SB 2175
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT (Provides local education agencies (LEAs) hiring site-based specialists for reading and math to receive state reimbursement based on enrollment and specific guidelines.)
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Feb 08 2022 |
02/08/2022 Introduced, Referred To Senate Education
Feb 08 2022
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SB 2112
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LILA MANFIELD SAPINSLEY COMPASSIONATE CARE ACT (Creates the Lila Manfield Sapinsley Compassionate Care Act, to provide a legal mechanism whereby a terminally ill patient may choose to end their life using drugs prescribed by a physician.)
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Jan 25 2022 |
01/25/2022 Introduced, Referred To Senate Judiciary
Jan 25 2022
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SB 2037
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT (Requires a review by the department of elementary and secondary education of the formula components used to compute the aid needed to support high need students.)
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Jan 25 2022 |
01/25/2022 Introduced, Referred To Senate Education
Jan 25 2022
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SB 2038
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT (Removes funding requirement from department of elementary and secondary education.)
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Jan 25 2022 |
01/25/2022 Introduced, Referred To Senate Education
Jan 25 2022
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SB 2036
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- STUDENT PRIVACY ON SCHOOL-OWNED TECHNOLOGY (Establishes certain student privacy rights in regard to take-home technology devices from school.)
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Jan 25 2022 |
01/25/2022 Introduced, Referred To Senate Education
Jan 25 2022
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SB 2140
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- MINIATURE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTAINER ACT OF 2022 (Creates a refundable fifty cent ($0.50) deposit for miniature alcoholic beverage containers, often referred to as "nips.")
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Jan 25 2022 |
01/25/2022 Introduced, Referred To Senate Special Legislation And Veterans Affairs
Jan 25 2022
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SB 2041
(2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT (Requires that benchmarks specific to each local education authority (LEA) be developed by the department of education to improve cost controls, efficiencies and program effectiveness.)
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Jan 25 2022 |
01/25/2022 Introduced, Referred To Senate Education
Jan 25 2022
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SB 549
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISES (Provides an exception to competitive bidding for local, minority and woman-owned businesses. Provides a waiver of compliance to contractors for the inclusion of minority-owned businesses in all procurements and construction projects.)
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Mar 04 2021 |
07/15/2021 Effective Without Governor's Signature
Jul 15 2021
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SB 982
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - VETERANS EXEMPTIONS (Extends the veterans exemption from property tax to any member who served in uniform during the Cold War between 1947 through 1991, even if they did not serve in a declared war or conflict.)
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Jun 25 2021 |
07/14/2021 Signed By Governor
Jul 14 2021
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SB 1003
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 974 OF THE PUBLIC LAWS OF 1940, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE STONE BRIDGE FIRE DISTRICT AND TO FURNISH A SUPPLY OF WATER FOR THE TOWN OF TIVERTON" (Authorizes the Stone Bridge fire district to borrow up to $100,000 in funds to meet specific short-term financial obligations.)
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Jun 30 2021 |
07/14/2021 Effective Without Governor's Signature
Jul 14 2021
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SB 550
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- THE RHODE ISLAND WHISTLE BLOWERS' PROTECTION ACT (Prohibits an employer from reporting an employee's immigration status for whistle blowing.)
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Mar 04 2021 |
07/13/2021 Signed By Governor
Jul 13 2021
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SB 25
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- NONREGULATED POWER PRODUCER CONSUMER BILL OF RIGHTS (Excludes municipal and government bodies that aggregate electrical loads for residential retail customers from the requirement that a new contract is required when there is a change of terms for electric-generation services.)
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Jan 19 2021 |
07/13/2021 Signed By Governor
Jul 13 2021
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SB 259
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO AERONAUTICS -- AIRPORTS AND LANDING FIELDS (Adds airspace to the land the DOT can acquire that is necessary for a suitable airport or to preserve, maintain, or restore approach. Additionally this act would add the term “Approach, approach zone, approaches” to section 1-2-3.1.)
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Feb 10 2021 |
07/12/2021 Signed By Governor
Jul 12 2021
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SB 103
(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.)
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Jan 26 2021 |
07/12/2021 Signed By Governor
Jul 12 2021
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SB 357
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- BIODIESEL PRODUCTS (Amends the compliance standards for heating oil biobased products providing minimum standards for the percentage of biobased product that certain types of heating oil must contain.)
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Feb 25 2021 |
07/12/2021 Signed By Governor
Jul 12 2021
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SB 59
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - STATEWIDE PUBLIC SAFETY COMPUTER AIDED RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (Establishes a statewide public safety computer aided records management system.)
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Jan 19 2021 |
07/09/2021 Signed By Governor
Jul 09 2021
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SR 58
(2021 Regular Session)
JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $500,000 IN RESTRICTED RECEIPT FUNDING IN THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022 TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS (Imposes a two hundred fifty dollar ($250) substance abuse education assessment for any conviction of driving under the influence or a violation for refusal to submit to a breathalyzer.)
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Jan 19 2021 |
07/09/2021 Signed By Governor
Jul 09 2021
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SB 635
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - STUDENT TRANSPORTATION (Prohibits school committees from entering into a school bus service contract unless the contract provides for payments to school bus drivers, monitors and aids for one hundred and eighty (180) days or the length of the contracted for school year.)
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Mar 18 2021 |
07/09/2021 Signed By Governor
Jul 09 2021
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SB 671
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS (Prohibits agencies of municipalities and the state from releasing information as to the residency of municipal or state police officers regarding public records requests.)
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Mar 18 2021 |
07/09/2021 Signed By Governor
Jul 09 2021
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SB 473
(2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES (Allows the twenty-one coastal communities to adopt the CRMC's coastal hazard application process applicable to local overlay districts for applicants seeking local building permits.)
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Mar 04 2021 |
07/07/2021 Signed By Governor
Jul 07 2021
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