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Allows parents or guardians to have access to GPS data of the bus or other motor vehicle used to transport students to and from school.
This bill would give parents and guardians the ability to access GPS location data for the school buses or other vehicles that transport their children to and from school.
Requires those with a public records request to provide identifying information.
This bill would change Rhode Island's current public records process by requiring anyone who submits a public records request to provide identifying information about themselves.
Allows a person over 18 to purchase a stun gun or electronic dart gun and prohibits the sale of a stun gun or electronic dart gun to a person under 18 and criminalizes using a stun gun or electronic dart gun in a crime or against a police officer.
This bill would change Rhode Island law to allow adults 18 years of age and older to legally purchase stun guns and electronic dart guns (commonly known as Tasers).
Decriminalizes certain commercial sexual activity. It would also include human trafficking as a racketeering activity and would allow expungements of certain convictions in § 11-34.1 after one year.
This bill would make significant changes to how Rhode Island handles laws related to buying and selling sexual services.
Requires that the license plates of a vehicle be confiscated by a police officer if the owner was arrested for driving while their license was suspended, revoked or cancelled for refusing to submit to a chemical test or for operating under the influence.
This bill would require police officers to take away the license plates from a vehicle at the time of arrest if the driver is caught driving with a suspended, revoked, or cancelled license — specifically in cases where that suspension was related to a DUI (driving under the influence) or refusing to take a chemical test (such as a breathalyzer).
Allows citizens of a city or town who are at least sixteen (16) years of age to register to vote and to vote in school committee elections in municipalities where school committees are elected entities.
This bill would lower the voting age to 16 specifically for school committee elections in Rhode Island cities and towns where school committee members are elected by the public.
Enlarges definitions of prohibited acts that constitute hazing, make principals, coaches, athletic directors and others responsible for knowingly failing to take reasonable measures to prevent hazing and punishes serious injury.
This bill strengthens Rhode Island's existing anti-hazing laws by expanding what counts as "hazing" and making it harder for schools and organizations to look the other way when it happens.
Changes the maximum term of employment for a superintendent from three (3) to five (5) years.
This bill proposes a change to how long a school superintendent can be hired under a single employment contract in Rhode Island.
Establishes a maximum hourly workday for all peace officers as defined in § 12-7-21 and a violation rate of pay of double time and a half.
This bill sets a maximum number of hours that peace officers in Rhode Island can be required to work in a single day.
Allows for a special RI license plate to raise awareness for colon cancer. The plate would be designed by the partnership to reduce cancer in RI and honoring the late Maryellen Goodwin.
This bill would create a special Rhode Island license plate dedicated to raising awareness about colon cancer.
Disabled veteran license plate may be transferred to veterans' spouse or issued to veteran or veterans spouse.
This Rhode Island bill would make it easier for disabled veterans and their spouses to use special disabled veteran license plates.
Defines "military-connected student", "advance enrollment" and "open enrollment" to give them flexibility in choosing a school district.
This bill creates new legal definitions and enrollment rights specifically for children of military families in Rhode Island.
Includes veterans 75 years or older with a combined service connected disability rating of 70% as eligible for disabled veterans license plates.
This bill would expand who qualifies for Rhode Island's disabled veterans license plates.
Allows the dependents of a national guard member, who is in good standing, to be eligible for tuition assistance.
This bill would expand Rhode Island's existing tuition assistance program for National Guard members to also cover their dependents — meaning their spouses and children.
Requires the state building commissioner to implement electronic permitting for any category of state or local permit authorized under state law to significantly impact the expediency of construction and development.
This bill would require Rhode Island's state building commissioner to set up an electronic (online) permitting system for construction and development projects.
Requires radon testing within one year of any residential real estate transaction and the installation of a radon mitigation system if unsafe radon levels are present, at the seller's expense.
This bill would require that every home involved in a residential real estate sale be tested for radon gas within one year of the transaction closing.
Authorizes and empower the department of transportation to plant pollinator friendly native species of trees, shrubs, grasses and plants within limits of a roadway, including state highways.
This bill would give Rhode Island's Department of Transportation (RIDOT) the authority to plant native, pollinator-friendly trees, shrubs, grasses, and other plants along roadsides and state highways.
Requires the public utilities commission to provide for a classification of service for retail electricity consumers that are large energy use facilities.
This bill would require Rhode Island's Public Utilities Commission (PUC) — the state agency that oversees electric, gas, and water services — to create a special category of electric service specifically for "large energy use facilities.
Requires all public utilities to maintain a customer service facility within the state to perform services such as addressing customer inquiries and accepting bill payments.
This bill would require all public utility companies operating in Rhode Island — such as electric, gas, water, and telecommunications providers — to maintain at least one physical customer service office located within the state.
Permits on and after July 1, 2027, for an insurer to consider the zip code in which the vehicle is garaged provided that the calculation of the zip code is segmented by the municipality where the vehicle is garaged.
This bill would change how car insurance companies in Rhode Island are allowed to calculate your auto insurance rates.
Establishes certain presumptions pertaining to early childhood education programs operating in RIDE-certified school buildings.
This bill deals with how early childhood education programs (like pre-K or daycare programs) are evaluated and rated when they operate inside school buildings that have already been certified by the Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE).
Permits students at failing schools to enroll in any public school and also established the Rhode Island education revitalization fund to provide funding to the school choice program.
This bill would give students who attend low-performing or "failing" schools in Rhode Island the option to transfer and enroll in any public school of their choosing.
Enables parents to review public school learning materials/object if the parent decides that the material is harmful. Also a parent may withdraw their student from the activity or class where the material is used and request an alternative assignment.
This bill, called the "Rights of Parents and Guardians in Public Educational Instruction Act," would give parents and guardians in Rhode Island the formal right to review learning materials used in their child's public school classes.
Amends the certain provisions relative to school waste recycling and refuse disposal and requires reports of waste audits by educational entities and reports of program participation by vendors.
This bill updates Rhode Island's existing rules around how schools handle their trash and recycling.