HB 6028
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- ACCIDENTS AND ACCIDENT REPORTS (Provides for a single, increased range of penalties for all driving offenses which result in serious bodily injury or death.)
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Mar 01 2023 |
06/15/2023 Referred To Senate Judiciary
Jun 15 2023
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HB 5617
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- RHODE ISLAND VETERANS' HOME (Changes the service requirement for admissions to RI Veterans' Home from 90 days to 2 years, and gives priority to veterans defined as war veterans.)
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Feb 15 2023 |
06/15/2023 Referred To Senate Special Legislation And Veterans Affairs
Jun 15 2023
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HB 5552
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTHCARE FACILITIES (Provides that no employee or agent of the department of health participate in any healthcare facility inspection if the employee or agent has, in the past two (2) years, had an ownership or employment or consultant interest in the facility.)
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Feb 15 2023 |
06/14/2023 Signed By Governor
Jun 14 2023
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HB 5904
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- NON-EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION (Establishes a safe and reasonable regulatory framework for companies and drivers providing non-emergency medical transportation services to a population of vulnerable passengers through coordination with the state's health and human service agencies.)
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Mar 01 2023 |
06/14/2023 House Voted To Recommit To House Judiciary
Jun 14 2023
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HB 5466
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- RHODE ISLAND VETERANS' HOME (Requires administrator of Rhode Island veterans' home to possess a nursing home administrator license.)
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Feb 08 2023 |
06/14/2023 Signed By Governor
Jun 14 2023
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HB 5043
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- INSURANCE BENEFITS (Provides that adjunct faculty members at any state college or university who teach at least 50% of the hours regularly worked by full-time faculty in a semester would be eligible for the same medical benefits as other state employees.)
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Jan 11 2023 |
06/13/2023 House Passed Sub A
Jun 13 2023
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HB 6483
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- OUTDOOR DINING ACT (Establishes standards governing the municipal regulation of outdoor dining at food service establishments.)
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Jun 06 2023 |
06/13/2023 Referred To Senate Housing And Municipal Government
Jun 13 2023
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HB 5503
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES (Requires DMV to make, for persons with autism, a operator's license that is clearly marked "autism", decals that are clearly marked "autism" to be affixed to the vehicle, and blue envelopes that provide written information.)
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Feb 10 2023 |
06/13/2023 Referred To Senate Special Legislation And Veterans Affairs
Jun 13 2023
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HB 5559
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (Prohibits the sale or offer for sale in this state of any cosmetic that was developed or manufactured using cosmetic testing on animals, if the testing was conducted or contracted by the manufacturer or any supplier on or after July 1, 2024.)
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Feb 15 2023 |
06/12/2023 Referred To Senate Judiciary
Jun 12 2023
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HR 6341
(2023 Regular Session)
HOUSE RESOLUTION REINSTATING AND EXTENDING THE REPORTING AND EXPIRATION DATES OF THE SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY RHODE ISLAND'S MINIMUM PRICING STATUTES (Reinstates the life and extends the reporting and expiration dates of the Commission to Study Rhode Island's Minimum Pricing Statutes from April 4, 2019, to April 4, 2024, and would expire on June 4, 2024.)
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Apr 28 2023 |
06/12/2023 House Read And Passed
Jun 12 2023
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HB 5265
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Increases weight limit of those vehicles which are registerable with prisoner of war plates, Purple Heart plates, Distinguished Service Cross plates, Bronze Star Medal plates, National Guard plates or disabled veterans’ plates to twelve thousand pounds.)
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Jan 27 2023 |
06/12/2023 Signed By Governor
Jun 12 2023
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HR 6436
(2023 Regular Session)
HOUSE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHANGES TO THE MERIT SYSTEM FOR PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT IN THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES (Creates an 11 member commission to study and make recommendations for changes to the merit system of personnel administration and personnel management in DHS and DCYF, and who would report back by April 1, 2024, and expire on May 31, 2024.)
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May 24 2023 |
06/12/2023 House Read And Passed
Jun 12 2023
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HB 5216
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES (Extends the "lookback" period for repeat offenses involving driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs under § 31-27-2 and for repeat offenses related to failure or refusal to submit to chemical tests under § 31-27-2.1 from 5 years to 10 years.)
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Jan 19 2023 |
06/12/2023 Referred To Senate Judiciary
Jun 12 2023
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HB 5014
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- CERTIFIED SURGICAL FIRST ASSISTANTS (Allows for the licensing of surgical assistants to assist doctors in performing surgeries.)
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Jan 06 2023 |
06/12/2023 Referred To Senate Health And Human Services
Jun 12 2023
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HB 5612
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- REGISTRATION OF VOTERS (Allows non-affiliated party voters to vote in party primaries, without becoming an affiliated party voter.)
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Feb 15 2023 |
06/11/2023 Meeting Postponed (06/13/2023)
Jun 11 2023
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HB 5558
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (Provides that the trapping and subsequent release of any unowned feral or free roaming cat for the purpose of spaying or neutering of the cat would not be considered abandonment.)
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Feb 15 2023 |
06/09/2023 Referred To Senate Judiciary
Jun 09 2023
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HB 5437
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- FORCE-FED POULTRY PRODUCTS (Prohibits force-feeding to create a force-fed poultry product nor hire another to engage in force feeding of a poultry product. Violations subject to a civil penalty.)
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Feb 08 2023 |
06/08/2023 Referred To Senate Environment And Agriculture
Jun 08 2023
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HB 5163
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- RYAN'S LAW (Overprescribing, death resulting, would result in three (3) year license suspension.)
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Jan 19 2023 |
06/08/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jun 08 2023
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HB 6397
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY -- PROTECTION OF TREES AND PLANTS GENERALLY (Allows the department of environmental management to remove freshwater non-native and invasive aquatic plants and assist municipalities in preventing the growth and spread of these and other invasive species in the freshwater lakes and ponds.)
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May 12 2023 |
06/07/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jun 07 2023
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HB 6296
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF COVENTRY TO ISSUE NOT MORE THAN $25,000,000 BONDS AND NOTES TO FINANCE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, REHABILITATION, REPAIR, IMPROVEMENT, FURNISHING AND/OR EQUIPPING OF AND/OR ADDITIONS TO SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE TOWN, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF STATE SCHOOL HOUSING AID AT A REIMBURSEMENT RATE OR STATE SHARE RATIO OF NOT LESS THAN 49.2 % FOR EXPENDITURES ELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT (Authorizes Coventry to vote to approve a bond referendum for up to $25,000,000.)
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Apr 19 2023 |
06/07/2023 Signed By Governor
Jun 07 2023
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