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Prohibits municipalities from restricting certain landscaping equipment based on its power source.
This bill would prevent cities and towns in Rhode Island from banning or restricting landscaping equipment — like lawn mowers, leaf blowers, or trimmers — based on what powers them.
Requires an insurance company to directly pay the insured's chosen appraiser and the umpire appraiser, if applicable, upon receipt of a "direction to pay" executed by an insured or claimant.
When a car insurance claim is disputed — for example, if you and your insurance company disagree on how much your damaged vehicle is worth — both sides can hire their own appraisers to assess the value.
Establishes a digital electronics right to repair, which allows for digital electronic equipment and parts that are sold in this state on or after January 1, 2027, to be repaired at an independent repair provider.
This bill would give Rhode Island residents the legal right to have their digital electronic devices — such as smartphones, laptops, tablets, and similar equipment — repaired by independent repair shops or even themselves, rather than being limited to the manufacturer's own repair services.
Provides a series of updates to size, weight, and load regulations for commercial and specialized vehicles.
This Rhode Island bill updates the rules about how big, how heavy, and how loaded commercial and specialized vehicles can be when driving on state roads.
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.
This bill would require law enforcement agencies in Rhode Island to obtain a search warrant before accessing a person's electronic information.
Allows the state to require utilities to relocate facilities for certain highway projects and to pay the cost of the relocation to the utility as part of the cost of the federally aided highway project.
This bill would give Rhode Island state government the authority to require utility companies — such as those providing electricity, gas, water, or telecommunications — to move their infrastructure (like pipes, cables, and poles) when those facilities are in the way of certain highway construction or improvement projects.
Exempts certain urban and small farmers from sales taxes, real, tangible and personal property taxes and income taxes. This act would also define urban and small farmers and urban farmland.
This bill would create tax relief specifically for urban and small farmers in Rhode Island.
Utility relocation costs related to highway construction to be partially or fully paid for by the state.
This bill deals with who pays the costs when utility lines and equipment (like electrical wires, water pipes, or gas lines) need to be moved because of highway construction projects.
Establishes employer tax credits for establishing a retirement plan for employee participation with auto-enrollment.
This bill would create tax credits for Rhode Island employers who set up retirement savings plans for their workers.
Updates the RI coordinate system to adopt the most recent system of plane coordinates established by the NGS, a federal agency which is part of NOAA and the USDC. Modifies the meter to foot conversion to adopt the international foot to provide uniformity.
This bill updates the official system Rhode Island uses to define locations and property boundaries on maps.
Requires the state investment commission to create a capital access initiative to expand potential investment opportunities for the state’s pension fund and engage qualified but traditionally underrepresented investment managers.
This bill would require Rhode Island's State Investment Commission — the group responsible for managing the state's public employee pension fund — to create a new program called a "Capital Access Initiative.
Allows members of the retirement system who served in the national guard or reserves and qualify as veterans, to purchase retirement service credits based on their years of service in the National guard or reserves.
This bill would allow Rhode Island public employees who are also military veterans to purchase additional retirement credits based on their time served in the National Guard or military reserves.
Requires that the electric distribution company and the commission promulgate tariffs to address interconnection of energy storage systems and to provide compensation for at least 100 mega watts of energy storage systems sited in the state.
This bill would have required Rhode Island's electric utility company (National Grid) and the Public Utilities Commission to create formal rules and rate structures — called "tariffs" — for connecting energy storage systems (like large batteries) to the electric grid.
Created a peer-to-peer car sharing program, which will prescribe insurance coverage and other related details while using a car sharing application.
This bill would create an official legal framework in Rhode Island for peer-to-peer car sharing — a service where private car owners rent their personal vehicles to other people through smartphone apps or online platforms (similar to how companies like Turo operate).
Requires the public utilities commission to provide for a classification of service for retail electricity consumers that are large energy use facilities.
This bill would require Rhode Island's Public Utilities Commission (PUC) — the state agency that oversees electricity, gas, and other utility services — to create a special category of electric service specifically for "large energy use facilities.
Facilitates the study of thermal energy technology to determine if these goals can be met by the implementation of thermal energy networks in Rhode Island.
This bill would direct a study into whether thermal energy networks could be a viable option for heating and cooling homes and buildings in Rhode Island.
Provides amendments to procedures necessary for approval of transactions between utilities by giving the public utilities commission jurisdiction; mandates public hearings, allows intervention by any interested party and provides for appeal.
This bill changes the rules for how Rhode Island oversees deals and transactions between utility companies — such as mergers, acquisitions, or other major business arrangements.
Prohibits an insurance company from imposing any cost-sharing requirements for any diagnostic or supplemental breast examinations.
This bill would require health insurance companies in Rhode Island to cover diagnostic and supplemental breast examinations at no cost to the patient.
Creates a 10 member bail task force to study the need of monetary conditions of bail and to consider other methods for ensuring an accused’s appearance in court, enhance public safety and honor the presumption of innocence and to file report by 1/1/2028.
This bill would create a 10-member task force in Rhode Island to study the state's current bail system — specifically, whether requiring people to pay money in order to be released from jail while awaiting trial is the best approach.
Provides a tax credit to a taxpayer that makes a qualified investment in a qualified business.
This bill would create a new tax credit for Rhode Island taxpayers who invest money in certain local businesses.
Requires effective January 1, 2027, that upon the execution of a lease agreement for a mobile and manufactured homes in a mobile and manufactured home park, a complete copy of the lease be provided to the tenant within 10 days of execution.
This bill would require landlords who own mobile home parks and manufactured home parks to give tenants a complete copy of their signed lease agreement within 10 days of signing.
Directs the office of law revision to identify, on a yearly basis, any decisions or holding of the United States Supreme Court that would require amendments to any state statutes.
This bill would give the Rhode Island Office of Law Revision a new ongoing responsibility: each year, it would need to review decisions made by the U.
Requires quarterly reading of electric and gas meters.
This bill would require utility companies in Rhode Island to physically read customers' electric and gas meters at least once every three months (quarterly).
Repeals the collateral source rule in medical malpractice actions.
This bill would change how medical malpractice lawsuits work in Rhode Island by eliminating what's known as the "collateral source rule.