SB 2424
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - SEXUAL ASSAULT (Establishes criteria for the criminal offense of sexual assault when the victim is in the custody of a peace officer. Provides that a person convicted of custodial sexual assault would face imprisonment for not more than 3 years.)
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Feb 13 2020 |
02/13/2020 Introduced, Referred To Senate Judiciary
Feb 13 2020
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SB 2368
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS, ADDICTION/SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDERS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES (Requires the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals to make or cause to be made unannounced inspections and investigations of community residences.)
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Feb 13 2020 |
02/13/2020 Introduced, Referred To Senate Health And Human Services
Feb 13 2020
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SB 2476
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - EQUALITY IN ABORTION COVERAGE (Provides for abortion coverage in the Medicaid program and repeal the abortion coverage exclusion for state employee insurance plans.)
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Feb 13 2020 |
02/13/2020 Introduced, Referred To Senate Judiciary
Feb 13 2020
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SB 2411
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - THEFT, EMBEZZLEMENT, FALSE PRETENSES AND MISAPPROPRIATIONS (Requires that penalties or restitution payments for larceny of a campaign account or campaign expenditure reporting violations be deposited into the Rhode Island crime victim compensation program fund and not into the candidate's campaign account.)
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Feb 13 2020 |
02/13/2020 Introduced, Referred To Senate Judiciary
Feb 13 2020
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SB 2381
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - PROTECTING STUDENT PRIVACY ON SCHOOL-OWNED TECHNOLOGY (Establishes student privacy in take-home technology.)
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Feb 13 2020 |
02/13/2020 Introduced, Referred To Senate Education
Feb 13 2020
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SB 2369
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- DONATION OF MEDICATIONS FOR USE BY NONPROFIT, STATE AND LOCAL FACILITIES (Establishes a process for the donation of unused medications for use by nonprofit, state and local facilities by owners of animals.)
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Feb 13 2020 |
02/13/2020 Introduced, Referred To Senate Health And Human Services
Feb 13 2020
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SB 2069
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- ENSURING ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY CARE FOR THE TREATMENT OF SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS (Establishes the medication assisted treatment (MAT) program which uses medications, in combination with counseling and behavioral therapies, to create a comprehensive approach to the treatment of substance use disorders.)
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Jan 21 2020 |
02/11/2020 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Feb 11 2020
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SB 2229
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - COMPREHENSIVE DISCHARGE PLANNING (Requires hospital to incorporate consent for peer recovery specialist services into comprehensive patient consent form. Creates MAT program using meds and counseling and to create a comprehensive approach to the treatment of substance use disorders.)
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Feb 04 2020 |
02/11/2020 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Feb 11 2020
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SB 2030
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW - GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS - INTERNET PRIVACY AND SECURITY (Establishes that manufacturers of devices capable of connecting to the Internet equip the devices with reasonable security features.)
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Jan 21 2020 |
02/11/2020 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Feb 11 2020
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SB 2296
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES (Comprehensively addresses wage discrimination by expanding employee protections and the scope of the remedies available to employees who have experienced wage discrimination.)
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Feb 04 2020 |
02/04/2020 Introduced, Referred To Senate Labor
Feb 04 2020
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SB 2225
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- PHYSICAL THERAPY COPAY (Limits copays, coinsurance or office deductible for services of a physical therapist to the amount authorized for the services of a primary care physician or osteopath.)
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Feb 04 2020 |
02/04/2020 Introduced, Referred To Senate Health And Human Services
Feb 04 2020
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SB 2265
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LILA MANFIELD SAPINSLEY COMPASSIONATE CARE ACT (Establishes detailed steps and safeguards to create 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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Feb 04 2020 |
02/04/2020 Introduced, Referred To Senate Judiciary
Feb 04 2020
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SB 2274
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPLIES (Repeals the state voter identification law.)
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Feb 04 2020 |
02/04/2020 Introduced, Referred To Senate Judiciary
Feb 04 2020
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SB 2295
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES ACT (Changes the definition of employee and employer for purposes of the fair employment practices act, while expanding personal liability for violations.)
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Feb 04 2020 |
02/04/2020 Introduced, Referred To Senate Labor
Feb 04 2020
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SB 2196
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT (Provides that for FY 2021, the state pays the local share or contribution of charter public school tuition for its students in excess of 5% of the average of all pupils within school districts.)
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Feb 04 2020 |
02/04/2020 Introduced, Referred To Senate Finance
Feb 04 2020
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SB 2257
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - THE EDWARD O. HAWKINS AND THOMAS C. SLATER MEDICAL MARIJUANA ACT (Expands the criminal and civil protections to lawful users of medical marijuana and also provides for civil damages to be imposed upon violators of these protections.)
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Feb 04 2020 |
02/04/2020 Introduced, Referred To Senate Judiciary
Feb 04 2020
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SB 2173
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- COUNCIL ON ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION--SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 -- THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT (Provides that the commissioner of elementary and secondary education would be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the governor with the advice and consent of the senate.)
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Feb 04 2020 |
02/04/2020 Introduced, Referred To Senate Education
Feb 04 2020
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SB 2238
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - RHODE ISLAND HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE ACT OF 2008 (Provides patients opportunity to opt out of information disclosure under HIE.)
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Feb 04 2020 |
02/04/2020 Introduced, Referred To Senate Health And Human Services
Feb 04 2020
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SB 2261
(2020 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - WEAPONS (Provides that applications to purchase firearms be sent by the seller to the police department the city or town where the purchaser lives.)
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Feb 04 2020 |
02/04/2020 Introduced, Referred To Senate Judiciary
Feb 04 2020
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SR 2157
(2020 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Proclaiming The Week Of January 26Th To February 1St Of 2020, To Be "Physician Anesthesiologists Week" In The State Of Rhode Island
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Jan 30 2020 |
01/30/2020 Senate Read And Passed
Jan 30 2020
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