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Establishes the Ranked Choice Voting for Rhode Island Presidential Primaries and provides for new sections on ranked choice voting tabulation and results reporting.
This bill would change how Rhode Island voters cast their ballots in presidential primary elections by introducing a system called Ranked Choice Voting (RCV).
Provides for "litigation financing" regulation by DBR.
This bill would create a new regulatory framework in Rhode Island for "litigation financing," which is the practice where a company provides money to a person involved in a lawsuit in exchange for a portion of any future settlement or court award.
Allows early voting ballot application to be completed in person on an electronic poll pad. Voter then issued a ballot to be placed in a state-approved voting device.
This bill would create a new way for Rhode Island voters to cast their ballots early, in person, at a designated location before Election Day.
Provides for the non-partisan election of the attorney general, commencing with the 2030 election.
This bill would change how Rhode Island elects its Attorney General, starting with the 2030 election.
HOUSE RESOLUTION EXTENDING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF RUTH ANN DESMARAIS
This is a House Resolution passed by the Rhode Island state legislature to formally express condolences on the death of Ruth Ann Desmarais.
Makes it a felony for any person to remove or attempt to remove any firearm or other weapon or any communication device from any peace officer or investigator of the department of attorney general.
This bill would make it a serious crime — specifically a felony — for anyone to take or try to take a firearm, other weapon, or communication device (such as a radio) away from a peace officer or an investigator working for Rhode Island's Department of Attorney General.
Requires that all maintenance of sidewalks along state highways, with the exception of snow and ice removal, be the responsibility of the state.
This bill would make the State of Rhode Island responsible for maintaining sidewalks that run along state highways.
Creates a postsecondary tuition assistance for shortage teaching fields.
This bill would create a financial assistance program to help people pay for college or graduate school if they are studying to become teachers in subject areas where Rhode Island currently has a shortage of qualified educators.
Changes the application to purchase a firearm. Further, this act would require all persons seeking to possess a firearm except for police and military personnel to complete and pass a basic firearm safety training course.
This bill, known as the "Responsible Firearm Purchasing Act," would make two main changes to how Rhode Island residents obtain firearms.
Amends current law on controlled substances to permit psilocybin to be cultivated within a person's residence for personal use and contingent on the US FDA's program, mandate that RI department of health establish rules regulations.
This bill would change Rhode Island's current drug laws to allow residents to grow psilocybin mushrooms — a naturally occurring psychedelic substance — in their own home for personal use.
Provides a specific cause of action for violations of the rights of nursing home patients chapter.
This bill would give nursing home residents in Rhode Island a specific legal right to sue if their rights under state law are violated.
Reserved for the Speaker.
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Reserved for the Minority Leader.
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Restates the UTGR Master Contract and the Twin River-Tiverton Master Contract and consolidates the marketing program of each into the Consolidated Marketing Program.
This bill updates and rewrites the existing contracts between the state of Rhode Island and its two casino operators — Twin River (now Bally's) in Lincoln (referred to as UTGR) and the Twin River-Tiverton casino.
Changes the definition of owner to exclude the state and municipalities for the purposes of liability limitations relating to public use of private lands.
Rhode Island has a law that limits the legal liability of landowners who allow the public to use their private land for recreational purposes — things like hiking, fishing, or hunting.
Provides that the cost of maintaining and repairing or restoring an easement or right-of-way shall be shared by each owner of a benefited property and their costs shall be determined by and commensurate with the municipal appraisal of each property.
This bill addresses how the costs of maintaining, repairing, or restoring a private easement or right-of-way are divided among the property owners who use and benefit from it.
Prohibits the use of algorithmic pricing by landlords to determine the amount of rent to charge a residential tenant.
This bill would make it illegal for landlords in Rhode Island to use algorithmic pricing software to set rent prices for residential tenants.
Allows the town of Johnston to receive a one-half (1/2) credit for affordable housing units for manufactured homes in age restricted communities in conformance with all zoning laws and/or ordinances of the town.
This bill would change how the state counts certain types of housing when measuring whether the town of Johnston is meeting Rhode Island's affordable housing requirements.
Prohibits an employer, employment agency, labor organization, or employee, to commit any act declared to be an unlawful employment practice; individuals would be held personally liable for such conduct.
This bill would strengthen Rhode Island's existing workplace discrimination laws by making it clear that individual people — not just companies or organizations — can be held personally responsible for committing unlawful employment practices.
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Increases the minimum hourly wage commencing January 1, 2029, by an amount equal to the total percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the Northeast Region for the calendar year 2027.
This bill would adjust Rhode Island's minimum wage starting January 1, 2029, by tying it to inflation.
Requires all health care workers who are employed on any Sunday or holiday, to be compensated at the rate of time and one-half.
This bill would require that all healthcare workers in Rhode Island receive "time and a half" pay — meaning one and a half times their normal hourly wage — whenever they work on a Sunday or a recognized holiday.
Removes funding requirement from department of elementary and secondary education.
This bill would make a change to Rhode Island's Education Equity and Property Tax Relief Act by removing a specific funding requirement that currently applies to the state's Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE).