HB 5588
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Raises minimum wage on January 1, 2026 and each January 1 thereafter, by the percentage increase in the CPI-U, as published by the US Dept. of Labor Statistics, as of August of the previous year over the level as of August of the year preceding that year.)
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Feb 15 2023 |
03/28/2023 Withdrawn At Sponsor's Request (03/29/2023)
Mar 28 2023
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SB 683
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES (Extends the moratorium on penalties related to COVID-19 modifications to food business or food service establishments to February 15, 2024.)
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Mar 17 2023 |
03/28/2023 Placed On House Calendar (03/29/2023)
Mar 28 2023
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HB 6060
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- SUPERIOR COURT (Establishes a land use court within the superior court, effective January 1, 2024.)
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Mar 03 2023 |
03/28/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 28 2023
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HB 5920
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (Amends the statutory penalties for a second and third possession of marijuana offense to conform to the penalties promulgated in the Rhode Island cannabis act.)
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Mar 01 2023 |
03/28/2023 Committee Recommends Passage
Mar 28 2023
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SR 836
(2023 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Thanking Basketball Star, Veronica Dawson, For Hosting A Basketball Clinic For Pawtucket Elementary School Youngsters
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Mar 28 2023 |
03/28/2023 Senate Read And Passed
Mar 28 2023
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SB 684
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIES -- NET METERING (Defines core forest and preferred sites and provides that any net metering resource owned or operated by a renewable energy developer be treated as an eligible net metering system provided it is not in a core forest.)
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Mar 17 2023 |
03/28/2023 Proposed Substitute
Mar 28 2023
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HB 5443
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Requires returns of a marriage certificate to be filed within two (2) business days after the ceremony, and validates the common practice of filing the return by mail.)
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Feb 08 2023 |
03/28/2023 House Read And Passed
Mar 28 2023
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SB 206
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF MIDDLETOWN TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $190,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF A MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL AND THE RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF SCHOOL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE TOWN AND ALL ATTENDANT EXPENSES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DEMOLITION, ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURAL AND LANDSCAPING COSTS; PROVIDED THAT, THE AUTHORIZATION SHALL BE REDUCED BY THE AMOUNT OF CERTAIN GRANTS RECEIVED FROM STATE BOND PROCEEDS, FROM THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OR FROM THE RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY (Authorizes the town of Middletown to issue not more than $190,000,000 in bonds and notes to finance school construction and renovation.)
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Feb 16 2023 |
03/28/2023 Senate Passed As Amended (Floor Amendment)
Mar 28 2023
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HB 5378
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF NORTH KINGSTOWN (Validates and ratify amendments to the Home Rule Charter of the town of North Kingstown, which amendments were adopted and approved by the electors of the town of North Kingstown on November 8, 2022.)
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Feb 03 2023 |
03/28/2023 House Read And Passed
Mar 28 2023
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HB 5363
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PARKS AND RECREATIONAL AREAS -- PUBLIC USE OF PRIVATE LANDS-LIABILITY LIMITATIONS (Changes the definition of owner to exclude the state and municipalities for the purposes of liability limitations relating to public use of private lands.)
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Feb 03 2023 |
03/28/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 28 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 |
03/28/2023 House Read And Passed
Mar 28 2023
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HB 5589
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES (Raises the minimum wage for the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029, to $15.50, $17.00, $18.50, $20.00, and $21.00, per hour, respectively.)
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Feb 15 2023 |
03/28/2023 Withdrawn At Sponsor's Request (03/29/2023)
Mar 28 2023
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HB 6058
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES (Increases the amount of allowable units per acre for all projects subject to inclusionary zoning as well as other incentives and subsidies to offset differential costs of below-market units.)
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Mar 03 2023 |
03/28/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 28 2023
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HB 6059
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES (Amends certain general laws relative to zoning ordinance variances, special use permits, modifications thereto and also amends provisions relative to substandard lots of record and the merger of such lots.)
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Mar 03 2023 |
03/28/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 28 2023
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HB 5174
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- COASTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT COUNCIL (Provides a definition of the recognizable high tide line for the public's rights and privileges of the shore.)
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Jan 19 2023 |
03/28/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 28 2023
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SR 834
(2023 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Expressing Deepest Condolences On The Passing Of Mary E. Smith
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Mar 24 2023 |
03/28/2023 Senate Read And Passed
Mar 28 2023
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HB 5914
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION RESTRICTIONS ON REAL PROPERTY (Requires conservation and preservation restrictions to be liberally interpreted in favor of the grants awarded.)
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Mar 01 2023 |
03/28/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 28 2023
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HB 5700
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- TRESPASS AND VANDALISM (Defines an obstruction to a public right-of-way to include signage that deters the public from using a public right-of-way and subjects such violation to a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500).)
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Feb 17 2023 |
03/28/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 28 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 |
03/28/2023 House Read And Passed
Mar 28 2023
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SB 3
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- VIDEO LOTTERY GAMES, TABLE GAMES AND SPORTS WAGERING (Amends the definitions of "collegiate sports or athletic event" and "sporting event" within the chapter on "video lottery games, table games and sports wagering".)
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Jan 10 2023 |
03/28/2023 Senate Read And Passed
Mar 28 2023
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