 23 2023 |
05/23/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 23 2023
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SB 558
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE RHODE ISLAND CLIMATE CHANGE AND OCEAN PROTECTION EDUCATION PROGRAM ACT (Appropriates five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) per fiscal year to invest in climate change and ocean protection education to enhance literacy of these issues for Rhode Island's youth and include a grant program.)
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Mar 07 2023 |
05/18/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 18 2023
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SB 884
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS (Assess a vacancy tax of one percent (1%) of the total assessed value of all real property based on the real property's assessed value for vacant units.)
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Mar 30 2023 |
05/18/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 18 2023
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SB 878
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Places limitations on the tax-exempt real and personal property a nonprofit college, university or hospital may hold.)
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Mar 30 2023 |
05/18/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 18 2023
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SB 32
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- HEALTH CARE FOR CHILDREN AND PREGNANT WOMEN--EQUALITY IN ABORTION COVERAGE (Provides for abortion coverage in the Medicaid program and repeals the abortion coverage exclusion for state employee insurance plans.)
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Jan 18 2023 |
05/18/2023 Signed By Governor
May 18 2023
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SB 202
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- FORCE-FED POULTRY PRODUCTS (Prohibits force-feeding to create a force-fed poultry product nor hire another to engage in force feeding of a poultry product. Violations would be subject to a civil penalty.)
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Feb 16 2023 |
05/17/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 17 2023
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