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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SB 2581
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ORGANIC WASTE RECYCLING (Requires the department of environmental management, no later than January 1, 2024, to approve and begin implementing that comprehensive strategy to reduce emissions of short-lived climate pollutants.)
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Mar 10 2022 |
04/03/2022 Committee Postponed At Request Of Sponsor (04/06/2022)
Apr 03 2022
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SB 2697
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES--DENTAL INSURANCE (Expands dental insurance coverage, prohibits certain deductions and requires coverage where there is a pre-existing conditions or any earlier treatments. Annual reports must be publicized and filed with the department of health.)
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Mar 17 2022 |
03/31/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 31 2022
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SB 2300
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- BEVERAGE CONTAINER DEPOSIT RECYCLING ACT OF 2022 (Creates a refundable ten cent ($0.10) deposit for non-reusable beverage containers. A four cent ($0.04) handling fee would be paid by distributors.)
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Feb 15 2022 |
03/30/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 30 2022
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SB 2628
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Permits the city of Warwick to prohibit the sale of firearms within five hundred feet (500 ft.) of any school or daycare facility.)
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Mar 10 2022 |
03/30/2022 Meeting Postponed (03/31/2022)
Mar 30 2022
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SB 2415
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES - MERIT SYSTEM - TELEWORKING PROGRAM (Requires all executive branch agencies and departments to establish and administer a teleworking program to allow their employees to work at a different location, than their ordinary principal work location.)
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Feb 15 2022 |
03/30/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 30 2022
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SB 2296
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY FOR PACKAGING (Creates the producer responsibility program requiring producers to make necessary changes to product design(s) to reduce packaging consumption and waste and assess fees based on the packaging.)
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Feb 15 2022 |
03/30/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 30 2022
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SR 2826
(2022 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Commemorating "International Transgender Day Of Visibility" On March 31, 2022, In The State Of Rhode Island
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Mar 29 2022 |
03/29/2022 Senate Read And Passed
Mar 29 2022
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SB 2752
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND CLIMATE CORPS (Creation of RI Climate Corps to implement a work program developed and administered by ServeRI.)
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Mar 24 2022 |
03/24/2022 Introduced, Referred To Senate Environment And Agriculture
Mar 24 2022
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SB 2759
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- REAL ESTATE CONVEYANCE TAX (Taxes property not considered a primary residence at a flat rate of five percent (5%) of the assess value.)
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Mar 24 2022 |
03/24/2022 Introduced, Referred To Senate Finance
Mar 24 2022
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SB 2330
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACIES (Authorizes a pharmacist to prescribe and dispense hormonal contraceptives, provided that the pharmacist has completed a training program approved by the state board of pharmacy.)
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Feb 15 2022 |
03/24/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 24 2022
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SB 2166
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- LICENSED ACTIVITIES -- LENDERS AND LOAN BROKERS -- CHECK CASHING (Repeals the provisions of the general laws allowing deferred deposit providers, also known as "payday lenders.")
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Feb 08 2022 |
03/24/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 24 2022
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SB 2374
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVORS BILL OF RIGHTS (Sexual assault survivors bill of rights. Victims notified of rights, provided counselor, and may provide closed-to-public testimony.)
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Feb 15 2022 |
03/24/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 24 2022
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SB 2619
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- CONTROL OF HIGH PRESCRIPTION COSTS -- REGULATION OF PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGERS (Regulates PBMs policies and practices relating to accurate costs and pricing reporting, restricts discriminatory practices and establishes consumer protections and enforcement of penalties for violations by the office of the attorney general.)
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Mar 10 2022 |
03/22/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 22 2022
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SB 2693
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE (Increases the Medicaid rate of reimbursement for in-network dental care services.)
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Mar 17 2022 |
03/17/2022 Introduced, Referred To Senate Finance
Mar 17 2022
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SB 2715
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IMPACT STATEMENTS (Require that DEM, require an environmental justice impact statement for a new facility or for the expansion or the renewal of an existing facility's, if the facility is in an overburdened community.)
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Mar 17 2022 |
03/17/2022 Introduced, Referred To Senate Judiciary
Mar 17 2022
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SB 2474
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- HEALTH CARE ACCESSIBILITY AND QUALITY ASSURANCE ACT (Redefines the term "covered services" as used to describe applicable subscriber agreements between a health care entity and a dentist.)
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Mar 01 2022 |
03/17/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 17 2022
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SB 2712
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE FOCUS AREAS (Establishes environmental justice focus areas/coastal zones and establishes procedures for investigation/ remediation of contaminated sites within coastal zones by DEM with increased community participation.)
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Mar 17 2022 |
03/17/2022 Introduced, Referred To Senate Judiciary
Mar 17 2022
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SB 2569
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION (Requires an electric utility company to bury power lines for all residential customers who have experienced ninety-six (96) or more consecutive hours of power outage, unless the outage was caused by the resident.)
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Mar 10 2022 |
03/10/2022 Introduced, Referred To Senate Commerce
Mar 10 2022
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SB 2593
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX (Adds one new income tax bracket for purposes of Rhode Island state income taxation. The new bracket would be a rate of ten and ninety-nine one-hundredths percent (10.99%) on taxable income over four hundred thousand five hundred dollars ($400,500).)
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Mar 10 2022 |
03/10/2022 Introduced, Referred To Senate Finance
Mar 10 2022
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