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Allows for the issuance of a Class B or Class BV liquor license for the property located at 186 Wayland Avenue in the city of Providence.
This bill would allow a specific property — located at 186 Wayland Avenue in Providence, Rhode Island — to receive a Class B or Class BV liquor license.
Requires any entity that knowingly collects, shares or sells to third parties the personal data of a consumer to register with the department of business regulations and permits for the consumer to request deletion of the personal data.
This bill would create new rules for any business or organization that collects, shares, or sells personal information about Rhode Island consumers.
Establishes minimum limitations standards for structural property damage claims, and voids any policy provision, endorsement, condition, limitation, agreement, or claim practice that shortens those standards.
This Rhode Island bill sets minimum time limits for how long homeowners and property owners have to file insurance claims related to structural damage — such as damage to the frame, foundation, walls, or roof of a building.
Requires insurance companies to settle claims or request additional information within 30 days of receipt of a notice of claim. Failure to comply results in $250/day payable to the insured party.
This bill would require insurance companies operating in Rhode Island to take action on a claim within 30 days of receiving it.
Provides that effective July 1, 2026, the profit margin of any electric distribution company or distributor of natural gas, would not exceed four percent (4%), in any given calendar year.
This Rhode Island bill would place a limit on how much profit electric and natural gas utility companies can earn.
Replaces the existing limited liability company act with a newer and updated model act.
This bill would replace Rhode Island's existing rules for Limited Liability Companies (LLCs) with a newer, modernized version based on a national model law.
Replaces the existing chapter on this subject by requiring school districts to organize concussion oversight teams, develop removal-from-play, return-to-play, and return-to-learn protocols, and develop a concussion brochure.
This bill would update Rhode Island's existing laws on how public schools handle concussions among student athletes and participants in school activities.
Prohibits an educational institution or school district from accessing or using location data for tracking a student's institutional device or personal device, except in limited circumstances.
This bill would limit the ability of schools and school districts in Rhode Island to track the physical location of students through their devices.
Provides local agencies with a mechanism to opt-out of statewide transportation upon a showing of a cost-effective alternative to the current fee-for-service model.
This bill deals with how students are transported to schools that are located outside of their home city or town — for example, when a student attends a charter school, magnet school, or other specialized program in a different community.
Exempts certain cookware that contains perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS that are authorized by the FDA for food contact for consumer goods from the provision of the consumer PFAS ban act of 2024.
Rhode Island passed a law in 2024 called the Consumer PFAS Ban Act, which restricts the sale of products containing PFAS — a group of man-made chemicals sometimes called "forever chemicals" because they break down very slowly in the environment and in the human body.
Takes several measures to lead by example by banning state purchases of plastic bottles, and requires state funds to be used to lease or purchase electric vehicles and renewable energy efficient technologies for use on state property.
This bill would require the State of Rhode Island to make more environmentally friendly choices when spending public money.
Provides that energy storage systems located on abandoned or contaminated property be permitted by right as a permitted use and not considered to have negative environmental impacts.
This bill would make it easier to install energy storage systems — like large batteries that store electricity — on land that has been abandoned or is contaminated (sometimes called "brownfields").
Prohibits the use of artificial turf as material to cover compacted solid waste at a sanitary landfill.
This bill would make it illegal to use artificial turf as a cover material on top of compacted garbage at Rhode Island's sanitary landfills.
Exempts certain urban and small farmers from sales taxes, real, tangible and personal property taxes and income taxes. This act would also define urban and small farmers and urban farmland.
This Rhode Island bill would create special tax breaks for urban and small farmers in the state.
Establishes a property tax deferral program for senior citizens, disabled persons or veterans.
This bill would create a program in Rhode Island that allows certain homeowners to delay paying their property taxes rather than paying them on the usual schedule.
Provides for penalties for tax preparers that purposefully mislead their clients or act as ghost preparers of tax returns.
This bill sets up penalties for tax preparers in Rhode Island who engage in dishonest or deceptive practices when helping clients file their taxes.
Requires that the state’s share to support public library services in fiscal year 2027 be fixed at twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount appropriated and expended by the city or town in the second preceding fiscal year.
This bill sets a specific funding formula for how much money Rhode Island state government will contribute to public libraries across the state in fiscal year 2027.
Provides that the month of September in each year be designated "Rhode Island Senior Center Month" with appropriate exercises in public places.
This bill would officially designate September of every year as "Rhode Island Senior Center Month.
Requires a review by the department of elementary and secondary education of the formula components used to compute the aid needed to support high need students.
This bill requires Rhode Island's Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) to review the mathematical formula currently used to calculate how much extra funding schools receive to support "high need" students.
Defines public-private partnerships and provides the framework to encourage the use of public-private partnerships for proposals for state purchases.
This bill creates an official definition and legal framework for "public-private partnerships" (often called P3s) in Rhode Island.
Permits hit and run victims suffering serious bodily injury to recover under the crime victim compensation program.
This bill would expand Rhode Island's Crime Victim Compensation Program to include people who are injured in hit-and-run incidents.
Appropriates two million seven hundred thousand dollars ($2,700,000) to fund the primary care training sites program to provide training for physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants within the department of health.
This bill would set aside $2.
Under the emergency fund for victims, increases the share of a victim’s total award that may be used for relocation related expenses but not increase total compensation available to a victim.
This bill makes a change to Rhode Island's existing emergency fund for crime victims, which provides financial assistance to people who have been harmed by violent crimes.
Allows for food and food supplies procurement by the state of less than $25,000 in aggregate under the small purchase regulations.
This bill would change how Rhode Island state agencies can buy food and food-related supplies.