SB 2287
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WRONGFUL DISCHARGE FROM EMPLOYMENT (Ends Rhode Island's "employment-at-will" legal doctrine, and would provide job protection for employees that satisfactorily perform their duties. The act would also provide specific remedies for wrongful discharge.)
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Feb 04 2020 |
02/04/2020 Introduced, Referred To Senate Judiciary
Feb 04 2020
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SB 2256
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINALS - CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS - PAROLE (Provides that juveniles sentenced as adults parole eligible after completing 15 years of their sentence.)
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Feb 04 2020 |
02/04/2020 Introduced, Referred To Senate Judiciary
Feb 04 2020
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SB 2234
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - LICENSURE OF INTERPRETERS FOR THE DEAF (Prohibits a person who is under the age of eighteen (18) to work or volunteer in the medical settings including mental health and behavioral health care facilities for any deaf or hard-of-hearing clients or patients.)
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Feb 04 2020 |
02/04/2020 Introduced, Referred To Senate Health And Human Services
Feb 04 2020
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SB 2292
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- SEXUAL OFFENDER REGISTRATION AND COMMUNITY NOTIFICATION (Makes it unlawful for any level 3 sex offender to reside within one quarter mile of the site of any offense committed and would make it unlawful for them to live within 1500 feet of any recreational grounds.)
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Feb 04 2020 |
02/04/2020 Introduced, Referred To Senate Judiciary
Feb 04 2020
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SB 2206
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC FINANCE -- REVENUE ESTIMATING CONFERENCES (Changes the dates of the R.E.C. meeting to the last ten (10) days of April and the first ten (10) days of November of each year.)
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Feb 04 2020 |
02/04/2020 Introduced, Referred To Senate Finance
Feb 04 2020
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SB 2238
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - RHODE ISLAND HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE ACT OF 2008 (Provides patients opportunity to opt out of information disclosure under HIE.)
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Feb 04 2020 |
02/04/2020 Introduced, Referred To Senate Health And Human Services
Feb 04 2020
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SB 2226
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- CENTRAL SERVICE TECHNICIANS (Provides for the licensing and regulation of central service technicians, i.e., any person who decontaminates, inspects, assembles, packages, and sterilizes reusable medical instruments or devices in a freestanding, emergency care facilities.)
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Feb 04 2020 |
02/04/2020 Introduced, Referred To Senate Health And Human Services
Feb 04 2020
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SB 2280
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES (Increases the penalty upon conviction of eluding a police vehicle in high speed pursuit to a felony punishable by up to five (5) years imprisonment, a fine between five thousand dollars ($5,000) and ten thousand dollars ($10,000), and other sanctions.)
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Feb 04 2020 |
02/04/2020 Introduced, Referred To Senate Judiciary
Feb 04 2020
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SB 2230
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE (Requires insurance coverage for at least ninety (90) days of residential or inpatient services for mental health and/or substance-use disorders for American Society of Addiction Medicine levels of care 3.1 and 3.3.)
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Feb 04 2020 |
02/04/2020 Introduced, Referred To Senate Health And Human Services
Feb 04 2020
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SB 2227
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- THE HOSPITAL CONVERSION ACT (Expands health services council to twenty-four (24) members and amends hospital conversion act.)
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Feb 04 2020 |
02/04/2020 Introduced, Referred To Senate Health And Human Services
Feb 04 2020
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SB 2202
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LIBRARIES - STATE AID TO LIBRARIES (Increases the state's share to support local public library services in distressed communities, by an amount equal to the amount paid by the distressed city or town into the ocean state libraries (OSL) annual assessment charges.)
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Feb 04 2020 |
02/04/2020 Introduced, Referred To Senate Finance
Feb 04 2020
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SB 2261
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - WEAPONS (Provides that applications to purchase firearms be sent by the seller to the police department the city or town where the purchaser lives.)
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Feb 04 2020 |
02/04/2020 Introduced, Referred To Senate Judiciary
Feb 04 2020
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SB 2170
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- SMALL LOAN LENDERS (Repeals the provisions of the general laws allowing deferred deposit providers, also known as "payday lenders.")
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Feb 04 2020 |
02/04/2020 Introduced, Referred To Senate Commerce
Feb 04 2020
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SR 2149
(2020 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Recognizing The Celebration Of The Chinese New Year "The Year Of The Rat"
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Jan 28 2020 |
01/28/2020 Senate Read And Passed
Jan 28 2020
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SR 2010
(2020 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Wishing The Honorable Shelby Maldonado Well In Her New Position As The Hispanic Outreach Director Of The American Israeli Public Affairs Committee (Aipac) And Thanking Her For An Extraordinary Record Of Public Service To The Citizens Of Central Falls And The State Of Rhode Island
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Jan 15 2020 |
01/21/2020 Senate Read And Passed
Jan 21 2020
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SB 500
(2019 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - THE HOSPITAL CONVERSIONS ACT (Extends monitoring of hospital conversions from 3 to 5 years/increases fine for violations from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000/simplifies judicial review.)
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Feb 27 2019 |
07/16/2019 Signed By Governor
Jul 16 2019
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SB 991
(2019 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - RETIREMENT OF MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES AND CLOSED MUNICIPAL RETIREMENT PLANS (Facilitates locally administered Central Falls retirement plans joining employees retirement system of the state by providing greater flexibility in funding policies than would otherwise be required, depending upon the needs of the community.)
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Jun 19 2019 |
07/16/2019 Signed By Governor
Jul 16 2019
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SB 305
(2019 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- COMMISSION ON THE DEAF AND HARD-OF-HEARING (Provides conditions to lawfully permit a state employee to be employed as an interpreter or a CART provider outside of the normal working hours.)
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Feb 13 2019 |
07/15/2019 Signed By Governor
Jul 15 2019
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SB 608
(2019 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPLIES (Allows voters making a mark rather than signature to vote with proof of identity by affirming their mark to the electronic pollbook without need for an affidavit by election supervisors.)
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Mar 14 2019 |
07/15/2019 Signed By Governor
Jul 15 2019
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SB 588
(2019 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - NOMINATION - DECLARATION OF CANDIDACY - PRIMARY VOTES (Moves the date of primaries to the eighth Tuesday preceding biennial state elections.)
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Mar 14 2019 |
07/15/2019 Signed By Governor
Jul 15 2019
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