2024 Regular Session

Permits school districts to use release days for professional development; provided that, instruction time meets the yearly requirement of one thousand eighty (1,080) school hours.

Sponsor: Hanna Gallo

Authorizes reassessment of taxes on new construction from the date of issuance of the certificate of occupancy or the date it is first used, whichever is the earlier.

Sponsor: Roger Picard

Provides a procedure requiring that healthcare facilities maintain a list with all standard charges for all Medical facility items.

Sponsor: Julie Casimiro

Exempts the tangible personal property of Northwest Community Health Care d/b/a WellOne Primary Medical and Dental Care from taxation.

Sponsor: Gordon Rogers

Exempts the tangible personal property of Northwest Community Health Care d/b/a WellOne Primary Medical and Dental Care from taxation.

Sponsor: Robert Quattrocchi

Allows the taking of wild turkeys by using a crossbow in compliance with rules and regulations promulgated by DEM.

Sponsor: Michael Chippendale

Authorizes the department of environmental management to allow and promote passive recreation and enter into leases for agricultural use within certain boundaries designated as the land of Sapowet Marsh Management Area.

Sponsor: Louis Dipalma

Requires hosting platforms offering short-term rental of residential property for tourist or transient use to disclose on listings the current, valid registration number and its expiration date.

Sponsor: Camille Vella-Wilkinson

Provides that any insurer refusing to honor a "direction to pay" executed by an insured for payment on a property damage benefit would constitute an unfair claims practice.

Sponsor: Joseph Solomon

Exempts the Downtown Overlay District from the provisions of this section allowing for the city of Woonsocket shall, after application, to have the authority to exempt from the provisions of this section any proposed retailers' license of any class.

Sponsor: Melissa Murray

Permit school districts to use release days for professional development; provided that, instruction time meets the yearly requirement of one thousand eighty (1,080) school hours.

Sponsor: Megan Cotter

Allows the taking of wild turkeys by using a crossbow in compliance with rules and regulations promulgated by DEM.

Sponsor: Gordon Rogers

Designates Sapowet Marsh Management Area, comprised of two hundred ninety-six (296) acres, more or less, located within the town of Tiverton and Sapowet Cove as open space to be utilized for passive outdoor recreation.

Sponsor: John Edwards

Spells out additional notice provisions, fees and costs of the arbitration process, from initiation to default provisions and potential court sanctions for breach of the arbitration agreement.

Sponsor: Hanna Gallo

Establishes the composition of the housing authority for the city of Central Falls.

Sponsor: Karen Alzate

Includes "Kei cars" or "Kei trucks" as having restricted public highway use and those vehicles validly registered as of August 1, 2021, would not be denied renewal of that registration based solely on the vehicle type.

Sponsor: Michelle McGaw

Creates the Rhode Island Data Transparency and Privacy Protect Act for data privacy protections for the personal data of the citizens of Rhode Island.

Sponsor: Louis Dipalma

Requires hospitals to screen uninsured patients for public assistance and creates a pilot program for out of hospital service upon expiration of similar federal program.

Sponsor: June Speakman

Requires hosting platforms offering short-term rental of residential property for tourist or transient use to disclose on listings the current, valid registration number and its expiration date.

Sponsor: Matthew LaMountain

Permits those other residents of a residential dwelling unit to extend the term of the rental agreement for a period not to exceed three (3) months after the death of the lessee.

Sponsor: Samuel Bell

Designates, for fiscal year 2025, the usage for certain funds within the immunization account.

Sponsor: Maryann Shallcross-Smith

Permits those other residents of a residential dwelling unit to extend the term of the rental agreement for a period not to exceed three (3) months after the death of the lessee.

Sponsor: John Lombardi

JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO PAY CERTAIN CLAIMS (Makes appropriation to pay certain claims.)

Sponsor: Marvin Abney

Authorizes reassessment of taxes on new construction from the date of issuance of the certificate of occupancy or the date it is first used, whichever is the earlier.

Sponsor: Robert Phillips

VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF THE KENT OFFICE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC.

Sponsor: Joseph Solomon

Exempts the Downtown Overlay District from the provisions of this section allowing for the city of Woonsocket shall, after application, to have the authority to exempt from the provisions of this section any proposed retailers' license of any class.

Sponsor: Stephen Casey

JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY STUDENT TRANSPORTATION NEEDS AND SYSTEM COSTS (Creates a 13-member joint commission to study the transportation needs of students and recommend what changes are necessary, and who would report back to the General Assembly by April 16, 2025, and expire on May 27, 2025.)

Sponsor: Terri-Denise Cortvriend

Provides amendments to the Rhode Island Works Program regarding eligibility and cash assistance, and repeals the termination of benefits to a family because of failure of a family member to enter into or comply with an individual employment plan.

Sponsor: Melissa Murray

Requires that certain quarterly reports required to be filed by district charter schools, mayoral academies and independent charter schools be submitted to the commissioner of elementary and secondary education.

Sponsor: Brandon Voas

Provides the state's share of the basic program and approved expenditures would be paid to the city of East Providence in twelve (12) monthly installments.

Sponsor: Jennifer Boylan

Permits hybrid cannabis cultivators to advertise regarding cannabis products during the transitional period.

Sponsor: Scott Slater

Amends the law consistent with the advent of iGaming and new technology. It also codifies the payment of investigatory expenses incurred by the State in limited circumstances.

Sponsor: Gregory Costantino

Requires that developers of ground-mounted solar systems submit a plan for decommissioning to be held on file by the municipality and requires DEM, with the office of energy resources, make publicly available model decommissioning plans.

Sponsor: Joseph Solomon

Enacts the Consumer PFAS Ban Act of 2024, prohibiting the intentional addition of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances of PFAS in products offered for sale or manufactured in the state as of January 1, 2027.

Sponsor: Terri-Denise Cortvriend

Codifies the previously funded Rhode Island early care and education workforce registry data system.

Sponsor: Maryann Shallcross-Smith

Codifies the previously funded Rhode Island early care and education workforce registry data system.

Sponsor: Sandra Cano

Redefines misdemeanors for expungement purposes and make prior felonies, subsequently reclassified as misdemeanors, eligible for expungement pursuant to sections 12-1.3-2 and 12-1.3-3.

Sponsor: Matthew LaMountain

Authorizes and regulates the distribution of the product known as "kratom."

Sponsor: John Edwards

Establishes the Transparency in Arts Education Access and Proficiency Act to promote arts education.

Sponsor: Pamela Lauria

Establishes Rhode Island Secure Choice Retirement Savings Program to be administered by the general treasurer.

Sponsor: Evan Shanley

Requires the chief resilience officer (CRO) be charged with creation/maintenance/updating of the state's resiliency/recovery program along with climate change resiliency plan with ocean/riverine coasts resilience advisory board.

Sponsor: Tina Spears

Increases the maximum post retirement employment earnings from eighteen thousand dollars ($18,000) to twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) a year for certain retired educators.

Sponsor: Hagan McEntee

Allows members of the Rhode Island judiciary and certain employees of the judiciary recommended by the chief justice to be issued a driver's license that contains the applicant's official business address in lieu of a residence address.

Sponsor: Frank Lombardi

Allows the Halona Woodson to join the Honorable Brianna E. Henries and Jarod Radigan in marriage on August 8, 2024, within the Town of Jamestown, Rhode Island.

Sponsor: Joseph Shekarchi

Makes technical amendments to the general laws at the recommendation of the law revision office

Sponsor: Christopher Blazejewski

AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET TO PROVIDE FOR THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, RECONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR OF ENVIRONMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PARKS, STREETS, STREETSCAPES, RECREATION, SIDEWALKS, SEWERS, BUILDINGS AND BRIDGES AND AUTHORIZING THE FINANCING THEREOF, INCLUDING THE ISSUE OF NOT MORE THAN $20,000,000 BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR, TO FUND THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR THE TWO FISCAL YEARS 2026 AND 2027

Sponsor: Sandra Cano

AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF NEWPORT TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $98,500,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES TO FINANCE THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, REPAIR, REHABILITATION, REPLACEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND MUNICIPAL FACILITIES IN THE CITY'S NEIGHBORHOODS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LAND ACQUISITION, DEMOLITION, LANDFILL REMEDIATION, STREETS, SIDEWALKS, PUBLIC PARKS, BRIDGES, SEWERS, DRAINAGE, CITY BUILDINGS, AND RECREATION, BEACH AND HARBOR FACILITIES

Sponsor: Dawn Euer

Redefines misdemeanors for expungement purposes and make prior felonies, subsequently reclassified as misdemeanors, eligible for expungement pursuant to sections 12-1.3-2 and 12-1.3-3.

Sponsor: Hagan McEntee

AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET TO PROVIDE FOR THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, RECONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR OF ENVIRONMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PARKS, STREETS, STREETSCAPES, RECREATION, SIDEWALKS, SEWERS, BUILDINGS AND BRIDGES AND AUTHORIZING THE FINANCING THEREOF, INCLUDING THE ISSUE OF NOT MORE THAN $20,000,000 BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR, TO FUND THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR THE TWO FISCAL YEARS 2026 AND 2027

Sponsor: Mary Messier

Increases passenger landing and boarding fees for passenger cruise vessels landing at a dock in Newport from three dollars ($3.00) to ten dollars ($10.00).

Sponsor: Dawn Euer

Eliminates waiting periods for acceptance response for successful candidates, requires that all qualified candidates names be sent to the hiring agency, mandates given DHS social worker tests quarterly and extends DCYF pilot hiring program for 3/15/26.

Sponsor: Matthew LaMountain

Allows the attorney general to investigate and bring an enforcement action against persistent fraud or illegality in the carrying on, conducting, or transaction of business or governmental activity.

Sponsor: Dawn Euer

Implements a grant program to fund public or private partnerships that provide opportunities for healthcare paraprofessionals to pursue higher education degrees and health professional licensure.

Sponsor: Sandra Cano

Allows for the licensing of certified surgical first assistants to assist in surgeries through the department of health and a seven (7) member board of licensure.

Sponsor: Sandra Cano

Amends the law consistent with the advent of iGaming and new technology. It also codifies the payment of investigatory expenses incurred by the State in limited circumstances.

Sponsor: Dominick Ruggerio

Requires that developers of ground-mounted solar systems submit a plan for decommissioning to be held on file by the municipality and requires DEM, with the office of energy resources, make publicly available model decommissioning plans.

Sponsor: Bridget Valverde

AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF NEWPORT TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $98,500,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES TO FINANCE THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, REPAIR, REHABILITATION, REPLACEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND MUNICIPAL FACILITIES IN THE CITY'S NEIGHBORHOODS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LAND ACQUISITION, DEMOLITION, LANDFILL REMEDIATION, STREETS, SIDEWALKS, PUBLIC PARKS, BRIDGES, SEWERS, DRAINAGE, CITY BUILDINGS, AND RECREATION, BEACH AND HARBOR FACILITIES

Sponsor: Lauren Carson

Amends the statutory provisions regarding domestic and foreign insurers and insurer examinations to provide provisions with regard to cybersecurity events involving Rhode Island consumers.

Sponsor: Susan Sosnowski

Prohibits noncompete agreements except for noncompete agreements between a seller and buyer of a business; creates civil action for an employer for the violation of an agreement by employee regarding disclosure or wrongful utilization of trade secrets.

Sponsor: Jacquelyn Baginski

Creates a custody procedure for pets in divorce and separation proceedings based on the best interests of the animal. This act would not apply to assistance/service animals.

Sponsor: Charlene Lima

Removes private schools from the provisions of the general laws relating to educational services to very young children.

Sponsor: Louis Dipalma

JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY STUDENT TRANSPORTATION NEEDS AND SYSTEM COSTS (Creates a 13-member joint commission to study the transportation needs of students and recommend what changes are necessary, and who would report back to the General Assembly by April 16, 2025, and expire on May 27, 2025.)

Sponsor: Linda Ujifusa

Relocates the chapter relating to licensing of massage therapists from the health and safety title to the businesses and professions title with multiple amendments.

Sponsor: Joshua Miller

Allows for the licensing of certified surgical first assistants to assist in surgeries through the department of health and a seven (7) member board of licensure.

Sponsor: David Bennett

Allows the attorney general to investigate and bring an enforcement action against persistent fraud or illegality in the carrying on, conducting, or transaction of business or governmental activity.

Sponsor: David Morales

Creates the nursing home workforce standards board act to establish and enforce industry-wide quality of care standards in nursing homes.

Sponsor: Scott Slater

Removes private schools from the provisions of the general laws relating to educational services to very young children.

Sponsor: Susan Donovan

Amends works program to provide eligibility for benefits to pregnant persons from onset of pregnancy including lawful permanent residents, increases monthly cash benefits, disallows termination of benefits for failure to work, limits monetary sanctions.

Sponsor: Arthur Handy

Repeals the July 1, 2025, sunset provision of the interstate medical licensure act.

Sponsor: Julie Casimiro

JOINT RESOLUTION RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING HEALTHSOURCE RI (HSRI) TO CONVENE A WORKING GROUP TO STUDY THE ISSUE OF AFFORDABILITY OF COVERAGE IN THE RHODE ISLAND HEALTH INSURANCE INDIVIDUAL MARKET AND TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE DESIGN OF A STATE-BASED PROGRAM TO PROVIDE AFFORDABILITY ASSISTANCE TO RHODE ISLANDERS ENROLLED IN PLANS THROUGH THE HSRI EXCHANGE

Sponsor: Joshua Miller

Amends several sections of law relating to zoning ordinances to provide uniform zoning standards for accessory dwelling units.

Sponsor: Victoria Gu

Requires, by January 1, 2026, the creation of an online, publicly available, comprehensive statewide geographic information system of land related resources to include information from all towns and cities.

Sponsor: Tiara Mack

Amends provisions relative to the application of zoning ordinances pertaining to wetland buffers to projects for development, redevelopment, construction or rehabilitation.

Sponsor: Mark McKenney

Provides amendments relative to the compliance and implementation of the comprehensive planning and use act including the conditions upon which limitations may be placed on land use applications by municipalities.

Sponsor: Frank Lombardi

Makes amendments to various provisions relative to subdivision of land review, review stages, special provisions related to development and the procedures for approvals from various permitting authorities.

Sponsor: Matthew LaMountain

Provides amendments relative to the permitting authority of, and acceptable forms of financial security permissible for construction and/or improvement guarantees relating to the completion of required public improvements.

