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Provides a specific cause of action for violations of the rights of nursing home patients chapter.
This Rhode Island bill focuses on protecting people who live in nursing homes by giving them a formal legal tool to use when their rights are violated.
Allows for the issuance of a Class BV license for the property located at 1706 Mineral Spring Avenue in the town of North Providence.
This bill would allow a specific property in North Providence, Rhode Island to receive a special type of liquor license called a "Class BV" license.
SENATE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION TO TERMINATE GAS LINE EXTENSION ALLOWANCES AS PART OF DOCKET 25-45-GE
This is a resolution from the Rhode Island Senate asking the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission (PUC) — the state agency that oversees utility companies — to end a program called "gas line extension allowances.
SENATE RESOLUTION FORMALLY REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION TO IMPLEMENT ALL PROVISIONS OF THE STATE FUNDING FORMULA FOR EDUCATION
This is a Senate resolution from the Rhode Island legislature formally asking the state's Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (RIDE) to fully carry out all parts of the existing school funding formula.
JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF APPROXIMATELY $30,000,000 TO RHODE ISLAND'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY IMPROVEMENTS (Authorizes the appropriation of the sum of $100,000 to each public school in Rhode Island for school safety and security improvements.)
This bill would direct approximately $30 million in state funding to Rhode Island's public schools specifically for safety and security improvements.
JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY SAFE STAFFING RATIOS IN HOSPITALS (Creates a 15 member commission to study and provide recommendations for safe staffing ratios in hospitals, who would report back to the General Assembly by March 31, 2027, and would expire on June 30, 2027.)
This bill would have created a special 15-member commission in Rhode Island to study the question of safe staffing ratios in hospitals — meaning how many patients a nurse or other hospital staff member should be responsible for at one time.
JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $100,000 FOR THE RHODE ISLAND COMMISSION ON PREJUDICE & BIAS (This resolution would appropriate the sum of $100,000 to the Rhode Island Commission on Prejudice and Bias.)
This bill is a joint resolution that would direct $100,000 in state funding to the Rhode Island Commission on Prejudice and Bias.
JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $75,000 FOR THE JEWISH COLLABORATIVE SERVICES (Appropriates the sum of $75,000 to Jewish Collaborative Services.)
This is a straightforward spending bill that would direct $75,000 in Rhode Island state funds to an organization called Jewish Collaborative Services.
JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $15,200,000 TO BE USED TO PURCHASE PFAS-FREE FIREFIGHTING GEAR (Authorizes the appropriation of the sum of $15,200,000 to cities and towns to purchase firefighter and rescue personnel protective gear which is PFAS free.)
This bill would set aside $15.
JOINT RESOLUTION URGING THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT TO STUDY AND REGULATE THE IMPACT OF WAKE BOATS ON RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC WATERWAYS (Urges DEM to study and regulate the impact of wake boats on Rhode Island public waterways.)
This resolution asks Rhode Island's Department of Environmental Management (DEM) to take a closer look at "wake boats" — large, powerful recreational boats specifically designed to create big waves for water sports like wakeboarding and wakesurfing.
JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $850,000 FOR NEW BRIDGES FOR HAITIAN SUCCESS (Authorizes the appropriation of $850,000 for New Bridges for Haitian Success for the purpose of residential property acquisition for transitional housing to support immigrants with temporary protected status (TPS) and asylum status.)
This bill is a joint resolution in the Rhode Island legislature that would authorize spending $850,000 in state funds for an organization called New Bridges for Haitian Success.
JOINT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE STATE TO ENTER INTO A FINANCING AGREEMENT RELATING TO SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION IN THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET TO FINANCE RENOVATIONS AND REPAIRS TO SAMUEL SLATER MIDDLE SCHOOL FACILITIES, OR THE ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF A NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL AND SCHOOL FACILITIES AND ALL EXPENSES INCIDENT THERETO INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, COSTS OF DESIGN, DEMOLITION, ATHLETIC FIELDS, LANDSCAPING AND PARKING BY THE ISSUANCE OF NOT MORE THAN $22,500,000 CITY BONDS, CITY NOTES AND/OR OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS THEREFOR (Authorizes the city of Pawtucket to issue bonds for school renovations.)
