SB 990
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- RHODE ISLAND UTILITY FAIR SHARE ROADWAY REPAIR ACT (Requires utilities to follow STIP project schedules. Requires permits for non-road repairs. Prohibits expenses and penalties to be paid with rate payer increases.)
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May 15 2023 |
09/26/2023 Vetoed By Governor
Sep 26 2023
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SB 812
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- JURY LISTS (Allows persons who are on parole, a suspended sentence or on probation to serve on juries.)
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Mar 23 2023 |
06/27/2023 Effective Without Governor's Signature
Jun 27 2023
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SB 311
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT (Prohibits the requirement that a fee be paid for a rental application for real property.)
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Feb 16 2023 |
06/24/2023 Signed By Governor
Jun 24 2023
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SB 223
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT (Allows anyone who rendered services as a correction officer to receive pension credit for service as a state or municipal employee.)
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Feb 16 2023 |
06/23/2023 Effective Without Governor's Signature
Jun 23 2023
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SB 401
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- POLICE OFFICERS--COMMISSION ON STANDARDS AND TRAINING (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.)
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Feb 16 2023 |
06/22/2023 Signed By Governor
Jun 22 2023
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SB 1049
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- POLICE OFFICERS - COMMISSION ON STANDARDS AND TRAINING (Requires police training on recognizing the possible existence of mental health disorders and substance use disorders and requires certified crisis intervention team training for all officers.)
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May 19 2023 |
06/22/2023 Signed By Governor
Jun 22 2023
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SB 129
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- DRIVER PRIVILEGE CARDS AND PERMITS (Allows the division of motor vehicles to issue a state identification card to residents unable to establish lawful presence in the United States upon proof of residence in this state and a tax identification number.)
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Feb 01 2023 |
06/22/2023 Signed By Governor
Jun 22 2023
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SB 190
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE PAUL W. CROWLEY RHODE ISLAND STUDENT INVESTMENT INITIATIVE (Requires the council on elementary and secondary education to ratify collective bargaining agreements entered on behalf of the Providence public school district at a public hearing at least 7 days after a tentative agreement is made public.)
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Feb 16 2023 |
06/22/2023 Effective Without Governor's Signature
Jun 22 2023
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SB 565
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PROFESSIONAL LICENSING AND REGULATION OF SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS AND AUDIOLOGISTS (Establishes prevailing standards and procedures for licensing speech-language pathologists and audiologists in Rhode Island.)
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Mar 07 2023 |
06/21/2023 Signed By Governor
Jun 21 2023
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SB 604
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - COURTS -- ABUSIVE LITIGATION (Prohibits abusive litigation context of domestic violence or stalking and allow the court to dismiss a case upon finding, by preponderance of the evidence, that the person who filed the case is abusing the system.)
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Mar 07 2023 |
06/20/2023 Signed By Governor
Jun 20 2023
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SB 660
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES (Provides that certain public works renovation projects that include glazing work would have that work performed by North American contractor certification certified companies.)
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Mar 07 2023 |
06/20/2023 Signed By Governor
Jun 20 2023
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SB 305
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING (Empowers the secretary of housing to create a written guide for consumers relating to the rights and duties of landlords and tenants, updated on an annual basis, at a minimum.)
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Feb 16 2023 |
06/20/2023 Signed By Governor
Jun 20 2023
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SB 601
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- PRIMARY ELECTIONS (Allows the first Tuesday after the first Monday in the month preceding the special election to be available to hold the special primary.)
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Mar 07 2023 |
06/19/2023 Signed By Governor
Jun 19 2023
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SB 444
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE -- HOLIDAYS (Establishes June 19th as a state holiday, to be known as "Juneteenth National Freedom Day".)
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Feb 16 2023 |
06/19/2023 Signed By Governor
Jun 19 2023
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SB 559
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- POSTSECONDARY STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE (Authorizes the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to establish a program to expand the issuance of teaching certificates to bilingual dual language and world language teachers in urban and urban ring schools.)
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Mar 07 2023 |
06/15/2023 Senate Passed Sub A
Jun 15 2023
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SB 368
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY-- POLICE RELATIONSHIP ACT OF 2015 (Amends the comprehensive community-police relationship act of 2015 to require an annual study by an outside agency chosen by the department.)
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Feb 16 2023 |
06/15/2023 Senate Read And Passed
Jun 15 2023
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SB 144
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE (Increases the minimum required awarded to minority business enterprises to 20% and of that, require a minimum of 10% be awarded to minority owned businesses and that a minimum of 10% be awarded to women owned businesses.)
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Feb 01 2023 |
06/15/2023 Senate Passed Sub A
Jun 15 2023
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SR 1133
(2023 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Expressing Condolences On The Passing Of Anthony F. Guglielmi, Jr.
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Jun 15 2023 |
06/15/2023 Senate Read And Passed
Jun 15 2023
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SB 893
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS--USE OF LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS IN LEGAL PROCEEDINGS (Ensures that communications between court appointed interpreters and limited-English-proficient individuals involved in legal proceedings in the courts are confidential.)
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Mar 30 2023 |
06/14/2023 Signed By Governor
Jun 14 2023
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SB 561
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES (Appropriates $1,875,000 for the creation of a 9-8-8 suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline within the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals (BHDDH).)
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Mar 07 2023 |
06/14/2023 Senate Read And Passed
Jun 14 2023
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