Rhode Island Bills

sponsored by John P. Burke

Bill Title Introduced Latest Action↑
SB 367 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX (Increases the tax rates for individuals, bankruptcy estates, trusts and estates.)
Feb 25 2021 05/03/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 03 2021
SB 482 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- EMERGENCY VOLUNTEER HEALTH PRACTITIONERS ACT (Provides that volunteer health practitioners from other states be permitted to provide medical/veterinary services and have limited immunity and be treated as if state employees for workers' compensation purposes during period of declared emergency.)
Mar 04 2021 05/03/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 03 2021
SB 362 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX (Adds one new income tax bracket for purposes of state income taxation.)
Feb 25 2021 05/03/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 03 2021
SB 707 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PRECEPTORS TAX CREDIT ACT (Allows for a tax credit of $500 for certain nurse practitioners or physicians.)
Mar 26 2021 05/03/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 03 2021
SB 308 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (Increases penalties for animal cruelty.)
Feb 18 2021 05/06/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 06 2021
SB 309 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (Prohibits a person convicted of unnecessary cruelty to animals from owning or exercising control of an animal for life and be subject to fine of $1000 for each violation of this act.)
Feb 18 2021 05/06/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 06 2021
SB 319 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (Authorizes a law enforcement or animal control officer to hold an animal confined in a motor vehicle up to seventy-two (72) hours pending a district court hearing.)
Feb 18 2021 05/06/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 06 2021
SB 312 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - PROBATION AND PAROLE SUPPORT (Repeals court costs against all defendants who plead nolo contendere, guilty or are found guilty of certain crimes.)
Feb 18 2021 05/10/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 10 2021
SR 888 (2021 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Congratulating The West Warwick High School Girls Volleyball Team On Winning The Rhode Island Girls Volleyball Division Ii Championship
May 07 2021 05/11/2021 Senate Read And Passed
May 11 2021
SR 894 (2021 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Congratulating Bishop Hendricken Graduate Kwity Paye On Being Selected By The Indianapolis Colts With The 21St Pick In The First Round Of The 2021 Nfl Draft
May 11 2021 05/11/2021 Senate Read And Passed
May 11 2021
SB 678 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - COURTS - DISTRICT COURT (Creates within the district court a dedicated calendar offering treatment and sentencing alternatives to eligible defendants deemed to suffer from serious and persistent mental illness to be known as the "Mental Health Treatment Calendar".)
Mar 18 2021 05/20/2021 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
May 20 2021
SB 918 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS -- ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS -- POLICE INTERNAL AFFAIRS INVESTIGATIONS (Classifies internal affairs units' reports as public records with redactions allowed to prevent invasion of personal privacy.)
May 20 2021 05/20/2021 Introduced, Referred To Senate Judiciary
May 20 2021
SR 921 (2021 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Honoring And Thanking Carina Monge For Her Dedicated And Distinguished Service To The Providence Public School Department And The Rhode Island State Senate
May 20 2021 05/25/2021 Senate Read And Passed
May 25 2021
SR 923 (2021 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Commemorating May Of 2021 As "Mental Health Awareness Month" And May 20Th Of 2021 As "Mental Health Action Day" In The State Of Rhode Island
May 20 2021 05/25/2021 Senate Read And Passed
May 25 2021
SB 687 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES' ARBITRATION (Establishes new factors for the interest contract arbitration board for municipal employee unions to consider in rendering a decision the board power to render an award over all negotiated matters, including the expenditure of money.)
Mar 18 2021 05/27/2021 Referred To House Labor
May 27 2021
SB 2 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- NURSING HOME STAFFING AND QUALITY CARE ACT (Mandates minimum staffing levels and standards for quality care for nursing homes and their residents.)
Jan 11 2021 05/27/2021 Signed By Governor
May 27 2021
SB 384 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (Defines "chronic intractable pain" for purposes of intractable pain management.)
Feb 25 2021 06/02/2021 Signed By Governor
Jun 02 2021
SB 398 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- MARRIAGE LICENSES (Repeals the provision of law granting minors the ability to obtain a marriage license, and would require a person to be of full legal age, at least eighteen (18) years of age to obtain a marriage license.)
Feb 25 2021 06/07/2021 Signed By Governor
Jun 07 2021
SB 931 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT (Allows the continuance of the remote notarization following the expiration of the executive emergency order currently in effect and requires a certificate of any notarial act.)
May 25 2021 06/08/2021 Committee Recommended Substitute A Be Held For Further Study
Jun 08 2021
SB 67 (2021 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE EMBLEMS (This act would designate "Northern Star Coral" as the official state coral.)
Jan 19 2021 06/11/2021 Signed By Governor
Jun 11 2021

Showing 21 to 40 of 439 bills