Rhode Island Bills

sponsored by Stephen R. Archambault

Bill Title Introduced Latest Action↓
SB 2208 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CITIES AND TOWNS -- SEWAGE CHARGES -- TOWN OF COVENTRY (Authorizes the town of Coventry to provide for the payment of sewer assessments in installments up to a thirty year period.)
Feb 08 2022 07/06/2022 Effective Without Governor's Signature
Jul 06 2022
SB 2141 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Minimum number of specialty registration plate sets be reduced to 150 and nonrefundable fee paid by sponsoring nonprofit entity be calculated by subtracting the actual number of sets ordered from 600 and then multiplying the remainder by sum of $22.50.)
Jan 25 2022 07/02/2022 Effective Without Governor's Signature
Jul 02 2022
SB 2443 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (Owners of animals in RISPCA custody to pay for animal's care or animal may be forfeited.)
Mar 01 2022 06/30/2022 Signed By Governor
Jun 30 2022
SB 2705 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- JUSTICES OF THE PEACE -- UNIFORM LAW ON NOTARIAL ACTS (Codifies in the general laws the standards of conduct for notaries public in the state of Rhode Island by the secretary of state which came into effect on April 3, 2020. Takes effect on July 1, 2021; sunsets and expires on July 1, 2023.)
Mar 17 2022 06/30/2022 Signed By Governor
Jun 30 2022
SB 2421 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Authorizes the issuance of special motor vehicle registration plates for the Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RISPCA).)
Feb 15 2022 06/30/2022 Signed By Governor
Jun 30 2022
SB 2281 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE -- SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 - THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT (Provides that the public schools shall be responsible for attendance data monitoring and detection of emergent truant behavior.)
Feb 15 2022 06/29/2022 Signed By Governor
Jun 29 2022
SB 2295 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- INSPECTION OF DAMS AND RESERVOIRS (Authorizes DEM to assess penalties for non-compliance with emergency plans for significant/ high hazard dams with DEM/EMA developing system to issue severe weather advisories/watches/warnings.)
Feb 15 2022 06/29/2022 Signed By Governor
Jun 29 2022
SB 2804 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Adds the chief inspector and inspectors within the office of inspections to the definition of "peace officer.")
Mar 24 2022 06/29/2022 Signed By Governor
Jun 29 2022
SB 3019 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- ANIMAL CARE (Allows emergency medical treatment to police dogs injured in the line of duty, which includes transporting by ambulance.)
Jun 14 2022 06/29/2022 Signed By Governor
Jun 29 2022
SB 2294 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HURRICANE, STORM AND FLOOD STANDARDS (Amends dam safety standards to require the state building code standards committee to take into account climate change effect on inundation areas below dams classified as high, significant, or low hazard.)
Feb 15 2022 06/29/2022 Signed By Governor
Jun 29 2022
SB 2503 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION OF LICENSES--VIOLATIONS (Reduces the civil penalty for the first and second offenses for driving without a license or driving with a suspended license, and would make a third violation a civil offense and a fourth offense a misdemeanor punishable by a fine.)
Mar 01 2022 06/29/2022 Signed By Governor
Jun 29 2022
SB 2943 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- IDENTIFICATION AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS (Provides a procedure for the automatic sealing of records of persons acquitted or otherwise exonerated by operation of law or by motion.)
May 17 2022 06/28/2022 Signed By Governor
Jun 28 2022
SB 2292 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - RESIDENTIAL SOLAR ENERGY DISCLOSURE AND HOMEOWNERS BILL OF RIGHTS ACT (Grants residential purchasers of solar energy systems consumer protections related to disclosure and cancellation.)
Feb 15 2022 06/28/2022 Signed By Governor
Jun 28 2022
SB 2181 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- DAM PERMITS (Requires that any person operating or owning a dam with a storage capacity greater than one thousand four hundred (1,400) normal storage acre feet of water to obtain a permit from the director of the DEM to raise or lower the water level behind the dam.)
Feb 08 2022 06/27/2022 Signed By Governor
Jun 27 2022
SB 2118 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - MAIL BALLOTS (Same as 21H-6004 Sub A as amended --Entitles disabled and military voters to utilize electronically transmitted ballots.)
Jan 25 2022 06/27/2022 Signed By Governor
Jun 27 2022
SB 2808 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- CHILDREN (Establishes criminal penalties for a wanton or reckless act or omission of a parent, guardian or any other person who has custody or control of a child that result in substantial risk of serious bodily injury or sexual abuse of a child in their care.)
Mar 24 2022 06/27/2022 Signed By Governor
Jun 27 2022
SB 2299 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PESTICIDE CONTROL (Restricts the use of neonicotinoids which are a class of insecticides.)
Feb 15 2022 06/27/2022 Signed By Governor
Jun 27 2022
SB 2857 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT (Allows the district court to designate the date of the hearing in eviction matters filed under the residential landlord and tenant act.)
Apr 05 2022 06/27/2022 Signed By Governor
Jun 27 2022
SB 2215 (2022 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- MERIT SYSTEM (Allows a classified employee to seek elected office provided that they resign their position upon being elected.)
Feb 08 2022 06/27/2022 Signed By Governor
Jun 27 2022
SR 2442 (2022 Regular Session)
JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE OF RHODE ISLAND'S PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM (Creates a 10 member joint commission to study and make recommendations for efficient and effective governance of pre-k through sixteen public education system, and would report back to the Senate and House by March 1, 2023, and expire on July 1, 2023.)
Mar 01 2022 06/25/2022 Effective Without Governor's Signature
Jun 25 2022

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