SB 2610
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- THE HOSPITAL CONVERSION ACT (Provides a one year moratorium on hospital conversions involving for-profit corporations as acquiree or acquiror.)
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Mar 10 2022 |
05/20/2022 Referred To House Corporations
May 20 2022
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SR 2947
(2022 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Respectfully Requesting The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (Ripta) To Reinstate Its Nonstop Express Bus Service To South County Beaches
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May 18 2022 |
05/19/2022 Senate Read And Passed
May 19 2022
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SB 2801
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS -- PUBLIC RECORDS ADMINISTRATION (Updates public records administration act, modifies records control schedule, designates records officer, establishes procedures for retention of records. Provides administrator submit yearly reports, establishes public reporting compliance.)
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Mar 24 2022 |
05/19/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 19 2022
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SB 2738
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS--SURCHARGES ON CREDIT CARD TRANSACTIONS (Provides that surcharges on credit card transactions may only be permitted when certain notice requirements are adhered to and provides for a misdemeanor penalty of five hundred dollars ($500) and/or one year in jail in any violations.)
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Mar 24 2022 |
05/19/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 19 2022
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SB 2976
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Defines "electric arm" as a handheld device that transmits an electric charge from the device to a person, including a stun gun or a taser, subject to the various protections of firearms and removes stun gun from the list of prohibited weapons.)
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May 19 2022 |
05/19/2022 Introduced, Referred To Senate Judiciary
May 19 2022
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SB 2678
(2022 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 15 2022 |
05/18/2022 Referred To House State Government & Elections
May 18 2022
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SB 2681
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- RHODE ISLAND CHILDCARE IS ESSENTIAL ACT (Provides that childcare is part of an early learning program and is an essential program supporting the state’s workforce and a strong state economy.)
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Mar 15 2022 |
05/18/2022 Referred To House Finance
May 18 2022
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SB 2680
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND PRE-KINDERGARTEN EDUCATION ACT (Creates public, high quality pre-kindergarten education programs which are available to all children ages three (3) and four (4) throughout Rhode Island to increase children’s school readiness.)
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Mar 15 2022 |
05/18/2022 Referred To House Finance
May 18 2022
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SB 2750
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- RHODE ISLAND UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT (Eliminates the Rhode Island Underground Storage Tank financial advisory board and include the cleanup of residential heating oil tanks under the eligibility for reimbursement from the cleanup fund.)
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Mar 24 2022 |
05/18/2022 Referred To House Finance
May 18 2022
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SB 2842
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW--GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- ELECTRONIC BOOK LICENSES TO LIBRARIES AND SCHOOLS (Requires publishers to provide electronic book licenses to libraries and schools on reasonable terms, when a publisher offers to license electronic books and digital audiobooks to the public in Rhode Island.)
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Apr 05 2022 |
05/18/2022 Committee Recommends Passage
May 18 2022
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SB 2453
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM--MEMBERSHIP AND SERVICE CREDITS (Allows members of the retirement system who served in the national guard or reserves and who qualify as veterans to purchase retirement service credits.)
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Mar 01 2022 |
05/17/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 17 2022
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SB 2745
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- TAXICABS AND LIMITED PUBLIC MOTOR VEHICLES (Requires national and state background checks for certain drivers transporting passengers for hire.)
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Mar 24 2022 |
05/16/2022 Meeting Postponed (05/19/2022)
May 16 2022
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SB 2818
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE LOTTERY (Increases the non-Keno lottery prize awards from a maximum of sixty-five percent (65%) to seventy-one percent (71%) of the total revenue accruing from the sale of lottery tickets.)
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Mar 24 2022 |
05/13/2022 Referred To House Finance
May 13 2022
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SR 2934
(2022 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Expressing Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of Margaret T. Bonner
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May 10 2022 |
05/10/2022 Senate Read And Passed
May 10 2022
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SB 2264
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX (Adds one new income tax bracket for purposes of state income taxation.)
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Feb 11 2022 |
05/10/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 10 2022
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SB 2859
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HOUSING RESOURCES ACT OF 1998 (Creates a program for emergency housing assistance to needy families with children and pregnant woman with no other children through the Rhode Island housing resources commission.)
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Apr 05 2022 |
05/10/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 10 2022
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SB 2234
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT (Permits those other residents of a residential dwelling unit to extend the term of the rental agreement for a period not to exceed three (3) months after the death of the lessee.)
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Feb 08 2022 |
05/10/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 10 2022
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SR 2923
(2022 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Expressing Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of Joan Negris
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May 05 2022 |
05/05/2022 Senate Read And Passed
May 05 2022
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SR 2914
(2022 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Congratulating Providence College Men'S Basketball Coach Ed Cooley On Being Named The 2021-2022 Naismith College Coach Of The Year
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May 03 2022 |
05/05/2022 Senate Read And Passed
May 05 2022
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SB 2882
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- QUALITY SELF-DIRECTED SERVICES (Increases the hourly compensation for "individual providers" from no less than fifteen dollars ($15.00) on April 1, 2022, and gradually increases several times until June 30, 2023, when it would be eighteen dollars ($18.00) and continuing.)
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Apr 14 2022 |
05/04/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 04 2022
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