Sponsor: Dawn Euer

Allows the state to become a member of the physical therapist licensure compact adopted by twenty-five (25) states in order to facilitate the interstate practice of physical therapy with the goal of improving public access to physical therapy service

Sponsor: Hanna Gallo

Exempts out-of-state businesses and their employees performing services, during declared state or federal disasters or emergencies, from state or local business requirements, as well as state or local taxes or fees.

Sponsor: Hanna Gallo

Amends outdated provisions of the banking statutes and the home loan protection act, adds consumer protections, including minimum capital requirements and limits on investments, for currency transmitters, including crypto currency.

Sponsor: Susan Sosnowski

Amends various provisions relative to the duties of the state building commissioner and establishes a building code education and training unit to educate building officials and inspectors statewide.

Sponsor: Cherie Cruz

Requires mail ballot drop boxes to be opened thirty-five (35) days prior to election day, and twenty (20) days prior to special elections.

Sponsor: Frank Lombardi

Changes the term "assumed name" to "trade name" and centralizes the filing, administration and regulation process of trade names to the secretary of state and also requires an annual renewal of the trade name.

Sponsor: Ana Quezada

Creates the occupational therapy licensure compact that would allow licensed occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants to practice in all states that join the compact.

Sponsor: Joseph McNamara

Provides that mobile and manufactured homes be included as affordable housing under certain conditions.

Sponsor: Hagan McEntee

Provides amendments relative to the compliance and implementation of the comprehensive planning and use act including the conditions upon which limitations may be placed on land use applications by municipalities.

Sponsor: Robert Craven

Provides amendments to the membership provisions of planning boards or commissions and would enable municipalities to establish "combined review boards" to replace separate planning and zoning boards.

Sponsor: Joseph Shekarchi

Makes several amendments relative to manufactured homes, including adding a definition for manufactured home and a provision allowing for certain manufactured homes to be considered a single-family home if on a lot zone for such use.

Sponsor: Joseph Shekarchi

Establishes trade commission to advance economic interests of Rhode Island and Ireland.

Sponsor: Valarie Lawson

Requires landlords to list all mandatory fees when advertising any residential property for rent as well as on the first page of any lease. Prohibits a landlord from charging a convenience fee when the tenant pays rent.

Sponsor: Tiara Mack

Amends the notice requirement to patients to follow the mandated FDA national reporting standards following a mammogram.

Sponsor: Bridget Valverde

Establishes a second avenue of qualification as an optician, to include successfully completing an apprenticeship program of not less than 4,100 hours in not less than 2 years. The act would also remove the standard of "good moral character."

Sponsor: Frank Lombardi

Amends the notice requirement to patients to follow the mandated FDA national reporting standards

Sponsor: Rebecca Kislak

Requires landlords to list all mandatory fees when advertising any residential property for rent in the same section of the agreement as the rent disclosure.

Sponsor: Rebecca Kislak

Allows non-affiliated party voters to vote in party primaries, without becoming an affiliated party voter.

Sponsor: Patricia Serpa

Amends the state's apprenticeship laws to make them more consistent with applicable federal regulations and makes said laws more comprehendible and consistent with each other.

Sponsor: Jacob Bissaillon

Establishes the renewable ready program and fund to promotes the responsible siting/development of renewable energy generating resources in locations where it would be an ancillary beneficial use to the redevelopment of previously contaminated property.

Sponsor: Alana DiMario

Creates a protective legal shield for healthcare providers, precluding any civil/criminal action by other states/persons against healthcare providers involving persons seeking access to transgender and reproductive healthcare services provided in RI.

Sponsor: Dawn Euer

Allows law enforcement to utilize mufflers, silencers, or other devices for deadening or muffling the sound of a firearm while acting within the scope of their official duties under the supervision of the police chief or colonel of the state police.

Sponsor: Thomas Noret

Amends the composition of the small business advisory council.

Sponsor: Brandon Voas

Changes the term "assumed name" to "trade name" and centralizes the filing, administration and regulation process of trade names to the secretary of state and requires an annual renewal of the trade name.

Sponsor: Evan Shanley

Allows victims of sexual assault to submit a medical forensic exam performed by a licensed health care provider in lieu of a police report in order to establish eligibility for funds under the State Crime Victim Compensation Program.

Sponsor: Hagan McEntee

Amends provisions re insurance producer appointments and clarifies language re insurance claims adjusters. Amends the RI life & health guarantee assoc act. Adds insurance data security and pet insurance acts and unfair discrimination prohibitions.

Sponsor: Brian Kennedy

Adopts a counseling compact for the interstate practice of licensed professional counselors by providing for the mutual recognition of other member state licenses governed and administrated by commission.

Sponsor: Matthew LaMountain

Repeals the July 1, 2025, sunset provision of the interstate medical licensure act.

Sponsor: Bridget Valverde

Allows the state to become a member of the physical therapist licensure compact adopted by twenty-five (25) states in order to facilitate the interstate practice of physical therapy with the goal of improving public access to physical therapy services.

Sponsor: Michelle McGaw

Makes care recipients eligible for temporary caregiver benefits and increase the maximum temporary caregiver benefit weeks from six (6) to eight (8) weeks over of period of two years.

Sponsor: Valarie Lawson

Amends the definition of "low and moderate income housing" to include housing secured by a federal government voucher or subsidy.

Sponsor: Walter Felag

Adopts a counseling compact for the interstate practice of licensed professional counselors by providing for the mutual recognition of other member state licenses governed and administrated by commission.

Sponsor: Kathleen Fogarty

Mandates, as of 1/1/27, all recovery housing facilities register with department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals adhere to the National Alliance for Recovery Residences process.

Sponsor: Julie Casimiro

Overprescribing, death resulting, would result in three (3) year license suspension.

Sponsor: Deborah Fellela

JOINT RESOLUTION RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING HEALTHSOURCE RI (HSRI) TO CONVENE A WORKING GROUP TO STUDY THE ISSUE OF AFFORDABILITY OF COVERAGE IN THE RHODE ISLAND HEALTH INSURANCE INDIVIDUAL MARKET AND TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE DESIGN OF A STATE-BASED PROGRAM TO PROVIDE AFFORDABILITY ASSISTANCE TO RHODE ISLANDERS ENROLLED IN PLANS THROUGH THE HSRI EXCHANGE

Sponsor: June Speakman

Only protective orders issued against adults are to be transmitted to A.G.'s B.C.I. for inclusion in the R.O.N.C.O. system. Protective orders against juveniles will be accessible to law enforcement.

Sponsor: Jason Knight

Provides banks with an election to use the allocation and apportionment method of income for purposes of taxation.

Sponsor: Louis Dipalma

Increases the maximum amount of credit a video lottery retailer may extend to a patron and would authorize certain amendments to the regulatory agreement involving Bally's Corporation and affiliates of Bally's.

Sponsor: Frank Ciccone

Requires that municipalities implement electronic permitting for all development applications pursuant to zoning and the subdivision of land.

Sponsor: Melissa Murray

Clarifies that all costs of goods used and services performed in Rhode Island shall qualify as state-certified production costs.

Sponsor: Louis Dipalma

Expands the law on school lunch service contracts requirements that provides for payment to workers/aides for 180 days or the contract for the school year, exclusive of paid time off, including vacation days or other forms of compensatory time off.

Sponsor: Matthew Dawson

Expands the law on school lunch service contracts requirements that provides for payment to workers/aides for 180 days or the contract for the school year, exclusive of paid time off, including vacation days or other forms of compensatory time off.

Sponsor: Pamela Lauria

Requires dental health insurance carriers to file an actuarial memorandum disclosing its incurred claims/earned premiums, to assist the health insurance commissioner with respect to a study report/recommendations regarding a dental insurance loss ratio.

Sponsor: Matthew LaMountain

Prohibits captive hunting for domestic or wild animals and does not prohibit the release of domestic game birds for hunting on licensed shooting preserves.

Sponsor: Matthew LaMountain

Requires dental health insurance carriers to file an actuarial memorandum disclosing its incurred claims/earned premiums, to assist the health insurance commissioner with respect to a study report/recommendations regarding a dental insurance loss ratio.

Sponsor: Brandon Voas

Requires that municipalities implement electronic permitting for all development applications pursuant to zoning and the subdivision of land.

Sponsor: Joseph Shekarchi

Provides banks with an election to use the allocation and apportionment method of income for purposes of taxation.

Sponsor: Joseph Solomon

Outlines the requirements and process for LEAs to get written parental consent before conducting an evaluation or making an initial placement of a student in a special education program of services.

Sponsor: Alana DiMario

Permits euthanization of vicious dogs upon finding that dogs condition warrants euthanasia or after determination that there is no reasonable placement for the dog/provides any municipality that surrenders dog to RISPCA shall be responsible for costs.

Sponsor: Jon Brien

Outlines the requirements and process for LEAs to get written parental consent before conducting an evaluation, reevaluation, making an initial placement/changes in placement/the individual education program of a student in a special education program.

Sponsor: Rebecca Kislak

Allows the healthcare facility to conduct human-subject research on patients subject to 21 C.F.R. Pt 50 and/or 45 C.F.R. Pt 46 (relating to the informed consent of human subjects).

Sponsor: Samuel Zurier

Requires municipalities managing their own pension system to submit a statutorily required actuarial experience study to the advisory council to locally administered pension plans, rather than to a since-dissolved study commission.

Sponsor: Alex Marszalkowski

Allows the healthcare facility to conduct human-subject research on patients subject to 21 C.F.R. Pt 50 and/or 45 C.F.R. Pt 46 (relating to the informed consent of human subjects).

Sponsor: Mia Ackerman

Prohibits captive hunting for domestic or wild animals and does not prohibit the release of domestic game birds for hunting on licensed shooting preserves.

Sponsor: Scott Slater

Increases the time requirements notice for rental increases from 30 days to 90 days and for persons older than age 62 to 120 days.

Sponsor: Tiara Mack

Gives authority to the department of labor and training to enforce violations relating to the performance of glazing work. This act would also add civil monetary penalties for violations of the chapter

Sponsor: Dawn Euer

Exempts out-of-state businesses and their employees performing services, during declared state or federal disasters or emergencies, from state or local business requirements, as well as state or local taxes or fees.

Sponsor: Mark McKenney

Prohibits healthcare entities from interfering with a patient's right to choose to obtain a clinician-administered drug from their provider or pharmacy of choice.

Sponsor: Linda Ujifusa

Allows municipalities that issue tax bills via mail to develop programs to provide adequate notice through other digital means.

Sponsor: Anthony DeSimone

Prohibits hospitals and other medical providers from reporting medical debt to consumer reporting agencies. A violation of this chapter may be pursued on behalf of the consumer by the attorney general.

Sponsor: Maryann Shallcross-Smith

Clarifies the types of electrical services that require an electrical contractor's license.

Sponsor: Deborah Fellela

JOINT RESOLUTION TO SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING QUESTION TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE STATE AT THE NEXT GENERAL ELECTION IN 2024: "SHALL THERE BE A CONVENTION TO AMEND OR REVISE THE CONSTITUTION?" (This resolution would provide for the presentation of the following question at the next general election "Shall there be a convention to amend or revise the Constitution?")

Sponsor: Robert Craven

JOINT RESOLUTION TO SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING QUESTION TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE STATE AT THE NEXT GENERAL ELECTION IN 2024: "SHALL THERE BE A CONVENTION TO AMEND OR REVISE THE CONSTITUTION?" (This resolution would provide for the presentation of the following question at the next general election "Shall there be a convention to amend or revise the Constitution?")

Sponsor: Dawn Euer

Provides that supported decision-making pursuant to chapter 66.13 of title 42 be added to the Limited Guardianship and Guardianship of Adults forms section as one of the less restrictive alternatives to guardianship that have been explored.

Sponsor: Terri-Denise Cortvriend

Removes the attorney general's oversight of interlocal agreements.

Sponsor: Stephen Casey

VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF THE RHODE ISLAND PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION

Sponsor: Mark McKenney

VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF THE RHODE ISLAND PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION

Sponsor: Joseph McNamara

AUTHORIZING THE CHARIHO REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT TO FINANCE IMPROVEMENTS, FURNISHING, AND EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENTS AT THE SWITCH ROAD CAMPUS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, COSTS OF DEMOLITION, DESIGN, HEALTH AND SAFETY PROJECTS, ROOFING, PLAYGROUNDS, LANDSCAPING, PAVING AND ALL EXPENSES INCIDENTAL THERETO BY THE ISSUANCE OF NOT MORE THAN $15,000,000 BONDS AND/OR NOTES THEREFOR, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF STATE HOUSING AID AT A REIMBURSEMENT RATE OR STATE SHARE RATIO OF NOT LESS THAN 61% AT THE TIME OF ISSUANCE, WHICH RATE OR RATIO MAY INCREASE TO 65% AT PROJECT COMPLETION

Sponsor: Tina Spears

Establishes a municipal court within the town of Foster.

Sponsor: Gordon Rogers

Allows for the issuance of a Class B or BV liquor license for the property located at 79 Ives Street in the city of Providence.

Sponsor: Samuel Zurier

Establishes a municipal court within the town of Foster.

Sponsor: Michael Chippendale

Amends the Harrisville Fire District Charter allowing the district to provide rescue services, fire suppression, medical and ambulance services/water services would be provided by a separate entity.

Sponsor: Jessica de la Cruz

Makes revisions to the number, timing, and procedures to be followed when schools grades K through 12 implement fire drills, evacuation drills, and crisis response drills, designed to protect the health and safety of students.

Sponsor: Sandra Cano

Allows for the surviving spouse of a National Guard member to have the spouses National Guard plates transferred to them upon their spouses death.

Sponsor: Walter Felag

Includes among the responsibilities of the office of state medical examiners, to provide a multidisciplinary team review of suicide deaths with a goal of reducing its prevalence by examining trends in demographic, geographic and community risk factors.

Sponsor: Sandra Cano

Requires that the DEM rules and regulations for remediation of hazardous material releases not include any provision requiring the remediation of arsenic which is naturally occurring at levels less than 19 parts per million.

Sponsor: Terri-Denise Cortvriend

AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $400,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, RELATED DEMOLITION, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, LANDSCAPING, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND ALL COSTS RELATED THERETO, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF STATE HOUSING AID AT A REIMBURSEMENT RATE OR STATE SHARE RATIO OF NOT LESS THAN 75% AT THE TIME OF ISSUANCE AND 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

Sponsor: Jacob Bissaillon

Eliminates requirement of signing with an "X" for voters who cannot sign their name due to blindness, disability, or inability to read/write and establishes a timeframe for local boards to accept mail ballot applications delivered via the postal service.

