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Provides that licensed assisted living community is not required to hold a residential unit for a Medicare-eligible resident absent from the facility for a period exceeding 10 days unless EOHHS provides payment to the facility to hold the bed.
This bill addresses what happens to a resident's room at an assisted living facility when they temporarily leave — for example, to go to a hospital or rehabilitation center.
Prohibits healthcare providers and health plans from denying the payment of a medical bill, solely because the bill may have arisen from a third-party claim.
This bill would prevent doctors, hospitals, and health insurance plans from refusing to pay or process a medical bill just because the injury or illness might have been caused by someone else — such as in a car accident, slip-and-fall, or workplace injury.
Prohibits municipalities from restricting certain landscaping equipment based on its power source. It also prohibits any changes in the regulation of the use of power equipment in the municipality, without a positive referendum vote.
This bill would prevent cities and towns in Rhode Island from banning or restricting landscaping equipment — such as lawn mowers, leaf blowers, or trimmers — based on what powers them.
Authorizes the town of North Providence, if an aggregate of two hundred fifty (250) or more units should be proposed in comprehensive permit project(s), to enact an emergency moratorium until the permit requirement of § 45-53-4 are amended.
This bill would give the town of North Providence a special legal tool to temporarily pause certain affordable housing development projects under specific circumstances.
Allows the town of North Providence to determine its density bonuses based upon its underlying zoning.
This bill gives the town of North Providence special authority to set its own rules about "density bonuses" — a tool that allows housing developers to build more homes or units on a piece of land than the standard rules would normally allow.
Permits those individuals convicted of multiple felonies and misdemeanors to have their records expunged and provides criteria for the court to consider in determining whether the person is of good moral character.
This bill would expand Rhode Island's existing expungement law to allow people who have been convicted of multiple felonies and/or misdemeanors to apply to have those criminal records cleared.
Requires a court considering evidence for the issuance of a temporary emergency protective order to cause the respondent to be taken into protective custody by law enforcement and sent to an emergency room of any hospital, pursuant to § 40.1-5-7.1.
This bill deals with "extreme risk protection orders" (sometimes called "red flag laws"), which are legal tools used when someone may pose a danger to themselves or others, often involving firearms.
Requires a municipality to disclose on their official website the specific issues, details and costs of any legal action of which the town or city is a named defendant within 60 days after the close of the fiscal year.
This bill would require Rhode Island cities and towns to publicly disclose information about lawsuits in which they are named as a defendant.
Amends the Law Enforcement Officers’ Due Process, Accountability, and Transparency Act" by changing the provision for payment of legal fees.
This bill proposes a change to an existing Rhode Island law called the "Law Enforcement Officers' Due Process, Accountability, and Transparency Act.
Sets an earlier deadline from June to April for filing of declaration of candidacy and nomination papers.
This bill would move up the deadline for people who want to run for office in Rhode Island to officially declare their candidacy.
Increases the role of the DMV in the voter registration and address verification process, by establishing very specific obligations and responsibilities that must be followed before offering an individual an application to register to vote.
This bill would change how Rhode Island's Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) handles voter registration when people visit for driver's licenses, ID cards, or other DMV services.
Prohibits individuals from conveying items to or from the training school for youth without prior consent by the executive director of the division of youth development at the department of children, youth and families.
This bill would make it illegal to bring items into or take items out of Rhode Island's Training School for Youth — the state's secure facility that houses juveniles who have been committed by the courts — without first getting permission from the executive director of the Division of Youth Development within the Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF).
Provides amendments to the assessment of filing fees required to appeal from certain matters adjudicated by the district court.
This bill would make changes to the fees that people must pay when they want to appeal a decision from Rhode Island's District Court.
Eliminates prescribed timelines for hearing and determination in certain enforcement actions before the department labor and training to align with reasonable practice.
This bill makes a change to how Rhode Island's Department of Labor and Training handles certain wage-related enforcement cases.
Establishes a seven (7) member public-private partnership infrastructure oversight commission to approve all requests for proposals submitted for public-private partnership construction of qualified facilities.
This bill would create a new seven-member oversight commission in Rhode Island specifically designed to supervise partnerships between the government and private businesses when it comes to building or developing public infrastructure.
Establishes the commuter transportation benefit chapter. Employers with five hundred (500) or more employees required to establish a pre-tax commuter transportation fringe benefit program.
This bill would require large employers in Rhode Island to offer their workers a special tax benefit to help cover the cost of commuting.
Prohibits employers from seeking/using credit reports in making hiring decisions concerning prospective employees, asking questions about the applicant's financial past during interviews or including credit history questions in their job applications.
This bill would prevent employers in Rhode Island from using a job applicant's credit history as part of the hiring process.
Requires that before any fire fighter or police officer is eligible to receive benefits for illness or injury sustained off duty, they prove they had reasonable grounds to believe that an emergency existed that required immediate need of their assistance.
This bill would change the rules for when firefighters and police officers can receive injury or illness benefits for something that happens to them while they are off duty.
Creates the Rhode Island Climate Superfund Act of 2026.
This bill would require large fossil fuel companies that have been significant contributors to greenhouse gas emissions to help pay for the costs Rhode Island faces from climate change.
Allows on and after September 1, 2026, an owner of motor vehicle(s) to transfer ownership and registration of said vehicle on their death, by a certificate of title designation and requires DMV to amend title forms, to include transfer-on-death language.
This bill would allow Rhode Island vehicle owners to name a beneficiary directly on their car's title, so that when the owner dies, the vehicle automatically passes to that named person without going through the court process known as probate.
Amends the regulations on the cancellation and renewal of liability and property damage insurance for automobiles, homeowners insurance, residential fire insurance and components thereof.
This bill would require homeowner's insurance companies in Rhode Island to give policyholders at least two months' advance notice before raising their renewal premiums by more than 20%.
Establishes a system of electronic registration and titling of motor vehicles and rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this chapter to be promulgated by the administrator of the division of motor vehicles.
This bill would create a system in Rhode Island that allows motor vehicles to be registered and titled electronically, rather than relying solely on paper-based processes.
Allows for the issuance of a Class B liquor license for the property located at 150 Broadway in the city of Providence.
This bill would allow the city of Providence to issue a Class B liquor license to the business located at 150 Broadway.
Provides that exemptions to the prohibition of liquor licenses within two hundred feet (200') of schools or places of worship do not eliminate neighboring property owners’ remonstrance rights to object to the license.
Rhode Island law generally prohibits liquor licenses from being granted to businesses located within 200 feet of a school or place of worship.