HB 5176
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Requires group health plans and health insurance issuers that provide prescription benefits to cover at least one type of prescribed epinephrine auto-injectors and cartridges without copay or deductible.)
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Jan 19 2023 |
06/15/2023 Committee Recommends Passage Of Sub A In Concurrence
Jun 15 2023
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HB 5348
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- RESTROOM ACCESS ACT (Requires retail establishments with 3 or more employees on the premises without accessible public restroom to allow customers suffering from eligible conditions access to their employee restrooms.)
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Feb 03 2023 |
06/15/2023 Referred To Senate Labor
Jun 15 2023
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HB 5159
(2023 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 1/1/24.)
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Jan 19 2023 |
06/15/2023 House Passed As Amended (Floor Amendment)
Jun 15 2023
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HB 5013
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHYSICAL THERAPISTS (Extends the authorization for physical therapists to order diagnostic imaging as an authorized practice of physical therapy until December 31, 2025.)
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Jan 06 2023 |
06/12/2023 Signed By Governor
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 5502
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- BEVERAGE CONTAINER DEPOSIT RECYCLING ACT OF 2023 (Establishes a system for the recycling of beverage containers working with the department of environmental management.)
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Feb 10 2023 |
06/11/2023 Proposed Substitute
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 5411
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION (Directs PUC to extend utility termination moratorium for gas/electricity from April 15 to May 1, of each year with discretion to respond to emergency/ economic conditions/customers' needs.)
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Feb 08 2023 |
06/08/2023 Referred To Senate Commerce
Jun 08 2023
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HR 6497
(2023 Regular Session)
House Resolution Recognizing And Honoring Margaret Brennan And Gwynne Millar On Receiving The Presidential Innovation Award For Environmental Educators (Piaee)
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Jun 07 2023 |
06/07/2023 House Read And Passed
Jun 07 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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HR 6470
(2023 Regular Session)
House Resolution Extending Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of William E. Mckenney, Iii
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Jun 01 2023 |
06/01/2023 House Read And Passed
Jun 01 2023
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HB 6388
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RENEWABLE READY PROGRAM (Establishes the renewable ready program which is designed to promote responsible siting and development of renewable energy on certain enumerated sites such as formerly contaminated sites. Projects would be funded through the infrastructure bank.)
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May 10 2023 |
05/25/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 25 2023
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HR 6018
(2023 Regular Session)
JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $5,000,000 TO THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT FOR THE PRESERVATION, PROTECTION, AND CONSERVATION OF FARMLANDS (This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of five million dollars to the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management for the preservation, protection, and conservation of Rhode Island farmlands.)
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Mar 01 2023 |
05/17/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 17 2023
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HR 6172
(2023 Regular Session)
JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $3,000,000 TO SOJOURNER HOUSE IN RHODE ISLAND (Authorizes the appropriation of the sum of $3,000,000 to Sojourner House to support its permanent housing development program that provides safe, secure housing to individuals and families fleeing from dangerous situations.)
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Mar 17 2023 |
05/17/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 17 2023
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HB 5402
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE (Requires the auditor general to oversee an audit of Medicaid programs administered by managed care organizations and submit a report of such findings within six (6) months to the general assembly and EOHHS.)
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Feb 03 2023 |
05/16/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 16 2023
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HB 5076
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- RHODE ISLAND PHYSICAL THERAPIST LICENSURE COMPACT ACT (Allows the state to become a member of the physical therapist licensure compact adopted by twenty-five (25) states in order to facilitate the interstate practice of physical therapy with the goal of improving public access to physical therapy services.)
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Jan 12 2023 |
05/15/2023 Referred To Senate Health And Human Services
May 15 2023
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HB 5220
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGULATION OF ELECTRIC BICYCLES (Regulates electric bicycles in the same manner as human-powered bicycles, classify electric bicycles into three (3) classes, require all electric bicycles to have a label affixed to the bicycle and be equipped with a speedometer.)
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Jan 25 2023 |
05/15/2023 Referred To Senate Judiciary
May 15 2023
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HB 5555
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACIES (Adds a new section which sets forth conditions for pharmacists to prescribe tobacco cessation drug therapies.)
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Feb 15 2023 |
05/15/2023 Referred To Senate Health And Human Services
May 15 2023
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HB 5302
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows the Honorable Leonela Felix to join Kayla Simone K. Rosen and Michael Zachary Mezera in marriage on or about May 20, 2023, within the City of Providence, Rhode Island.)
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Feb 01 2023 |
05/15/2023 Signed By Governor
May 15 2023
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HB 5646
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE (Requires EOHHS working with the auditor general to develop a plan within two (2) years of the passage of this act to transition to a fee-for-service state-run Medicaid program.)
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Feb 15 2023 |
05/13/2023 Committee Postponed At Request Of Sponsor (05/16/2023)
May 13 2023
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