SR 2414
(2022 Regular Session)
SENATE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND REVIEW RHODE ISLAND'S MINIMUM WAGE (Creates an eleven (11) member special legislative study commission whose purpose it would be to study Rhode Island’s minimum wage, and who reports back to the Senate no later than May 4, 2022, and whose life would expire on January 4, 2023.)
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Feb 15 2022 |
05/04/2022 Committee Recommends Passage
May 04 2022
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SB 2799
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS' BILL OF RIGHTS (Increases committee in law enforcement officers’ bill of rights hearing to 5, three as permanent. Hearings commenced in 15 days, allow for summary suspension of 5 days and would mandate pay suspended while the case is pending.)
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Mar 24 2022 |
05/03/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 03 2022
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SB 2109
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Includes the chief inspector and inspectors as those exempt from carrying a firearm without a permit and would define them as peace officers.)
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Jan 25 2022 |
05/03/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 03 2022
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SR 2886
(2022 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Expressing Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of Edward F. Leedham, Jr.
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Apr 26 2022 |
05/03/2022 Senate Read And Passed
May 03 2022
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SB 2350
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - NOMINATION OF PARTY AND INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES - MAXIMUM NUMBER OF SUBMITTED NOMINATION SIGNATURES (Limits the number of signatures that a candidate may submit for certification, to seventy-five (75) if fifty (50) signatures are required and to one hundred twenty-five (125) when one hundred (100) signatures are required.)
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Feb 15 2022 |
04/28/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 28 2022
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SB 2635
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS--VOTING (Makes it easier for eligible incarcerated inmates to vote and creates the title of a "jail voting coordinator" within the department of corrections to help facilitate inmate voting from start to finish.)
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Mar 10 2022 |
04/28/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 28 2022
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SB 2858
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALITY PROGRAM (Creates an Address Confidentiality Program for persons subjected to abuse or domestic violence.)
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Apr 05 2022 |
04/28/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 28 2022
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SB 2180
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- INSPECTION OF DAMS AND RESERVOIRS -- ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY OF JOHNSON'S POND (Provides a dedicated grant of funding to DEM, specifically to commission an environmental study for the public benefit.)
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Feb 08 2022 |
04/27/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 27 2022
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SB 2339
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Entitles dairy farms to the exemptions from taxation granted to farmland, forestland, or open space.)
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Feb 15 2022 |
04/26/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 26 2022
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SB 2204
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROL SUBSTANCES ACT (Requires that professionals authorized to prescribe opioid drugs discuss addiction risks with the patient or the patient’s parent or guardian if the patient is under eighteen (18) years of age.)
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Feb 08 2022 |
04/22/2022 Referred To House Health & Human Services
Apr 22 2022
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SB 2094
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS -- FAMILY COURT (Only protective orders issued against adults are to be transmitted to A.G.'s B.C.I. for inclusion in the R.O.N.C.O. system. Protective orders against juveniles will be accessible to law enforcement.)
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Jan 25 2022 |
04/12/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 12 2022
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SB 2698
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO THE TOWNS OF JOHNSTON AND SMITHFIELD -- REGIONAL JUVENILE HEARING BOARD (Amends the public law creating the Johnston/Smithfield Regional Juvenile Hearing board to allow a board member to serve more than two terms if no other person seeks appointment to the board.)
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Mar 17 2022 |
04/08/2022 Referred To House Municipal Government & Housing
Apr 08 2022
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SB 2777
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- COUNTY GRAND JURIES (Permits grand juries to issue reports and provides for a process for review and acceptance by the superior court for dissemination to the public.)
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Mar 24 2022 |
04/07/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 07 2022
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SB 2357
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- MECHANICS' LIENS (Provides that any arbitration award issued shall be binding and res judicata in the mechanics' lien action. The court, in its discretion, may also award reasonable attorneys' fees to the prevailing party.)
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Feb 15 2022 |
04/07/2022 Committee Recommended Substitute A Be Held For Further Study
Apr 07 2022
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SB 2639
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- ADOPTION OF CHILDREN (Requires family court and/or DCYF to provide child who is subject of a DCYF neglect or abuse petition or termination of parental rights or an adoption based on parental neglect or abuse, a mental health referral based on the individual needs of the child.)
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Mar 10 2022 |
04/07/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 07 2022
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SB 2231
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS -- FAMILY COURT -- EXPUNGEMENTS (Creates a family court process to expunge a substantiated finding of child abuse or neglect by the department of children, youth and families.)
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Feb 08 2022 |
04/07/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 07 2022
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SB 2367
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Further delineates the definitions of felony, misdemeanor and petty misdemeanor and violation.)
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Feb 15 2022 |
04/06/2022 Referred To House Judiciary
Apr 06 2022
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SB 2632
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Provides that a prepaid special motor vehicle registration plate order will be processed if the plate sponsoring nonprofit entity makes a nonrefundable payment of $13,500 to the state.)
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Mar 10 2022 |
04/06/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 06 2022
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SB 2647
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- HARASSMENT (Creates a new criminal offense of harassment and allow victims to file for a protective order in district court.)
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Mar 10 2022 |
04/05/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 05 2022
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SB 2377
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Allows reciprocal concealed carry permits from out of state to be valid in Rhode Island, which is either authorized by the attorney general or subject to other reciprocal restrictions.)
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Feb 15 2022 |
03/31/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 31 2022
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