Sponsor: Jonathon Acosta

Allows the sharing of certain information between the division of taxation and the secretary of state's office regarding an entity's tax status as compliant or non-compliant.

Sponsor: Brandon Voas

AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF JOHNSTON TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $40,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE CONSTRUCTION, ADDITIONS, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND SEWER FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE TOWN

Sponsor: Deborah Fellela

Allows electronic monitoring of residents or private living unit in nursing or assisted living facility with certain restrictions.

Sponsor: Jason Knight

Grants a right of entry for professional land surveyors to enter upon or cross any lands, air space or water resources necessary to perform surveying services except public utility and/or wastewater treatment facilities upon prior notice.

Sponsor: Louis Dipalma

Directs the governor to order the lowering of flags to half-mast on any state buildings to honor the passing of first responders annually on October 28.

Sponsor: Victoria Gu

Authorizes Providence canteen vehicles to be equipped with sirens, whistles or bells and would require operators of any canteen vehicle to receive 5 hours of training in the operation of the vehicle and its emergency equipment.

Sponsor: Frank Ciccone

Amends the current law on workers' compensation to require any person who is considered an independent contractor to file annually with the director of labor and training and removes the requirement that the form be in writing.

Sponsor: Arthur Corvese

Prohibits any agreement whereby an advanced practice registered nurse is restricted in the right to practice in a certain geographic area, assist or provide treatment or establish a professional relationship with any other employer.

Sponsor: June Speakman

Eliminates requirements of signing with an "X" for voters who cannot sign name due to blindness, disability, or inability to read or write. Establishes a timeframe for local boards to accept mail ballot applications, if delivered via the postal service.

Sponsor: Matthew Dawson

Amends various sections of law relating to elections, nomination papers and the process of obtaining signatures for nomination papers and would provide a notification procedure for the reporting of consistent patterns of forgery on nomination papers.

Sponsor: June Speakman

Eliminates prior authorization or step therapy requirement for prescriptions for any HIV prevention drug/prohibits the requirement of any copayment or the meeting of any deductible to obtain the prescription covered by the contract, plan, or policy.

Sponsor: Rebecca Kislak

Updates the existing Toxic Packaging Act by delaying the ban on PFAS in food packaging until January 1, 2025, and in processing agents until July 1, 2027.

Sponsor: Terri-Denise Cortvriend

Names the portion of the Blackstone River Bike path within the city of Woonsocket the Albert P. Valliere Bike Path.

Sponsor: Melissa Murray

Repeals the authority of the health insurance commissioner to enforce any act of Congress/decision of federal court invalidating or repealing the prohibition of annual lifetime limits on health insurance in this state.

Sponsor: Joshua Miller

Amends the current law on workers' compensation to require any person who is considered an independent contractor to file annually with the director of labor and training and removes the requirement that the form be in writing.

Sponsor: Mark McKenney

Provides that no person, for over ten days, shall be restricted from enforcing a right under any pledge, security, credit, guarantee agreement, arrangement or other agreement credit enhancement to which a federal home loan bank is a party.

Sponsor: Roger Picard

Authorizes Providence canteen vehicles to be equipped with sirens, whistles or bells and would require operators of any canteen vehicle to receive 5 hours of training in the operation of the vehicle and its emergency equipment.

Sponsor: Raymond Hull

Allows electronic monitoring of residents or private living unit in nursing or assisted living facility with certain restrictions.

Sponsor: Dawn Euer

Amends requirements regarding how taxicabs can be placed into service.

Sponsor: Camille Vella-Wilkinson

Directs the governor to select a day and annually order the lowering of flags to half-mast on any state buildings to honor the passing of first responders.

Sponsor: Samuel Azzinaro

Provides that no person, for over ten days, shall be restricted from enforcing a right under any pledge, security, credit, guarantee agreement, arrangement or other agreement credit enhancement to which a federal home loan bank is a party.

Sponsor: Joseph Solomon

Amends the current law to allow for the harvesting of blue crabs during the hours of darkness.

Sponsor: Jennifer Boylan

Requires written acknowledgment from any buyer of oceanfront or shoreline property that they have been informed of the public's rights and privileges of the shore.

Sponsor: Terri-Denise Cortvriend

Prohibits any agreement whereby an advanced practice registered nurse is restricted in the right to practice in a certain geographic area, assist or provide treatment or establish a professional relationship with any other employer.

Sponsor: Pamela Lauria

Adds climate change, sea-level rise and coastal resiliency to the analysis of data of the strategic plan for economic development policy.

Sponsor: Jennifer Boylan

Requires employers in the state with more than 50 employees to display a poster containing basic information on veterans' benefits and services be created and distributed by the DLT in consultation with the office of veterans services.

Sponsor: Elaine Morgan

Adds climate change, sea-level rise and coastal resiliency to the analysis of data of the strategic plan for economic development policy. Adds director of DEM and executive director of CRMC to economic development planning council.

Sponsor: Pamela Lauria

Exempts used vehicles sold "for parts only" or purchased at end of their lease term by the current lessee that have a valid certificate of inspection affixed to the windshield, from the requirement that dealers of used vehicles conduct a new inspection.

Sponsor: John Edwards

Requires employers in the state with more than 50 employees to display a poster containing basic information on veterans' benefits and services be created and distributed by the DLT in consultation with the office of veterans services.

Sponsor: Samuel Azzinaro

Allows manufacturer-wineries to sell up to three (3) drinks of wine for on-site consumption or three (3) bottles of wine for off-site consumption or three (3) bottles of wine for off-site consumption.

Sponsor: Valarie Lawson

IN ACCORDANCE WITH RHODE ISLAND GENERAL LAWS SECTION 16-7-44 APPROVING THE ISSUANCE OF $3,500,000 BONDS BY THE TOWN OF SCITUATE TO FINANCE CAPITAL PROJECTS AT THE SCITUATE SCHOOLS

Sponsor: Robert Quattrocchi

Names the intersections of Main Street with Legris Avenue and West Warwick Avenue (Route 117), in the town of West Warwick, as Veterans' Square.

Sponsor: John Burke

Allows the Honorable Allan W. Fung to join James Donahue and Lamont Gordon in marriage on June 23, 2024, within the City of Cranston, Rhode Island.

Sponsor: Brian Newberry

Amends various sections of law relating to elections, nomination papers and the process of obtaining signatures for nomination papers and would provide a notification procedure for the reporting of consistent patterns of forgery on nomination papers.

Sponsor: Dawn Euer

AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF NARRAGANSETT TO FUND AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE TOWN OF NARRAGANSETT AND TO ISSUE NOT MORE THAN $3,000,000 BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR

Sponsor: Teresa Tanzi

Amends 4 sections relating to the workers' compensation benefits dealing with increasing the amount of dependent benefits payable to a totally disabled employee comprising this year's annual omnibus bill.

Sponsor: Frank Ciccone

Amends the Harrisville Fire District Charter allowing the district to provide rescue services, fire suppression, medical and ambulance services/water services would be provided by a separate entity.

Sponsor: David Place

Adds the town of Warren to those towns and cities authorized to issue bonds to finance the uninsured portion of a settlement arising out of litigation against the town or city.

Sponsor: Walter Felag

Amends provisions relative to the levy and assessment of local taxes and would provide that the city of Providence may adopt a tax classification with unrestricted tax rates for certain classes of property.

Sponsor: Scott Slater

Authorizes the division of motor vehicles to issue special license plates in recognition of The Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation.

Sponsor: Teresa Tanzi

JOINT RESOLUTION RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THE EXECUTIVE CLIMATE CHANGE COORDINATING COUNCIL (EC4) TO PREPARE A REPORT ON BENCHMARKING AND BUILDING PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

Sponsor: Rebecca Kislak

HOUSE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO UPDATE AND CLARIFY THE "RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT" (This resolution would create an 11 member commission to study and provide recommendations to update and clarify the "Residential Landlord and Tenant Act", and would report back to the House by May 5, 2025, and would expire on June 5, 2025.)

Sponsor: David Morales

HOUSE RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING "JUNETEENTH NATIONAL FREEDOM DAY" ON JUNE 19, 2024

Sponsor: Brianna Henries

HOUSE RESOLUTION HONORING REPRESENTATIVE CAMILLE F.J. VELLA-WILKINSON FOR HER SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

Sponsor: Joseph Shekarchi

SENATE RESOLUTION CONDEMNING ANTISEMITISM IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND BEYOND

Sponsor: Samuel Zurier

HOUSE RESOLUTION HONORING AND THANKING REPRESENTATIVE PATRICIA MORGAN FOR HER DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

Sponsor: Joseph Shekarchi

SENATE RESOLUTION EXTENDING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF EDITH LITTLEFIELD BLANE

Sponsor: Susan Sosnowski

SENATE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL COMMISSION TO MAKE A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF RHODE ISLAND'S HEALTHCARE WORKFORCE RELATED TO EDUCATING AND RETAINING PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS AND ESTABLISHING A STATE MEDICAL SCHOOL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

Sponsor: Susan Sosnowski

Requires prescription drug manufacturers to file a detailed, updated list of each pharmaceutical sales representative engaged by the manufacturer and to pay an annual fee for each name on list.

Sponsor: Brandon Potter

Amends chapter 80 of the public laws of 1965 with respect to the composition of the regional district school building committee, apportionment of construction and operating costs and amendments to the agreement.

Sponsor: Megan Cotter

Modifies the eligibility and administration provisions of the higher education opportunity incentive grant program.

Sponsor: Julie Casimiro

Provides that when a registrant voluntarily cancels the registrant's motor vehicle registration, that person would receive a credit for the time remaining on the original registration to be applied to a future registration.

Sponsor: Gregory Costantino

Amends charter of the Union Fire District of South Kingstown by renaming 'Reserve Capital Expenditures' to 'Capital Projects Fund' and allows the board of wardens to grant tax exemptions to current and retired volunteer firefighters and their spouses.

Sponsor: Susan Sosnowski

Creates a new motor vehicle registration for "forestry vehicles" also provides that forest product operations are permitted uses within all zoning districts of a municipality except where prohibited.

Sponsor: Megan Cotter

Makes numerous technical amendments to the statutes on taxes and corporations, associations and partnerships.

Sponsor: Robert Britto

SENATE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY RENEWABLE ENERGY PROGRAMS (This resolution would create an eight (8) member special legislative study commission whose purpose it would be to study renewable energy programs, and who would report back to the Senate by February 14, 2025, and would expire on June 30, 2025.)

Sponsor: Susan Sosnowski

Provides employees with civil administrative remedies against contractors, subcontractors involved in the contract with joint/severable liability imposed on contractors or subcontractors. Effective 9/1/2024.

Sponsor: Meghan Kallman

Requires school districts to provide the parent/guardian of a student with an individualized education program (IEP) with information concerning the achieving a better life experience (ABLE) account program benefits and the program application process.

Sponsor: Terri-Denise Cortvriend

Amends the Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Resource Foundation special plate law to include an annual ten-dollar (10.00) surcharge for plate renewals.

Sponsor: Mark McKenney

Requires the DMV to create a blue envelope program for drivers with autism.

Sponsor: Victoria Gu

Provides for changes to the operating structure of the Nowell Academy establishing a cooperative agreement among school districts.

Sponsor: Joseph McNamara

Provides for procedures for the burial of unclaimed remains.

Sponsor: Arthur Corvese

Adds "loose material" to the contents of a vehicle that must be covered by a covering that must remain in place until the vehicle's contents are purged from the vehicle.

Sponsor: Edward Cardillo

Reduces the number of commissioners on the board of commissioners to no less than fifteen and would add a d/b/a Serve RI designation after commissions name.

Sponsor: Teresa Tanzi

Amends the Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Resource Foundation special plate law to include an annual ten-dollar (10.00) surcharge for plate renewals.

Sponsor: Susan Donovan

Authorizes the division of motor vehicles to issue special license plates in recognition and support of the Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc.

Sponsor: Lauren Carson

Requires radon testing within one year of any residential real estate transaction and the installation of a radon mitigation system if unsafe radon levels are present, at the seller's expense.

Sponsor: Arthur Corvese

Makes several pro-consumer changes to the "Fair claims settlement practices act".

Sponsor: William O'Brien

Authorizes the division of motor vehicles to issue special license plates in recognition and support of the Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc.

Sponsor: Dawn Euer

HOUSE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING JUNE 12, 2024, TO BE "WOMEN VETERANS APPRECIATION DAY" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

Sponsor: Camille Vella-Wilkinson

HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF CHIEF JAMES G. AKERS OF THE MANVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Sponsor: Stephen Casey

JOINT RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE REPORTING AND EXPIRATION DATES AND AMENDING THE PURPOSE AND MEMBERSHIP OF THE SPECIAL JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES FROM PLASTIC BOTTLE WASTE (Would extend the reporting and expiration dates, and amend the commission’s purpose to include glass and aluminum products, and increase the membership to twenty (20), and would report back by April 25, 2025, and expire on April 30, 2025.)

Sponsor: Mark McKenney

SENATE RESOLUTION SUPPORTING CONTINUED FOCUS AND ACTIONS FOR IMPROVED COORDINATION BETWEEN AGENCIES RESPONSIBLE FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD AND EARLY LEARNING PROGRAMS

Sponsor: Hanna Gallo

Establishes a safe and reasonable regulatory framework for companies and drivers providing non-emergency medical transportation services to a population of vulnerable passengers through coordination with the state's health and human service agencies.

Sponsor: Robert Britto

AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF GLOCESTER TO FINANCE THE RENOVATION AND/OR EXPANSION AT THE EXISTING GLOCESTER POLICE STATION AND INCIDENTAL FURNISHINGS AND EQUIPMENT AND TO ISSUE NOT MORE THAN $10,700,000 BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR

Sponsor: Michael Chippendale

Adds "loose material" to the contents of a vehicle that must be covered by a covering that must remain in place until the vehicle's contents are purged from the vehicle.

Sponsor: Robert Britto

Provides for changes to the operating structure of the Nowell Academy establishing a cooperative agreement among school districts.

Sponsor: Sandra Cano

Requires a public ambulance service or state-chartered fire district, upon dissolution, to dispose of its property only after first offering the property to the municipality where public ambulance service or fire district is located, at fair market value.

Sponsor: Joseph Solomon

Reduces the number of commissioners on the board of commissioners to no less than fifteen and would add a d/b/a Serve RI designation after commissions name.

