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Ends transaction fees for school lunches in all districts. This act requires at least one no-fee payment method for school lunches and a full disclosure whether fees will be charged by a payment platform.
This bill would require every Rhode Island school district to offer at least one way for families to pay for school lunches without being charged any extra transaction or processing fees.
Allows customers to directly take single-use plastic straws from food service establishments.
This bill would change how single-use plastic straws are made available at restaurants, cafes, and other food service businesses in Rhode Island.
Establishes the catastrophe savings account act.
This bill would create a new type of special savings account in Rhode Island called a "Catastrophe Savings Account.
Creates a new chapter to protect Rhode Island consumers from coercive tactics at grocery stores.
This Rhode Island bill would create new legal protections for shoppers at grocery stores, specifically targeting what the bill calls "coercive economic tactics.
Applies to electric generating facilities generating electricity on/after 1/1/25 regarding sale/transmission of electricity/facility restructing/last-resort service.
This Rhode Island bill updates the rules that govern how electric generating facilities are owned and operated in the state, specifically applying to any facility that begins generating electricity on or after January 1, 2025.
Regulates property insurers to limit underwriting and investment in fossil fuel projects, requires climate risk reporting and emissions disclosures, and aligns insurance practices with science-based climate targets.
This bill would place new rules on property insurance companies operating in Rhode Island, specifically around how they do business with fossil fuel industries.
Establishes the commercial kitchen exhaust system inspection and cleaning licensing and certification act. It also requires entities inspecting or cleaning commercial exhaust systems be licensed and insured.
This bill would create a new licensing and certification system in Rhode Island for businesses and individuals who inspect or clean commercial kitchen exhaust systems — the hoods, ducts, and fans above cooking equipment in restaurants, cafeterias, and other food service establishments.
Expands the definition of operator to anyone who enables customers to purchase virtual currency. Expands the definition of a transaction to include a digital product or application where payment is made in person or through a third party intermediary.
This bill updates Rhode Island's existing money transmission laws to keep pace with modern digital payments and cryptocurrency.
Provides any student, who meets the requirements of this section, with an exemption from paying nonresident tuition at Rhode Island public universities, colleges, or community colleges.
This bill would allow certain students to pay in-state tuition rates at Rhode Island's public colleges, universities, and community colleges, even if they are not considered official residents of Rhode Island.
Establishes "The Children's Cardiac Safety Act", and provide for childhood cardiac screening based on modules that incorporate current best practices.
This bill would establish a new program in Rhode Island requiring cardiac (heart) screening for school-age children.
Requires veterinarians to provide consultations to animal owners when a drug is prescribed and dispensed for that annual patient.
This bill would require veterinarians in Rhode Island to have a consultation with pet or animal owners at the time a medication is prescribed and dispensed for their animal.
Requires applications for energy facilities to take into consideration the 2021 Act on Climate and how the facility may advance or delay the greenhouse gas emissions reductions.
This bill would require anyone applying to build or operate an energy facility in Rhode Island to address how their project relates to the state's climate goals.
Creates the extended producer responsibility for packaging and paper program for the recycling of packaging and paper products.
This bill would create a program that shifts the cost and responsibility of recycling packaging and paper products away from taxpayers and municipalities, and onto the companies that make and sell those products.
Establishes the state-funded rental subsidy program.
This bill would create a new state government program in Rhode Island designed to help people afford rental housing.
Provides an exemption for non-insulated, non-winterized property used by the taxpayer, not located in a substandard area, and continuously owned by the taxpayer for twenty-five (25) years.
This bill would create a special tax exemption for certain property owners in Rhode Island.
Enhances and further defines the role of the board of trustees of the University of Rhode Island. This act would also provide a more efficient procurement process for the university.
This bill makes changes to how the University of Rhode Island (URI) is governed and how it purchases goods and services.
Provides coverage and increases individual and group insurance rates of reimbursement for ambulance services.
This bill would require health insurance companies in Rhode Island to cover ambulance services and would increase the rates that insurance companies must pay to ambulance providers.
Requires health insurers to comply with federal mental health parity laws, prevent discriminatory treatment limits, and ensures meaningful mental health and substance use coverage in all benefit classifications.
This Rhode Island bill, called the Protect Mental Health Act, requires health insurance companies operating in the state to follow federal laws that say mental health and substance use disorder treatment must be covered just as generously as physical health care.
Prohibits a healthcare provider from requiring patients to provide electronic payment information to be kept on file as a condition to receiving treatment and makes it a violation a deceptive trade practice.
This bill would make it illegal for healthcare providers in Rhode Island to require patients to hand over their credit card, debit card, or other electronic payment information as a condition of receiving medical treatment.
Amends the current law on low-income housing to include moderate-income housing and eliminates the income percentages used to determine qualifications for low or moderate income housing.
This bill proposes changes to Rhode Island's existing laws about affordable housing.
Eliminates mandated housing densities/density bonuses for public drinking water supply watersheds/groundwater. Requires densities not exceed water availability, introduce pollution, stay within public water or sewer system capacity limits.
This bill would change Rhode Island's housing law to remove requirements that towns and cities build housing at certain minimum densities — or offer "density bonuses" (extra units beyond normal limits) — in areas that are near or part of public drinking water sources, such as watersheds and groundwater supplies.
Requires condominium associations to conduct structural surveys and reserve studies, fund reserves at 15%, and plan for repairs.
This bill would require condominium associations in Rhode Island to take specific steps to assess the physical condition of their buildings and set aside money for future repairs.
Authorizes the Johnston town council to set tax exemption limit to an amount determined by the city council via ordinance or resolution for qualified individuals defined in the act.
This bill would give the Johnston Town Council the authority to decide how much of a property tax exemption certain residents can receive.
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.