SB 2843
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (Creates state and local requirements for the protection and preservation of old growth forests located on public lands.)
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Apr 05 2022 |
04/27/2022 Committee Recommended Substitute A Be Held For Further Study
Apr 27 2022
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SB 2719
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- RESTROOM ACCESS ACT (Requires retail establishments with 3 or more employees on the premises without accessible public restroom to allow customers suffering from eligible conditions access to their employee restrooms.)
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Mar 17 2022 |
04/27/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 27 2022
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SB 2180
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- INSPECTION OF DAMS AND RESERVOIRS -- ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY OF JOHNSON'S POND (Provides a dedicated grant of funding to DEM, specifically to commission an environmental study for the public benefit.)
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Feb 08 2022 |
04/27/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 27 2022
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SB 2509
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- MUNICIPAL DETENTION FACILITY CORPORATIONS (Repeals the municipal detention facility corporations and prohibit the operation of private detention facilities and private public partnerships within the state.)
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Mar 01 2022 |
04/26/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 26 2022
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SB 2891
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- FEDERAL OLD-AGE AND SURVIVORS' INSURANCE (Requires municipalities to ensure that school district employees are eligible for social security.)
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Apr 26 2022 |
04/26/2022 Introduced, Referred To Senate Finance
Apr 26 2022
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SB 2656
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT (Provides that the director of the department of corrections shall establish a program to provide access to electronic multimedia tablets to prisoners in the general population. The program administered at no cost to the department.)
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Mar 10 2022 |
04/26/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 26 2022
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SB 2620
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ASSISTED LIVING RESIDENCE LICENSING ACT (Requires department of health to establish an informal dispute resolution to address any changes to department of health violations.)
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Mar 10 2022 |
04/26/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 26 2022
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SB 2631
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RESTRICTIVE HOUSING AT CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES ACT (Establishes for DOC conditions and procedures for use of restrictive housing/disciplinary and administrative confinement and protective custody with annual reporting required.)
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Mar 10 2022 |
04/26/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 26 2022
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SB 2451
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- CENTRAL FALLS BUSINESS COOPERATIVE INCUBATOR (Appropriates $100,000 annually to Fuerza Laboral for the purposes of the development and management of a business cooperative located in Central Falls to increase economic development, assists with job creation and a path to business ownership.)
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Mar 01 2022 |
04/12/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 12 2022
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SB 2096
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- (SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 -- THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT) -- DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF RACE PROHIBITED (Prohibits discrimination on the basis of race by expanding the definition of race to include traits historically associated with race, including, but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles.)
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Jan 25 2022 |
04/12/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 12 2022
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SB 2235
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND EARLY EDUCATOR INVESTMENT ACT (Requires the children’s cabinet, to develop a strategic plan to retain early childhood educators by creating a cross-departmental target wage scale of early educators and that of public school teaching staff or individuals with similar credentials.)
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Feb 08 2022 |
04/08/2022 Referred To House Finance
Apr 08 2022
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SB 2243
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- RHODE ISLAND PARENTAL AND FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE ACT (Increases the amount of parental or family leave available to an employee from thirteen (13) weeks to twenty-four (24) weeks in any two (2) calendar years.)
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Feb 08 2022 |
04/08/2022 Referred To House Labor
Apr 08 2022
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SB 2373
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- SENTENCE AND EXECUTION (Requires the setting of bail for defendants coming before the court as alleged probation violators.)
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Feb 15 2022 |
04/07/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 07 2022
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SB 2013
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Requires cities and towns to implement affordable housing requirements upon all developers of tax stabilization applications for developments of more than five (5) housing units based upon median income as defined by HUD.)
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Jan 06 2022 |
04/07/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 07 2022
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SB 2748
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- COUNCIL ON POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION (Assigns additional duties to the commissioner of on postsecondary education, including preparing strategic plan for public higher education provides for equitable distribution of public funds and adopts an outcomes based model.)
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Mar 24 2022 |
04/06/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 06 2022
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SB 2283
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS (Requires feminine hygiene products be provided in all universities and colleges at no cost to students.)
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Feb 15 2022 |
04/06/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 06 2022
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SB 2389
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (Repeals Sections 5.04, 5.04.1 and 5.04.2 of title 21 chapter 28 which deal with forfeiture procedures.)
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Feb 15 2022 |
04/05/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 05 2022
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SB 2012
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES (Extends the "lookback" period for repeat offenses involving driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs under § 31-27-2 and for repeat offenses related to failure or refusal to submit to chemical tests under § 31-27-2.1 from 5 years to 10 years.)
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Jan 06 2022 |
04/05/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 05 2022
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SB 2233
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - SEXUAL ASSAULT (Establishes criteria for the criminal offense of sexual assault when the victim is in the custody of a peace officer and provides that a person convicted of custodial sexual assault would face imprisonment for not more than three (3) years.)
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Feb 08 2022 |
04/05/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 05 2022
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SB 2716
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- COMMERCIAL SEXUAL ACTIVITY (Decriminalizes certain commercial sexual activity to a civil violation with a fine and repeals defendant detention unless they test positive for infectious venereal disease.)
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Mar 17 2022 |
04/05/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 05 2022
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