Rhode Island Bills

sponsored by Roger Picard

Bill Title Introduced Latest Action↓
SB 478 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- UNFAIR SALES PRACTICES (A provider of a club, facility, or services to a consumer must stop automatic deductions from the consumer’s account or credit card within thirty (30) calendar days of receiving a notice to stop from the consumer.)
Mar 07 2023 05/23/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 23 2023
SR 1062 (2023 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Proclaiming May 23, 2023, As "Rhode Island Community Health Center Day"
May 23 2023 05/23/2023 Senate Read And Passed
May 23 2023
SB 224 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND STUDENT LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM (Establishes the Rhode Island student loan repayment program wherein eligible individuals may apply to have their student loans, or a portion thereof, paid by the state directly to the individual’s lending agency.)
Feb 16 2023 05/18/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 18 2023
SB 807 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - DEALERS', MANUFACTURERS', AND RENTAL LICENSES (Provides additional relief for customers harmed by violations committed by motor vehicle dealers which relief would include restitution, incidental and consequential damages, exemplary damages and reasonable attorneys' fees.)
Mar 23 2023 05/18/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 18 2023
SB 361 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SNOWMOBILES AND RECREATIONAL VEHICLES (Creates fines and misdemeanor penalties for any person driving or operating a recreational vehicle on a local highway unless permitted by ordinance or exempted as a permitted crossing. Requires operators to obey all traffic laws while on local highways.)
Feb 16 2023 05/18/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 18 2023
SB 259 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- ESTATE AND TRANSFER TAXES--LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION (Increases the net taxable estate exemption to three million six hundred thousand dollars ($3,600,000) on January 1, 2024. Also increases the exemption by one million dollars ($1,000,000) on January 1 per year thereafter.)
Feb 16 2023 05/16/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 16 2023
SB 266 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION (Exempts from the sales and use tax that portion of a motor vehicle lease payment collected for tangible personal property tax, municipal property tax, excise or any other similar tax.)
Feb 16 2023 05/09/2023 Committee Postponed At Request Of Sponsor (05/09/2023)
May 09 2023
SR 974 (2023 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of John J. Monaghan, Jr.
May 09 2023 05/09/2023 Senate Read And Passed
May 09 2023
SB 785 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR FUEL TAX (Creates a restricted receipt account wherein fifteen percent (15%) of revenue collected from the gasoline tax shall be deposited into the account each year and used for the implementation of capital improvements on local public ways in each municipality.)
Mar 23 2023 05/08/2023 Meeting Postponed (05/09/2023)
May 08 2023
SR 969 (2023 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Commemorating And Recognizing May 4, 2023, As "National Day Of Prayer" In The State Of Rhode Island
May 04 2023 05/04/2023 Senate Read And Passed
May 04 2023
SR 238 (2023 Regular Session)
JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $105,000 TO THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO IMPLEMENT CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION (CPR) TRAINING IN HIGH SCHOOLS (This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of $105,000 to the Rhode Department of Health to implement CPR in High Schools.)
Feb 16 2023 05/04/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 04 2023
SB 875 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- OPTICIANS (Creates a secondary path to acquire an optician’s license through an apprenticeship program requiring four thousand one hundred (4,100) hours in not less than two (2) years.)
Mar 30 2023 05/02/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 02 2023
SR 950 (2023 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Proclaiming May 1St Through May 7Th Of 2023, To Be "Tardive Dyskinesia (Td) Awareness Week" In The State Of Rhode Island
Apr 27 2023 05/02/2023 Senate Read And Passed
May 02 2023
SB 222 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT (Provides that the current COLA suspension schedule would be replaced with a fractional annual COLA of twenty-five percent (25%) of the COLA declared for that plan year, as it pertains to retired teachers, state and municipal employees.)
Feb 16 2023 05/02/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 02 2023
SB 754 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- RHODE ISLAND DATA TRANSPARENCY AND PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT (Provides data privacy protections for the personal identifiable information of Rhode Islanders.)
Mar 23 2023 05/02/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 02 2023
SB 652 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW--GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- RHODE ISLAND MARINA USERS' BILL OF RIGHTS (Establishes a marina users' bill of rights allowing recourse through the consumer protection unit of the Rhode Island attorney general's office as well as civil causes of action.)
Mar 07 2023 04/28/2023 Meeting Postponed (05/04/2023)
Apr 28 2023
SR 945 (2023 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Proclaiming April 19, 2023, To Be "Wage Theft Day Of Action"
Apr 27 2023 04/27/2023 Senate Read And Passed
Apr 27 2023
SR 939 (2023 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Commemorating May Of 2023, As "Mental Health Awareness Month" In The State Of Rhode Island
Apr 25 2023 04/27/2023 Senate Read And Passed
Apr 27 2023
SR 944 (2023 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Proclaiming April Of 2023, To Be The "Month Of The Military Child" In The State Of Rhode Island
Apr 27 2023 04/27/2023 Senate Read And Passed
Apr 27 2023
SB 542 (2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- POSTSECONDARY TUITION ASSISTANCE FOR SHORTAGE TEACHING FIELDS (Creates a postsecondary tuition assistance for shortage teaching fields.)
Mar 07 2023 04/27/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 27 2023

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