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Expands the jurisdiction of the city of Warwick municipal court.
This bill would expand the types of cases and legal matters that the Warwick Municipal Court — the local court serving the city of Warwick, Rhode Island — is allowed to handle.
Creates a special motor vehicle registration plate for The Rhode Island Hockey Hall of Fame.
This bill would create a special "vanity" license plate in Rhode Island to support The Rhode Island Hockey Hall of Fame.
Provides that the school year for all public schools, including traditional public and public charter schools, independent charter schools, and mayoral academies, would start on the same date of each calendar year.
This bill would require all public schools in Rhode Island to begin the school year on the same date every year.
Repeals authorizing Rhode Island to join an interstate compact, which would allow Presidents and Vice Presidents to be elected by a national popular vote rather than the electoral college.
This bill would withdraw Rhode Island from an agreement called the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.
Proposes an amendment to the State Constitution, Article IV, Section 1, that would allow a non-partisan election of the secretary of state, commencing with the 2030 election.
This bill proposes a change to Rhode Island's State Constitution that would make the Secretary of State a non-partisan elected office, meaning candidates for that position would no longer run as Democrats, Republicans, or members of any other political party.
Spells out requirements for operation of recreational vehicles, manual, electric or gas powered.
This bill establishes clear rules for how recreational vehicles can be operated in Rhode Island.
Adds vehicles owned by the Rhode Island Disaster Medical Assistance Team, Inc. to the vehicles to be equipped with flashing lights.
This bill would update Rhode Island's vehicle lighting laws to allow vehicles owned by the Rhode Island Disaster Medical Assistance Team, Inc.
Establishes a statewide "healthy school meals for all" universal school breakfast and lunch program in Rhode Island public schools phased in over 3 years.
This bill would create a program called "Healthy School Meals for All" that provides free breakfast and lunch to every student in Rhode Island public schools, regardless of their family's income.
Funds the Rhode Island baby bonds trust program without the use of taxpayer dollars through an annual allocation of unclaimed property remittances.
This bill proposes a way to fund Rhode Island's "baby bonds" program — a program that sets aside money in a savings account for newborn children — without using traditional tax revenue.
Allows local government recipients of grant funds from the Rhode Island infrastructure bank's OSCAR fund and resilient Rhode Island infrastructure fund to use monies for insurability planning.
This bill would expand how local governments in Rhode Island can spend money they receive from two existing grant programs run by the Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank: the OSCAR fund and the Resilient Rhode Island Infrastructure Fund.
Increases the number of days a retired municipal employee could work in a calendar year without interruption of pension benefits to ninety (90) days or its equivalent of six hundred thirty (630) hours.
This bill would allow retired municipal employees in Rhode Island — such as former city or town workers, police officers, or firefighters — to return to work for a local government for a longer period of time without losing their pension benefits.
Reduces the cigarette tax imposed by 75% for any modified risk tobacco product as defined in § 21 U.S.C. 387 k as a tobacco product sold/distributed to reduce the harm/risk of tobacco-related disease associated with commercially marketed tobacco products.
This bill would significantly cut the cigarette tax in Rhode Island for a specific category of tobacco products known as "modified risk tobacco products.
Allows retired state employees to be reemployed by a municipality with no restrictions and with no loss of their existing retirement benefits.
This bill would allow people who have already retired from state government jobs to go back to work for a city or town (municipality) in Rhode Island without any limitations or penalties.
Exempts from sales tax energy storage systems, as defined in § 39-33-1.
This bill would remove the Rhode Island sales tax from the purchase of energy storage systems.
Provides for autologous blood donations.
This bill deals with autologous blood donation, which is the practice of donating your own blood ahead of time so it can be used for yourself during a planned medical procedure, such as surgery.
Prohibits family court from detaining or committing any youth, 12 years or younger, to training school, for any offense other than murder, first degree sexual assault, or an attempt to commit such offenses there is no other reasonable placement.
This bill would place strict limits on when Rhode Island's Family Court can send very young children — those 12 years old or younger — to a training school (a secure juvenile detention facility).
Creates the rebuttable presumption that joint legal custody and shared placement is in the best interest of the child and create a mechanism in constructing a parenting plan should the court deviate from equal parenting time.
This bill would change how Rhode Island family courts approach child custody decisions during divorce or separation cases.
Terminates the requirement that the public utilities commission allocate five million dollars ($5,000,000) annually to the Rhode Island infrastructure bank for use with energy efficient programs.
This bill would eliminate a current requirement that Rhode Island's Public Utilities Commission set aside $5 million every year for the Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank to use on energy efficiency programs.
SENATE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF THOMAS F. LEPORE
This is a Senate resolution from the Rhode Island state legislature expressing condolences to the family and loved ones of Thomas F.
SENATE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF JOHN EARL GRAY
This is a Senate resolution from the Rhode Island state legislature expressing official condolences on the death of John Earl Gray.
SENATE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF MARYANN JOLICOEUR
This is a Senate resolution from the Rhode Island state legislature expressing official condolences on the passing of MaryAnn Jolicoeur.
SENATE RESOLUTION HONORING KATHY NADEAU ON THE OCCASION OF HER RETIREMENT FROM THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AFTER MANY YEARS OF DEDICATED AND EXEMPLARY PUBLIC SERVICE
This is a Senate resolution from the Rhode Island General Assembly honoring Kathy Nadeau upon her retirement from state government service.
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.
This bill makes changes to Rhode Island's state-funded prekindergarten (pre-K) program, which currently operates in select cities and towns across the state.
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.