Sponsor: Hanna Gallo

Amends the composition of the scenic roadways board reducing the number of members from eleven (11) to nine (9).

Sponsor: Roger Picard

Increases the penalty for violations of the care of dogs statute to a minimum fine of one hundred dollars ($100) and a maximum fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000) per violation.

Sponsor: William O'Brien

Designates the appropriate authority on air space issues as the president and CEO of the Rhode Island airport corporation and aligns certain job titles with their proper responsibilities relative to aeronautics.

Sponsor: Matthew LaMountain

Prohibits the charging of any fees to a senior citizen who is 65 years of age or older for a hard-copy paper bill, invoice or statement. The violation of this provision would be a deceptive trade practice subject to a $500 fine.

Sponsor: Brandon Voas

Adds the administrator of community confinement and the home confinement coordinator to the state retirement system.

Sponsor: Sandra Cano

Designates the appropriate authority on air space issues as the president and CEO of the Rhode Island airport corporation and aligns certain job titles with their proper responsibilities relative to aeronautics.

Sponsor: Brian Kennedy

Provides minor technical changes, including an update to the membership of the state planning council to include the secretary of housing or designee, and provides clarifying language relating to the role of the technical committee.

Sponsor: Terri-Denise Cortvriend

SENATE RESOLUTION EXTENDING DEEPEST SYMPATHY ON THE PASSING OF JASON ALAN GOLDITCH

Sponsor: Frank Lombardi

RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THE RHODE ISLAND COMMISSIONER OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION PREPARE A REPORT ON THE SCHOOL MEAL DEBT POLICY FOR ALL RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND CHARTER SCHOOLS

Sponsor: Teresa Tanzi

SENATE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE OF RHODE ISLAND'S PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM (This resolution would create a 7-member legislative commission to study the governance structure of Rhode Island's public education system, and who would report back to the Senate no later than March 1, 2025, and whose life would expire on July 1, 2025.)

Sponsor: Louis Dipalma

SENATE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF KATHERINE LOCKWOOD HAYSLIP

Sponsor: Melissa Murray

HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF THE HONORABLE WILLIAM L. DRAPEAU

Sponsor: Joseph Shekarchi

Grants the authority to the town council to enact ordinances establishing procedures and standards related to rider safety and competence training protocols for operators of motorized bicycles, motor scooters and motorized tricycles in New Shoreham.

Sponsor: Alana DiMario

Provides for paid leave for a state employee who donates an organ. The duration of the leave is dependent on the type of donation and notice should be provided to the employer at least thirty (30) days prior to the leave.

Sponsor: John Edwards

Establishes the primary care training sites program to provide training for physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants within the DOH.

Sponsor: Pamela Lauria

Establishes a medical debt relief program, to be administered by the general treasurer for the purchase, cancellation and forgiveness of medical debts, based upon certain conditions.

Sponsor: Mark McKenney

Increases role of division of motor vehicles in voter registration and addresses verification process, by establishing very specific obligations and responsibilities that must be followed before offering an individual application to register to vote.

Sponsor: Sandra Cano

Criminalizes the filing of a false lien, instrument, or encumbrance against a federal, state, or municipal judge or magistrate or his or her immediate family, and permits the court to take action to mitigate the negative consequences of such a filing.

Sponsor: Evan Shanley

Broadens the definition of a "qualified individual" in acupuncture and Chinese medicine to include any person trained and certified in auricular acudetox.

Sponsor: Joshua Miller

Provides funds to support Executive Climate Change Coordinating Council to reduce climate emissions.

Sponsor: Alana DiMario

Provides that statements by a health care provider regarding the unanticipated outcome of a patient's medical care and treatment shall be inadmissible as evidence of an admission of liability or as evidence of an admission.

Sponsor: Pamela Lauria

Provides for the operation and duties of natural organic reduction for the contained, accelerated conversion of human remains to soil. A disposition facility would be used for either cremation or natural organic reduction.

Sponsor: Michelle McGaw

Establishes Children's Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund to provide finance assistance to families for medical expenses not covered by state or federal programs or insurance contract.

Sponsor: Pamela Lauria

Under certain circumstances, provides immunity from arrest and prosecution for prostitution, procurement of sexual conduct for a fee, loitering for prostitution and soliciting from motor vehicles for indecent purposes.

Sponsor: Edith Ajello

Establishes a seven (7) member public-private partnership infrastructure oversight commission to approve all requests for proposals submitted for public-private partnership construction of qualified facilities.

Sponsor: Joseph Solomon

Establishes a seven (7) member public-private partnership infrastructure oversight commission to approve all requests for proposals submitted for public-private partnership construction of qualified facilities.

Sponsor: Louis Dipalma

Clarifies the statute of limitations for all causes of action not otherwise time barred that seek damages arising out of or related to the design/construction/supervision/or inspection of the Washington Bridge No. 700, located in East Prov. RI.

Sponsor: Matthew Dawson

Changes the name of The College Crusade Scholarship to the Onward We Learn Scholarship and provide that those scholarships would not be considered federal or financial aid with regard to the Promise Scholarship or Hope Scholarship Pilot Program.

Sponsor: Sandra Cano

Removes the exemption from taxation granted to Bryant University located in Smithfield, RI subjecting the university to full taxation unless, the university and the town of Smithfield reach an agreement on payment in lieu of taxes on or before 6/30/24.

Sponsor: David Tikoian

Removes the exemption from taxation granted to Bryant University located in Smithfield, RI subjecting the university to full taxation unless, the university and the town of Smithfield reach an agreement on payment in lieu of taxes on or before 6/30/24.

Sponsor: Brian Rea

Totally repeals the 1964 public law, which established the Johnston Municipal Court and which has never been amended and would enable the town of Johnston to establish a municipal court and housing court with expanded legal and equitable powers.

Sponsor: Edward Cardillo

HOUSE RESOLUTION CELEBRATING THE 214TH ANNIVERSARY OF COLOMBIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY ON JULY 20TH OF 2024

Sponsor: Karen Alzate

HOUSE RESOLUTION EXTENDING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF TAMMY M. LAMBERTO ROY

Sponsor: Stephen Casey

Replaces the existing limited liability company act with a newer and updated model act.

Sponsor: Michael Chippendale

JOINT RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE REPORTING AND EXPIRATION DATES AND AMENDING THE PURPOSE OF THE SPECIAL JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES FROM PLASTIC BOTTLE WASTE (Extends the reporting and expiration dates, and amend the commission’s purpose to include glass and aluminum products, and would report back by April 30, 2025, and expire on May 5, 2025.)

Sponsor: Hagan McEntee

Creates a taskforce to provide recommendations, advice and guidance to help expedite and provide technical assistance with regard to the development of solar energy systems on property owned by the state.

Sponsor: Robert Phillips

Makes it a misdemeanor to harass another person by following them and using an electronic device to record their movements in any public or private place.

Sponsor: Matthew Dawson

Permits Dyslexia Advocacy Rhode Island plates to be issued for passenger or commercial vehicles upon the satisfaction of the required criteria relative to the number of plates ordered.

Sponsor: John Burke

Permits Dyslexia Advocacy Rhode Island plates to be issued for passenger or commercial vehicles upon the satisfaction of the required criteria relative to the number of plates ordered.

Sponsor: Barbara Ann Fenton-Fung

Prohibits contractors and subcontractors from paying employees the cash equivalent of any applicable healthcare benefit in lieu of actually purchasing the healthcare benefit. Violations would be subject to civil fines.

Sponsor: Julie Casimiro

Provides amendments to the Uniform Commercial Code for emerging technologies.

Sponsor: Frank Lombardi

Prohibits an educational institution or school district from accessing or using location data for tracking a student's institutional device or personal device, except in limited circumstances.

Sponsor: June Speakman

Exempts schools or school districts subject to an intervention for failing schools from the withholding of aid provisions for infractions related to nonpayment of tuition owed by one community to another.

Sponsor: Jacob Bissaillon

Provides for mandatory uninsured motorist coverage.

Sponsor: Matthew Dawson

JOINT RESOLUTION CONFERRING LIMITED PURPOSE RECOGNITION TO THE NATIVE AMERICAN SEACONKE WAMPANOAG TRIBE

Sponsor: Camille Vella-Wilkinson

Exempts the property located at 94 Carpenter Street in Providence from the general law prohibiting liquor licenses within a certain proximity to schools or churches.

Sponsor: John Lombardi

Creates a civic apprenticeship program for recent Rhode Island high school graduates to gain work experience working in Rhode Island state departments.

Sponsor: Samuel Zurier

Allows the commissioners of the water and sewer commission for the town of Jamestown to limit its public water system's obligation to supply water only within designated and described area as opposed to the entire land area of the town.

Sponsor: Dawn Euer

Requires DEM, when practicable, to coordinate with local fire departments to assess fire prevention at certain state properties managed by the department.

Sponsor: Megan Cotter

Authorizes driver education schools to offer the driver training curriculum in a classroom setting or an instructor-led virtual format.

Sponsor: Kathleen Fogarty

Increases the minimum veterans’ exemption from one thousand dollars ($1,000) to five thousand dollars ($5,000) with respect to municipal taxes.

Sponsor: Brandon Voas

Allows Michael Cerullo, Jr., to join Jillian Cerullo and Tyler Shemick in marriage on or about June 8, 2024, within the Town of North Kingstown, Rhode Island.

Sponsor: Hagan McEntee

Exempts the property located at 94 Carpenter Street in Providence from the general law prohibiting liquor licenses within a certain proximity to schools or churches.

Sponsor: Samuel Bell

Provides that the legislature would be the body that negotiates on behalf of the state for all activities occurring in, on and over state submerged land extending beyond twenty-five (25) acres.

Sponsor: Dawn Euer

Provides an interest rate cap on medical debt.

Sponsor: John Burke

Creates a process for condominium associations to give notice to and obtain approval from unit mortgage holders for certain association actions.

Sponsor: Mark McKenney

Expands the definition of door-to-door salespersons to include those who sell services and authorize the town of Cumberland to license and regulate door-to-door salespersons in the same manner as hawkers and peddlers.

Sponsor: Ryan Pearson

SENATE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING AND COMMEMORATING THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE D-DAY LANDINGS IN NORMANDY, FRANCE, AND THE EVENTUAL LIBERATION OF EUROPE

Sponsor: Walter Felag

JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING THE TRANSFER OF FUNDS FROM THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 CONTAINED IN THE BUDGET SUBMITTED BY THE GOVERNOR (2024-H7225) TO THE TOWNS OF TIVERTON, BURRILLVILLE AND MIDDLETOWN (Authorizes the transfer of funds to Tiverton, Burrillville and Middletown from the funding allocated to public charter schools in the 2025 FY budget in the amounts of $600,000 for Tiverton and the sum of $300,000 each for Burrillville and Middletown.)

Sponsor: Walter Felag

Establishes beverage container recycling to be regulated by DEM.

Sponsor: Bridget Valverde

HOUSE RESOLUTION VENERATING THE HONORABLE PATRICIA A. MEHRTENS ON THE JOYOUS OCCASION OF HER 90TH BIRTHDAY

Sponsor: David Place

HOUSE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING AND COMMEMORATING THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE D-DAY LANDINGS IN NORMANDY, FRANCE, AND THE EVENTUAL LIBERATION OF EUROPE

Sponsor: Camille Vella-Wilkinson

SENATE RESOLUTION EXTENDING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF TAMMY M. LAMBERTO ROY

Sponsor: Melissa Murray

HOUSE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE FEASIBILITY OF UTILIZING FEDERAL TITLE IV DOLLARS TO SUPPORT AND ENHANCE ENROLLMENT IN SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION AT RIC (Creates a 12-member commission to study the feasibility of utilizing Federal Title IV-E dollars to enroll students in the field of social work, and who would report back to the House and Governor by October 1, 2024, and expire on January 24, 2025.)

Sponsor: Julie Casimiro

SENATE RESOLUTION JOYOUSLY CELEBRATING THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PAWTUXET RANGERS

Sponsor: Matthew LaMountain

Allows a qualified vendor to apply to the office of attorney general for a criminal records check.

Sponsor: Alex Finkelman

Requires that all maintenance of sidewalks along state highways, with the exception of snow and ice removal, be the responsibility of the state.

Sponsor: Gordon Rogers

HOUSE RESOLUTION JOYOUSLY CELEBRATING THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF NBC 10 WJAR ON JULY 10, 2024

Sponsor: Joseph Shekarchi

Prohibits insurance companies from paying a rate that is less than the approved Medicaid rate set by the executive office of health and human services.

Sponsor: Jacob Bissaillon

Exempts 30% of the lessor’s assessed real property tax expense over $19,500 for each calendar year remaining on the 10 year lease dated July 27, 2021, of Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence.

Sponsor: Matthew LaMountain

HOUSE RESOLUTION EXTENDING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF PAUL T. DEROCHE

Sponsor: Joseph Shekarchi

Redirects the distribution of the hotel tax money generated in the South County regional tourism district.

Sponsor: Victoria Gu

Allows the sexual offender board of review to use, in addition to applicable validated risk assessment tools, a structured professional judgment approach to determine the level of risk a registered sex offender poses to the community.

Sponsor: Frank Lombardi

Provides an option for members to receive retirement allowances, without reduction, upon reaching twenty-five (25) years of total service or after twenty (20) years of service upon reaching age fifty-seven (57).

Sponsor: Frank Lombardi

HOUSE RESOLUTION EXTENDING CONGRATULATIONS

Sponsor: Christopher Blazejewski

Allocates five percent (5%) of revenues from the local meals and beverage tax to the Rhode Island Semiquincentennial (R.I. 250) Commission for the execution of its duties from July 1, 2024 to December 31, 2026.

Sponsor: Mark McKenney

SENATE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHY ON THE UNTIMELY PASSING OF COLE ANDREW CONSTANT

Sponsor: Ryan Pearson

JOINT RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE REPORTING AND EXPIRATION DATES OF THE SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE TASK FORCE TO IMPROVE THE LONG-TERM OUTCOMES AND REDUCE RECIDIVISM OF FEMALES WITHIN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE POPULATION (This resolution would extend the reporting and expiration dates of the task force to improve long-term outcomes and reduce recidivism of females in the criminal justice system, from February 5, 2024, to June 4, 2024, and would expire on June 7, 2024.)

Sponsor: Joseph Solomon

Amends certain election statutes to require ballot questions be written in plain language reasonably calculated to be understood by persons with an eighth-grade reading level.

Sponsor: Mark McKenney

Amends certain election statutes to require ballot questions be written in plain language reasonably calculated to be understood by persons with an eighth-grade reading level.

