SB 2386
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- BORN-ALIVE INFANT PROTECTION ACT (Provides equal medicare for infants born-alive as a result of abortion procedure/natural delivery with violations subject to criminal penalties for medical personnel/loss of license/civil action for damages.)
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Feb 15 2022 |
05/31/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 31 2022
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SB 2387
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - CHILDREN (Criminalizes the knowing and intentional failure of a physician, nurse, or other licensed medical person to provide reasonable medical care and treatment to an infant born alive as a felony.)
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Feb 15 2022 |
05/31/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 31 2022
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SB 2397
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- CHILDREN (Repeals the requirement that law enforcement officers issue only warnings of the risks to persons leaving a child under the age of seven (7) unattended in a motor vehicle.)
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Feb 15 2022 |
05/26/2022 Referred To House Judiciary
May 26 2022
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SB 2430
(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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SB 2351
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- FEES (Increases the amount forwarded to Rhode Island Legal Services from court filing fees for the entry of every petition, complaint or action in district, superior and family court.)
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Feb 15 2022 |
05/20/2022 Referred To House Finance
May 20 2022
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SB 2508
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- RHODE ISLAND TITLE INSURERS ACT (Provides only licensed attorney can be title insurance agents and determine insurability/marketability. Prohibits discounted insurance premiums and fee sharing with unlicensed agents and attorneys.)
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Mar 01 2022 |
05/19/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 19 2022
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SB 2801
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS -- PUBLIC RECORDS ADMINISTRATION (Updates public records administration act, modifies records control schedule, designates records officer, establishes procedures for retention of records. Provides administrator submit yearly reports, establishes public reporting compliance.)
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Mar 24 2022 |
05/19/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 19 2022
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SB 2797
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD LIMITS (Establishes penalties for vehicles exceeding twenty-five thousand pounds (25,000 lbs) gross vehicle weight and requires certain civil penalties to be paid to the enforcing municipality.)
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Mar 24 2022 |
05/17/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 17 2022
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SB 2903
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- CERTIFICATES OF TITLE AND SECURITY INTERESTS (Enables Rhode Island licensed new motor vehicle dealers to conduct vehicle identification number inspections.)
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Apr 26 2022 |
05/17/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 17 2022
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SB 2312
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FOUNDATION LEVEL SCHOOL SUPPORT (Provides that in determining local school aid, the state would annually provide each community no less than an amount equal to the aid given in the preceding fiscal year.)
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Feb 15 2022 |
05/17/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 17 2022
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SB 2054
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES--LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION (Exempts the trade-in value of pickup trucks under eight thousand one hundred pounds (8,100 lbs.) gross weight, used exclusively for personal use, from sales tax.)
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Jan 25 2022 |
05/17/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 17 2022
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SB 2904
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS (Allows persons convicted of felonies punishable by 10 years or less to file to expunge records after 5 years after sentence completion except felonies of sex registration/ domestic violence/weapons)
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Apr 26 2022 |
05/12/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 12 2022
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SB 2445
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (Prohibits declawing of a cat or other animal, unless a licensed veterinarian has determined that the procedure is necessary for a therapeutic purpose. Any person who violates this section would be subject to a fine of not more than $1,000.)
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Mar 01 2022 |
05/12/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 12 2022
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SB 2798
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (Bans the sale of cosmetics developed/manufactured using animal testing. A violation would be a $1,000 fine for each offense.)
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Mar 24 2022 |
05/12/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 12 2022
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SB 2229
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- TAX SALES (Requires the dismissal of a complaint filed after the statute of limitations to set aside the final decree of a tax sale foreclosure and award defense costs. This act also establishes additional standards for abandoned and blighted properties.)
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Feb 08 2022 |
05/10/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 10 2022
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SB 2641
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- FAIR CHANCE IN HOUSING ACT (Limits the use of certain criminal records and credit history reports in denying housing to prospective applicants, provides fines for failure to comply and requires notice of denials be sent to the prospective tenants.)
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Mar 10 2022 |
05/10/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 10 2022
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SB 2787
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- DISTRICT COURT (Creates within the district court a dedicated calendar offering treatment and sentencing alternatives to eligible defendants deemed to suffer from serious and persistent mental illness.)
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Mar 24 2022 |
05/05/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 05 2022
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SB 2796
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- BAIL AND RECOGNIZANCE (Permits a judge, after consultation with a mental health professional, to order into a locked down mental health facility for a mental health assessment as an alternative to incarceration.)
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Mar 24 2022 |
05/05/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 05 2022
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SB 2102
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTHCARE FACILITIES -- THE HOSPITAL CONVERSIONS ACT (Repeals health services council and expands the health services and amends several provisions relative to the review process of the hospital conversion act pertaining to maintenance of services and required disclosures.)
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Jan 25 2022 |
05/05/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 05 2022
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SR 2920
(2022 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Commemorating And Recognizing May 5, 2022, As "National Day Of Prayer" In The State Of Rhode Island
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May 05 2022 |
05/05/2022 Senate Read And Passed
May 05 2022
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