SB 59
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- RIDESHARE VEHICLE SURCHARGE (Implements a $0.75 surcharge on fares charged by rideshare companies and also requires that the surcharges be deposited in a restricted account to be used for street improvements in the municipality where the fare originated.)
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Feb 01 2023 |
05/02/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 02 2023
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SB 473
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES (Requires employers in Rhode Island with thirty (30) or more employees would be required to list competitive salary ranges on their job postings on the company's hiring page or third-party websites like Glassdoor, LinkedIn, Indeed or other job boards.)
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Mar 07 2023 |
05/02/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 02 2023
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SB 574
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- UNIFORM TELEHEALTH ACT (Allows an out-of-state health care practitioner to provide telehealth services to a patient located in this state if the services are consistent with the practitioner's scope of practice and state and federal professional standards.)
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Mar 07 2023 |
05/02/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 02 2023
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SB 284
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- NURSES (Amends the conditions upon which a nurse would be exempt from certain licensing requirements to include eligibility to practice before taking and receiving results of the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX).)
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Feb 16 2023 |
05/02/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 02 2023
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SB 792
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- CERTIFICATION OF CHILDCARE AND YOUTH-SERVING WORKERS AND OPERATORS (Repeals the provision that requires new applicants for employment under this section to pay the expense for their background checks.)
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Mar 23 2023 |
05/02/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 02 2023
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SB 173
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- THE COMMUTER TRANSPORTATION BENEFITS ACT (Establishes the commuter transportation benefit chapter. Employers with five hundred (500) or more employees would be required to establish a pre-tax commuter transportation fringe benefit program.)
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Feb 16 2023 |
05/02/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 02 2023
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SB 755
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - CASUALTY INSURANCE RATING (Prohibits auto insurance companies from using certain race and geographical locations criteria when determining insurance rates.)
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Mar 23 2023 |
05/02/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 02 2023
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SB 242
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND PROMISE SCHOLARSHIP (Expands the Rhode Island promise scholarship program to include students at Rhode Island college as well as students with medical, personal leave, military obligations or disabilities.)
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Feb 16 2023 |
04/27/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 27 2023
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SB 542
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- POSTSECONDARY TUITION ASSISTANCE FOR SHORTAGE TEACHING FIELDS (Creates a postsecondary tuition assistance for shortage teaching fields.)
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Mar 07 2023 |
04/27/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 27 2023
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SR 947
(2023 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Proclaiming The Week Of April 23 Through 29, 2023, To Be "Crime Victims' Rights Week" In The State Of Rhode Island
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Apr 27 2023 |
04/27/2023 Senate Read And Passed
Apr 27 2023
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SB 200
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY FOR PACKAGING (Reduces equitable relationships between packaging producers and local governments and communities by establishing the Package Reduction and Recycling Program.)
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Feb 16 2023 |
04/26/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 26 2023
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SB 827
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Raises minimum wage on January 1, 2026 and each January 1 thereafter, by the percentage increase in the CPI-U, as published by the US Dept. of Labor Statistics, as of August of the previous year over the level as of August of the year preceding that year.)
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Mar 23 2023 |
04/26/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 26 2023
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SB 826
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Raises the minimum wage for the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029, to $15.50, $17.00, $18.50, $20.00, and $21.00, per hour, respectively.)
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Mar 23 2023 |
04/26/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 26 2023
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SR 937
(2023 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Proclaiming April 24, 2023, As "Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day" To Commemorate The Armenian Genocide Of 1915 To 1923, And In Honor Of Armenian-Americans
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Apr 25 2023 |
04/25/2023 Senate Read And Passed
Apr 25 2023
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SB 58
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- LENDERS AND LOAN BROKERS (Removes the licensing exemption for a lender that originates six (6) loans or less in twelve (12) consecutive months.)
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Feb 01 2023 |
04/25/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 25 2023
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SB 578
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ASSISTED LIVING RESIDENCE LICENSING ACT (Establishes, encourages and supports the establishment of family councils in managed residential communities providing assisted living services.)
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Mar 07 2023 |
04/25/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 25 2023
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SB 109
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE (Requires the auditor general to oversee an audit of Medicaid programs administered by managed care organizations and submit a report of such findings within six (6) months to the general assembly and EOHHS.)
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Feb 01 2023 |
04/25/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 25 2023
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SB 168
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- POWERS AND OPERATIONS (Prohibits financial institutions from investing in private detention centers or any entity that owns or invests in a for-profit institution that owns or contracts with a government entity to manage or run a prison.)
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Feb 16 2023 |
04/25/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 25 2023
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SB 363
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Authorizes municipalities to enact ordinances regulating firearms.)
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Feb 16 2023 |
04/25/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 25 2023
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SR 938
(2023 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Proclaiming April 23-29, 2023, To Be “National Library Week” In The State Of Rhode Island
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Apr 25 2023 |
04/25/2023 Senate Read And Passed
Apr 25 2023
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