Sponsor: Evan Shanley

IN ACCORDANCE WITH RHODE ISLAND GENERAL LAWS SECTION 16-7-44 APPROVING THE ISSUANCE OF $125,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS OF THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, LANDSCAPING, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND ALL COSTS RELATED THERETO

Sponsor: Nathan Biah

Provides time limitations on the collection or hauling of from large trash receptacles (dumpsters) refuse within one hundred feet (100') of a dwelling unit between the hours of ten o'clock (10:00) pm and eight o'clock (8:00) am.

Sponsor: Grace Diaz

Permits state child support agencies to bring actions under the child support statute on behalf of a noncustodial parent who is incarcerated and unable to pay child support.

Sponsor: Frank Lombardi

Requires the dept of behavioral healthcare/developmental disabilities/hospitals to coordinate with the DOH to propose revisions to chapter 1.10 and 10.1 of title 23, including updates and revisions of statutory language and evidence-based best practices.

Sponsor: Jennifer Boylan

HOUSE RESOLUTION HONORING AND CELEBRATING JUNE OF 2024, AS "PRIDE MONTH" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

Sponsor: Camille Vella-Wilkinson

SENATE RESOLUTION CELEBRATING THE 214TH ANNIVERSARY OF COLOMBIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY ON JULY 20TH OF 2024

Sponsor: Sandra Cano

Allows the sexual offender board of review to use, in addition to applicable validated risk assessment tools, a structured professional judgment approach to determine the level of risk a registered sex offender poses to the community.

Sponsor: Jason Knight

Protects the solvency of health systems, physicians, and advance practice providers and insurers, encourage fair treatment of hospitals and ensure adequate clinical workforce while advancing health equity.

Sponsor: Susan Sosnowski

IN ACCORDANCE WITH RHODE ISLAND GENERAL LAWS § 16-7-44, APPROVING THE ISSUANCE OF $6,400,000 BONDS BY THE TOWN OF BURRILLVILLE TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, LANDSCAPING, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE TOWN, AND ALL ATTENDANT EXPENSES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURAL COSTS

Sponsor: Jessica de la Cruz

IN ACCORDANCE WITH RHODE ISLAND GENERAL LAWS § 16-7-44, APPROVING THE ISSUANCE OF $6,400,000 BONDS BY THE TOWN OF BURRILLVILLE TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, LANDSCAPING, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE TOWN, AND ALL ATTENDANT EXPENSES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURAL COSTS

Sponsor: David Place

Prevents insurance companies from treating widowed persons differently than married persons when establishing or maintaining an insured's rate or classification respecting the operation of a personal motor vehicle. Effective 1/1/25.

Sponsor: Arthur Handy

Amends several provisions relative to motorcycles and motor scooter license and educational requirements including deleting the learners permit requirement for motorcycles.

Sponsor: Teresa Tanzi

Provides a four (4) year expiration period on any certificate of exemption pursuant to this section for writers, composers and artists.

Sponsor: Louis Dipalma

Allows retired state employees who worked as certified or qualified court interpreter to be employed or re-employed for a limited period of time in a given year to provide court interpretation services within the unified judicial system.

Sponsor: Frank Lombardi

Encourages and protects the freedom of public libraries to acquire materials without limitations and prohibits materials being removed from public libraries due to partisan or doctrinal disapproval.

Sponsor: Mark McKenney

Provides a tax credit to individual taxpayers who convert their gas-powered vehicle into a vehicle propelled by an alternative fuel source.

Sponsor: Samuel Zurier

HOUSE RESOLUTION STRONGLY SUPPORTING A NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE BANK THROUGH THE PASSAGE OF THE 118TH CONGRESS H.R. 4052

Sponsor: Terri-Denise Cortvriend

Defines "public official" to include school personnel for purposes of the criminal prohibition against making threats to public officials.

Sponsor: Thomas Noret

Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of the Little Compton Game Club.

Sponsor: Michelle McGaw

Increases the real property exemptions of veterans and the elderly residing in the Town of West Warwick.

Sponsor: Patricia Serpa

Increases the fee payable to justices of the peace to one hundred dollars $100.00.

Sponsor: Robert Craven

Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of Wildlife Rehabilitators Association of Rhode Island (Wildlife Clinic of Rhode Island), a Rhode Island domestic nonprofit corporation, located in North Kingstown, Rhode Island.

Sponsor: Bridget Valverde

Prohibits total education aid paid to any local education agency from being reduced by more than one percent (1%) of the municipal education appropriation in the previous fiscal year.

Sponsor: Gordon Rogers

Mandates that any surplus state tax revenue received in any fiscal year be refunded to the taxpayers of this state on a proportional basis in relation to the personal income tax liability incurred by the taxpayers in that fiscal year.

Sponsor: Gordon Rogers

JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $2,000,000 TO THE RI FOUNDATION TO SUPPORT VOCA GRANT RECIPIENT ORGANIZATIONS IN RHODE ISLAND (This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of $2,000,000 to the Rhode Island Foundation to distribute as grants to the Rhode Island nonprofit organization recipients of federal Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) funding.)

Sponsor: Robert Craven

SENATE RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF RECOGNIZING BLOCK ISLAND'S MANISSEAN TRIBAL NATIVES

Sponsor: Alana DiMario

Establishes the office of inspector general as an independent administrative agency charged with the responsibility to investigate, detect, and prevent fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement in the expenditure of public funds.

Sponsor: Anthony Deluca

SENATE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING MAY OF 2024, AS "NATIONAL SPEECH - LANGUAGE - HEARING MONTH" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

Sponsor: Hanna Gallo

HOUSE RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF ACKNOWLEDGING BLOCK ISLAND'S MANISSEAN TRIBAL NATIVES

Sponsor: Grace Diaz

Repeals the corporation minimum tax.

Sponsor: Jessica de la Cruz

Increases the income range up to fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) and tax credit up to eight hundred fifty dollars ($850), for elderly and disabled persons who own or rent their homes.

Sponsor: Linda Ujifusa

Permits hit and run victims suffering serious bodily injury to recover under the crime victim compensation program.

Sponsor: Matthew LaMountain

Establishes a compact agreement among at least two (2) states to prohibit the use of subsidies to selectively retain industry or company entice relocation from one state to another state or to open a new facility.

Sponsor: Samuel Bell

Provides that the $5,500,000 appropriation to the infrastructure bank from the 2023 budget act be allocated for eligible municipal infrastructure grant program projects.

Sponsor: Alana DiMario

Exempts from the sales and use tax the sale of firearm safety equipment and related products.

Sponsor: Frank Ciccone

Limits real estate tax assessments for low- and moderate-income housing units to the last current sales price within a 5 year period.

Sponsor: Mark McKenney

Adds department of corrections' correctional officers to the list of public safety employees that are entitled to their full salary if they are injured and become disabled as a result of performance of their job duties.

Sponsor: Frank Ciccone

Requires a review by the department of elementary and secondary education of the formula components used to compute the aid needed to support high need students.

Sponsor: Melissa Murray

Expands the definition of door-to-door salespersons to include those who sell services and authorize the town of Cumberland to license and regulate door-to-door salespersons in the same manner as hawkers and peddlers.

Sponsor: Mia Ackerman

Enables school teachers, state and municipal employees to retire earlier.

Sponsor: Frank Ciccone

Prohibits the state, municipalities, or courts from attempting to collect any motor vehicle violation fines or costs, after more than seven (7) years of the fine becoming final.

Sponsor: Elaine Morgan

Allows expungement of multiple felony convictions for non-violent felonies10 years after sentence completed.

Sponsor: Jacob Bissaillon

Creates a workload study for social caseworkers II in the division of developmental disabilities within the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals (BHDDH).

Sponsor: Robert Britto

Allows town and city councils to impose penalties for the violation of ordinances and regulations not exceeding the amount of one thousand dollars ($1,000).

Sponsor: Jacob Bissaillon

Provides that any disaster response worker shall, in the course of their duties, be considered a state employee under the provisions of chapters 29 through 38 of title 28 and under § 9-31-8 of the general laws.

Sponsor: Jacob Bissaillon

Provides that architects and other authorized disaster response workers be considered, in the course of performing their duties, state workers and be entitled to all rights in like manner as state employees.

Sponsor: Jacob Bissaillon

Requires executive office of health and human services to establish an early childhood mental health hub program focused on improving access to infant and early childhood mental health services for children under age 6 and their families.

Sponsor: Alana DiMario

Prohibits prior authorization or a step therapy protocol for the prescription of a nonpreferred medication on their drug formulary used to assess or treat an enrollee's bipolar disorder, schizophrenia or schizotypal.

Sponsor: Jacob Bissaillon

Exempts full-time members of the capitol police from the seven (7) day waiting period and other requirements for purchasing concealable firearms or rifles and shotguns.

Sponsor: Robert Craven

Prohibits the collection of sales tax on refundable deposits for batteries and core charges for motor vehicle equipment, parts or components.

Sponsor: Samuel Azzinaro

Incorporates the department of elementary and secondary education's SurveyWorks school climate indicators for evaluating the performance of LEAs and individual public schools.

Sponsor: Joseph McNamara

Codifies the Katie Beckett Program pursuant to federal guidelines.

Sponsor: Leonela Felix

Amends the penalty for violating the provisions of the personal watercraft safety act from a misdemeanor to a violation and reduce the fine from five hundred dollars ($500) to a fine of two hundred fifty dollars ($250).

Sponsor: Jon Brien

Increases the killed-in-line-of-duty benefit for active or retired police officer, capitol police officer, correctional officer, firefighter, crash rescue crew person, fire marshal or deputy fire marshal from 40% to 100% of the federal death benefit.

Sponsor: Frank Ciccone

HOUSE RESOLUTION EXTENDING CONGRATULATIONS

Sponsor: Christopher Blazejewski

HOUSE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING MAY 28, 2024, TO BE "ARTS ADVOCACY DAY" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

Sponsor: Lauren Carson

Secures general assembly appropriations in lieu of property taxes for state-owned properties within the town of Exeter.

Sponsor: Elaine Morgan

Establishes a statewide limit of twelve percent (12%) per year on interest charged by cities and towns on delinquent taxes.

Sponsor: Leonidas Raptakis

HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES

Sponsor: Christopher Blazejewski

Changes utility company billing practices so that when a gas electric utility changes their customer billing, they would be required to file a copy of the new bill with the PUC for approval, with a complete explanation of the changes.

Sponsor: Dawn Euer

Allows Gretchen Bell to join Amber Ilcisko and Timothy Brownell in marriage on September 13, 2024, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island.

Sponsor: Louis Dipalma

Increases the number of days a retired municipal employee could work in a calendar year without interruption of pension benefits to ninety (90) days.

Sponsor: Gordon Rogers

SENATE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING MAY 28, 2024, TO BE "ARTS ADVOCACY DAY" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

Sponsor: Hanna Gallo

Renames the "Roosevelt Benton Youth Assessment Center" as the "Roosevelt Benton Center".

Sponsor: Hanna Gallo

Extends the sunset date of the Rhode Island hope scholarship pilot program act from 2028 to 2030, in order to allow the program to provide eligible students with funding for tuition and mandatory fees for an additional two (2) years.

Sponsor: Ryan Pearson

Allows victims of violent crime receiving awards under the state's crime victim compensation program to use up to $1,000 of their total award to make reasonable modification to their residence to ensure their future safety.

Sponsor: Justine Caldwell

Renames the "Roosevelt Benton Youth Assessment Center" as the "Roosevelt Benton Center".

Sponsor: Scott Slater

Establishes ongoing two percent (2%) regionalization bonus to Education Equity and Property Tax Relief Act.

Sponsor: Walter Felag

Funds the state crime victim compensation program through an additional one dollar ($1.00) fine on traffic violations, exclusive of violations related to the parking of vehicles.

Sponsor: Frank Ciccone

Authorizes emergency medical service agencies to transport individuals to alternative facilities for treatment and permits licensed providers for mental health disorders to treat patients within the community.

Sponsor: Joshua Miller

Allows for the issuance of Class BV liquor licenses for the properties located at 94 Carpenter Street and 1023 Broad Street, both in the city of Providence.

Sponsor: Frank Ciccone

Requires insurance coverage for all community health workers' services to include health and promotion coaching, health education and training, health system navigation and resource coordination services, care planning and follow-up care recommendations.

Sponsor: Alana DiMario

Establishes the Rhode Island Special Deposits Act to be governed by an account agreement between the bank and the depositor or its beneficiary.

Sponsor: Jason Knight

Requires public school districts to adopt a policy for responding to the death of a student or staff member. Also amends the title of chapter 16-21.7 to "The Nathan Bruno, Jason Flatt, and Alicia Biros Bereavement Act."

Sponsor: Julie Casimiro

Allows police and firefighters to retire with 20 years of service and attained 57 years of age based on their highest 3 years consecutive compensation.

Sponsor: Frank Ciccone

JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $3,000,000 TO 25 BOUGH, LLC TO SUPPORT THE COMPLETION OF THE INITIAL PHASE OF RENOVATIONS TO CERTAIN PROPERTY LOCATED IN PROVIDENCE (Authorizes the appropriation of the sum of $3,000,000 to 25 Bough to support a mixed use building located in Providence.)

Sponsor: Grace Diaz

JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $250,000 TO THE SUBSTANCE USE AND MENTAL HEALTH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL OF RI (SUMHLC) (This resolution would authorize an appropriation of the sum of $250,000 to the Substance Use and Mental Health Leadership Council of RI.)

Sponsor: Gregory Costantino

Provides that vacancies in excess of 3% for full time equivalent state employees which are substituted with contract employees shall require an appropriation to the pension fund equal to the average annual employer contribution for each vacant position.

Sponsor: Frank Ciccone

Effective July 1, 2024, entitles environmental police officers to the benefits provided by chapter 45-21.2 entitled "Optional retirement for members of police force and firefighters."

Sponsor: Walter Felag

Directs the department of administration to establish a human services transparency FTE portal.

Sponsor: Bridget Valverde

Increases the net taxable estate exemption to four million dollars ($4,000,000) for deaths that occur on or after January 1, 2025.

Sponsor: Gregory Costantino

Exempts from the sales tax scalp hair prosthesis or wigs that are necessary due to hair loss from a medical condition.

Sponsor: Victoria Gu

Permits the practice of lane-splitting by motorcycles.

