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 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 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 2690
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTHCARE FACILITIES (Requires all state licensed health care facilities to convert the powering of their operations, from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources.)
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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 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 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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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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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 2010
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES (Increases penalties for a variety of motor vehicle offenses.)
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Jan 06 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 2781
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE - EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT - LIMITATIONS (Allows any city or town to add the municipality as a third-party beneficiary where the original contract causes a violation of a municipal ordinance, in the amount of three percent (3%) of the total compensation of the contract.)
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Mar 24 2022 |
03/24/2022 Introduced, Referred To Senate Judiciary
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 2190
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - THE RHODE ISLAND QUALITY ENHANCEMENT IN AFTERSCHOOL AND OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME ACT (Provides funding for afterschool, summer learning and workforce development programs for students in grades K-12.)
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Feb 08 2022 |
03/24/2022 Committee Heard
Mar 24 2022
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SB 2011
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF LICENSES -- VIOLATIONS (Requires that the license plates of a vehicle be confiscated by a police officer if the owner was arrested for driving while their license was suspended, revoked or cancelled for refusing to submit to a chemical test or for operating under the influence.)
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Jan 06 2022 |
03/24/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 24 2022
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SB 2488
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES - EMPLOYEE RECORDS (Requires employer to furnish items and conditions of employment and a pay stub explaining how wages were calculated/reasons for deductions/allows the employee to file a court action against employer for violation.)
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Mar 01 2022 |
03/23/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 23 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 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 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 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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