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Authorizes the town of Barrington to provide a tax dollar credit reduction for legally blind persons by ordinance.
## Summary of the Barrington Tax Credit for Legally Blind Persons Bill This bill gives the town of Barrington, Rhode Island, the authority to create a local ordinance that would provide a property tax reduction for residents who are legally blind.
Reserved for the Minority Leader.
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Provides for the right to strike for public sector workers in Rhode Island, including teachers, with exceptions for police officers, firefighters, 911 employees, and correctional officers.
## Summary of Rhode Island House Bill on Public Sector Workers' Right to Strike This bill would give public sector workers in Rhode Island — meaning employees who work for state or local government — the legal right to go on strike.
Provides that all contractual provisions in a firefighters collective bargaining agreement continue until a successor agreement has been reached or an interest arbitration award has been rendered.
## Summary of the Bill This bill would ensure that when a contract between firefighters and their employer (typically a city or town) expires, all the terms and conditions of that contract remain in effect until a new agreement is reached.
Establishes a maximum hourly workday for all peace officers as defined in § 12-7-21 and a violation rate of pay of double time and a half.
# Summary of Rhode Island Bill: Peace Officer Maximum Workday and Overtime Compensation This bill would set a maximum number of hours that peace officers in Rhode Island can work in a single day.
Prohibits handcuffing children twelve (12) or under at initial police contact unless needed for public safety or if the child is using or threatening physical force against an officer.
## Summary of the Bill This bill would restrict when police officers can use handcuffs on children who are twelve years old or younger.
Prohibits purchases of more than one firearm in any thirty (30) day period.
## Summary of the Bill This bill would make it illegal for a person in Rhode Island to purchase more than one firearm within any 30-day period.
Amends calculations of interest in civil actions a rate determined by average accepted auction price for last auction of 52 week U.S. treasury bills.
# Summary of Rhode Island Bill: Changing How Interest Is Calculated in Civil Lawsuits This bill proposes changing the way interest is calculated when someone wins a money judgment in a civil lawsuit in Rhode Island.
Expands the requirement that all high schools and middle schools, whether they are publicly or privately run to maintain on site a functional AED while establishing and implementing a cardiac emergency response plan in these schools.
# Summary of Rhode Island Bill: AED Requirements in Schools This bill would expand an existing Rhode Island law that requires schools to have automated external defibrillators (AEDs) — portable devices that can restart a person's heart during a cardiac emergency.
Directs middle and high schools which issue student identification cards to include on those cards contact crisis telephone numbers for suicide prevention and substance use disorder prevention.
## Summary of the Nathan Bruno and Jason Flatt Act This bill would require Rhode Island middle schools and high schools that issue student identification cards to print crisis hotline phone numbers directly on those cards.
Requires school committees to provide transportation for any students who resides two (2) or more miles from school.
## Summary of the Bill This bill would require local school committees in Rhode Island to provide transportation for any student who lives two or more miles from their school.
Amends the composition of the Urban Collaborative and provide that the collaborative be governed by a board of trustees.
# Summary of the Rhode Island Urban Collaborative Governance Bill This bill would have changed how the Urban Collaborative — a cooperative program that serves students across multiple urban school districts in Rhode Island — is organized and managed.
Amends the composition of the Urban Collaborative and provides that the collaborative be governed by a board of trustees.
## Summary of the Bill This bill proposed changes to how the Urban Collaborative — a cooperative program that serves students from multiple urban school districts in Rhode Island — is organized and governed.
Requires businesses to notify customers whenever a surcharge or fee for payment made by credit card is imposed.
## Summary of Rhode Island Bill: Credit Card Surcharge Disclosure This bill would require businesses in Rhode Island to clearly notify their customers whenever they charge an extra fee or surcharge for paying with a credit card.
Authorizes veterinarians to establish a client-patient relationship through electronic means, subject to limitations and requirements such as Vet making a good faith effort to determine if care should be provided through telemedicine instead of in person.
# Summary of Rhode Island Veterinary Telemedicine Bill This bill would allow veterinarians in Rhode Island to establish a relationship with a pet owner and their animal through electronic means — such as video calls or other telehealth technology — rather than requiring an initial in-person visit.
Provides that licensed independent clinical social workers be able to enroll and bill Medicaid directly for covered services provided to adults with Medicaid fee-for-service coverage.
# Summary of Rhode Island Bill: Direct Medicaid Billing for Licensed Independent Clinical Social Workers This bill would allow licensed independent clinical social workers (LICSWs) in Rhode Island to enroll directly as Medicaid providers and bill the state's Medicaid program on their own for services they provide to adult patients.
Entitles disabled and military voters to utilize electronically transmitted ballots.
## Summary of Rhode Island Bill: Electronically Transmitted Ballots for Disabled and Military Voters This bill allows two specific groups of voters in Rhode Island — people with disabilities and military members — to receive and submit their ballots electronically.
Prohibits landlords from inquiring about an applicant's prior incarceration and from discriminating against those who have been released from prison.
# Summary of Rhode Island Fair Housing Bill This bill would change Rhode Island's Fair Housing Practices Act to make it illegal for landlords to ask rental applicants about whether they have previously been incarcerated.
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Directs the state department of education to establish an anti-hazing policy in student athletics.
# Summary of Rhode Island Anti-Hazing Bill for Student Athletics This bill would require Rhode Island's Department of Education to create a statewide anti-hazing policy specifically for student athletics.