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Requires that automated teller machines disclose the account balance prior to any cash withdrawal.
This bill would require ATMs (automated teller machines) in Rhode Island to show a customer their available account balance before completing a cash withdrawal.
Enacts the State of Rhode Island interior design practice act to control and regulate the professional practice of interior designers.
This bill would create an official licensing system for interior designers in Rhode Island.
Establishes the Rhode Island Special Deposits Act to be governed by an account agreement between the bank and the depositor or its beneficiary.
This bill creates a new law in Rhode Island called the "Rhode Island Special Deposits Act," which would establish a formal legal framework for a specific type of bank account known as a "special deposit.
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 (PUC) send $5 million every year to the Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank.
Amends the obligation of entities to sell at retail to Rhode Island and use customers.
This bill makes changes to the rules about who is required to meet Rhode Island's Renewable Energy Standard (RES).
Requires commercial property owners to install vehicle barriers at their retail establishments when new construction or renovations are being done and permits insurers to consider the installation to provide a discount on the owner's insurance policy.
This bill would require owners of commercial retail properties in Rhode Island to install vehicle barriers — such as bollards (sturdy posts), concrete barriers, or similar protective structures — when they are building new retail locations or making significant renovations to existing ones.
Establishes enforcement limitations on contract terms for the licensing of electronic books or digital audiobooks to libraries to preclude the library from being subject to unfair sales practices.
This bill sets rules to protect Rhode Island public libraries when they sign contracts to purchase or license digital books (eBooks) and digital audiobooks.
Nullifies the department of elementary and secondary education recommendation that the turnaround plan for Providence public schools be continued.
This bill would cancel or override a recommendation made by Rhode Island's Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) to continue the current turnaround plan for Providence's public schools.
Repeals the establishment of statewide academic standards for core subjects and the implementation into the curriculum of all public schools.
This Rhode Island bill would eliminate the state's requirement to have uniform academic standards for core subjects — like math, reading, science, and social studies — that all public schools across the state must follow.
Prohibits the use of heating systems utilizing fossil fuels as well as air or water heating systems in any state or municipal building open to the public constructed, altered or renovated on or after January 1, 2028.
This bill would ban the installation of heating systems that run on fossil fuels — such as natural gas, oil, or propane — in state and municipal (city or town) buildings that are open to the public.
Establishes minimum percentages of bio-based product contained in heating oil sold in the state and sets dates for compliance to set standards.
This bill would require that heating oil sold in Rhode Island contain a minimum percentage of bio-based ingredients — meaning fuel derived from natural, renewable sources like vegetable oils or animal fats rather than purely from petroleum.
Establishes the Plastic Waste Conversion Facility Act.
This bill would create a new set of rules in Rhode Island specifically for facilities that convert plastic waste into other products or materials — such as turning old plastic into fuel, chemicals, or raw materials that can be reused.
Amends the definition of farm and agricultural land to include land on which agricultural operations are being conducted or is suitable for agriculture operations, and further expand the definition of a farmer.
This bill proposes changes to how Rhode Island legally defines "farm," "agricultural land," and "farmer.
Creates the Microplastics Reduction Act to prohibit the sale or distribution of products containing synthetic polymer micro particles.
This bill would create a new law in Rhode Island called the "Microplastics Reduction Act.
Gives teachers who takes an unpaid parental or medical leave during the year credit for a year of service for that school year if they served a minimum of 135 days.
This bill would change the rules for how Rhode Island teachers earn credit toward their retirement benefits when they take unpaid leave for personal or medical reasons.
Changes the teacher and state employees' retirement benefit calculations' cutoff date from July 1, 2024, to July 1, 2009, for all retirement members eligible to and who retire on or after the new July 1, 2009, cutoff date.
This bill would change how retirement benefits are calculated for Rhode Island public school teachers and state employees.
Establishes a new program where the per pupil funding, calculated annually by RIDE, would be transferred into a newly created educational funding account run by the children's scholarship fund to pay for educational expenses.
This bill would create a new "Education Freedom Account" program in Rhode Island that gives families more control over how their child's education funding is spent.
Repeals the act authorizing toll facilities on state roads.
This bill would repeal a law that currently allows the state of Rhode Island to set up toll facilities on state roads.
Requires the EOHHS to amend the state Medicaid plan and secure sufficient state general revenue to increase Medicaid payment rates to an amount equal to one hundred thirty percent (130%) of Medicare rates for outpatient clinical pediatric services.
This bill would require Rhode Island's Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) to raise the amount the state pays doctors and clinics when they provide outpatient medical care to children covered by Medicaid.
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 change the rules for retired municipal employees in Rhode Island who want to return to work for a city or town.
Suspends the gross earnings tax on electric and gas companies until January 1, 2036.
This bill would temporarily suspend a specific tax that Rhode Island currently charges electric and gas utility companies.
Adds the administrator of community confinement and the home confinement coordinator to the state retirement system.
This bill would make two specific positions within the state government — the Administrator of Community Confinement and the Home Confinement Coordinator — eligible to participate in Rhode Island's state employee retirement system.
Raises the minimum fee per barrel of petroleum products or crude oil from five cents ($0.05) to twelve cents ($0.12) per barrel as part of the uniform oil spill response and prevention fee.
This bill would increase a fee that oil companies and petroleum distributors pay on every barrel of oil or petroleum products that moves through Rhode Island.
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.