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 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 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 536
(2021 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.)
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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 317
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS -- JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION (Requires that the judicial nominating commission be composed of at least three (3) members of color.)
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Feb 18 2021 |
03/29/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 29 2021
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SB 746
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Provides that employers pay essential health care facility employees at a rate of one hundred fifty percent (150%) of their regular pay during a declared public health emergency.)
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Mar 26 2021 |
03/26/2021 Introduced, Referred To Senate Labor
Mar 26 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 393
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS OF VOLUNTEERS AND INTERNS (Requires state and national criminal background checks person volunteering or interning at any elementary or secondary educational institution. It would also waive fees for background checks employment with salary of less than forty thousand dollars.)
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Feb 25 2021 |
03/25/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 25 2021
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SB 604
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (Makes possession of controlled substances civil violations punishable by a one hundred dollar ($100) fine for each offense. Offenders may have to complete drug counseling and community service.)
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Mar 11 2021 |
03/25/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 25 2021
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SB 315
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - BAIL AND RECOGNIZANCE (Amends the conditions of bail and recognizance to permit the release of a person charged with a misdemeanor without financial conditions.)
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Feb 18 2021 |
03/25/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 25 2021
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SB 118
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Reduces the maximum sentence for a misdemeanor from one year to three hundred and sixty-four (364) days, and would apply to all persons sentenced after its effective date.)
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Jan 26 2021 |
03/25/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 25 2021
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SB 257
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - THEFT, EMBEZZLEMENT, FALSE PRETENSES, AND MISAPPROPRIATION (Provides for a reduced penalty for the offense of larceny, and further provides for a tiered penalty system for the offense of shoplifting.)
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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 241
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- CRANSTON STREET ARMORY FOUNDATION (Establishes the Cranston Street Armory Foundation to restore, renovate, reconstruct and allow public use and access to the historical Cranston Street Armory structure.)
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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 520
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS -- ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS (Prohibits the disclosure or use of a person's prior name by public officials if the person's name has been legally changed.)
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Mar 04 2021 |
03/24/2021 Withdrawn At Sponsor's Request
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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SR 438
(2021 Regular Session)
Joint Resolution Ratifying The Proposed Amendment To The Constitution Of The United States Relating To The Labor Of Persons Under Eighteen Years Of Age
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Feb 25 2021 |
03/24/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 24 2021
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SR 693
(2021 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Joyously Celebrating "Emancipation Day Of Puerto Rico" On March 22, 2021
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Mar 18 2021 |
03/23/2021 Senate Read And Passed
Mar 23 2021
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SR 698
(2021 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Condemning The Surging Violence, Xenophobia, And Intolerance Against Asian Americans
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Mar 23 2021 |
03/23/2021 Senate Read And Passed
Mar 23 2021
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SB 532
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - SENTENCE AND EXECUTION (Prohibits the court from holding a person without bail for a period not to exceed ten (10) days at the ACI for violating the terms of his/her probation.)
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Mar 04 2021 |
03/22/2021 Committee Postponed At Request Of Sponsor (03/25/2021)
Mar 22 2021
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SB 657
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- PROHIBITION OF SINGLE-FAMILY ZONING IN URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARIES ACT OF 2021 (Prohibits single-family residential zoning in municipalities with populations of over twenty-thousand (20,000) and mandate that those municipalities adopt zoning regulations for middle housing in single-family residential zones.)
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Mar 18 2021 |
03/18/2021 Introduced, Referred To Senate Housing And Municipal Government
Mar 18 2021
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