Browse Bills
2,774 bills found
Prohibits any questioning of a juvenile who is suspected of delinquent or criminal behavior, unless the parent of guardian of the juvenile is present, or unless an attorney is present or the juvenile and their parents have waived their presence.
This bill would establish new rules about how and when police or other authorities can question young people suspected of breaking the law in Rhode Island.
Includes animal cruelty offenses to the domestic violence crimes committed by a family or household members against another.
This bill would expand Rhode Island's domestic violence laws to include acts of animal cruelty.
Requires mandatory training standards for police officers and trainees, in identifying, responding, and handling all incidents involving any person with a developmental disability.
This bill would have required Rhode Island police officers and police trainees to complete mandatory training on how to identify, respond to, and handle situations involving people with developmental disabilities.
Establishes a program for the energy and water benchmarking of large buildings in Rhode Island and a standard for their energy performance.
This bill would create a program requiring owners of large buildings in Rhode Island to regularly track and report how much energy and water their buildings use.
Requires that all cosmetics manufactured, sold, delivered, held or offered for sale contain a label that completely and accurately list all of their component ingredients.
This bill would require that all cosmetics sold, manufactured, delivered, or offered for sale in Rhode Island carry a label that fully and accurately lists every ingredient in the product.
Limits the development of utility scale solar energy projects.
This bill would place restrictions on where and how large commercial solar energy installations — known as "utility scale" solar projects — can be built in Rhode Island.
Provides that health clubs must discontinue automatic deductions from the consumer's account or credit card within 30 calendar days of receiving a notice to stop from the consumer.
This bill would create a new rule for health clubs — such as gyms and fitness centers — operating in Rhode Island.
Provides for fair pharmacy reimbursement from a pharmacy benefit manager, and also provides anti-discrimination prohibitions in regard to non-affiliated pharmacies or pharmacists.
This bill aims to create fairer rules for how pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) — the middlemen companies that manage prescription drug benefits for insurance plans — pay pharmacies for dispensing medications.
Caps amount payable for 30 day supply of equipment/supplies for insulin administration/glucose monitoring at $25 or equipment designed to last more than 30 days with no deductible commencing January 1, 2027.
This bill would place a limit on how much people with diabetes have to pay out-of-pocket for the supplies they need to manage their condition.
Creates a taskforce to provide recommendations, advice and guidance to help expedite and provide technical assistance with regard to the development of solar energy systems on property owned by the state.
This bill would create a new advisory task force in Rhode Island focused on expanding solar energy development on state-owned property.
Prohibits healthcare insurers from requiring or conducting a review for prescription medicine used to treat alcohol or opioid use disorder containing Methadone, Burenorphine, or Naltrexone, or approved to mitigate opioid withdrawal symptoms.
This bill would prevent health insurance companies in Rhode Island from requiring prior authorization or other utilization reviews before covering certain medications used to treat alcohol use disorder and opioid use disorder.
Amends the definition of infectious diseases to include the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and would include emergency medical technicians eligible for benefits.
This bill would update Rhode Island's existing law that protects firefighters and police officers who may be exposed to infectious diseases while on the job.
Provides that the prescription label for medication abortion prescription drugs may include the name of the dispensing healthcare practice instead of the name of the dispenser.
This bill would change what information appears on the label of prescription medications used for medication abortions (such as mifepristone and misoprostol).
Requires Rhode Island Energy to enter into at least one long-term contract, for at least a four (4) year period, to procure natural gas pipeline capacity with an interstate pipeline operator.
This bill would have required Rhode Island Energy — the state's main utility company that delivers natural gas to homes and businesses — to sign at least one long-term contract with an interstate natural gas pipeline operator.
Directs the office of energy resources to develop building performance standards for large buildings in Rhode Island that would cause greenhouse gas emissions to decline in line with the act on climate requirements.
This bill would direct Rhode Island's Office of Energy Resources to create new energy and emissions rules for large buildings in the state.
Repeals the energy efficiency charge.
This bill would eliminate a fee that currently appears on Rhode Island utility customers' bills known as the "energy efficiency charge.
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 provide electronic payment information — such as a credit card or bank account number to be stored on file — as a condition of receiving medical treatment.
Prohibits participation in federal school voucher tax credit for contributions to scholarship-granting organizations unless both the general assembly and the governor approve such participation.
This bill is about a specific type of federal program that gives people and businesses a tax credit (a reduction in their federal taxes) when they donate money to organizations that provide private school scholarships, sometimes called "school vouchers.
Increases monthly minimum benefit for a spouse, domestic partner, former spouse. Grant a 2.89% COLA for eligible retirees. Provided a modification reducing federal AGI for public pension benefits from the RI employees retirement system.
This bill would have made several changes to benefit retired public school teachers and their families in Rhode Island.
Allows teachers, state and municipal employees to retire when they have at least twenty-eight (28) years of active service and their retirement age, when combined with the number of their years of service reaches, the number eighty-five (85).
This bill would change the retirement rules for Rhode Island public school teachers, state employees, and municipal (local government) employees.
Provides for paid leave for a state employee who donates an organ and duration of the leave is dependent on the type of donation and notice should be provided to the employer at least thirty (30) days prior to the leave.
This bill would create a new type of paid leave specifically for Rhode Island state government employees who choose to donate an organ.
Provides that adjunct faculty members at any state college or university who teach at least 50% of the hours regularly worked by full-time faculty in a semester would be eligible for the same medical benefits as other state employees.
This bill would extend medical health insurance benefits to adjunct (part-time) faculty members who work at Rhode Island's public colleges and universities.
Permits retired superior court magistrates to be assigned to perform service pursuant to §§ 8-2-11.1, 8-2-39, 8-2-39.1 or 8-2-39.2 and be reemployed by the superior court without any forfeiture or reduction of any retirement benefits.
This bill would allow retired Superior Court magistrates in Rhode Island to come back to work for the court on a temporary or assigned basis without losing any of their retirement benefits.
Provides that testimony submitted on behalf of state departments, agencies, boards or commissions would not be considered official unless authorized by the governor.
This bill would change the rules around how state government agencies communicate with the Rhode Island legislature.