Sponsor: Hanna Gallo

SENATE RESOLUTION CELEBRATING MAY OF 2024, AS "ASIAN AMERICAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN, AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

Sponsor: Victoria Gu

HOUSE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING MAY 23, 2024, AS "RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER DAY"

Sponsor: Joshua Giraldo

HOUSE RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING PAUL RIZZO ON BEING INDUCTED INTO THE RHODE ISLAND BASKETBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION HALL OF FAME

Sponsor: Raymond Hull

HOUSE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING MAY 23, 2024, TO BE "LEAD POISONING PREVENTION DAY" IN RHODE ISLAND

Sponsor: David Morales

SENATE RESOLUTION WELCOMING BOYS TOWN NEW ENGLAND TO THE RHODE ISLAND STATE HOUSE ON MAY 23, 2024, AND THANKING THEM FOR ALL THE GOOD WORK THEY DO FOR CHILDREN AND FOR HEALING AND BRINGING FAMILIES TOGETHER

Sponsor: Linda Ujifusa

Provides $4 million to support after school and school vacation, summer learning workforce development programs for K-12 students with annual reports on status and programs.

Sponsor: Sandra Cano

Provides insurance coverage for interpreter services for all medically necessary doctor appointments.

Sponsor: Ana Quezada

Allows a modification to federal adjusted gross income of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) of taxable pension and/or annuity income for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2025.

Sponsor: Walter Felag

Extends teacher certifications without fee or penalty for three (3) or five (5) years for teachers who hold certifications as of July 1, 2024.

Sponsor: Jonathon Acosta

Includes the definition of "primary care services" and requires that all biennial reports shall include a review and recommendation of rates for primary care services on and after September 1, 2025.

Sponsor: Ryan Pearson

JOINT RESOLUTION SUPPORTING CONTINUED FOCUS AND ACTIONS FOR IMPROVED COORDINATION BETWEEN AGENCIES RESPONSIBLE FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD AND EARLY LEARNING PROGRAMS

Sponsor: Hanna Gallo

HOUSE RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING THE NORTH SMITHFIELD HIGH SCHOOL TEAM ON WINNING THE 2024 "WE THE PEOPLE" STATE COMPETITION

Sponsor: Brian Newberry

VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF NEW ENGLAND RACING FUEL, INC.

Sponsor: Brian Newberry

Changes utility company billing practices so that when a gas electric utility changes their customer billing, they would be required to file a copy of the new bill with the PUC for approval, with a complete explanation of the changes.

Sponsor: Alex Finkelman

Allocates five percent (5%) of revenues from the local meals and beverage tax to the Rhode Island Semiquincentennial (R.I. 250) Commission for the execution of its duties from July 1, 2024 to December 31, 2026.

Sponsor: June Speakman

HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF THE HONORABLE MARY LOUISE WALTER

Sponsor: Samuel Azzinaro

SENATE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF GEORGE A. DONOVAN

Sponsor: Valarie Lawson

HOUSE RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING AND CONGRATULATING THE MEMBERS AND COACH OF THE NORTH KINGSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL TEAM ON THEIR 1ST PLACE VICTORY AT THE 41ST RHODE ISLAND ACADEMIC DECATHLON

Sponsor: Julie Casimiro

Provides that the real estate appraisal from the city or town shall be taken into consideration when determining each property owner’s share of costs to maintain and/or repair an easement or right-of-way.

Sponsor: Maryann Shallcross-Smith

HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES

Sponsor: Christopher Blazejewski

SENATE RESOLUTION CELEBRATING MAY 21, 2024, AS "KOREA DAY" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

Sponsor: Linda Ujifusa

HOUSE RESOLUTION CELEBRATING MAY 21, 2024, AS "KOREA DAY" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

Sponsor: Brian Kennedy

HOUSE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING MAY 21, 2024, TO BE "COX IMPACT DAY" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

Sponsor: Brian Kennedy

Relieves East Providence from providing any educational/financial resources to children in the CRAFT program or other Bradley Hospital programs. Requires the school district of origin where the student was last registered to bear this responsibility.

Sponsor: Matthew Dawson

JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE, PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION -- RIGHT TO AN ADEQUATE EDUCATION (Amends the constitution to guarantee Rhode Island residents with equal opportunity to receive an education that is adequate, equitable and meaningful and provides judicial enforcement of this provision.)

Sponsor: Roger Picard

Allows municipalities participating in the state prekindergarten program to accept students from outside the municipality under certain conditions and establishes a lottery for enrollment in the program.

Sponsor: Sandra Cano

Removes the exemption from licensure for certain nursing service agencies accredited by the joint commission.

Sponsor: Alana DiMario

Amends provisions relative to confidentiality of health care communications and the process for requesting records and/or confidential health care information.

Sponsor: Joshua Miller

Establishes the RI ombud for special education who ensures school districts throughout the state meet the minimum standards required to comply with the individualized education programs for students with disabilities.

Sponsor: Melissa Murray

Requires all school districts to designate an athletic trainer to be available for high school athletic practices and games.

Sponsor: Frank Lombardi

Requires manufacturers of assisting technology devices to make available to independent repair providers/the owner of the device, any documentation/parts, software/other items intended for use with the equipment/parts, including updates to software.

Sponsor: Grace Diaz

JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $20,000 TO THE RHODE ISLAND SAILING EVENTS COMMISSION (This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of $20,000 to the Rhode Island Sailing Events Commission.)

Sponsor: Jacquelyn Baginski

Prohibits RIPTA from using state funds or the proceeds of any bond(s) to pay for any work performed after 9/1/24, pursuant to the “transit center joint development project” RFP and/or pursuant to related the preliminary services agreement.

Sponsor: Enrique Sanchez

Awards all members of the pension system a three and one-half percent (3.5%) annual benefit adjustment applied to the first thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) of a member's retirement allowance.

Sponsor: Mary Messier

SENATE RESOLUTION CELEBRATING MAY OF 2024, AS "OLDER AMERICANS MONTH" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

Sponsor: Sandra Cano

Creates new definition for the term "employee", for purposes of wages, workers' compensation, temporary disability and unemployment insurance benefits, which deems a worker to be an employee, as opposed to an independent contractor.

Sponsor: Ana Quezada

Directs the Rhode Island turnpike and bridge authority (RITBA) design a safety barrier or netting system on the several bridges within its authority.

Sponsor: Joseph Solomon

Establishes the medical primary care scholarship program to be administered by the commissioner of postsecondary education.

Sponsor: Kathleen Fogarty

Requires the EOHHS to establish an early childhood mental health hub program focused on improving access to infant and early childhood mental health services for children under the age of six years (6) and their families.

Sponsor: Kathleen Fogarty

JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $500,000 TO GLORIA GEMMA FOUNDATION (This resolution would appropriate the sum of $500,000 to the Gloria Gemma Fountain.)

Sponsor: Mary Messier

All Medicaid programs operated by EOHHS would not reimburse home care providers less than fee-for-service rates adopted by rate review recommendations of the office of health insurance commissioners.

Sponsor: Patricia Serpa

JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $150,000 TO WOMEN'S FUND OF RHODE ISLAND (This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of $150,000 to the Women's Fund of Rhode Island to implement programs and initiatives that seek to close the gender wage, wealth, health and leadership gaps.)

Sponsor: Karen Alzate

HOUSE RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE REPORTING AND EXPIRATIONS DATES AND AMENDING THE PURPOSE OF THE SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO REVIEW AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POLICIES THAT DEAL WITH NUMEROUS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SHORT-TERM RENTALS ISSUES (This resolution would amend and expand the purpose of said legislative commission, and extend the reporting and expirations dates from March 15, 2024, to September 30, 2025, and said commission would expire on December 10, 2025.)

Sponsor: Lauren Carson

Protects bullying/psychological abuse in workplace inflicted upon employees by employers/co-employees/provides civil remedies to affected employees/fines against employers/imprisonment/fines against co-employees.

Sponsor: John Lombardi

HOUSE RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING THE ELEANOR SLATER HOSPITAL-ZAMBARANO CAMPUS ON THE RECOGNITION OF "ZAMBARANO DAY" ON MAY 16, 2024

Sponsor: David Place

Allows town and city councils to impose penalties for the violation of ordinances and regulations not exceeding the amount of one thousand dollars ($1,000).

Sponsor: Scott Slater

Requires every individual or group health insurance contract effective on or after January 1, 2025, to provide coverage to the insured and the insured's spouse and dependents for all FDA-approved contraceptive drugs, devices and other products.

Sponsor: Karen Alzate

Provides the executive office of health and human services would submit to the US Department of Health and Human Services a state plan to set rates for chiropractic services.

Sponsor: Tina Spears

HOUSE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE AUDITOR GENERAL TO OVERSEE AN AUDIT OF MEDICAID PROGRAMS ADMINISTERED BY MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS

Sponsor: Joseph Solomon

Disabled veteran license plate may be transferred to veterans' spouse or issued to veteran or veterans spouse.

Sponsor: Walter Felag

Amends tax law on renewable energy products to exempt certain additional products from sales tax including battery energy storage system equipment, if supplied by a manufacturer of solar photovoltaic equipment.

Sponsor: Kathleen Fogarty

Requires that the state's share to public libraries be fixed at twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount appropriated by the city or town in their budgets for fiscal year 2024, utilizing funds from the general fund or the American Rescue Plan Act.

Sponsor: David Morales

Allows a deduction from federal adjusted gross income for interest payments on outstanding student loans.

Sponsor: Anthony DeSimone

Restructures RI Housing and Conservation Trust Fund, increase its membership to 15 members, 11 of whom are to be from the general public and reallocate the percentage of the funds for housing, conservation and other goals.

Sponsor: Jacob Bissaillon

Imposes an additional local hotel tax in the city of Newport, at a rate of two and one-half percent (2.5%) to be retained and used for its public infrastructure and resiliency purposes.

Sponsor: Lauren Carson

HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONGRATULATIONS

Sponsor: Christopher Blazejewski

HOUSE RESOLUTION STRONGLY SUPPORTING THE PASSAGE OF THE 118TH CONGRESS H.R.6121 -- THE FILIPINO VETERANS FAIRNESS ACT OF 2023

Sponsor: Barbara Ann Fenton-Fung

Removes state-owned property from the exemption from local property taxes.

Sponsor: Charlene Lima

Repeals the exemption granted to pari mutual facilities and casinos from the smoke free workplace requirement contained in the Public Health and Workplace Safety Act.

Sponsor: Susan Sosnowski

SENATE RESOLUTION CELEBRATING "NATIONAL HOSPITAL WEEK" ON MAY 12TH THROUGH MAY 18TH, 2024, IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

Sponsor: Joshua Miller

Creates separate and distinct employment positions and salaries under the unclassified pay plan for the board of elections employees.

Sponsor: Ana Quezada

Provides that only residential properties and new or rehabilitated residential affordable housing units would be subject to the tax under § 44-5-13.1 relating to taxation of low-income housing.

Sponsor: Tiara Mack

JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $20,000,000 FOR THE HOUSING DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of $20,000,000 to support the Down Payment Assistance program.)

Sponsor: Rebecca Kislak

Authorizes the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to establish a program to expand the issuance of teaching certificates to bilingual dual language and world language teachers in urban and urban ring schools.

Sponsor: David Morales

HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES

Sponsor: Christopher Blazejewski

JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $150,000 TO THE RHODE ISLAND COMMERCE CORPORATION FOR THE BLACKSTONE VALLEY VISITORS CENTER (Authorizes the appropriation of the sum of $150,000 to the Rhode Island Commerce Corporation for the Blackstone Valley Visitors Center.)

Sponsor: Mary Messier

HOUSE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING MAY OF 2024, TO BE "ALS AWARENESS MONTH" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

Sponsor: Brian Kennedy

Establishes that the elective and/or independent administration of propofol and all FDA classified general anesthetics, for any surgery or procedure is not within the "scope of practice" of nurse practitioners as defined in § 5-34-3.

Sponsor: Joseph McNamara

Amends the capital gains tax rates and holding period from 5 years to 1 year. Imposes a non-owner occupied tax on homes assessed at more than $1,000,000.

Sponsor: Edith Ajello

Provides a tax upon the endowment of a private institution of higher education equal to two percent (2%) upon each dollar over $1,000,000,000.

Sponsor: David Morales

Amends the filing fees and time frame for certain claims of appeal to superior court.

Sponsor: Matthew Dawson

Provides for remote participation in open public meetings of the long-term care coordinating council and would provide that a quorum of the council consists of 12 members.

Sponsor: Mary Messier

Amends procedures and fees relative to claims of appeal in small claims actions.

Sponsor: Susan Donovan

Considers election officials and poll workers "public officials" for purposes of the prohibition on making threats to public officials.

Sponsor: Matthew Dawson

Dictates the length a search warrant involving a tracking device would be valid and provide a process to extend the time frame of the tracking device for good cause.

Sponsor: Raymond Hull

Enacts a chapter to regulate pet insurance.

Sponsor: Joseph Solomon

Establishes the "Attendance for Success Act" which focuses on student attendance in schools, with an emphasis on chronically absent students.

Sponsor: Sandra Cano

Directs the department of transportation to prepare a monthly "Washington Bridge snapshot report" containing information on the progress of repairs and other actions pertaining to the Washington Bridge.

Sponsor: Valarie Lawson

Directs the department of transportation to prepare a monthly "Washington Bridge snapshot report" containing information on the progress of repairs and other actions pertaining to the Washington Bridge.

Sponsor: Katherine Kazarian

Authorizes the town of Johnston to grant a tax credit to any person over the age of sixty-five (65) years.

Sponsor: Frank Ciccone

Grants the town of Jamestown the legal authority to grant a tax dollar reduction to gold star parents and to visually impaired persons.

Sponsor: Alex Finkelman

Requires executive climate change coordinating council (EC4) to develop a template to be used by all agencies of the state to track their climate emissions to uphold the pathway to Rhode Island's act on climate legislative goals.

Sponsor: Alana DiMario

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.

Sponsor: Sandra Cano

Provides a special enrollment period for applicants for Medicare Part B. Also prohibits state insurance carriers from denying/imposing conditions on new enrollees or discriminate on price based upon health status/claims experience/preexisting conditions.

Sponsor: Joshua Miller

Establishes the Rhode Island Child Care for All Act which would provide high quality and affordable child care to families throughout the state.

Sponsor: Cherie Cruz

Protects the solvency of health systems, physicians, and advance practice providers and insurers, encourage fair treatment of hospitals and ensure adequate clinical workforce while advancing health equity.

