SB 2731
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- GENDER-BASED PRICE DISCRIMINATION (Bans gender-based price discrimination on hygiene products by retail establishments with a fine of up to five hundred dollars ($500) for a first violation and one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each subsequent violation.)
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Mar 04 2020 |
03/04/2020 Introduced, Referred To Senate Commerce
Mar 04 2020
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SB 2557
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - STATE BUILDING CODE (Makes any single-user toilet facility in a public building or place of public accommodation available for use by persons of any gender.)
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Feb 25 2020 |
03/03/2020 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 03 2020
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SR 2723
(2020 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Congratulating The Barrington Under 12 All Star Team On Their Success In The 2019 Little League World Series
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Mar 03 2020 |
03/03/2020 Senate Read And Passed
Mar 03 2020
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SB 2520
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- HEALTH CARE FOR CHILDREN AND PREGNANT WOMEN (This act would allow pregnant women with an annual family income above the applicable Medicaid income limit to be eligible to purchase health insurance through one of the Medicaid managed care plans.)
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Feb 25 2020 |
03/03/2020 Committee Recommends Passage
Mar 03 2020
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SB 2389
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM (Establishes single-payer universal health care for Rhode Island residents.)
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Feb 13 2020 |
03/03/2020 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 03 2020
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SR 2383
(2020 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Respectfully Urging The United States Congress To Pass Legislation Establishing An Improved "Medicare For All" Single Payer Program That Would Provide Universal, Comprehensive And Affordable Health Care
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Feb 13 2020 |
03/03/2020 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 03 2020
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SR 2385
(2020 Regular Session)
SENATE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND ASSESS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF MEDICARE-FOR-ALL SINGLE PAYER PROGRAM IN RHODE ISLAND (Creates an 11 member commission to study and assess the implementation of Medicare-For-All Single Payer in Rhode Island, and report back to the Senate one year from the date of passage, and expire two years from the date of passage.)
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Feb 13 2020 |
03/03/2020 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 03 2020
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SB 2167
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES (Provides that municipal insurance corporations would be subject to laws regulating insurance companies and would be regulated by the Rhode Island department of business regulation.)
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Feb 04 2020 |
03/03/2020 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 03 2020
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SB 2632
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- EDUCATION ACCOUTABILITY ACT (Requires that the board of education incorporate additional questions into its annual assessment of schools and related surveys and provide annual reports to the house of representatives and the senate.)
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Feb 27 2020 |
02/27/2020 Introduced, Referred To Senate Education
Feb 27 2020
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SB 2692
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- ADOPTION OF CHILDREN (Amends the age and process in which people who are adopted in the state of Rhode Island would have access to their original birth certificates.)
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Feb 27 2020 |
02/27/2020 Introduced, Referred To Senate Judiciary
Feb 27 2020
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SB 2258
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- IMMIGRATION STATUS (Prohibits a landlord from asking about the immigration status of a tenant, prospective tenant, occupant, or prospective occupant of residential rental property.)
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Feb 04 2020 |
02/27/2020 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Feb 27 2020
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SB 2708
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- TEMPORARY DISABILITY INSURANCE--GENERAL PROVISIONS (Increases taxable wage base for TDI/TCI contributions/coverage/maximum weeks for TC leave/provides fines/penalties for non-reinstatement of employee/creates tax credit for low wage employees.)
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Feb 27 2020 |
02/27/2020 Introduced, Referred To Senate Labor
Feb 27 2020
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SB 2697
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR ACTIONS (Increases the maximum amount to be recovered in civil court action as a small claims from two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) to seven thousand dollars ($7,000).)
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Feb 27 2020 |
02/27/2020 Introduced, Referred To Senate Judiciary
Feb 27 2020
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SB 2232
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- THE HEALING ART OF ACUPUNCTURE AND ORIENTAL MEDICINE (Changes the title of chapter 37.2 of title 5 and throughout, replacing "Oriental medicine" with "Chinese medicine" and allows certified individuals to practice acupuncture and Chinese medicine using Chinese medical diagnostic methods.)
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Feb 04 2020 |
02/27/2020 Referred To House H.E.W.
Feb 27 2020
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SB 2653
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (Adds medical directors or their designees to those individuals to whom disclosure of information contained in any prescription-drug-database is allowed.)
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Feb 27 2020 |
02/27/2020 Introduced, Referred To Senate Health And Human Services
Feb 27 2020
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SB 2140
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES (Forbids an employer to require an employee to execute a nondisclosure agreement; or non-disparagement agreement regarding alleged violations of civil rights or criminal conduct as a condition of employment.)
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Jan 22 2020 |
02/27/2020 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Feb 27 2020
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SB 2264
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT (Requires the sealing of any district court file, where a resolution of a trespass and eviction complaint results in a verdict for the tenant and no appeal is taken.)
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Feb 04 2020 |
02/27/2020 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Feb 27 2020
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SR 2674
(2020 Regular Session)
JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE LICENSING OF RESIDENTIAL BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS (Creates a 13 member commission to study and provide recommendations regarding the licensing of residential builders and contractors, and who would report back no later than February 7, 2021, and whose life would expire on April 7, 2021.)
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Feb 27 2020 |
02/27/2020 Introduced, Referred To Senate Housing And Municipal Government
Feb 27 2020
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SB 2657
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- CONSENT TO MEDICAL AND SURGICAL CARE (Prohibits a pelvic, rectal, or breast examination on an unconscious or anesthetized patient unless the patient gives informed consent, the exam is within the scope of care or the examination is required for diagnostic purposes.)
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Feb 27 2020 |
02/27/2020 Introduced, Referred To Senate Health And Human Services
Feb 27 2020
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SB 2700
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SPECIAL LICENSE FOR MOTORCYCLES, MOTOR SCOOTERS, AND OTHER MOTOR DRIVEN CYCLES -- HELMETS (Requires all motorcycle operators to wear a helmet of a type approved by the administrator of the division of motor vehicles.)
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Feb 27 2020 |
02/27/2020 Introduced, Referred To Senate Judiciary
Feb 27 2020
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