Rhode Island Bills

sponsored by Michael J. McCaffrey

Bill Title Introduced Latest Action↓
SB 2262 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY COMPUTATION (Exempts from sales and use taxes: burial containers, urns, urn liners, urn vaults, grave liners, grave vaults, burial liners, burial vaults, burial tent setups, and prayer cards.)
Feb 11 2022 06/14/2022 Senate Read And Passed
Jun 14 2022
SB 2763 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTHCARE FACILITIES (Sepsis and septic shock best practices for hospital and emergency care facilities.)
Mar 24 2022 06/14/2022 Senate Read And Passed
Jun 14 2022
SB 2318 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES (Includes seafood landed in Rhode Island among the items that purchasing agents for state institutions are directed to purchase at prevailing market prices if available.)
Feb 15 2022 06/14/2022 Senate Read And Passed
Jun 14 2022
SB 2765 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LEAD POISONING PREVENTION ACT (Establishes a lead water supply replacement program for public and private service lines and requires disclosure to tenants and buyers of real property of the presence of lead service lines.)
Mar 24 2022 06/14/2022 Senate Passed Sub A As Amended (Floor Amendment)
Jun 14 2022
SB 2065 (2022 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.)
Jan 25 2022 06/14/2022 Senate Read And Passed
Jun 14 2022
SB 2200 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES - MEDICAL AND CLINICAL SERVICES PROGRAMS RATE REVIEW AND RATE SETTING PROCESS ACT OF 2022 (Provides for rate setting and review for all medical programs licensed or having a contract with the state as well as Medicaid.)
Feb 08 2022 06/13/2022 Meeting Postponed (06/16/2022)
Jun 13 2022
SB 2612 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT (Establishes a program within the adult correctional institution to permit medication assisted treatment approved by the FDA for the treatment of a substance abuse disorder to any individual incarcerated.)
Mar 10 2022 06/10/2022 Referred To House Finance
Jun 10 2022
SR 3002 (2022 Regular Session)
JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING RHODE ISLAND'S OLD GROWTH FORESTS (Creates an 11 member commission whose purpose would be to study and make recommendations regarding RI's old growth forests, and who would report back to the House and Senate by August 18, 2023, and would expire on December 31, 2023.)
Jun 07 2022 06/10/2022 Referred To House Environment And Natural Resources
Jun 10 2022
SB 3011 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES (Restores the original legislative intent that employees may be held individually liable for their own discriminatory conduct.)
Jun 09 2022 06/09/2022 Introduced, Referred To Senate Labor
Jun 09 2022
SB 3012 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES (Eliminates repealed statute references/creates mechanism for employees to enforce right to continuation of medical benefits/reinstates status and benefits after returning from being a temporary caregiver and for benefits relating to Sunday wage laws.)
Jun 09 2022 06/09/2022 Introduced, Referred To Senate Labor
Jun 09 2022
SB 2900 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OPEN MEETINGS (Provides that public bodies not be required to hold open-forum sessions on any topic not on the meeting notice and limits comment on any topic not previously posted.)
Apr 26 2022 06/08/2022 Referred To House State Government & Elections
Jun 08 2022
SB 2613 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- CHILDREN (Limits the accessibility of over-the-counter dietary supplements to prevent the misuse or abuse of such products and provides a conspicuously posted notice at the purchase counter of the possible side effects of the supplements.)
Mar 10 2022 06/08/2022 Referred To House Health & Human Services
Jun 08 2022
SB 2696 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Caps amount payable for 30 day supply of equipment/supplies for insulin administration/glucose monitoring at $25 or equipment designed to last more than 30 days with no deductible commencing January 1, 2023.)
Mar 17 2022 06/08/2022 Referred To House Health & Human Services
Jun 08 2022
SR 3000 (2022 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Congratulating Gary Furtado On His Retirement As The President & Ceo Of Navigant Credit Union After Forty-Four Years Of Distinguished Service Within The Rhode Island Business Community
Jun 07 2022 06/07/2022 Senate Read And Passed
Jun 07 2022
SB 2592 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HARD-HIT LIQUIDITY PROGRAM ACT (Establishes the “Rhode Island Hard-Hit Emergency Liquidity Program Act” to provide up to twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) to businesses adversely affected by the Coronavirus pandemic by providing aid for drop in sales.)
Mar 10 2022 06/07/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jun 07 2022
SB 2775 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENTS OF WAGES (Increases the criminal penalties for wage theft and employee misclassification.)
Mar 24 2022 06/07/2022 Referred To House Judiciary
Jun 07 2022
SB 2885 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES -- WARWICK REVALUATION (Delays the city of Warwick's second statistical update following the 2015 revaluation from 2021 to 2022 and would base the update on valuations as of December 31, 2022.)
Apr 25 2022 06/07/2022 Signed By Governor
Jun 07 2022
SR 2999 (2022 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Proclaiming June Of 2022, To Be "Men'S Health Month" In The State Of Rhode Island
Jun 07 2022 06/07/2022 Senate Read And Passed
Jun 07 2022
SB 2007 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- SECRETARY OF STATE -- LET RI VOTE ACT (Allows voting by mail without needing an excuse/improves voter roll cleanup/allows applying for mail ballots through online system/allows nursing home residents to receive mail ballot applications automatically/codifies mail ballot drop box requirements.)
Jan 06 2022 06/07/2022 Signed By Governor
Jun 07 2022
SB 2119 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS (Allows the board of elections to begin the certification of mail ballots twenty (20) days prior to election day. It also establishes a new and more comprehensive mail ballot voter signature verification process.)
Jan 25 2022 06/07/2022 Signed By Governor
Jun 07 2022

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