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Provides for better communication between sending and receiving districts regarding students receiving CTE or pathways education.
This bill focuses on improving how school districts share information with each other when students travel between districts for specialized education programs.
Implements statewide parking standards.
This bill would establish uniform parking rules that would apply across all cities and towns in Rhode Island.
Repeals § 3-7-19 which prohibits retail liquor licenses within two hundred feet (200') of schools and religious institutions.
This bill would remove an existing Rhode Island law that currently prevents liquor stores and other businesses with retail liquor licenses from operating within 200 feet of a school or religious institution (such as a church, mosque, or synagogue).
Requires the PUC to produce report on comprehensive study by April 30, 2027.
This bill requires Rhode Island's Public Utilities Commission (PUC) — the state agency that oversees electricity, gas, water, and other utility services — to complete a comprehensive study and produce a written report by April 30, 2027.
Amends the state building code and would require that the state adopt the 2024 International Residential Code and prohibit the state building committee from adopting amendments for one to four residential dwelling units until 2030.
This bill would require Rhode Island to adopt the 2024 International Residential Code (IRC), which is a widely-used set of national construction standards that covers how homes are built to ensure safety, structural soundness, and livability.
Provides educators and administrators employed in a charter public school or mayoral academy with prevailing wage and benefits oversight and recourse if found in violation of the same.
This bill focuses on the pay and benefits of teachers and administrators who work at charter public schools and mayoral academies in Rhode Island.
Ends transaction fees for school lunches in all districts. This act requires at least one no-fee payment method for school lunches and a full disclosure whether fees will be charged by a payment platform.
This bill would require every Rhode Island school district to offer at least one way for families to pay for school lunches without being charged any extra transaction or processing fees.
Allows customers to directly take single-use plastic straws from food service establishments.
This bill would change how single-use plastic straws are made available at restaurants, cafes, and other food service businesses in Rhode Island.
Establishes the catastrophe savings account act.
This bill would create a new type of special savings account in Rhode Island called a "Catastrophe Savings Account.
Creates a new chapter to protect Rhode Island consumers from coercive tactics at grocery stores.
This Rhode Island bill would create new legal protections for shoppers at grocery stores, specifically targeting what the bill calls "coercive economic tactics.
Establishes an equivalent training certification program at the municipal police academy.
This bill would create a new training certification program at Rhode Island's municipal police academy that allows certain individuals to demonstrate they have already received equivalent training elsewhere.
Requires employers to protect employees from extreme temperatures through rest breaks, PPE, training, and equipment, and mandates quarterly supervisor training, to recognize and mitigate heat- and cold-related risks.
This bill would require Rhode Island employers to take specific steps to protect their workers from the dangers of extreme heat and cold on the job.
Expands the deinstitutionalization subsidy aid program in the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals to include adoptive parent(s) or siblings(s).
Rhode Island currently has a program called the "deinstitutionalization subsidy aid program," which provides financial assistance to help people with developmental disabilities or behavioral health needs live outside of institutional settings (like large care facilities) and instead be supported within a family or community environment.
Reduces the time for expungements to 3 years for a single misdemeanor and 5 years for felonies and multiple misdemeanors.
This bill would shorten the waiting period that Rhode Island residents must wait before they can apply to have their criminal records expunged, meaning legally cleared or sealed from public view.
Strengthens consumer protections in insurance claims by improving the fairness and timeliness of arbitration and appraisal proceedings, and preventing insurers from delaying or obstructing the dispute resolution process.
This Rhode Island bill aims to make the process of resolving insurance disputes fairer and faster for consumers.
Strengthens consumer protections in insurance claims by expanding definitions of unfair claims settlement practices and clarifies an insured’s right to pursue bad-faith remedies.
This bill strengthens protections for Rhode Island residents when dealing with insurance companies during the claims process.
Amends certain signature requirements and deadlines regarding primaries for election of delegates to national conventions for presidential preference.
This Rhode Island bill proposes changes to the rules that govern how candidates get on the ballot for presidential primary elections — specifically the elections where voters choose delegates to national party conventions and express their preference for a presidential nominee.
Removes the five (5) year waiting period for filing a motion to seal an eviction court file. It also deletes the numerical limitation on filing seal requests.
This Rhode Island bill makes it easier for tenants to seal their eviction court records by removing two current restrictions.
Requires state use actual residences of persons in government custody for redistricting purposes. Information would be collected by the department of corrections and forwarded to the division of statewide planning, to be utilized for redistricting.
This bill changes how Rhode Island counts incarcerated people when drawing political district maps.
Defines “anti-Semitism” for the state human affairs commission to use while investigating and working to resolve complaints of discrimination and for the commission against prejudice and bias to use in defining hate crimes.
This bill would add an official definition of "anti-Semitism" to Rhode Island law for use by two specific state bodies: the State Human Affairs Commission and the Commission Against Prejudice and Bias.
Prohibits purchases of more than one firearm in any thirty (30) day period.
This bill would make it illegal in Rhode Island to buy more than one firearm within any 30-day period.
Provides for just cause evictions for residential landlord tenancies.
This bill would change the rules around when a landlord in Rhode Island can evict a residential tenant.
Categorizes women by their biological identity at birth rather than their gender identity for purpose of organized sports.
This bill would have required that participation in women's or girls' sports categories be determined by a person's biological sex assigned at birth, rather than their gender identity.
Provides for release of misdemeanor arrestees without financial conditions, except for domestic violence or flight risk or obstruct of justice risk.
This bill would change how people arrested for misdemeanors (less serious crimes) are handled when it comes to bail in Rhode Island.