Rhode Island Bills

sponsored by Cynthia M. Mendes

Bill Title Introduced Latest Action↓
SB 2249 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- TRANSFER OF VEHICLES (Extends from twenty (20) days to thirty (30) days, the period of time that a newly purchased motor vehicle may be temporarily operated, using the purchaser's current licenses plates.)
Feb 08 2022 06/28/2022 Signed By Governor
Jun 28 2022
SB 2769 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM (Establishes a universal, comprehensive, affordable single-payer health care insurance program and helps control health care costs, which would be referred to as, "the Rhode Island Comprehensive Health Insurance Program" (RICHIP).)
Mar 24 2022 06/14/2022 Committee Heard
Jun 14 2022
SB 2473 (2022 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.)
Mar 01 2022 06/14/2022 Committee Heard
Jun 14 2022
SB 2490 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES (Amends the hours of operation for Class A liquor license holders in Pawtucket.)
Mar 01 2022 06/07/2022 Signed By Governor
Jun 07 2022
SB 2340 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- PROHIBITION OF SINGLE-FAMILY ZONING IN URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARIES ACT OF 2022 (Prohibits single-family residential zoning in municipalities with populations of over twenty-thousand (20,000) and mandate that those municipalities adopt zoning regulations for middle housing in single-family residential zones.)
Feb 15 2022 05/31/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 31 2022
SB 2089 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- BED BUGS IN RESIDENTIAL PREMISES ACT (Spells out the responsibilities of both the landlord and tenant with respect to the inspection and treatment of bed bugs in residential premises.)
Jan 25 2022 05/31/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 31 2022
SB 2854 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of Foster Forward, a domestic nonprofit corporation, located in Pawtucket.)
Apr 05 2022 05/25/2022 Effective Without Governor's Signature
May 25 2022
SR 2942 (2022 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Condemning The May 14, 2022, Mass Shooting In Buffalo, New York
May 17 2022 05/17/2022 Senate Read And Passed
May 17 2022
SB 2779 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- BAIL AND RECOGNIZANCE (Prohibits the court from setting financial conditions of bail.)
Mar 24 2022 05/12/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 12 2022
SB 2859 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HOUSING RESOURCES ACT OF 1998 (Creates a program for emergency housing assistance to needy families with children and pregnant woman with no other children through the Rhode Island housing resources commission.)
Apr 05 2022 05/10/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 10 2022
SB 2375 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT (Provides for the sealing and unsealing of court files in residential eviction proceedings.)
Feb 15 2022 05/10/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 10 2022
SB 2720 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT (Increases the wage amount for working prisoners, committed to the adult correctional institution, from three dollars ($3.00) a day to the minimum hourly wage amount for most workers currently set at twelve dollars and twenty-five cents ($12.25) per hour.)
Mar 17 2022 05/04/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 04 2022
SB 2238 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES--OVERTIME WAGES (Exempts certain executive, administrative, and professional employees from overtime pay if their weekly wages exceed one thousand thirty-six dollars ($1,036), an increase from the current two hundred dollars ($200).)
Feb 08 2022 05/04/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 04 2022
SB 2380 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS' BILL OF RIGHTS (Repeals the Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights, Chapter 42-28.6 of the General Laws, in its entirety.)
Feb 15 2022 05/03/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 03 2022
SB 2379 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- LAW ENFORCEMENT INTEGRITY ACT (Specifies and restricts use of excessive physical force by peace officers and creates a civil action for constitutional rights violations as well as impose a duty to intervene on officers on scene. Requires reporting of incident information.)
Feb 15 2022 05/03/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 03 2022
SB 2708 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS -- ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS--POLICE INTERNAL AFFAIRS INVESTIGATIONS (Classifies any reports of investigations conducted by internal affairs units or their equivalent as public records with certain redactions allowed to prevent a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.)
Mar 17 2022 05/03/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 03 2022
SB 2353 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS - EXPENDITURES REPORTS (Requires all campaign schedules of contributions submitted to the board of elections expressly indicate whether the contributor is a registered lobbyist.)
Feb 15 2022 04/28/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 28 2022
SB 2311 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- SOCIAL AND HUMAN SERVICES PROGRAMS RATE REVIEW AND RATE SETTING PROCESS ACT OF 2022 (Requires EOHHS assisted by 24 member advisory committee to provide review/recommendations for rate setting/ongoing review of social service programs licensed by state departments/agencies and Medicaid.)
Feb 15 2022 04/28/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 28 2022
SB 2285 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM (SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 - THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT) (Requires courses in family life or sex education be taught in grades 6 -12 and be appropriate for students of all races, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic and cultural backgrounds.)
Feb 15 2022 04/27/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 27 2022
SB 2868 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LIBRARIES -- HISTORICAL SOCIETY LIBRARIES (Requires the general assembly appropriate funds to the state librarian for the purpose of caring for, preserving and cataloguing property in the state in the keeping of the Rhode Island Black Heritage Society.)
Apr 07 2022 04/27/2022 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Apr 27 2022

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