HB 7339
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- GAMBLING AND LOTTERIES (Allows social gaming in private residences and in public taverns or private clubs so long as the gambling is incidental to a bona fide social relationship between the participants and only participants receive anything of value.)
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Jan 31 2018 |
02/27/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Feb 27 2018
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HB 7359
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDERS (Amends provisions, defines coinsurance and prohibits insurance contracts or policies from using coinsurance to calculate and collect additional funds from patients, including mental health and substance abuse patients.)
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Jan 31 2018 |
02/27/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Feb 27 2018
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HB 7320
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Requires insurance carriers, nonprofit hospital service plans, nonprofit medical service corporations and health maintenance organizations to cover the costs of breast ultrasounds and or MRI breast exams.)
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Jan 26 2018 |
02/27/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Feb 27 2018
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HB 7390
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- PUBLIC UTILITIES (Increases penalties for damages to electric and communication lines from three thousand dollars ($3,000) to ten thousand dollars ($10,000); imprisonment from two (2) years to ten (10) years, or both and requires restitution for economic harm.)
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Feb 01 2018 |
02/27/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Feb 27 2018
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HB 7119
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - INTERNATIONAL DYSLEXIA ASSOCIATION CERTIFICATION - PARTIAL FEE WAIVER (Authorizes a one-half (1/2) fee waiver to pay one-half (1/2) the costs of teachers in obtaining an International Dyslexia Association aligned graduate certificate in dyslexia knowledge and practice.)
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Jan 11 2018 |
02/14/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Feb 14 2018
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HB 7410
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CONTINUITY-OF-CARE FOR MEDICALLY-FRAGILE STUDENTS ACT (Establishes standards of practice for providers of clinical nursing services for medically-fragile students.)
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Feb 01 2018 |
02/14/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Feb 14 2018
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HB 7042
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACIES (Directs the state board of pharmacy to annually develop a list of critical prescription drugs for which there is a substantial public interest in understanding the development of the drugs’ price.)
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Jan 03 2018 |
02/13/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Feb 13 2018
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HB 7380
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- AIR POLLUTION (Regulates the phase-out of wood stoves without EPA certification in densely populated residential areas and would require material burned in wood stoves to be clean wood or other approved material.)
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Jan 31 2018 |
02/08/2018 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Feb 08 2018
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HB 7060
(2018 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - CERTIFICATION OF TEACHERS (Empowers "council" on elementary and secondary education and waives fee for candidate with bachelor's degree taking any exam for teaching license or certification.)
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Jan 03 2018 |
01/03/2018 Introduced, Referred To House Finance
Jan 03 2018
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HB 5071
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT BENEFITS (Increases the monthly minimum benefits of spouses and domestic partners of retired teachers.)
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Jan 11 2017 |
10/05/2017 Signed By Governor
Oct 05 2017
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HB 5510
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- DOMESTIC ASSAULT - PROTECT RHODE ISLAND FAMILIES ACT (Limits access to firearms when an individual is under certain types of domestic restraining orders or protective orders issued or renewed on or after July 1, 2017.)
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Feb 15 2017 |
10/04/2017 Signed By Governor
Oct 04 2017
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HB 6124
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Requires insurance reimbursement for chiropractic diagnosis and treatment of conditions associated with the use of pain medications.)
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Apr 14 2017 |
09/27/2017 Signed By Governor
Sep 27 2017
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HR 6379
(2017 Regular Session)
HOUSE RESOLUTION REINSTATING AND EXTENDING THE REPORTING AND EXPIRATION DATES OF THE SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO ASSESS AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF CHILDREN WITH DYSLEXIA AND/OR READING DISABILITIES (Reinstates the life and extends the reporting and expiration dates of the commission to assess and make recommendations on the educational needs of children with Dyslexia and/or reading disabilities, to June 14, 2018, and expires on October 18, 2018.)
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Sep 19 2017 |
09/19/2017 House Read And Passed
Sep 19 2017
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HB 5881
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- FIREFIGHTER DISABILITY (Creates a work disabling presumption for any firefighter who passed a physical examination upon entry into service and who later contracts disabling hypertension, stroke, or heart disease.)
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Mar 09 2017 |
09/19/2017 House Passed Sub A
Sep 19 2017
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HR 5668
(2017 Regular Session)
JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AN EARLY INTERVENTION SYSTEM FOR DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING CHILDREN IN RHODE ISLAND (Creates a 24 member commission to study an early intervention system for deaf or hard of hearing children in Rhode Island, and who would report back to the General Assembly by February 1, 2018, and expire on June 30, 2018.)
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Mar 01 2017 |
09/19/2017 House Passed Sub A In Concurrence
Sep 19 2017
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HB 6325
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - ESTABLISHMENT OF PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS (Provides that a charter public school that operates or will operate elementary school grades, middle school grades or high school grades shall be considered a network charter school notwithstanding the facility or the administration of the school.)
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Jun 09 2017 |
07/19/2017 Vetoed By Governor
Jul 19 2017
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HB 5664
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - CURRICULUM (Requires the department of education to consider incorporating media literacy education in the basic education program.)
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Mar 01 2017 |
07/18/2017 Signed By Governor
Jul 18 2017
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HB 5837
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES & CARRIERS - RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY (Authorizes RIPTA to provide an open-door service to all passengers to and from Rhode Island to locations within five (5) miles of the Rhode Island boarder into Massachusetts and Connecticut.)
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Mar 02 2017 |
07/18/2017 Signed By Governor
Jul 18 2017
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HB 5300
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING CRIMINAL OFFENSES - UNIFORM ACT ON THE PREVENTION OF AND REMEDIES FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING (Creates the "Uniform Act on the Prevention and Remedies for Human Trafficking" which would establish penalties and remedies for human trafficking.)
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Feb 01 2017 |
07/18/2017 Signed By Governor
Jul 18 2017
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HB 6313
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - SOCIAL SERVICES (Defines and declares the purpose of child opportunity zones and would provide for annual reporting from the commissioner of elementary and secondary education to the general assembly on each zone.)
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Jun 08 2017 |
07/18/2017 Signed By Governor
Jul 18 2017
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