SB 755
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - CASUALTY INSURANCE RATING (Prohibits auto insurance companies from using certain race and geographical locations criteria when determining insurance rates.)
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Mar 23 2023 |
03/23/2023 Introduced, Referred To Senate Commerce
Mar 23 2023
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SB 801
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDNANCES (Amends the zoning enabling statute to provide for the allowance of redeveloping more minimum housing options as permitted uses.)
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Mar 23 2023 |
03/23/2023 Introduced, Referred To Senate Housing And Municipal Government
Mar 23 2023
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SB 766
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- COUNCIL ON POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION (Prohibits colleges and universities from withholding a student’s transcript due to the student failing to pay any expenses owed to the college or university but permits the withholding of a student’s academic credits and grades or diploma or degree.)
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Mar 23 2023 |
03/23/2023 Introduced, Referred To Senate Education
Mar 23 2023
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SB 808
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT (Provides that landlords would pay interest on security deposits in residential landlord-tenant matters.)
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Mar 23 2023 |
03/23/2023 Introduced, Referred To Senate Judiciary
Mar 23 2023
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SB 792
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- CERTIFICATION OF CHILDCARE AND YOUTH-SERVING WORKERS AND OPERATORS (Repeals the provision that requires new applicants for employment under this section to pay the expense for their background checks.)
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Mar 23 2023 |
03/23/2023 Introduced, Referred To Senate Health And Human Services
Mar 23 2023
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SB 827
(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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Mar 23 2023 |
03/23/2023 Introduced, Referred To Senate Labor
Mar 23 2023
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SB 472
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW--GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- GROCERY STORES (Creates a new chapter related to grocery stores, specifically limiting the number of self-service checkout units.)
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Mar 07 2023 |
03/23/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 23 2023
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SB 435
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES -- HAPPY HOUR (Allows happy hour drink specials served in conjunction with the purchase of a food item, which would include appetizers or entrees prepared on premises.)
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Feb 16 2023 |
03/22/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 22 2023
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SB 710
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Includes the national guard in the definition of who is eligible for veterans' exemptions.)
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Mar 22 2023 |
03/22/2023 Introduced, Referred To Senate Finance
Mar 22 2023
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SB 727
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT (Provides additional earned time for good behavior or program participation or completion for prisoners not serving a life sentence.)
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Mar 22 2023 |
03/22/2023 Introduced, Referred To Senate Judiciary
Mar 22 2023
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SB 739
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- LEAD HAZARD MITIGATION (Allows for a property owner who fails to comply with lead hazard mitigation provisions to be subject to damages and reasonable attorneys' fees.)
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Mar 22 2023 |
03/22/2023 Introduced, Referred To Senate Judiciary
Mar 22 2023
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SB 729
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- LEAD HAZARD MITIGATION (Establishes an escrow account for tenants to deposit their rent whenever the leased property is not compliant with the lead hazard risk reduction provisions in state law.)
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Mar 22 2023 |
03/22/2023 Introduced, Referred To Senate Judiciary
Mar 22 2023
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SB 707
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- CIGARETTE AND OTHER TOBACCO PRODUCTS TAX (Provides that the sale of cannabis be exempt from taxation under chapter 20 of title 44 relating to taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products.)
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Mar 22 2023 |
03/22/2023 Introduced, Referred To Senate Finance
Mar 22 2023
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SB 373
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT-- CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT (Directs the department of corrections to collect information from individuals entering its custody: sex, race, nativity (country of origin), religion, and level of education.)
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Feb 16 2023 |
03/21/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 21 2023
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SR 691
(2023 Regular Session)
Senate Resolution Proclaiming March 2, 2023, To Be "National Hospitalist Day" In The State Of Rhode Island
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Mar 21 2023 |
03/21/2023 Senate Read And Passed
Mar 21 2023
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SB 410
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- MUNICIPAL DETENTION FACILITY CORPORATIONS (Repeals the municipal detention facility corporations and prohibits the operation of private detention facilities and private public partnerships within the state. Those currently in operation may continue to do so until December 31, 2030.)
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Feb 16 2023 |
03/21/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 21 2023
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SB 408
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION (Prohibits contracts with private, for-profit prison facilities or with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for the purposes of housing and detaining people.)
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Feb 16 2023 |
03/21/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 21 2023
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SB 372
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - SEXUAL ASSAULT (Establishes criteria for the criminal offense of sexual assault when the victim is in the custody of a peace officer/provides that a person convicted of custodial sexual assault would face imprisonment for not more than 3 years.)
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Feb 16 2023 |
03/21/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 21 2023
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SB 606
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS (Requires automatic expungement of records and records of conviction, if the conviction was for a non-violent misdemeanor, five (5) years after completion of the sentence.)
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Mar 07 2023 |
03/21/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 21 2023
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SB 617
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- SOLITARY CONFINEMENT REFORM ACT (Establishes the restrictive housing oversight committee ("committee") for the purpose of monitoring the use of restrictive housing (solitary confinement), as well as disciplinary and administrative confinement at the department of corrections.)
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Mar 07 2023 |
03/21/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 21 2023
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