SB 2474
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- HEALTH CARE ACCESSIBILITY AND QUALITY ASSURANCE ACT (Redefines the term "covered services" as used to describe applicable subscriber agreements between a health care entity and a dentist.)
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Mar 01 2022 |
03/17/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 17 2022
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SB 2087
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ACT (Requires the department of environmental management to create environmental justice areas.)
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Jan 25 2022 |
03/16/2022 Referred To House Environment And Natural Resources
Mar 16 2022
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SB 2589
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC FINANCE - IDENTIFICATION OF STATE PENSION FUNDS WITH MILITARY CONTRACTORS (Requires the state investment commission to identify pension fund investments in military weapon manufacturers whether held directly and indirectly.)
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Mar 10 2022 |
03/10/2022 Introduced, Referred To Senate Finance
Mar 10 2022
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SB 2600
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Places limitations on the tax-exempt real and personal property a nonprofit college, university or hospital may hold.)
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Mar 10 2022 |
03/10/2022 Introduced, Referred To Senate Finance
Mar 10 2022
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SB 2665
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Repeals the law that prevented municipalities from establishing their own minimum wage for their employees.)
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Mar 10 2022 |
03/10/2022 Introduced, Referred To Senate Labor
Mar 10 2022
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SB 2593
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX (Adds one new income tax bracket for purposes of Rhode Island state income taxation. The new bracket would be a rate of ten and ninety-nine one-hundredths percent (10.99%) on taxable income over four hundred thousand five hundred dollars ($400,500).)
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Mar 10 2022 |
03/10/2022 Introduced, Referred To Senate Finance
Mar 10 2022
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SB 2569
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION (Requires an electric utility company to bury power lines for all residential customers who have experienced ninety-six (96) or more consecutive hours of power outage, unless the outage was caused by the resident.)
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Mar 10 2022 |
03/10/2022 Introduced, Referred To Senate Commerce
Mar 10 2022
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SB 2634
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE GREEN JUSTICE ZONE ACT (Establishes the first Green Justice Zone, a model that may be replicated in future years to ensure that all communities throughout the state have clean air and clean water.)
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Mar 10 2022 |
03/10/2022 Introduced, Referred To Senate Judiciary
Mar 10 2022
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SB 2602
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- RHODE ISLAND WORKS PROGRAM (Exempts the receipt of child support from being treated as earned income for purposes of Rhode Island Children Works' Program benefits.)
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Mar 10 2022 |
03/10/2022 Introduced, Referred To Senate Finance
Mar 10 2022
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SB 2383
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MISCELLANEOUS RULES (Repeals the requirement that law enforcement officers issue only warnings of the risks to persons leaving a child under the age of seven (7) unattended in a motor vehicle.)
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Feb 15 2022 |
03/10/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 10 2022
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SB 2209
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- PARKING FACILITIES AND PRIVILEGES (Requires the installation of designated electric vehicle parking spaces, with charging capabilities by certain businesses, municipalities, and housing developments in existing, new, or expanded parking lots commencing January 1, 2023.)
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Feb 08 2022 |
03/10/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 10 2022
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SB 2047
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- PUBLIC DRINKING WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM PROTECTION (Requires public drinking water suppliers to utilize technologies to remove PFAS from pubic drinking water supplies.)
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Jan 25 2022 |
03/09/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 09 2022
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SB 2046
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (Mandates that all public water providers annually test and generate a report of the level of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in their water supply.)
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Jan 25 2022 |
03/09/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 09 2022
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SB 2171
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE -- SEPTEMBER 11 CLASSROOM MOMENT OF SILENCE (Allows for a moment of silence in observation of September 11.)
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Feb 08 2022 |
03/09/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 09 2022
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SB 2049
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PROHIBITION OF PFAS IN FOOD PACKAGING, CLOTHING AND CARPETING ACT (Prohibits PFAS, a class of fluorinated organic chemicals, from being used in food packaging and requires that any carpeting/clothing manufactured or sold in this state carry a warning label. Violations are punishable by fine of $1000 for each offense.)
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Jan 25 2022 |
03/09/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 09 2022
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SB 2276
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION (Requires that electrical distribution companies submit a time of use rate plan to the PUC setting forth high and on-demand times. The time of use rate plans are to be implemented on or before January 1, 2023.)
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Feb 15 2022 |
03/08/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 08 2022
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SB 2332
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- COVID-19 RAPID TEST KIT AND N95 MASK PROGRAM (Requires the DOH to institute a program for distribution of N95 masks/COVID-19 test kits to every household in Rhode Island/manual distribution to unhoused/housing insecure/homeless shelters/warming centers/harm reduction centers and health equity zones.)
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Feb 15 2022 |
03/03/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 03 2022
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SB 2179
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- ENERGY FACILITY SITING ACT (Requires carbon-emissions-reduction goals be considered in energy plant siting proceedings.)
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Feb 08 2022 |
03/02/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 02 2022
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SB 2220
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -THE JOHNSON'S POND PROTECTION ACT (Makes the Mill Damn Act subject to the provisions of the Freshwater Wetlands Act as it relates to Johnson's Pond in the town of Coventry.)
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Feb 08 2022 |
03/01/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 01 2022
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SR 2331
(2022 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Urging The Rhode Island Congressional Delegation To Prioritize Racial Justice In Healthcare And Champion The Passage Of The Medicare For All Act
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Feb 15 2022 |
02/15/2022 Introduced, Referred To Senate Health And Human Services
Feb 15 2022
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