SB 1017
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE -- HOLIDAYS (Changes the name of the holiday on the second Monday of August from Victory Day to Peace and Remembrance Day)
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May 15 2023 |
05/15/2023 Introduced, Referred To Senate Special Legislation And Veterans Affairs
May 15 2023
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SB 842
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS (Eliminates the requirement of signing with an "X" for voters who cannot sign their name due to blindness, disability, or inability to read or write.)
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Mar 29 2023 |
05/12/2023 Referred To House State Government & Elections
May 12 2023
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SB 234
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY (Prohibits the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) from imposing any fares and/or charges for service provided to the general public. Effective January 1, 2024.)
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Feb 16 2023 |
05/11/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 11 2023
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SB 648
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ELECTRONIC MONITORING IN NURSING AND ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES (Allows for the use of electronic monitoring of a resident’s room or private living unit within a nursing home or assisted living facility.)
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Mar 07 2023 |
05/11/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 11 2023
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SB 456
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT (Amends the student success factor calculation of the state share ratio for foundation aid by accounting for English language in determining the state's share of foundation aid eligibility for each school district.)
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Mar 03 2023 |
05/11/2023 Committee Recommended Substitute A Be Held For Further Study
May 11 2023
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SB 798
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE (Increases eligibility for the three (3) federal Medicare Savings Programs and eliminates the asset test for these programs.)
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Mar 23 2023 |
05/11/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 11 2023
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SB 237
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FOUNDATION LEVEL SCHOOL SUPPORT (Requires that the school housing aid ratio shall be increased by five percent (5%) for projects that ensure Rhode Island based minority business enterprises reach a minimum of twenty percent (20%) of the dollar value of the bid.)
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Feb 16 2023 |
05/11/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 11 2023
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SB 866
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND (Creates funding of affordable housing programs within the department of housing. Also creates a land bank program as well as residential development programs for the construction of low-income housing units by the department and the cities and towns.)
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Mar 30 2023 |
05/11/2023 Committee Heard
May 11 2023
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SB 466
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY -- TREE WARDENS (Requires an electric distribution company, pursuant to a vegetation management plan approved by the DPUC, to carry out vegetation management activities for vegetation clearing around utility infrastructure along public and private rights of way.)
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Mar 07 2023 |
05/09/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 09 2023
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SB 549
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SUPPORT AND ACCESS TO BILINGUAL EDUCATION ACT (Creates a new chapter for the support and access to bilingual education. It creates a dual language program fund to be administered by the department of education. Local education agencies would be eligible to apply to the department for funding.)
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Mar 07 2023 |
05/09/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 09 2023
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SB 770
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ACT (Establishes requirements which would have to be met by an applicant prior to the issuing of permits for an activity that would have an environmental impact on or would increase the cumulative impacts on an environmental justice area.)
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Mar 23 2023 |
05/05/2023 Referred To House Environment And Natural Resources
May 05 2023
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SB 243
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - CATASTROPHIC ILLNESS IN CHILDREN RELIEF FUND (Establishes Children's Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund to provide finance assistance to families for medical expenses not covered by state or federal programs or insurance contract.)
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Feb 16 2023 |
05/04/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 04 2023
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SB 783
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE (Provides that services provided by graduate student interns who work under a supervisory protocol would be eligible to be paid from Medicaid reimbursement.)
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Mar 23 2023 |
05/04/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 04 2023
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SR 971
(2023 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Proclaiming May 4Th Of 2023, To Be "Community College Of Rhode Island Day"
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May 04 2023 |
05/04/2023 Senate Read And Passed
May 04 2023
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SR 972
(2023 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Thanking Meghan Hughes, Ph. D., For Her Dedicated Leadership As The Fifth President Of Community College Of Rhode Island
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May 04 2023 |
05/04/2023 Senate Read And Passed
May 04 2023
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SB 482
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE OFFICE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING (Establishes the office of early childhood development and learning to manage a statewide early learning system for children from birth through age five (5), and ensure all children enter school ready to learn.)
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Mar 07 2023 |
05/03/2023 Referred To House Finance
May 03 2023
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SB 492
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - RHODE ISLAND EARLY EDUCATOR INVESTMENT ACT (Requires children's cabinet to establish benchmarks/strategies/costs to improve compensation for early educators/implement pilot program for wage supplements/early educator registry by DHS.)
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Mar 07 2023 |
05/03/2023 Referred To House Finance
May 03 2023
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SB 761
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE PAUL W. CROWLEY RHODE ISLAND INVESTMENT INITIATIVE (Commencing in fiscal year 2023 that reconstitution and control of a school or district by the department of elementary and secondary education would not exceed 2 years except for a possible 6 month extension when substantial progress is achieved.)
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Mar 23 2023 |
05/03/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 03 2023
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SB 185
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- EARLY LEARNING HUBS (Establishes "early learning hubs" to serve as an intermediary among regional partners in order to coordinate support for early learning providers in the delivery of early childhood care and education.)
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Feb 16 2023 |
05/03/2023 Referred To House Finance
May 03 2023
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SB 173
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- THE COMMUTER TRANSPORTATION BENEFITS ACT (Establishes the commuter transportation benefit chapter. Employers with five hundred (500) or more employees would be required to establish a pre-tax commuter transportation fringe benefit program.)
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Feb 16 2023 |
05/02/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 02 2023
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