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Authorizes the tax administrator to waive interest and penalties on delinquent taxes paid in full during a one week amnesty period. Also reinstates a suspended driver’s license upon payment in full.
This bill would create a one-week "tax amnesty" period in Rhode Island, during which people who owe back taxes can pay what they owe without being charged extra fees.
Eliminates the sales tax on taxi services and pet care services.
This bill would remove the Rhode Island sales tax from two specific types of services: taxi rides (and similar transportation services) and pet care services.
Amends the Education Equity and Property Tax Relief Act to set the regionalization bonus at 2% of the state's share of foundation education aid for the fiscal year starting July 1, 2026, and for each year thereafter.
This bill makes a specific change to Rhode Island's school funding formula, known as the Education Equity and Property Tax Relief Act.
Changes the teacher and state employees' retirement benefit calculations' cutoff date from July 1, 2024, to July 1, 2012, for all retirement members eligible to and who retire on or after the new July 1, 2012, cutoff date.
This bill would change how retirement benefits are calculated for Rhode Island teachers and state employees.
Establishes the office of inspector general as an independent administrative agency charged with the responsibility to investigate, detect, and prevent fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement in the expenditure of public funds.
This bill would create a new, independent government office in Rhode Island called the Office of Inspector General.
Authorizes an increase in resource eligibility limits for persons with long-term-care needs who reside at home and requires semi-annual reports from Medicaid certified assisted living facilities and adult day service providers to the EOHHS.
This Rhode Island bill makes two main changes to the state's Medicaid program as it relates to long-term care.
Commencing January 1, 2027, mandates insurers provide health insurance coverage without cost-share requirements for vaccinations recommended by the DOH and mandates the coverage for the medical assistance program and managed care organizations.
This bill would require health insurance companies in Rhode Island to cover vaccinations that are recommended by the state's Department of Health (DOH) at no cost to patients, starting January 1, 2027.
Requires health insurance plans to cover services provided by licensed certified professional midwives. Insurers would be required to report utilization and cost data annually and certain limited benefit policies would be exempt.
This bill would require health insurance plans in Rhode Island to cover maternity and birthing services provided by licensed certified professional midwives (CPMs).
Requires health insurance policies to cover licensed certified lactation counselor services for childbearing families. It would also prohibit requiring supervision or duplicate payments for services and mandates annual reporting.
This bill would require health insurance companies in Rhode Island to cover services provided by licensed certified lactation counselors for families who are pregnant, giving birth, or breastfeeding.
Prohibits the state, participating ERISA, or any health plan from purchasing referenced drugs for a cost higher than the referenced rate.
This bill would set limits on how much the state of Rhode Island, certain employer health plans, and other health insurance plans can pay for specific prescription drugs.
Requires health insurance providers to provide insurance coverage for pharmacists’ services.
This bill would require health insurance companies in Rhode Island to cover services provided directly by pharmacists.
Establishes the Wholesale Prescription Drug Importation Program for the importation of wholesale prescription drugs from Canada, to provide savings to Rhode Island consumers.
This bill would create a program in Rhode Island that allows prescription drugs to be imported from Canada in bulk (called "wholesale" importation) for sale to Rhode Island residents.
Makes changes to the access to public records act, including clarifying various provisions, increasing the sanctions for knowing and willful violations of the law, and making certain traffic accident data and preferred license plate information public.
This bill makes several updates to Rhode Island's Access to Public Records Act (APRA), which is the law that gives people the right to request and receive documents from government agencies.
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.
Authorizes the city of Cranston to establish a housing division within its municipal court.
This bill would give the city of Cranston the legal authority to create a dedicated housing division within its existing municipal court system.
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.