SB 477
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- CONSUMER CREDIT HISTORY EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION ACT -- DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES (Provides state employee public safety professionals with parity to municipal public safety employees in the state/municipal retirement systems effective July 1, 2023 with 10% contribution.)
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Mar 07 2023 |
03/23/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 23 2023
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SB 435
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES -- HAPPY HOUR (Allows happy hour drink specials served in conjunction with the purchase of a food item, which would include appetizers or entrees prepared on premises.)
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Feb 16 2023 |
03/22/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 22 2023
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SB 408
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION (Prohibits contracts with private, for-profit prison facilities or with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for the purposes of housing and detaining people.)
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Feb 16 2023 |
03/21/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 21 2023
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SB 606
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS (Requires automatic expungement of records and records of conviction, if the conviction was for a non-violent misdemeanor, five (5) years after completion of the sentence.)
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Mar 07 2023 |
03/21/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 21 2023
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SB 617
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- SOLITARY CONFINEMENT REFORM ACT (Establishes the restrictive housing oversight committee ("committee") for the purpose of monitoring the use of restrictive housing (solitary confinement), as well as disciplinary and administrative confinement at the department of corrections.)
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Mar 07 2023 |
03/21/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 21 2023
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SR 691
(2023 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Proclaiming March 2, 2023, To Be "National Hospitalist Day" In The State Of Rhode Island
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Mar 21 2023 |
03/21/2023 Senate Read And Passed
Mar 21 2023
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SR 634
(2023 Regular Session)
SENATE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE IMPACT AND POTENTIAL ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF BAIL REFORMS ON BLACK RHODE ISLANDERS AND THE STATE (Creates an eleven (11) member commission to study the impact and potential economic benefits of bail reforms on Black Rhode Islanders and the State, and would report back by February 5, 2024, and expire on April 5, 2024.)
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Mar 07 2023 |
03/21/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 21 2023
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SB 410
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- MUNICIPAL DETENTION FACILITY CORPORATIONS (Repeals the municipal detention facility corporations and prohibits the operation of private detention facilities and private public partnerships within the state. Those currently in operation may continue to do so until December 31, 2030.)
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Feb 16 2023 |
03/21/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 21 2023
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SB 372
(2023 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/provides that a person convicted of custodial sexual assault would face imprisonment for not more than 3 years.)
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Feb 16 2023 |
03/21/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 21 2023
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SR 680
(2023 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Recognizing March 14, 2023, As "Black Midwives Day" To Shed Light On The History, Politics, Culture, And Identity Of Black Midwifery In The Context Of A National Conversation About Maternal Health, And The Importance Of Midwifery Care As An Essential Strategy In Reducing Maternal Mortality And Morbidity Among Black Birthing People
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Mar 16 2023 |
03/16/2023 Senate Read And Passed
Mar 16 2023
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SB 517
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- TAX CREDIT FOR FOOD DONATION (Provides a tax credit for food donations by qualified taxpayers to nonprofit organizations.)
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Mar 07 2023 |
03/07/2023 Introduced, Referred To Senate Finance
Mar 07 2023
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SB 552
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION (Exempts machinery and equipment used to provide broadband communications service the from the sales and use tax.)
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Mar 07 2023 |
03/07/2023 Introduced, Referred To Senate Finance
Mar 07 2023
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SB 541
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LIBRARIES -- STATE AID TO LIBRARIES (Requires that the state’s share to public libraries be fixed at twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount appropriated by the city or town in their budgets for fiscal year 2023, utilizing funds from the general fund or the American Rescue Plan Act.)
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Mar 07 2023 |
03/07/2023 Introduced, Referred To Senate Finance
Mar 07 2023
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SB 625
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT (Makes those individuals who are convicted of carrying a firearm illegally eligible for community confinement in the discretion of the court.)
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Mar 07 2023 |
03/07/2023 Introduced, Referred To Senate Judiciary
Mar 07 2023
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SB 636
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- RACIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT ACT (Requires racial impact statements as to pending legislation/to provide analysis and other information necessary to prepare statement, which is an assessment of the potential impact of the legislation on historically disadvantaged racial populations.)
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Mar 07 2023 |
03/07/2023 Introduced, Referred To Senate Judiciary
Mar 07 2023
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SB 557
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION (Exempts from taxation the retail sale of cloth or disposable face masks and facial coverings.)
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Mar 07 2023 |
03/07/2023 Introduced, Referred To Senate Finance
Mar 07 2023
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SB 570
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PREVENTION AND SUPPRESSION OF CONTAGIOUS DISEASES -- HIV/AIDS (Permits a licensed pharmacist to prescribe, dispense or administer HIV prevention drugs to an individual who is HIV negative, does not report any signs or symptoms of acute HIV infection, and does not report taking any contraindicated medication.)
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Mar 07 2023 |
03/07/2023 Introduced, Referred To Senate Health And Human Services
Mar 07 2023
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SB 327
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- RHODE ISLAND CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES REPORTING (Includes electronic mail or text, which can be received by two thousand (2,000) or more persons, to those independent expenditures that must be reported under this act.)
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Feb 16 2023 |
03/07/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 07 2023
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SB 364
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES (Repeals the state voter identification law.)
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Feb 16 2023 |
03/07/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 07 2023
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SB 322
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- PRIMARIES FOR ELECTION OF DELEGATES TO NATIONAL CONVENTIONS AND FOR PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE (Establishes the Ranked Choice Voting for Rhode Island Presidential Primaries and provides for new sections on Ranked Choice Voting Tabulation and Results Reporting.)
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Feb 16 2023 |
03/07/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 07 2023
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