This bill is a joint resolution from the Rhode Island General Assembly that would allow the city of Pawtucket to borrow up to $22.
JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY CURRENT CONDOMINIUM LAW AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND ONGOING AFFORDABILITY OF CONDOMINIUMS IN RHODE ISLAND (Creates a 16-member commission to study current condominium law and provide recommendations for improvements, and who would report back to the General Assembly by December 31, 2027, and would expire on March 15, 2028.)
This bill would create a special 16-member study commission in Rhode Island to take a close look at the state's existing condominium laws.
JOINT RESOLUTION APPROVE AND PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION -- OF QUALIFICATION FOR OFFICE (Proposes a state constitutional amendment to provide no person could hold office as general officer unless that person was a resident and a registered voter in the State of Rhode Island for at least 2 years, continuously, prior to taking office.)
This bill proposes a change to Rhode Island's state constitution that would set stricter eligibility requirements for people running for the state's top elected offices, known as "general officers.
JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $200,000 TO THE HOUSING NETWORK: THE RHODE ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF NONPROFIT HOUSING DEVELOPERS, DBA HOUSING NETWORK OF RHODE ISLAND (Authorizes the appropriation of the sum of $ 200,000 to the Housing Network of Rhode Island.)
This bill is a joint resolution that would authorize the state of Rhode Island to set aside $200,000 in public funds for an organization called the Housing Network of Rhode Island.
JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION ON CITY AND TOWN AFFAIRS (Establishes a joint legislative commission on city and town affairs.)
This resolution would create a special joint commission made up of members from both the Rhode Island Senate and House of Representatives to focus on issues related to cities and towns across the state.
JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $250,000 TO 401 TECH BRIDGE TO STUDY AND EXPLORE SEAGLIDERS IN RHODE ISLAND (This resolution would make an appropriation of $250,000 to 401 Tech Bridge to study and explore seagliders.)
This resolution would direct $250,000 in state funds to an organization called 401 Tech Bridge to research and explore the potential use of "seagliders" in Rhode Island.
Limits the provisions related to prepayment of real estate mortgages to those mortgage loans made for real estate containing owner occupied dwelling houses of not more than four dwelling units.
This bill would change Rhode Island's existing rules about paying off a mortgage early (called "prepayment") so that those rules only apply to a specific category of home loans.
Allows nonprofit organizations to participate in permitted games of chance upon registering with the state police on an annual basis. The nonprofit would be exempt from any required background checks by local law enforcement.
This bill would make it easier for nonprofit organizations in Rhode Island to hold or participate in permitted games of chance — such as raffles, bingo, or similar fundraising activities.
Prohibits the use of heating systems utilizing fossil fuels as well as air or water heating systems in any state or municipal building open to the public constructed, altered or renovated on or after January 1, 2028.
This bill would ban the use of fossil fuel-based heating systems — such as those powered by natural gas, oil, or propane — in state and municipal buildings that are open to the public, if those buildings are newly constructed, significantly altered, or renovated on or after January 1, 2028.
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 for anyone to bring items into or take items out of Rhode Island's Training School for Youth — the state's secure facility for young people who have been placed there by the court system — without first getting permission from the top official overseeing that facility.
Amends the Rhode Island Fair Housing Practices Act to clarify housing-status enforcement, ban discriminatory housing notices, align state law with federal standards and remove a ban on public discussion of fair housing cases.
This bill proposed several changes to Rhode Island's existing Fair Housing Practices Act, which is the state law designed to protect people from discrimination when renting or buying a home.
Repeals the provisions of § 34-7-4 regarding rights of footway being acquired by adverse possession.
This bill would repeal a specific section of Rhode Island law that currently allows people to gain legal rights to walk across someone else's private property simply by doing so openly and continuously for a long period of time.
Requires that court sentencing a person for first degree sexual assault of first degree child molestation, have the approval of the victim before imposing any negotiated sentence upon the offender.
This bill would give victims of first-degree sexual assault and first-degree child molestation a formal say in plea deal sentencing.