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Prohibits healthcare providers and health plans from denying the payment of a medical bill, solely because the bill may have arisen from a third-party claim.
This bill would prevent healthcare providers and health insurance plans from refusing to pay a patient's medical bill simply because the treatment might be connected to an injury or illness where another party could be held responsible.
Entitles disabled and military voters to utilize electronically transmitted ballots.
This bill allows two specific groups of voters in Rhode Island — people with disabilities and military members — to receive and submit their ballots electronically.
Authorizes the town of Barrington to provide a tax dollar credit reduction for legally blind persons by ordinance.
This bill gives the town of Barrington, Rhode Island, the authority to create a local ordinance that would provide a property tax reduction for residents who are legally blind.
Creates the healthcare worker platform act that requires platforms offering healthcare shifts to register with the Rhode Island department of health while exempting them from being classified as nursing service agencies.
This bill creates a new law called the "Healthcare Worker Platform Act," which addresses technology platforms that connect healthcare workers with available shifts at healthcare facilities.
Prohibits handcuffing children twelve (12) or under at initial police contact unless needed for public safety or if the child is using or threatening physical force against an officer.
This bill would restrict when police officers can use handcuffs on children who are twelve years old or younger.
Establishes a set rate of seventy dollars ($70.00) for certain writs, citations or subpoenas.
This bill would set a fixed fee of $70.
Provides for the right to strike for public sector workers in Rhode Island, including teachers, with exceptions for police officers, firefighters, 911 employees, and correctional officers.
This bill would give public sector workers in Rhode Island — meaning employees who work for state or local government — the legal right to go on strike.
Establishes guidelines for continued implementation and expansion of public, high-quality prekindergarten education programs.
This bill aims to set up a framework for expanding and continuing public prekindergarten (pre-K) programs across Rhode Island.
Beginning on July 1, 2026, allows state union employees to negotiate longevity payments in their collective bargaining agreements.
This bill would allow state employees who are members of unions to negotiate longevity payments as part of their collective bargaining agreements, starting July 1, 2026.
Exempts from the sales tax scalp hair prosthesis or wigs that are necessary due to hair loss from a medical condition.
This bill would make wigs and hair prostheses exempt from Rhode Island's sales tax when they are needed because of hair loss caused by a medical condition.
Requires 50% reduction in the amount of added sugars in all liquid beverages sold in Rhode Island on and after January 1, 2030.
This bill would require that all liquid beverages sold in Rhode Island contain at least 50% less added sugar compared to their current formulations, starting on January 1, 2030.
Modifies the real estate sales disclosure form to include the disclosure of “blower door diagnostic air leakage testing” and advises that air leakage testing is recommended prior to purchasing a residential unit.
This bill would update the standard disclosure form that home sellers in Rhode Island must provide to buyers during a real estate transaction.
Removes clean coal as a renewable fuel given priority as an energy generation project.
This bill would change Rhode Island's energy laws by removing "clean coal" from the list of renewable fuels that receive special priority when the state evaluates new energy generation projects.
Prohibits the importation, transportation, disbursement, distribution, sale, or purchase of any species of non-native (exotic) invasive plants.
This bill would make it illegal to import, transport, spread, distribute, sell, or buy any species of non-native invasive plants in Rhode Island.
Requires the department of transportation to plant pollinator friendly native species of trees, shrubs, grasses and plants within limits of a roadway, including state highways
This bill would require the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) to plant trees, shrubs, grasses, and other plants that are native to the region and beneficial to pollinators — such as bees, butterflies, and other insects — within the areas alongside roadways, including state highways.
Permits those individuals convicted of multiple felonies and misdemeanors to have their records expunged and provide criteria for the court to consider in determining whether the person is of good moral character.
This bill would allow people in Rhode Island who have been convicted of more than one felony or misdemeanor to apply to have their criminal records expunged — meaning those records would essentially be erased or sealed from public view.
Recognizes that municipal employees have the opportunity to utilize binding arbitration and establishes new factors for the arbitrators to consider. These factors include comparisons of wages/hourly conditions of employment in similarly skilled jobs.
This bill would update the rules governing how labor disputes between municipal (city and town) employees and their employers are resolved through binding arbitration.
Authorizes a municipality to adopt by local ordinance, a veterans' property tax exemption to any veteran, who was honorably discharged, or discharged under conditions other than dishonorable, regardless of dates or periods of service.
This bill would give cities and towns in Rhode Island the option to offer a property tax break to military veterans, regardless of when they served.
Repeals the authorization for issuance of special registration plate for Mr. Potato Head. Currently issued plates, as long as continuously registered to the current vehicle would remain valid.
This bill would end the state of Rhode Island's program for issuing special license plates featuring Mr.
Amends several statutes relating to elections and the dates for primaries and dates within which to file nomination papers and object to nomination papers.
This bill proposes to change several dates related to elections in Rhode Island, primarily by moving the state's primary election earlier in the calendar and adjusting the various deadlines that go along with it.
Changes the date for the election of delegates to the conventions from the fourth Tuesday in April to the first Tuesday in March 2028.
This bill would move Rhode Island's presidential primary election — the vote where residents help choose delegates to the national Democratic and Republican party conventions — to an earlier date.
Provides that certain Hmong or Lao veterans who served honorably in military operations in support of the United States as special guerrilla units be granted burial rights at the Rhode Island Veterans Memorial Cemetery.
This bill would have extended burial rights at the Rhode Island Veterans Memorial Cemetery to certain Hmong or Lao veterans who served in special guerrilla units supporting the United States during military operations.
Removes the fee for registration and plate transfer for a Distinguished Service Cross registration plate.
This bill would eliminate the fees that Distinguished Service Cross recipients currently have to pay when registering their vehicle or transferring their license plate in Rhode Island.
Provides Rhode Island residents over nonresidents with priority when making reservations to secure a campsite and other recreational facilities.
This bill would give Rhode Island residents a head start when booking campsites and other recreational facilities in the state's parks.