SB 514
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- SEXUAL ABUSE OR EXPLOITATION OF A CHILD (Provides that the term “perpetrator defendant” includes all persons or entities whose conduct contributed to sexual abuse or exploitation of a child and allow victims to seek recovery of damages for injury suffered as a result of sexual abuse.)
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Mar 04 2021 |
03/29/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 29 2021
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SB 411
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- SEXUAL ASSAULT (Increases the age of children able to utilize a recorded forensic interview for cases of sexual abuse in grand jury testimony -- child assault from age fourteen (14) to age eighteen (18).)
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Feb 25 2021 |
03/29/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 29 2021
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SB 396
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- VICTIMS' RIGHTS (Establishes a sexual assault survivors' bill of rights and provide protections to victims including the right to counsel, the right to a counselor and impose time requirements state labs in delivering and testing forensic evidence.)
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Feb 25 2021 |
03/29/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 29 2021
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SB 511
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- BAIL AND RECOGNIZANCE (Establishes procedures for the supreme/superior/district courts to establish non-monetary bail/pretrial release of detainees.)
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Mar 04 2021 |
03/29/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 29 2021
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SB 249
(2021 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. The act would also provide that a person convicted of custodial sexual assault would face imprisonment for not more than 3 years.)
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Feb 10 2021 |
03/25/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 25 2021
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SB 189
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES (Forbids an employer to require an employee to execute a nondisclosure agreement; or non-disparagement agreement regarding alleged violations of civil rights or criminal conduct as a condition of employment.)
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Feb 05 2021 |
03/25/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 25 2021
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SB 30
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- AIR QUALITY IN SCHOOLS (Requires the department of health, in conjunction with the department of environmental management, to conduct indoor and outdoor air quality tests in all public and private schools throughout the state on an annual basis.)
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Jan 19 2021 |
03/24/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 24 2021
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SB 593
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PROTECTION OF CHILDREN -- PHYSICAL SEX CHARACTERISTICS SURGERY ACT (Prohibits physical sex characteristics surgery for children under 12 years of age, except to address an immediate risk of physical harm. Provides for a private course of action for violations with a 10 year statute of limitations.)
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Mar 11 2021 |
03/24/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 24 2021
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SB 588
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS (Expands the rights of physician assistants with regard to their practice and prohibits non-compete clauses that exceed five years with regard to the purchase and sale of a practice.)
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Mar 11 2021 |
03/22/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 22 2021
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SB 231
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- HEALTH CARE FOR CHILDREN AND PREGNANT WOMEN (Allows pregnant women with an annual family income above the applicable Medicaid income limit to be eligible to purchase health insurance through one of the Medicaid managed care plans.)
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Feb 10 2021 |
03/18/2021 Referred To House Finance
Mar 18 2021
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SB 181
(2021 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 05 2021 |
03/18/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 18 2021
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SB 405
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Allows individuals, who have not reached the age of eighteen (18) years, to vote in a primary election, as long as the voter will be eighteen (18) as of the date of the general or special election.)
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Feb 25 2021 |
03/18/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 18 2021
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SB 247
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - MAIL BALLOTS (Creates early in-person voting and online applications for mail ballots. It removes the two (2) witnesses' notarization of voter signature for mail ballots.)
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Feb 10 2021 |
03/18/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 18 2021
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SB 610
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Requires employers with 50 or more employees to pay "hazard pay" to employees involved in providing essential services during a declared public health emergency.)
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Mar 11 2021 |
03/11/2021 Introduced, Referred To Senate Labor
Mar 11 2021
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SB 220
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- BEVERAGE CONTAINER DEPOSIT RECYCLING ACT OF 2021 (Creates a refundable ten cent ($0.10) deposit for non-reusable beverage containers. A four cents ($0.04) handling fee would be paid by distributors.)
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Feb 10 2021 |
03/10/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 10 2021
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SB 233
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM (Establishes a universal, comprehensive, affordable single-payer health care insurance program which shall be referred to as, "the Rhode Island Comprehensive Health Insurance Program" (RICHIP))
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Feb 10 2021 |
03/04/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 04 2021
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SB 179
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS -- TRAUMA INFORMED SCHOOLS ACT (Establishes the implementation of trauma-informed practices in schools throughout the state.)
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Feb 05 2021 |
02/25/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Feb 25 2021
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SR 186
(2021 Regular Session)
SENATE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE IMPACT OF THE TRAUMA INFLICTED ON CHILDREN WHO ARE EXPOSED TO VIOLENCE (Creates a 13 member commission to study the impact of the trauma inflicted on children exposed to violence, and report back by February 8, 2022, and expire on May 8, 2022.)
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Feb 05 2021 |
02/25/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Feb 25 2021
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SR 328
(2021 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Proclaiming February Of 2021 To Be Children'S Dental Health Month
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Feb 23 2021 |
02/23/2021 Senate Read And Passed
Feb 23 2021
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SB 13
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION (Provides that the council on elementary and secondary education would not grant approval for the creation or expansion of any new charter school until after the 2022, 2023, 2024 school year.)
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Jan 12 2021 |
02/11/2021 Referred To House Finance
Feb 11 2021
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