SB 770
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ACT (Establishes requirements which would have to be met by an applicant prior to the issuing of permits for an activity that would have an environmental impact on or would increase the cumulative impacts on an environmental justice area.)
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Mar 23 2023 |
03/29/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 29 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 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 788
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- REAL ESTATE CONVEYANCE TAX (Allows a municipality to set its own conveyance tax rate for residential properties sold in excess of $800,000.00 at $10 per $500. Provides collected taxes to be in a restricted account and distributed within 2 years for affordable housing.)
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Mar 23 2023 |
03/23/2023 Introduced, Referred To Senate Finance
Mar 23 2023
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SB 796
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- CONTRACT WITH HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS (Amends the current law so that a health insurer would not require a physician, to participate in "capitation," or any other "alternative payment model" that creates a financial incentive for a physician to limit medically necessary care.)
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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 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 826
(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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Mar 23 2023 |
03/23/2023 Introduced, Referred To Senate Labor
Mar 23 2023
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SB 759
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW--GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- GIFT CARD FRAUD (Requires sellers of gift cards to post notice warning of scams/instructing consumers what to do as victims/train employees to identify/respond to fraud/violations punishable by a civil fine of $500.)
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Mar 23 2023 |
03/23/2023 Introduced, Referred To Senate Commerce
Mar 23 2023
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SB 812
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- JURY LISTS (Allows persons who are on parole, a suspended sentence or on probation to serve on juries.)
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Mar 23 2023 |
03/28/2023 Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study
Mar 28 2023
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SB 806
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT (Amends law on controlled substances to permit a person to possess less than 1 ounce of psilocybin and would allow psilocybin to be cultivated at a person’s residence for personal use.)
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Mar 23 2023 |
03/23/2023 Introduced, Referred To Senate Judiciary
Mar 23 2023
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SB 811
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER SCREENING, DISCIPLINE AND DECERTIFICATION (Creates an officer discipline board and provides law enforcement personal to comply with this act.)
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Mar 23 2023 |
03/23/2023 Introduced, Referred To Senate Judiciary
Mar 23 2023
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SB 809
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT (Establishes a program within the adult correctional institution to permit medication assisted treatment approved by the FDA to be provided for the treatment of opioid use disorder to any incarcerated individual.)
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Mar 23 2023 |
03/23/2023 Introduced, Referred To Senate Judiciary
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 765
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CERTIFICATION OF TEACHERS (Requires all educator preparation programs to include lessons on cultural competency and how teachers shall meet the instructional needs of multilingual learners.)
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Mar 23 2023 |
03/23/2023 Introduced, Referred To Senate Education
Mar 23 2023
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SR 775
(2023 Regular Session)
JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $2,500,000 TO THE HAUS OF CODEC (Authorizes the appropriation of the sum of $2,500,000 to the Haus of Codec to support unhoused members of the LGBTQ+ community through transitional housing, workforce training, mental health support, and daily nutrition.)
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Mar 23 2023 |
03/23/2023 Introduced, Referred To Senate Finance
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 789
(2023 Regular Session)
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of Sojourner House, a Rhode Island nonprofit corporation.)
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Mar 23 2023 |
03/23/2023 Introduced, Referred To Senate Finance
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 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 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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