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Increases the minimum claim amount necessary to require a matter involving motor vehicle liability be submitted to mandatory arbitration.
This bill would change the dollar threshold that determines when a car accident insurance dispute must go through mandatory arbitration.
Amends certain signature requirements and deadlines regarding primaries for election of delegates to national conventions for presidential preference.
This bill proposes changes to the rules governing how Rhode Island runs its presidential primary elections — specifically the process by which delegates are chosen to attend national party conventions and how presidential preference votes are conducted.
Requires the DCYF director to disclose to the school nurse where a child is enrolled, when that child has been placed in foster care.
This bill would require the Director of the Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) — Rhode Island's child welfare agency — to notify a child's school nurse whenever that child is placed into foster care.
Requires correctional staff to wear and activate body cameras, set rules for recording and access, create an independent oversight board, mandate training and reporting, and establish a grant funded pilot program.
This bill would require correctional officers and other staff working in Rhode Island's prisons and jails to wear body cameras while on duty and to keep those cameras turned on during interactions with incarcerated individuals.
Provides for municipal and state police authorities to acquire and to utilize automated license plate readers and identify what data may be collected and in what ways the data can be used.
This bill would establish rules for how Rhode Island's state and local police departments can use automated license plate readers (ALPRs) — cameras that automatically scan and record the license plates of passing vehicles.
Eliminates the registration and service charge fees for National Guard plates.
This bill would eliminate the fees that Rhode Island National Guard members currently have to pay to register their vehicles with special National Guard license plates.
Permits grand juries to issue reports and provides for a process for review and acceptance by the superior court for dissemination to the public.
This bill would give Rhode Island grand juries the ability to issue written reports to the public.
Prohibits the practice of patient brokering and provides monetary penalties and enforcement by the office of the attorney general.
This bill would make it illegal to engage in "patient brokering," which is the practice of paying or receiving money, kickbacks, or other rewards in exchange for referring patients to or from healthcare providers, treatment facilities, laboratories, or similar services.
Amends the Law Enforcement Officers’ Due Process, Accountability, and Transparency Act" by changing the provision for payment of legal fees.
This bill proposes a change to Rhode Island's "Law Enforcement Officers' Due Process, Accountability, and Transparency Act," a state law that governs how law enforcement officers are treated during investigations and disciplinary proceedings.
Amends the jury list and jury qualification statutes to add individuals receiving public assistance benefits.
This bill would change Rhode Island's rules about who is eligible to serve on a jury.
Allows a law enforcement agency to consider expunged records when issuing a license or permit to carry a pistol or revolver.
This bill would change the rules around expunged criminal records in Rhode Island, specifically when it comes to applying for a license or permit to carry a handgun.
Prohibits dental insurers from refusing to honor directions to pay from insured, modifying benefits to be paid. Requires providers to accept payment by virtual credit card as unfair claims practices.
This bill aims to change the rules around how dental insurance companies handle payments to dentists and other dental care providers.
HOUSE RESOLUTION CONDEMNING UNCONSTITUTIONAL TACTICS BY U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND BEYOND
This is a House Resolution from the Rhode Island state legislature expressing the official position of the Rhode Island House of Representatives regarding the actions of U.
Mandates the use of a soft-shell helmet cover device that adds a padded, soft-shell layer to the outside of a traditional football helmet, for students participating in Rhode Island interscholastic league football
This bill would require all students who play football through the Rhode Island Interscholastic League to use a soft-shell helmet cover on their football helmets.
Directs the council on elementary and secondary education to develop recommendations for a high school curriculum to prepare students for successful postsecondary education and careers in computer science.
This bill would direct Rhode Island's Council on Elementary and Secondary Education to create recommendations for a high school curriculum focused on computer science.
MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE STATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2027
This is Rhode Island's annual state budget bill, which lays out how the state government plans to spend money during the fiscal year that runs from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027.
Amends the residential landlord and tenant act to prohibit the use of algorithmic renting-setting software that relies on nonpublic competitor data to determine rental prices or occupancy levels for residential dwelling units in Rhode Island.
This bill would have changed Rhode Island's residential landlord and tenant law to ban landlords and property managers from using certain types of computer software to set rental prices.
Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of Community MusicWorks located in the city of Providence.
This bill would exempt Community MusicWorks, an organization located in Providence, Rhode Island, from having to pay property taxes on its real estate and physical property (such as buildings, equipment, and other tangible items) within the city.
Allows a tenant to pay an increased security deposit in monthly increments over the course of a twelve (12) month period.
This bill would change how tenants can pay when their landlord increases the security deposit on their rental unit.
Allows the town of Tiverton, with an aggregate of 500 or more units proposed in a comprehensive permit project, to enact a short-term emergency moratorium until the permit laws are amended.
This bill would give the town of Tiverton, Rhode Island, the ability to temporarily pause (or "moratorium") the processing of certain large affordable housing development applications.
Permits the family court to award custody of household pets to the plaintiff in a domestic abuse complaint, including the enforcement remedy of a restraining order or other injunctive relief.
This bill would allow Rhode Island's Family Court to include household pets in protective orders issued in domestic abuse cases.
Establishes Rhode Island First Step program requiring DOC to assist offenders with reintegration into society, counseling, medical care, education, early sentence termination or pre-release confinement for elderly and terminally ill offenders.
This bill would create a new program called the "Rhode Island First Step Act," which would require the Rhode Island Department of Corrections (DOC) to take a more active role in helping incarcerated people prepare for life after prison.
Allows school committees to add item(s) not appearing in the published notice to their agendas for the purposes of discussion only and not for the purpose of voting upon the item(s).
This bill would change the rules for how school committees in Rhode Island can conduct their public meetings.
Requires that any costs, tariffs or other mandates related to the state’s renewable energy growth program be reviewed and approved by the general assembly.
Rhode Island's Renewable Energy Growth Program is a state initiative designed to expand solar and other renewable energy sources by allowing smaller energy producers (like homeowners or businesses with solar panels) to sell electricity back to the grid.