Sponsor: Teresa Tanzi

HOUSE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING MAY 11-18, 2024, AS "QUAHOG WEEK 2024" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

Sponsor: David Bennett

SENATE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING MAY OF 2024, TO BE "ALS AWARENESS MONTH" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

Sponsor: Valarie Lawson

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.

Sponsor: Meghan Kallman

HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF THOMAS R. GALLAGHER

Sponsor: Michael Chippendale

Increases the state's share of supplementary assistance to individuals living in a state-licensed assisted-living residence from $332.00 to $352.00, of which $140.00 would be allocated to the personal needs allowance.

Sponsor: Tina Spears

JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $500,000 TO THE RHODE ISLAND BLACK BUSINESS ASSOCIATION (This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of $500,000 to the Rhode Island Black Business Association.)

Sponsor: Jacob Bissaillon

Includes immediate family members and related parties to be included in the definitions applicable to the chapter and require that information for nursing facility applicants for initial licensure or change of ownership.

Sponsor: Matthew Dawson

Repeals the provision that requires new applicants for employment under this section to pay the expense for their background checks.

Sponsor: Maryann Shallcross-Smith

JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $2,000,000 TO THE ELISHA PROJECT (This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of $2,000,000 to the Elisha Project.)

Sponsor: Mary Messier

Directs the allocation of $3,000,000 from the 2025 state budget to provide cash benefits to participants in the supplemental nutrition assistance program.

Sponsor: Enrique Sanchez

SENATE RESOLUTION CELEBRATING SAMUEL KESANDU CHIONUMA'S LIFE AND SERVICE TO RHODE ISLAND AND THE NATION

Sponsor: Samuel Zurier

SENATE RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING THE BROWN UNIVERSITY WOMEN'S RUGBY TEAM ON WINNING THE 2024 COLLEGIATE RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP'S NATIONAL 7S WOMEN'S PREMIER CUP CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW

Sponsor: Tiara Mack

SENATE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING THE WEEK OF MAY 6TH THROUGH MAY 12TH OF 2024, AS "NATIONAL NURSES WEEK" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

Sponsor: Pamela Lauria

Creates the Rhode Island drug cost review commission.

Sponsor: Arthur Corvese

Updates the Homeless Bill of Rights to add rules governing encampments and includes the right to clean and sanitary conditions.

Sponsor: Melissa Murray

Establishes a restrictive housing oversight committee for the purpose of monitoring the use of restrictive housing, as well as disciplinary confinement at the department of corrections.

Sponsor: Jonathon Acosta

Authorizes emergency medical service agencies to transport individuals to alternative facilities for treatment and permits licensed providers for mental health disorders to treat patients within the community.

Sponsor: Susan Donovan

Repeals 42-56-38.1 and requires the department of corrections to provide free communication services to inmates and juveniles held in residential placement or detention centers and requires that those facilities provide in-person contact visits.

Sponsor: Meghan Kallman

Imposes an additional local hotel tax in the city of Newport, at a rate of two and one-half percent (2.5%) to be retained and used for its public infrastructure and resiliency purposes.

Sponsor: Dawn Euer

Provides a tax exemption to residents of the Town of Bristol who are over the age of sixty-five (65) years and who have continuously owned and resided in their primary residence in the town for at least twenty (20) years.

Sponsor: Linda Ujifusa

Establishes a tax credit against income tax based on eligible expenses incurred for care and support of an eligible family member.

Sponsor: Susan Donovan

Increases the department's standard, burial allowance payment from nine hundred dollars ($900) to one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500).

Sponsor: Edward Cardillo

Establishes a child tax credit of one thousand dollars ($1,000) per dependent.

Sponsor: Teresa Tanzi

Exempts any individual who is aging out of foster care from the payment of any fee associated with the issuance of a operator's license as well as driver's education class fees. The fee waiver is in effect until the individual reaches 27 years of age.

Sponsor: Julie Casimiro

Assures rental vehicle coverage under private auto policy, extends to the named insured and any drivers listed on the insured’s policy and requires that the insurer pay for a rental that is of like quality as the insured’s damaged rental vehicle.

Sponsor: William O'Brien

Permits the department of environmental management and local municipalities to drain, remove, and replace an overflowing septic tank or system.

Sponsor: Matthew LaMountain

Allows correctional industries to conduct business for goods or services with any 501(c)(3) and would require customers of correctional industries to pay fifty present (50%) of an order upon the placement of the order.

Sponsor: Mark McKenney

Provides that no train or light engine would be used in connection with the movement of freight could be operated unless it had a crew consisting of at least 2 persons, would also include the imposition of fines upon a company for violation of the act.

Sponsor: Valarie Lawson

Extends the sunset date of the Rhode Island hope scholarship pilot program from 2028 to 2030, in order to allow the program to provide eligible students with funding for tuition and mandatory fees for an additional two (2) years.

Sponsor: Joseph McNamara

Extends the time for which a student may enroll in the community college of Rhode Island Promise Scholarship program to one year after the student's high school graduation.

Sponsor: Samuel Azzinaro

Establishes a child tax credit of one thousand dollars ($1,000) per dependent.

Sponsor: Sandra Cano

HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF THOMAS R. GALLAGHER

Sponsor: Michael Chippendale

Increases the number of days a retired municipal employee could work in a calendar year without interruption of pension benefits to ninety (90) days.

Sponsor: Sherry Roberts

Allows any peace officer working in a Rhode Island school as a full or part-time resource officer to work in excess of the seventy-five (75) working days in a calendar year, and not have an interruption in their benefits.

Sponsor: Michael Chippendale

Reduces the number of years from five (5) to three (3), when calculating for retirement purposes, the average of the highest consecutive years of compensation, for state and municipal employees.

Sponsor: John Edwards

Provides a mechanism for funding the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority through the use of an interest-free loan to advance certain federal funds.

Sponsor: Enrique Sanchez

JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $1,380,000 TO THE RHODE ISLAND STATE POLICE FOR THE OPERATION OF A STATE POLICE RECRUIT TRAINING ACADEMY (This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of $1,380,000 to the Rhode Island State Police for the operation of a State Police recruit training academy.)

Sponsor: Thomas Noret

Increases the minimum claim amount necessary to require a matter involving motor vehicle liability be submitted to mandatory arbitration.

Sponsor: Jacob Bissaillon

JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $6,000,000 TO ONWARD WE LEARN IN RI (Authorizes the appropriation of the sum of $6,000,000 to Onward We Learn in RI.)

Sponsor: Mary Messier

Amends the statute punishing child pornography by replacing the term "child pornography" with the term "child sexual abuse material."

Sponsor: John Burke

Establishes that the elective and/or independent administration of propofol and all FDA classified general anesthetics for any surgery or procedure is not within the "scope of practice" of nurse practitioners as defined in § 5-34-3.

Sponsor: Frank Lombardi

Requires persons convicted of driving under influence or refusal to submit to chemical test, have an ignition interlock system installed in vehicle as part of sentence and to pay an assessment to pay for the systems for indigent defendants.

Sponsor: Thomas Noret

Provides children from birth through age five (5) with continuous coverage eligibility for RIte Track/RIte Care so that they are not at risk of losing coverage at the yearly redetermination due solely to administrative barriers.

Sponsor: Pamela Lauria

Creates a tax credit for family caregivers in an amount up to $5,000 for eligible family members and $6,000 for veterans based on 50% of the amount of eligible expenditures spent on eligible family members commencing January 1, 2025 and thereafter.

Sponsor: Barbara Ann Fenton-Fung

HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF CHARLES H. HOLDREDGE, III

Sponsor: Samuel Azzinaro

Provides for enhanced penalties if a victim of unauthorized dissemination of indecent material is a minor or the offender is in a position of authority over the victim or the offense results in serious bodily injury or death of the victim.

Sponsor: Louis Dipalma

Establishes the Higher Education Opportunities for Students with Disabilities Act.

Sponsor: Terri-Denise Cortvriend

Establishes a statutory framework designed to protect minors who are engaging in the business of vloging on social media and the Internet.

Sponsor: Alana DiMario

SENATE RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING RHODE ISLAND RADIO LEGEND DANIEL "GIOVANNI" CENTOFANTI ON HIS RETIREMENT ON APRIL 29TH, 2024, FROM 92 PRO-FM AFTER FIFTY YEARS OF ENTERTAINING HIS MANY LISTENERS

Sponsor: Pamela Lauria

Raises the amount of life insurance the state would provide at no charge to Rhode Island National Guard members called up for federal duty to five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000).

Sponsor: Samuel Azzinaro

SENATE RESOLUTION CELEBRATING MAY 5TH THROUGH MAY 11TH, 2024, AS "NATIONAL CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES WEEK" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

Sponsor: David Tikoian

HOUSE RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING RHODE ISLAND RADIO LEGEND DANIEL "GIOVANNI" CENTOFANTI ON HIS RETIREMENT ON APRIL 29TH, 2024, FROM 92 PRO-FM AFTER FIFTY YEARS OF ENTERTAINING HIS MANY LISTENERS

Sponsor: Karen Alzate

Removes the requirement that families consent to, and cooperate with the department of human services in establishing paternity and enforcing child and medical support orders as a condition of eligibility for childcare assistance.

Sponsor: Alana DiMario

Authorizes the town of Cumberland to require the registration of certain business entities not registered with the secretary of state that are situated in Cumberland.

Sponsor: Mia Ackerman

Provides that public gatherings on state house grounds be regulated to protect the participants and their right to attend public gatherings.

Sponsor: Patricia Morgan

Authorizes the town of Cumberland to require the registration of certain business entities not registered with the secretary of state that are situated in Cumberland.

Sponsor: Ryan Pearson

Increases the fines for dog ordinance violations in the town of Cumberland.

Sponsor: Mia Ackerman

Establishes the Rhode Island low-income housing improvement tax credit program providing tax credits for a period of five (5) years to applicants that are competitively selected and that meet the requirements of this chapter.

Sponsor: Meghan Kallman

Recognizes tenants' unions and provides a procedure whereby the housing resources commission shall administer a hearing process for consolidated complaints filed by tenants' unions, pertaining to the rights and obligations of tenants and landlords.

Sponsor: Tiara Mack

Authorizes a retroactive tax credit for tax yr 2022/thereafter/allowing investment tax credits to be passed through to the personal income tax returns of eligible Sub-S corporation shareholders/limited liability company members who meet certain conditions

Sponsor: Roger Picard

Exempts machinery and equipment used to provide broadband communications service the from the sales and use tax.

Sponsor: Jacquelyn Baginski

Requires free breakfast and lunches to be provided for all elementary and secondary students attending public schools.

Sponsor: Jonathon Acosta

Establishes a new chapter for the 2024 Battery Powered Leaf Blower Pilot Rebate and Education Program.

Sponsor: Jennifer Boylan

Authorizes the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority to enter into certain projects and procure related services including the transit center project, using design build contracting and progressive design build contracting.

Sponsor: Jonathon Acosta

Permits a school to calculate its maintenance of effort on a per-pupil basis and to deduct any nonrecurring expenditure from its maintenance of effort.

Sponsor: Jacob Bissaillon

HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES

Sponsor: Christopher Blazejewski

Provides that landlords would pay interest on security deposits in residential landlord-tenant matters.

Sponsor: Melissa Murray

HOUSE RESOLUTION CELEBRATING MAY 2, 2024, AS "RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE DAY" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

Sponsor: Karen Alzate

Reduces the corporate minimum tax to three hundred fifty dollars ($350).

Sponsor: Joseph Solomon

SENATE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING MAY OF 2024, AS "NATIONAL SKIN CANCER AWARENESS MONTH" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

Sponsor: Joshua Miller

Raises the earned-income tax credit from sixteen percent (16%) to thirty percent (30%) for the tax years 2025 and beyond.

Sponsor: William O'Brien

Makes it a deceptive trade practice for landlords to conspire with each other to set rents or withhold rental dwelling units from the market in order to increase demand.

Sponsor: Jacob Bissaillon

HOUSE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING MAY 6TH THROUGH MAY 10TH OF 2024, TO BE "TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

Sponsor: Julie Casimiro

HOUSE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING "HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY" ON MAY 6, 2024

Sponsor: Mia Ackerman

Allows the executive office of health and human services to use appropriated funds to support graduate medical education programs and research.

Sponsor: Roger Picard

Creates a sales and use tax holiday for the second Saturday and Sunday in July, annually.

Sponsor: Jon Brien

Establishes a rare disease advisory council within the department of health and provides guidance and recommendations to educate health care providers and the citizens of the state.

Sponsor: Valarie Lawson

Prohibits use of algorithm or artificial intelligence to set residential rental amounts and prohibits landlord price fixing of residential rents. Violations constitute a deceptive trade practice and violators are subject to civil suit.

Sponsor: Jacob Bissaillon

Limits the use by insurers of step therapy, a protocol that establishes a specific sequence in which prescription drugs for a specified medical condition are covered by an insurer, by allowing medical providers to request step therapy exceptions.

Sponsor: Linda Ujifusa

Permits Smithfield to enact ordinances that would allow the animal control officer to issue citations which could be paid my mail and to prescribe penalties for violations of the town's ordinances regulating dogs.

Sponsor: David Tikoian

Requires insurance coverage for all services provided by a pharmacist provided coverage of such services would have been covered if provided by a physician, advanced practice nurse, or physician assistant.

Sponsor: Louis Dipalma

Prohibits state agency contract for licensing of software applications designed for generally available desktop/server hardware cannot limit agency choice to install/run software o its hardware.

Sponsor: Matthew LaMountain

Reduces the minimum interest rate on delinquent payments from eighteen percent (18%) per annum to twelve percent (12%) per annum.

Sponsor: Stephen Casey

Prohibits commercial motor trucks, with a gross weight rating of twenty-six thousand one pounds (26,001 lbs.) or more, from traveling on Route 114 A, East Providence between Pawtucket Avenue and the Massachusetts state line.

Sponsor: Robert Britto

Requires a housing code enforcement officer to give a copy of any housing code violation notice to all tenants of the building affected by a housing code violation along with any hearing dates scheduled for the violation.

Sponsor: Tiara Mack

Eliminates the sunset provision for the motion picture production tax credit.

Sponsor: John Edwards

Defines step therapy and prohibits certain groups and agreements from requiring prior authorization or a step therapy protocol when prescribing certain medications.

Sponsor: Stephen Casey

Establishes the Higher Education Opportunities for Students with Disabilities Act.

Sponsor: Alana DiMario

Prohibits a private employer from mandating a COVID-19 vaccination upon any full-time, part-time, or contract employee without providing individual exemptions that allow an employee to opt out of such mandate.

