Rhode Island Bills

sponsored by Marcia R. Ranglin-Vassell

Bill Title Introduced Latest Action↓
HB 7877 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- PRESCRIPTION DRUG COST PROTECTION (Prohibits the state, ERISA or any health plans to purchase referenced drugs for a cost higher than the referenced rate.)
Mar 04 2022 03/29/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 29 2022
HB 7817 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OPEN MEETINGS -- REMOTE PARTICIPANTS (Allows University of Rhode Island trustee members to remotely participate in meetings, without excuse, and to have them considered as the meeting quorum.)
Mar 03 2022 03/28/2022 Signed By Governor
Mar 28 2022
HB 7831 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS (Eliminates the requirement that the signature on all certifying envelopes containing a mail ballot be made before a notary public or before two (2) witnesses.)
Mar 04 2022 03/24/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 24 2022
HB 7748 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - PARTY COMMITTEES AND CONVENTIONS (Candidates for GA, filing of endorsement papers by Providence committees and nomination papers for Providence voters filed local board of canvassers.)
Mar 02 2022 03/24/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 24 2022
HR 7997 (2022 Regular Session)
House Resolution Congratulating The Honorable Nick Perry On Being Confirmed As The 1St Jamaican-Born Person To Be Named Ambassador Extraordinary And Plenipotentiary Of The United States Of America To Jamaica
Mar 17 2022 03/17/2022 House Read And Passed
Mar 17 2022
HB 7765 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Effective January 1, 2023, increases the minimum hourly wage to fourteen dollars and fifty cents ($14.50) to sixteen dollars and seventy-five cents ($16.75) the next year, the next year to nineteen dollars ($19.00).)
Mar 02 2022 03/16/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 16 2022
HB 7575 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Repeals the law that prevented municipalities from establishing their own minimum wage for their employees.)
Feb 18 2022 03/16/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 16 2022
HB 7836 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- REGULATION OF SALES (Permits the DMV, in its discretion, to issue digital driver’s license(s) and identification card(s) to be stored on a person's portable electronic device and to be viewed or verified by a person to whom access is allowed.)
Mar 04 2022 03/15/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 15 2022
HB 7239 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT (SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97-THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT) (Effective January 1, 2023, the current COLA suspension schedule would be replaced with a fractional annual COLA of twenty-five percent (25%) of the COLA declared for that plan year, as it pertains to retired teachers, state and municipal employees.)
Jan 28 2022 03/15/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 15 2022
HB 7682 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT--RENT STABILIZATION ACT (Limits rent increases to no more than four percent (4%) annually.)
Mar 02 2022 03/14/2022 Committee Postponed At Request Of Sponsor (03/17/2022)
Mar 14 2022
HR 7970 (2022 Regular Session)
House Resolution Celebrating March Of 2022 As "Arts In The Schools Month" In The State Of Rhode Island
Mar 10 2022 03/10/2022 House Read And Passed
Mar 10 2022
HB 7188 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO DELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN -- PROCEEDINGS IN FAMILY COURT (Prohibits any questioning of a juvenile who is suspected of delinquent or criminal behavior, unless the parent of guardian of the juvenile is present, or unless an attorney is present or the juvenile and their parents have waived their presence.)
Jan 26 2022 03/03/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 03 2022
HB 7509 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- CONSUMER CREDIT HISTORY EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION ACT -- DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES (Prohibits employers from seeking/using credit reports in making hiring decisions concerning prospective employees, asking questions about the applicant's financial past during interviews or including credit history questions in their job applications.)
Feb 16 2022 03/02/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 02 2022
HR 7592 (2022 Regular Session)
House Resolution Condemning The Russian Invasion Of Ukraine
Mar 01 2022 03/01/2022 House Read And Passed
Mar 01 2022
HB 7125 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS FOR EDUCATION -- STATEWIDE REFERENDUM (Provides for a statewide voter referendum seeking approval of capital development bonds for school buildings in the amount of three hundred million dollars ($300,000,000).)
Jan 20 2022 02/17/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Feb 17 2022
HB 7334 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SEIZURE SAFE SCHOOLS ACT (Requires the departments of elementary and secondary education and health to adopt policies/ rules/regulations for the administration of seizure rescue medications for children who have been medically identified as having epilepsy/seizure disorder.)
Feb 04 2022 02/16/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Feb 16 2022
HR 7325 (2022 Regular Session)
House Resolution Commemorating The 252Nd Anniversary Of The Ratification Of The Fifteenth Amendment On February 3, 2022
Feb 03 2022 02/03/2022 House Read And Passed
Feb 03 2022
HB 7163 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS (Provides students attending public schools enrolled in grades K-12 with a students' bill of rights prohibiting discrimination based on race, sex, gender, economic status or mental, physical, developmental or sensory disabilities.)
Jan 26 2022 02/02/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Feb 02 2022
HR 7262 (2022 Regular Session)
House Resolution Proclaiming February Of 2022, As "Black History Month" In The State Of Rhode Island
Feb 01 2022 02/01/2022 House Read And Passed
Feb 01 2022
HB 6666 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS (Same as 21H-5934 -- Requires all school districts to provide students enrolled in grades Kindergarten through twelve (K-12) access to high-speed Internet.)
Jan 06 2022 01/26/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jan 26 2022

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