Rhode Island Bills

sponsored by Liana Cassar

Bill Title Introduced Latest Action↓
HB 7198 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES' ARBITRATION (Recognizes that municipal employees have the opportunity to utilize interest arbitration and would establish new factors for the arbitrators to consider. These factors include comparisons of wages/hourly conditions of employment in similarly skilled jobs)
Jan 26 2022 02/02/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Feb 02 2022
HB 7111 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- RENEWABLE ENERGY (Increases the percentage of retail electricity sales from renewable energy sources.)
Jan 20 2022 02/02/2022 Withdrawn At Sponsor's Request
Feb 02 2022
HB 7014 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW - GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS - PATIENT BROKERING ACT (Prohibits the practice of patient brokering and provides penalties and enforcement.)
Jan 10 2022 02/01/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Feb 01 2022
HB 7024 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW-- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS (Makes it a felony to price gouge prescriptions or pharmaceuticals in time of a shortage.)
Jan 10 2022 02/01/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Feb 01 2022
HR 7262 (2022 Regular Session)
House Resolution Proclaiming February Of 2022, As "Black History Month" In The State Of Rhode Island
Feb 01 2022 02/01/2022 House Read And Passed
Feb 01 2022
HR 7031 (2022 Regular Session)
JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE, PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE - FOUR YEAR TERMS AND TERM LIMITS FOR REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATORS (Proposes an amendment to the State Constitution, Article IV, to allow for term limits for the general assembly members.)
Jan 10 2022 01/27/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jan 27 2022
HB 6601 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPLIES (Same as 21H-5600--Includes the general assembly elections within the category of elections subject to the risk-limiting audits within the jurisdiction of the board of elections.)
Jan 06 2022 01/27/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jan 27 2022
HB 7112 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- PARKING FACILITIES AND PRIVILEGES (Requires installation of designated electric vehicle parking spaces, with charging capabilities, by certain business/ municipalities/housing developments in existing/new/expanded parking lots as of 1/1/23.)
Jan 20 2022 01/25/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jan 25 2022
HB 6602 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS -- ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS (Same as 21H-5859--Provides that any reports of investigations conducted by internal affair units or their equivalent are public records.)
Jan 06 2022 01/25/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jan 25 2022
HB 7088 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- DOMESTIC ABUSE PREVENTION (Permits the family court to award custody of household pets to the plaintiff in a domestic abuse complaint.)
Jan 12 2022 01/25/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Jan 25 2022
HR 7110 (2022 Regular Session)
House Resolution Honoring And Thanking Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott
Jan 18 2022 01/18/2022 House Read And Passed
Jan 18 2022
HR 7056 (2022 Regular Session)
House Resolution Expressing Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of Christine Dwyer Kavanagh, The Longtime And Highly-Regarded Director Of The Performing Arts Program At St. Mary Academy Bay View
Jan 11 2022 01/11/2022 House Read And Passed
Jan 11 2022
HR 7029 (2022 Regular Session)
HOUSE RESOLUTION AMENDING THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE YEARS 2021 AND 2022 (This resolution would amend the house rules by providing term limits for house leadership positions.)
Jan 10 2022 01/10/2022 Introduced, Referred To House Rules Committee
Jan 10 2022
HB 6620 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- COMMISSION ON STANDARDS AND TRAINING (Same as 21H-5393 - Requires police officers commission on standards and training to provide training and instructions for officers and trainees to more accurately identify complaints involving persons with cognitive or communication-related disabilities.)
Jan 06 2022 01/06/2022 Introduced, Referred To House Judiciary
Jan 06 2022
HB 6611 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY -- CRIMINAL RECORDS REVIEW (Same as 21H-5845-Requires patient contact employees, personal care attendants, high-risk providers to undergo a national criminal records check/would disqualify those people if they have a criminal record for crimes of violence or other offenses listed.)
Jan 06 2022 01/06/2022 Introduced, Referred To House Health & Human Services
Jan 06 2022
HB 6397 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - RETAIL LICENSES (Exempts 203-209 Douglas Avenue, Plat 68, Lots 83 and 646 of the applicable city of Providence tax assessment map from the permitting of alcohol beverages retail licenses within a certain proximity to schools and churches.)
Jun 04 2021 07/14/2021 Effective Without Governor's Signature
Jul 14 2021
HB 5599 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY (Eliminates the words "moral turpitude" as a cause of refusal to issue a license to various professionals.)
Feb 12 2021 07/13/2021 Signed By Governor
Jul 13 2021
HB 6238 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Authorizes cities/towns to establish a property tax credit program in exchange for volunteer service by persons over age 60 up to $1,500 calculated by multiplying service hours by the state minimum wage per hour.)
Apr 14 2021 07/12/2021 Signed By Governor
Jul 12 2021
HB 5929 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE -- PERINATAL DOULA SERVICES (Provides for medical assistance health care for expectant mothers and would establish medical assistance coverage and reimbursement rates for perinatal doula services. Effective 7/1/22.)
Feb 25 2021 07/09/2021 Signed By Governor
Jul 09 2021
HB 5920 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- COASTAL HAZARDS (Authorizes the state’s twenty-one coastal communities to adopt the coastal resources management council's (CRMC) coastal hazard application process applicable to a local overlay district.)
Feb 24 2021 07/09/2021 Signed By Governor
Jul 09 2021

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