Sponsor: Robert Quattrocchi

Requires an electric distribution company to develop and act pursuant to a vegetation management plan approved by the DPUC to carry out vegetation management activities on and around utility infrastructure along public and private rights of way.

Sponsor: Alana DiMario

Prohibits the use of project labor agreements in new school construction projects.

Sponsor: Patricia Morgan

Created the Rhode Island clean heat standards act to implement a system of tradeable clean heat credits earned from the delivery of clean heat measures that reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Sponsor: Alana DiMario

Requires employer to furnish items and conditions of employment and a pay stub explaining how wages were calculated/reasons for deductions/allows the employee to file a court action against employer for violation.

Sponsor: Jonathon Acosta

Mandates insurance policies, provides coverage to diagnose & treat infertility for women between 25 & 42 years, including pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) in conjunction with in vitro fertilization (IVF).

Sponsor: Sandra Cano

Protects bullying/psychological abuse in workplace inflicted upon employees by employers/co-employees/provides civil remedies to affected employees/fines against employers/imprisonment/fines against co-employees.

Sponsor: Frank Ciccone

Protects employees free speech regarding political or religious matters.

Sponsor: Matthew LaMountain

JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $200,000 TO THE BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF RHODE ISLAND (BIARI) (This joint resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of $200,000 in the Brain Injury Association of Rhode Island (BIARI).)

Sponsor: Katherine Kazarian

Requires that Medicaid enrollment be maintained or provided to all inmates in the first 30 days of incarceration at the adult correctional institutions within the department of corrections and the last 30 days of incarceration.

Sponsor: Hagan McEntee

Allows Patrick Sean Golden to join Catherine Amani Bhattacharya and John Joseph Golden in marriage on or about May 3, 2024, within the Town of Portsmouth, Rhode Island.

Sponsor: Louis Dipalma

Defines who is eligible to bid at tax sales; Authorizes Rhode Island housing and mortgage finance corporation to use excess funds collected under § 34-27-3.2 to purchase at tax sale owner-occupied residences.

Sponsor: Cherie Cruz

Increases the number of state child care licensing inspectors to meet the national recommended average of one inspector for every fifty (50) to sixty (60) child care providers.

Sponsor: Jacob Bissaillon

Requires insurance coverage for all services provided by a pharmacist provided coverage of such services would have been covered if provided by a physician, advanced practice nurse, or physician assistant.

Sponsor: Julie Casimiro

Increases the daily rate of payments to nursing facilities by twenty percent (20%) for single occupancy rooms to include private bathrooms.

Sponsor: Scott Slater

Makes the Medicaid rate increase permanent for the first connections family home-visiting program and requires additional information to be added to the annual family home-visiting report.

Sponsor: Joshua Giraldo

Expands eligibility for the qualified Medicare beneficiary program by increasing the income limit from 100% to 138% of the federal poverty line.

Sponsor: Karen Alzate

Provides that services provided by graduate student interns who work under a supervisory protocol would be eligible to be paid from Medicaid reimbursement.

Sponsor: Joseph Solomon

Expands the authority of the town council to enact ordinances establishing procedures and standards related to the rental of motorized bicycles, motor scooters and motorized tricycles in New Shoreham.

Sponsor: Tina Spears

HOUSE RESOLUTION JOYOUSLY CELEBRATING THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE OFFICIAL FOUNDING OF THE BEREAN BAPTIST CHURCH OF BURRILLVILLE, RHODE ISLAND, ON OCTOBER 20TH OF 2024 AND DECLARING SAID DAY TO BE "BEREAN BAPTIST CHURCH DAY" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

Sponsor: David Place

Provides for an appropriation by the general assembly in the amount of two million dollars ($2,000,000) to the various school districts and municipalities to employ additional social workers.

Sponsor: Maryann Shallcross-Smith

HOUSE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING APRIL 30, 2024, AS "NATIONAL THERAPY ANIMAL DAY" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

Sponsor: Arthur Handy

Increases minimum sentence for first degree sexual assault and provides first 10 years of a sentence for first degree sexual assault not be subject to a suspension or deferment of sentence.

Sponsor: Jessica de la Cruz

Repeals the provision that requires new applicants for employment under this section to pay the expense for their background checks.

Sponsor: Jonathon Acosta

Extends teacher certifications without fee or penalty for three (3) or five (5) years for teachers who hold certifications as of July 1, 2024.

Sponsor: Joshua Giraldo

Changes the community service requirements of a sentence related to the violation of § 11-44-21.1 relating to defacing private residences, offices, businesses or commercial property.

Sponsor: Leonidas Raptakis

Establishes the Failing School Choice Act and permits students at failing schools to enroll in any public school and also establishes the Rhode Island education revitalization fund to provide funding to the school choice program.

Sponsor: Michael Chippendale

Ensures that transportation categorical funds between the state and regional school districts would be fully funded.

Sponsor: Megan Cotter

Amends the statutory penalties for a second and third possession of marijuana offense to conform to the penalties promulgated in § 21-28-4.01.

Sponsor: Jacob Bissaillon

Removes funding requirement from department of elementary and secondary education.

Sponsor: Stephen Casey

Establishes a revolving fund to assist first-time home buyers and veterans to purchase a home in Rhode Island by issuing grants of up to forty thousand dollars ($40,000).

Sponsor: Thomas Paolino

Provides that in local educational agencies when over 45% of the children have a family income that is at or below 185% of federal poverty guidelines then the student success factor will be 50% by the core instruction per-pupil amount.

Sponsor: Stephen Casey

HOUSE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING APRIL 28, THROUGH MAY 4, 2024, AS "NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS WEEK" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

Sponsor: Hagan McEntee

Increases the state's regionalization bonus to six percent (6%) of the state's fiscal year share of foundation education aid and would be ongoing and continuing so long as the district remains a regional school district.

Sponsor: Megan Cotter

Provides that two (2) or more individuals associated to accomplish an act or acts which constitute shoplifting, could be deemed "racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations."

Sponsor: Leonidas Raptakis

Prohibits total education aid paid to any local education agency from being reduced by more than one percent (1%) of the municipal education appropriation in the previous fiscal year.

Sponsor: Brian Newberry

Provides that prisoners who committed offenses prior to age 18 and sentenced as adults would be eligible for parole after completing 15 yrs of their sentence/does not lengthen their eligibility should prisoner be eligible for parole earlier than 15 yrs.

Sponsor: Ana Quezada

Prohibits the civil arrest of any person who is attending court either on behalf of themselves or a family or household member. Any person who violates this act shall be subject to civil suit and for contempt of court.

Sponsor: Meghan Kallman

Establishes the office of early childhood development and learning to manage a statewide early learning system for children from birth through age five (5), and ensure all children enter school ready to learn.

Sponsor: Susan Donovan

SENATE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF THE HONORABLE FRANCIS R. STETKIEWICZ

Sponsor: Ryan Pearson

Increases conveyance tax for residential properties sold above $2,000,000 to a rate of $3.30 per $500, to be collected for RI housing for elderly affordable housing development. Provides and exemption to any entity developing elderly affordable housing.

Sponsor: Linda Ujifusa

Provides that the permanent foundation educational aid program would provide state funding for school-based mental health services pursuant to specified conditions.

Sponsor: Karen Alzate

SENATE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND REVIEW RHODE ISLAND'S MINIMUM WAGE (Creates an eleven (11) member special legislative study commission whose purpose it would be to study Rhode Island's minimum wage, and who reports back to the Senate no later than May 4, 2025, and whose life expires on January 4, 2026.)

Sponsor: Leonidas Raptakis

Creates "Harter's Law" to extend the civil statute of limitations for injuries resulting from first degree child abuse to thirty-five (35) years.

Sponsor: Julie Casimiro

Expands health insurance commissioner's authority to set reimbursement rates for mental health services.

Sponsor: Samuel Bell

Provides that parents and guardians of children with disabilities in private school have the same rights and remedies as parents/guardians of children in public school.

Sponsor: Frank Lombardi

SENATE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING APRIL TO BE "HOLOCAUST & GENOCIDE AWARENESS MONTH" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

Sponsor: Samuel Zurier

Directs the department of education to develop and adopt regulations for energy capable school buildings.

Sponsor: Terri-Denise Cortvriend

Requires prosecutorial consent in order for a defendant to waive a jury trial.

Sponsor: Dominick Ruggerio

HOUSE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING MAY 1, 2024, TO BE "BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS YOUTH OF THE YEAR DAY" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

Sponsor: Marvin Abney

Amend the calculation of state funding provided to local education agencies for special education services.

Sponsor: Susan Donovan

Allows an individual school district that can utilize its own buses or vendors at a lower cost than the statewide system, to obtain reimbursement for these costs from state funds.

Sponsor: Megan Cotter

Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of the Johnnycake Center Realty Corporation, a domestic nonprofit corporation, located in South Kingstown.

Sponsor: Susan Sosnowski

Provides a criminal background check procedure for for-hire intrastate passenger transportation services.

Sponsor: Frank Lombardi

SENATE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING APRIL 25, 2024, TO BE "PARENTAL ALIENATION AWARENESS DAY" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

Sponsor: Roger Picard

Allows a modification for all taxable pension and/or annuity income includible in federal adjusted gross income for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2025.

Sponsor: William O'Brien

Permits towns and cities to regulate all houseboats within their jurisdiction.

Sponsor: Alana DiMario

JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $15,200,000 TO BE USED TO PURCHASE PFAS-FREE FIREFIGHTING GEAR (Authorizes the appropriation of the sum of $15,200,000 to cities and towns to purchase firefighter and rescue personnel protective gear which is PFAS free.)

Sponsor: Walter Felag

Includes the deputy chief of inspection and inspector within the provision of law related to retirement on service allowance relating to correctional officers.

Sponsor: Matthew Dawson

Provides all retired teachers and all retired state employees a one-time stipend in the amount of three percent (3%) of the lesser of either the member's retirement allowance or forty thousand dollars ($40,000) of the member's retirement allowance.

Sponsor: Patricia Serpa

JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $1,380,000 TO THE RHODE ISLAND STATE POLICE FOR THE OPERATION OF A STATE POLICE RECRUIT TRAINING ACADEMY (This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of $1,380,000 to the Rhode Island State Police for the operation of a State Police recruit training academy.)

Sponsor: David Tikoian

Enables municipalities to install and use automated systems to detect noise limit violations in order to enhance enforcement abilities and reduce noise violations state-wide.

Sponsor: Jacob Bissaillon

Restores longevity payments of five percent (5%) of base salary for employees after ten (10) years of service and increase to ten percent (10%) of base salary after twenty (20) years of service, beginning July 1, 2024.

Sponsor: Arthur Corvese

Requires that the license plates of a vehicle be confiscated by a police officer if the owner was arrested for driving while their license was suspended, revoked or cancelled for refusing to submit to a chemical test or for operating under the influence.

Sponsor: Leonidas Raptakis

Includes licensed school psychologists under the provisions of the general laws governing the regulations of psychologists and expands the licensing of school psychologists for independent practice.

Sponsor: Frank Lombardi

Provides state employee public safety professionals with parity to municipal public safety employees in the state/municipal retirement systems eff. 7/1/24 with 10% contribution.

Sponsor: William O'Brien

Eliminates the sunset provision for the motion picture production tax credit.

Sponsor: Louis Dipalma

Adds the administrator of community confinement and the home confinement coordinator to the state retirement system.

Sponsor: Grace Diaz

Prohibits defendants who are serving probation for driving under the influence death resulting from earning good time off their probationary period.

Sponsor: Matthew LaMountain

Allows retired sheriffs and other retired law enforcement personnel to be recalled into service as a sheriff or deputy sheriff without any reduction in their pension benefit.

Sponsor: Frank Lombardi

A judge would have discretion to allow a hardship exception to keep license plates of a person convicted of this offense.

Sponsor: Leonidas Raptakis

Enables cities and towns to impose an impact fee of 2% on the total consideration charged for occupancy of a house, condominium, or other resident dwelling that is rented in its entirety for less than 31 consecutive days.

Sponsor: Dawn Euer

Includes non-owner-occupied residential properties used for short-term rentals for tourist or transient use to be assessed as Class 2 properties on or after the assessment date of December 31, 2024.

Sponsor: Dawn Euer

Bans preferential treatment to a university applicant because of the student's familial relationship to a previous university attendee.

Sponsor: David Morales

Allows retired state employees who worked as certified or qualified court interpreter to be employed or re-employed for a limited period of time in a given year to provide court interpretation services within the unified judicial system.

Sponsor: Robert Craven

Mandates all insurance plans provide insurance coverage for diagnosing and treating infertility for women between the ages of 25 and 42 years including preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) in conjunction with in vitro fertilization (IVF).

Sponsor: Sandra Cano

Amends the statute punishing child pornography by replacing the term "child pornography" with the term "child sexual abuse material."

Sponsor: Thomas Noret

Removes the sunset provision of all statutory law requiring coverage for the treatment of pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections and pediatric acute onset neuropsychiatric syndrome.

Sponsor: Matthew Dawson

This act would further delineate the definitions of felony, misdemeanor and petty misdemeanor.

Sponsor: Leonela Felix

Provides that in the event of the death of an educator or a student, a local educational agency be given up to five (5) days after the death to implement a flexible school schedule for teachers and students.

Sponsor: Alana DiMario

HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES

Sponsor: Christopher Blazejewski

HOUSE RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING THE CLASSICAL HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM ON WINNING THE 2024 DIVISION I STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AND THE 2024 RHODE ISLAND INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE BOYS BASKETBALL STATE TOURNAMENT

Sponsor: Scott Slater

Provides employees with civil administrative remedies against contractors, subcontractors involved in the contract with joint/severable liability imposed on contractors or subcontractors. Effective 9/1/2024.

Sponsor: David Morales

HOUSE RESOLUTION CELEBRATING "ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS' DAY" ON APRIL 24, 2024, AND THANKING ALL THE DEDICATED STAFF WHO WORK TIRELESSLY IN SUPPORT OF THE RHODE ISLAND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Sponsor: Joseph Shekarchi

Requires law enforcement agencies to obtain search warrants for electronic information, data, location information and other identifying information of subscribers and customers, except in specified circumstances.

Sponsor: Leonela Felix

Includes visual images that are created or manipulated by digitization, or without the consent of the person, within the purview of the crime of unauthorized dissemination of indecent material and expands jurisdiction of the crime.

Sponsor: John Edwards